Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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Us outsiders go 'nah, wotcha on about?'
Years and years of working in all seasons out of doors means all the bits outside of a T and shorts are well browned. So keep your tops on peeps.0 -
I remember going for a ride near the Uffington White horse in 2003 when it was 38C. Also rode around the Devils Tower in the High 30s the year before. Its worse when you stop.
And folks, please use the titanium oxide nonoparticle based sunscreen, and spare the aquatic life.0 -
I was out from 08:30 until 17:30 so covered all the peak hours.pinno said:
I think Pross was out for longer (or you're really slow).pblakeney said:
Presumably the P20 copy?briantrumpet said:Pross said:
Factor 30 was what I already had. I looked at some specialist factor 50 (waterproof triathlon stuff) in a running shop the previous and stupidly decided not to buy any. I haven't had sunburn for over 20 years but I don't very often have exposed shoulders.briantrumpet said:
Bad luck, but is there any reason not to use factor 50? I reckon if I'm going to need sun cream, I might as well get maximum protection.Pross said:Should be obvious but I know that for many hot weather means lie in the sun all day drinking alcohol.
That said, I'm sitting here nursing quite badly sunburned shoulders after being out in it for 9.5 hours last Sunday (plastered myself with factor 30 at the start but didn't take any with me to reapply) so feel a bit of a hypocrite! Did drink many litres of fluids though and wore a hat, couldn't stay in the shade as there wasn't any.
Top tip: the F50 stuff from Aldi is the bees knees - came out right near the top in a serious test a few years ago, and is a quarter of the price of the branded stuff, and seems to last all day when I'm on the bike.
The real version is good stuff. Well recommended. Must try the Aldi one. I tried a budget version which worked but the consistency was, inconsistent.
FWIW I saw 37.8c on my Garmin as I went up the Giau today and thoroughly enjoyed the ride. No sunburn either and I was only using the factor 20 version.
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I stopped way too many times to take photos. This place is way too nice to cycle in if you have a camera. This does not annoy me in the slightest. 😂
Thanks for the Aldi review. 👍The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
I've decided the current warning is probably justified. My original moan was from a couple of weeks ago when there were temperatures of high 20s / early 30s forecast which is something we get a couple of times most years so people should no what to do. High 30s / possibly 40 is genuinely unusual and with UK houses not designed to keep people cool it will be difficult to get respite. That said it is only 2 or 3 days.TheBigBean said:On a more serious note, and I know @Pross hates it, but everyone will be fine if they drink enough (that means a lot, to be measured in litres and not cups) and stay out of the direct sun.
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The whole houses not designed for it argument is a bit annoying. Across the entire world people either have aircon (I'd guess a minority) or they sit outside in the shade. This country comes with the added benefits that clean water is easily available, there are a limited number of biting insects outside (in the south) and the humidity isn't that bad.Pross said:
I've decided the current warning is probably justified. My original moan was from a couple of weeks ago when there were temperatures of high 20s / early 30s forecast which is something we get a couple of times most years so people should no what to do. High 30s / possibly 40 is genuinely unusual and with UK houses not designed to keep people cool it will be difficult to get respite. That said it is only 2 or 3 days.TheBigBean said:On a more serious note, and I know @Pross hates it, but everyone will be fine if they drink enough (that means a lot, to be measured in litres and not cups) and stay out of the direct sun.
So really the only question is how easily can people sit outside in the shade. As it happens, my son's school is really rubbish for this, so they are a bit stuck and I should probably be more sympathetic.0 -
To an extent, that doesn't help with sleeping at night. I disagree on house design though, older houses in the Med and places in the Middle East are designed to stay as cool as possible with thick walls, smaller windows, window shutters and white washed exteriors. They might not be cold but they will be cooler.0
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Yes and people will still sit outside. Sleeping on the roof is harder in the UK I will give you that.Pross said:To an extent, that doesn't help with sleeping at night. I disagree on house design though, older houses in the Med and places in the Middle East are designed to stay as cool as possible with thick walls, smaller windows, window shutters and white washed exteriors. They might not be cold but they will be cooler.
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Mad dog's an Englishman...seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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It's true - he's ^ black as da hat.orraloon said:Us outsiders go 'nah, wotcha on about?'
Years and years of working in all seasons out of doors means all the bits outside of a T and shorts are well browned. So keep your tops on peeps.
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Pross said:
To an extent, that doesn't help with sleeping at night. I disagree on house design though, older houses in the Med and places in the Middle East are designed to stay as cool as possible with thick walls, smaller windows, window shutters and white washed exteriors. They might not be cold but they will be cooler.
This is true, and the art is to keep the interior at a sensible temperature: my 'other' house has walls that are 3ft-thick limestone, and in the summer I keep everything shut (door, windows, shutters) as soon as the outside temperature goes above the inside temperature, and open up again if & when in the evening the outside temperature goes below the inside.
I'm always amused when English friends think that opening windows and doors when it's 40C outside is going to cool the house down: it would be like thinking that leaving the door of a fridge open will cool down the fridge.
Top tip: don't cook stuff when it's really hot. I did that once, when entertaining, and the inside of the house got to 30C, and it took a couple of days to edge the temperature down again to a nice 25C.0 -
I suppose the exception to that is if there's a breeze as having windows open then can help.0
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Pross said:
I suppose the exception to that is if there's a breeze as having windows open then can help.
It really doesn't, if it's 40C outside - it's just a warm fan blowing into the house.0 -
Having thick walls is known as the thermal flywheel effect. Basically, a more stable temperature inside the building.0
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Hmm, not sure if it annoys me that I'm approaching a tan level that is as much as I want, before I swan off to France. Might have to be factor 50 as the norm, even for short stints in the sun, and not sitting in my garden without a parasol.
Once upon a time it would have been an achievement to get half a tan in Devon by the middle of July...0 -
Way back when, I dated a black girl in Columbia. I spent so much time in the sun, I ended up darker skinned than she was!
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masjer said:
Way back when, I dated a black girl in Columbia. I spent so much time in the sun, I ended up darker skinned than she was!
I seem to tan more and more easily as I get older, but there's a point beyond which it starts to look a little silly, as if you've been left in the oven and been forgotten about.1 -
I don't know why anyone uses less than a factor 30 anyway. And I only use that if its all sainsburys had in stock. The actual effectiveness is so much less.briantrumpet said:Hmm, not sure if it annoys me that I'm approaching a tan level that is as much as I want, before I swan off to France. Might have to be factor 50 as the norm, even for short stints in the sun, and not sitting in my garden without a parasol.
Once upon a time it would have been an achievement to get half a tan in Devon by the middle of July...0 -
Above spf 30 not a lot more happens. 30 blocks 97% 50 blocks 98%. Having said that, I tend to use 50.
I always wear summer arm sleeves on the bike nowadays.0 -
And mitts. My hands have been nuked over the years.0
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Yeah, hands, as far as the first set of knuckles, do take the brunt.masjer said:And mitts. My hands have been nuked over the years.
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I reckon that's a lab conditions value and that the distinction will be more in actual sweaty use.masjer said:Above spf 30 not a lot more happens. 30 blocks 97% 50 blocks 98%. Having said that, I tend to use 50.
I always wear summer arm sleeves on the bike nowadays.0 -
I think you'll be right. People (me included) tend to use much less sunscreen than the amount used to test it. That's why I use 50, thinking if it is applied thinner than ideal, maybe 50 is better than 30.First.Aspect said:
I reckon that's a lab conditions value and that the distinction will be more in actual sweaty use.masjer said:Above spf 30 not a lot more happens. 30 blocks 97% 50 blocks 98%. Having said that, I tend to use 50.
I always wear summer arm sleeves on the bike nowadays.0 -
The main supermarket in Holland doesn’t accept visa, Mastercard or Amex.
You can only pay by card with maestro.
Pathetic.0 -
Hooray, we've found something Rick thinks the Dutch do worse than us!1
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For a while yes. Theory in marketing spraff is that they increase surface area for sweat wicking.pinno said:
'Summer arm sleeves'. Is that a thing?!masjer said:Above spf 30 not a lot more happens. 30 blocks 97% 50 blocks 98%. Having said that, I tend to use 50.
I always wear summer arm sleeves on the bike nowadays.
Personally I think it is the sort of thing a triathlete would use. Perverts.0 -
Yeah, most of the cycle clothing manufacturers do them. They are mostly a rip-off, so I buy from a work wear company.pinno said:
'Summer arm sleeves'. Is that a thing?!masjer said:Above spf 30 not a lot more happens. 30 blocks 97% 50 blocks 98%. Having said that, I tend to use 50.
I always wear summer arm sleeves on the bike nowadays.0 -
You mean hard hat, shorts with braces, arm warmers and nothing else sort of work wear?masjer said:
Yeah, most of the cycle clothing manufacturers do them. They are mostly a rip-off, so I buy from a work wear company.pinno said:
'Summer arm sleeves'. Is that a thing?!masjer said:Above spf 30 not a lot more happens. 30 blocks 97% 50 blocks 98%. Having said that, I tend to use 50.
I always wear summer arm sleeves on the bike nowadays.0 -
Yes, that sort of place. And no, I don't wear a hard hat instead of a cycle helmet.First.Aspect said:
You mean hard hat, shorts with braces, arm warmers and nothing else sort of work wear?masjer said:
Yeah, most of the cycle clothing manufacturers do them. They are mostly a rip-off, so I buy from a work wear company.pinno said:
'Summer arm sleeves'. Is that a thing?!masjer said:Above spf 30 not a lot more happens. 30 blocks 97% 50 blocks 98%. Having said that, I tend to use 50.
I always wear summer arm sleeves on the bike nowadays.
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I don't wear them for the perviness, just sun protection.First.Aspect said:
For a while yes. Theory in marketing spraff is that they increase surface area for sweat wicking.pinno said:
'Summer arm sleeves'. Is that a thing?!masjer said:Above spf 30 not a lot more happens. 30 blocks 97% 50 blocks 98%. Having said that, I tend to use 50.
I always wear summer arm sleeves on the bike nowadays.
Personally I think it is the sort of thing a triathlete would use. Perverts.0
