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deeptrance · 02-08-2007, 06:05 PM

I'm with RodFarlee on the issue of heat and humidity. When I moved to Austin from the northern California wine country in 1990, I adapted quickly to the heat and was able to do hard physical labor in the mid-afternoon in July. Now I can barely stand to take a walk on a typical May afternoon. Every year has gotten worse for me, probably because my body has changed (I be gettin' old, y'all) and I'm not exercising as much.

I'm sure it doesn't help that my alcohol intake has increased from "a few drinks a week" to "a few drinks a day." Booze is horrible in hot humid weather because it wrecks your body's ability to self-regulate temperature, and it dehydrates you. Alas.... my stupidity is more of a problem than the humidity. Hey, nice rhyme, maybe I can sell that line to Willie Nelson...

02-08-2007, 06:05 PM	#12 (permalink)
deeptrance Member Join Date: Jan 16th, 2007 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 265	Re: Will a californian like the weather in Texas? I'm with RodFarlee on the issue of heat and humidity. When I moved to Austin from the northern California wine country in 1990, I adapted quickly to the heat and was able to do hard physical labor in the mid-afternoon in July. Now I can barely stand to take a walk on a typical May afternoon. Every year has gotten worse for me, probably because my body has changed (I be gettin' old, y'all) and I'm not exercising as much. I'm sure it doesn't help that my alcohol intake has increased from "a few drinks a week" to "a few drinks a day." Booze is horrible in hot humid weather because it wrecks your body's ability to self-regulate temperature, and it dehydrates you. Alas.... my stupidity is more of a problem than the humidity. Hey, nice rhyme, maybe I can sell that line to Willie Nelson...