99.3 in the shade currently and I just got done removing 35 overgrown bushes for a customer! 14 bottles of water so far and I'm still thirsty. Did I mention I got to dig the stumps out too? I love my job. Rant over. That is all.
Battenkiller said:FWIW don't drink straight water, drink Gatorade mixed 50/50 with water. My doctor told me you need salt and sugar as well as water in order to rehydrate. And stay away from alcohol, it dehydrates you even more no matter how good it tastes going down.
If you are too cheap to buy Gatorade, make your own rehydration drink. Add some lemon juice to it and you have a tasty, refreshing beverage for next to nothing.
1 quart water
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon table salt
3 to 4 tablespoons sugar or honey
Getting severely dehydrated and running a chainsaw just don't mix. With dehydration comes weakness, lightheadedness, reduced coordination, slower reflexes and mental confusion. Keep up the hydration the whole time to be safe.
Bocefus78 said:Beer hasn't even sounded good for a week. Nothing but water and gatotade.
Fwiw, jays right...I sweat standing still in the winter.....The girl calls me the portable furnace.....she never gets cold when I'm around LOL
Battenkiller said:With dehydration comes weakness, lightheadedness, reduced coordination, slower reflexes and mental confusion. Keep up the hydration the whole time to be safe.
smokinjay said:Its now triple digits! And index 120....WootWoooot...Hope you got it done! ;-)
blowell said:No matter how hot it gets, I still gotta have my afternoon cup of HOT coffee.
I am with ya on that. just finishing up my 2nd.
I like beer pretty much anytime too.. LOL
blowell said:I am with ya on that. just finishing up my 2nd.
I like beer pretty much anytime too.. LOL
Yes, some things just need to be done, weather be damned! :coolsmile:
haha now you got what I've had for the past 6 days - only 88 here right now,did more today than I had in past 5 days.Humidity really dropped today also,even with a light shower overnight - just a trace but first rain in almost 3 weeks.smokinjay said:Its now triple digits! And index 120....WootWoooot...Hope you got it done! ;-)
smokinjay said:Bocefus78 said:Beer hasn't even sounded good for a week. Nothing but water and gatotade.
Fwiw, jays right...I sweat standing still in the winter.....The girl calls me the portable furnace.....she never gets cold when I'm around LOL
No beer now that is crazy! :cheese:
I need it cool so I can sleep good at night.
Thistle said:haha now you got what I've had for the past 6 days - only 88 here right now,did more today than I had in past 5 days.Humidity really dropped today also,even with a light shower overnight - just a trace but first rain in almost 3 weeks.smokinjay said:Its now triple digits! And index 120....WootWoooot...Hope you got it done! ;-)
Its amazing how much more energy you got when its 89 compared to 99.I sweat out buckets when its 40 out anyway unless I'm standing still,which aint very often :lol: Now they say mid 90's for next few days again,way less humid supposedly.
Danno77 said:The thing I hate the most about running a saw in these temps are that you just get a major coating of dirt and sawdust all over. The sweat just acts as a glue that makes that stuff cling where it would otherwise brush or fall right off.