The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[DigMyChicks]

Take a picture when you're done! You always come up with the prettiest decorated baked stuff.

Thanks Debby! They won’t be fancy but I’ll post. I baked cupcakes the other day and froze them. I’ll frost everything tomorrow. I tried that strawberry emulsion. It is good.

 

[N F C]

Thanks Debby! They won’t be fancy but I’ll post. I baked cupcakes the other day and froze them. I’ll frost everything tomorrow. I tried that strawberry emulsion. It is good.

I need to get that coffee emulsion out and try it. Just haven't been in the baking mood lately.

 

[Grammy60]

Good morning everyone enjoy your day and stay safe & cool

 

[DigMyChicks]

I need to get that coffee emulsion out and try it. Just haven't been in the baking mood lately.

My baking mood goes in spurts

 

[DigMyChicks]

Good morning everyone enjoy your day and stay safe & cool

Hi Sue, you also!

 

[ShrekDawg]

My sister loves the heat. She doesn’t turn on her air until she has too. She has her air set at 72. It was too hot for her yesterday. We’ll be able to cut the air with a knife today. I feel sorry for my cats and dog. I’m glad I don’t have chickens.

Your sister must be related to my dad and/or his fiancée lol they have their AC set at 72 too. I have mine set at 70 usually or occasionally lower it to 68. I would keep it at 68 all the time or even down to 65 if it was up to me but I’m not even supposed to have it on 68 70 isn’t so bad though. I just get hot at night sometimes. They’re trying to keep the bill down. So usually I stick to 70. We turn it off when we’re not home too. We just have the window units but still.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Rick got me a shirt at the baseball game he went to Monday.

 

[bruceha2000]

They called and rescheduled an hour before we were going to leave
If we had done that, they would still try to charge us for the appointment

Remind them of what they have done the next time you have to cancel and say "we aren't paying".

Me too! I can't imagine how people make it through the summer without.

People did it for eons until about 100 years ago. And then it was rare, it didn't become common in residential buildings until the 1950's. Things were built with passive cooling in mind, now they are airtight boxes so the heat can be moved outside which, if you think about it, makes it even hotter outside the house.

It was funny to read about the heat in England last year and people "discovering" that if they opened the windows at night, the cooler air could get in the house. Amazing that it hasn't gotten hot enough there over the centuries that it wasn't already common practice.

I grew up in So. Cal, we never had A/C. My sister still lives there, no A/C though she lives a few blocks from the ocean so it stays cooler than inland. When I moved here in '79 it was 115°F 3 days the week I left. Car had no A/C but the shade from semis worked well And yes, I was always in their mirror and ALWAYS dropped back if they needed to pass someone and I got in front temporarily if someone needed to pass me.

My sister loves the heat. She doesn’t turn on her air until she has too. She has her air set at 72.

She loves heat and has the A/C set to 72°F???

We got a mini-split installed in the living/dining room last fall and the A/C is set to 79°F. It hasn't gotten quite that hot in the house yet even when it was over 90°F outside (open those windows at night!) but the unit also reduces humidity which makes it feel cooler. The unit is primarily so we don't have to run the oil furnace as much in the winter. Summer "cooling" is a secondary benefit.

 

[N F C]

Good morning everyone enjoy your day and stay safe & cool

Good morning Sue, hope you and Bob have a great day!

 

[sourland]

Good morning, All.