Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

chris_m

GDB2222 wrote: »

That's really very impressive. I don't have green fingers, so I'm doubly impressed with your efforts.

I have to admit, the purple-sprouting broccoli wasn't meant to be that - those that I have planted won't be ready for months yet.
It was bought as a romanesco caulifliower seedling, which also shouldn't be ready for ages - but an errant seed must have got in at the growers. still, it tasted nice.

chris_m

silvercar wrote: »

I had this grand plan of installing a watering system for the bedding plants.
After trawling through websites on timers, irrigation systems etc I bought from ebay a garden hose punctured with holes.
To complicate things the flower beds are interspersed with raised squares and a gap in the middle. So soil level is:
-_______-_______- gap -_______-_______-
Tried it out today and found that it needs to be strung across the top of the flower beds because otherwise the water won't rise and fall along its whole length. Also needs to be supported across the gap.
Then find having the hose raised means water fires in all directions as well as into the flowers. About half the water never makes it into the soil.
Rather than being a discrete pipe I now have a very visible hose, looks particularly unsightly across the gap.

I suspect that your problem is that the leaks exceed the available water flow, hence the water not making it to the end of the run, either due to gravity or due to it all having come out further back in the hose..

I'm using Hozelock "leaky hose", made of a black porous rubber, rather than a normal solid hose with holes punched in. I dare say there are cheaper generic variants available. Can be laid on, or even just under, the surface and, being black, is pretty discrete. Some of the holes are bigger than other so you can get a water spray in a few spots but mostly it just drips out. Seems to work very well.

I link the required lengths with non-leaky hose so the water only goes where intended and not on the ground where there are no plants I wish to be watered. I also run it off a timer (which was here when I moved in) so, at present, it's running for about ¾ hour at 07:00 and19:00. When (if) it rains, I just turn off the outside tap to which it's all connected - or if it's really pi$$ing down and I don't want to get soaked doing it I turn off the stopcock under the kitchen sink

LydiaJ

I have a friend who once worked as a nurse in a mental hospital. The building had previously been a medical/surgical hospital, and one day somebody found a previously forgotten cupboard full of medical supplies that had been left behind when the building changed its function and were all long past their use-by dates. These things were made available for free to any staff who could think of a use for them. My friend got hold of a number of drips - the bag, the tube, and the thing that controls the flow - and took them home to provide a controlled supply of water to the tomatoes in his greenhouse.

PasturesNew

I've got "The Wrong Hat".

I don't go out/sit in the sun as my head superheats and I come over "all queer" pretty quickly. This isn't an issue as I don't go anywhere and it's not usually this hot.

About a year ago I bought a "random 99p hat from the 99p shop" just in case I ever needed one, thinking it'd be for sitting outside in a planned activity such as somebody saying "Let's take a picnic to XYZ and sit down". So I had an emergency hat.

But, today, I have to be in town for a short meeting .... and last time I walked there/back, which is 1 mile in either direction.

Trouble is, I can't walk that far, with my lightheadedness in this heat without a hat - and the hat I bought wouldn't work as it's the sort of hat I'd have to hold on my head all the time as it'd blow off with the slightest movement/breeze. I've got a "cheap hat for popping on your head if you're sitting down"....not one for walking 2 miles along a roadside.

I might have to take the car.

I am not a hat person, I've never liked them on me, they don't suit me, so I've never been one for having/wearing any hats at all. Nothing against wearing a hat as such ... it's just I look a right pl0nker when they're on.

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've got "The Wrong Hat".

I don't go out/sit in the sun as my head superheats and I come over "all queer" pretty quickly. This isn't an issue as I don't go anywhere and it's not usually this hot.

About a year ago I bought a "random 99p hat from the 99p shop" just in case I ever needed one, thinking it'd be for sitting outside in a planned activity such as somebody saying "Let's take a picnic to XYZ and sit down". So I had an emergency hat.

But, today, I have to be in town for a short meeting .... and last time I walked there/back, which is 1 mile in either direction.

Trouble is, I can't walk that far, with my lightheadedness in this heat without a hat - and the hat I bought wouldn't work as it's the sort of hat I'd have to hold on my head all the time as it'd blow off with the slightest movement/breeze. I've got a "cheap hat for popping on your head if you're sitting down"....not one for walking 2 miles along a roadside.

I might have to take the car.

I am not a hat person, I've never liked them on me, they don't suit me, so I've never been one for having/wearing any hats at all. Nothing against wearing a hat as such ... it's just I look a right pl0nker when they're on.

I'm not keen on hats either. And I really ought to wear them in the sun, as I'm quite bald. Instead, I slather on lots of SPF 50 sun screen.

vivatifosi

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've got "The Wrong Hat".

I don't go out/sit in the sun as my head superheats and I come over "all queer" pretty quickly. This isn't an issue as I don't go anywhere and it's not usually this hot.

About a year ago I bought a "random 99p hat from the 99p shop" just in case I ever needed one, thinking it'd be for sitting outside in a planned activity such as somebody saying "Let's take a picnic to XYZ and sit down". So I had an emergency hat.

But, today, I have to be in town for a short meeting .... and last time I walked there/back, which is 1 mile in either direction.

Trouble is, I can't walk that far, with my lightheadedness in this heat without a hat - and the hat I bought wouldn't work as it's the sort of hat I'd have to hold on my head all the time as it'd blow off with the slightest movement/breeze. I've got a "cheap hat for popping on your head if you're sitting down"....not one for walking 2 miles along a roadside.

I might have to take the car.

I am not a hat person, I've never liked them on me, they don't suit me, so I've never been one for having/wearing any hats at all. Nothing against wearing a hat as such ... it's just I look a right pl0nker when they're on.

I also get hot and bothered and nauseous and have had heatstroke on several occasions.

Its worth taking a large bottle of water and a towel out with you. If you start to feel queasy, pour the water on the towel and put the towel on your head, it will help cool you down. I was shown that by a first aided when I passed out from heatstroke and have used it since to revive someone else who had passed out.

If you don't have a towel to hand, a teatowel or cotton T-shirt would also work (anything that would hold the water)

silvercar

I'm also the same. Are you drinking enough PN?

Pouring cold water over your hair is also good, as the hair takes longer to dry and so has a longer cooling effect. Slightly negated by the need to blow dry and straighten my hair later.

ivyleaf

Pyxis wrote: »

The humidity here stops it being pleasantly warm and turns it into sauna stuff.

Chris, I've only just twigged what 'kin hot' is! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Quite right, too!



I'm tired...... been rehearsing all morning for an Am.dram thing tomorrow. Back for a rest, then more rehearsals this evening.

Have finally conceded defeat and rolled out my aircon machine. My bedroom, where I'm resting, is a lovely temperature now.


Comfortable temps can vary depending what you're doing. For house work I'd need a much lower ambient temp as doing anything physical makes me very hot very quickly, whereas just resting, I can tolerate higher temps, apart from my feet which are usually too cold.

We went to Sainsbury's yesterday and I normally find it a bit too chilly in there for my liking, but goodness it was bliss!

bugslet

vivatifosi wrote: »

I also get hot and bothered and nauseous and have had heatstroke on several occasions.

Its worth taking a large bottle of water and a towel out with you. If you start to feel queasy, pour the water on the towel and put the towel on your head, it will help cool you down. I was shown that by a first aided when I passed out from heatstroke and have used it since to revive someone else who had passed out.

If you don't have a towel to hand, a teatowel or cotton T-shirt would also work (anything that would hold the water)

Thanks for the tip - another one that can only cope for a short while with the sun.

PN, there is a hat for everyone, you just haven't found it! If you are petite, then you are probably better off with pillboxes or fascinators. Brims can overwhelm those who are less blessed in the height department and don't have width either!

Conrad

I am finding my head is getting boiled during my daily exercise regime, and yes pouring cold water over my coconut really helped. For the first time ever I'm wearing shorts in the office today. Felt a little awkward about it and then said oh to heck with-it, women wear skirts to work, what's the difference! I never recall thinking office workers in shorts on my holidays looked unprofessional, it's funny how we become conditioned into ways of dressing.


I've got nice surfer type flip-flops on, what bliss compared to socks n shoes I've endured the last few days.