----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- At 07:29 AM 7/19/02 -0500, Rparker wrote:
Hey Greg, I am 69 (closer to 70) and I am changing engines on an Aero Commander outside in the sun at 100 to 105 degrees, while the 20 and 30 year old guys are inside the hanger with fans pointed right at them. Yeah, but you also need to be a lot more careful with your health than the 20-30 year old guys. And if you fall off that ladder, it's gonna hurt for more days. The real difference is you know how to work and don't mind it. Largely because you've seen the alternative. More experienced folks seem to revel in heat that knocks the kids to the floor. I don't know whether it's real physical changes or having lived in an era where air conditioning was found in movie theaters, but it certainly is the case. When I got down to Lynn Nelsen's house in central FL to meet N99387 for the first time, his dad, Les, was out mowing the lawn in the mid-day son. There he was, happy as a clam, driving the mower while wearing an olive-drab flight suit at 96 degrees and 90 percent humidity. I was afraid I might die from the heat, and then later was afraid that I might not. Shorts and all. Well, I think it may be physical, because I've always been pretty notorious for being a 'I hate heat' kind of guy. To my dismay, in the last couple of years, I've found that some conditions that I used to hate first became tolerable, then actually started to feel kinda good. Made my sore back limber up. Yeah. Kind of felt good. Better than it did this morning.... Uh oh. Greg ================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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