Summer heat.

[CBratron]

It's so hot the rub signs are activating on my army build junkions.

Are you guys coping? Are your little plastic friends surviving the heat?
I'm not really looking to get answers. I just wanted a place to vent, share tips on staying cool and protecting what is possibly our third most expensive investment.

[Bidoofdude]

It's so hot the rub signs are activating on my army build junkions.

Are you guys coping? Are your little plastic friends surviving the heat?
I'm not really looking to get answers. I just wanted a place to vent, share tips on staying cool and protecting what is possibly our third most expensive investment.

Was quite hot here last week. Rubsigns all revealed, it came and went. Just really didn't move or talk while I was. Just closed the curtains to protect them from direct heat. ;)

[Trent]

Close the blinds during the day when we're not there and all is sweet. Thanks to K-Rudd I got in on the free insulation so my house doesn't get that hot until late afternoon. By then usually the wife or I are home and the A/C gets a crank while I usually head for a swim ;)

[lancalot]

The heat outside is terrible ....been running the AC all-day so far !! :D

[iamirondude]

the heat up here is snapping all of the rubber bands in my vintage GI joes. the young fella left 1 of his cars outside for a couple of hours and it turned yellow down 1 side.

[1AZRAEL1]

I got a wax sculpture oh my hand doing the horns from Madame Tussades in the city a number of months ago. I got home from the shops the other day and saw that it had melted to a wax pile.

[Sinnertwin]

Half of our airconditioning conked out at work today & you could see the sweat dripping off some of the staff, some even looked like they were going to pass out.
There's a nice breeze, so its not too bad at home right now.

[sideswipes brother]

Not too bad here. Don't need aircon, just a fan.

[BigTransformerTrev]

We had a 40 & 43 degree day here last week. This week coming is 30, 35, 37, 37, 37 :eek:

Hope it's better than last January when we had in Swan Hill 8 days straight in the 40's, then 1 day at 37, then back up to the 40's for another three days :eek::mad::(:eek: Was barely able to keep my little farm alive!

[GoktimusPrime]

Today's quite nice :)

[CBratron]

Today's quite nice :)

It is.
Tomorrow is forecast to be similar.

[Megatran]

It's going to be very warm in Vic this week, from high 30s to low 40s. I'll be driving to regional Vic to visit clients. I just hope the air con in the rental car doesn't konk out like several years ago. Having the windows down did little to help.

[Autocon]

Hope everyone is safe from the fires in Parkville!! 27 homes destroyed. Does any member from otca live in the area?

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

really odd, a day of 44 degrees here, another of 39. today is rather pleasent.

I was putting up fences and running an outdoor cinema in 44 degrees....:rolleyes:

[Hursticon]

Rebuilding/repairing a Lake Illawarra foreshore retaining-wall today; The old mits weren't Sun protected however :(:

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...copped it a bit on the face too due to the reflected sunlight from the water, was a beautiful day at the office though :cool::

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...back there tomorrow and it's only supposed to get hotter throughout the week. :o

[Bidoofdude]

Melbourne's forecast for the forties. Hide your toys.

[BigTransformerTrev]

It's 45 here on my farm at the moment :mad: and forecast minimum 44 for the next 3 days after :mad:

[liegeprime]

well I dunno what the temp outside is, but I really needed to give my plants a bit of a misting coz they're bleaching... it works well for the solar garden lights but the leaves are yellow green instead of green only. Inside though it's 31ºC inmy room, same in the collection rooms with all the blinds and blockout curtains shut, feels pretty warm. I need to invest in two more a/c units so I can put it in the 2 collection rooms. After 8 years I had enough and bought 1 but is just for my room, it may not cool to freezing but it helps lower the room temp to a nice 25º at night time and on direct afternoon heat to about as low as 27º. I'd hate to see my upcoming power bill though. :O

[Megatran]

My trip to regional Vic got cancelled so I'm in back in my office. Only problem is, the office air con is either not working or barely running. The thermometer is showing 32C inside. I've heard nothing but whining all day. There's going to be a RIOT in the office if things don't improve.

[liegeprime]

My trip to regional Vic got cancelled so I'm in back in my office. Only problem is, the office air con is either not working or barely running. The thermometer is showing 32C inside. I've heard nothing but whining all day. There's going to be a RIOT in the office if things don't improve.

32ºC is no aircon temp at all. When I turn off my a/c that's my rooms temp, geez.. you definitely got a busted A/C, best to put a fan in front of it, mebee some of the cool air it spurts out can at least be blown and spread around better with the aid of a fan.

[morg176]

Rebuilding/repairing a Lake Illawarra foreshore retaining-wall today; .

Within walking distance of me! It was a nice, should have gone for a swim but stayed home and suffered the damn humidity

[Megatran]

32ºC is no aircon temp at all. When I turn off my a/c that's my rooms temp, geez.. you definitely got a busted A/C, best to put a fan in front of it, mebee some of the cool air it spurts out can at least be blown and spread around better with the aid of a fan.

We aren't allowed to bring to work electrical equipment which plugs into a power socket unless it has been 'Tested & Tagged'. It's part of OH&S rules to remove the electrical shock/fire hazards from external electrical equipment . But I reckon the company may have to compromise somewhat .... otherwise there will be a peasant's revolt.

It so distressing to see attractive women stripping down to bare minimum clothing. :o

[Hursticon]

Within walking distance of me! It was a nice, should have gone for a swim but stayed home and suffered the damn humidity

Oh wow! :) - Yeah it was bloody inviting but I wasn't dressed all too appropriately for it & my lift back home refused to have a sopping wet Hursty in his car. :p:D

It's the humidity that makes it so damn unbearable - give me dry heat over it any day. :mad:

[morg176]

It's the humidity that makes it so damn unbearable - give me dry heat over it any day. :mad:

Agreed! The humidity makes me crash about mid arvo. Then you're awake all night....
The heat I like, the f* humidity, can't stand it. I'll be happy when I'm back at school (teacher)

[ILikeSoundwave]

Agreed! The humidity makes me crash about mid arvo. Then you're awake all night....
The heat I like, the f* humidity, can't stand it. I'll be happy when I'm back at school (teacher)

Well your lucky, my crappy school can't afford air cons.:(:mad:

[Hursticon]

Well your lucky, my crappy school can't afford air cons.:(:mad:

Nor can most Public Schools. :(
(At least, not a decade ago when I was last at school :o)

[ILikeSoundwave]

My last school had air cons.

[Spiritprime]

We're gonna have a hot week this time... It got so hot today (reached 41 by the near afternoon) that me and my workmates in Bedford got to go home early.

Over the next three days after today, it's gonna get worse.

Fan-hugging-tastic.

[Raptormesh]

43C today and we still had Iaido practice. Think I lost nearly 2kg body weight's worth in sweat, luckily there were rehydration stations.

[Paulbot]

I worked out harder on the weekend so I could take this week off exercise. Only one extreme heat day in and I'm already over it. Three more in a row? I'll be barely functioning by Friday.

[Trent]

I worked out harder on the weekend so I could take this week off exercise. Only one extreme heat day in and I'm already over it. Three more in a row? I'll be barely functioning by Friday.

A very important rule of working out: listen to your body. Overdoing it will only set you back in the long run.

[UltraMarginal]

We aren't allowed to bring to work electrical equipment which plugs into a power socket unless it has been 'Tested & Tagged'. It's part of OH&S rules to remove the electrical shock/fire hazards from external electrical equipment . But I reckon the company may have to compromise somewhat .... otherwise there will be a peasant's revolt.

It so distressing to see attractive women stripping down to bare minimum clothing. :o

there's a point where blind OHS rules have to give way to OHS Logic, get ye some fans and stir up the air a little. Even a hand full of small desk fans would be pretty cheap for your work and cost less than all the lost performance otherwise.


Oh wow! :) - Yeah it was bloody inviting but I wasn't dressed all too appropriately for it & my lift back home refused to have a sopping wet Hursty in his car. :p:D

It's the humidity that makes it so damn unbearable - give me dry heat over it any day. :mad:

In Brissy over Christmas and the heat that got us was definitely the humid heat.



Fan-hugging-tastic.

hahahahahaha for some reason I find that really funny:cool:

[Sinnertwin]

Beats unloading a shipping container any day of the week.
Giant steel box, 40+ degree days & zero circulation. Never again.

[5FDP]

I hate the heat. Give me winter any day over summer ;)

[Hursticon]

My last school had air cons.

Lucky bugger! :o


In Brissy over Christmas and the heat that got us was definitely the humid heat.

Oh yeah! - I here you man, tasted Bundabergian summer temps - I don't know how our Banana-bending brethren deal with it! :eek:


Beats unloading a shipping container any day of the week.
Giant steel box, 40+ degree days & zero circulation. Never again.

Had to reorganise and re-stack about 45x 8.5m lengths of timber weighing about 30kg each within a shipping container just before Xmas - Agreed, never again as those things are friggin' death traps! :(


I hate the heat. Give me winter any day over summer ;)

Winter is good. :D

[iamirondude]

Beats unloading a shipping container any day of the week.
Giant steel box, 40+ degree days & zero circulation. Never again.

i used to do that when i was younger working for arnott's. they had a policy that if it hit 38 outside we could go home but if its 38 outside then it'd be 50+ on the inside. it's really weird up here atm. at this time of year we are sweating like pigs and sitting in ball soup but it's been really really nice here. not even sweating.

[Megatran]

We aren't allowed to bring to work electrical equipment which plugs into a power socket unless it has been 'Tested & Tagged'. It's part of OH&S rules to remove the electrical shock/fire hazards from external electrical equipment . But I reckon the company may have to compromise somewhat .... otherwise there will be a peasant's revolt.

Melbourne is expecting to reach 44C today.

With A/C still not functioning in the office building, the company have come to the party by bringing in electrical fans. Supposively, the A/C will be fixed by the end of the week, by which time, the heat wave will have passed. :rolleyes:

[1AZRAEL1]

I think my weather app is busted. It says it's only 26º here at Carlingford. What a load of crap, I'm sweltering even with the air con on in my train cab.

[1AZRAEL1]

Not the worst fail from that app though. My dad took a screenshot of his saying it was snowing in Dapto :p :rolleyes:

[BigTransformerTrev]

4th day in a row here in the 40's - so sick of friggin watering everything! :mad: But I missed one of the few new tree's I don't have on a dripper system and its nearly dead so no choice but to press forward I guess if I don't want everything to die. The good news is that they are predicting that where I am it will go down from the 40's to only 39 on Saturday :rolleyes:

[Megatran]

With A/C still not functioning in the office building, the company have come to the party by bringing in electrical fans.

Nice idea, but it's getting unbearable. It's hit 33C in the building and slowly climbing. Unless the fan is directly pointed at you all the time, it's not having the desired cooling affect.

[5FDP]

The thing that sucks about all this heat are the cracks appearing in my walls, mostly up around the ceiling. Plus my doors are jamming and the locks aren't lining up :mad:

[Autocon]

55 homes were lost during the fires in Perth. :( Its nice to see the sporting fraternity step up and help those in need.

[liegeprime]

The thing that sucks about all this heat are the cracks appearing in my walls, mostly up around the ceiling. Plus my doors are jamming and the locks aren't lining up :mad:

ooooh, the wood are swelling? Not good, that means the builder used untreated wood them :O...that's bad...

[Spiritprime]

I'm just getting so sick of this heatwave. Last night it got to the point I couldn't sleep at all! I'm one of those cautious people when it comes to using my air conditioner due to electricity bills and I was an idiot to not have used it when I could've in order to have slept soundly.

I'm hoping you people are doing a lot better than me.

[Bartrim]

I hate when I get home from work at 7 PM and to go to jump in the pool to cool off and it's like a bath tub :mad:

On the plus side at least I don't get that horrifying moment when the cold water first hits the "sensitive" areas of the body;):o

[1AZRAEL1]

Sweltering. Stuck inside a moving hot tin can for another 40mins.

Found one of the best places to go to on a hot day, ice skating rink. Went there last night in tshirt and shorts. Was awesome til I had to leave lol, but at least it was 8.30pm so was slightly cooler outside than previous.

[CBratron]

We aren't allowed to bring to work electrical equipment which plugs into a power socket unless it has been 'Tested & Tagged'. It's part of OH&S rules to remove the electrical shock/fire hazards from external electrical equipment .

OH&S probably has a few things to say about working in excessive heat as well.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Well I feel justified in how obsessed I've been with running the drippers and sprinklers during the heatwave.

The dam was empty and I was getting it filled this morning. Due to it being empty I couldnt do my morning watering and so we took Orion to the park and then to visit his Grandmother.

Came home just before noon - my fruit tree's were all looking like they were dying, the corn was frizzling etc etc - and this is all from missing ONE water!

Fricken heatwave! 4th day in a row of 45 here - and they say it will drop down to only 39 tomorrow - oh joy.

My challenge to myself is to not lose one tree or plant to the heat this summer - it's cutting close as I have two tree's which look like they are ready to cark it at any moment

[Bidoofdude]

Traffic lights bugged out at major intersection, all hell breaks loose trying to get through there.

[5FDP]

ooooh, the wood are swelling? Not good, that means the builder used untreated wood them :O...that's bad...

Did you even read that before posting it :eek: :o :p

Nah, it's the clay that all houses in my suburb were built on. One of our neighbours at one point wanted to build up but they were told by council that they couldn't as the house would sink given the clay foundation. They ended up moving instead. It's all good, when winter comes back and it rains everything will sort itself out.

[Hursticon]

...Nah, it's the clay that all houses in my suburb were built on...

I was going to ask when you had moved to Dapto? :p
The land we sit on is essentially one giant flood plain, hence it's extremely common to see the same symptoms in practically every house in the suburb. :o

[UltraMarginal]

Well I feel justified in how obsessed I've been with running the drippers and sprinklers during the heatwave.

The dam was empty and I was getting it filled this morning. Due to it being empty I couldnt do my morning watering and so we took Orion to the park and then to visit his Grandmother.

Came home just before noon - my fruit tree's were all looking like they were dying, the corn was frizzling etc etc - and this is all from missing ONE water!

Fricken heatwave! 4th day in a row of 45 here - and they say it will drop down to only 39 tomorrow - oh joy.

My challenge to myself is to not lose one tree or plant to the heat this summer - it's cutting close as I have two tree's which look like they are ready to cark it at any moment

I commend you sir, we're struggling to keep the plants alive in our courtyard, and that's without the temp going over 35...:o

[Kazza]

Finally the cool change has hit Melbourne.

[Bidoofdude]

This kind of belongs in the vent section as well, but in the blasted heat, even with my blinds closed, the paint on the logos on my drums, mainly my left tom, have melted a little, as well as a tiny bit on the cymbals. Hasn't gone anywhere, but some of it went on the end of my sticks, so I'm hit the drums plenty of times in the past few days and there are faint black marks on the drum skin. :mad:

It's not too big of a deal, but it's kind of annoying.

[Bartrim]

I posted this on facebook. To everyone complaining about the heat just spare a thought for me in Ulladulla :p

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm218/Bartrim/HOT_zps3004146e.jpg (http://s297.photobucket.com/user/Bartrim/media/HOT_zps3004146e.jpg.html)

[Skullcruncher]

Wowzers is there anything going to be left in Ulladulla after today? :D

[Hursticon]

I posted this on facebook. To everyone complaining about the heat just spare a thought for me in Ulladulla :p

*snip*

Bureau of Meteorology: "Ulladulla, my computer shows your T-437 is fully operational. I suggest you - (Bartrim casually pours molten rubber on it). Oh my god! Oh god no! Oh this can't be happening! You're operating without a T-437, Ulladulla! Oh sweet mother of mercy! I mean, my god!". :p:D


*Odd Fact: Apparently the melting point of rubber is between 400 & 537 degrees celsius ;)