Adapting to Hot Weather

[Briar Baron]

While most of the members here are having a cold winter, here in Sydney today it is over 44 degrees C (112 F)
Generally I think many of us enjoy a pipe in cooler weather so I was going to give up totally today but started to think that maybe a small bowl pipe may be the answer. I dug out my Astley prince and yes it was a great decision, just enough to handle on a hot day. So from now on my little Astley will be my "go to" hot day pipe.
Apparently this weekend (Sat + Sun) is the hottest W/E we have had here in Sydney in more than 20 years, I can believe it........

 

[pianopuffer]

Please send us some heat, NYC is freezing!!
To your post, I love a straight VA in hot weather. Cheers.

 

[weezell]

10 below this morning...I hate you... :x

 

[mcitinner1]

I'm pretty sure I'd rather have 10 below, than 112. That's just me though. I'm not going outside for long, either way. :mrgreen:

 

[puffy]

Just the opposite here.It's really cold in the USA

 

[weezell]

I'm a heat guy! Gimme all you want! You will never hear me bitch about the heat...

 

[olkofri]

Wowsers! You can have it man. I take -30°C over +30 any day of the week. 44 is a broiling hell.
It warmed up here too: -3°C right now, only a light jacket is needed. ::

 

[Chasing Embers]

I'm a heat guy! Gimme all you want! You will never hear me bitch about the heat...

+1000
Not a winter animal here at all. Brrrrrr.

 

[dottiewarden]

Smoke indoors with the AC blasting!

 

[Briar Baron]

Just an update from the news.....in the western suburbs of Sydney we hit 47.3 today (117 F) which is the hottest day on record.....at 6pm it is still 45 degrees there.
Think I will buy a plane ticket to the northern hemisphere for a month or so ....

 

[loadclear]

I'm from Alaska. When it gets above 65F, I run the air conditioning in my car.
On my first deployment to Iraq, I was hurting the first few weeks. Eventually, I got used to it, but it was a slow process, and it didn't occur to me that I was acclimating.
Near the end of that deployment, my boss asked for volunteers to switch to the night shift (we worked 12 hour shifts, 7am to 7pm 7 days a week).
Since Iraq is exactly 12 hours time difference from Alaska, I quickly volunteered to go to the night shift, since I'd be on Alaska day time, and in a few weeks, I'd be home.
One night, I was having a smoke, and a breeze kicked up. I was chilled, and actually sat on my hands to keep them warm. I looked up at the thermometer and it was 98 degrees F. Just shows how much we can acclimate.

 

[sumusfumus]

Just recently returned from a 6 week visit to Florida....just in time to feel the frigid weather back in NYC. Been cold here since mid-December. Smoked my pipe while down in the warmer weather in FL. and now, smoking my pipe in freezing cold weather, back home. I rather be in the warmer weather while smoking.
In warmer FL. weather, I could sit back and savor each drag on the tobacco....smoking while freezing isn't so much fun, and I find myself rushing my pipe smoking routine just to get back into the warm house. Flavors of the tobacco has seemed to change, too.
Personally, I'd rather be smoking my briars in moderately cool weather (Sept-Nov)....but warmer weather isn't that bad either. Smoking in freezing cold weather, with chattering teeth....not too good. But hey, that's just me.
Frank

 

[5star]

It’s not a strict rule by any means for me, but I find myself more often going with a pipe during the colder months & to Cigars when the weather warms up.

 

[jdunbar]

The high here today is supposed to get up to 74. :nana:

 

[snoopy311]

Here in Northern Iowa it is warming up to 33 degrees today. Truly feels like summer after almost 8 straight days of below zero temperatures. I can finally smoke a pipe again.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

South coast Finland:still at 28-30f hardly any snow in sight but frankly I'd be feeling much better in somewhere Northern or central territory of Austarlia doing some cowboying at the ranch(in Australia they call them as stations and they are known one of the biggest in the cattle ranching industry) hats and boots+duster coat I have alreadly,

 

[Briar Baron]

Yes, some of the cattle stations in the outback are bigger than some countries. Last year a Chinese company was trying to buy one of the bigger ones but the government blocked the sale.
I spent a bit of time out that way and most of the cowboys (Jackaroos) out there usually smoked roll your own cigarettes since they were mainly on horseback or motorbikes.
In the sheep shearing areas however, some of the shearers would smoke a pipe during their smoko break, however roll your own cigarettes did dominate.

 

[mso489]

Got the thin powdery snow scraped off my inclined driveway, fairly easily. Often there's a crusty ice layer under the snow and I have to use salt and mostly wait for warmer days. We're supposed to get up to a balmy 50F early this week, so that will seem tropical after the arctic hints we've been having. Still, not as cold or snowy here as further north ... or south.

 

[aldecaker]

74 F in Tucson today, supposed to get to almost 80 tomorrow. It's uncomfortably warm for winter, and makes me dread what fresh hell will arrive come summer.
Blocked a sale to China, eh? I wish our government would do that once in a while. This place is turning into nothing but a whorehouse, everything for sale to the highest bidder.

 

[deathmetal]

here in Sydney today it is over 44 degrees C (112 F)

Factoring in humidity, that's a lower temperature than it gets here.
1. Fan

2. Air conditioning if you can

3. Dry tobacco b/c humidity will INSTANTLY hydrate it

4. Cannibalize the weak
Wait, one of those does not fit. Must be #3.
Anyway, in the heat, you're going to need moving air or you will spontaneously combust. Also helps to be blind drunk with a shotgun. Or, maybe that's just the Texas way, but it may work in your jurisdiction. Good luck.