CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[Devonviolet]

That sounds like fun. Only problem is, we have limited data and YouTube burns through data.

 

[Bruce]

Oh, well yeah if your internet is on your phone forget that idea! We have "stupid phones" that don't get signal at the house, most phones don't, even "smart" ones. Our options were DSL or satellite,went with DSL. No limits on usage.

 

[Mike CHS]

We watch more Netflix than anything else so DSL works for us. We also have one of the mini HBO channels but that's only because of Game of Thrones.

 

[Baymule]

The only internet we have available is satellite. It sure limits what I can do. I almost never watch videos.

 

[farmerjan]

I have to say I am with greybeard.... I don't have any ac, and freeze when I go into places that do. I spend so much time out that it is worse for me to go into any ac for more than a 5 min cool off. Have ac in 2 tractors but it only gets it about 10-20 degrees cooler than outside due in part to all the glass. It is for the safety and convenience of the operator doing stuff like mowing and baling with all the dust and dirt and stuff so that you can't open the windows without choking. I do all my raking hay and such on the smaller tractors with no cabs. There is a bit of breeze from moving and I do wear a hat and one tractor has an umbrella so it is doable. We try to work and/or move cattle in the mornings or evenings, but hay and bush hogging are day time work. There are trees around the house some, and I will make it a point of trying to take 5 min and stop under a tree while on the tractor and get a drink and cool off for a minute. Garden work is for evenings too.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Well, I used to unload shipping containers at warehouses by hand....it seems that most receiving docks face south, are not air conditioned, and even the jacks made available to use were hand pulled.....the containers are made of corten steel, and would heat up from 130° to about 150°......no fans or wind. I have put my time in a "Sweat Box" and worked outside afterwards. It has been the past 10yrs that I had to give that up because of my heart and lungs, so I have become spoiled to AC and do not apologize for it....I have to keep the thermastat on 72° to be able to breath....so if ya decide to come for a visit....best ya bring a sweater, jacket, or coat, depending on your desire of warmth....heat is on in the winter.....

 

[farmerjan]

I totally get the health issues making it almost mandatory for the ac. When I used to go visit a friend in Fla, I did use the ac in the car in the summer as it was so humid that I also could barely breathe. They had ac in the house but it was set to about 76 since they had to work outside and I found it to be okay. I think that here in Va where we have the mountains, we do not get the oppressive heat and humidity that you do down in the "real deep south ". It's all what you get accustomed to also, and as you said, with other health considerations, it's not all bad. I used to waitress and would not feel it in the restaurants due to the activity, but then to go into a restaurant to eat and I would freeze. I couldn't imagine living full time in that heat in the summer and your "summers" seem to last 6-8 months. Still, when we get all the cold in the winter and all the snow, which we didn't have last year, as I get older I can see why so many go south for the winter months.

 

[greybeard]

It's all what you get accustomed to also,

Acclimation. Nature and 'evolution' have provided us with the physical and mental ability to adapt to any climate and weather, otherwise, most of the world would never have been populated or settled. In recent decades tho, we have opted to try to change our immediate climate and have chosen to become acclimated to artificially created surroundings.
An old doctor once told me something that I have seen to be true more often than not:
"People don't get to where they stopped doing things because they can't do things--they get to where they can't do things because they simply stopped doing things."

 

[Bruce]

There is a reason the population of Florida was fairly flat until the advent of home A/C units. I worked with a guy who moved to FL 20+ years ago. I asked how he deals with the heat/humidity. He said one goes from their A/C house to their A/C car to the A/C office to the A/C stores.

What I want to know is why do restaurants (up here anyway) seemingly run the A/C at 65°F in the summer. I'd prefer they run it maybe 10° below outside to a minimum of 75°. A 20°-30° temp "swing" isn't healthy.

 

[CntryBoy777]

It is just like the modern pills and medications that many are conditioned to taking in order to continue on.....if everyone stopped taking them and turned the AC off and lived like they did 40-60yrs ago....the average "Lifespan" sure wouldn't be increasing, but would be succumbing to the elements just as they did way back then. Most are so scared of death that they continue to take their meds as instructed and artificially control their environment in order to sustain their life and do more than lie in bed or sit in a rocking chair. Taking meds is an "Option" just as adjusting the temp control is, but if one stops....then, they are said to have a "Death Wish" and suffering from depression.....