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Offline Chris_

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Re: primitive goes back to rustic life-style
« Reply #50 on: January 24, 2011, 06:59:54 PM »
I live in a mostly-shady apartment.  I'm good until about late June when I have to turn the AC on to knock down the humidity.

How many watts does a de-humidifier use? :ha:
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Re: primitive goes back to rustic life-style
« Reply #51 on: January 24, 2011, 07:08:26 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on January 24, 2011, 06:55:51 PM
Provided you don't mind being sweaty for several months every year. I grew up in a shady, cross-ventilated house, and it was okay - until we got AC and realized how miserable we'd been.

Ain't it the truth.

I grew up in the mountains in east TN. I would go to bed and sweat all night. It was so hot, I couldn't have the sheet on top on me. This was in the 50's and no one had AC. We never went to walk in movies, only a drive-in. Walk ins were the only place that had AC. Gave it very little thought. My daddy got a 65 Pontiac Bonneville that had air. My first exposure to air in a car. It's been a must have ever since.
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Re: primitive goes back to rustic life-style
« Reply #52 on: January 24, 2011, 07:38:10 PM »
I've lived on the coast in the tropics for most of my life.

Lowest temperature on record is something like 50 and the highest is more like 100.  Whole months go by in summer where it doesn't drop below 80.

Then there's the humidity.  :-)

I maintain. AC is for the weak.
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Re: primitive goes back to rustic life-style
« Reply #53 on: January 24, 2011, 07:56:04 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on January 24, 2011, 06:59:54 PM
I live in a mostly-shady apartment.  I'm good until about late June when I have to turn the AC on to knock down the humidity.

How many watts does a de-humidifier use? :ha:

Same here.  If not for the humidity, I could get by with using it only 3-4 weeks per year. 

Summer of '09, I kicked it on 5 nights for sleeping.  That was it.
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Re: primitive goes back to rustic life-style
« Reply #54 on: January 24, 2011, 08:01:09 PM »
Quote from: LC EFA on January 24, 2011, 07:38:10 PM
I've lived on the coast in the tropics for most of my life.

Lowest temperature on record is something like 50 and the highest is more like 100.  Whole months go by in summer where it doesn't drop below 80.

Then there's the humidity.  :-)

I maintain. AC is for the weak.


Then I am weak.  And I am ok with that.  

eta: Whole months go by from June to October where it doesn't drop below 90 here. 
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Re: primitive goes back to rustic life-style
« Reply #55 on: January 24, 2011, 08:17:34 PM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on January 24, 2011, 08:01:09 PM
Then I am weak.  And I am ok with that.  

eta: Whole months go by from June to October where it doesn't drop below 90 here. 

During the summer our shop at work is above 90, and my wife doesn't understand why I find 80-85 to be comfortable while just sitting around the house.
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Re: primitive goes back to rustic life-style
« Reply #56 on: January 24, 2011, 08:46:01 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on January 24, 2011, 08:17:34 PM
During the summer our shop at work is above 90, and my wife doesn't understand why I find 80-85 to be comfortable while just sitting around the house.

Dude.  During the summer my boyfriend's machine shop is above 90 as well.  And I don't understand why he thinks I should feel that 80-85 should be comfortable while just sitting around his house.   :whatever:

He doesn't even turn on the hot water to take a warm shower, only the cold faucet is turned on.  Oh hell no!
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Re: primitive goes back to rustic life-style
« Reply #57 on: January 24, 2011, 08:48:09 PM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on January 24, 2011, 08:46:01 PM
Dude.  During the summer my boyfriend's machine shop is above 90 as well.  And I don't understand why he thinks I should feel that 80-85 should be comfortable while just sitting around his house.   :whatever:

He doesn't even turn on the hot water to take a warm shower, only the cold faucet is turned on.  Oh hell no!

I take a hot shower, but will run cooler water at the end in summer. You can't feel clean washing without hot water.
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Re: primitive goes back to rustic life-style
« Reply #58 on: January 24, 2011, 09:37:50 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on January 24, 2011, 08:17:34 PM
During the summer our shop at work is above 90, and my wife doesn't understand why I find 80-85 to be comfortable while just sitting around the house.

Yeah. I'm fine with 80. Anything over that and I'm liable to turn on the room air con. If we don't, the place will fill up with flies. Lots of 'em runnin' around outside with all the animals. If we keep it cool, they tend to stay out there with them.
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Re: primitive goes back to rustic life-style
« Reply #59 on: January 24, 2011, 11:36:53 PM »
My house is like San Diego without the moonbats. 70-75 degrees year round. 
I may be weak, but I never sweat or shiver inside my house.
Sweating is for the outdoors or the gym. Shivering is for deer season.
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Re: primitive goes back to rustic life-style
« Reply #60 on: January 25, 2011, 01:36:02 AM »
Quote from: Tucker on January 24, 2011, 07:08:26 PM
Ain't it the truth.

I grew up in the mountains in east TN. I would go to bed and sweat all night. It was so hot, I couldn't have the sheet on top on me. This was in the 50's and no one had AC. We never went to walk in movies, only a drive-in. Walk ins were the only place that had AC. Gave it very little thought. My daddy got a 65 Pontiac Bonneville that had air. My first exposure to air in a car. It's been a must have ever since.

You're not too far from me, I'm in SWVA, about 70 miles from Bristol.  YES, the humidity in these mountains can/will get rough.  You come in the house, soaking wet from sweat, and the thermometer reads low to mid 80's.  Feels REAL good in July/August when it gets into the 90's.   :-)
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Re: primitive goes back to rustic life-style
« Reply #61 on: January 25, 2011, 03:18:23 AM »
In summer here - I just sweat. It's good for ya. Nothing like 40 deg C and 95% humidity to sweat out a big night on the booze.  :-)

In winter I might even put on a shirt around the house AND turn off the ceiling fan on a particularly cold night.
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Re: primitive goes back to rustic life-style
« Reply #62 on: January 25, 2011, 05:08:20 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on January 24, 2011, 08:01:09 PM
Then I am weak.  And I am ok with that.  

eta: Whole months go by from June to October where it doesn't drop below 90 here. 

We had 79 days over 100° in 2009(26 in July)and the worst drought in 50 years.  The rainfall in last 2 weeks has brought us up to 'moderate drought'.  We're forecast for above-normal temps this summer. Yippee.
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Re: primitive goes back to rustic life-style
« Reply #63 on: January 25, 2011, 08:08:29 AM »
Quote from: Alpha Mare on January 25, 2011, 05:08:20 AM
We had 79 days over 100° in 2009(26 in July)and the worst drought in 50 years.  The rainfall in last 2 weeks has brought us up to 'moderate drought'.  We're forecast for above-normal temps this summer. Yippee.

Last year I determined that there IS a difference between 98 and 108.   :-)
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Re: primitive goes back to rustic life-style
« Reply #64 on: January 25, 2011, 08:38:15 AM »
Seeing how it was almost -30 yesterday morning I would be willing to give year around heat and humidity a try.
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Re: primitive goes back to rustic life-style
« Reply #65 on: January 25, 2011, 10:20:54 AM »
Most rural areas are conservative, with cities being fairly liberal. Should we just assume the dipshit can't take the government he helped create?
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Re: primitive goes back to rustic life-style
« Reply #66 on: January 25, 2011, 10:35:47 AM »
Quote from: Rebel on January 25, 2011, 10:20:54 AM
Most rural areas are conservative, with cities being fairly liberal. Should we just assume the dipshit can't take the government he helped create?

They just can't help fouling the nest wherever they go, then moving on to create new ruin once they've made their current environs uninhabitable by humans.
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Re: primitive goes back to rustic life-style
« Reply #67 on: January 25, 2011, 11:51:13 AM »
Quote from: Wineslob on January 24, 2011, 01:56:49 PM
Wait till DumbDUmb figures out why most homes have a 200A service, and what it costs to replicate that with solar.
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Re: primitive goes back to rustic life-style
« Reply #68 on: January 25, 2011, 12:04:54 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on January 25, 2011, 10:35:47 AM
They just can't help fouling the nest wherever they go, then moving on to create new ruin once they've made their current environs uninhabitable by humans.

Like Oregon, Wet Washington, and coming soon, Colorado.
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Re: primitive goes back to rustic life-style
« Reply #69 on: January 27, 2011, 08:23:21 PM »
Quote from: Rebel on January 25, 2011, 12:04:54 PM
Like Oregon, Wet Washington, and coming soon, Colorado.

Coming soon, my ass.  It's already happening here.  :banghead:  And not just because of the fruits, nuts and flakes in the People's Republic of Boulder, either (though I'm sure their shrill calls in the dark of night is part of what's bringing the out-of-state moonbats in).  Denver and Arapahoe county has been overrun with 'em; Pueblo is busting at the seams with teh Stoopid, too.
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Re: primitive goes back to rustic life-style
« Reply #70 on: January 27, 2011, 09:14:20 PM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on January 27, 2011, 08:23:21 PM
Coming soon, my ass.  It's already happening here.  :banghead:  And not just because of the fruits, nuts and flakes in the People's Republic of Boulder, either (though I'm sure their shrill calls in the dark of night is part of what's bringing the out-of-state moonbats in).  Denver and Arapahoe county has been overrun with 'em; Pueblo is busting at the seams with teh Stoopid, too.

A couple years ago I was up in Denver visiting friends.  I was AMAZED!  I suppose I expected it in Boulder, but Denver?  I really didn't and I was surprised.
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