@tweezak Yup, that was my old Silicon Valley life long ago. In the equipment rooms cold air was pumped under the floor. Everyone kept a sweater or jacket handy. Also ear protection from the fan noise.
Most fun was when something caught on fire on a holiday weekend (maybe Memorial Day?) and the fire dept came with hazmat suits and oxygen masks, and later I learned that the Halon system was not functional anyway.
When we lived in California, we had a pool. It was the best thing ever. But now we live in Colorado and have no pool. This causes me great sadness. (the pool part, not the living in California part. We hated it there.)
@Pony I grew up in Miami, where two of the most common forms of insanity were the desire to have a pool and the desire to have a boat. I learned a great deal by watching others, and I want neither.
@werehatrack We actually have a boat, not a huge one, but it’s nice. But the pool was heavenly for me, because I am always too damn warm, and floating in the water was the only time my joints would be relatively pain free. I miss that terribly.
@chienfou@Pony It was unsurprising to me that when the local newspaper down there took a poll back in the '70s, a majority of people who had owned a house with a pool stated that they would not do so again. Current results here in Houston are similar, probably in part because it can easily cost $5-9K to fill one.
@chienfou@Pony@werehatrack I have similar feelings about an outdoor hot tub. My experience was that once the novelty wore off, I spent more time maintaining my hot tub than actually using it.
@macromeh One of my neighbors offered me their outdoor hot tub for free, and even volunteered to help move it and hook it up, no strings attached, just to get rid of it. I politely declined. It ended up at the curb on heavy trash day, but he was at least able to sell the pump assembly via Craigslist.
Chillin down my the Rivah.
@mycya4me
@mycya4me Yep, I see you speak Southern!
@mycya4me @tweezak
/image live in a Van Gogh down by the river
One of the best shirts ever. And I live by a river.
EDIT and I kind-of look like that and have an abandoned motorhome out front.
Crank the AC at home and
drink even colder BEER.
(When at graduate school, Coldbeer was one word!)
@phendrick
@phendrick @yakkoTDI
It’s still one word at the ballpark…
meh…go to work. It’s always freezing there.
@tweezak Yup, that was my old Silicon Valley life long ago. In the equipment rooms cold air was pumped under the floor. Everyone kept a sweater or jacket handy. Also ear protection from the fan noise.
Most fun was when something caught on fire on a holiday weekend (maybe Memorial Day?) and the fire dept came with hazmat suits and oxygen masks, and later I learned that the Halon system was not functional anyway.
Who needs to cool off, as long as I don’t go outside I am able to stay comfortable!!
When we lived in California, we had a pool. It was the best thing ever. But now we live in Colorado and have no pool. This causes me great sadness. (the pool part, not the living in California part. We hated it there.)
@Pony I grew up in Miami, where two of the most common forms of insanity were the desire to have a pool and the desire to have a boat. I learned a great deal by watching others, and I want neither.
@werehatrack We actually have a boat, not a huge one, but it’s nice. But the pool was heavenly for me, because I am always too damn warm, and floating in the water was the only time my joints would be relatively pain free. I miss that terribly.
@Pony @werehatrack
Gonna have to disagree with you there. Have had a ton of enjoyment from both.
People say the same about owning a car or house. To each their own.
@chienfou @Pony It was unsurprising to me that when the local newspaper down there took a poll back in the '70s, a majority of people who had owned a house with a pool stated that they would not do so again. Current results here in Houston are similar, probably in part because it can easily cost $5-9K to fill one.
@chienfou @Pony @werehatrack I have similar feelings about an outdoor hot tub. My experience was that once the novelty wore off, I spent more time maintaining my hot tub than actually using it.
@macromeh @Pony @werehatrack
Clearly YMMV
@macromeh One of my neighbors offered me their outdoor hot tub for free, and even volunteered to help move it and hook it up, no strings attached, just to get rid of it. I politely declined. It ended up at the curb on heavy trash day, but he was at least able to sell the pump assembly via Craigslist.
Walk-in freezer with a tall brew and a big ass bahama sized joint!
Go to the zoo and tease the elephants. Or go to the water park and watch the log ride from the bridge.
Inflatable animal friends anywhere there’s water to swim in!
/giphy skinny dipping
@IndifferentDude yeah, puzzled that Git Nekkid wasn’t mentioned yet.
@IndifferentDude @pmarin Only sometimes that just makes things hotter.