Too hot to mow

[Carscw]

Have never not worked because of the heat. I wear my wrangler jeans steel toe boots and a short sleeve shirt.
I don't eat till I get home at night and drink water and diet green tea.

 

[Ric]

I operate steam dryers primarily producing instantized corn grits. I work in an uninsulated/non-air conditioned steel building and summertime temperatures where the dryers are located often approach 175ｺF. And did I mention I work in steam?

100ｺ and 'high humidity' and I don't even begin to break a sweat. :laughing:

Drink lots-o-water. 'Tis nothing to drink 5 gallons worth per shift when it starts to get really warm.

I seriously doubt your drinking 5 gallons worth per 8hr shift. I don't think your body could stand that much water.

 

[Carscw]

5 gallons is a lot.
I drink about 12 green tea a day that comes out to 202.8 ounces so about a gallon and a half plus two 24 ounce coffees every mourning

 

[Ric]

5 gallons is a lot.
I drink about 12 green tea a day that comes out to 202.8 ounces so about a gallon and a half plus two 24 ounce coffees every mourning

Man you guys are going to kill yourselves, your drinking way to much water and when a person drinks too much water in a short period of time, the kidneys cannot flush it out fast enough and your blood becomes waterlogged. It gets drawn to regions where the concentration of salt and other dissolved substances is higher, excess water leaves the blood and ultimately enters the cells, which swell like balloons to accommodate it.

 

[exotion]

32 oz of coffee in the morning and about a gallon of water throughout the rest of the day and night. Plus milk or whatever I drink with dinner.

Temps here can get 100 ish and not normally humid except the people who water during the morning or day. Mowing there lawn I feel like a vegetable

 

[X-man]

I drink my morning coffee and then water the rest of the day, usually about 5 bottles per day.

 

[buzzzmeister]

I seriously doubt your drinking 5 gallons worth per 8hr shift. I don't think your body could stand that much water.

I wish I only worked an 8 hour shift. :licking:

5pm to 5am one week and 9pm to 9am the next week. 48 hours of production per week and Fridays are spent washing (with steam) and sanitizing. And washing is everything from roller mills where the whole corn is crushed to dryers to whole building augering systems to vacuum systems, brine systems, etc. Hell, once a month we literally go as far as to clean out the inside of the sodium light fixtures to the backside of the wall plates of light switches, pull the batteries out of the forklifts and wash those inside & out....

Even the MSDS binders get taken apart and every page gets the dust vacuumed off of it. And the list goes on. :laughing:

Gotta keep the FDA happy.

 

[X-man]

Man you guys are going to kill yourselves, your drinking way to much water and when a person drinks too much water in a short period of time, the kidneys cannot flush it out fast enough and your blood becomes waterlogged. It gets drawn to regions where the concentration of salt and other dissolved substances is higher, excess water leaves the blood and ultimately enters the cells, which swell like balloons to accommodate it.

I was gonna mention that too, it is possible to drown yourself by drinking too much water.

I don't think I could handle drinking that much water in the first place. It would drive me nuts having to stop all the time just to take a piss.

 

[motoman]

No one has complained about biting insects, but there must be many in the south. Out here May is deadly due to May flies . They are "no-see-ums" and bite the white under arm and face. The bites cannot be felt until later when they are like flea bites. Some neighbors stay indoors to avoid them. If the "deet" in bug repellants scares you, try the eucalyptus based oganic spray bottle. Just a little bit will "do ya."

 

[X-man]

No one has complained about biting insects, but there must be many in the south. Out here May is deadly due to May flies . They are "no-see-ums" and bite the white under arm and face. The bites cannot be felt until later when they are like flea bites. Some neighbors stay indoors to avoid them. If the "deet" in bug repellants scares you, try the eucalyptus based oganic spray bottle. Just a little bit will "do ya."

My trailer park is surrounded by trees and a pond so it is notorious for mosquitoes. They're one of the reasons why I try to mow early in the morning.