What's everyone up to right now?

[robvalue]

Sorry to hear of your pain Stimbo You're always welcome to send me a PM if you need someone to talk to, or you can message me on Facebook or Skype under robvalue @ yahoo.com

Wow that is one serious zombie. I must be lucky in that I've seen endless drunks but haven't had any talk religious shit at me.

[c172]

Watching Eugene local news about Civic Stadium (former Em's, lately 4J school strict) being destroyed by fire.

[rexbeccarox]

I've lived here ten years and I've not had central air once, in any of my abodes... I've not even had a window unit. Yeah, there have been some awful weeks due to heat, but, because I don't have it, I'm not tempted to run the A/C when it's not completely necessary, and I can just walk a few blocks and dip in the cold-ass Pacific Ocean, so I don't think it's worth it. It is nice living on the southern west coast of the US; it's rare the weather is unbearable, and when we think of it that way, we're just being a bunch of wusses.

Meanwhile, my storage unit is almost done. A friend of mine is lending me her truck on Wednesday, and I will be free! No more 3rd floor hotboxes! No more extra $160/ month! Yayayayayayay!

[pocaracas]

Some of you guys are a bunch of wusses!
My apartment stands at the 3rd floor of a 7 floor building - just last week, we had a sort of a heat wave reaching 39C (102F) and my place remained nice and cool, meaning at about 25C (77F).
How do I do it? Clever use of blinds. Also, my windows face East and West, I have a whole other building on my south side.
Keeping the windows open so air flows is a must.
Then close the blinds so no sunlight lands indoors, but it still allows for air to move through - in the morning, open the western side wide open and close on the eastern side; in the afternoon, it's the opposite. If you won't be home during the day, just leave it ready for the afternoon.

Blinds technology!
I have this kind installed on all my windows:


I once showed this to a german friend of mine and he said it looks ugly, so he preferred interior blinds - it seems to be a cultural thing.

Interior blinds look pretty from the outside, are a nag on the inside, but provide you with a sort of extra "wall" and air can flow in between the window and the blind, by convection - hot air goes up. Northern european countries like to use these because it helps heat up a little beat - but isn't so nice when the sun is hot and you want to cool your place.

It is my impression that people in the US follow the aesthetics from northern europe, while being plagued by southern european heat (or worse). Something fails at the conception level and homes become frying pans in the summer and ice cubes in the winter. Thus the excessive reliance on central AC and/or heating.
(correct me if I'm wrong)

[Longhorn]

I don't know if I'm down because I'm getting physically ill, or if I feel physically ill because I'm down. Either way, blech ._.

Shower and then back to bed

[NoraBrimstone]

Posting here to see if I'm still banned, like the app says.

#FreeMe

[NoraBrimstone]

I'm free!

[SteelCurtain]

Ahh, Nora, my apologies.

[NoraBrimstone]

No worries. It amused me more than anything. [FACE WITH STUCK-OUT TONGUE AND WINKING EYE]

[robvalue]

Not sure what happened, but welcome back!

I'm sweating like a bastard in this heat. Off to the hospital for a checkup soon.