I never use my A/C, it uses up too much energy and it's not really a necessity here...

Fine weather again today, loads of sunshine and 26°C

I couldn`t live without an A/C anymore.
I guess i`m like a Pirelli tyre.

Ok...so...a Pirelli tyre needs A/C or...? ;)

No a Pirelli tyre only feels comfy on a small temp window.

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With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

Brit A/C is my option, though I have a largish portable A/C unit, and that still is not needed @ 23C (as Julie points out) .....

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The dewpoint dropped by almost 20F this afternoon, which helps a lot. The temp's not quite cool enough for me to turn off the AC and open the windows for the night. We'll see tomorrow. [edit] Hmm, my sig shows it 4F cooler than the local Weatherbug site I look at. [/edit]

I have a reprint of a book that takes my lineage directly back to Steven Streeter who came over from Kent in 1642. [edit] Counting him as #1, I'm a 12th generation American. I don't intend to reproduce, but my first cousin has three kids and counting. I'm also related to Dr. Worthy Stearns Streator, for whom the town of Streator, Ill. is named. [/edit] It's fairly well established that we are related two different ways to President John Adams. No direct descendants of his, though.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Summer has come and gone again.
Overcast and only 20°C *sigh*

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No A/C here, but we had 7-16C (45-60F) here today which is not bad for the middle of winter in the Australian high country.

Cheers.

I never use my A/C, it uses up too much energy and it's not really a necessity here...

Fine weather again today, loads of sunshine and 26°C

Well at 122F you have no choice but turn it on no matter what gas cost.:(

Started dull and dry here (16C or 61F) but now is blazing sunshine and rising temperature at 23C (73F). Dogs lying on the back lawn sunning themselves ....

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I went to bed last night at 1am, it was about 90F outside, now it's 88F, the temp inside was 86F almost all night long, now I wait for the park to get the parts to fix the cooler, I'm lucky the belt and the motor for the blower still works. Concentric water pumps don't really last longer than 1 year here and the pads cause of calcium carbonate don't last longer than 6 months, the pads here haven't been replaced in over 1.5 years, the pads are white colored cause of the calcium carbonate from the water...

I always changed the pump every year at the begining of the season even if it was working and changed the pads twice a year. I found that I wasn't stuck in a hot house in a heat wave. And most of all oil the fan and motor !!! Belts I could get maybe 2 years out of them.

Sitting in a comfortable deckchair, on a comfortable lawn, reading a comfortable book, helped by a chilled pint of Landlord (all in comfort) ............

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My choice for a/c is an 18,000 btu wall/window mount unit w/a remote control, that runs on 230v as it uses less amps,

It's not the amps you pay for, it's the Watts, and they'll come out the same for the same work regardless of how many volts and amps you have.

(Did I ever say that I went ahead and put in the 20 amp fuse?)

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Sitting in a comfortable deckchair, on a comfortable lawn, reading a comfortable book, helped by a chilled pint of Landlord (all in comfort) ............

And not on the Titanic...

Now that wouldn't be comfortable:))

Blue skies again here and +/- 20°C. Weekend will be 27°C it seems...

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Sun here and a cloudless sky (Burning off the clouds). So, the temperature should rise to the forecast 26+C ....

Got a 30 amp fuse in the place!!

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Beautiful sun out today with temps around 23°C
I like it a bit warmer though...

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We have 82F inside and outside and no wind and no rain. Gardens are burning up. Far too hot for me, I prefer 10 degrees cooler.

Me I'd rather see 62F, but one takes what the weather gives and makes lemonade...

That's the nice part of having citrus trees in the back yard. Between Lemons, white and red grapefruit, and Navel and Valencia oranges, I have fresh fruit and juice almpst all year.

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Currently 86. DP 72. RH 61%. Heat index 92. Don't really feel like going out to bring in the recycling container and mail (most of the latter will go in the former anyway).

Perhaps I would prefer a nap. Yes, that seems more likely.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Been a lovely 81F all day here

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Tonight's low: 74.

There's been rain, but not much lightning. Apparently, ice holds positive ions and rain holds negative ions, and the atmosphere is too warm for there to be much ice, even up there at storm cloud level.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Tonight's low: 74.

There's been rain, but not much lightning. Apparently, ice holds positive ions and rain holds negative ions, and the atmosphere is too warm for there to be much ice, even up there at storm cloud level.

Well it was 108F outside today, while inside it was 87F, on August 1st I'm buying a 7500cfm water pump for the cooler to replace the park issued 5000cfm pump, the 11000cfm I had to return, I'd overspent somewhat, plus its too big currently, no choice, so until then I'll endure it. The temp inside is now 83F and outside the temp is 103F...

I could probably live with 83 with the kind of humidity levels you have there.

Tomorrow night's low in the heat of the city could be as high as 78. Not good sleeping weather.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

the nice part of having citrus trees in the back yard.

We have lots of flower smells, but no fruit trees except apples.

You raise a good point about trees. I have two in my yard that after 2:00 pm shade half of my house fron the sun. I have had to run my AC for a week now. and when you walk from one end to the other. I can feel a differance in temps. I dont thinks its my imagination.

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