SOteric
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Tue Aug-01-06 02:01 PM
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How to sleep comfortably on a hot night |
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For our friends in areas of the country plagued by soaring temperatures, - a visit to the pages of WikiHow... http://www.wikihow.com/Sleep-Comfortably-on-a-Hot-NightPost your tips in reply. :hi:
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Tue Aug-01-06 02:03 PM
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1. I finally caved in and bought an air conditioner this weekend. |
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I really resisted....but I just can't do the tossing and turning and sweating thing anymore.
Ahhhhh.
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SOteric
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Tue Aug-01-06 02:05 PM
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3. A smart investment given the likely problems of global warming. |
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You have to figure it's not going to miraculously start getting cooler in future summers.
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Tue Aug-01-06 02:07 PM
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I bought mine a few weeks ago
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Tue Aug-01-06 02:24 PM
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6. Yep. I got a cheap-o window mount AC, and it was well worth it. |
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Luckily I have a small room, so I just turn it on low an hour before I go to bed, and the room's really comfy. Hardly even makes a dent in my electric bill, I just have to remember to turn it off when I go to work.
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Tue Aug-01-06 05:50 PM
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14. Same here...I paid about $120 for mine |
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It's a small AC...5,000 BTU's. I put it in the living room and it's cooling the whole apartment (a smallish 1 bedroom). It's been running continuously since late yesterday. I'll trun it off Wednesday...when it's supposed to only get to 80F.
My kitty also likes it a lot. :-)
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Tue Aug-01-06 07:55 PM
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Still wish I had known and been able to give you one of the ones from the house that likely got tossed.
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Tue Aug-01-06 02:04 PM
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2. I remember when I was single and living on the first floor on a busy |
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street. I was afraid to keep the windows open at night because I am a chicken shit, so I would take an ice cold shower and turn the fan directly on me.
It still sucked.
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Tue Aug-01-06 02:10 PM
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5. And while we're at it, -For the kitties in your life: |
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Tue Aug-01-06 02:28 PM
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7. Thanks for posting about cats |
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My roommate's cat is definitely suffering from heat exhaustion. I, in fact, thought she was dead when I came home yesterday. (She was lying on the bathroom floor, mouth open, tongue out, eyes fixed straight up...)
I'm going to forward that to him; hopefully, he'll do something about it.
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Tue Aug-01-06 02:31 PM
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Pets are the ones I feel the worst about in this heat. They can't speak about their discomfort.
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Tue Aug-01-06 02:37 PM
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It's so hot in our apartment, that I'm spending the next several nights at various friends' places. But the kitty doesn't have anywhere to go.
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Tue Aug-01-06 05:14 PM
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13. Can you take the kitty with you? It may save his life. |
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Tue Aug-01-06 03:04 PM
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10. Drugs.... Lot's of drugs..... |
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Tue Aug-01-06 03:10 PM
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When I worked in the Negev desert and lived in a trailer, we usually waited for winter to sleep well. Lying smack in front of a fan meant your windward side stayed cool, while the other sweltered.
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Tue Aug-01-06 03:14 PM
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12. It's 87 inside my house. |
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I was supposed to spend the day doing housework. Instead I read a mystery in front of the fan.
Hope I can survive two more hours till I get to go to work. :bounce:
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Tue Aug-01-06 05:52 PM
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15. Sheets in the fridge. |
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We used to do that before a/c. Back in the olden days.
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Tue Aug-01-06 05:53 PM
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last summer, it was hot as could be, and I had to bust out the old credit card for a few window units, I just couldn't take it anymore...especially at night. During the day, I can suffer, but at night, I can't stand sleeping in my own sweat, so AC is my saving grace...whoever invented the AC, I love you man!, or woman!...
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Tue Aug-01-06 05:55 PM
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18. if you are in a house, sleep in the basement |
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it's always cooler there..of course, then you have to contend with the spiders & the other creepies crawlies that live in a basement. :wow:
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Tue Aug-01-06 07:10 PM
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19. Soak a t-shirt in cold water, wring it out and sleep in that. |
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Tue Aug-01-06 07:37 PM
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20. you can always wet the bed |
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Tue Aug-01-06 07:45 PM
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21. We've got AC, but my room somehow manages to be several degrees warmer |
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than the rest of the house (probably my computer and all it's other electrical friends). I just keep the room dark all day, turn the fan on my face/neck, and wear little to bed
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Tue Aug-01-06 08:28 PM
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23. Now, I'm not saying a/c isn't a good idea, I've got one myself |
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and I use it in the hottest weather in short bursts. But I just want to ask, - y'all do realise how much they contribute to Greenhouse Gases, right? http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/society/greenhouse.htm
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Tue Aug-01-06 08:32 PM
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24. If you need to use a sheet/top cover, keep your |
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feet/legs and as much as possible uncovered. That helps me. :hi:
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