ANY TIPS FOR KEEPING COOL!!
Jan 8th 2009, 8:44 pm
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Re: ANY TIPS FOR KEEPING COOL!!
we just bought a portable air conditioner! It's ugly as sin, but it's amazing.
We just do one room with it - the bedroom, but it's like a little bit of the arctic in there. Absolute bliss. It was money well spent!
We've got ceiling fans too that we brought with us and they're good but not nearly as effective as the ac.
We just do one room with it - the bedroom, but it's like a little bit of the arctic in there. Absolute bliss. It was money well spent!
We've got ceiling fans too that we brought with us and they're good but not nearly as effective as the ac.
Jan 8th 2009, 9:39 pm
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Re: ANY TIPS FOR KEEPING COOL!!
we just bought a portable air conditioner! It's ugly as sin, but it's amazing.
We just do one room with it - the bedroom, but it's like a little bit of the arctic in there. Absolute bliss. It was money well spent!
We've got ceiling fans too that we brought with us and they're good but not nearly as effective as the ac.
We just do one room with it - the bedroom, but it's like a little bit of the arctic in there. Absolute bliss. It was money well spent!
We've got ceiling fans too that we brought with us and they're good but not nearly as effective as the ac.
Jan 9th 2009, 12:14 am
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Re: ANY TIPS FOR KEEPING COOL!!
it was $800 i know its a lot but it was present money!
Jan 9th 2009, 12:46 am
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My DD went for a sleepover at a friends house last night, (down in Rolleston) and they slept on the trampoline in the end, cos it was too hot inside 
It's a bit fresher here today but very pleasant none the less
It's a bit fresher here today but very pleasant none the less
Jan 9th 2009, 12:49 am
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Re: ANY TIPS FOR KEEPING COOL!!
YEH,MOVE TO SPAIN...ITS F#####G FREEZING HERE !!!
Jan 9th 2009, 2:09 am
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Jan 9th 2009, 4:45 am
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If you only have air conditioning (heat pump) in the living room, drag a foam mattress or sleeping bag in there, or make up the couch with sheets if it's long enough, on particulary hot nights, and keep the A/C going....
Jan 9th 2009, 6:59 am
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I just jumped in pool - lovely and refreshing/sobering!
In absence of pool or friends having one nearby, I suggest fill bin with cool water and dip self in it ...
In absence of pool or friends having one nearby, I suggest fill bin with cool water and dip self in it ...
Jan 9th 2009, 7:39 am
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Re: ANY TIPS FOR KEEPING COOL!!
actually that reminds me of when we first arrived - it was a scorching summer so we bought one of those big paddling pools from the Red Shed for $100 - filled it up and jumped in - it was ace.
Jan 9th 2009, 9:05 am
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Re: ANY TIPS FOR KEEPING COOL!!
We've got air-con in the house, but I just bought a fan from the Warehouse for the downstairs apartment (no aircon there) for $50, and it even has a sleep mode which starts nice and cool but then slows down for the overnight whilst you're asleep (because, apparently, we get cooler anyway then). It also has various timer settings.
For $50, you can't go wrong eh?
For $50, you can't go wrong eh?
Jan 9th 2009, 7:44 pm
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Jan 9th 2009, 7:45 pm
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We've got air-con in the house, but I just bought a fan from the Warehouse for the downstairs apartment (no aircon there) for $50, and it even has a sleep mode which starts nice and cool but then slows down for the overnight whilst you're asleep (because, apparently, we get cooler anyway then). It also has various timer settings.
For $50, you can't go wrong eh?
For $50, you can't go wrong eh?
Jan 9th 2009, 7:45 pm
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Jan 13th 2009, 7:00 pm
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Re: ANY TIPS FOR KEEPING COOL!!
means we could take up our friday night's of mayhem again
Jan 14th 2009, 6:29 am
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Re: ANY TIPS FOR KEEPING COOL!!
We have a forecast of 31 on Friday,
I feel a day at the beach coming on
I feel a day at the beach coming on