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Gyrre:
Three things from this month since I sometimes forget about this forum.

1) The Ryker Maneuver was a fotm of disability accommodation for Jonathan Frakes as he had severely injured his back while moving furniture when he was younger. That metjod of takrn a sit was ultimately easier for him. Frakes also did the Ryker lean to accommodate his chronic pain.

2)
Lt. Col. Charles “Bazooka Charlie” Carpenter (August 29, 1912 – March 22, 1966) was a United States Army officer and army observation pilot who served in World War II.  He is best remembered for destroying several enemy armored vehicles in his bazooka-equipped L-4 Grasshopper light observation aircraft.

3) Speaking of WWII, Hitler wasn't just figuratively a sh!teating Nazi. Thanks to his favorite quack, Adolf Hitler was also a literal sh!t eating Nazi. Apparently AH thought he farted too much and got nervous farts as well, and he dpent A LOT of money on quack cures. And it wasn'tnuntil he met his favorite quack that he got any results. The pills contained bacteria cultured "from a Bulgarian peasant's feces". And, thanks to 'curing' his excessive flatulence AH let this quack prescribe him tons of other nonsense as well (methamphetamine, arsenic tablets, etc).

zmeiat_joro:
I was watching the Daily Show, and when Trevor Noah said that the Spanish government decreed that air conditioning should not be set lower than 27 C in government buildings, I thought "what, they were setting it lower than 27 C before? Why?"

And the reaction of the audience when he converted that to 80.6 F was weird. I almost never set my air conditioning lower that 27 C anyway. Apparently USAians and Spaniards like their rooms really cold compared to the outside.

EDIT: There's this old adage that the temperature differential b/w outside and inside should not be more than 10 degrees centigrade (that's 18 F).

sitnspin:
Fuck that noise. It's been over 38° every day for weeks, there's no way I am keeping it at 28° in my apartment. I typically keep it between 18 and 20 all year. This is my home, this is where I go to be safe and comfortable.

LTK:
I have no AC and it's been between 26 and 30 degrees inside all week. Usually I'm most comfortable at 21 degrees, but I noticed I've acclimatized quite quickly to these temperatures, so it only really bothers me when it's 28 and up. A government mandate for no AC under 27 degrees doesn't sound unreasonable at all for me, at least in Spain, where I presume they're also acclimatized to higher temperatures. (You don't live in Spain, do you sitnsnpin?) I think it makes sense given the energy and climate crisis, which is only exacerbated by widespread use of AC.

hedgie:
It depends.  When I lived in SF, it was typically quite cool.  Except for a couple of weeks in late September, when 27-28˚C was extremely painful, since we were on the ocean, it was quite humid, and on days like that, there’s none of the normal breeze or wind.  Edit:  If I *did* have an AC, I’d probably run it intermittantly just to dry the air out.

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