Posted by:
Tevai
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Date: September 07, 2020 01:40AM
iceman9090 Wrote:
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> +Tevai:
> So, do people live in this "south San Fernando
> Valley"?
Absolutely. In fact, a great many people you know by face and by name live in the south San Fernando Valley--it is one of the principal places many people in the entertainment industry choose as their home.
This is also true (to some degree or another) of the rest of the Valley as well. For example, I (right now) live in the "north" Valley, down the street from where Roy Rogers and Dale Evans used to live (I went to high school with two of their daughters, one of whom served on Student Body Cabinet when I did).
In addition to entertainment industry-associated people, there are many CEO's of different kinds of companies, and many professionals of different kinds (doctors, attorneys, accountants, scientists, engineers, programmers, etc.), as well as many people from most of the other economic sectors.
The south Valley is kind of interesting because there is an economic mix (working class through wealthy) I haven't run into before elsewhere, and since the kids (for the most part) go to school together, it can often be an intellectually-rich environment regardless of the economic status of individual parents.
> What keeps you alive at 102 °F = 39 °C? Is it
> the sweating?
Lots of WATER (we buy bottled distilled water by the dozen gallons at a time)--NOT soft drinks; NOT coffee or tea; DEFINITELY NOT alcohol of any kind (alcohol is dehydrating)....WATER.
Putting your bare feet into a plastic basin of water (starting out with any water temperature you choose) is REALLY good at sucking excess heat out of your entire body. When I am at the computer (like today), I had my feet in water, at the computer, for most of today.
Taking a Turkish towel and/or washcloth, and running cold water through it (and then wringing it out), is very good for keeping your literal brain substantially cooler by many degrees, if you wrap (or drape) the wet/wrung-out towel over your head, or around your throat. (The important thing is to keep the blood flow to the brain as cool as is possible under the circumstances.)
In these kinds of temperatures, I am often "wearing" a wet towel on my head, with a long-way folded wet washcloth around my neck (like a necklace), and I wipe down my unclothed arms, legs, and abdomen frequently with a wet/wrung-out towel or washcloth. (I should probably mention that, in these kinds of temperatures, I am usually dressed in a bra and panties--nothing more. If my bra or panties get wet from water drips, all the better: the wet spots dry out quickly in the heat, and cool you down as the wet spots are drying.)
This works. It may look ridiculous, but it cools down your actual brain, and it cools down your blood and your blood pressure throughout your body. Add in your bare feet in a basin of water (enough water to cover the tops of your feet), and it is an extremely practical, and healthy, way to work through these kinds of days.
Make sense?
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/07/2020 01:54AM by Tevai.