Tip o'the day: Lifehacker on Staying Cool
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 06.28.07
It's a heat wave, and we all want to join those New York kids at the fire hydrant, but we have work to do. Lifehacker is full of suggestions for keeping cool in the Stay Cool Roundup of its earlier posts on the subject, from making ice straws for summer cocktails, keeping cool on the cheap (Use a bloody fan for Pete’s sake!) and "Replace the seal around the doors and windows or just make sure they are shut when the air in the house is being cooled. As my Mom would say, "We aren t air-conditioning the neighborhood, shut the door!", finding the top ten summer cocktails and more at ::Lifehacker.
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Keep your feet in a bucket of water. And use a wet washcloth on your neck and head. You don't even need a fan, if you've got some cool water for your body.