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[Redbug]

Yes, hot vs sweaty is the real issue, Skyco. My method...I keep a hand towel nearby and wipe sweat off with that. I also keep an extra brown t-shirt, (my normal fashionable attire), handy. Once I am soaked, I rinse the sweaty one off, wring it out and lay it in the sun. Then put the other dry shirt on. I just keep rotating shirts. You see...it's a mental thing. Heat really is not the big issue as much as being sweaty is.

In my workshop, I've got one of those big fans on wheels. That really helps. Hmmm...cheating with a cordless blower...

Kilts are out of the question...even if I were Irish. Something about having your legs exposed. I'm out in the woods all the time and the redbugs would have a parade, (you know where), if I wore a kilt.

 

[N80]

Kilts are Scottish and so am I. I'm sure they're Irish too but I'm reminded of the SNL skit: "If its not Scottish, its crap!" I like the idea of kilts but kilts are not for me. I'm pale and my legs are skinny. So my work outfit is worn out dress pants and long sleeve white worn out dress shirts. If I'm out in direct sun for more than about 20 minutes I burst into flames.

It was 100 yesterday. Just going out and watering was an exercise in sweat! And I totally agree about hot vs sweat. When I work outdoors in the heat I'd say I carry a good 4-5 pounds of sweat in my cloths.

 

[Bird]

I wear short sleeved shirts almost exclusively because they seem cooler. But to the best of knowledge neither my Dad nor his Dad ever owned a short sleeved shirt. They always wore long sleeves, but they both also spent a lot of time out in the sun and for over 40 years each of them went regularly to have skin cancers removed from their faces and back of their hands.

 

[scott_vt]

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It was 100 yesterday. Just going out and watering was an exercise in sweat! And I totally agree about hot vs sweat. When I work outdoors in the heat I'd say I carry a good 4-5 pounds of sweat in my cloths.

Good Afternoon George,
If it makes you feel any better its in the 90's here, high humidity, just palin hot !

BTW I have skinny legs too but when its this hot I dont care, Im wearin shorts !

 

[Sigarms]

Remember, the human body cools itself through evaporation.

Sweat produced by the body needs to evaporate to "cool" the body.

Not to go too in depth on Relative Humidity, wet bulb and dew point, but the more moisture in the air (relative humidity) the harder it is for the sweat to evaporate.

Example. Indoors you're t-stat could read 74, but you seem to be hot. In another house, your t-stat could read 74, but you seem a lot cooler. The difference? One house the RH (relative humidity) could be 60% (high) and the other house it may only be 45%. The lower the humidity, the easier it is for the body to cool itself.

Heck, in one house you could feel "cooler" at 78F than in another house at 73F depending on the humidity.

One reason why fans help cool the body. The air flowing over the body helps the sweat evaporate itself.

May be science 101 for some, but it took me a long time to figure out why I didn't need A/C in the car up north (which I didn't have), but you darn well better have a/c in your car in the south. Up north, I could drive 60mph and roll the windows down on a hot day and get cooled off. Down south? No way. The difference? Higher humidity "down south". Same airflow going over the body (with car windows rolled down) however, with more moisture in the air (down south) it didn't help my body to "breath", so I stayed hot.

After only my first two two weeks in N.C, I broke down and bought a new car with A/C because I sweat like a pig naturally. And I always thought cars with A/C were for wussies.

For the record, this was taken in the shade a little while ago. The price you have to pay for little snow (temperature is "T1").

 

[scott_vt]

For the record, this was taken in the shade a little while ago. The price you have to pay for little snow (temperature is "T1").

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Wheww Joe,
Wow that is a bit warm ! Maybe a bit of snow isnt so bad afterall !

I notice your on the computer today rather than out in the middle of one of your fields sittin on the tractor seat !

 

[scgargoyle]

Florida is hot and humid, but y'all are hotter than FL this week! Another thing to watch out for if you work in the heat is kidney stones- very common in the southeast from not getting enough water in ya. Some days you can't drink enough water to keep up!

 

[N80]

Very true. BTDT. Its no fun. The southeast is known as the stone-belt. As you mention, it is thought that a certain degree of dehydration is the cause, if not the trigger. And as far as I know, staying well hydrated is the only thing proven to be effective in preventing kidney stones. However, it is thought that lemonade and citrus drinks can help prevent them too. So in addition to water and Gatorade, lemonade is one of the main things I hydrate with.

Its about 100 here today. They were calling for 102 yesterday so I guess we got a bit of a break. I'll have to admit, I haven't done much outdoors this weekend due to the heat. Worked hard last weekend finishing up my tractor shed, but this weekend I've wimped out. Sitting behind a laptop and watching the Nascar race right now.

I did pull the PTO shaft off my mower and disassembled the slip clutch, cleaned it up and put it back together Friday afternoon.

 

[Sigarms]

Wow that is a bit warm ! Maybe a bit of snow isnt so bad afterall !

Perhaps you've forgotten, my wife is a native Vermonter, and I was born in Maine.

I'll take three real hot months than rather than 250" of snow a year plus mud season!

I guess it's all give and take

 

[Redbug]

Don't feel bad George and Scott...I have "chicken legs", and hot or not I ain't wearin' no kilt! Sorry to the Scotts, I was wrong about Irish.

Yesterday...I changed oil, rotated tires, and greased one of the vehicles. You know it's hot when you gotta move the dog...so you can sit in front of the fan.