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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Nilsen on June 29, 2005, 10:14:23 AM
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I have temps in the mid to high 90's in my "office" today. Usually there is no problem, but my "retarted" neighbours have decided to attack their little forrest with a chainsaw today. I can choose between boiling in my own sweat or loose my hearing. I get a lot of phonecalls so i cant really go for for number two.
Some of you gentlemen come from hot places.. how do you cope other than to drink lots of cold water?
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Originally posted by Nilsen
I have temps in the mid to high 90's in my "office" today. Usually there is no problem, but my "retarted" neighbours have decided to attack their little forrest with a chainsaw today. I can choose between boiling and loosing my hearing. I get a lot of phonecalls so i cant really go for for number two.
Some of you gentlemen come from hot places.. how do you cope other than to drink lots of cold water?
Well, I am buck nekkid myself
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turn on the AC.
or shed clothes
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No AC in the house cause its normally not needed.
I could not get any more nekkid than i am without dumping my boxers. Im a liberal and all but working nudist style is not my....style
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I like hot weather, but then I'm cold blooded or thin blooded who cares.. :D
Our warehouse gets to about 90-100 durning the summer. When were short staff I do what most managers do take the eazy job and I jump on the fork lift!
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No forklift to buzz around in here... hopefully my sweet cuddley lovable neighbours decides to call it at day before I do.
Even the gentle breeze of a fart helps. i should eat something cold.
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Use a fan.
The way I handle heat is to use the AC in our RV. It works great. I also go swimming in the nice pool the park has. Then I drink something cold in the airconditioned RV while cruising the satelite channels for something to watch.
Retirement, it's a dirty job but someone has to do it.
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See? My brain is already cooked. I should have thought about getting a fan...
The ocean is only a few feet away, but then it just gets 10 times worse when i have to go back in. I would prolly just float around all day and get nutting done, and then my weekend is ruined too.
Only 6 more months and ill wine about it beeing -20c
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I hate hot weather,I hate summer,ya know those people that get depressed in the winter? thats me in the Summer,the colder,wetter,snowier,windier it is,the happier I am,my sheep feel the same too.......bah summer....:mad:
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thats just insane Joc
Were do you live?
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I know what you mean, Joc, it's hard to feel sexy when you're gripping wet, matted wool.
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wet wool smells
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LOL you don't know what heat is. I'm a Gen. Turn Supv. on a Blast Fce. Iron temp is 2700 F. I feel really sorry for you Office workers. [wimps] lol :rofl
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Scientists now believe that, contrary to popular opinion, fireplaces actually remove heat from houses. Really, that's what scientists believe. In fact many scientists actually use their fireplaces to cool their houses in the summer. If you visit a scientist's house on a sultry August day, you'll find a cheerful fire roaring on the hearth and the scientist sitting nearby, remarking on how cool he is and drinking heavily.
-Dave Barry
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Originally posted by Nilsen
See? My brain is already cooked. I should have thought about getting a fan...
The ocean is only a few feet away, but then it just gets 10 times worse when i have to go back in. I would prolly just float around all day and get nutting done, and then my weekend is ruined too.
Only 6 more months and ill wine about it beeing -20c
90+ in the summer, -30 in the winter, no daylight half the year, all daylight the other half, ICE BEARS....
is there anything at all good to say about norway???? ; P : )
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Originally posted by JB73
90+ in the summer, -30 in the winter, no daylight half the year, all daylight the other half, ICE BEARS....
is there anything at all good to say about norway???? ; P : )
You get the full spectrum and that has to count for something. You have 4 very distinct seasons. I like it, but i still wine abit when it gets too extreme. :)
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I detest summers. There is no way to keep cool here, during the summertime. Winters are the best. I am not a happy camper until it gets to about 45F.
How do I handle it? I complain a lot, I whine, I do everything in my power to avoid leaving an air conditioned space, I find excuses for opening the freezer for extended periods of time while I hover near it, and finally, I wear as little clothing as possible (just enough to keep from being arrested).
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High 90's? I thought you said it was hot.:D
I guess being a Southern redneck I'm immune to it.
It's that hot here, and I haven't turned the air on yet.
I might this weekend.
Here at work, there is no AC. I just drink cold liquids
and work. I do have numerous fans about the place.
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I can picture you giving everyone that opens the door to HTC HQ the evil eye :D
How does the HQ look from the inside anyway? is it a dark cold bunker or a regular building with doors windows and people inside? Ive only seen a sattelite photo of what i think is the right place on google.
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Damp cloth and a fan.
Wipe damp cloth on face..aim fan at face.
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Yes, I do.
The office is regional in that different areas are pretty different.
Super and Nate keep thier areas pretty dark. I suspect they are hiding pizza and beer in there somewhere.
Sudz is well lit (the office, not him) and quiet. Clean too,...too clean. I have my suspicions, but have not been able to confirm them. Anyone keeping a room that clean is suspect.
Rosie's is secluded, quiet, almost hidden. Hard to know she is there. She might not be, now that I think about it.
Pyro's smells.
HT's always looks like a tornado has come through it. I suspect he is expecting one and wants to be prepared.
Mine is noisy and too well lit. Imagine standing 3 feet to the left of the exahust of an F-16 on afterburner, then you have an idea of the ambience of my office. I think they use 1000W lightbulbs (all 20 of them) in my office. I know when I get home, it takes hours for me to be able to see, and hear again.
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
Yes, I do.
The office is regional in that different areas are pretty different.
Super and Nate keep thier areas pretty dark. I suspect they are hiding pizza and beer in there somewhere.
Sudz is well lit (the office, not him) and quiet. Clean too,...too clean. I have my suspicions, but have not been able to confirm them. Anyone keeping a room that clean is suspect.
Rosie's is secluded, quiet, almost hidden. Hard to know she is there. She might not be, now that I think about it.
Pyro's smells.
HT's always looks like a tornado has come through it. I suspect he is expecting one and wants to be prepared.
Mine is noisy and too well lit. Imagine standing 3 feet to the left of the exahust of an F-16 on afterburner, then you have an idea of the ambience of my office. I think they use 1000W lightbulbs (all 20 of them) in my office. I know when I get home, it takes hours for me to be able to see, and hear again.
As i suspected... you live inside a modded server. Do they have to press the eject button at the end of the day to get you out thru the cd slot? :)
Dont you have any pics of the place? It cant be so bad that the world cant see...or can it? When I was a young and balanced man (about 28) i used to dream that HTC HQ was heaven on earth with all kinds of gizmos.
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Originally posted by Hajo
LOL you don't know what heat is. I'm a Gen. Turn Supv. on a Blast Fce. Iron temp is 2700 F. I feel really sorry for you Office workers. [wimps] lol :rofl
Which mill do you work at Hajo? I'm an electrical engineer at the Macsteel plant in Monroe--used to be North Star.
shubie
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Originally posted by Nilsen
As i suspected... you live inside a modded server. Do they have to press the eject button at the end of the day to get you out thru the cd slot? :)
Dont you have any pics of the place? It cant be so bad that the world cant see...or can it? When I was a young and balanced man (about 28) i used to dream that HTC HQ was heaven on earth with all kinds of gizmos.
some stealth pictures of HiTech's office.. you have to guess which is the real one:
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/180_1120069415_dysonoffice.jpg)
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/180_1120069432_messy20office.jpg)
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/180_1120069444_messyoffice.jpg)
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Originally posted by Nilsen
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Some of you gentlemen come from hot places.. how do you cope other than to drink lots of cold water?
Personally, I don't do well in hot weather. Lived in Floriduh for a year, and coming from Minnesota, was similiar to putting a polar bear into a sauna. I'm fortunate to live where i live now, no extreme heat, no extreme cold, just lots of rain. Here's the 5 day forecast for example:
TODAY...AREAS OF MORNING LOW CLOUDS...OTHERWISE MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S. SOUTHWEST WIND AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE 50S. NORTH WIND AROUND 10 MPH.
THURSDAY...CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S. NORTH WIND AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S. NORTHEAST WIND TO 10 MPH.
FRIDAY...CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S. LIGHT WIND.
FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S.
SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS NEAR 70.
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S.
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S.
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Nils, the fan is usually my weapon of choice. A neat alternative that works is lightly soaking a bandana or handkerchief in water and wearing it around the back of your neck. Evaporation cools the cloth, which cools the neck, which cools the jugular, which cools the brain. You can also modify a bandana with the stuffing out of a clean diaper. Holds more water and get a lot cooler.
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The discomfort is in your head. :)
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Tell that to the rest of my body.
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get yourself a industrial painters fan..
they sell them at hardware stores.
mine ran about 40.00 dollars (yeah i bet you say thats alot for a fan..) and she was worth every penny..
when i was at a rental about 10 years ago they only had wall bangers in the bedrooms and that was a problem..(in south florida its a problem) this fan displaces so much air that even without the wall bangers on it would be cool in the house.. (acutally about 80-85f but felt under 80 with the air displacement)
get yourself one of these..
http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDUS/EN_US/diy_main/pg_diy.jsp?CNTTYPE=PROD_META&CNTKEY=misc%2fsearchResults.jsp&BV_SessionID=@@@@0620323242.1120073186@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccfhaddfddgiekicgelceffdfgidgln.0&MID=9876
(above Url Broken thanks HomeDepot..)
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on low setting the noise is so so.. very loud on the high setting. but then again you have like 30 mph winds generating on high..
Funny how i now take central air for granted... in SF its a commodity down here..
DoctorYo
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OMG none can be a real working ofice Skuzzy.....
I thought I was bad.
I went out and bought a 12000BTU free standing AC unit this year, I sleep with it 65 in my room lol.
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im 5 minutes from the beach :)
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
Tell that to the rest of my body.
Summers get to 120F here. Before I got this Nissan, I had a Bronco. The AC in that thing was broken for three years. ;)
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And the humidity is????
Try out 110F AND 70% humidity, then we can talk.
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
And the humidity is????
Try out 110F AND 70% humidity, then we can talk.
Ahem... this thread is about heat. I think there's another thread on dealing with the hardships of humidity. ;)
Oh... on a bad day, humidity is 10%. :p
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Why not,..I been OT all day today, seems like. 10%,..you lucky poop (that is not a circumvention of the language filter, it is a word,..sort of,..I think,..I aint lookin it up).
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put feet in a bucket of ice water
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This is what I do down at school since they don't turn on the A/C:
Open your window and put a small desk fan and have it facing outside. It will suck hot air out of your room. In fact, just go buy those window fans if you can.
Just wear shorts, keep a lightly wetted rag on top of your head or around your neck.
DO NOT STOP DRINKING WATER.
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Originally posted by RTSigma
DO NOT STOP DRINKING WATER.
but not too much...
http://sportsmedicine.about.com/cs/hydration/a/aa051200.htm
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I avoid going outdoors in the summer. Once it hits August, it's usually 100+, heat indexes of 110+, & 90%+ humidity. I dig the winter because it's actually pleasant outside. Christmas in shorts & a t-shirt.
3 options off-hand.
1) Obviously, buy a fan.
2) Buy a window-mount AC. Works much better than a fan, but can cause some nasty spikes in your power bill.
3) Buy the fan from line 1, a hose, some reducers, a ball valve, copper tube, mist nozzles & fittings, & a large plastic drum. Install the nozzles in the copper tube, bend it into a spiral (careful not to crease it!), mount the hose & valve between the drum and spiral assembly. Zip-tie the spiral to the fan, put the drum above it, and fill it with water (ice water preferred). Very cheap & pretty effective. We built a couple of these for large paintball games and they work pretty well even in east texas temperatures.
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I handle the heat in stride. having lived in South Florida my whole life one becomes accustomed, furthermore I work outside. my wife who is from New Jersey runs our A/C systems into the ground, the failure of one of these systems constitutes grounds for perpetual whining on her part. right now the inside temperature of our house is 70 degrees F outside it's probably in the 90s. I replaced the two units with an additional ton of cooling capacity each in order to keep the house cool at her comfort level.
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All good advice, but they cost. I think ill just get my paddle and club my dear sweet cuddly neighbour tomorrow if he continues his rampage.
If i can just have the window open im good cause all i usually hear around here is the ocean.
The day is over anyway and my core temp is down to normal level.
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Originally posted by Nilsen
I think ill just paddle my club.
might not make you cooler ; P
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...and that concludes our virtual tour of the HTC Corporate Headquarters. Scared yet? :cool:
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Originally posted by Nilsen
thats just insane Joc
Were do you live?
Northern Ireland Nilsen,Im just a cold weather person,in hot weather my temper goes and Im basically nasty lol,just effects me that way,people at work hate it when its hot cos Im 'in a mood' lol,roll on winter!!!people like me much better in Autumn or Winter hehe;)
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Ahh youre Irish!
From the bottom of my heart, thank you and your vilage!
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Skuzzy WTH is "OT".
Sandy is right this is a thread about heat. Besides it's not the heat at all. It was a brisk 101 degrees today but maybe 10-15% humidity it felt really nice.
Of course all this is going to change when I move to San Antonio.
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I live in NH and I have a window AC I put in sometime in May and take out in September. Its a big mutha, and handles the downstairs fine. Its worth its weight in gold when its hot.
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
And the humidity is????
Try out 110F AND 70% humidity, then we can talk.
lol Skuzzster, when was it ever that hot with that much humidity? That's almost impossible, I thought. I'm thinking you guys are around 98-105 with about 40% humidity on the worst days.....could be wrong, but that's what I recall.
Here, we get the humid monsoon from june-sept, and it's pretty darn hot and humid.
I'm now working outside again, and today it was around 113 with maybe 12% humidity. That's pretty rough when working in it. It's funny how fast a body can adjust to the heat though. Took me about 5 days and I'm pretty good now as long as I drink enough water.
Nilsen, best thing is a fan and a spray bottle to mist your face and neck, imo.
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Nuke,
You obviously haven't been in Houston, Corpus Christi, most anywhere in Florida or South Carolina. Arizona just can't compete and I've been in Arizona summers for a long time.
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Originally posted by Maverick
Nuke,
You obviously haven't been in Houston, Corpus Christi, most anywhere in Florida or South Carolina. Arizona just can't compete and I've been in Arizona summers for a long time.
Actually I have been to all of those places, exept SC in the summer. Been all over Florida and most of Texas.
No way was it ever 110 and 70%. I do admit, Florida and Houston heat can feel worse than Arizona heat, but it depends on the temp and humidity.
Florida would be 89 and 90% humidity and it felt awefull. But 118 feels just as bad when you are in the sun.
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PS we don't have AC at my house either even though it does get in the triple diget temps regularly during the summer.
WE have the great invention of a "swamp cooler" (google it)
It works every were it's not humid and it only drops the temp 20 degrees on a good day.
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It is pretty normal to have 80-85% humidity here, with sunny skies. The actual temperature rarely exceeds 90 but it feels alot hotter.
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Originally posted by Gunslinger
WE have the great invention of a "swamp cooler" (google it)
lol..I actually know what that is...thanks to my recent visit to New Mexico. I heard about these mysterious "swamp coolers" on the local news on TV and had to ask what the heck they were from someone else at the conference.
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Originally posted by Gunslinger
PS we don't have AC at my house either even though it does get in the triple diget temps regularly during the summer.
WE have the great invention of a "swamp cooler" (google it)
It works every were it's not humid and it only drops the temp 20 degrees on a good day.
That's just downright nasty. It's 80° here, and I've had the AC pumpin' out the cool breezes all day.
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Originally posted by Curval
lol..I actually know what that is...thanks to my recent visit to New Mexico. I heard about these mysterious "swamp coolers" on the local news on TV and had to ask what the heck they were from someone else at the conference.
or "evaporative" coolers to the social elites ;)
I actually like them when it's not too hot or humid ( say, 95 with low humidity) The neat thing about them is that they push out a tremendous volume of cool air and they require very little energy compaired to the AC.
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I drink plenty of water, wear a hat, sunglasses, and take my time doing stuff. Getting in a hurry just makes me get hotter quicker than I can cool myself.
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Originally posted by NUKE
or "evaporative" coolers to the social elites ;)
I actually like them when it's not too hot or humid ( say, 95 with low humidity) The neat thing about them is that they push out a tremendous volume of cool air and they require very little energy compaired to the AC.
Yup,
It just really sucks when it's a humid day and you just happen to be at a place that ONLY has them and not A/C.
In addition, I work in a air craft mait. shop that has 3 of them to cool our bay. The thing I hate the worst from them is the fact that they rust the hell out of our tools so we have to do ALOT of scrubbin and brushin to prep for inspections.\
BTW anyone else know what skuzzy is saying when he says "OT"
Is it "on topic"?
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Nilsen posted : Ahh youre Irish! From the bottom of my heart, thank you and your vilage!
No Nilsen JOC is from Northern Ireland.
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Mmm the whiskey is still nice though!
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Here in Michigan the humidity is sickening at times.
I played Football for 5 hours in Mexico back in 1990. It was 120 degrees and arid, I lost 20 pounds in a month. I miss that weather.
Karaya
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Originally posted by cpxxx
No Nilsen JOC is from Northern Ireland.
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Mmm the whiskey is still nice though!
Lololol cpxxx think Ill stick with the Corrs ;)
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OT = Off topic
And NUKE, I grew up in Corpus Christi, and the temp/humidity I spouted oiff has happened there on more than one occasion. Granted, it is not the norm, but it has happened.
The other day when I was working in the garage, it reached 115F and 52% humidity. Miserable.
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lol...Current temp here - 77 degrees
Current humidity - 78%
Quite dry at the moment.
http://www.weather.bm/
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It was in the 90s here this week with the humidity around 63%(New Hampshire)