Keeping Cool In This Glorious Sunshine & Heat

[Pyramid*]

How do you keep cool in during gorgeous hot weather like we are having just now?

Me.... well my natural coolness helps, obviously. LOL :laugh2:

Seriously: this weekend has been spent in bikinis, and/or sarong - relaxing in the back garden, lazing and sizzling away, recharging the batteries - with the gentle clicking and spray of the garden sprinkler in the background, listening to the birds cheeping and the cat mieowing coz it's not fun with a fur coat. :D

Lots of tea to induce sweating: with an occasional freezing cold drink for the sheer bliss of it.

When I'm needing a cool down: I let the sprinkler do it for me.:dance:

House is kept cool with all windows and doors open - letting the gentle cross breezes waft through. Sleep is easy due to the fab invention of mobile aircon unit.

Life in this weather is simply great. :D

How do you keep your body temp down?

[Jesus.]

Packs binoculars and heads to pyramids house.

[Josy]

I'm using fans but still can't sleep well.

During the day I just sit in the shade as much as possible or if i'm inside I have the fans on and windows open.

Normally i'm a tea addict but in this weather I mostly stick to water.

[Redway]

A polo shirt, jeans and either vans or converses. I have a snapback and a beanie (hats) sitting lonely in my wardrobe, but my head's already more than hot enough. It's a real privilege having the sun out for any significant period of time, though. The clubs were superb last night and luckily I'm not too hungover from last night's partying. It's because I don't usually drink when the sun's still shining and it was there up until about 22:00, so before then I was just having sips of vodka. :laugh: Although anything but spirits will do me. One whiff of those and I'm on the floor. Luckily there was some speed one of my mates brought down to the club so I didn't have to drink all that much.

[Pyramid*]

A polo shirt, jeans and either vans or converses. I have a snapback and a beanie (hats) sitting lonely in my wardrobe, but my head's already more than hot enough. It's a real privilege having the sun out for any significant period of time, though. The clubs were superb last night and luckily I'm not too hungover from last night's partying. It's because I don't usually drink when the sun's still shining and it was there up until about 22:00, so before then I was just having sips of vodka. :laugh: Although anything but spirits will do me. One whiff of those and I'm on the floor. Luckily there was some speed one of my mates brought down to the club so I didn't have to drink all that much.


Yep, a bit of speed does your heart wonders. :nono:

[Jesus.]

Yep, a bit of speed does your heart wonders. :nono:

Good for weight loss though!

[Pyramid*]

Good for weight loss though!


Who needs it in this weather.... !!

I don't need to lose weight.... mind you, I could be doing with getting back to some muscle toning. *puts in diary*

[Jesus.]

Who needs it in this weather.... !!

I don't need to lose weight.... mind you, I could be doing with getting back to some muscle toning. *puts in diary*

http://media.screened.com/uploads/0/1144/443650-fatness.gif

[Redway]

Yep, a bit of speed does your heart wonders. :nono:

A little bit of anything non-corrosive never hurt anyone...

[Redway]

Who needs it in this weather.... !!

I don't need to lose weight.... mind you, I could be doing with getting back to some muscle toning. *puts in diary*

Me neither. If I lose any weight I'll be as thin as a twig. :laugh: Going down the gym to maintain a six pack and build some more muscles is better for me.

[Pyramid*]

A little bit of anything non-corrosive never hurt anyone...

Tell that to people who have all sorts of drug problems.

Wee bit of speed, then a wee bit of coke: drop a few E's, down a few tabs etc...


Getting out of your tits on drugs - is no way to keep cool in hot weather.

Anyway: this isn;t about drugs - it's to discuss the various ways that people cope with hot weather.

Air con in the car is a blessing too !

[Jordan.]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3654/3559984777_fd9a94cdf7_z.jpg

Perfect

[Redway]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3654/3559984777_fd9a94cdf7_z.jpg

Perfect

It would be perfect if it had a load of sherbert and sauce sprinkled all over it. That's what I call fit.

[Pyramid*]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3654/3559984777_fd9a94cdf7_z.jpg

Perfect

Almost but not quite.

Mango fruit ice cream is delicious. *slobbers all over thread ... I can see me nipping upto the local Italian ice cream shop to get some now*

curses Jordan for putting the very idea into my mind.

[LaLaLand]

Drink plenty of tea, hot drinks quench your thirst and cool you down in heat!

[Tom4784]

Emigrate to a supermarket freezer for a few months.

[MTVN]

Drink plenty of tea, hot drinks quench your thirst and cool you down in heat!

I've heard this before but I don't believe it, never seems to work

[Redway]

Anyway, can't stay for long. Getting all swaggered up to go to a party. See you later, guys. :xyxwave:

[MTVN]

Gonna get on the speed Redway?

[Pyramid*]

I've heard this before but I don't believe it, never seems to work


You need to learn how the body works and how hot drinks have the effect of cooling.

It's very basic really.

Why on earth do you think nationals in hot countries drink hot drinks such as black tea - coffee etc.

It causes the body to perspire; ie: causes moisture on the outside of the skin.

that moisture contains heat from the body... as it evaporates in the air - so too does some of that excess body heat.

Like I say: pretty basic stuff.

:D

[Pyramid*]

Drink plenty of tea, hot drinks quench your thirst and cool you down in heat!

Exactly Jonnii. :D

[MTVN]

Don't believe it :xyxwave:

[MTVN]

Actually it seems I'm not so stupid after all http://coffeetea.about.com/cs/whimsy/a/teamyth.htm

It's a tale we've all heard, usually in the form of a helpful suggestion from a friend. Whenever you mention that you're hot, someone will point out that (believe it or not!) you can cool off by drinking hot tea. The logic behind this claim, is that the hot tea makes you sweat and that helps cool you off. Makes perfect sense, doesn't it? Funny how no one ever suggests that turning up the heat in your house would actually make you cooler, since that makes you sweat too.
But many people can't help think that it still makes sense in some way. Well, I'm going to explain to everyone why it doesn't work. Since I am not a physicist in any sense, the scientific details have been simplified. In a nutshell:

The problem in the logic lies with the laws of thermodynamics. The amount of heat lost by sweating and evaporation will never exceed the amount of heat gained by the hot drink you've consumed. Another problem is that the extra heat makes your blood vessels near the skin dilate to help cool your blood faster. The nerves in your skin can sense this, causing you to feel flushed and warm. Not exactly the result you are looking for.

The overall answer, is that hot tea will make you sweat more, and increase your cooling. But the amount of extra cooling won't be enough to offset the heating-up from the tea.

So next time someone points out that you should drink hot tea in the summer, don't rush to put the kettle on. Grab a tall glass of iced tea, an iced coffee

[Pyramid*]

Actually it seems I'm not so stupid after all http://coffeetea.about.com/cs/whimsy/a/teamyth.htm


who said you were stupid? :conf:

You seemed to miss the part that specifically referred to



The overall answer, is that hot tea will make you sweat more, and increase your cooling. But the amount of extra cooling won't be enough to offset the heating-up from the tea


:xyxwave:

[Kizzy]

I stick an ice pop down my cleavage.....

[Pyramid*]

I stick an ice pop down my cleavage.....


Whilst that can be cooling for the lady... it may not be so 'cooling' for those males watching (or fenales if lesbian)

:D

[MTVN]

who said you were stupid? :conf:

You seemed to miss the part that specifically referred to




:xyxwave:

Haha I love that you neglect to underline the bit that says the sweating "won't be enough to offset the heating-up from the tea.!" so the point is it doesn't cool you down :joker:

[InOne]

Cold shower or just spraying your face with the shower head

[Kizzy]

They can just pop one under their nads or summat....

[Pyramid*]

Haha I love that you neglect to underline the bit that says the sweating "won't be enough to offset the heating-up from the tea.!" so the point is it doesn't cool you down :joker:


I didn't - the intial heat build up from the tea - actually starts the cooling process.:laugh2:

[MTVN]

Think you missed the point of the article

next time someone points out that you should drink hot tea in the summer, don't rush to put the kettle on. Grab a tall glass of iced tea, an iced coffee

Anyway I don't even care about this, I don't know why I'm arguing about it lol

[Pyramid*]

Cold shower or just spraying your face with the shower head

Cooling any pulse points also helps greatly.... wrists, nape, face,. hands..... cools the blood. :)

[Pyramid*]

Think you missed the point of the article



Anyway I don't even care about this, I don't know why I'm arguing about it lol

Neither do I - though I am grateful that you say you are the one arguing. Usually it's me that gets the blame! LOL

[Vanessa]

The hot weather gives me hayfever! :bawling:

[Bollo]

Flinging all the doors and windows open, drinking copious amounts of iced water and/ or diet coke with a slice of lemon, wearing a vest top and one of those long flippy maxi skirts keeps me cool ♥

[Pyramid*]

Flinging all the doors and windows open, drinking copious amounts of iced water and/ or diet coke with a slice of lemon, wearing a vest top and one of those long flippy maxi skirts keeps me cool ♥


Liptons iced lemon tea - freezing cold is a great thirst quencher, but I don't think I've ever seen it here in the UK?

[MTVN]

Yeah they do sell it in some places

[Pyramid*]

Yeah they do sell it in some places

I shall pay you handsomely for this information.

:D

Honestly, I can never find it.

[Bollo]

Liptons iced lemon tea - freezing cold is a great thirst quencher, but I don't think I've ever seen it here in the UK?

I remember seeing it in cans but was always scared of trying it after I tasted iced coffee ( It just tasted really weird to me).. May I'll give it a whirl if I see it around

[Vanessa]

I remember seeing it in cans but was always scared of trying it after I tasted iced coffee ( It just tasted really weird to me).. May I'll give it a whirl if I see it around

It's so nice! I like the mango one! :amazed:

[Vanessa]

Liptons iced lemon tea - freezing cold is a great thirst quencher, but I don't think I've ever seen it here in the UK?

I get it in my local shop. They have green tea, lemon and mango flavour! :lovedup:

[Pyramid*]

I remember seeing it in cans but was always scared of trying it after I tasted iced coffee ( It just tasted really weird to me).. May I'll give it a whirl if I see it around

Never been into the iced coffee... but iced tea is lovely.

I love the sound of the Mango flavoured tea...

[Vanessa]

Never been into the iced coffee... but iced tea is lovely.

I love the sound of the Mango flavoured tea...

It's the best flavour! I get it all the time! :dance:

[Vicky.]

I dont bother about staying cool. I take advantage of the sun and just sit outside and bake :laugh:

Luckily for me I only work nights, so the heat doesnt bother me at work. And the house is always cool too, no matter how hot it is outside so if it does get too much through the day I just pop inside for half an hour or so :D

[Redway]

Gonna get on the speed Redway?

Just got in now. No. I had alcohol (obviously) but didn't touch the stuff. That may have been helped by the fact that there was none to be served but I would've declined if I was offered. Speed on its own is already unhealthy, so I wouldn't have it twice in a matter of days.

[Vicky.]

Just got in now. No. I had alcohol (obviously) but didn't touch the stuff. That may have been helped by the fact that there was none to be served but I would've declined if I was offered. Speed on its own is already unhealthy, so I wouldn't have it twice in a matter of days.

Good plan. In my younger days when I tried it I was on it for 4 days nonestop and ended up in hospital with really vivid hallucinations :o I also convinced myself that 'seeing' my arm going black meant I was having a heart attack. And while in hospital I was seeing insects crawling all over the room I was in and a boy walking round with an axe sticking out the back of his head.

I havent touched the stuff since.

Infact I have barely touched any drugs since then.

[Kizzy]

Good plan. In my younger days when I tried it I was on it for 4 days nonestop and ended up in hospital with really vivid hallucinations :o I also convinced myself that 'seeing' my arm going black meant I was having a heart attack. And while in hospital I was seeing insects crawling all over the room I was in and a boy walking round with an axe sticking out the back of his head.

I havent touched the stuff since.

Infact I have barely touched any drugs since then.

trippin on phet?....You sure vicky?....:hugesmile:

[Vicky.]

trippin on phet?....You sure vicky?....:hugesmile:

I think it was more due to the no sleep part than the actual speed tbh...but it put me off speed for life D:

[Redway]

Good plan. In my younger days when I tried it I was on it for 4 days nonestop and ended up in hospital with really vivid hallucinations :o I also convinced myself that 'seeing' my arm going black meant I was having a heart attack. And while in hospital I was seeing insects crawling all over the room I was in and a boy walking round with an axe sticking out the back of his head.

I havent touched the stuff since.

Infact I have barely touched any drugs since then.

:laugh2: Yeah, that's what the stuff can do to you. I'm more of a social user with ecstasy, although even then it does mess you up. I have a video tape of me being high on the stuff - made a right cock up. :laugh: It feels like a surreal world and that anything I wish for can happen when I take the stuff. Weed's better, though, in the sense that you don't feel stoned for two days after taking it. :laugh:

[Kizzy]

I think it was more due to the no sleep part than the actual speed tbh...but it put me off speed for life D:

You didn't sleep for 4 days?...haha yep that will do it, thats how the nazis extracted info from people...haha

[Vicky.]

You didn't sleep for 4 days?...haha yep that will do it, thats how the nazis extracted info from people...haha

Yup. Oddly enough neither did any of my mates who were there and they didnt end up in the state I was in. I'm guessing I'm just not as hardcore as they are :bored: :laugh:

Edit. No it was 3 days I didnt sleep for, not 4. Not that it makes much difference :laugh2:

[InOne]

-has always had a good time on drugs-

[Redway]

Don't touch LSD, though. If you think cocaine is bad, try that. The hallucinations you get from that drug are actually horrific.

[Vicky.]

-has always had a good time on drugs-

Only drug I can truly say I have always enjoyed is ecstacy. Makes me feel amazing everytime but gav doesnt like me taking it because one of his mates died off it when he was younger so he gets all skitzy if I touch it, even though Im not stupid enough to be downing alcohol and stuff when on them (which is how his friend died, alcohol, E, coke and speed at once) :rolleyes:

[InOne]

Only drug I can truly say I have always enjoyed is ecstacy. Makes me feel amazing everytime but gav doesnt like me taking it because one of his mates died off it when he was younger so he gets all skitzy if I touch it, even though Im not stupid enough to be downing alcohol and stuff when on them (which is how his friend died, alcohol, E, coke and speed at once) :rolleyes:

E is probably what I most prefer as well. Coke and weed don't do anything for me. But E's always make me feel great and the last time I did them I started hallucinating :joker:

[Redway]

E is probably what I most prefer as well. Coke and weed don't do anything for me. But E's always make me feel great and the last time I did them I started hallucinating :joker:

Weed's grand. It's almost pitch-perfect. You don't hallucinate but you loosen up and laugh at the slightest and stupidest of things. The last time I had weed last week with one of my mates we couldn't stop laughing. It's a bit like a cigarette, only it's more extreme. You don't have to smoke when you have a bong or two at home, so I don't know why I carry on buying packs of fags. :laugh:

[InOne]

Weed's grand. It's almost pitch-perfect. You don't hallucinate but you loosen up and laugh at the slightest and stupidest of things. The last time I had weed last week with one of my mates we couldn't stop laughing. It's a bit like a cigarette, only it's more extreme. You don't have to smoke when you have a bong or two at home, so I don't know why I carry on buying packs of fags. :laugh:

As I said, doesn't do anything for me. Smoked it plenty of times and I just end up falling asleep.

[Vicky.]

Ok this is going a bit offtopic now...and I know I contributed also. Sorry :tongue:

[Redway]

As I said, doesn't do anything for me. Smoked it plenty of times and I just end up falling asleep.

Really? That's what the spirits do for me. One whiff of those, as I said in another thread, and I'm in a two-day coma. Ecstasy's definitely good for getting jiggy on the dance floor, though. Never tried coke before...how is it?

[InOne]

Really? That's what the spirits do for me. One whiff of those, as I said in another thread, and I'm in a two-day coma. Ecstasy's definitely good for getting jiggy on the dance floor, though. Never tried coke before...how is it?

It's not bad if you get good quality. I'm usually drunk when I take it though.

[Redway]

Ok this is going a bit offtopic now...and I know I contributed also. Sorry :tongue:

Just did a drugs topic in C&G for all drugs discussion. :D

[InOne]

Ok this is going a bit offtopic now...and I know I contributed also. Sorry :tongue:

Leading us all astray with your crazy drug anecdotes :idc:

[Vicky.]

Cheers :p

I always feel quite bad telling people to get back ontopic when I took part in the offtopic-ness. I'm such a terrible mod sometimes :joker:

(And dont anyone dare say 'SOMETIMES?!' :bored: )

[Glenn.]

I'm really REALLY sunburnt :sad:

The heat coming off me is ridiculus.

Plus we can't use our hosepipes in the South East. We have a hosepipe ban.

I have to wait til it gets dark to water the plants so the neighbors don't grass me up:bored:

[Redway]

I'm really REALLY sunburnt :sad:

The heat coming off me is ridiculus.

Plus we can't use our hosepipes in the South East. We have a hosepipe ban.

I have to wait til it gets dark to water the plants so the neighbors don't grass me up:bored:

That must be the first actual on-topic post we've had for a good two pages now. :shocked:

[bbfan1991]

I normally stay inside, unless I have to go out somewhere and just chill with a glass of Water or Coke with Ice:):D.

[Vicky.]

The only bad thing about the good weather is the insects. I am literally covered in bites. Its the same every time its hot :bored:

[Glenn.]

I'm in so much pain it's a joke. I'm so hot!!

[Glenn.]

And my dog keeps farting and the smell is making me feel sick:bored:

[Vicky.]

Im sure the farting is not the fault of the sun :suspect:

Lock it outside/in the kitchen/in a room with your parents

[Glenn.]

Vicky I don't even live with my parents :idc:

[Vicky.]

Why did i think you were smithy just them D:

[Glenn.]

D:

[Vicky.]

Sorry :laugh:

[Glenn.]

I'm a little offended:hmph:

And my dog has just done a really loud fart. Like a human D:

[Vicky.]

I think its you and you are blaming the dog :suspect: