Elevenses
8. Evets 5
7. Phantom Digger
a. Job spec for IRS
https://gab.com/RT/posts/
b. [That url again ...] Storm in West Texas (pic)
https://gab.com/Dionichi/6. More on what those bstds are up to
5. Housekeeping
The reality is often different to the apparent reality. As N.O. keeps on keeping on, the assumption is that the admin is fine. At this moment, he is not. This weather is affecting breathing, badly, which means short temper but that's ongoing manageable. Less manageable are the knees which for the first time I've noticed are not ok, hope it's only today.
At the same time, we're in a war in case you've not noticed and the last thing needed is engaging in side skirmishes which can only distract from the main forward push. Also, I've just spent an hour making, sizing, reducing 18 docs which has something to do with Daily Mail cookies I believe, obviously important to one of our chaps. I'll run them on Saturday, am knackered, just threw up and the nose is bleeding.
Good luck with all your projects today too. Nice temp inside here just now. Keep your liquid up, chaps and chapesses.
Take it slow and easy, Mr H. Be well.
ReplyDeleteToo hot here to function. Soporific.. 40+ outside.
Our forecast max is 33C in the late afternoon. I am cowering indoors: might even take a shower and a siesta.
ReplyDeleteSteve
ReplyDeleteThe ever thoughtful James Higham - we are blessed. Take care mate, it's 29 Celsius in Poole just now so not too bad; though the dog would differ somewhat, being thick of coat an' all :)
Phantom, Dearieme, Steve ... think I've got the heat thing sorted, sun keeps moving so I stay on the opposite side of the house, then move with it.
DeleteJames, sorry to hear you're having a hard time in this heat. I'm working in it and have to keep stopping to cool off. If I may offer a couple of tips on how to keep your room cooler. Its still warm in here but the roomstat is reading 22.5C as opposed to 29/30C outside. In winter the roomstat is normally set to 20C.
Delete1 - keep curtains or blinds closed. This not only blocks the sun from the room but also blocks the 'heat magnification' effect of the window glass.
2 - If you have one, run a pedestal fan in each room, or one fan focussed on where you will be most of the time.
3 - If there should be any breeze, a home made eco cooler will lower the room temp by about 5 degrees. Sounds mad but it works. The bottle necks cause a pressure difference which cools the air passing through. Alternatively you could prop the board up in front of a fan. I've used this trick in the workshop by clamping the output hose of my air compressor in the vice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qyb2axBQzQ
4 - Modify your pedestal fan to make a rudimentary air conditioner. To do this you need a cool box full if iced water and some way of putting a fan behind it. I did it a few years ago by mounting a desk fan in the lid of a cool box from Tesco and filling it up with ice packs. The fan drew the air into the box, over/through the ice packs and out again through a PVC elbow sink waste joint. Here's an alternative take on the same idea and works about the same as those portable aircon units you can buy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NuvzWaBulw
Steve, keep the dog wet.
Steve
DeleteCheers, I wet a towel and wrap it round his torso. Less messy. I have a zone cooler (9" square evaporative device) which I put on at night for him and he lays near it. Very quiet :)
5, Please look after yourself first and the blog second James, we'll cope. This sort of heat always makes me a bit queasy, unsettled and very lethargic. God only knows what it does to the circulation when all the daily maintenance blood pressure pills are added, I was perfectly OK with heat 50 years ago.
ReplyDeleteThink we all were, even ten years ago.
DeleteThe critical scrutiny of the data of the Church of Climatology by "John Dee" continues.
ReplyDelete"Since February 2009 the crew at NOAA have erroneously coded the soil temperature at 100cm as minimum daily air temperature and PWS hydrometeor codes as millimetres of rainfall at one of the world’s most important weather stations (Armagh). This is worth a face palm and perhaps some jeering."
https://jdeeclimate.substack.com/p/a-century-of-ukni-rainfall-part-3
Interesting account (by John Ward) of the source (and background money trail) of the latest covid jab panic: I know this is the silly season but...
ReplyDeletehttps://therealslog.com/2022/08/11/return-of-the-jabberwocky/