How'd it go today?

[Dave Shepard]

Morning went well. Afternoon was a bit tense. I'm not sure of this is a dehydration issue, but at noon I had a granola bar of some sort, and the next 2.5 were hell. Nausea, stomach was in extreme turmoil. I made it back to the shop and left early, but barely made it. I almost pulled over near a corn field and left instructions for my coworker to just put up a simple wooden cross like they did for cowboys in the Old West. Maybe scratch a pithy epitaph.

Here lies Dave.
Tried to outrun his stomach.
He almost made it.

Without question the worst at work gastrointestinal crisis I've ever had.

 

[Nutball]

I think I just harvested one of the largest honeydew melons ever. It started with seeds from a store bought melon that looked unusually shaped and larger than the rest. In ideal conditions it may have grown larger.

31.5" in circumference, and my scale read "err" after reaching 11.09lbs, and there was a little more weight to go. It may have reached 12lbs or so.

 

[davidwyby]

Morning went well. Afternoon was a bit tense. I'm not sure of this is a dehydration issue, but at noon I had a granola bar of some sort, and the next 2.5 were hell. Nausea, stomach was in extreme turmoil. I made it back to the shop and left early, but barely made it. I almost pulled over near a corn field and left instructions for my coworker to just put up a simple wooden cross like they did for cowboys in the Old West. Maybe scratch a pithy epitaph.

Here lies Dave.
Tried to outrun his stomach.
He almost made it.

Without question the worst at work gastrointestinal crisis I've ever had.

I went to work and then back home after dry heaving in my office trash can even though I was full. I sure wasn’t gonna go hug a public toilet. It just gradually went away but I heard one of the welders went home early sick.

 

[Dave Shepard]

We only had 90-ish. No idea how you deal with what you have.

 

[davidwyby]

We only had 90-ish. No idea how you deal with what you have.

Stay in the AC or at least shop. Park in the shade. Take the longer route that keeps the vehicle moving. It’s pretty much like extreme cold. You just avoid it mostly.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Do you have an abundance of water? Could you try evaporative cooling?

 

[Burnham]

A method for evaporative cooling that seems popular around here at outdoor venues of many types is overhead misters.

Just google "patio misters".

 

[stikine]

A method for evaporative cooling that seems popular around here at outdoor venues of many types is overhead misters.

Just google "patio misters".

You remember the swamp coolers in fire camp B? Not perfect but it helps a lot. Especially when you are on night shift.

 

[Dave Shepard]

A friend of mine, whose shop was basically in a swamp, put sprinklers on the asphalt shingled roof. It lowered the temp significantly. The Egyptians could make ice, and it never got below freezing.