OK WOULD BE 'MILERS' -- JUST *COOL* IT! - for JUST A MINUTE Radio -- Thursday 110714

So… how’s it been going at your place during this hot spell?  Another heat wave is expected in this series.

 

There comes a time when rehashing what they’ve already re-hashed on TV, cable and in the major papers -- 16 dozen theories of “What does Mitch McConnell think he’s doing?” to another gross and a half dozen quotes from Minnesota, Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina of what’s going to happen next? 

 

The answer is ‘Nobody knows!’  Even the people that are prognosticating by the bushel.  [You’ve got to write about *something* in the heat while the dog days are on us. Generally from July 3^rd to August 10^th or 11^th… thought to be the hottest and most sultry days of summer.]  Sort of a time of languidity – although I find that’s not a word… ‘languidness’ is the word I find in the dictionary.  I like languidity better… so I’m including it in *my* dictionary. [You can check it out.]

 

Anyway… JUST A MINUTE today tries to get across the idea of a Jack Buttram invented word… and we’ll just skip politics and Mr. Obama’s omissions today. (J)

 

Have a great Day!

  Cordially…

 

Jack

 

“JUST A MINUTE”

OK WOULD-BE MILERS – JUST COOL IT!

          Just a Minute: These last few days you’re learning how a steam bath feels in the middle of the day. The weather service will alert you to possibly dangerous “heat events” warning to skip heavy exercising in the middle of the day.

          Gretchen Reynolds, health writer, warns: “Use your head when exercising in the heat.” Researchers in London found healthy young men can run further in a hot lab if they wear an ice-cold neck collar. But what happens to the rest of the body?

          Athletic training literature showed volunteers can run in higher temps to exhaustion, but ‘core’ temps are often significantly higher.

          An elevated body temp can be dangerous and lead to a heat stroke or worse. If the core temperature reaches something like 104 degrees – the person’s ability to continue often abruptly ends.  Possibly this is due to cooled blood in the carotid arteries telling the brain to quit. Is it wise to push things this far?

           

          Health experts say concentrate on ‘staying healthy’ – acclimate to higher temps over a week or so – but you can ‘over-exert.’ Particularly If you use a ‘frozen wrapped-up banana around your neck – you may get an ice-cream headache.

          I think I’ll take just a little rest now… <> I’m Jack Buttram.

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