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I had two visitors stop by. Just a social call. With the cave messy, I prefer to have visitors on the back covered area. Not quite a porch or patio, but... something along those lines. Visitors aren't terribly strange, even for an old ogre. What did surprise me was, at 92~94 F outside, it just didn't feel all that bad. I wouldn't want to hike in it. I wouldn't want to be out in the sun. And there was a breeze going. I guess I was just a bit surprised.
I received a message that there was to be a feast at 16:00. But there is no way I could get ready for such. And even as nice as it was, in the shade... when the breeze was going... I couldn't have handled a longer stint outdoors. Plus, to go I would have needed to put a side dish together. I'll bet at least one of the messages I haven't checked from late last week... Never mind, I couldn't have done that. Still, it's nice that the KoC decided to include me in this last call. I hadn't heard from them in... months? I'm not good at getting out, so... Fair enough. Not being cynical or offering snark. It was, simply put, nice to be called. I try to make it, from time to time, when I can, and when I know. I suspect they are more patient with me than I have any idea of need to be with them. As with most.
I'd love to get to town. I need milk, all out. And cream is getting mighty short. Well, and more grapefruit would be wonderful. Just getting out of the cave is a good thing, too. Probably not until Monday. All good though. Later.
118 degrees at the farm on Saturday. I had to be out in that...
ReplyDeleteYeah. I don't care what B.M. suggested, our neighbor said it was 112, I think. I am amazed that you can do that. Remember pickle juice (though forget the whiskey... bleh!). You say you make kefir. Do you save any whey water alone, from the process? They say that is good for dehydration, or hydration if you use it before you hit hard. Just a thought. Me, I'll stick with pickle juice, from what I can tell so far. Or just a minor swig of apple vinegar before water if I am truly parched.
ReplyDelete118 though? I'm roughing it in the 80's. :p But then I'm not sure how well you handle -40. I can do that barefoot... at least for a bit. Watch yourself out there. Crazy danged kid!
I've been paying the price with nocturnal muscle cramps though. Midnight hobble to the kitchen to down some more salt water and a fresh water chaser, and I was fine the rest of the night.
ReplyDeleteF#ch that was hot! It was kind of funny in that certain patches of my skin were more heat sensitive than others, felt like I was touching a hot surface here and there. Admittedly I did mix it up a bit, working outside for an hour or a half at a time, followed by completing a task or two indoors while I recovered.
Re kefir water, I know my mother uses it to ferment her bread dough before baking.
Oh and it wasn't just one thermometer. Mine said 118, the neighbor's said 118, my Mom's said 117, and a weather website showed 117 in San Manuel. None of these were "official temperature" locations, so officially it was not that hot. Would have busted records, I'm sure, if it were.
ReplyDeleteYeah, my legs are more sensitive, then torso. Legs it's the skin, I suppose where heat is trying to leave? Torso is internal, means I'm cooking. Not sun sensitive, heat sensitive. I'm sun sensitive everywhere, as you noticed.
ReplyDeleteSome say you can use kefir water as a refreshing, hydrating drink too. Just curious if you had tried it. I only took a sip a few times, but not when I was terribly thirsty. It sort of tastes like a mild, watered down, vinegar.
No, I believe your temps. What is funny is, with the politicization of weather, it is becoming difficult to trust weathercasters at all. When they aren't saying it is cooler than it is, they go the other way. The only way to really know is to read one's own thermometer, and give or take a degree or two. You know though, that is seriously crazy dangerous heat. Difficult to imagine how people did it back in the day.