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General Discussion => This 'n' That => Topic started by: babyjane on July 19, 2016, 05:04:51 PM

Title: tips for the heat
Post by: babyjane on July 19, 2016, 05:04:51 PM
place your hands and wrists into a bowl of cold water
sit or stand with your feet in cold water to above your ankles
place a cold wet flannel on the back of your neck or throat

as the blood flows through the arteries and veins in your wrists, ankles and neck it cools your blood and makes you feel a bit better.  It works for me as extreme heat makes me feel unwell.
Title: Re: tips for the heat
Post by: Joyce on July 19, 2016, 05:09:08 PM
Great if there's water to hand.
Title: Re: tips for the heat
Post by: littleminnie on July 19, 2016, 05:40:59 PM
Put your pillowcase in the fridge until bedtime.
Title: Re: tips for the heat
Post by: SadLynda on July 19, 2016, 06:01:31 PM
place your hands and wrists into a bowl of cold water
sit or stand with your feet in cold water to above your ankles
place a cold wet flannel on the back of your neck or throat

as the blood flows through the arteries and veins in your wrists, ankles and neck it cools your blood and makes you feel a bit better.  It works for me as extreme heat makes me feel unwell.

thank you, just got so hot dont know were to put myself.  Will go put cloth on my neck asap, and try the bowl after kitchen chores done, my kitchen is so hot I can barely go in there, and I have not done any cooking in there aside from on hob.
Title: Re: tips for the heat
Post by: getting_old on July 19, 2016, 06:17:17 PM
Keep curtains closed when you leave the house, then try to open windows that are opposite each other to create a cross breeze

Place fans in front of open windows to distribute any air......
Title: Re: tips for the heat
Post by: Pennyfarthing on July 19, 2016, 06:31:20 PM
Our house has huge Windows and is really sunny so I closed all the blinds and curtains late morning and opened the windows and that's really helped.  We have ceiling fans in the kitchen and our bedroom and a big floor fan in the lounge. 

We have a portable air conditioning unit but haven't needed it yet. 
Title: Re: tips for the heat
Post by: ellie on July 19, 2016, 07:16:20 PM
Put a bowl of ice in front of a fan, it soon cools the room down.