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LogDog75

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36. I could easily take hotter temperatures years ago

Sat Jul 5, 2025, 11:52 PM

Jul 5

I'm 74 and I was stationed in the California desert (Victorville), Phoenix, Clovis, NM, Sacramento, and Florida so I was exposed to high temperatures. While at Victorville, I was part of a crew that transferred our field hospital to Luke AFB (Phoenix). We set it up in the middle of summer when it was 115 degrees. We set up our tents, unloaded our aircraft pallets, dug shallow ditches for our electrical cables from the generators, ran through exercises, and repackaged everything back onto the aircraft pallets. Our bioenvironmental people calculated we'd work 15 minutes in the heat and rest 45 minutes. The other guy from my shop and I were used to working in the heat so we worked 45 minutes and rested 15 minutes.

While stationed in Phoenix, in the summer, I'd wait until about 9 pm for the temperature to go below 95 degrees before I'd take my five mile nightly run. I turned on my apartment air conditioner twice; once when I moved in and once when I moved out to prove it worked.

Whenever I went to Las Vegas, I'd take a 1 -2 mile walk from the downtown area and back during the day.

Now, when it gets above 80, I tend to stay indoors or only walk a short distance. Fortunately, where I'm at we're usually in the mid - high 70s with some low 80s days in August. I have no air conditioner and don't need one because I'm about a half-mile from the beach and half-mile from San Diego Bay where we get cool breezes.

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Does anyone else find that the summer heat is harder to take as you get older? [View all] milestogo Jul 5 OP

Most definitely, especially the humidity, it's exhausting Walleye Jul 5 #1

No, I embrace the heat up to 98.6 degrees Brother Buzz Jul 5 #2

I'm 78, and I find it a lot harder to take the summer heat and humidity. patphil Jul 5 #3

Absolutely. I used to play tennis in 100F (in my 30s/40s) erronis Jul 5 #4

I find high humidity very hard to take, but it doesn't seem much harder now that I'm old Ocelot II Jul 5 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Haggard Celine Jul 5 #7

I've always hated hot weather too. Haggard Celine Jul 5 #8

We lived in Slidell for many years BOSSHOG Jul 5 #9

Do you like Kansas better? Haggard Celine Jul 5 #12

We live in my Wife's Hometown BOSSHOG Jul 5 #13

Yes. I grew up in a house without air conditioning. rsdsharp Jul 5 #6

So did I. OldBaldy1701E Jul 6 #42

I had countless people who questioned how the hell I could walk at dawn in minus 10F CO weather in winter hlthe2b Jul 5 #10

I'm with you. People ask how I can stand Minnesota's cold winters, Ocelot II Jul 5 #14

Same here. milestogo Jul 5 #16

You speak for me as well, milestogo. Diamond_Dog Jul 5 #29

Well, wearing more clothes is not going to help you when it is -10F outside. OldBaldy1701E Jul 6 #43

Gotta disagree with you there - more clothes do make -10 possible Ocelot II Jul 6 #44

Yes, indeed. OldBaldy1701E Jul 6 #47

Yeah.....nt Figarosmom Jul 7 #48

Live in South. I cut back walking/hiking in summer. I sweat a lot and have darn near passed out Silent Type Jul 5 #11

Yes, it bothers me the older I get. Emile Jul 5 #15

At 75 I find the extreme peaks of summer and winter harder to take. Golden Raisin Jul 5 #17

Growing up in northern lower Michigan a stone's throw from the Big Lake, I've ALWAYS hated hot weather, but catbyte Jul 5 #18

Exactly the same here Catbyte. Diamond_Dog Jul 5 #31

Yes happybird Jul 5 #19

howdi AllaN01Bear Jul 5 #20

How high is the humidity where you live? ailsagirl Jul 5 #21

I sure do. debm55 Jul 5 #22

My Wife Days That ProfessorGAC Jul 5 #23

I have always wondered that, too. Diamond_Dog Jul 5 #26

I think it's because as you get older it becomes harder to cope with snow and ice Ocelot II Jul 6 #45

My late in-laws were like that. Diamond_Dog Jul 6 #46

i used to work w/ hot solder for many years in summer + no AC. i discovered weave over knit is way better. i got large pansypoo53219 Jul 5 #24

I am always cold... oldsoldierfadingfast Jul 5 #25

I like it anywhere in that wide range between 68 and 72, Anywhere in there. Even down to 60 if need be... Flexibility. Norrrm Jul 5 #27

gawd yes mike_c Jul 5 #28

Growing up in markodochartaigh Jul 5 #30

Hate Humid Heat the most - high dose Vit C helps:.... electric_blue68 Jul 5 #32

I have never liked hot and sticky, or even just warm and sticky. Air conditioning... 3catwoman3 Jul 5 #33

Nope. Just folks who complain about it. Not you, of course! marble falls Jul 5 #34

You betcha! Bayard Jul 5 #35

I could easily take hotter temperatures years ago LogDog75 Jul 5 #36

You might have a thyroid problem synni Jul 6 #37

I'm a Southern boy. I've always liked the heat. But now ... Jeebo Jul 6 #38

Not really PJMcK Jul 6 #39

I hate summer. zanana1 Jul 6 #40

Yeah, I could stand up to mid to high 80s if there's no humidity when I was younger sakabatou Jul 6 #41