With the extra hot weather of summer here please be advised to keep yourselves hydrated and healthy while working, a suggestion is to realize that we are shoeing horses .not doing heart surgery ,that it is ok to slow down, take a couple xtra sips of water and or electrolytes, if to hot just stop. Last Wed. in 101 F I just kept working, water within reach, no sips, short of breath, but kept yaking and working on 4 disagreeable tbreds, got the work done, needed to sit for 2 hrs up against a hay feeder to cool and recompose... I cancelled my order of Foolish pills, I figure I don't need them any more... I shoulda known better... 1st time in 38 yrs stay safe Ray
Good advice. I almost went to my knees yesterday about 2:00. Had to go sit in the truck AC and drink some Gatorade before I dared drive to my next stop. I've been losing 5 to 6 pounds a day in water weight for the last 2 weeks, even though I've been drinking over a gallon of water. And it's only been in the 80's here. I don't know how the southern guys can take it. Regards
Rick we get use to it ..I took a page out of the old school book.. I do not use the A/C in any truck..I wear loose pants or overalls ..eat crush ice all day ..it seems to drop ur body temp.. at night the family about freeze me to death at night in the house..I sleep with a heater blowing on me year around..in the winter I sleep beside the fire place and last year I put my outdoor lounge chair to close and blistered my leg and the side ..scared the piss out of me the I would not wake up even getting burned..
I live in Florida and it has been very hot. Yesterday the heat index was 107 with 100% humidity. I don't work without shade and a place to plug in a fan or fans . I always try to schedule my stops so I can stop by the house in the heat of the day to cool off and change clothes. It's been miserable to say the least.
I live and work in Ga and I'm a limey. I work on Travis's theory its a question of acclamation. I don't use the Ac in the truck and stay out of the the ac as much as possible. I get home and the wife is complains its hot in the house and I am freezing! I can drink a 24 pack of water a day and I keep it in a cooler with no ice!
Everyday next week will be in the 100's, barns have been that hot for a month?? Early morning stops and be done by noon, can do some after 6 but only at my shop...
I probably shouldn't share how the weather here on the Northern California, Southern Oregon coast has been.
Are there any horses to shoe In that area ??? Bet it nice there...!! Its going too be a hot week here in the deep south be broke down if I forget my fan !!
I don't even have AC in my truck. I wear a jacket in the office at my part time job. I keep my house at 77 degrees. Definately an acclimation issue. I did the same as a mounted officer, when the weather changed I started acclimating myself to the change a month early. No jacket when it was cooler at night so that the winter was not as rough, etc.
Not many folks know but guess were family because we have bantered the philosophies. Next month, due to kidney stones over the years, i may have to have one kidney removed. The scarring has FK'ed up me R kidney. So, drink a bit of water folks....
Stones are tough to deal with. I sure hope you can get by without the surgery. Rooting for the best for you Mr Perry.
No fret or asking for people to feel sorry for me. "The Code of the Samurai" : " A student will immulate the bad habits of their teachers". paraphrased. So drink some water often... A book that everyone needs to read and correalates life's adventures.........Have read it over and over for the last 25 years.
