Comments | carytown: I'm melting. Melting!!!

carytown

I'm melting. Melting!!!

Jul 03, 2012 05:46

I've come to the conclusion after spending a week in Virginia with no power, storms, and 90-104F days with 80-90% humidity that all these idyllic depictions of new-world settlers in woodcuts, paintings, drawings etc. were bull...er baloney. Call it one of the first documented cases of 'spin'.

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danthered July 3 2012, 21:34:26 UTC

Come visit us in the Northwest!

carytown July 12 2012, 02:41:29 UTC

Hmmm. Not a bad idea. Greg want's to travel again.

danthered July 12 2012, 04:03:55 UTC

Yer damn tootin' it's not a bad idea. Got passports? We have space for ya in Vancouver. Also got space for ya at the house in Seattle.

So when're you coming?

danthered July 12 2012, 04:04:47 UTC

Oh yeah: Waffle iron in each location. And I promise no cake flour or dishwasher decrepitude.

designerotter July 4 2012, 06:05:15 UTC

Yeah, it's a rough lesson - but I think you're on to something.
Sorry to hear about the heat you're having to endure. Over the years I've collected fans, as in Japanese folding fans. It may sound silly, but they're my insurance for when the AC gives out - and surprisingly effective. Hang in there!

carytown July 12 2012, 02:45:21 UTC

Hmm, not a bad idea. Reminds me of school when I was a kid. We had basically the same weather in spring and fall. And back then the idea of A. AC in the schools and B. letting us out when hot was unheard of. We would fold up notepaper into fans and use those. I would marvel at those with the patience and dexterity to make a fan with a myriad of fine pleats. Me, I was old seven-fold-joe.

designerotter July 12 2012, 03:39:22 UTC

"old seven-fold joe"...I'm ticked with that moniker - and it could apply to me - lol
Now then, if you were to get a folding fan, do check it out before buying: more commonly found are the Chinese exports, which are often cheaply made (tho I've gotten good ones in Hong Kong) and you can tell because in use they tend to "clatter". The best are the Japanese ones, which are beautifully crafted and silent when waved.
Back in 1969 I was riding the New Tokkaido bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto in the muggy month of August. Sitting opposite me was a middle aged businessman who calmly pulled out a folding fan from his suit-coat vest pocket and commenced making himself comfortable. Not only was the fan silent in use, but of course it also matched the color of his summer business suit .... one of those characteristic memories of the way the Japanese combine aesthetics and practicality.

danthered July 12 2012, 04:06:07 UTC

Get some of those refreezable cold-packs. Not the rigid plastic kind, but the kind that remains soft and flexible even when frozen. Freeze them. Put them inside your pillowcase(s), wrapped in a towel if needed to attenuate the coldness. Works a treat!