Texas Heat Advisory

[ajw22]

he will make $4 more an hour. I've raised a moron

He gotta learn for himself.

It builds character.

See if he lasts the day or walks off at lunch time and does not return.

 

[newdude]

This morning he announced he wants to try out a new job in outdoor construction

Do they know he's leaving ? If so, he'll be doing the parts of the job that nobody lasts 3 weeks either way.

 

[JJ_Tex]

Do they know he's leaving ? If so, he'll be doing the parts of the job that nobody lasts 3 weeks either way.

Yeah, he is staying local for the 1st year of college... and its a family friend that owns the company. Several of his friends work there too, literally digging ditches/trenches.

It will certainly be interesting to see how he handles working on the hottest day of the year, in a hotter than normal summer.

 

[ajw22]

Several of his friends work there too, literally digging ditches/trenches.

With friends there he may have his ego to protect and stick it out.

Or he may show he is his own independent man and say this is not for him by lunch.

Let us know how he handles it.

 

[newdude]

literally digging ditches/trenches.

I went to work as an electrician in the summer and spent 85% of the time digging pool lights and bonding. Several summers later I went to work for my buddy doing propane and it was the same pool trenches, but for heaters.

 

[markayash]

Yeah, he is staying local for the 1st year of college... and its a family friend that owns the company. Several of his friends work there too, literally digging ditches/trenches.

It will certainly be interesting to see how he handles working on the hottest day of the year, in a hotter than normal summer.

I worked most of my younger life at at RV dealership as a mechanic, a co-worker got mad and quit and went to work for his cousin carrying shingles up on roofs..He lasted a day and came back asking for his job back,

 

[Mdragger88]

I stand by my opinion that cold weather is better than hot
You can always put more clothes on - you can only take so many off!
If I had to go back and be an apprentice today I’d probably die out there in a trench. No way!

 

[newdude]

You can always put more clothes on - you can only take so many off!

+1. And they don't put you in jail for putting on a jacket at the movies.

 

[JamesW]

Heat is a hoax.

There is no such thing as heat.

 

[magiteck]

I stand by my opinion that cold weather is better than hot
You can always put more clothes on - you can only take so many off!

I agree, although the pesky “having to breathe” gets in the way when it gets cold enough. You know it’s cold when the icicles start forming in your nose.

 

[markayash]

I stand by my opinion that cold weather is better than hot
You can always put more clothes on - you can only take so many off!
If I had to go back and be an apprentice today I’d probably die out there in a trench. No way!

Unless you’re talking Wisconsin cold where to them -30 F is cold.

 

[woodyp]

Life is a learning experience!

 

[newdude]

I agree, although the pesky “having to breathe” gets in the way when it gets cold enough.

I counter with having to breathe at 88 degrees and 88% humidity. It's like breathing soup.

(Something about the dew point makes it better, although still hotter at temps above that)

 

[woodyp]

99 degrees at 8:30 pm
Don't think that aerator is gonna do much good over night!

 

[Mdragger88]

99 degrees at 8:30 pm
Don't think that aerator is gonna do much good over night!

Its all about cumulative effects!
I run mine during the day & get just as good effect as at night. It was 95 here today, gonna be 101 tomorrow, pool is 86 degrees.

 

[JoyfulNoise]

Hehehehehe … you all think that’s hot. Around here, we refer to that as “Tuesday” …



Sunday afternoon the start/run capacitor blew out on one of my 3.5 ton AC compressors (we have two of those on the house …) and I couldn’t get a replacement cap until Tuesday morning. Nothing like sleeping in a bedroom when it’s 105F AFTER the sun goes down …

 

[JamesW]

I couldn’t get a replacement cap until Tuesday morning.

Come on, man, I would have expected you to have spare parts for all of your major equipment.

 

[JoyfulNoise]

Come on, man, I would have expected you to have spare parts for all of your major equipment.

Lesson learned … I buy caps by the dozen now …

 

[JoyfulNoise]

We had a very late summer heat - the overnight temps were still chilly all through mid June. Then, in the last week of June, the temperatures soared up. It’s been triple digits all July and now the summer monsoons season has kicked in making it both HOT and HUMID. Unusually when the summer rains start, the humidity goes up and the temperatures drop. But that is not the case. We’ve had wicked thunderstorms too … got this pic a few nights ago -



My AC units have been running nonstop. Between the heat and the humidity, they can barely keep up.

Then again, they are almost 18 years old soooo …

 

[markayash]

We had a very late summer heat - the overnight temps were still chilly all through mid June. Then, in the last week of June, the temperatures soared up. It’s been triple digits all July and now the summer monsoons season has kicked in making it both HOT and HUMID. Unusually when the summer rains start, the humidity goes up and the temperatures drop. But that is not the case. We’ve had wicked thunderstorms too … got this pic a few nights ago -

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My AC units have been running nonstop. Between the heat and the humidity, they can barely keep up.

Then again, they are almost 18 years old soooo …

If they are like mine and used the old " freon" ( can't remember the numbers ) you due for a replacement. The old stuff cost more then gold