Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an intergral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on it's evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Currently warm in our neck of the woods. About 86 Fahr for American pedes, 30c for the rest of us.
Hot day, just about to switch on the cooling. The house we live in has evaporative cooling, which is about 1000 times better than "air conditioning". It cools the entire house, at much less cost, is essentially silent. The only catch is you cannot use it in humid climates, because it is the discrepancy between humidity in the air and humidity in the water that undermines the cooling process. Essentially like wetting a handkerchief and draping it over a rotating fan.
Hang on. A disconnect? My understanding is that humidity in the atmosphere works against the evap coolers. So you need a moderately non-humid enviro for them to work.
Either way, works brilliantly where we are.
Hmmm. Guess we're lucky here in that our humid time of year is the winter, not the summer.