Who has MOVED from their home state ? How difficult was it for you?

[DeltaV]

Gatorade works for some people, but it's still important to drink water too. Otherwise, you run the risk of kidney stones.

The CDC says don't eat salt tablets. They also say don't drink too much water because you'll lose too much salt through sweating. Their guidance doesn't work for me when I'm laboring outdoors in the summertime heat. Sometimes, I'll substitute salty foods instead of the tablets.

 

[Kern Dog]

I remember for years that OSHA and the Carpenters Union suggested taking salt tablets. I also recall reading articles that debunked that idea, based on the opinion that we get too much salt in our food already.
Ron suggested dill pickle juice after I told him that I had hand and leg cramps the day before. It was an effective remedy.

 

[Fran Blacker]

In the summer at work the blue shirts I wore the pockets would have white areas from salt.

 

[Kern Dog]

It is funny how you could tell the heavy beer drinkers in the summer. The smell of alcohol oozing out in their sweat was very easy to detect.

 

[moparedtn]

This was us today. Extreme caution!

 

[Kern Dog]

PFFfffftttt!!

 

[barbee6043]

Hot is hot and you sweat, BUT here is the deal. Low humidity and some wind, you sweat but you dry off as you go. The higher the humidity and the less the wind you sweat and stay WET! Wet as in moldy!!!! lol

THere is a difference in wotking in heat of any kind or just standing around and saying "Hummmmm this weather is NOT so bad!!!!!

Back to grits!!!

 

[Richard Cranium]

I like that....A good pickle and a cold bottle of water.

You really should rephrase that.

 

[moparedtn]

Back to grits!!!

Ok ok, if it makes you happy....I've eaten them before.
There, I said it.
TONS of sugar and butter and I can eat them in a pinch - I don't "hate" them,
but if it's a choice between grits and just about ANY other side dish, they gonna lose.

 

[Roger63]

Todays weather here....

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It was hot, I was sweaty but it didn't feel all that bad. I was out there cutting back tree limbs and washing a truck.
Is a 109 with 10% number comparable to a 90 with 80% ? Is there any sort of scale to compare?

I just realized where you live, I used to deliver cobalt boats to the dealer in Rocklin

 

[barbee6043]

Ok ok, if it makes you happy....I've eaten them before.
There, I said it.
TONS of sugar and butter and I can eat them in a pinch - I don't "hate" them,
but if it's a choice between grits and just about ANY other side dish, they gonna lose.

Only Yankees put sugar in grits!!!!! Butter is OK. Sharp cheddar is way better. Some misguided sous put a little garlic powder in them. Go figure!!

 

[DeltaV]

Ok ok, if it makes you happy....I've eaten them before.
There, I said it.
TONS of sugar and butter and I can eat them in a pinch - I don't "hate" them,
but if it's a choice between grits and just about ANY other side dish, they gonna lose.

What!!! You put SUGAR on grits?? You must be one of THOSE people that put PINEAPPLE on pizza!

Go have some black eyed peas with your corn bread.

 

[moparedtn]

Wait, hold on a minute. First you non-southerners try to tell ME, an ACTUAL southerner by birth
and by residence, that WE all eat grits....
and when I admit that I've done so a couple times, after telling you NO, "we" don't eat them generally,
you then try to tell me HOW TO EAT THEM??
Y'all might as well be Yankees, the way you insist on trying to tell others what to do.

 

[DeltaV]

I was born and raised in the Capital of the Confederacy.

But, I moved on...

 

[barbee6043]

Wait, hold on a minute. First you non-southerners try to tell ME, an ACTUAL southerner by birth
and by residence, that WE all eat grits....
and when I admit that I've done so a couple times, after telling you NO, "we" don't eat them generally,
you then try to tell me HOW TO EAT THEM??
Y'all might as well be Yankees, the way you insist on trying to tell others what to do.

Hey man I was just messing with ya. You can eat ya grits with milk AND SUGAR like cereal for all I are! LOL

 

[moparedtn]

I was born and raised in the Capital of the Confederacy.

But, I moved on...

Did the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya?

 

[moparedtn]

Hey man I was just messing with ya. You can eat ya grits with milk AND SUGAR like cereal for all I are! LOL

I choose....not to eat the damn things at all.
There, we've come full circle.
Now, you wanna hear something really shocking to a real southerner?
I don't like sweet tea....or unsweet, for that matter. Never drink the stuff....
I may be the only one down here that doesn't.

 

[barbee6043]

Receipe for southern tea: Make tea, yes it must be hot to add sugar, add 1 lb of sugar per gal of tea! cold te and a a pack of artificial sugar!
You know you are North when you order sweet tea and the girl brings you a glass of cold tea a and a package of artificial sugar!
Wife is born and raised Texas she can not stand sweat tea ....she is not a real southern woman no doubt!! just don't tell her that!
There is South and ther is Texas!

 

[F4R/T]

Ski soda is by far better than sweet or unsweetened tea! Made in two places my hometown of Breese Il or Chattanooga TN. ! Lol! It provides 14tablespoons of diabetic coma sugar and and nice strong kick of caffeine ! Hangover cure in a glass bottle!

 

[ckessel]

I get not liking grits or other foods when you've grown up around them. They can be an acquired taste later in life. For me it was Avocados. Could not stand them. Probably because I was raised around 4k+ of them which meant many hours dealing with irrigation and leaks. Fruit being frozen off or blown off during Christmas time which meant picking them up for the packers. I wanted to be elsewhere. When I did enjoy being around them was when I was taking the chainsaw to the trees for removal. We took them all out to switch out to Lemons. Also replace the 40+ year old steel irrigation system.
Love grits BTW. We make sure not to use instant grits like in "My Cousin Vinnie".
Yesterday when I was coming back from a San Diego county run, I did a slight detour up through the valley, San Joaquin, to drop off a transfer case for a friend to another. It was 111* along the 5 in several spots. Got home here in Osos, it was 61*.