Needless to say, with my considerably-lessened dislike of air-conditioning (not planet-friendly but who really cares when the temp is 35c), I'm still refusing to switch it on unless I'm going to be in a room for over an hour, and since I'm hoping for a short blog today, it's filthy hot in this room, so let me shut my eyes and randomly select a holiday photo and see how we go:
Superhero!!
Ah ha! I've already told you about Super-Denise, WWOOFER Extraordinaire, so I don't have to tell you again. Here!
Anyway, Super-Denise was at Jane's this holiday to burn off the very last of The Venerable Tree - called Cheryl because it gave off such a grandmotherly vibe - Jane lost in Cyclone Yasi. This amazing tree was such a behemoth it took six months to burn off the remains and I do plan to blog on it eventually, after it stops being so brutally and hideously HOT.
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Here's your weather:
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Weather.aspx?location=CHXX0049
Here's a handy heat index calculator:
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/heatindex.shtml
All of which means that when it's 32 in a few days it'll feel like 45C.
Enough with the self flagellation; turn the AC on and leave it on.
(Assuming a reasonable level of insulation - double glazed windows, foam in walls, etc. - once the room is cooled down, it'll stay cooled down and the AC unit will cycle more slowly, consuming vastly less power overall than if it were to start from zero each and every time you decide that comfort trumps dubious moral purity. Added pluses would be the white noise it might produce drowning out street noises, substantial water savings as taking four or more showers a day to stay clean becomes unnecessary, and mold ceasing to grow on your shoes.)
Just a thought.
VicB3
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