Today was just a Freakin Awesome Day 👌

[Mr. Beanz]

So many good things,  even at work. 

It's policy for our company that if there are employees working outdoor in 90+ Temps, management must hold a meeting as a reminder to hydrate, an all the heat exhaustion stuff.

The guys who wuss out and have wuss ou doing my task roll their eyes as if to say Yeah Yeah like whatever!

Hey, it's important enough that management has everyone sign a form noting they were reminded. 

Same cry baby guys that have to go in inside at 10 am  because they get dizzy in the heat. 😪

So at the end of the meeting,  Rosie asks if anyone has any questions.  I asked if they planned to buy anymore electrolyte packets as  we were running low.

Yes sir! Other guys look at me like I'm a nut because I want the electrolytes. 

So Rosie says yes  they're getting more.  Then later in the afternoon,  the supervisor says, I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU. I asked what  French fries? He was on his lunch break. 😄

He steps into the next room then returns with a box with electrolyte packets   box of 50. 

He says this is just for you, the whole box just for you so keep it in your locker so the others don't get them. 

Then he put a box out for them to share. Heck, the last box, I think I used most of them. 

That's cool,  they respect the fact I try to stay hydrated. 

The other clowns don't think nothing of it. I learned about hydrating through cycling.  Maybe those clowns need to take up cycling.  Maybe they'd be ok when the thermometer hits 85.

For, not one day have I had to ho  inside because of the heat. Been 105 max out there 8 hours   no issues. 😉

But today was just awesome all around. 

[Ralphie ★]

You are doing well, in that a person who enjoys their job never has to work a day in their life.

 

[MickinMD ★]

When I was in high school in the 60's, you were not allowed to get a drink of water during basketball or track practice: it was thought water denial hardened your body against collapse!

By the 80's, when I was coaching high school sports, modern medical thought had prevailed and hydration was realized to be very important!

In the 90's, I coached the cross country team at Maryland's largest high school, Old Mill.  Our school was 1.5 miles from an entrance to the Baltimore-Annapolis Bike Trail and we ran on it often:  3 miles total plus some miles on the trail.  The entrance was right next to a house of a guy named John.  I introduced myself and asked if I could place a 5 gallon cooler of ice water on his lawn, along with 5 oz paper cups (something like 500 for $5 at Costco then) and plastic bags tied to the cooler for clean and used cups.  He kindly agreed.

I told the kids that if they threw their used cups on the ground they'd be carrying their own water bottles and they were good about keeping the area around the cooler clean.

I'd drive my car to the trail entrance, place the cooler on John's lawn, then run a way's down the trail and then back to meet the kids and make sure they were all ok and that the girls were running in groups for safety.  My assistant coach ran from the school with the kids.  Our athletic director told us some parents had commented how pleased they were that the coaches ran with the kids and they felt their kids were safe.

I often found a 7-11 parking lot, etc. on our various long-distance routes to put a cooler: I bought 2 5-gallon coolers, filled them 1/3 the way from the Phys. Ed. Dept. ice machine, then full with water to make sure the teens got water.

After I retired from coaching with the team the North County Champions and 13th in the State AAAA (largest schools) Championship Meet, the new coaches did NOT supply water: they made the teens bring their own water bottles.  But they were teenagers: brain damaged humans.  They'd forget, they'd train poorly because they weren't getting properly hydrated, and soon the team was in the middle of the pack in its rankings.

Hydration is important for performance results!

[Ralphie ★]

Go Beanz!  You have found a way to hydrate and do weight training and get sunshine while getting paid. Wally would be proud, well except for the weight training and hard work part.   He would definitely be on board with the getting paid part though.

 

[Razors Edge ★]

3 hours ago, MickinMD said:

When I was in high school in the 60's, you were not allowed to get a drink of water during basketball or track practice: it was thought water denial hardened your body against collapse!

Kids are way too soft these days to cope with that.  Parents would complain. Principals would get involved. Next thing you know, no sports when it is warm out.

[Kirby]

It's nice that they appreciate all your work and make sure you have what you are well supplied.  Having people who recognize and appreciate your efforts makes work much more satisfying.

It's great that you can function well in the sun and heat, Beanz, but don't get so invested in being someone who never has to go inside that you ignore potential warning signs one day.   You've definitely shown your not someone who'll use the heat as an excuse, but legitimately listening to your body is not being a wimp.

[2Far ★]

I tell our guys:

• If they aren't peeing at least twice in the AM and twice in the PM, then they aren't hydrating enough.
• Hydration for today started last night when they got home.
• Pre-game in the AM ( I tell them I drink 16 OZ of water with my morning meds.)
• I don't care what they drink (stay away from energy drinks), no beer.
• Limit the sports drinks to 2, too many electrolytes can be a bad thing too.
• Keep an eye on your co-workers, watch for them acting different than usual (we're all different out here, just look for different-different)
• The bodies hydration can change significantly day-to-day, eat a bad shrimp, drink 8 too many tequilas, catch a bug; you can be fine one day and in trouble the next.

[Mr. Beanz]

2 hours ago, Kirby said:

It's nice that they appreciate all your work and make sure you have what you are well supplied.  Having people who recognize and appreciate your efforts makes work much more satisfying.

It's great that you can function well in the sun and heat, Beanz, but don't get so invested in being someone who never has to go inside that you ignore potential warning signs one day.   You've definitely shown your not someone who'll use the heat as an excuse, but legitimately listening to your body is not being a wimp.

I   do turn in paper work so I get to stroll through the AC when I can.

[Razors Edge ★]

49 minutes ago, 2Far said:

Hydration for today started last night when they got home.

You really think they aren't headed to the bar at 5:01pm????  They're WELL hydrated by 6pm!

[2Far ★]

14 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

You really think they aren't headed to the bar at 5:01pm????  They're WELL hydrated by 6pm!

Actually, (usually) they are not. After 10 hours in the heat/sun, nearly all of them head back to the room, pick up take-out or start dinner, shuck clothes, shower, eat, maybe have a few and then hit the rack. There are occasional exceptions.

These folks physically work for a living, at the end of the day, they are done.

 

[MickinMD ★]

I guess I should hold on to receipts!  Personally, I paid 2 x $60,000 to my siblings to buy-out their shares of our late parents' house and I put over $30,000 into additions, termite damage, etc. during the house rebuild - I have receipts for all that.  A little more - cost of the shed, cost of appliances, etc. and I should able to bring my gain to under $250,000 if I sell the house or at least not have much that's taxed. Hopefully I'll be physically and mentally fine for over a decade and who knows what the laws will be then?

Many homeowners are aware of the general tax rule for home sales – if you have owned and lived in your main home for at least two out of the five years leading up to the sale, up to $250,000 ($500,000 for joint filers) of your gain is tax-free. Any gain in excess of the $250,000 or $500,000 exclusion is taxed at capital gains rates. (Losses from sales of primary homes are not deductible.)

[Mr. Beanz]

12 minutes ago, MickinMD said:

I guess I should hold on to receipts!  Personally, I paid 2 x $60,000 to my siblings to buy-out their shares of our late parents' house and I put over $30,000 into additions, termite damage, etc. during the house rebuild - I have receipts for all that.  A little more - cost of the shed, cost of appliances, etc. and I should able to bring my gain to under $250,000 if I sell the house or at least not have much that's taxed. Hopefully I'll be physically and mentally fine for over a decade and who knows what the laws will be then?

Many homeowners are aware of the general tax rule for home sales – if you have owned and lived in your main home for at least two out of the five years leading up to the sale, up to $250,000 ($500,000 for joint filers) of your gain is tax-free. Any gain in excess of the $250,000 or $500,000 exclusion is taxed at capital gains rates. (Losses from sales of primary homes are not deductible.)

Were you dehydrated? 🤔

[ChrisL]

6 hours ago, 2Far said:

I tell our guys:

• If they aren't peeing at least twice in the AM and twice in the PM, then they aren't hydrating enough.
• Hydration for today started last night when they got home.
• Pre-game in the AM ( I tell them I drink 16 OZ of water with my morning meds.)
• I don't care what they drink (stay away from energy drinks), no beer.
• Limit the sports drinks to 2, too many electrolytes can be a bad thing too.
• Keep an eye on your co-workers, watch for them acting different than usual (we're all different out here, just look for different-different)
• The bodies hydration can change significantly day-to-day, eat a bad shrimp, drink 8 too many tequilas, catch a bug; you can be fine one day and in trouble the next.

Great post!  We saw that back in the day where we were all fit & young but some days someone would fall out due to heat where they had never had a problem before.  

Fortunately I never had a problem but I ain’t about to work all day in the sun if I can avoid it.  

[groupw]

I got the earliest signs on a century on a 100 degree day. I left at sunrise when they released us to get ahead of the heat. Filled my water bottles at every stop. I did have to pee at the halfway point and the stop about 25 miles later. I snacked and filled up the bottles then. Then it got hilly. 
I was out of water when I got to the next stop 12 miles later. Drank more then filled up before heading out. Ran out of water 4 miles from the finish while on the shoulder of a busy highway. I was getting irritated with drivers for no reason. I was able to flag an aid vehicle for someone I passed in much worse shape than me. 
By the time I got to the finish, I downed 2 water bottles and a Gatorade. I sat in the shade and cooled down before riding the last 3 miles to my son’s place where I could shower and WoW brought my street clothes so we could get lunch. I had to sit in my son’s living room for about 45 minutes before WoW got there. That helped me as much as anything. Started feeling like my self after the shower, but I drank like a fish the rest of the day. Never had heat affect me like that before or since. 

[BR46]

8 hours ago, Razors Edge said:

You really think they aren't headed to the bar at 5:01pm????  They're WELL hydrated by 6pm!

5:01pm??? You guys start late