What Are You Doing to Stay Cool?

Leave us a comment to let us know what you are doing to stay cool during this hot spell.

Here is what my wife and I are doing.

Me: I am wearing only cotton t-shirts. I wet down the front of it about 8 times a day and catch a breeze from a fan or out doors.

Wife: Dang, she won’t do the wet t-shirt thing. She has found that slightly wetting a towel, putting in the freezer and when it is cold or frozen, she takes it out and puts her feet on it. It helps the swelling she gets in her feet on hot days and keeps her cool.

Animals: We have three cats. We do the towel thing for the cats too. They like it. We put ice cubes in their water and also leave a faucet dripping with cold water that they can help them selves to. We also feed them moist food daily (from the can of course) as their bodies work different on the moisture content their bodies distribute the moisture needed.

So, how about you?

Update 07.30.09

We received an email from David Cameron saying “Hey Ed, how about electrolytes”, and to be honest, it did not cross my mind.

Yes, we do replenish our electrolytes and here’s how, on the cheap.

In our sugar free beverages (and sodium free), eg; Crystal Lite, for each 24 ozs in a glass or thermos we add a pinch of baking soda, a pinch of salt and a teaspoon of sugar.

If you want to make mock gatoraid, try this:

1 quart of water
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
1 teaspoon of lite salt
6-10 teaspoons sugar

For some flavor you can add a packet of Kool Aid.  Mix well and drink.  This will replenish the salt you are losing.  Even if you feel you are not perspiring, you are losing salt via other means.

• By Webmaster, July 29, 2009 @ 3:52 pm

  The following comment was emailed to us from Barbara T.
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  I wet down my cotton T-short or tank tops too, but if I have to look civil with other folks around, I just get from the upper arms, upper back, and the shoulders on up up wet, and that solves the problem of keeping cool and avoiding why some women won’t wear a wet T-shirt (even tho’ you guys would love it!)

  When the dog gets too warm and is panting non-stop, I hose her down with barely cool (not ice cold) water and she is much happier. Have to do that about 4 times a day, but it works. She likes it.
• By Mark Reubish, July 31, 2009 @ 10:46 am

  I have not been able to stay cool. But my kids have been applying ice packs and wet towels to my labrador. Guess they figure Dad will get by on his own. The only way I am going to get cool is to come up there tonight and spend the weekend on my river property.

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