Date:         Mon, 1 Aug 2011 20:46:47 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: scraping glue in the sun
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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---- Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:

> How the heck can anyone do anything down south, like where Dave McNeely lives for instance?

Alistair, I have a small job that I prefer to have my mechanic do, since I have no lift and I'd have to lie on my back.  I called him.  His shop is not air conditioned.  He has been starting work at 10 p.m. and working until 5:00 a.m.  Now, if it were me, I'd be starting at more like 4:00 a.m., when the temperature has dropped to around 85 F, and working until noon or so (pushing 100 F), but to each his own.   At least he is not out in the sun, and has lots of air flow through the shop.  But, when the temperature is up around 100 to 110 F, the hot wind sucks the vitality out of you.  The media is filled with advisories about the very real possibility of heat stroke, which kills.  We've had around 35 deaths in Oklahoma this summer from heat related causes, mainly in old folks and people working at outdoor labor.

Of course, I'm sure your 75 F is uncomfortable in the humid conditions you guys have, but it really is dangerous here.  High here today, 111 F.  Forecast tomorrow, 110.  Average high in July, Oklahoma City just down the road, 105.6.  But I guess we're cool relative to Death Valley.  I was there in June once when the morning low was 101 F.  I did not stay around to find out what the high was.

To stick to the Vanagon topic, I worked on some interior fixin' up this morning.  I had on a t-shirt and shorts.  When I came in the house, I actually wrung water from them from my perspiration.  I had to wear a bandana while working to keep the sweat from running in rivulets into my eyes.

The fixin' up I was doing is using velcro to make the sliding door screen fit better.  Anyone have any luck doing that (or am I the only one whose does not fit well)?  I am trying to leave the snaps in place, and fit velcro in between.  Should I just remove all the snaps, and work with velcro only?

mcneely