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To feel what 130+ degree temps feel like.  Obvious they've not worked in a factory, or a few other jobs some could probably name. They’ll be the first to die when the grid goes down. If not from the hot or cold, then just by somebody gettin tired of their bitchin....
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Aircraft Carrier flight decks in the Persian Gulf during the summer. Hot, humid air mixed with hot jet exhaust. Ugh.
Liars should have good memories.
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I bet covid cant survive in Death valley.
unless you ask TV Tony....
-OMotS
"If memory serves fails me..."
Quote: ( unnamed) "been prtty deep in the cooler todaay "
Television and radio are most effective when people question little and think even less.
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I've not gotten that high on the temps, but HAVE worked jobs where it was smart to wear canvas and long sleeves and wet yourself down, rather than burn skin. Shoveled a few August grain bins (oh, gosh, I love OATS) too. Don't miss it, but glad for the experience.
Up hills slow,
Down hills fast
Tonnage first and
Safety last.
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As said, LOTS of hot jobs out there. Roofers (good God!), steel workers, ramp guys at airports, attic insulation guys...I can't begin to imagine them all.
Cold ones, too. And I bet they have just as many stories.
Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
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I’ve spent enough hot TX summer days in the cab of a Tractor without A/C as a kid to know I don’t need to visit Death Valley.🤠
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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I’ve spent enough hot TX summer days in the cab of a Tractor without A/C as a kid to know I don’t need to visit Death Valley.🤠 I just won't operate a tractor down here with a cab, if the a/c is broken. That heat is magnified by all the glass in the cab... No way.
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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I’ve spent enough hot TX summer days in the cab of a Tractor without A/C as a kid to know I don’t need to visit Death Valley.🤠 I just won't operate a tractor down here with a cab, if the a/c is broken. That heat is magnified by all the glass in the cab... No way. Yep. Didn’t have any choice when I was a kid, though. 😬
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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I worked on a blast furnace in the summers to pay for college; so I would not have debt when I graduated. What kid does that anymore?? You were GLAD to go back to school in the fall. An incentive to improve your lot in life; for sure. I walked around and stepped over molten iron and slag like a running creek. Hot, Nasty and DANGEROUS. Before OSHA.
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I worked on a blast furnace in the summers to pay for college; so I would not have debt when I graduated. What kid does that anymore?? You were GLAD to go back to school in the fall. An incentive to improve your lot in life; for sure. I walked around and stepped over molten iron and slag like a running creek. Hot, Nasty and DANGEROUS. Before OSHA. Most College kids nowadays wouldn’t have a clue about working their way through College. I mowed lawns, delivered pizza, worked construction. Any thing to pay the bills.
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Fugg that.
I've worked in the cold most of my life.
You can always put more clothes on and be comfortable when it's cold.
When it's hot you can take them all off and you're still miserable.
No F'n thanks.
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I’ve spent enough hot TX summer days in the cab of a Tractor without A/C as a kid to know I don’t need to visit Death Valley.🤠 I just won't operate a tractor down here with a cab, if the a/c is broken. That heat is magnified by all the glass in the cab... No way. Yep - BTDT. Pheasant under glass comes to mind.  When in my teens, another teen and got drafted to unload 4 boxcars of cellulose insulation, and store it in an enclosed barn. Thank God there was a Dairy Queen on the route! They got a LOT of business from the 2 of us.
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon.
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Laying black shingles on a roof in August in SC will get you pretty close. Humidity makes it even more fun.
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Fugg that.
I've worked in the cold most of my life.
You can always put more clothes on and be comfortable when it's cold.
When it's hot you can take them all off and you're still miserable.
No F'n thanks. Same here, I can't stand hot weather. 61 degrees for the high here.
Due to the increased price of ammo, don't expect a warning shot...
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I’ve spent enough hot TX summer days in the cab of a Tractor without A/C as a kid to know I don’t need to visit Death Valley.🤠 I just won't operate a tractor down here with a cab, if the a/c is broken. That heat is magnified by all the glass in the cab... No way. Yep - BTDT. Pheasant under glass comes to mind. When in my teens, another teen and got drafted to unload 4 boxcars of cellulose insulation, and store it in an enclosed barn. Thank God there was a Dairy Queen on the route! They got a LOT of business from the 2 of us. I loaded box cars with sacks of Feed and Dog Food from the Local Feed Store in High School. All summer long one year. 🤠
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Top tier of an old stick rack tobacco barn, hanging the sticks full of tobacco as they came in from the fields.
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Raking asphalt in 100+ degree heat cured me of living in hot country..... I will take high elevation mountains and deep snow any day..... I can stoke the wood fire now and watch the snow build up....
Last edited by irfubar; 07/15/21.
Originally Posted by Judman
PS, if you think Trump is “good” you’re way stupider than I thought! Haha
Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit.
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I worked two summers in E. Texas and L.A. . sun up till just before dark, running behind a Ditch Witch 100 in sand, so hot you couldn't breath, Man was I in shape for 108 degree 2 a days in Texas, we all played both ways back then. Later in life worked in Dallas 30 some years as a steel worker, 1980 was so hot every one wanted on Grave Yard shift, it was 99 degrees that summer at 6 AM outside, buddie put a thermometer in WHSE , it was 137 inside on day shift, MPO came walking by and saw it, he went straight to Jim, ripped his ass ,after he took it down , he said what are you doing, trying to cause a walk out, funny as hell...What doesn't kill ya make you stronger !
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Hmmmph, guess I can’t whine about poorly exhausted and return-aired kitchens that run 110 or a bit more. 120, 130, or higher? Yeah I’d walk. You can only handle that kind of heat for so many hours.
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Worked five summers at a prune dehydrator. Two of them pulling tunnels. The all concrete dehydrator got to 120 degrees in August and the prune tunnels were 188.
Arguably the best beer ever was ending a shift with a tunnel pull and no break. Racing to the local market to have a tall boy that was sitting in ice.
I wouldn’t trade that work for working in a high humidity part of the country though, my hats off to those that do.
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