Cables, Coffee, Cycles, and Cocktails

[dtel]

1 hour ago, CECAA850 said:

2 hours ago, dirtmudd said:

time to check out my local brew

Did you ever get a new coffee maker or is the old one still limping along?

From the amount of coffee Dirts coffee maker has to put out it's amazing it still does anything at all, it deserves to limp a little. 

[dirtmudd]

6 minutes ago, dtel said:

From the amount of coffee Dirts coffee maker has to put out it's amazing it still does anything at all, it deserves to limp a little. 

I cleaned it with Viagra.....

but it is time for the bunn !!!!

 

I went to my local restaurant supply

they did not even carry that model..

that Carl sent a link too...

 

and the nit wits said why would anyone want a commercial coffee

maker for home...

 

So I just walk out...

[Jeff Matthews]

42 minutes ago, BigStewMan said:

but he probably still gets the humidity.  I’ll bet not as bad as you do.  Do you ever get acclimated to humidity or does it always just suck?  I know this cat in North Carolina (Not our beloved Tarheel) that told me that you never get used to humidity, you just live with it. 

That's very true.  I like it, though.  I've been to dry climates, and it's nice and comfortable, except for the chapped lips you get just from walking in a light breeze for a bit.  Here, where it's humid, when you work-out or play sports outdoors, you can really work up a pouring sweat, giving you that feeling of a real work-out.  It just doesn't feel right to run a mile or two and hardly break a sweat.

[T2K]

 

I notice a lack of humility almost everywhere I go these days.

[dtel]

50 minutes ago, Jeff Matthews said:

It just doesn't feel right to run a mile or two and hardly break a sweat.

That's funny, if I ran a mile everyone else better run because there is a really good reason to get away.  

[Jeff Matthews]

6 minutes ago, T2K said:

 

I notice a lack of humility almost everywhere I go these days.

That's nothing to brag about.

[dtel]

1 hour ago, dirtmudd said:

I cleaned it with Viagra.....

but it is time for the bunn !!!!

That's funny, but they say one leads to another. 

[BigStewMan]

3 hours ago, Jeff Matthews said:

That's very true.  I like it, though.  I've been to dry climates, and it's nice and comfortable, except for the chapped lips you get just from walking in a light breeze for a bit.  Here, where it's humid, when you work-out or play sports outdoors, you can really work up a pouring sweat, giving you that feeling of a real work-out.  It just doesn't feel right to run a mile or two and hardly break a sweat.

Jeff, do you have any friends with Asthma?  I have Asthma and whenever i’m in a hot & humid climate -- i’m so short of breath that i’m flat on my back.  My entire Coast Guard career, i avoided the East and Gulf Coasts ONLY because of the humidity.  Surely, some that live there have Asthma, i wonder if their lungs mellow out?  It must or they’d be moving away.

[BigStewMan]

2 hours ago, T2K said:

 

I notice a lack of humility almost everywhere I go these days.

How do feel when you’re in a less humid place?  Do you like it or are you so accustomed to high humidity that low humidity is uncomfortable?

[Jeff Matthews]

3 minutes ago, BigStewMan said:

How do feel when you’re in a less humid place?  Do you like it or are you so accustomed to high humidity that low humidity is uncomfortable?

I was being serious in my other post.  In a dry climate, such as our road trip to southern Utah, I got chapped lips.  It's just too dry for me.  The flip-side is in Utah, I stay dry, too, and that's always good when you want to be dry.  Here, you have to be indoors to be dry.  Period.  They keep it so cool in restaurants that when we walk out into the sauna, it feels great!  

[Jeff Matthews]

15 minutes ago, BigStewMan said:

Jeff, do you have any friends with Asthma?  I have Asthma and whenever i’m in a hot & humid climate -- i’m so short of breath that i’m flat on my back.  My entire Coast Guard career, i avoided the East and Gulf Coasts ONLY because of the humidity.  Surely, some that live there have Asthma, i wonder if their lungs mellow out?  It must or they’d be moving away.

You are right.  I know some people with asthma, and our climate is uncomfortable for them.  Basically, although some people think of Houston as being part of a big desert, named, "Texas," we have a tropical climate.  I love our tropical weather.  Just yesterday, we had a nice, strong windstorm blow through for about 20 minutes.  Then, it stopped.  Then, 30 minutes later, another one came of similar duration.  Then, it was over.  That was right at the end of lunch.  I like regular, but intermittent, rains, with a good dose of sun thrown into the mix.  The bugs love it, too!  We must be the bug capitol of the U.S.  I wouldn't trade my bugs for anywhere else.

[USNRET]

Lack of humidity? Dry? Wet? I live in south Texas; a hair dryer blown over a tub of water.
I spent three years in Iceland with like 0% humidity. Take three steps, touch anything conductive and get a shock. 30 MPH wind was a calm day. Became albino but had to support West Africa for 2 months twice a year. Sunburned albino; rinse and repeat.

[Jeff Matthews]

2 minutes ago, USNRET said:

Lack of humidity? Dry? Wet? I live in south Texas; a hair dryer blown over a tub of water.

Going outside feels like when you open the oven to get your piping hot pizza!  

[BigStewMan]

11 minutes ago, Jeff Matthews said:

I was being serious in my other post.  In a dry climate, such as our road trip to southern Utah, I got chapped lips.  It's just too dry for me.  The flip-side is in Utah, I stay dry, too, and that's always good when you want to be dry.  Here, you have to be indoors to be dry.  Period.  They keep it so cool in restaurants that when we walk out into the sauna, it feels great!  

I’m back in an arid climate, high desert. My nose gets dry and i think i’ll start using some saline spray. I lived many years in the desert; but, that was over 30 years ago.  Living at the beach for 30 years sure affects one’s nose, lips, and skin (in a good way, a few days back in the desert and i’m drying out).  Breathing is my big concern...I can handle the dry heat, and I can handle the humidity at the beach; but, the real high humidity and heat kicks my butt. Would have loved to have done a tour of duty in Florida; but, didn’t want to feel like crap in the humidity; and wasn’t sure if i’d get used to it or struggle breathing all the time. So, i spent 16 of 20 years on the West Coast; and four years in Michigan (Lake Michigan and Lake Superior; and Shore unit in Grand Haven).

[T2K]

52 minutes ago, BigStewMan said:

How do feel when you’re in a less humid place?  Do you like it or are you so accustomed to high humidity that low humidity is uncomfortable?

 

I'm not sure anyone ever gets acclimated to the high humidity here. You learn to tolerate it. As I've gotten older and because of health issues I can no longer work long periods of time outside in the summer. It's hard to breath in high humidity. I deal with it via the thermostat. 

[BigStewMan]

1 minute ago, T2K said:

 

I'm not sure anyone ever gets acclimated to the high humidity here. You learn to tolerate it. As I've gotten older and because of health issues I can no longer work long periods of time outside in the summer. It's hard to breath in high humidity. I deal with it via the thermostat. 

Is it harder now, since you developed the health issues?  Has doctor suggested moving to a place where breathing is easier? I just have Asthma, which is bothersome, have never faced what you are.  Since I’m under the impression that you love where you live, i sincerely hope that you’re able to tolerate it without too much additional burden.

Steve

[T2K]

Well I worked outside for 36 years. Even working at night I would be soaking wet after just an hour or so of work. Heck, it's even hot in December most years. You have to drink lots of water and take breaks to avoid heat exhaustion. But I enjoy the weather here and wouldn't consider living anywhere else other than the gulf coast.

 

I had cancer and had radiation. My oncologist said I was over-radiated. This after having breathing problems after the chemo/radiation. I don't know anything about asthma but if high humidity bothers you then any strenuous activity would probably be uncomfortable for you. I deal with it by turning the thermostat down to about 65 before having sex with the old lady.

 

 

[BigStewMan]

5 minutes ago, T2K said:

Well I worked outside for 36 years. Even working at night I would be soaking wet after just an hour or so of work. Heck, it's even hot in December most years. You have to drink lots of water and take breaks to avoid heat exhaustion. But I enjoy the weather here and wouldn't consider living anywhere else other than the gulf coast.

 

I had cancer and had radiation. My oncologist said I was over-radiated. This after having breathing problems after the chemo/radiation. I don't know anything about asthma but if high humidity bothers you then any strenuous activity would probably be uncomfortable for you. I deal with it by turning the thermostat down to about 65 before having sex with the old lady.

 

 

Glad you got the Old Lady to walk down this rough road with. Don’t want to be too nosy; but, i hope it works out good for you. Beat the crap out of the cancer -- it took my pops at age 35 and my adopted dad at age 45 (they were brothers).  Praying for your victory.

[dtel]

I say the heat and humidity is bad but it really doesn't bother me unless I'm working outside because it's so easy to get overheated, and then it just wears you out quickly, age doesn't help either. This is aggravating because you can only get so much done when it's hot and humid, way less than half of what you could in our mild winters. It can be dangerous, a couple of times over the years I got too overheated and did not drink enough, it's a terrible feeling you don't get over easily by just cooling off and drinking. 

 

But when you're talking about breathing problems, that's more than just being uncomfortable. 

[Ceptorman]

3 minutes ago, dtel said:

I say the heat and humidity is bad but it really doesn't bother me unless I'm working outside because it's so easy to get overheated, and then it just wears you out quickly, age doesn't help either. This is aggravating because you can only get so much done when it's hot and humid, way less than half of what you could in our mild winters. It can be dangerous, a couple of times over the years I got too overheated and did not drink enough, it's a terrible feeling you don't get over easily by just cooling off and drinking. 

 

But when you're talking about breathing problems, that's more than just being uncomfortable. 

Our summers can be brutal, we had a few days of over 105 degree heat index this summer. I work primarily outside. This summer, I did have a few extremely restless nights because of cramping. Not just the legs cramping, but areas in my lower abdomen, those really are intense.