The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[DigMyChicks]

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


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.


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.

Apparently you can handle the heat. I cannot. We keep ours at 69. If it’s that temperature outside, the windows come open. If no one is home we set it to 72.

 

[DigMyChicks]

Good morning, All.

Hi Sour.

 

[N F C]

Good morning, All.

Good morning Sour, is it cooler for you today?

 

[ronott1]

Good morning all.
We are in a heat advisory today. Yesterday was awful. We’re getting a taste of some of you guys weather.

I am sorry!

We are back to normal temperatures so the high today will be 94F

I hope our next heat wave will not be as bad as the last one.

 

[ronott1]

I know you must be excited!
We have some new neighbors. Much too close to us. We tried to buy the 2 acres between us and the hwy, but the lady who owned it wouldn't sell. She finally sold it to some relatives instead. They plan to put a manufactured home there. It is a long, shallow lot. It will be awkward having people that close. They seem nice enough though. They were hinting that they want access to our pond for fishing. I'm not sure how I feel about that.
We used to let the (weekend only) neighbors up the road fish but they were always leaving hooks and trash on the bridge. We finally told them no more.

Tell them no!

When we were at the upper part of the Sacramento river last week, there were places for fisherman to dispose of their tangled lines and hooks.

 

[ronott1]

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


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.


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.

I have the mini splits set between 78F and 80. When it is 110 outside, 78F feels wonderful!

 

[ronott1]

Apparently you can handle the heat. I cannot. We keep ours at 69. If it’s that temperature outside, the windows come open. If no one is home we set it to 72.

Here in California, with PG&E electrical rates, I would have a $450.00 bill each month if I set the mini splits to 69F!

 

[N F C]

Apparently you can handle the heat. I cannot. We keep ours at 69. If it’s that temperature outside, the windows come open. If no one is home we set it to 72.

That's what we do too DMC. DH works outside in the heat all summer (he's outside all year actually) and he needs the cool after a long day.

 

[bruceha2000]

Apparently you can handle the heat. I cannot. We keep ours at 69. If it’s that temperature outside, the windows come open. If no one is home we set it to 72.

I would think the shock of coming in from 90-100 and higher to sub 70 would be quite hard on the body. Brain freeze headache!

 

[ShrekDawg]

I would think the shock of coming in from 90-100 and higher to sub 70 would be quite hard on the body. Brain freeze headache!

It’s not so bad. Then again I don’t have central air so maybe central is even cooler than the window unit.