[Gintokian]

Mentalist, on 07 September 2018 - 05:21 PM, said:

Gintokian, on 07 September 2018 - 02:28 PM, said:

Briar King, on 07 September 2018 - 12:30 AM, said:

I do so love looking at the Weather Channel app in Sept/Oct and see the highs slowly start to lower as you scroll through upcoming weeks.

Complete opposite feeling in Mar/Apr as they begin to rise.

Hoping for another spectularly cold fall and winter like this past was.

Thank goodness! I am so sick of this ridiculous heat wave up here, wednesday was the hottest Sept. 5 on record in our area.
I am looking forward to a cool fall for sure, although less excited for winter...

Heathens.

Long live summer. Let the heat wave last forever.

Lies! There's no way you fellow GTAers walked outside on Wednesday and thought, "Geez this is nice, I wish it could be this hot forever." I don't believe it!
I went for a walk on Sunday and must have sweat litres.

[QuickTidal]

Gintokian, on 07 September 2018 - 05:38 PM, said:

Mentalist, on 07 September 2018 - 05:21 PM, said:

Gintokian, on 07 September 2018 - 02:28 PM, said:

Briar King, on 07 September 2018 - 12:30 AM, said:

I do so love looking at the Weather Channel app in Sept/Oct and see the highs slowly start to lower as you scroll through upcoming weeks.

Complete opposite feeling in Mar/Apr as they begin to rise.

Hoping for another spectularly cold fall and winter like this past was.

Thank goodness! I am so sick of this ridiculous heat wave up here, wednesday was the hottest Sept. 5 on record in our area.
I am looking forward to a cool fall for sure, although less excited for winter...

Heathens.

Long live summer. Let the heat wave last forever.

Lies! There's no way you fellow GTAers walked outside on Wednesday and thought, "Geez this is nice, I wish it could be this hot forever." I don't believe it!
I went for a walk on Sunday and must have sweat litres.

Agree.

Monday, Tuesday, and ESPECIALLY Wednesday were like walking around inside a goblins hot butthole. Disgusting. I'm happy for Fall.

[Mentalist]

QuickTidal, on 07 September 2018 - 05:48 PM, said:

Gintokian, on 07 September 2018 - 05:38 PM, said:

Mentalist, on 07 September 2018 - 05:21 PM, said:

Gintokian, on 07 September 2018 - 02:28 PM, said:

Briar King, on 07 September 2018 - 12:30 AM, said:

I do so love looking at the Weather Channel app in Sept/Oct and see the highs slowly start to lower as you scroll through upcoming weeks.

Complete opposite feeling in Mar/Apr as they begin to rise.

Hoping for another spectularly cold fall and winter like this past was.

Thank goodness! I am so sick of this ridiculous heat wave up here, wednesday was the hottest Sept. 5 on record in our area.
I am looking forward to a cool fall for sure, although less excited for winter...

Heathens.

Long live summer. Let the heat wave last forever.

Lies! There's no way you fellow GTAers walked outside on Wednesday and thought, "Geez this is nice, I wish it could be this hot forever." I don't believe it!
I went for a walk on Sunday and must have sweat litres.

Agree.

Monday, Tuesday, and ESPECIALLY Wednesday were like walking around inside a goblins hot butthole. Disgusting. I'm happy for Fall.

I was sweating buckets the entire long weekend.
Nevertheless, I'd still take that over winter any day of the week.

Heat is glorious.

[Silencer]

People who prefer heat over cold are just monsters.

Cold? More layers. Turn the heating up. Move around more. Find another human or pet(s) and snuggle.

Heat? If you're not in aircon, you're fucked. If the heat is more than the aircon can handle, you're fucked. Staying still might still leave you sticky and wet. Can't remove layers indefinitely, unlike adding them.

It's just pragmatic to prefer cold over heat (especially wet heat). Heck, winter is about the only time of year (either here in Brisbane - where "winter" is actually a mislabeled mild summer and you're lucky if the temperature hits single digits at night, probably still gonna be a 21-25 degree day, etc - or elsewhere) that I can walk without being miserable. I walk really fast by default, so I'll take at least part of that blame, but it's not an issue when the temperature is a reasonable 15-18 degrees out or, better yet, below 10. Then I can actually consider the act of running or entertain clothing options like jackets.
Hell, the best part of cold is that you can do things like have a fire on, or enjoy those things I don't currently own because this city is ridiculous known as blankets. Having your shower too warm just leaves you feeling nice, instead of feeling like you've walked out of a sauna too recently for the next 15 minutes.
Cold is infinitely better than heat. Snow, ice, don't care, I'll take it over 25 degrees and sunny any day. Granted I once had to be forced by parents to put on more than a t-shirt and shorts in negative degrees Celsius, and was most vexed when I found out that you are supposed to dress in multiple layers before going out in snow, so I appreciate that might be a bit extreme for some, but the basic principle still applies.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Everything Silencer just said. Give me cold any day!

[Mentalist]

You people are weird. Drink a cold beverage and find shade in the heat.

25 degrees of dry heat is the best weather ever (maybe add a light breeze to it). You can literally do anything in that.

Wet heat is less enjoyable, sure, but it still beats minus 10 or minus 15 any day.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

I should maybe caveat this by pointing out I have gigantic knitwear problem - and you can't get snuggly woolly jumpers out in heat

[Mentalist]

Yes, I will also mention that I lived 3 winters (october-late April) in minus 40, and I worked 7 summers in humid 30+ outside.

In my experience, heat is unequivocally better than cold.

[Tiste Simeon]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 08 September 2018 - 05:12 PM, said:

Everything Silencer just said. Give me cold any day!

Spoken like a true Yorkshire lass I too love the cold. Heat is just uncomfortable.

[Mentalist]

Tiste Simeon, on 08 September 2018 - 06:06 PM, said:

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 08 September 2018 - 05:12 PM, said:

Everything Silencer just said. Give me cold any day!

Spoken like a true Yorkshire lass I too love the cold. Heat is just uncomfortable.

spend a winter in Winnipeg and then I'd like to hear you praise the cold,

Don't get me wrong. Minus 40 is survivable. But it's waaay more uncomfortable than some sticky heat

[Mentalist]

Incidentally, i'm incredibly happy to have gotten a haircut. That means I'm gonna sweat significantly less walking around in the glorious sun.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Ouch! To be fair, the immortal UK phrase of "'Tis grim up North!" doesn't really tend to include -40 temperatures

[Macros]

Anything over 30 can fuck right off. Give me -10 over 35 any day

[Macros]

Finished my Goodreads challenge of 60 books

[worry]

You guys are all weirdos. I prefer my temperatures right in the middle.

[Slow Ben]

No kidding. If i can wear shorts and a hoodie, its perfect.




I used to love summer. But now i'm old and grumpy and i hate sweating balls all day.

[Andorion]

Mentalist, on 08 September 2018 - 06:25 PM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 08 September 2018 - 06:06 PM, said:

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 08 September 2018 - 05:12 PM, said:

Everything Silencer just said. Give me cold any day!

Spoken like a true Yorkshire lass I too love the cold. Heat is just uncomfortable.

spend a winter in Winnipeg and then I'd like to hear you praise the cold,

Don't get me wrong. Minus 40 is survivable. But it's waaay more uncomfortable than some sticky heat

Unless its in the 38 to 40 C range with 85% humidity. You feel like you are boiling. You can see the ceiling fan turn but the air doesn't touch you. You sweat all the time. The sweat gets into your eyes. You can't sleep or think. Taking a bath does nothing as by the time you are out of the bathroom you are back to your original condition.

[Silencer]

Mentalist, on 08 September 2018 - 05:22 PM, said:

You people are weird. Drink a cold beverage and find shade in the heat. 25 degrees of dry heat is the best weather ever (maybe add a light breeze to it). You can literally do anything in that. Wet heat is less enjoyable, sure, but it still beats minus 10 or minus 15 any day.

Cold beverage and shade doesn't do shit for heat. And there's a practical upper limit on how much you can drink, evenn if it did help. It helps even less when the air itself is hot, not just the sun. I've been in "30" degrees in some places where it's very different to "30" degrees elsewhere - the actual sunlight is closer to 40, and standing in shade is like standing in a dim oven. Anything over 30 and the only solution is air conditioning on high. Minus ten and I'm good to go for anything. I literally can't run in thirty degree heat. But I'll do a marathon at five below. XD

Mentalist, on 08 September 2018 - 05:59 PM, said:

Yes, I will also mention that I lived 3 winters (october-late April) in minus 40, and I worked 7 summers in humid 30+ outside. In my experience, heat is unequivocally better than cold.

Minus 40 is pretty extreme - but I am non-functional in 30+ humid. Literally unable to do anything but emulate a puddle. It's not even a case of which is more pleasant at that point, it's that there is absolutely nothing I can do to adjust my own temperature to a point where I'm able to function comfortably. Like, maybe wrapping myself in ice packs or something, but that's gonna end badly. Negatives can be fought by more layers, fires, heaters, blankets, and so on. Heat can't. I don't even know how this is a debate. Even if you like 25 degrees and sunny over say -5, you have to admit there are more and easier options to change your experienced temperature in the latter than the former. Like, if someone says to me, "Silencer, you need to go and dig this trench" in -5, I suit up, put on a coat, I'm golden. They say that to me in 25 degrees, I take off my shirt and...am still fucked? Find a huge industrial fan and some generator to blow air at me while I work? XD
Even putting aside my clear personal preference for cold, you've got to admit getting warm in cold conditions is easier than getting cold in warm conditions. Plus, if you're hot and you need to do physical stuff, you are more limited than normal. If it's cold, you can do way more for longer!

[Mentalist]

Still comes down to preference. I like doing stuff outside, (more specifically, playing sports outside) In the winter, I find it far more difficult to do so, as being indoors seeking heat is the best option. I can do way more stuff in +25 then I can in minus 5.

(There's also the fact that I have a healthy wariness of anything related to ice, having had a number of injuries due to slippery conditions; that MAY be coloring my perceptions).

Naturally, higher humidity makes things more uncomfortable. But I still manage that better than a high windchill factor.

I've worked in humid conditions, outside up to borderline heat stroke (where my body would no longer have enough moisture to sweat); I've also been outside in minus 40, trudging my way through snowed in emptiness for 30-40 min, where no matter how many layers you have the wind seeps in, robbing you of body heat with every step. I will definitely take heat over cold any day.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 09 September 2018 - 04:01 PM

[Mezla PigDog]

Home grown success this year. I've had about 3kg of tomatoes so far. Today I skinned and froze another 3kg and there's still twice as many left on the plants. I've got 4 squash ripening. We've had 2 apple pies in the last 2 weeks and I've got 2 buckets of apples left. Courgette and chard on the side of everything and some chilies that will take your head off. Go me.

OK, it is getting annoying. I don't want to eat any more tomatoes or courgettes. And especially chard as those fuckers will last all winter. I also fell over my sons bike when I was pulling something up as he sneakily left it behind me. Mr PigDog said it looked like when Marlon Brando died in the Godfather films. I crushed my beans.