Hot ?? How Hot ?

[n2ize]

I love extremely hot and humid weather. For me the ideal temperature is between 90 - 110 degrees with extremely high humidity. I consider anything below 85 to be cold. But it's not just heat. I also love extremely high humidity combined with heat. The kind of day that feels like a hot steambath where you just driop head to toe with sweat is the ideal kind of day for me. I totally hate cold weather. And snow literally makes me sick. I think snow looks disgusting. To me snow is just garbage from the sky. I do love rain and hail though. While I despise snow storms I love SEVERE thunderstorms.

So how about it. Who likes it HOT ? And how HOT do you like it ?

[kq9j]

I guess I am a switch-hitter. I love the high heat; already checking out warmer places to retire in. But as much as I hate the cold, I do like to go snowmobiling. If I dress for about 20 below and it is 30 above when I go I can be comfortable. But then I come home and crank up the fire.

Perfect weather: 85 during the day, 65 at night, and man, do I LOVE a good severe thunderstorm!! I just make a habit of disconnecting my antennas during the summer.

I love taunting the people who bitch during the summer when we have a hot spell. Now they complain it is too cold. They oughta just shut up.

[kk7ue]

Quote[/b] (n2ize @ Dec. 15 2007,17:52)]I love extremely hot and humid weather. For me the ideal temperature is between 90 - 110 degrees with extremely high humidity. I consider anything below 85 to be cold. But it's not just heat. I also love extremely high humidity combined with heat. The kind of day that feels like a hot steambath where you just driop head to toe with sweat is the ideal kind of day for me. I totally hate cold weather. And snow literally makes me sick. I think snow looks disgusting. To me snow is just garbage from the sky. #I do love rain and hail though. #While I despise snow storms I love SEVERE #thunderstorms.

So how about it. Who likes it HOT ? And how HOT do you like it ?
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[kd5kfl]

Mi casa es en Nuevo Mexico. Before that I lived in the Mojave desert.

The Mojave was hot enough; over 85 from May through September, a hundred and many most summer days.

New Mexico has 40 degree temperature swings between day and night. Some days you run the heater on the first half of the 40 mile drive to work, then switch on the AC.

IZE wants to live in Phoenix. It's typically square there: 90 degrees, 90% RH; 100 degrees, 100% RH.

[K8MHZ]

I'm with you!

I HATE winter. Right now it's 22.8 degrees outside. Until this year I never complained about the heat of summer as I like it on the hot side. This year was different. I had a triple bypass in June. One of the meds I was prescribed made the heat unbearable.

I really hate the weather here in Western Michigan. We get an average of 202 cloudy days each year. In the summer it is so humid that 75 degrees feels more like 90. We go from hot humid weather to unbearable cold and it seems like there is no 'in between'. Just as we get used to the hot weather it's like a switch is flicked and we go to cold rain, then freezing rain, then snow, all usually very windy. When it gets around 25 degrees with the wind we get the cold actually hurts. We never get used to the extremes.

I am not like most of the people in the area, however. The vast majority of them like the cold weather. I might too if I were built like most of them and had 40 to 100 lbs. of insulation (body fat) on me, which I don't. Add to that the fact that my feet never stop sweating. My feet are always wet and cold and that makes the cold weather even more unbearable.

I am usually quite comfortable in 80 degree weather. To me, if it's not humid, I find 75 degrees to be chilly. I don't like to have to keep bundled up and prefer to sport a T-shirt or a sleeveless shirt in my comfort zone.

My better half is just the opposite. She is like most of the people around here and starts sweating when it's over 65 degrees and I either have to put up with a cold house in the winter or listen to her crab about it being to hot. If I had it my way the entire house would stay around 78 degrees all winter, but alas, I don't.

As I type this I am sitting in front of a heater and have my feet on top of a couple 'shake and bake' bags to keep them warm. Unless I leave this forsaken state I can plan on being constantly cold for about 4 or 5 more months.

I am unquestionably a 'summer animal'.

[kd5kfl]

Michigan has 2 seasons:

Winter and mosquitos

[kq9j]

I get a kick out of the people I know who keep their house at 65 degrees in the winter. I would freeze to death. Right now it's 74 in the shack. Still wearing a sweatshirt.

Can't even think of swimming in the summer unless it is 80 or above. Even then, a few Margaritas are necessary. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

I want to live somewhere where the women don't need an extra 100 lbs of body fat to stay warm.

[n2ize]

Quote[/b] (kk7ue @ Dec. 15 2007,18:25)]Quote[/b] (n2ize @ Dec. 15 2007,17:52)]I love extremely hot and humid weather. For me the ideal temperature is between 90 - 110 degrees with extremely high humidity. I consider anything below 85 to be cold. But it's not just heat. I also love extremely high humidity combined with heat. The kind of day that feels like a hot steambath where you just driop head to toe with sweat is the ideal kind of day for me. I totally hate cold weather. And snow literally makes me sick. I think snow looks disgusting. To me snow is just garbage from the sky. #I do love rain and hail though. #While I despise snow storms I love SEVERE #thunderstorms.

So how about it. Who likes it HOT ? And how HOT do you like it ?
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So ? Where does it say in that thread that I dislike hot weather ? Hmmmm ? Think about it ? You are assuming that what I wrote means that I don't like hot weather. In reality, I just want to share some of my hot weather with our Alaskan brethren who get so little of it. As the hipsters used to say, "spread the love and the good vibes all around".

[kk7ue]

Quote[/b] (n2ize @ Dec. 15 2007,18:45)]Quote[/b] (kk7ue @ Dec. 15 2007,18:25)]Quote[/b] (n2ize @ Dec. 15 2007,17:52)]I love extremely hot and humid weather. For me the ideal temperature is between 90 - 110 degrees with extremely high humidity. I consider anything below 85 to be cold. But it's not just heat. I also love extremely high humidity combined with heat. The kind of day that feels like a hot steambath where you just driop head to toe with sweat is the ideal kind of day for me. I totally hate cold weather. And snow literally makes me sick. I think snow looks disgusting. To me snow is just garbage from the sky. #I do love rain and hail though. #While I despise snow storms I love SEVERE #thunderstorms.

So how about it. Who likes it HOT ? And how HOT do you like it ?
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So ? Where does it say in that thread that I dislike hot weather ? Hmmmm ? Think about it ? You are assuming that what I wrote means that I don't like hot weather. In reality, I just want to share some of my hot weather with our Alaskan brethren who get so little of it. As the hipsters used to say, "spread the love and the good vibes all around".
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[KE6SHJ]

Wow!!!!!! I hate heat and summer. I used to work in centeral Cali where the summers reached 115+!!!!!!! 16 years of that was 16 years too many. Anything above 75 is way too hot for my likings. I live in a very comfortable climate now. Summer here last year never got above 80!!!!!! PERFECT!!! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif Now that winter is here, our nights are in the 20's and 30's and the days never reach 50!!!!!!! Bundle up to a nice roaring fire with your significant other and......well y'all get the picture http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif Anyhooooo Heats sux @@&% and a comfortable climate rox!!!!!!!

[WB2WIK]

I love hot WX but not the humidity. I have respiratory allergies that have symptoms similar to asthma and humidity makes this much worse -- it's hard to breathe if the humidity's too high.

I go to the Philippines about every two years and for me, it's torture -- the humidity's almost always 90% or higher, and I'd rather be anywhere else. Florida, the Caribbean, and frankly almost anyplace east of El Paso has a problem for me, there...

The southwest U.S. is perfect for me and this is where I'll likely stay! We have at least 20 days a year over 100 degrees, usually in July-Aug-Sep but occasionally in other months, but it's almost always at 20% humidity or lower. No problem. I'd say "no sweat," but that would be a lie. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

On the rare occasion where we have heat and humidity (hardly ever happens), air conditioning is a great thing.

WB2WIK/6

[kc7jty]

SW Florida in winter and Illinois in summer. No air conditioning junior, you like it hot & sticky.

[KA9VQF]

When I was a lot younger I could hardly wait for winter to come. Of course I had a snowmobile.

After having ice crystals form between my toes one day when a bunch of us decided a really long trip on our sleds was the thing to do I have not really liked winter any more.

The plan was to ride from Bruce to Superior and spend the nights in tents. Tent camping in the winter is something I’ve done before but definitely is not for the feint of heart.

Since then my left foot gets really cold even inside my climate controlled house.

Right now the inside temp is 73 degrees and my left foot is darn cold. I have on my combat boots and two pair of thick cotton sox and it is still cold.

Earlier today I was outside clearing the inch or so of snow we got and while I was doing that my foot was fine. Now sitting here at the desk it has gotten cold again.

It will eventually warm up once I go to bed but it will take some time.

I really detest hot weather too. When the humidity gets above 70 percent or so it does me no good at all to sweat. The perspiration does not evaporate and I begin to feel sick. If I happen to be doing some kind of physically demanding work I might just throw up.

Not a good thing.

I know others who pass out from the heat.
Living here in the Mississippi river valley we get a lot of real humid weather in the summer. It keeps the ER at the hospitals busy.

Don’t really like the extremes of any weather.

The fall we had this year was about perfect. We got cooler nights and decently warm days and it went on for a real long time. I liked it. Didn’t need the air in the daytime and didn’t need the furnace at night just right.

We had just enough rain that the grass stayed green but didn’t seem to grow so fast that I really needed to cut it more than once a week.

[kd5kfl]

Quote[/b] ]Can't even think of swimming in the summer unless it is 80 or above.

In Traverse City MI ( 45th parrallel ) they have big shallow sand beaches. Long walk to the dropoff. Water warmed by the sun on that shallow sand. You can run into the water. Nice.

I made the mistake of jumping off a dock into Lake Superior once.

Just once.

[kq9j]

Quote[/b] (KA9VQF @ Dec. 15 2007,19:45)]The plan was to ride from Bruce to Superior and spend the nights in tents. Tent camping in the winter is something I’ve done before but definitely is not for the feint of heart.
Would be fun if the tent had a really nice wood stove in it. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Wonder how long ago it was that you lived up in this part of the northwoods. Ever snowmobile on the Tuscobia trail? 74 miles of abandoned railroad grade that runs from here (Park Falls) to Rice Lake.

Not real scenic, but man you can FLY!!!!

[K8MHZ]

Quote[/b] ]I want to live somewhere where the women don't need an extra 100 lbs of body fat to stay warm.


Then Michigan ain't for you. Here the women are so fat...

Peanut gallery: How fat are they?

They are so fat that driving your wife around reduces your mileage by at least 4 miles per gallon.

They are so fat that most of them haven't seen their feet in years.

They are so fat that a line drawing of them bending over to put a girdle on looks like a light bulb.

True story: I worked at a car dealership and a lady came in and complained that her Caravan's doors were locking themselves. We couldn't duplicate the problem so the service manager had her come in and demonstrate. She started up the van and got out of the driver's seat and pretended to go to the passenger side and remove groceries from the passenger seat. She then tried to shut the passenger door but the service manager managed to grab it before she did. He said 'didn't you hear that?' referring to hearing the doors locking. She was so fat that when she tried to remove the 'groceries' her butt hit the door lock switch and locked the doors. She was so fat couldn't get in between the door and the pillar to reach the groceries without hitting the door lock switch. They have to be what, four feet apart?

We have a saying here in Western Michigan. 'If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much'.

Much, to me, meaning much weight. Most women in Michigan over the age of 30 weigh more than a V-8, and I don't mean the vegetable juice, either.

[K8MHZ]

Quote[/b] (kd5kfl @ Dec. 15 2007,15:01)]Quote[/b] ]Can't even think of swimming in the summer unless it is 80 or above.

In Traverse City MI ( 45th parrallel ) they have big shallow sand beaches. Long walk to the dropoff. Water warmed by the sun on that shallow sand. You can run into the water. Nice.

I made the mistake of jumping off a dock into Lake Superior once.

Just once.
A bit on the chilly side, eh?

[WF7A]

Quote[/b] (kd5kfl @ Dec. 15 2007,10:38)]Michigan has 2 seasons:

Winter and mosquitos
California has two seasons: night and day.

I'd rather have cold weather than warm: it's easy to put on clothes to make yourself warmer, but when it's hot it's nigh impossible to cool off unless you're in an a/c environment. (There's a federal law preventing me from wearing shorts--something about "inciting riots" and frightening small children.)

I've lived in all four corners of the U.S., but ultimately I'd like to move to Flagstaff, AZ, someday. It's warm enough most of the year to keep The Wifoid happy (she has a warm/cold temperature tolerance of 1°F) and is dry and cool enough for me.

[K8MHZ]

Quote[/b] (WF7A @ Dec. 15 2007,15:12)]Quote[/b] (kd5kfl @ Dec. 15 2007,10:38)]Michigan has 2 seasons:

Winter and mosquitos
California has two seasons: night and day.

I'd rather have cold weather than warm: it's easy to put on clothes to make yourself warmer, but when it's hot it's nigh impossible to cool off unless you're in an a/c environment. (There's a federal law preventing me from wearing shorts--something about "inciting riots" and frightening small children.)

I've lived in all four corners of the U.S., but ultimately I'd like to move to Flagstaff, AZ, someday. It's warm enough most of the year to keep The Wifoid happy (she has a warm/cold temperature tolerance of 1°F) and is dry and cool enough for me.
Grab a bottle of cold water. Pour it over your T-shirt. Instant portable AC.

If that doesn't work, just put an ice cube down the back of your shirt. I don't care how hot it is you will be nice and cool!

I don't recommend doing it down the front as the spillage from the cube melting may be viewed by onlookers in the wrong way.

[kq9j]

Quote[/b] (k8mhz @ Dec. 15 2007,20:10)]They are so fat that a line drawing of them bending over to put a girdle on looks like a light bulb.
I'm almost 50 and I have yet to have been with a woman who wore a girdle.

I thought that was a phenomenon restricted to extremely old, overweight females.

I guess Michigan is NOT on my list of places to move to.

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[KA9VQF]

Quote[/b] (kq9j @ Dec. 15 2007,21:09)]Quote[/b] (KA9VQF @ Dec. 15 2007,19:45)]The plan was to ride from Bruce to Superior and spend the nights in tents. Tent camping in the winter is something I’ve done before but definitely is not for the feint of heart.
Would be fun if the tent had a really nice wood stove in it. # # http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Wonder how long ago it was that you lived up in this part of the northwoods. Ever snowmobile on the Tuscobia trail? #74 miles of abandoned railroad grade that runs from here (Park Falls) to Rice Lake.

Not real scenic, but man you can FLY!!!!
I decided to get out of rifle range of my X back in 1979 been here ever since.

Not that she was any good with a long gun but I was, and I really didn’t want to do the right thing and make the world a better place just to spend time in the states prison system.

I still have nightmares that her kids will haul me on to the Springer show and yell at me for not doing what was right and thereby causing them to be born and having their miserable welfare lives.

I used to go to Park Falls for the snowmobile fest. There were some darn fast sleds there. Watching them go is what decided me to by the Yamaha 643GP. For a while it was the fasted sled in the county.

I had my old 300 Olympic when we headed for Superior that time. While it was not the fastest sled around it was dependable.

I pulled the toboggan with all the tents and other supplies on it. We had Coleman catalytic heaters for the tents. I had a Korean war surplus down filled mummy bag to sleep in.

I also had military surplus bunny boots with the felt liners on at the time. I had cotton sox then plastic bags then wool sox and more plastic bags then the liners.

The idea was that the sweat from my feet would be contained between the cotton sox and the plastic and any moisture from the outside would stop before it got to the wool.

While it did work, I guess, because the outer sox were still dry it was just to darn cold and my foot got ice between the toes anyway. I’ve always thought it was because of the way I was sitting on the seat. I had my left leg under me most of the time probably cut down on the circulation quite a bit.

I didn’t have frost bite, nothing ever turned black, just ice crystals between my toes. The right foot was fine.

While there were a lot of trails and I spent a lot of time grooming some of the local ones and did ride to Rice lake a few times {it was only around 30 miles away from Bruce} I think the trains were probably still using the right of way back then.

[n2ize]

Quote[/b] (k8mhz @ Dec. 15 2007,20:10)]Quote[/b] ]I want to live somewhere where the women don't need an extra 100 lbs of body fat to stay warm.


Then Michigan ain't for you. #Here the women are so fat...

Peanut gallery: #How fat are they?

They are so fat that driving your wife around reduces your mileage by at least 4 miles per gallon.

They are so fat that most of them haven't seen their feet in years.

They are so fat that a line drawing of them bending over to put a girdle on looks like a light bulb.

True story: #I worked at a car dealership and a lady came in and complained that her Caravan's doors were locking themselves. #We couldn't duplicate the problem so the service manager had her come in and demonstrate. #She started up the van and got out of the driver's seat and pretended to go to the passenger side and remove groceries from the passenger seat. #She then tried to shut the passenger door but the service manager managed to grab it before she did. #He said 'didn't you hear that?' referring to hearing the doors locking. #She was so fat that when she tried to remove the 'groceries' her butt hit the door lock switch and locked the doors. #She was so fat couldn't get in between the door and the pillar to reach the groceries without hitting the door lock switch. #They have to be what, four feet apart?

We have a saying here in Western Michigan. #'If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much'. #

Much, to me, meaning much weight. #Most women in Michigan over the age of 30 weigh more than a V-8, and I don't mean the vegetable juice, either.
That's funny and ironic. On two separate occaisions I met two different women from Michican. Both were skinny as rails.

[AF6FH]

Try Guam. (http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=guam) Currently 85 degrees, 65% humidity. Hotter and more humid in the summer, if I remember right.

My big problem when we lived on Guam, at this time of the year? "How will Santa bring the presents? We don't have a chimney!" I was only six... http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[W2JGA]

Can't stand the heat. Anything above 70 is too hot for me.
You can dress up in the winter, but you can only dress so far down in the summer before your picked up by the locals for indecent exposure. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[KG6YTZ]

I'm no fan of the heat, but then again, I don't care much for cold, either. #Well, at least I don't live where it could be much worse - Phoenix, AZ in the summer, for instance, or Minnesota in the winter... #Yeesh. #I wouldn't want to deal with either of 'em.

Here's a hot place for ya (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furnace_Creek,_California)! #Sorry about the lack of humidity, though.