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Title: Too damn hot!
Post by: Karlos on July 19, 2006, 08:52:26 AM
Typical whingeing limey that I am, it's too hot (as opposed to being too wet/cold/whatever)....

I took this picture at my desk (dodgy cameraphone shot) at 8:35am with in the shade, windows open my deskfan on full tilt...

(http://www.extropia.co.uk/toohot.png)

... and the day hasn't even started :-o

Title: Re: Too damn hot!
Post by: on July 19, 2006, 09:35:40 AM
You turning into a southern ponce? :-o
Title: Re: Too damn hot!
Post by: adz on July 19, 2006, 09:43:47 AM
That is pretty warm for 8:35 in the morning, even by Australia standards, although on new year's day this year, it was still 35°C at 4am in the morning.
Title: Re: Too damn hot!
Post by: Karlos on July 19, 2006, 10:31:58 AM
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nicholas wrote:
You turning into a southern ponce? :-o

Geordie genetic adaptation to our native climate and habits of wearing t shirts in mid-winter led to the elimination of 95% of the normal proportion of sweat glands. We can only sweat via our foreheads and between our toes (oh and the old a*se crack of course). Consequently, we can't endure heat.
Title: Re: Too damn hot!
Post by: Karlos on July 19, 2006, 10:46:06 AM

Ten thurty aiight ay em, and things are hottin' up in the big brutha howse...


(http://www.extropia.co.uk/toohot2.jpg)
Title: Re: Too damn hot!
Post by: blobrana on July 19, 2006, 11:00:03 AM
Hum,
today could be the hottest july day ever...

Title: Re: Too damn hot!
Post by: Cymric on July 19, 2006, 11:29:12 AM
Ah oui. Yesterday my computer was already experiencing lockups and shutdowns owing to its temperature. The CPU has a few kilo's worth of aluminium and copper attached to it, but if the air going in is already over 30 degrees...

I have now shut all windows in this house, drawn all curtains, and keep quiet and still.
Title: Re: Too damn hot!
Post by: adz on July 19, 2006, 11:11:14 PM
Heard on the news that you guys topped out at 36°C, a record for July.
Title: Re: Too damn hot!
Post by: blobrana on July 20, 2006, 12:27:41 AM
"Britain has sweltered on its hottest recorded July day as temperatures hit 36.5C (97.7F) in Wisley, Surrey.
The previous hottest July day was in 1911, when Epsom, Surrey, reached 36C. The highest UK temperature recorded was 38.5C (101.3F) in Faversham, Kent, on August 10, 2003."

Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5193486.stm)
Title: Re: Too damn hot!
Post by: Karlos on July 20, 2006, 03:12:05 PM
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adz wrote:
Heard on the news that you guys topped out at 36°C, a record for July.


Well it seriously rained at about 4am this morning and I was out in it in a flash :-D

Of course now it is overcast but heating up badly, evaporating all traces of the deluge into the air pushing the humidity right up. It's 31C here at my desk right now, but unlike yesterday, sticky too.
Title: Re: Too damn hot!
Post by: odin on July 20, 2006, 04:13:31 PM
Are you sure those aren't your socks being sticky?
Title: Re: Too damn hot!
Post by: Karlos on July 20, 2006, 06:34:01 PM
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odin wrote:
Are you sure those aren't your socks being sticky?


fnaaar!
Title: Re: Too damn hot!
Post by: adz on July 21, 2006, 12:52:06 AM
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Karlos wrote:
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adz wrote:
Heard on the news that you guys topped out at 36°C, a record for July.


Well it seriously rained at about 4am this morning and I was out in it in a flash :-D

Of course now it is overcast but heating up badly, evaporating all traces of the deluge into the air pushing the humidity right up. It's 31C here at my desk right now, but unlike yesterday, sticky too.


You really need air conditioning :-D
Title: Re: Too damn hot!
Post by: Karlos on July 21, 2006, 12:32:30 PM
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adz wrote:

You really need air conditioning :-D


Oh yes indeedy. Of course nowhere in the UK is this hot long enough for companies to justify the expense, especially retrofitting already built offices like these.
Title: Re: Too damn hot!
Post by: adz on July 21, 2006, 02:24:55 PM
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Karlos wrote:

Oh yes indeedy. Of course nowhere in the UK is this hot long enough for companies to justify the expense, especially retrofitting already built offices like these.


I must say old bean, that really sucks!

How about reverse cycle, cold in summer, warm in winter? Split systems are all the rave downunder at the moment, easy to install too.
Title: Re: Too damn hot!
Post by: Agafaster on July 27, 2006, 11:55:24 AM
trouble is aircons are part of the problem:

they use heat to move heat, so the heat bill for using one of these is the amount of heat moved, plus some for operational needs.

the thing is, humans being what they are, the hotter it gets, the more the aircon gets used. could easily end up being a vicious circle.

that being said, I did actually have to have the AC on in the motor on the way back to work. I played footy in a stuffy oxygen free indoor pitch. but then me internal thermometer was reading 37 degrees C !!
Title: Re: Too damn hot!
Post by: Wilse on July 27, 2006, 09:25:18 PM
To be fair the temperatures up here have mainly been mid twenties, although it was 31C at the festival I was at on Saturday, but I'm loving every minute of this.

We Scots are used to cold, wet weather, all year round. This is a nice change.
Title: Re: Too damn hot!
Post by: Karlos on July 27, 2006, 11:00:07 PM
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Wilse wrote:
To be fair the temperatures up here have mainly been mid twenties, although it was 31C at the festival I was at on Saturday, but I'm loving every minute of this.

We Scots are used to cold, wet weather, all year round. This is a nice change.


I don't like it, but cold / wet is easier to cope with than overwhelmingly hot and humid...