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JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

and nasty.

Been outside yet? Got up, took a shower, yogurt/apple/toast/tea, went out to water the garden for maybe 10 minutes.... then had to come in & shower again. How can it be so ridiculously hot and unpleasant at 8 in the morning??

Everyone I see outside, at any hour, is sweating from the face and looking miserable these days. Is it me or have the past few days been abnormally, global-warmingly wretched? It feels much worse than other summers.

Alan_Partridge · Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Location: in the posh part of town

I know what you mean, the walk to work was a change-of-clothes affair...

Zyzyfer · Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:06 pm Post subject:

It doesn't feel any worse than normal to me. I think the catch is that we had a longer spring and summer didn't really get going until just now, in AUGUST.

Luckily, I have a near door-to-door bus service between work and home and A/C at work, so I don't notice the heat much until about 8 pm. By then, it's bearable. Twisted Evil

Grotto · Joined: 21 Mar 2004

and people wonder why I tell newbs to demand air con Laughing

michinkorea · Joined: 27 Jul 2006

Well I'm in Southern Ontario, Canada (Hamilton) and yesterday it was 36C - 47C with the humidex. Thankfully we had a crazy storm last night and today it was only 31C Rolling Eyes

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

damn, air conditioning isn't a luxury by any means in this weather.

last night in one of my rooms i had all the windows wide open, a huge factory-use floor fan blasting away... and at 1 a.m. it was still a stifling 31 degrees in there.

the trick is to localise your all activities in one single small room and then crank the A/C in there. screw trying to keep a whole house or even a few large rooms bearable, i'd go broke doing that. the kitchen & living room were especially beastly. i dread going home. and i really do think this summer is more oppressive than others.

OiGirl · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun

Discuss: is it or is it not a long, hot summer because the Korean calendar has a leap year with two Julys? Laughing

Alan_Partridge · Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Location: in the posh part of town

[quote="Zyzyfer"]It doesn't feel any worse than normal to me. I think the catch is that we had a longer spring and summer didn't really get going until just now, in AUGUST.quote]

Yeah, I'd go with that. Up until this week this summer had been fairly tame. Also for me, this is my first summer with fully air-conditioned apt and classroom...what a difference that makes!
On a related note: can anyone remember when the cicadas stop their racket? It's already driving me nuts....(ugly suckers, too)

semphoon · Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Location: Where Nowon is

[quote="Alan_Partridge"]

Zyzyfer · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:30 am Post subject:

Maybe mid-September? My seasonal detection system has three levels: hot, ok, cold.

6:30 am wake-up calls from the cicadas don't bother me, but hearing them at 2 am when it's still completely dark out makes absolutely no sense. For some reason, a few of them near my house like to party into the wee hours along with me.

numazawa · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Location: The Concrete Barnyard

Oh damn... it appears my apartment is now flooded after I took that six-pack of beer out of the fridge ten minutes ago.

Let this be a warning to you, people. One bottle at a time only, and keep the mop handy.