It's 100 degrees here

Started by DocJon · 43 posts · 4,597 views

  1. #1
    It's not a dry heat.

    That is all.
  2. #2
    The other day, the weatherman called our weather patterns for the summer, Tropical.... It was 97 when I came in from outside....

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    Atomm wrote:
    The other day, the weatherman called our weather patterns for the summer, Tropical.... It was 97 when I came in from outside....

    YOU. . . live in a desert. What else do you expect? 😛

    News says it's 103. When it gets to 105, I'm selling.
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    Did someone say Dessert? Yummy!

    I'm hungry... Gotta run....

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    Yea it is hot as hell here as well. Damn Global Warming 😉
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    That is just a "bit" too awkward to build.

    Besides it is too hot to work 😉

    I really just need to get the whole house house AC fixed 🙂

    Hey wait.. don't you have AC?? If so, what are you bitching about 🙂
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    Paladin wrote:
    That is just a "bit" too awkward to build.

    Besides it is too hot to work 😉


    <Wesley Snipes as "Blade" Voice>
    Pussy. . .
    </Wesley Snipes as "Blade" Voice>
    😀

    Paladin wrote:
    Hey wait.. don't you have AC?? If so, what are you bitching about 🙂

    Well, actually YES! The Tennessee Valley Authority and FDR were kind enough to work on getting power to this godforsaken hellhole, so now people stay inside, and nearly every car, and even poor people, have AC - because death is generally considered an option of last resort. 🙂

    I provided you with an AC option that costs less than $30 to build (major cost: the fan), and it's operating cost is little more than that of operating a fan (which we can all hear you using anyway). The fact that it's awkward and kludgey should be a bonus to a geek such as yourself. 😉 This Friday when your computer room is pushing 100 degrees, don't blame Doc 😏

    And if it leaks, well, you said you were interested in trying WATER COOLING in your computer! 😱
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    ephil wrote:


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    🤣 🤣 🤘 🤘 😏
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    DocJon wrote:
    <Wesley Snipes as "Blade" Voice>
    Pussy. . .
    </Wesley Snipes as "Blade" Voice>

    I provided you with an AC option that costs less than $30 to build (major cost: the fan), and it's operating cost is little more than that of operating a fan (which we can all hear you using anyway). The fact that it's awkward and kludgey should be a bonus to a geek such as yourself. 😉 This Friday when your computer room is pushing 100 degrees, don't blame Doc 😏

    And if it leaks, well, you said you were interested in trying WATER COOLING in your computer! 😱



    My luck is it would short out my entire house. Besides by the time you keep a huge ass bucket full of ice, I would not be able to game having to add to it every 30 min 🙂
    I could not even make enough ice 😉

    Hell I could just keep putting ice cubes in a rag and wringing it over myself and get the same effect but much wetter 🙂
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    Paladin wrote:
    My luck is it would short out my entire house. Besides by the time you keep a huge ass bucket full of ice, I would not be able to game having to add to it every 30 min 🙂
    I could not even make enough ice 😉

    Hell I could just keep putting ice cubes in a rag and wringing it over myself and get the same effect but much wetter 🙂

    I'd sure hate to be his landlord or parents. I don't know the rate of water he's running from that garden hose, but it has to be alot. Idiot.

    There are several better ways to exchange the heat from the hose. Hell, the simplistic way is to simply draw the cold air directly off the ice water. Thats how window coolers were made back in the 50-70's.
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    lexx wrote:
    I'd sure hate to be his landlord or parents. I don't know the rate of water he's running from that garden hose, but it has to be alot. Idiot.

    There are several better ways to exchange the heat from the hose. Hell, the simplistic way is to simply draw the cold air directly off the ice water. Thats how window coolers were made back in the 50-70's.


    Only ONE of the several designs use a garden hose and continuously running water. The others circulate the ice-water thru copper tubes, and the fan blows air around the coiled tube. They use 10-20 gallons of water with ice.

    As for not having enough ice, stop by the store on Friday nights and spend $2 for a 10-lb bag.
  16. #16
    Damn, its hot enough this week to buy some carbon credits! 🙂
  17. #17
    F that..... Carbon credits is a scheme rich people like Al Gore thought up to try to make the amount of money they waste on abundance seem OK.
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    Now now, it's ok. Show me on the dolly where Al Gore touched you.
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    Atomm wrote:
    F that..... Carbon credits is a scheme rich people like Al Gore thought up to try to make the amount of money they waste on abundance seem OK.


    Actually that's not true. Pollution credits started back in the '80s as an effort to bring market forces to bear in dealing with environmental issues. They were initially intended for corporations to utilize in manufacturing and to try and move away from a purely regulatory structure. If you could get a manufacturer to make some money off of another dirtier manufacturer it was felt that they might voluntarily put in additional pollution controls or cleaner processes, etc... The key is that there always needs to be a net decrease in pollution all the way around and you can't use the credits to be a completely polluting bastard.

    At this point there are no regulations restricting personal carbon emissions so I don't personally see a downside of some rich person spending their money to assuage their conscience. They money goes towards a good cause at least instead of whatever else it is rich people do with their money.
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    Sarge wrote:
    At this point there are no regulations restricting personal carbon emissions so I don't personally see a downside of some rich person spending their money to assuage their conscience. They money goes towards a good cause at least instead of whatever else it is rich people do with their money.

    In Gores case its not to make him feel good. He's paying for planting tree farms. When they mature and are harvested he will receive a nice fat stock bonus. By the time these trees get anywheres big enough to filter out some carbon dixode, they will be axed to repay the investors! Just another political sham.
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    Don't get me wrong. I am no saint. We run the AC more than the average family and I've owned sub 20MPG, SUV/Trucks's almost all of my driving life. However, I think it's ridiculous to say, it's ok that I don't live what I expect everyone else to do, I'm rich and I can afford it.

    Under that argument, it's ok that Michael Jackson had sex with young boys because he paid their families millions of dollars.

    Oh yea, I think the whole Global Warming thing is crap too, but that doesn't mean I think we shouldn't try to do better.
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    Atomm wrote:
    Don't get me wrong. I am no saint. We run the AC more than the average family and I've owned sub 20MPG, SUV/Trucks's almost all of my driving life. However, I think it's ridiculous to say, it's ok that I don't live what I expect everyone else to do, I'm rich and I can afford it.



    I will shy away from saying what I do as I would be a very bad boy in this case...
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    I am going to mainly stay out of this one but come on.... carbon credits???

    Yes lets make all the businesses in the US pay for producing anything... Oh China has surpassed us in carbon output but no one seems to give a crap about forcing them into watching what they do.

    But lets get something straight. First Co2 is plant food! They give us oxygen in return. Co2 good!

    Cows produce more Co2 than cars do.

    All of the planets are heating up. There are no SUV's or factories on Mars and it is also heating up. Umm maybe the sun is just producing more heat and is in a normal cycle?

    Did you know that Gore owns a carbon credit company so anything he buys he gets for himself so he make money off of himself so to speak. it is all just a way for the democrats to keep control over us. If they control all of this it is another excuse to tax us and get even more out of us, another reason to control what we do and how we do it..


    Lame sh&^ this all is....
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    Wow. In the "it's 100 degrees here" thread, in the "most beautiful city" thread, and in the "2142" thread, we get a splash, to a 'liberal' dose (heh), of politics. Reminds me of my mom, and how everything we talk about comes back to her aches and pains. . . 😏
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    I guess I don't understand why if you know something could be done better, why wouldn't you. I don't care if you beleive in global warming or not, but wouldn't you like to see less polution rather than more? Keep your politics out of it.. think is clean air a good thing? Now what can you do in very small gestures to keep your air cleaner?

    As for the China arguement, what does it matter what they do... can't you just have your own backbone and say "I want to do things better?". Granted everyone would like to see China do better, but sometimes you have to lead by example. Say they make 2 tons of pollution and we make 1... wouldn't it be better for everyone if we only made .5?

    I mean look at your arguements, and pull the poltics out of them. Are you kidding me... CO2 is a good thing??? You go fill your garage with CO2 and brethe only that and tell me how good it is. It's keeping things in balance. You need trace amount of iodine to keep your body running, arte you going to eat a candy bar of iodine tomorrow, no it'll kill you.

    You guys come up with millions of excuse of why global warming is wrong, but did you ever consider... it's bad no matter what. And maybe there are small inconsequential things you can do to help it? If you beleive cows are the biggest source of CO2, then maybe eat less beef.

    My point is do something, be proactive at helping somewhere, don't spend all your time trying to poke pinholes.

    I have made the decision I will do what I can to minimize the amount of air pollution I create. I have made the decision to recycle so as to help alleviate a problem we have with not enough places to keep our garbage. I have seen the polluted haze over Los Angeles... I want to do what I can to ensure that isn't over my house. It has nothing to do with Al Gore, China, Democrats, Republicans, Mars... it has to do with wanting something to last longer, or be better.

    Stop looking for blame or for conspiracies, and look for what you might be willing to do to make your life better.
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    ephil wrote:
    Now now, it's ok. Show me on the dolly where Al Gore touched you.

    🤣
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    I've done plenty in the last twenty years to conserve natural resources. While I have always needed a full size truck for work each day, I've always balanced that with a small 4cyl car for the wife.

    We have recycled since 1986 here. We have to pay to wash out the cans with city water. Then the program was costing the recyclers too much, so now we have to hold our trash for bimonthly collections. Then we find out they are keeping just the cans and taking the rest to the dump!

    I believe in balance for everything. I don't believe in government controls or feel good policies that lead the public in one political direction or the other.

    If it makes you feel good Bubba, great. I applaud ya. But I'm getting more jaded day by day by the irks of Gore and his crowd. If some of the Keota specs were passed, my elec bill would shoot up. The last 3 years several power stations converted from coal to natural gas, which of course caused shortages for housing consumers. My heating bill doubled the last 3 seasons.

    We poke pinholes because we HAVE to. Otherwise we would all be paying $10 a gallon to drive or taking the port authority buses everyday. These are socialist liberal ideas trying to build a powerbase in the democratic party.

    Balance, its the only thing keeping democrats and republicans from totally ruining our country.
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    👍

    Money makes the world go round. And the people that have it don't care how hot it gets before the world ends.

    =)
  30. #30
    Okay Bubba,

    Then tell Al Gore and all the other idiots out there this!

    Make Al Gore state the REAL facts and state how mankind is not causing Global Warming, it is natural but lets concentrate on some pollution issues. They have nothing to do with warming but lets worry about simple land fill problems etc..

    Go out and get the liberals to state THAT and I am with you! Post how you disagree with all that panic crap science Gore is spouting and how we (the USA) are causing all the problems on the planet! Lets concentrate on other things! Lets hold other countries accountable. Lets get the U.N. to agree to put pressure on these countries for what THEY are doing. Go for it man....

    It is THAT problem that I have. It is liberals that spout all this BS that make me angry. Bubba I am with you, why not pollute less, that is ALWAYS a good thing but lets not do it under false pretenses. Lets do it because it is the right thing to do.

    Lets stop false Junk Science and fear mongering and concentrate on the issues at hand. Make a movie about that. Make a movie about how safe Nuclear Energy really is and that is the best way to deal with our energy problems right now but we have not built a new plant since the 70's because of all the environmentalists.

    Lets bring up the issues of how Ted Kennedy spouts how we need more wind power but refuses to let Wind mills be built on or near his vacation home because he does not like how they look. 🙂

    Lets do this and that and make people do this and that but not in my neighborhood. because when you are a democrat, its different. The rules do not apply to you.

    I do not mean you in general Bubba. I think overall we all agree on the underlying issues at hand, just not the right spouted issues or the way to accomplish the correct solutions that actually need correcting.

    I just get sick and tired of people getting on people, like me, that own SUV's and how we are causing Global Warming bla bla bla. BS! THAT is my issues, stop yelling at me about things that are not true! Now should we have vehicles that are more efficient, hell yes. Should we develop new ways to power vehicles like fuel cells or hybrids etc.. hell yes. But lets do it for the right reasons and not spout un-truths..
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    Paladin wrote:
    Bubba I am with you, why not pollute less, that is ALWAYS a good thing but lets not do it under false pretenses. Lets do it because it is the right thing to do.



    Then why do you keep throwing politics into this. Why do pretenses matter, why not just do the right thing and do it now? Why do you need to argue about science? Why not do it cause you know it's better?

    As for you spouting on and on and on about the bad science, give me the link to some articles in a peer reviewed science journal saying global warming isn't true.

    I don't give a shit what you drive, drive your hummer if you like, but then don't bitch to me that gas is expensive. Don't bitch to me you have asthma. Don't bitch to me you have to buy bottled water.

    As for nuclear power, I don't necessarily disagree that its one of the best alternatives for power right now. You just tell me where to store the waste. The spent rods have no where to go, and they are un-disputedly dangerous for people.

    As for rules not applying to democrats... it's across the board in politics. When the Victoria Plame sotry first came out Bush said I will hold the person responsible for this accountable to my fullest capability. I won't even get into how Libby is the only one to get any trouble dispite many other being implicated. But then Bush commutes his sentence. What I am trying to say, corruption is on both sides so give it the hell up.

    If you want an SUV go for it, I won't bitch at you, but maybe you can do something elsewhere to improve the earth in a way you don't mind adjusting. In other words if driving your SUV is important, maybe you can use less harsh chemicals to clean your bathroom. You don't care that you might have to scrub a little harder. Hell maybe you don't care it's dirty ;-)

    I choose to drive an energy efficient car, I choose to ride my bike to work as much as possible, I choose to conserve land, I choose not to use chemicals in my life, I choose to compost. I don't do it for any reason, but I hope someday the world might be a slightly better place... it has nothing to do with Al Gore, Ted Kennedy... etc. It has to do with me, my choices, my beliefs and my hope that someday I may be able to bring my child hunting, maybe there will still be some land to hunt on, maybe there will be some of these great animals I see.

    Stop mixing your beleive in politics into why you do what you beleive in. I have never been a Democrat, I have never been a republican. I beleive in doing the right thing and voting for who I think might do the best thing for me and you.

  32. #32
    Bubbaspanky wrote:
    I guess I don't understand why if you know something could be done better, why wouldn't you. I don't care if you beleive in global warming or not, but wouldn't you like to see less polution rather than more? Keep your politics out of it.. think is clean air a good thing? Now what can you do in very small gestures to keep your air cleaner?


    Yes, that's exactly what I said. Global warming is a scare tactic designed to pump more money into pet projects. I want to do better because I think we should, not because someone is using this as a way to make more money.

    Bubbaspanky wrote:
    As for the China arguement, what does it matter what they do... can't you just have your own backbone and say "I want to do things better?". Granted everyone would like to see China do better, but sometimes you have to lead by example. Say they make 2 tons of pollution and we make 1... wouldn't it be better for everyone if we only made .5?


    I completely agree and it's why I think Carbon Credits are a bunch of bullshit. Instead of trying to lower pollution, Carbon Credits allows the rich to say, it's ok that I consume more than I should, I can afford to buy Carbon Credits from someone else who does a better job. Instead of lowering pollution, it has a net affect of keeping pollution at a specific level.

    Who do you think pays for the companies that pollute more and have to buy Carbon Credits? We do. They pass that cost along to the consumer.

    Bubbaspanky wrote:
    I mean look at your arguements, and pull the poltics out of them. Are you kidding me... CO2 is a good thing??? You go fill your garage with CO2 and brethe only that and tell me how good it is. It's keeping things in balance. You need trace amount of iodine to keep your body running, arte you going to eat a candy bar of iodine tomorrow, no it'll kill you.

    You guys come up with millions of excuse of why global warming is wrong, but did you ever consider... it's bad no matter what. And maybe there are small inconsequential things you can do to help it? If you beleive cows are the biggest source of CO2, then maybe eat less beef.


    Actually Bubba, I believe the correct thing to say in this case is eat more beef. If we eat less, then the cow population will explode, producing more methane.

    Hey, I think I'm going to make a t-shirt that says Vegetarians Cause Global Warming.... hehe

    Bubbaspanky wrote:
    My point is do something, be proactive at helping somewhere, don't spend all your time trying to poke pinholes.

    I have made the decision I will do what I can to minimize the amount of air pollution I create. I have made the decision to recycle so as to help alleviate a problem we have with not enough places to keep our garbage. I have seen the polluted haze over Los Angeles... I want to do what I can to ensure that isn't over my house. It has nothing to do with Al Gore, China, Democrats, Republicans, Mars... it has to do with wanting something to last longer, or be better.

    Stop looking for blame or for conspiracies, and look for what you might be willing to do to make your life better.


    I am not blaming anyone. In fact, I am against blaming anyone, unlike those who use the heavy handed finger of global warming to dictate and push blame onto whoever they want. But, I am tired of hypocrites saying one thing, then doing the exact opposite.

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    Atomm wrote:

    I completely agree and it's why I think Carbon Credits are a bunch of bullshit. Instead of trying to lower pollution, Carbon Credits allows the rich to say, it's ok that I consume more than I should, I can afford to buy Carbon Credits from someone else who does a better job. Instead of lowering pollution, it has a net affect of keeping pollution at a specific level.




    I meant to post I agree to some extent about the Carbon credits. It so very american... my side hurts... well heres a pill to "fix it". No one trys to figure out why their side hurts. Throw money or some other "quick fix" at it. Carbon credits are fine if that is what you want to do. I prefer to do things myself to lessen my impact. Much like how I don't take a pill to "fix" problems. I would rather figure out what is causing the problem and fix that. Rather than consuming a pill everyday because my back hurts I would rather fix my posture and ergonomics of the chair I am in 8hrs a day.


    I know you guys don't like Al Gore, remember he is only one person, he is just very visable. Not every person deals with these problems as it is claimed he does. For every "liberal" you can throw out there that you have a problem with I can name a republican doing similar things. It doesn't matter what party. The people who have the time and money to be in politics are often the type of people none of us would like.
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    Bubbaspanky wrote:
    Then why do you keep throwing politics into this. Why do pretenses matter, why not just do the right thing and do it now? Why do you need to argue about science? Why not do it cause you know it's better?


    Because THE LEFT ARE ALWAYS BRINGING IT UP AND MAKING IT POLITICAL!!!!! 🙂

    Why do I need to argue about science?? That is my entire point!! Gore comes out making a movie and stating that ALL DISCUSSION are over! It is the absolute FACT and noting else anyone says will matter!

    THAT is my point. Gore and his ilk are making it political. The liberal media is making it political. You do not see that???? WTF?? 😉

    So they can constantly make it a political issue but I cannot call them on it?
    They want this political so they can adopt the lame carbon credits (as I said Gore himself makes money on this from his very own CC company) and create new taxes and more government controls on us. I am sorry but I want to keep the issues alive so we do not fall into yet more controls over our lives.

    I have noting but respect for you if you try to be good to the environment. I am not arguing about that or that people should do that. This is not the conversation.

    I also agree that maybe it is time to see if we can somehow change the warming trend no matter what the cause. I am with you there but it is not my SUV or campfire doing it. This is my point.

    As for you spouting on and on and on about the bad science, give me the link to some articles in a peer reviewed science journal saying global warming isn't true.


    Will some Nobel laureates do? Read the bottom.

    Do you have any idea on how many scientist have came out about this issue and got threatened that they would no longer get funding or would not get promoted or even keep their jobs if they did not shut up? I listened to several interviews from these guys. This again is where politics comes in man. The Gore crowd puts pressure on funding them in the first place so they need the results they want. They only fund scientists that agree with their political agendas. If a lab comes out and has a counter argument against what Gore wants to put out there, their funding gets cut.

    How can some publish with this kind of pressure?

    Some still do though. One example is James M. Taylor who is a senior fellow for environment policy at the Heartland Institute.

    One article from him:
    http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/45...-REF30b.article
    He sites some scientists and published articles in this.

    How about this article:
    http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial...global_warming/

    In this article he mentions this nice little fact that may answer your original question.

    "The alarmists and their sychophants in the media chant the mantra, "a consensus of scientists" believe human activity is causing catastrophic climate change.

    But who are those scientists? Not the scientists who contributed to the International Panel on Climate Change reports, since they were not asked to endorse the "summary for policymakers" that claims a link exists between human activities and climate change.

    Thousands of scientists worldwide -- an overwhelming consensus, it could easily be argued -- have rejected the alarmist's global warming theory. More than 17,000 of them, including dozens of Nobel laureates, have signed a petition saying no convincing scientific evidence supports the theory of catastrophic global warming.

    You can read the petition for yourself at http://www.oism.org/pproject/s33p357.htm."
  35. #35
    Hehehe, Ain't I a stinker 😏
  36. #36
    lexx wrote:
    Hehehe, Ain't I a stinker 😏


    Yeah I am with Pal on Doc with this one and I know they will agree you're a dick 😏

    I am done arguing about this. You will beleive what you will.
  37. #37
    Bubbaspanky wrote:
    Yeah I am with Pal on Doc with this one and I know they will agree you're a dick 😏

    I am done arguing about this. You will beleive what you will.



    No problem man. But you asked me to produce something and I did.

    Enough said.
  38. #38
    This thread has far outlived it's usefulness.

    closed.
  39. #39
    Man, is it me or is it hot in this thread?

    100+

  40. #40
    Atomm wrote:
    Man, is it me or is it hot in this thread?

    100+

    It's only 96 here. It feels downright chilly after hitting 104 yesterday. All these up and down temperatures are gonna give me a cold! At least it evens out at 100 on Sat & Sun. 🎉
  41. #41
    [crappy pop song] It's gettin hot in here.. lets take off all our clothes.. I am gettin so hot... [/crappy pop song]
  42. #42
    Once again, Bubba shows off his ability to reply to a post that starts a new page, thus giving the impression that he is as weird as we think.....

  43. #43
    Atomm wrote:
    Once again, Bubba shows off his ability to reply to a post that starts a new page, thus giving the impression that he is as weird as we think.....

    I'm thinking a good QUOTE now and again would cure that.