Stuck with my laptop with the aircon going

[richard_smith237]

5 minutes ago, Chivas said:

People the world over freezing their plumbs off living in cold doorways yet we have people moaning its too hot

 

Thailand should introduce immediate legislation that orders the Weather to be 40c all year round...no night time cooling

 

 Uber riff raff

 

I disagree.... personal opinion of course..... 

 

I find it way too hot here...  a dehumidified 25 deg C would be perfect...   

 

I find it even more silly to complain about the heat here though - I've known how hot it is here for over 20 years.... 

[impulse]

I make it worse on myself because I wear shoes, long pants and a collared shirt whenever I go out in public in Thailand. 

 

I acclimate myself by not even turning on the A/C on the days I plan to be outside most of the day.  More accurately, I set the A/C at about 28, just to knock out the humidity so the place (hotel nowadays) doesn't get musty.  If hotel rooms had oscillating fans, that's what I'd use at night, but they usually don't.  That's what I use to sleep at home, even in the heat of summer.

 

It's amazing what you (I) can become acclimated to and find perfectly acceptable.  Sitting inside all day in the A/C isn't on that list.  I'd rather be out and about, even in the heat with my long pants.  Getting acclimated is a lot like getting on an exercise program.  It sucks for a day or so, but then I find myself happier when that gets to be the normal.

 

Edited April 17 by impulse

[KannikaP]

2 hours ago, rexpotter said:

Pretty funny, within one minute of posting this I gate all kinds of angry replies. Are you maybe doing the same thing? Angry? Pissed off?

Not angry here, just amused at all the spelling mistakes in your posts! 555

[thrilled]

Thailand is HOT. I mean to hot for me to go anywhere except to the mall. I can handle it for a little while, Ain’t no way I could live there

[Old Croc]

So, you're living (voluntarily?) in a country that you find too hot for your comfort, you find chlorinated swimming pool temperatures not to your liking, and are even afraid to venture onto the roads,

You decided to start a thread on a local expat forum to whinge about the aforementioned and reacted with anger because you got the inevitable advice to leave for somewhere you'll find more suitable. If you were looking for platitudes and God blessed wishes you should become an American YouTuber, not seek it on AseanThaiger. 

 

[Grumpy one]

19 hours ago, Chivas said:

 

Time to go home then. "Swimming pool to hot to swim in"   Ludicrous

 

Go north young man, I'm sure you will find a place with a pool that is frozen 9 months of the year  

[ignore it]

21st Century Blues.

 

It's too hot.
Internet boring
Aircon makes too much noise.
Food delivery takes too long.
Swimming pool too hot 
Don't get no respect on AN.

 

Life's a batch!
 

[Red Forever]

20 hours ago, Chivas said:

Not trying to wind OP up whatsoever but I've never found Thailand that hot. Of course compared to most home countries it is but not remotely at the levels of Dubai Kuwait etc etc

 

Just stay out of the sun between 11am and 3pm if you find it too hot

 

Me I love it the hotter the better

Bangkok is the hottest capital city in the world (source, W.G.O).

Yes Kuwait and UAE are hotter in the summer but not so from December to May.

Bangkok's mean annual average temperature is 28.6°c.

Kuwait and UAE are below this.

[Ralf001]

1 hour ago, Red Forever said:

Bangkok is the hottest capital city in the world (source, W.G.O).

Yes Kuwait and UAE are hotter in the summer but not so from December to May.

Bangkok's mean annual average temperature is 28.6°c.

Kuwait and UAE are below this.

 

[fredwiggy]

21 hours ago, rexpotter said:

Pretty funny, within one minute of posting this I gate all kinds of angry replies. Are you maybe doing the same thing? Angry? Pissed off?

If you aren't comfortable where you are, you move. If you have no wife or kids, it's easier to relocate. I'm only biding my time until I can leave with my daughter to go back to the US. If I could leave today, I would. many people say they like where they are, but rarely leave the house because it's too hot, too cold, too wet, dangerous on the roads, fear of violence. I came from Texas, where it's hotter on average than here, but where I lived there was lower humidity . This besides the hundred more reasons i belong back there.

 

Being trapped indoors because of some reason much of the time makes you a hermit, and that's not enjoying life. remember what you enjoy, and go where you will enjoy it. Thailand is okay for some people, but with all the complaints, and many warranted, some belong elsewhere. Pros and cons everywhere, so weigh the positives against the negatives, then decide what's keeping you in a place you aren't comfortable.

[Liverpool Lou]

23 hours ago, rexpotter said:

Don't feel safe driving out there as I know if there is an accident, its my fault even if it isn't.

Cobblers.

Edited April 18 by Liverpool Lou

[digger70]

Stuck with my laptop with the aricon going 

 

 Why are you in Los then?  find something to do or Move to an other country .

This here is the tropics It gets Pretty warm here no matter where you are in Los 

[brianthainess]

23 hours ago, recom273 said:

No, I don't have time to sit around - The wife and I have to be on-site, babysitting the construction crew,

I did that sitting in my car with the A/C on when ours was built. 

[brianthainess]

23 hours ago, rexpotter said:

Don't feel safe driving out there as I know if there is an accident, its my fault even if it isn't. Good auto insurance etc, but we still know.

BS do you not have a dash cam ? 

[Freddy42OZ]

On 4/17/2024 at 12:33 PM, rexpotter said:

For basically the last month I have been sitting in my condo with the aircon on, going between youtube, this forum and lot of other stuff. I'm srue others are doung the same. Try to get out for a walk in the morning but the swimming pool is too hot to swim in. Plus, they keep pouring more chemicals into it to make it look clean, its toxic.

 

Don't feel safe driving out there as I know if there is an accident, its my fault even if it isn't. Good auto insurance etc, but we still know. Praying for rain.

 

 

I hate cold pools.  The only time I use mine is in the summer and only after the sun has warmed up the water to shower levels of heat.

[john donson]

I agree about the toxic swimming pool

 

maintenance of communal but paying pool, because my yearly 36.000 baht facility fee, was not enough for a free swim or gym visit, those guys come, do not check the ph and threw in a whole lot of smelly chemicals and off they go

[superal]

On 4/17/2024 at 12:33 PM, rexpotter said:

For basically the last month I have been sitting in my condo with the aircon on, going between youtube, this forum and lot of other stuff. I'm srue others are doung the same. Try to get out for a walk in the morning but the swimming pool is too hot to swim in. Plus, they keep pouring more chemicals into it to make it look clean, its toxic.

 

Don't feel safe driving out there as I know if there is an accident, its my fault even if it isn't. Good auto insurance etc, but we still know. Praying for rain.

Up here in Isaan the daily temperature is at least 40 c every day . Fans do nothing but blow hot air on you . I normally go to my office at 10 am with intermittent aircon . Many of my friends do the same and even my Thai lady surrenders to my office to cool down . Now when the temperature drops next month to the mid thirties , I can resume my normal activities . I know several Europeans who leave Thailand for a couple of months at this time of the year . Some Europeans can tolerate the heat better than others . I used to bask in the Turkish sun  ( temperature mid 40s ) but not now .

As for driving , I kind of understand but I have adopted the " never assume anything " when driving in Thailand . Have a dash cam installed . Swimming ? maybe try to get to a safe Thai beach for a couple of weeks ?

[alex8912]

Maybe someone else mentioned this to the OP but I didn't see it. No one commented on his porno addiction!  That's the root of his problems and keeping him inside.  You are only doing three things. 
1. Going on YouTube 

2. Going on AN

3. Spending the entire rest of the day watching porno ( other stuff ) 

Edited April 18 by alex8912

[BigStar]

On 4/17/2024 at 1:11 PM, John Drake said:

Don't get stuck in a condo. I'd feel like I'm in prison in a condo.

 

I'm not stuck in my condo. I don't in the least feel I'm in prison, go out whenever and wherever I please.

 

On 4/17/2024 at 1:11 PM, John Drake said:

Good to go work in the backyard and trim trees, bushes, and pull weeds.

 

Oh, how boring. So glad I'm free of all that home maintenance. Let the condo staff handle it. 🙂 

 

 

[PJ71]

On 4/17/2024 at 1:05 PM, Tropicalevo said:

Maybe try island/beachside living?

I live on Koh Samui.

No a/c in my lounge/office.

Doors/windows open all day every day. I only close the windows when it rains. That has not happened for the last four months.

Ceiling fans on low 24/7 and a 'floor' fan for the really hot, no-wind days.

I have only run the bedroom a/c three times this year - for an hour each time.

I find it hard to accept you're not having AC on during this heat?

 

Your house must be roasting, don't care how many windows or doors are open or how much of a breeze you have.

[BigStar]

On 4/17/2024 at 12:33 PM, rexpotter said:

For basically the last month I have been sitting in my condo with the aircon on, going between youtube, this forum and lot of other stuff.

 

Lemme see. Do this:

 

Build yourself a gaming battlestation.

 

 

Many more examples here on a forum devoted to them: https://www.reddit.com/r/battlestations/

 

Hyperactive teenagers spend countless happy hours at their battlestations playing video games. Granmas play them; you can too. Good for your brain: slow the cognitive decline.

 

Create a lil' home gym with a TRX, weight bench and coupla dumbbells, a few resistance bands, and an exercise bike. Watch Bodyfit by Amy vids.

 

 

You got all the aircon you need, music, and videos. Get ripped, man; buy a new fitness wardrobe. Have a great sleep every night. Impressive all the wimmens whenever you deign to leave your condo.

 

Should keep you occupied and enhance the quality of your posts on the forum.

Edited April 18 by BigStar

[rexpotter]

Anybody care to share a thermometer reading from their home?

[n00dle]

On 4/17/2024 at 12:33 PM, rexpotter said:

For basically the last month I have been sitting in my condo with the aircon on, going between youtube, this forum and lot of other stuff. I'm srue others are doung the same. Try to get out for a walk in the morning but the swimming pool is too hot to swim in. Plus, they keep pouring more chemicals into it to make it look clean, its toxic.

 

Don't feel safe driving out there as I know if there is an accident, its my fault even if it isn't. Good auto insurance etc, but we still know. Praying for rain.

this is pathetic.

boo fokkin hoo

Edited April 18 by n00dle

[rexpotter]

2 minutes ago, rexpotter said:

Anybody care to share a thermometer reading from their home?

• 10 min metisdead changed the title to Stuck with my laptop with the aircon going
•  
• Better, are you an English teacher?

[rexpotter]

I never thought such a simple comment about spending most of my time inside my house with the aircon going could spark so much rage.

[Hummin]

4 minutes ago, rexpotter said:

Anybody care to share a thermometer reading from their home?

42 Celsius 

 

Leaving soon!

 

Anyway, Ko Kut was nice 10 days at the beach and very different from here in Isan. I think this is last time I visit Isaan at this time ever again. Will be back in october! 

[superal]

8 minutes ago, rexpotter said:

Anybody care to share a thermometer reading from their home?

What province do you live in ? 30 km outside of Surin Isaan it shows 41c in the shade 

[mikebike]

2 minutes ago, rexpotter said:

I never thought such a simple comment about spending most of my time inside my house with the aircon going could spark so much rage.

So both overheated AND naive 😏

[richard_smith237]

1 minute ago, rexpotter said:

I never thought such a simple comment about spending most of my time inside my house with the aircon going could spark so much rage.

 

I never thought such simple contradictions to and discussion of your comment could be classified as 'Rage'.... 

 

Perhaps your over-reaction to the comments is well in line with your over-reactions to the simple facets of life we encounter on a daily basis....   

[Hummin]

19 minutes ago, rexpotter said:

Anybody care to share a thermometer reading from their home?

 

Facing North 1. Floor

 

 

facing west 2. Floor