My A/C guy has failed to show up twice now. I like him a lot -- he's kind, courteous, reasonable and thorough I'll probably be calling him again first thing Mon. morning. Re persperation -- my Mother is an odd case. She simply does not sweat. She has never needed anti-persperint or deoderant. It's simply that nothing comes out of her pours in liquid form. She is particularly prone to heat exhastion. Wanna 'slplain that one? Julie Krueger living on popsicles ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: It's not the heat, it's the heat Date: 7/30/06 4:15:47 AM Central Daylight Time From: _carolkir@xxxxxxxxx (mailto:carolkir@xxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: Robert Paul, the estimable exercise physiologist and gerontologist, reveals: >older people, because of skin changes, have fewer sweat glands and >therefore sweat less, ck: AHA! That's it! I haven't been sweating the way I used to, as of this year. My head sweats (face and scalp), but that's about it. Tonight it's cooler and more humid, though, and I'm sweating a bit more. Not much, but a bit. I've noticed this before--more humidity, more sweating. (The humidity here in Fresno is only about ten percent when the temperature is 110.) Could it be that my head sweat cools off before I have a chance to perceive its presence? At any rate, I guess I'm older than I thought, and more at risk. Wonder if taking prednisone increases my susceptibility to heat stroke--and reduces the sweat. Warning to J. Kreuger: The heat spell that just left Fresno is traveling towards your part of the country. Ice it up! Carol ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html