tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post8080382679262414139..comments2023-09-29T06:00:09.242-05:00Comments on Julie Pippert: Using My Words: The War of the Roses: no quarter in this marital battle over the climate controlJulie Pipperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169574697104642479noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-46138662166678941252007-05-14T11:21:00.000-05:002007-05-14T11:21:00.000-05:00Christine, I used to gripe and moan anytime the te...Christine, I used to gripe and moan anytime the temp hit humidity and upper 70s, or anywhere in the 80s in MA. I have friends who RELISH that weather and are the same through winter. I think each of us has some I don't know genetic thing where we tolerate certain weather better. In short, no, you are not crazy, just a summer person LOL.<BR/><BR/>**<BR/><BR/>Well K, we broke into the 90s today. 85 before 9:30 a.m. SHEESHAW! I swear, I am such a nasty person today. When I briefly lived in Alpharetta and worked in Atlanta...I used to complain bitterly about such heat and humidity. I swore like Scarlett to never, ever do it again. BWAHAHAHA Famous last words.<BR/><BR/>**<BR/><BR/>Queen, yep, that's a drawback. We do the same with the A/C (duh, just wrote a whole post about it LOL) and it really is b/c I can't sleep hot. And I require covers on top. You know, monster protection. ;)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, it is beautiful here. You know, through the window. LOL<BR/><BR/>I console myself as one might expect here in Margaritaville, LOL.Julie Pipperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169574697104642479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-25747826343015749712007-05-13T16:55:00.000-05:002007-05-13T16:55:00.000-05:00Julie, I feel your pain! The humidity here is r...Julie,<BR/> I feel your pain! The humidity here is ridiculous! We usually keep the air around 74 and lower it to 72...so we can sleep at night. It is sad when you have to use the AC 10 months out of the year! I suppose that is the drawback to life in the lovely deep south! :)Queen of the Mayhemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10317309061471274358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-46638437750155142352007-05-12T21:39:00.000-05:002007-05-12T21:39:00.000-05:00I hear you on the savoring the last days before me...I hear you on the savoring the last days before melting, it was in the high 80's today. Of course, my husband and his family think it's never too hot to be outside. They don't sweat, they are complete freaks. <BR/><BR/>Beautiful picture, we'd kill to live by water.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427175530813402719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-45724589963754001172007-05-12T17:08:00.000-05:002007-05-12T17:08:00.000-05:00We live is the frosty cold, wintery land of Wester...We live is the frosty cold, wintery land of Western New York, so we have the opposite kind of weather. I used to live in Virginia and I actually miss the hot and humid summer. I know I am crazy. I also loved feeling that wall of wet heat getting off a plane or leaving an air conditioned building. I know I need help!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662448292809451387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-10604722305901072352007-05-12T09:09:00.000-05:002007-05-12T09:09:00.000-05:00LM, I hear that, usually the men turn the A/C cool...LM, I hear that, usually the men turn the A/C cooler and women warmed...but this I don't get LOL. Anyway as my husband says below, he's all for the cooler temps but likes to conserve. In other words, he is more heat tolerant than I am LOL.<BR/><BR/>**<BR/><BR/>Bones, you just might be on to something. I do prefer cool, and am pretty cold tolerant. I do like winter. And it might very well be because I always feel better, less allergies.<BR/><BR/>LOL about hot feeling like you are in your own mouth. Yeah, sleep is impossible when you are hot. <BR/><BR/>No danger in being a stranger now and again. We all have business, life, get busy, go spelunking...whathaveyou.<BR/><BR/>**<BR/><BR/>Chani, I swear if it weren't for the height I'd call myself a descendant of the Neanderthal, LOL, genetically built for the Ice Age and so forth, and just not able to make it in the heat.<BR/><BR/>And FWIW, I had the exact same experience as you wrt to weight and heat correlation: I've been on both sides of that fence and it didn't make a lick of difference to me. <BR/><BR/>Anyway gosh how rude!<BR/><BR/>Yeah you'll be moving to a similar climate. I'd skip arid Arizona and start acclimating somewhere hot and humid. :) You've got about half a dozen really cheap states to choose from, although a couple of them lack some decent housing in the southern parts still. <BR/><BR/>**<BR/><BR/>Sage 79F is one thing when it's oh say 79F outdoors. 79F indoors when it is 100+ outdoors means it is really about 85 inside by feel.<BR/><BR/>It is so hot and humid here you refrigerate everything (bread spoils in a matter of a couple of days---the preservative laden bread) and can't leave wet clothes in the washer for more than a few hours max. And the bugs really are such that you don't put boxes or bags of food in the pantry. Everything is in glass or plastic containers that seal. Pet food is in cannisters too, and the bowls are on special platforms that have insect repellant.<BR/><BR/>Some natives laugh at me and my whole bug-and-heat issues. However, their biggest laugh was my freaking panic attack the first time I saw the mosquito trucks. Second biggest laugh was my panic attack when the NASA alarms went off (disaster drill first Thursday of every month). Ha freaking ha ha.<BR/><BR/>Some of us remember the cold war, okay. And duck and cover drills. And have like a Pavlov dog reaction of total panic and anxiety to air alarm sirens.<BR/><BR/>**<BR/><BR/>SM, I see you rated a reply from my husband! Consider yourself highly honored!<BR/><BR/>**<BR/><BR/>Jen, absolutely! See, great minds agree.<BR/><BR/>**<BR/><BR/>Aliki, I prefer fresh circulating air too (of course...not here, not this time of year, my fresh air tolerance here is about 15 minutes tops).<BR/><BR/>Okay OMG my husband's family are total A/C hounds too!<BR/><BR/>They absolutely FREAK OUT that we open the windows. I grew up doing that a lot...it was how my family did it---fresh air as much as possible and canned air only when necessary.<BR/><BR/>But they ONLY use canned air.<BR/><BR/>I didn't get it at first. They kept asking if we wanted to close the windows, turn on the A/C. His dad kept explaining how A/C works, telling me it's there for a reason: to conditon the air.<BR/><BR/>I was like, huh?<BR/><BR/>It finally hit me, LOL.Julie Pipperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169574697104642479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-51826491928531475162007-05-11T21:50:00.000-05:002007-05-11T21:50:00.000-05:00I like winter, too. And much as I appreciate AC, ...I like winter, too. And much as I appreciate AC, I would much rather have the windows open then the cold air circulating around. But my husband is such a child of the AC--his mother loves is from Texas and loves it cold in the house, and I'm sure it's in his blood.Aliki2006https://www.blogger.com/profile/15763865834765963343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-17694521409652363692007-05-11T19:14:00.000-05:002007-05-11T19:14:00.000-05:00SB---that's lovely. I know people who do that. Me?...SB---that's lovely. I know people who do that. Me? I want my real, postcard style seasons back. I like winter.<BR/><BR/>But I am LOL about hot flashes. I swear this is my problem. Then I remember, yeah, I've always been a heat wimp.<BR/><BR/>**<BR/><BR/>M-L, I hear you, I do. Half the year I htink, yeah, this place isn't half bad---it's pretty good. Then the other half hits and I'm like, dude, the heat's all that and a hurricane too---no wonder housing is low here, who other than a rocket scientist would choose to live here?<BR/><BR/>And I am pitiful in the heat.<BR/><BR/>LOL<BR/><BR/>**<BR/><BR/>Ooops have to run...reply more later.Julie Pipperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169574697104642479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-37365035343645486322007-05-11T17:35:00.000-05:002007-05-11T17:35:00.000-05:00oh, the heat. i too would be in your same battle,...oh, the heat. i too would be in your same battle, if only we had A/C. <BR/><BR/>it IS easier to warm up, every single time.Girlplustwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056576921114387218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-65738021442756376062007-05-11T16:10:00.000-05:002007-05-11T16:10:00.000-05:00Well it's not so much a question of temperature pr...Well it's not so much a question of temperature preference. Truth be told if climate was the only factor I'd set the thermostat at 68. And in the winter the thermostat is set at 64...(IOW it never comes on).<BR/><BR/>The battle is really more about tolerance and the comfort/cost ratio.<BR/><BR/>I think the reason we play the thermostat dance in silence is I wish we could lower the temp and she knows we shouldn't...creates a strange sort of balance.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474992687428861966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-9490772864283181602007-05-11T10:06:00.001-05:002007-05-11T10:06:00.001-05:00I think it's so funny that you both keep turning t...I think it's so funny that you both keep turning the dial back and forth with no arguments or even words.<BR/><BR/>Crack me up, you both.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602868040771218507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-1198644353077211442007-05-11T10:06:00.000-05:002007-05-11T10:06:00.000-05:00Oh, this is so funny. This is our house except in...Oh, this is so funny. This is our house except in reverse.<BR/><BR/>Every summer I insist that our air conditioner should be set at 26 (Celsius, which is about 79 Fahrenheit) because the city asks people to do that in order to conserve energy (post-Blackout and to help the environment) and every day, Joe lowers the temperature complaining that he can't sleep. We don't talk about it much, we both just check the control now and then and adjust to suit us.<BR/><BR/>That said, I usually like to be a little warm, but I'm also very susceptible to heat stroke. It's a delicate balance.<BR/><BR/>But reading this makes me appreciate the seasons here. Yes, it's gets ridiculously hot and humid, but for SIX MONTHS? No, thank you.NotSoSagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04782162947524115936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-10128329307634573002007-05-11T09:38:00.000-05:002007-05-11T09:38:00.000-05:00Considering where I'll be for the rest of my life,...Considering where I'll be for the rest of my life, you'd think I'd be able to tolerate heat much better than I do. <BR/><BR/>I hate it. Absolutely hate it! <BR/><BR/>"lose weight", someone said. "You'll be able to tolerate it better."<BR/><BR/>I lost weight and still don't tolerate it any better. <BR/><BR/>Without an air conditioner, I'd die! <BR/><BR/><BR/>Peace, <BR/><BR/>~Chanithailandchanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-66857097229494260532007-05-11T09:19:00.000-05:002007-05-11T09:19:00.000-05:00As a fellow New England expatriate, I can underst...As a fellow New England expatriate, I can understand the dramatic difference between low 70’s (which are entirely pleasant) and high 70’s feeling oppressive. I can’t sleep above mid 70’s. Anything warmer than 73 or 74 and I feel like I’m inside my own mouth. If I could, I’d sleep with the windows open all winter. I prefer winter when it comes right down to it. Maybe it’s because there are less things to be allergic to.<BR/><BR/>But the bottom line is upper 70’s is hot. And people can put on more clothes or blankets if they need to warm up. But if you’re hot, you’re hot.<BR/><BR/>And I’m sorry I’ve been a blog stranger lately. I think things are ironed out on this end, so I’m back.Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16504810076352510226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-54780081872689821962007-05-11T09:03:00.000-05:002007-05-11T09:03:00.000-05:00I realize that I don't know where you live. Flori...I realize that I don't know where you live. Florida? I went to school in Miami, so I hear you. We also have constant a/c battles in my home (Virginia), but it's not nearly as hot here!<BR/><BR/>(And I have an advantage. I programmed all the thermostats. Occasionally hubby will take the time to try & change them, but I usually catch him before he's done!) I HATE being hot!<BR/><BR/>You realize we're backwards though, right? It seems like most of my female friends are the ones freezing and their hubbies the ones complaining about melting.Lawyer Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06819273107327846943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-83922714975515900372007-05-11T08:45:00.000-05:002007-05-11T08:45:00.000-05:00My friend rarely runs the heat in her Southeastern...My friend rarely runs the heat in her Southeastern home, where it does get pretty cold and keeps the air running--at a much lower temp. than 74--in the spring and summer. <BR/><BR/>I'm a wimp both ways, heat and cold. As much as leaving So-So Cal for less expensive areas sometimes sounds appealing, I don't know how I'd manage the more extreme heat and cold. Oh wait, I used to live in Texas! I know how I'd be: a complaining, miserable wretch.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270726693980247861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-45672782653436836222007-05-11T07:51:00.000-05:002007-05-11T07:51:00.000-05:00I hope retirement finances will allow me to become...I hope retirement finances will allow me to become a snowbird and chase the May around the globe. May here in CT, that is - although I've had the A/C on a couple of days already, as it crept into the 80s. The leaves aren't even out and there is no shade. I'm having hot flashes, aren't I!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com