Chicagoist: Sum-sum-summertime

Spook

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:11:34 -0600

o.k its rained and its now cold outside. Now go back to being HOT!!

This is Awkward

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:00:15 -0600

Blargh heat! If I have to carry any more changes of clothes with me on my bike I'm gonna need a freaking sidecar. Regular stuff + full change of clothes for sweat soaked ones + water bottle (bike geometry doesn't fit a cage) + everyday stuff= I need a minivan bike.

Tower18

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:11:29 -0600

I was out in the burbs for work today, and it is hot as balls out there. Thank God for the lake.

Shannon

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:40:06 -0600

i love the heat. fuck the humidity.

jennyblur

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:24:35 -0600

ropesack: I bet you've put your crotch on grosser things. Don't be a pussy. Spook: I'll be in the lake too!

Spook

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:05:13 -0600

It dosen't even feel that hot downtown. Most of you live along the lake, means you should quit yer yapping because its cooler! And think about it seven more hours of sunlight! You will make it home with out dying! Have an ice cold beer and sit on your porch! Or go swin in the ice cold giant porta potty called Lake Michigan. Jaws of Death will be there p.s my A/C is still in the closet!

ropesack

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:59:50 -0600

yea i hear that. im not a super germaphobe type. i still wouldn't put my crotch in that lake.

JawsOfJosh

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:39:26 -0600

A dip in Lake Michigan is good for the immune system. Don't turn into the anti-bacterial-soap-buying germaphobes that Madison Avenue wants you to be. Thank God for the left nipple. Thank God for the right nipple.

Elizabeth McQuern

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:43:16 -0600

I try to remember the depressing darkness of Chicago winter on days like this so I don't complain about the heat too much, but trying to work from home without A/C on a day like today is pretty bleh. I wonder if the popsicle guy on my block would let me tuck myself into his cart for just a few minutes here and there.

jennyblur

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:36:24 -0600

The lake is totally clean. Do you actually know anyone who has ever gotten sick from it? I swim in the lake 2-3 times a week and am sure I swallow water here and there as well as it goes in my eyes etc. I feel ok.

smussy

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:00:59 -0600

this heat is definitely uncomfortable, but i've made a promise long ago never to complain about the heat. i worry a bit for my cat, flan, but other than that, i'm young and healthy, so i have nothing to worrry about other than sweat and grimy-ness. take care of your pets, though. also, i have no A/C and haven't for my whole life save for a year or so. and the lake thing ... again, i'm healthy and young. i do not fear lake michigan. it's just normally too cold for me.

ropesack

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:55:55 -0600

jennyblur: i wouldn't put my crotch in that lake!

matty

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:49:55 -0600

Days like today remind of the ice cube scene in "Do the Right Thing"

jennyblur

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:47:13 -0600

At least we have a nice cold lake to swim in.

Marcus Gilmer

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:36:56 -0600

Matilda & Oz - I grew up in the Deep South (Bama, Georgia, and Louisiana). This "heat" is fine with me. Though Oz does make a good point - every winter it there would be 2 or 3 days when the temp in New Orleans actually sank to near freezing and it would be the lead story on the news, with tips on how to keep your pipes from bursting. Though, to be fair, we did get snow from time to time where I lived in Alabama.

Prescott Carlson

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:23:02 -0600

I've got a case of Fla-Vor-Ice locked and loaded.

peteypants

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:19:24 -0600

i'm from texas so i love the mild summer here so far, but i hate the crowds and stench of BO that accompanies the non-frigid weather.

Ingrid

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:15:37 -0600

The popsicles will melt before you even get them out of their wrappers.

fed up

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:13:32 -0600

A hot day makes you wonder what the BODY COUNT will be?

oz115

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:01:50 -0600

Matilda, let's not forget, if it gets down to 40 degrees (brrrr!) in the Deep South, most of those people will moan as much as we do when it's 90 degrees here. It's all relative, I think.

matilda

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:54:32 -0600

Love it, love it, love it. 90 degrees or more is better any day than gray and 20 degrees during what seems like Chicago's 14 months of winter, about which many will complain endlessly. And if you think this is hot, trying living in the South for a while--the deep South. This ain't nothing.

Mycubehas3sides

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:46:31 -0600

Popsicle-eating, heck, I'm gonna put the whole frozen package in my lap to beat the heat!