Comments on: Summer Summer Summertime… http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/01/summertime/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:49:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mad Mikey http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/01/summertime/comment-page-2/#comment-74400 Mad Mikey Wed, 09 Aug 2006 07:44:56 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2089#comment-74400 La Shawn, Washington weather is part of the reason that I chose to stay here in San Diego when I got out of the Navy.....<i>humidity!!</i>. La Shawn,

Washington weather is part of the reason that I chose to stay here in San Diego when I got out of the Navy…..humidity!!.

]]> By: purpleslog http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/01/summertime/comment-page-2/#comment-74337 purpleslog Sun, 06 Aug 2006 04:14:38 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2089#comment-74337 On the hottest days, I like to take in a movie during the mid day in a cool dark theater. I also will take a cold shower in the evening. When walking about, a neat trick is to soak the baseball hat one is wearing in water - that cools you right off. On the hottest days, I like to take in a movie during the mid day in a cool dark theater. I also will take a cold shower in the evening. When walking about, a neat trick is to soak the baseball hat one is wearing in water – that cools you right off.

]]> By: Capital Region People http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/01/summertime/comment-page-2/#comment-74251 Capital Region People Fri, 04 Aug 2006 13:34:35 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2089#comment-74251 <strong>Friday: The Rain & The Blogosphere</strong> The Friday morning rain is bringing welcome relief to many affected by the heat wave. I awakened refreshed and ready for the new day, and mourn those who are not here to see it. It is distressing to realize one has "lived" and experienced a wide var... Friday: The Rain & The Blogosphere

The Friday morning rain is bringing welcome relief to many affected by the heat wave. I awakened refreshed and ready for the new day, and mourn those who are not here to see it. It is distressing to realize one has “lived” and experienced a wide var…

]]> By: Dave Lucas http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/01/summertime/comment-page-2/#comment-74250 Dave Lucas Fri, 04 Aug 2006 13:01:41 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2089#comment-74250 <strong>RAIN</strong> The Friday morning rain is bringing welcome relief to many affected by the heat wave. I awakened refreshed and ready for the new day, and mourn those who are not here to see it. It is distressing to realize one has "lived" and... RAIN

The Friday morning rain is bringing welcome relief to many affected by the heat wave. I awakened refreshed and ready for the new day, and mourn those who are not here to see it.

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is distressing to realize one has “lived” and…

]]> By: Sarah Rolph http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/01/summertime/comment-page-2/#comment-74223 Sarah Rolph Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:11:26 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2089#comment-74223 Here in my home office outside of Boston it is just hitting 90. And it ain't the dry heat! No A/C at my house, but a fan helps. My best coping technique is a cool bath. Lowers the body temperature and then you can think again. For a while.... Then it's back to the tub for a refresher! Here in my home office outside of Boston it is just hitting 90. And it ain’t the dry heat!

No A/C at my house, but a fan helps.

My best coping technique is a cool bath. Lowers the body temperature and then you can think again. For a while…. Then it’s back to the tub for a refresher!

]]> By: Beth T. http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/01/summertime/comment-page-2/#comment-74210 Beth T. Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:26:57 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2089#comment-74210 Neil Cavuto was able to put this into perspective. His last show [yesterday for anyone in the States, this morning for those of us in the Middle East] had a very nice military man on who stated how he and his troops cope with the heat WHILE carrying 100 pounds of equipment on their backs everyday. Foregoing the details, let me just say that y'all don't know what "HOT" is. In Iraq the lowest temperature this week is supposed to be 110 degrees. And, here in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, it was almost 100 when I woke up this morning at 6:30! Our thermostat, right now, says 110 degrees, and that IS in the shade [under a patio roof]. I would guess that it is probably closer to pushing 120 outside, right now. Neil Cavuto was able to put this into perspective. His last show [yesterday for anyone in the States, this morning for those of us in the Middle East] had a very nice military man on who stated how he and his troops cope with the heat WHILE carrying 100 pounds of equipment on their backs everyday. Foregoing the details, let me just say that y’all don’t know what “HOT” is. In Iraq the lowest temperature this week is supposed to be 110 degrees. And, here in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, it was almost 100 when I woke up this morning at 6:30! Our thermostat, right now, says 110 degrees, and that IS in the shade [under a patio roof]. I would guess that it is probably closer to pushing 120 outside, right now.

]]> By: The Habitation of Justice http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/01/summertime/comment-page-2/#comment-74206 The Habitation of Justice Thu, 03 Aug 2006 04:11:46 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2089#comment-74206 The Heat is On! By Lincoln Adams The ever resplendent blogging diva (you know her as La Shawn Barber) is fed up with the heat.  So am I, and I'm glad I'm not the only one.  This has been a miserable @#$% summer for me, and not just because of the heat… but that's another story. The Heat is On! By Lincoln Adams The ever resplendent blogging diva (you know her as La Shawn Barber) is fed up with the heat.  So am I, and I'm glad I'm not the only one.  This has been a miserable @#$% summer for me, and not just because of the heat… but that's another story.

]]> By: Spunky http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/01/summertime/comment-page-1/#comment-74204 Spunky Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:43:57 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2089#comment-74204 It's hot here too. I'm in a house with 6 child and NOT AC! Talk about cranky. I blogged about it yesterday, and how a mom with 6 little sweaty rug rats makes it through the day. http://spunkyhomeschool.blogspot.com/2006/08/help.html It’s hot here too. I’m in a house with 6 child and NOT AC! Talk about cranky. I blogged about it yesterday, and how a mom with 6 little sweaty rug rats makes it through the day.

http://spunkyhomeschool.blogspot.com/2006/08/help.html

]]> By: Randy http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/01/summertime/comment-page-1/#comment-74199 Randy Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:56:55 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2089#comment-74199 Hi La Shawn! In Orlando the temp was somewhere in the mid 90's and the heat index was at or above 100 or something like that. I don't notice. Between here and Texas I have lived in HOT for 17 years. The way I deal with it is this ... What heat? ::: pure denial baby ::: that and lots of tea, water and lightweight fabrics. Hi La Shawn!

In Orlando the temp was somewhere in the mid 90’s and the heat index was at or above 100 or something like that.

I don’t notice.

Between here and Texas I have lived in HOT for 17 years. The way I deal with it is this …

What heat?

::: pure denial baby :::

that and lots of tea, water and lightweight fabrics.

]]> By: Alexandra http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/01/summertime/comment-page-1/#comment-74196 Alexandra Wed, 02 Aug 2006 21:05:34 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2089#comment-74196 Arg, I live in Queens in a neighborhood that lost power for a significant amount of time -- I think it came back after two days or so. It was SO HORRIBLE. Not only was every apartment burning hot, and not only did all the food go bad, and not only did I go stir crazy without TV or lights or fans or radio or a cell phone charger, but you couldn't even get a cold soda to drink unless you walked 20 blocks. I survived on warm water, doritos, and room-temp fruit. Yuck. I spent many summers in Texas, and I would take that kind of heat over this rainforest-humid, boxed-in-asphalt city heat any day. Arg, I live in Queens in a neighborhood that lost power for a significant amount of time — I think it came back after two days or so. It was SO HORRIBLE. Not only was every apartment burning hot, and not only did all the food go bad, and not only did I go stir crazy without TV or lights or fans or radio or a cell phone charger, but you couldn’t even get a cold soda to drink unless you walked 20 blocks. I survived on warm water, doritos, and room-temp fruit. Yuck.

I spent many summers in Texas, and I would take that kind of heat over this rainforest-humid, boxed-in-asphalt city heat any day.

]]> By: th http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/01/summertime/comment-page-1/#comment-74194 th Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:33:48 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2089#comment-74194 At least on the West Coast and in the Northeast you guys get a break. I'm in Atlanta and it's been unbearably hot down here since June. It's hit 100 or more a couple of times going back to early July. Today, in the part of the city I live in it was 100. I haven't worn a jacket since March. When I visited NYC in early may, it got down to 47 and I was so cold and freezing. And I'm originally from NY. lol At least on the West Coast and in the Northeast you guys get a break. I’m in Atlanta and it’s been unbearably hot down here since June. It’s hit 100 or more a couple of times going back to early July. Today, in the part of the city I live in it was 100. I haven’t worn a jacket since March. When I visited NYC in early may, it got down to 47 and I was so cold and freezing. And I’m originally from NY. lol

]]> By: March Hare http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/01/summertime/comment-page-1/#comment-74193 March Hare Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:17:44 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2089#comment-74193 Count me in as one of those who LOVES summer. I always looked forward to it, even as a kid. Time to read what I wanted, hang out with friends, not having to be home until the street lights came on, taking classes in summer school on subjects that I wanted to take (for enrichment, not remedial, back when the school districts offered that sort of thing), going to GS camp, camping with my family... Even now I look forward to summer. We're just all more relaxed and have more time to do what interests us rather than what we HAVE to do (although there is some of that). As for the heat... Well, I wear as little as I can legally get away with, find A/C movie theaters and bookstores, hang out in or near water, and wait for the fog to roll in. It always does! And I go back to wearing fleece and/or wool. :) Count me in as one of those who LOVES summer. I always looked forward to it, even as a kid. Time to read what I wanted, hang out with friends, not having to be home until the street lights came on, taking classes in summer school on subjects that I wanted to take (for enrichment, not remedial, back when the school districts offered that sort of thing), going to GS camp, camping with my family…

Even now I look forward to summer. We’re just all more relaxed and have more time to do what interests us rather than what we HAVE to do (although there is some of that).

As for the heat… Well, I wear as little as I can legally get away with, find A/C movie theaters and bookstores, hang out in or near water, and wait for the fog to roll in. It always does! And I go back to wearing fleece and/or wool. :)

]]> By: Gayle Miller http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/01/summertime/comment-page-1/#comment-74192 Gayle Miller Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:17:37 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2089#comment-74192 Blogging naked? The mind reels! TexasFred that is just WAY TOO MUCH information! Blogging naked? The mind reels! TexasFred that is just WAY TOO MUCH information!

]]> By: Mike http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/01/summertime/comment-page-1/#comment-74190 Mike Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:05:37 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2089#comment-74190 Where is Johnny Carson when we need him? "How hot was it...?" Where is Johnny Carson when we need him?

“How hot was it…?”

]]> By: Dan Hamilton http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/01/summertime/comment-page-1/#comment-74189 Dan Hamilton Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:52:56 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2089#comment-74189 I'm in a suburb of Chicago. A/C went out Monday night. Call the Apartment people this morning and found out that they treat A/C like Washer/Dryer.They provide the connections but they are not responsible for the A/C. The last tenant left the A/C in my apartment. Just **^^*&&*#@^)%^ Great!!! So I took off work and went out to buy a new unit. Well I found out that the Capitalist around here haven't got a clue. Everybody is out of Window Units. Most say that they are not getting any more in. Are these people DUMB or what. I could under stand one store but 6. )(*(*^&(^)_)_^_79 Finally called around and found a place that had a unit it will cost more. A/C repair working out of his home and Van but he can get the units and will deliver and install. It will cost twice what a unit would have cost at one of the stores but WTF there is nothing else to do. I am ashamed of the stores around here. I’m in a suburb of Chicago. A/C went out Monday night. Call the Apartment people this morning and found out that they treat A/C like Washer/Dryer.They provide the connections but they are not responsible for the A/C. The last tenant left the A/C in my apartment.

Just **^^*&&*#@^)%^ Great!!!

So I took off work and went out to buy a new unit. Well I found out that the Capitalist around here haven’t got a clue. Everybody is out of Window Units. Most say that they are not getting any more in. Are these people DUMB or what. I could under stand one store but 6. )(*(*^&(^)_)_^_79

Finally called around and found a place that had a unit it will cost more. A/C repair working out of his home and Van but he can get the units and will deliver and install. It will cost twice what a unit would have cost at one of the stores but WTF there is nothing else to do.

I am ashamed of the stores around here.

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