Comments on: Time out for a little complaining http://neoneocon.com/2007/08/03/time-out-for-a-little-complaining/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:31:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Thomas http://neoneocon.com/2007/08/03/time-out-for-a-little-complaining/#comment-39201 Thomas Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:21:56 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/08/03/time-out-for-a-little-complaining/#comment-39201 biconet.comCan't help with the weather, but if you want to go organic WMD on the beetles... http://www.biconet.com/biocontrol/bpopillae.html An application lasts over 10 years. (no, I don't sell the stuff, just have a garden) biconet.comCan’t help with the weather, but if you want to go organic WMD on the beetles…

http://www.biconet.com/biocontrol/bpopillae.html

An application lasts over 10 years.

(no, I don’t sell the stuff, just have a garden)

]]> By: DaveinDeSwamp http://neoneocon.com/2007/08/03/time-out-for-a-little-complaining/#comment-39204 DaveinDeSwamp Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:14:09 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/08/03/time-out-for-a-little-complaining/#comment-39204 Well, seeing as how i am in the land of Perpetual summer, i can but empatsize. Here in Louisiana ,we have 2 seasons, summer and February. Well, seeing as how i am in the land of Perpetual summer, i can but empatsize. Here in Louisiana ,we have 2 seasons, summer and February.

]]> By: Lee http://neoneocon.com/2007/08/03/time-out-for-a-little-complaining/#comment-39207 Lee Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:35:36 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/08/03/time-out-for-a-little-complaining/#comment-39207 Sorry... Here in Denver(which averages more sunny days per year than Phoenix) we've had our fourth straight day of cloud cover and rain. Don't think the temp's been above 75. I feel like I'm in Seattle. Sorry…

Here in Denver(which averages more sunny days per year than Phoenix) we’ve had our fourth straight day of cloud cover and rain. Don’t think the temp’s been above 75. I feel like I’m in Seattle.

]]> By: Grimmy http://neoneocon.com/2007/08/03/time-out-for-a-little-complaining/#comment-39208 Grimmy Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:01:12 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/08/03/time-out-for-a-little-complaining/#comment-39208 If you need air conditioning, you need air conditioning. Living in misery is contrary to civilized behavior. There are some well made and relatively effective portable air conditioners made these days. You can store them in a closet and wheel them out only on the days needed. When I say relatively effective, please keep in mind that I live in central California, where summer daze can hit the 110 mark and humidity is often in the 60-70% range. I've survived a few such summers with an acceptable degree of comfort by use of a portable AC unit. Another nice thing about them is that they're not mounted to a window so no year round eye sore. You can also move the unit from room to room as need. Use in the living area during the day and the sleeping area at night. If you need air conditioning, you need air conditioning. Living in misery is contrary to civilized behavior.

There are some well made and relatively effective portable air conditioners made these days. You can store them in a closet and wheel them out only on the days needed.

When I say relatively effective, please keep in mind that I live in central California, where summer daze can hit the 110 mark and humidity is often in the 60-70% range.

I’ve survived a few such summers with an acceptable degree of comfort by use of a portable AC unit.

Another nice thing about them is that they’re not mounted to a window so no year round eye sore. You can also move the unit from room to room as need. Use in the living area during the day and the sleeping area at night.

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://neoneocon.com/2007/08/03/time-out-for-a-little-complaining/#comment-39232 Ymarsakar Sat, 04 Aug 2007 16:04:46 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/08/03/time-out-for-a-little-complaining/#comment-39232 Grab one of those mini fans, Neo, and turn it on from an outlet or power cord extender. It isn't as good as air conditioning but you only need it for yourself after all. Grab one of those mini fans, Neo, and turn it on from an outlet or power cord extender.

It isn’t as good as air conditioning but you only need it for yourself after all.

]]> By: Alan Kellogg http://neoneocon.com/2007/08/03/time-out-for-a-little-complaining/#comment-39250 Alan Kellogg Sun, 05 Aug 2007 06:36:25 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/08/03/time-out-for-a-little-complaining/#comment-39250 Out here we have two seasons, Tourist, and Not Quite so Many Tourists. The current La Niña isn't helping matters any. We're getting the sunny days Sydny Australia would get during an El Niño season, and they're getting the rains we'd get during the same event. So we get lots of sunshine and the air warms up, followed by an influx of humid air off the Sea of Cortez via Arizona which leads to sticky misery and a strong desire to shed fabric the way a dog sheds fur. All the way down to skyclad on really hot and humid days, and the time is coming when people will choose comfort over propriety. (It aint the eight year olds who see naked grown-ups who have the problem, it's the grown-ups who think eight year-olds should have a problem with seeing naked grown-ups who have the problem.) BTW, if you're going to sleep nude, learn how to really clean between your butt cheeks. Out here we have two seasons, Tourist, and Not Quite so Many Tourists.

The current La Niña isn’t helping matters any. We’re getting the sunny days Sydny Australia would get during an El Niño season, and they’re getting the rains we’d get during the same event. So we get lots of sunshine and the air warms up, followed by an influx of humid air off the Sea of Cortez via Arizona which leads to sticky misery and a strong desire to shed fabric the way a dog sheds fur. All the way down to skyclad on really hot and humid days, and the time is coming when people will choose comfort over propriety.

(It aint the eight year olds who see naked grown-ups who have the problem, it’s the grown-ups who think eight year-olds should have a problem with seeing naked grown-ups who have the problem.)

BTW, if you’re going to sleep nude, learn how to really clean between your butt cheeks.

]]> By: Tatyana http://neoneocon.com/2007/08/03/time-out-for-a-little-complaining/#comment-39260 Tatyana Sun, 05 Aug 2007 16:06:51 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/08/03/time-out-for-a-little-complaining/#comment-39260 <i>BTW, if you’re going to sleep nude, learn how to really clean between your butt cheeks.</i> Was that an out-going advice or a note to self? Neo, I hear you here, in Brooklyn. I hear you, but unable rack my brain to say something of interest...the heat and the choking humidity emptied all cranial cavities. Even to type mindlessly is an effort. OK, I can't take it anymore, I'm changing the setting to 65. BTW, if you’re going to sleep nude, learn how to really clean between your butt cheeks.
Was that an out-going advice or a note to self?

Neo, I hear you here, in Brooklyn. I hear you, but unable rack my brain to say something of interest…the heat and the choking humidity emptied all cranial cavities. Even to type mindlessly is an effort.

OK, I can’t take it anymore, I’m changing the setting to 65.

]]> By: Rachel Neumeier http://neoneocon.com/2007/08/03/time-out-for-a-little-complaining/#comment-39380 Rachel Neumeier Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:38:53 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/08/03/time-out-for-a-little-complaining/#comment-39380 It's not the heat that bothers me. Or the humidity. It's the TOTAL LACK OF RAINFALL FOR THE SECOND SUMMER IN A ROW. Watching the dogwoods crisp up and die is not my idea of summer fun. Rachel It’s not the heat that bothers me. Or the humidity. It’s the TOTAL LACK OF RAINFALL FOR THE SECOND SUMMER IN A ROW. Watching the dogwoods crisp up and die is not my idea of summer fun.

Rachel

]]> By: Donald Douglas http://neoneocon.com/2007/08/03/time-out-for-a-little-complaining/#comment-39481 Donald Douglas Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:22:59 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/08/03/time-out-for-a-little-complaining/#comment-39481 I was in New York last weekend, and boy was it hot (I could only make it through four innings at Yankee stadium on Sunday, but at least I saw Matsui hit his 100th homer). It was pretty much like that all over the country. The hotter it gets, of course, the more crazed the global warmings fanatics get! I was in New York last weekend, and boy was it hot (I could only make it through four innings at Yankee stadium on Sunday, but at least I saw Matsui hit his 100th homer). It was pretty much like that all over the country. The hotter it gets, of course, the more crazed the global warmings fanatics get!

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