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Old July 27th 05, 09:16 PM
Debra
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I know I haven't been around much lately. I've been working in 100+
(F) degree heat and I'm too wiped out to do much other than sit with
the TV and fall asleep. I hope this heat wave ends soon. Today the
heat index will be at least 104 outside, and the laundromat I work in
will be even hotter due to the heat of the dryers and higher humidity.
There are two swamp coolers, but they don't help much when it is this
hot and humid. I have to spend 7 hours in it today and I do not know
how I will make it without ending up in the hospital. I've barely
survived 3 hours on two other days which left me with chest pain. If
I'm lucky today there won't be many customers and I will only have to
spend 4 or 5 hours in it, with a break after the first 2 hours. I
think I can do that. Cross your fingers for me, and buy some stock in
Gatorade 'cause I'll be drinking plenty of it today no matter how bad
it tastes.

My one day off during the heat wave I spent cutting and sewing the
last of the Pebbles and Bam Bam blocks for my practice quilt on my new
SM. They have all turned out nicely and the next time I get to sew I
will be adding the lime green sashing.
Debra in VA
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Old July 27th 05, 11:04 PM
Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
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Yow! Working in that kind of heat should get you extra "hazardous
duty" pay! Hope your heat wave breaks soon.

Your quilt sounds yummy! Lime green saching will be so cool!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.- where the heat wave broke late last night

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Old July 27th 05, 11:34 PM
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I hear ya on working in the heat. I'm a motel housekeeper. When I finished
today it was 96.

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"Debra" wrote in message
...
: I know I haven't been around much lately. I've been working in 100+
: (F) degree heat and I'm too wiped out to do much other than sit with
: the TV and fall asleep. I hope this heat wave ends soon. Today the
: heat index will be at least 104 outside, and the laundromat I work in
: will be even hotter due to the heat of the dryers and higher humidity.
: There are two swamp coolers, but they don't help much when it is this
: hot and humid. I have to spend 7 hours in it today and I do not know
: how I will make it without ending up in the hospital. I've barely
: survived 3 hours on two other days which left me with chest pain. If
: I'm lucky today there won't be many customers and I will only have to
: spend 4 or 5 hours in it, with a break after the first 2 hours. I
: think I can do that. Cross your fingers for me, and buy some stock in
: Gatorade 'cause I'll be drinking plenty of it today no matter how bad
: it tastes.
:
: My one day off during the heat wave I spent cutting and sewing the
: last of the Pebbles and Bam Bam blocks for my practice quilt on my new
: SM. They have all turned out nicely and the next time I get to sew I
: will be adding the lime green sashing.
: Debra in VA


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Old July 29th 05, 12:48 AM
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On 27 Jul 2005 15:04:24 -0700, "Leslie & The Furbabies in MO."
wrote:

Yow! Working in that kind of heat should get you extra "hazardous
duty" pay! Hope your heat wave breaks soon.


It should but it doesn't. It usually means we leave early if the work
is fairly caught up or we are sick from the heat, so we lose pay. I
lost about five hours of pay over three days this week, but I still
consider it a small price to pay for getting out of the inferno. It
rained for about five minutes around 8 pm last night and the temps
dropped about ten degrees so I didn't lose as much time as I thought I
would last night. It's cooler today, but since I'm off work I think
I'll mow the yard.

Your quilt sounds yummy! Lime green saching will be so cool!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.- where the heat wave broke late last night


The blocks turned out just darling so I'm happy with it so far.
Debra in VA
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Old July 29th 05, 12:50 AM
Debra
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On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:34:37 -0700, "maryd" wrote:

I hear ya on working in the heat. I'm a motel housekeeper. When I finished
today it was 96.


I was off today and I got some mowing done since it's cooler. I bet
tomorrow will be easy because it's supposed to be in the 70's.
Debra in VA
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Old July 29th 05, 02:34 AM
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Debra wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:34:37 -0700, "maryd" wrote:


I hear ya on working in the heat. I'm a motel housekeeper. When I finished
today it was 96.



I was off today and I got some mowing done since it's cooler. I bet
tomorrow will be easy because it's supposed to be in the 70's.
Debra in VA


I finished the binding on Thimbleberries Sunrise, but now I can't work
on anything else because I've got an extremely painful tendonitis in my
sort-of-dominant wrist. Can't cut fabric. Can't do any hand work.

Therefore, no progress, heat or not.

With quilting not an option, I've been riding my bike, something like
168 miles in the last 8 days. At least that can actually be pleasant in
the heat as long as you're not trying to climb steep hills and you carry
PLENTY of fluids on the bike.

Today the heat broke and the high was in the upper 70's -- I had gotten
so used to the heat, I was riding my bike wearing a windbreaker. And I
*needed* it. Seriously.

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Old July 29th 05, 04:06 PM
Debra
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On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 01:34:33 GMT, the black rose
wrote:

I finished the binding on Thimbleberries Sunrise, but now I can't work
on anything else because I've got an extremely painful tendonitis in my
sort-of-dominant wrist. Can't cut fabric. Can't do any hand work.

Therefore, no progress, heat or not.

With quilting not an option, I've been riding my bike, something like
168 miles in the last 8 days. At least that can actually be pleasant in
the heat as long as you're not trying to climb steep hills and you carry
PLENTY of fluids on the bike.


That's a huge amount of bike riding. I couldn't have done that in the
heat. When my carpal tunnel or tennis elbow act up I resort to cross
stitch. I figured out how to stitch one handed with my non-dominant
hand and how to wedge the hoop with my leg and arm so I don't have to
actually hold it while stitching. As long as one hand works I can
stitch, but both hands hurting brings nearly everything to a halt..

Today the heat broke and the high was in the upper 70's -- I had gotten
so used to the heat, I was riding my bike wearing a windbreaker. And I
*needed* it. Seriously.


I'm wearing full length blue jeans instead of the capris and shorts.
Lovely rainy weather here today. Everyone is so happy about the rain
that most folks are outside. I've seen bike riders, walkers, and
runners this morning. All greeting the rain as if it were a long lost
friend.

Debra in VA
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Old July 30th 05, 01:31 PM
the black rose
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Debra wrote:
With quilting not an option, I've been riding my bike, something like
168 miles in the last 8 days. At least that can actually be pleasant in
the heat as long as you're not trying to climb steep hills and you carry
PLENTY of fluids on the bike.



That's a huge amount of bike riding. I couldn't have done that in the
heat.


I thrive on heat. If it's really hot, I do have to limit exertion so I
don't blow up, and drinking plenty of fluids is especially important. I
haven't ever ridden in temps over 100 F, but there have been a number of
days in the 90's, and I was riding earlier this week when the *heat
index* was something like 103. It's actually not heat but humidity
that'll do you in on a bike; don't forget that bicycles have a built-in
breeze factor. Air movement keeps you nice and cool. If it's so muggy
that a 15 mph breeze can't cool you down, it's time to get off the road
and into somewhere cool.

When my carpal tunnel or tennis elbow act up I resort to cross
stitch. I figured out how to stitch one handed with my non-dominant
hand and how to wedge the hoop with my leg and arm so I don't have to
actually hold it while stitching. As long as one hand works I can
stitch, but both hands hurting brings nearly everything to a halt..


I'm not sure what's going on with my wrist. It's definitely not carpal
tunnel. All the pain is on the outside of my wrist, the little finger
side. That's ulnar nerve territory, I think, and sometimes the pain
radiates down my little finger. Apparently those are the tendons that
are used when you rotate the wrist (such as when you turn a doorknob),
because any rotation hurts like blazes. My doc gave me a brace to
immobilize it, but so far that hasn't helped. It's a little
frustrating, because I can't even turn a doorknob. At least bike riding
doesn't stress it, thank goodness. I do put some weight on that hand on
the handlebar, but the wrist is in a neutral position so it doesn't hurt
at all.

I'm wearing full length blue jeans instead of the capris and shorts.
Lovely rainy weather here today. Everyone is so happy about the rain
that most folks are outside. I've seen bike riders, walkers, and
runners this morning. All greeting the rain as if it were a long lost
friend.


I don't mind the rain when the weather is warm. I'm a total wimp about
it when the weather is cold, though. :-D

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the black rose
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Old July 30th 05, 08:25 PM
Debra
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On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 12:31:30 GMT, the black rose
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I thrive on heat. If it's really hot, I do have to limit exertion so I
don't blow up, and drinking plenty of fluids is especially important. I
haven't ever ridden in temps over 100 F, but there have been a number of
days in the 90's, and I was riding earlier this week when the *heat
index* was something like 103. It's actually not heat but humidity
that'll do you in on a bike; don't forget that bicycles have a built-in
breeze factor. Air movement keeps you nice and cool. If it's so muggy
that a 15 mph breeze can't cool you down, it's time to get off the road
and into somewhere cool.


Ever since I worked in a grocery store meat department I just don't
tolerate heat very well. It is nearly always humid during a southern
Virginia summer so when the temps pass the 90 degree mark I'm truly
miserable.

I'm not sure what's going on with my wrist. It's definitely not carpal
tunnel. All the pain is on the outside of my wrist, the little finger
side. That's ulnar nerve territory, I think, and sometimes the pain
radiates down my little finger. Apparently those are the tendons that
are used when you rotate the wrist (such as when you turn a doorknob),
because any rotation hurts like blazes. My doc gave me a brace to
immobilize it, but so far that hasn't helped. It's a little
frustrating, because I can't even turn a doorknob. At least bike riding
doesn't stress it, thank goodness. I do put some weight on that hand on
the handlebar, but the wrist is in a neutral position so it doesn't hurt
at all.


Yikes! That sounds terrible. Definitely not carpal tunnel. You
can't put weight on your wrist when you have that. I'm not sure how a
brace could help your wrist. Even with a brace on you can usually
rotate your wrist to some degree because your whole lower arm turns
too. That would be very frustrating.

I'm wearing full length blue jeans instead of the capris and shorts.
Lovely rainy weather here today. Everyone is so happy about the rain
that most folks are outside. I've seen bike riders, walkers, and
runners this morning. All greeting the rain as if it were a long lost
friend.


I don't mind the rain when the weather is warm. I'm a total wimp about
it when the weather is cold, though. :-D


My town hadn't had any rain in over a month and a half, and little
rain in the months before that, so we have drought conditions here.
Ten miles away in any direction got rain, but not here. Some people's
wells have even been drying up. All the lawns are brown, and the
ground long ago cracked open from lack of moisture. I call it high
humidity drought because for months it has seemed like we have been
breathing more water than air from the 99.9 percent humidity. Many
times the weather radar imaging showed rain, but nothing reached the
ground. It's supposed to be raining now, but it's not. I've got some
canna flowers and they are only a foot and a half tall this year
instead of the 4+ feet they are supposed to be, my castor bean plants
are only now reaching the two foot high mark when last year they were
as tall as the gutters on the house and giving shade to our deck, and
my tomato vine has only been able to produce one small tomato. Every
plant in the yard has been badly stunted by lack of rain and I am not
sure the perennials will come up again next year. I lost many of them
a couple of years ago from drought and had to re-plant. I can always
do it again.
Debra in VA
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Old July 30th 05, 11:35 PM
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Debra wrote:

My town hadn't had any rain in over a month and a half, and little
rain in the months before that, so we have drought conditions here.



We've been in a drought for about four years now. At this point, Lake
Mead has lost over 40' of water, and that's a lot of water! Our couple
of weeks of temps over 110? with no relief has turned the plants/lawns
in most people's yards to an ugly brown. We keep hoping for rain....
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