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DerekG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 05:08 PM Original message |
Are there actually people who enjoy the heat? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. I know someone who loves summer water sports |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. I do |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. You get used to it. Sweat cleans the body of impurities, if you're healthy. If not, it's dangerous. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. I see some that drive in convertibles with the top down |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. To be fair to them |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. LOL 85 degrees is HEAT? |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Not really, unless you're not used to it. When I fly from one state to another and it's over 40... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Years ago, I recall watching Austin grind to a halt when it dropped to a sub-arctic 48° |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. It grinds to a halt with a quarter inch of snow. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. LOL. That's about right, I'd say! |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #50 |
73. That is true |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:24 AM Response to Reply #35 |
62. I lived in Austin 17 years |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
42. It is when the humidity is 70% or so! |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
66. 85 degrees is brisk here in AZ |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:41 AM Response to Reply #66 |
70. I don't doubt it, with your dry air. |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. it beats the shit out of cold weather |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. 85? heat? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I HEAR YOU TEXAS GAL |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. 85° is heat? |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
44. What about 85 C? Now do you feel the heat? |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. If you would consider for just one moment |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. I doubt the OP was talking Celsius. |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #49 |
68. You are both right. I just thought I would defend OP. |
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era veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. I love hot weather |
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txwhitedove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. Love the heat, and sweat is good for you. Our summer is somewhat topsy turvy this year. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
14. People that run in 90 degree heat are mental |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. Not to bitch again about Seattle's non-summer, but |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. the husband is a freaking desert rat, never gets too hot for him |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
67. I tried to get into the hot tub at a hotel a few weeks back |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. 85 degrees and low humidity is perfect weather. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. 85 is pleasant compared to the temps we've been getting n/t |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. There must be. I am not one of them. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. First off: where to YOU live? |
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DerekG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Western New York |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Well, you see? |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yes, I do. |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. Oh yeah. Love it. |
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Supply Side Jesus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
25. 85? shit, thats a cold snap around here this time of year |
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21st Century FDR (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
26. Think that's crazy? |
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Rochester (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
27. Not me. I tolerate cold well, but not heat. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I'm exactly the same! |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
28. I would love to consider 85% hot. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
29. Depends on what you're used to I suppose |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
30. Not me. I like it in the 50s and 60s. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #30 |
71. I'm with you. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
32. I feel slightly uncomfortable at 75; yucky over 80 |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
33. I think a larger factor is humidity |
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zanana1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
34. I start perspiring at 70 degrees. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
36. 85 degrees? I wish. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
37. Right here, babe. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
38. Yes. I know a woman who has Reynaud's disease. Once I was in a car with her and she set the AC to |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
39. Anywhere from 65 to 95 is fine with me. I HATE the cold. Dry skin, dry sinues, etc. |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
40. better that the freezing cold |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
41. I love every degree from 55 to 90. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
43. Not me! I HATE SUMMER!!!!!!!! |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
46. love it... |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
47. Heat by itself I can tolerate to some extent |
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Raffi Ella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
48. I do! |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
51. 85 is nothing unless there's humidity to match. |
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Lady President (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
53. Love it up until about 90 |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. I think all of my friends imagined I was the only person on the planet |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
55. yes. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
56. Depends. I generally prefer cooler weather: I think 50F is nice, and I once went skinny dipping |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
57. Like it, hate the cold. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
58. I have a strange fetish for hot, muggy, tropical, weather |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
59. Good lord no which is why I live in SF and wear a coat in July. nt |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
60. Where I'm usually living, it was 52° F and raining the day I left for America |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
61. I enjoy temperatures between 70 and 80 degrees... |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
63. I absolutely hate it. |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
64. Mad Dogs and Englishmen. Apparently. |
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annonymous (850 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
65. I like swimming so I like summer |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
69. Hell yeah Sign me up for 85 degrees. |
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CaliforniaHiker (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
72. 85 is the perfect temperature for me |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
74. I'm with you on this. |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
75. Me! |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
76. If it's a choice between boiling hot summers or freezing winters, I'll take the summers every time. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
77. 85 degrees is perfect pool or beach weather IMO |
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