Have A Cup Of Tea...

[Purple_Popple]

...it'll cool you down! Lol..

[ummmm]

Nice cold glass of milk...

[Ric.ror]

I was told this too
Do you think its applies to cool tea?

[Purple_Popple]

in the words of Peter Kaye :)

[Purple_Popple]

Hot drinks make you sweat therefore cooling you down so i guess it does work.

[shoota]

Drippin' already....

[Purple_Popple]

@Shoota - Oooooo i say!

[Baldric]

N/Kent Coast, In first-floor Lounge, kitchen/diner, back doors open to garden, front lounge and diner doors folded back onto balcony, 5 ceiling fans on medium, dogs have 'nicked' two of them, little bit of a breeze, and it's still 24° in here. Have lots of water cooling in fridge, and have had to put a couple of sheets over the settees, (leather) to avoid any sticking :-)
Sun just start to creep onto the balcony, so will be swapping between sun and shade in a while. Luvving it!!!

[gingejbee]

Baldric...if it's 24C outside and all your doors /windows are open, it WILL be 24C inside. Fans don't actually cool the air, you do know?

[Baldric]

Wow, thanks ginger, I'll try and remember that and not be so daft in future, they do make things a little more comfortable though if I really wanted to cool the air I guess I could close all the doors and windows and switch the Aircon on, but it's just nice living on the seafront to enjoy the atmosphere of a nice day.
;-)

[Ric.ror]

Oh my ambition is to have air con in the house

[gingejbee]

Baldric: my answer was more in jest than being serious....because some people do believe than a fan actually lowers the temperature.
I dislike hot weather so much, that I HAVE got everything shut up and the air-con on...set at 21C...bliss.

[Baldric]

We use ours overnight when it's really hot, set at 18° which is great,
ps, hope you noticed the ;-) above.

[netibiza]

It really does, eventually, I did this in GCE!

[jennyjoan]

Ric.ror - don't invest in air-con as you know we don't have great summers. This year has been an exception. JjCon

[gingejbee]

neti: perhaps you can then explain how it works? A fan moves air around, so how does it cool the air?
I'm well aware of the "cooling by evaporation" effect...but that involves evaporation of a liquid (eg sweat) from a surface (eg skin) and the absorption of energy from the surface...heat energy in this case, making the surface feel cooler.
That's not the same as "cooling the air" ie lowering the air's temperature such that it can be measured with a thermometer.

[lady-janine]

just started to throw it down here. so glad I had already decided to come in for a drink to cool down. no patio for me tonight i'm afraid.