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Location: Tennessee | A sympathetic nod to our Arizona brethren ... it has been crazy hot in the SF Bay Area. Here in El Ramon, a record high of 109 on Friday, another record high of 111 yesterday, and who knows what today will bring but it's already 95 at 0930. Our average summer temps are the high 80s. The good news: yes, I have a pool. The bad news: it is drained and out of service as the renovation has been underway for three weeks. A/C? Haha, surely you jest! This is the coast ... we don't have A/C except in malls, movie theaters, and new homes.
I know a lot of other spots around the country are baking, too. How's life in your neck of the woods? If you have some cool air to spare, please send it west. :cool: |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Friday was 118. The photo below is 112 - IN THE SHADE. Don't let the swimming pool in the photo fool you, it's still damn hot. However, looking over a 365 day span there is still just about no place I'd rather live. Dave
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Location: SoCal | I was in Carlsbad (on the coast) yesterday - 76 degrees at 11am.
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Location: Paris/France | Hi,
It's not better in Europe.
Last week, we've had between 95 and 100 in Paris during 5 days!!
Unfortunately, I don't have A/C or a pool and the temperature is always near 86 night and day in my small flat!!!
You can easily imagine what it can be because Paris is not Arizona... :D
When you're outside, the air is so hot that it's hard to breath.
In 2003, we've had the same weather during 3 weeks and more than 10 000 people have died during this period in the entire country.
We were not ready to have such a hot summer and all the hospitals were completely full and busy!!
At this time, its good to be a tourist in Paris but surely not to be at work.
I've seen on TV that it's the same in Germany, Holland and UK.
I'm seriously thinking to emigrate in Alaska!!! :D
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Location: SoCal | If you have some cool air to spare, please send it west. Huh? This group has been known to be full of HOT air :p :p |
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Location: Spain | 100 plus down here in Spain, on the plus side an afternoon gig in a bar with a big pool!!we also have a good AC unit in the house as this heat is with us for about 12weeks of the summer. |
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Location: Houston, Texas | So far this summer our highest temp has been 101, but around Houston the humidity is always at least about 70%.
This was last September 27, and the humidity was about 85%.
There's no such thing as a house without a/c down here, and its a constant chore to keep the condensation drip pans draining freely so they don't overflow! |
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Location: atlanta | Stone--now's the time for you to come on over to Atlanta where the first tall cool mint julep is on me!
Oh, it was only 84 here today (moodypi, I take back what I said about global warming...)
In the hammock, in the shade I am,
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Location: Westerville, Ohio | We Ohioians are use to our weather changing every five minutes...NOT KIDDING. Last week was absolutely insane...high 90's and 70-80% humidity. Since I have to work outside, jeans, shirt, boots, hardhat and harness I've had about enough of this crap!!!! I get home in the A/C and I don't want to move. The humidity is a frekin killer, I like the heat out west...93 with like 6% humidity. I think I'll move to Arizona! |
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Location: NJ | of course when all the s*** hits the fan in my life it gets up to the 90's here with a ton of humidity.
this week is going to be cooler only a high of 90. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | 106 here yesterday, but like Phoenix, "it's a dry heat." Worked on the cabin this weekend. It was 94 at 5000 feet elevation. It was the second time in 15 years that it was so hot that I wanted to go swimming in the lake. Wife didn't pack the swimsuit, though. |
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Location: NJ | ". . Wife didn't pack the swimsuit, though . .'
That never stopped me . . . |
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Location: Scotland | It's pretty bad over here too. At last nights gig I was melting. It was so hot my shirt was wringing wet half way through the first set. A huge bead of sweat dropped from my forehead directly onto the preamp of my Nylon Viper, then halfway through the next song the guitar cut out. Managed to get through the rest of the set with mando, Weissenborn replica and dulcimer, but didn't make the connection between the droplet of sweat and the preamp failure. AS a long shot I sprayed the controls with electrolube and it cameback to life.
That afternoon we played a festival and when I took the nylon Viper from the case I found I had a broken D string. I changed the string but didn't feel confident using it because nylon strings take so long to settle and we were due onstage within minutes. A guy in the previous band graciously offered me his Martin, a triple 0 16 with a Fishman blender system onboard. Nice guitar apart from the wussy extra-light strings, but could I hell get a decent sound out it. Sounded fine for back-up but as soon as I took a solo it had the typical thin gutless piezo clank I detest. |
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Location: Oregon | 105 in Potland. Not dry heat, straight muggy. I left my windows open for cool night air, turns out the next morning was 85 degrees at 7:00 am. |
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Location: Maryland, USA | Nice and cool here in SOMD ;)
Low 80's straight through the last few weeks....
And to your request stonebobbo, well, let's just say I've never been good at sharing ^_^
No gigs yet this summer, maybe some at a local bar, but those are at night and nice and air-cooled ;) |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | It's been pretty cool in CT, some hot days last week when I was at National Summer Guitar Workshop, naturally the class I was in was in one of the rooms that didn't have a/c. It got a little warm.
It's like a North Carolina morning today, in the 60's and will probably get up to the 80's this afternoon. Only wish I was in Carolina..... |
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Location: chicago | Dont you find it next to impossible to play your geetar outside when its above like 95 it feels terrible on the neck sweat dripping everywhere!
But 118f thats insane.....a dry heat!
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Location: Omaha, NE | A week ago it was right around 100 out, and the AC went out at church. Ugh. The part I hate the most is my right arm getting all sticky on the top of the guitar. |
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Location: NJ | Even though there's been intermittent rain/t-storms(and hail), it's been hazy, hot, and f@ckin' MIZerable in NY/NJ.
The sun finally came out yesterday afternoon, so we packed the beach-bag with a bottle of coconut rum (from the cruise) and some ice, and went to the town pool till it closed at 8pm.
My heart goes out to the 20-30,000 (if not more) people in Queens, NY who've been without electricity for 5-6 DAYS. The ancient, underground "feeder" cables literally FRIED and have to be dug up, cut-out and replaced. The intermittent storms aren't helping, as they're flooding-out the manholes . . . |
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Location: Maryland, USA | I feel bad for you guys with high temperatures - your strings must last only about a week - maybe less with all that heat/sweat and humidity getting all over it.
But for me 24/7 mine are in the basement next to a dehumidifier, which is nice and cool, probably why my strings last so long as my fingers won't sweat when I play down there ;) |
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Location: North Idaho | Worked Sat & Sun in the garage working on my son's jeep engine. Felt like working on a car the motor had just been run. Moscow usually doesn't get above 95 so the 105 is extreme for us. We were very thankful fot the central air I always thought was a waste of money. The wife reminded me of my previous rantings. |
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Location: NJ | At this time last year, we had a much longer stretch of hot, humid weather.
Bad News: Central A/C unit "went South".
Good News: It was covered by our AmericanHomeShield policy.
Bad News: It took about 6 weeks to build a custom unit to replace the one GE doesn't make anymore.
Good News: It only cost us $50 for the replacement.
Needless t'say there were a lot of fans whirling around at our place, a lot of time spent at the pool, and a lot of time walking around the house naked . . .
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by tdeej:
The wife reminded me of my previous rantings. I swear my wife can remember every dumb thing I ever did or said, and a few she made up. My daughter in Moscow just bought an old VW van with no AC. They wouldn't ever need it in Moscow, she said. 95 in McCall is as hot as I ever remember it. No AC in the cabin, but the guitars are in the nice cool basement at home. I went for a swim in the pool last night (with a swimsuit, Cliff) and the water was almost too warm. |
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Location: Tennessee | New record high again yesterday ... 113. All the strings have gone limp. Right along with me. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | See now that's why I love it up here...only got up to 36 this weekend. 41 in the South Okanagan.
Amazing how the temp drops right at the border like that!
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Location: Scotland | Round here the Temp only drops after his third bottle of Merlot. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Merlot!! In that heat....
Fookin' Sangriá, man.
This has been one of the most pleasant Spring/Summer I can remember here in the eastern mountains.
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Location: Boise, Idaho | A short round of golf last night at 102 degrees wasn't really too bad. I used to play soccer in that heat. Plenty of sunscreen and water and I was fine except for the short game. Playing on a course with lots of trees helps, since I'm usually in the woods anyway. |
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Location: Scotland | I'm almost at the end of a loooong UK tour with my buddy from Memphis, Tn. As an end of tour excuse to get drunk we had a bunch of people over to my house tonight. I cooked seafood enchiladas and we sat in the garden till gone midnight. The last time I recall eating outdoors was at Moody's place back in '03. That's how shit the weather usually is over here. Right now it feels like late January in Anaheim. Without the stress, obviously. |
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Location: NJ | . . or the plastic surgery . . . |
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Location: SoCal | You mean Tup and Temp are.....???? Nah..... |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Can't be Paul. I've seen'm both at the same time and place. |
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | It's finally cooling down here in the Columbia Basin. They are predicting 99 to 101 today, so that is a nice change from this last week or so.
I have AC but not looking forward to the electric bill. Still....wouldn't be very nice without it.
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Location: Indiana | I work for a division of Carrier. In the last few years we've seen large purchases of AC units go to places in the north that historically had very short summers and milder temps. Regardless of one's take on global warming being man made or part of a natural cycle...things do seem to be heating up. At least it keeps my job going for a while... |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | There is a big difference between 110 and 120. In Avondale we had 120 the other day. Anything under 110 is easy to take. It all this global warming. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | It was only 99 yesterday, so we didn't break our record of consecutive triple digit days. Other than that, I didn't notice any difference between 99 and 103. How would you notice the difference between 110 and 120 if you don't go outside? Someone told me that the Arizonans hibernate in the summer and if it's still over 100 in September they get grumpy. |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | It has cooled down (somewhat) here in the Island, but the humidity is what makes the weather still feel "yucky!" Anyway, I really can't complain, cos it's going to be temporary ... months from now, it'll be the extreme of winter and ppl. will start !$@*%$# about either the killer blizzards, or how terribly frigid the temps are.
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Location: atlanta | It's become truly horrible:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060727/ap_on_re_us/power_problems_35
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Location: NJ | 98degrees right now . . .
. . . and it's not even the hottest part of the day (yet) . . .
. . . THAT comes when we finish setting up for playing at a private party this afternoon . . . outdoors!
. . . these people BETTER have a f@ckin' pool!!! |
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Location: south east Michigan | 98 degrees...88% humidity.... and I'm painting the deck. |
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Location: NJ | I'm surte everyone'll appreciate it - when they spill beer all over it . . . |
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Location: south east Michigan | Well...the deck is done.
However..Pam hates the color and I'm not real fond of it either.
It's a do-over today. |
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Location: NJ | ? ? ? ? ?
Wouldn't the "first board" have told you that?? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | never paint your deck while wearing dark sunglasses...
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Location: NJ | 1.) Open can.
2.) Stir well.
3.) Paint one small board.
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Location: south east Michigan | We had a strong and un-shakable optimism that it would dry darker and everything would work out okay.
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Slipkid,
I had the same thing happen last weekend. Except it was the living room ceiling. At first I was angry, but then I said, it's only time and money. And that made me feel depressed. But then I said this would be unlivable, like living in cave, which fit my mood. It reminded me of my friend who bought a place that had black painted ceilings, walls and floors. That made me laugh. So another day later, and a few bills lighter, the ceiling is now a cheerful "sunbeam yellow." These things happen. |
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Location: Minnesota | These things happen.
I painted the kitchen last year for "the boss" and the color was just not growing on us like we had hoped. Lasted a week and it was of to the store for a new color! Things were much more to our liking after the second try :)
BTW: Does anyone know a rain dance, This heat and humidity is getting old :mad: Tired of running the AC and having to water the garden! Can't wait to see the utility bills this month :eek: |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | We finally dipped below 100 after 9 straight days. Now it's down in the 80s and feels almost cold. |
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Location: south east Michigan | the ceiling is now a cheerful "sunbeam yellow." I gotta start thinking out of the box. I have never even concidered anything other than good ol' ceiling white. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I would avoid suggestions for room paint that had terms like "Sunburst" or "Adamas Blue" and "reverse fade".
Over the top is hard to recover from! |
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Location: NJ | . . . then I guess I better not mention the future plans for my bathroom . . . |
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Location: Upper Left USA | :D
Just blame it on an article you saw in Cosmopolitan, etc. |
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Location: Indiana | . . . then I guess I better not mention the future plans for my bathroom . . . lmao....I am in the middle of gutting my bathroom. This one got to me. It is the one room in the house where you just tend to sit there and look around. |
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Location: Minnesota | lmao....I am in the middle of gutting my bathroom. This one got to me. It is the one room in the house where you just tend to sit there and look around.
I just finished a total remodel of our basement bath :) I put in a pine car siding ceiling that is really an eye catcher! People comment on how nice it is all the time, finish nailer and some quality varnish and your all set :cool: New tiled shower, sheetrock and a good coat of white paint. My wife is going to hang some netting on the ceiling and hang some fishing lures, seashells and whatnot to create a seside look :D Plenty of things to look at when you forget your reading materials! Even has an old anchor in it :D It's pretty cool! |
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Location: Indiana | WOW JBT....the neighbors will be coming over to your place just to use the bathroom. This board is full of creativity and inspiration...
...these are the voyages.....of the OFC ;) |
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Location: NJ | ". . Just blame it on an article you saw in Cosmopolitan, etc. . ."
Actually, I can blame it on a paint chip that I saw in a local hdwr. store that looks aLOT like the top of my Adamas (that hangs right outside my bathroom door) . . . it even has shiny little gold "flecks" in it!!
What sucks is that last year I had gutted the bathroom, repainted it, and installed a four-foot-long, three-door medicine cabinet/light fixture.
Since it's my personal "loo", I wanted t'do an "Adamas-motif", and Jeanette concurred, but I couldn't find the right paint in time, and opted for some color (that I don't really like) in order to just "get it done".
Now, I'll have to dismantle everything if I wanna repaint it . . . .
Anybody know where I can get some epaulets for the toilet tank?? |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by cliff:
Anybody know where I can get some epaulets for the toilet tank?? Innies or Outies? |
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Location: Indiana | Anybody know where I can get some epaulets for the toilet tank?? this is scary....when I read the other post, I thought about adding them to my wood toilet lid. Go for it, cliff! |
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Location: NJ | Innies.
. . . REAL epaulets are Innies. |
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Location: NJ | ". . adding them to my wood toilet lid . ."
Now THAT's an IDEA!!!!!
THANKS, Mark!! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | RE: Epaulet Toilet Seat.
Don't let the Martin board read this...
...I may end up selling them one - for three times what the price should be! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by cliff:
" I... installed a four-foot-long, three-door medicine cabinet".
Holy shit, Cliff, I knew you were medicated, but had no clue how much...
Anybody know where I can get some epaulets for the toilet tank?? Epaulets as the toilet seat, man! |
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Location: NJ | The MartinBoys can keep shittin' in a BOX . . . like their used to! ;-)
. . . y'know this "ToiletSeat" thing just keeps gettin' better & better . . . . |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Like the Title entails... it's the heat!
Have you considered a set of "Epaulet" Tatoo's?
and where? |
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Location: NJ | No, but I DID consider getting a "tribal" around my upper arm of the OakLeafRosette for my 50th, but couldn't find a local place that I felt confident would do it "right" . . . |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | .... just have Bill sign your tits |
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Location: NJ | again?? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | was it your fundamental frequency? |
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Location: Illinois | :eek: WOW! :eek: Guit tar in the bathroom! Now why didn't I think of that?!? Magazines are getting a bit boring and passé.
Cliffy,
I think you've hit on a better way of 'Multi Tasking'. I wonder how the acoustics would be in there? Just gotta make sure you got plenty 0' room on your head-stock side of the stool otherwise you'd have to sit side saddle in the throne. :D |
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Location: Illinois | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
was it your fundamental frequency? If you really wanna know once in the morning and once in the evening. More often, if'n I have a BIG lunch. |
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Location: NJ | I would think that someone who works in "education" would have better reading skills.
". . . that looks aLOT like the top of my Adamas (that hangs right outside my bathroom door) . . ."
I never once stated that the guitar was IN the bathroom . . .
(besides . . . that's where I keep my ukelele! ;-) |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by cliff:
(besides . . . that's where I keep my ukelele! ;-) Of course, that's where it belongs!
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Location: NJ | The tile shower DOES give a nice, "slap-back" echo . . . |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | is it Cliff's ukulele playing that "stinks" or is it ... |
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Location: closely held secret | Exactly!
Oops. Sorry, Cliffy. Dave got that in before I could respond to you. Still... |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Originally posted by cliff:
" I... installed a four-foot-long, three-door medicine cabinet".
Holy shit, Cliff, I knew you were medicated, but had no clue how much...
Anybody know where I can get some epaulets for the toilet tank?? Epaulets as the toilet seat, man! |
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Location: south east Michigan | It's to damn hot even to sit outside.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Slipkid:
It's to damn hot even to sit outside.
We only have A/C in two bedrooms. Rookie. |
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Location: SoCal | We had the heat for about 5 weeks. It was running about 102 with 65% humidity. Now it's down in the 80's but the humidity is still up so it still feels hot and doesn't cool down at night. We've had the air on for a looooonnnnnnggggg time. The electric bills are taking all my guitar money..... |
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Location: NJ | ". . . 65% humidity . . ."
Rookie. |
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Location: Minnesota | FINALLY!!!!!!!!!! rained a good part of the day today! :) Looks like we'll get more tonight!
Man, do we need it. |
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Location: NJ | I went to get my oil changed at the local Kwiky-Lube-It-All place.
As I pulled in, my digital themometer said 109.
As the limp dishrag that changed my oil brought my car around, I pressed a 10-spot upon him and said "Hydrate Yourself".
It's supposed t'be worse tomorrow.
I've arranged to take the afternoon "off", and meeting Jeanette at the town pool (after filling the cooler with a batch of Absolut RubyRed Grapefruit martooni's . . . .) |
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Location: SoCal | Cliff, I went to high school in Houston. In the summer, it was either raining or the humidity was so thick that you thought it was raining..... |
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Location: Tennessee | My heart goes out to you all. We had ten days of incredible heat, highlighted with five straight days of 109 or higher. But we've settled back to normal ... days in the low 80's (with about 30% humidity) and nights in the high 50's (with humidity around 65%) ... gotta love that marine layer.
Hang in there ... it will end ... sometime ... |
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Location: Houston, Texas | Guys, I've lived in Houston most of my life, but I've gotta say that I'm just astounded at the temperatures all across the nation this year. Especially so far north. We've had just a warm summer so far with only one day over 101 (back in May) and most of the days around 92 to 96. Most summers we get up to about 102-105 several times and of course always high humidity. We get used to it, but you guys are really suffering this summer, and I know that you all aren't used to it.
We actually had one day last week where the high was only about 78, but of course we had close to four inches of rain that day.
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Location: SoCal | In SoCal, our problem was a High over Southern Nevada blocking the coastal breeze...so high humidity (at least for San Diego). Last two days, back to about 76-78. All of the hotels are booked solid, many Arizona license plates. |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | My inlaws are down there in Santee and El Cajon, but they do have a REALLY nice pool...
Finally bearable up here; lower humidity, highs of about 76. :cool:
I don't know what's been causing it this year, but it's definitely bad. I grew up around Death Valley, CA, so I was used to 125 in the shade (if you can find any), but after 15 years here I wasn't prepared for 100 degree heat, or the 85% humidity. We usually only get a few hot days a year, and even then it's only up to the low nineties.
I talked to my brother in Wisconsin yesterday...high of 113 with 80% humidity. Yuck! |
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Location: SoCal | I cringe everytime I go to Santee or El Cajon...at least 20 degrees hotter. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | an inconvenient truth. |
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Location: closely held secret | :rolleyes: |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub |  |
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Location: Lancashire, England. | No wonder all your bleedin' guitars are full of cracks(repaired) when they come up on ebay with those temps. :D |
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Location: Spain | Still 100 + during the day and 80 ish at night but humiditity low and being in Spain we dont sleep we just Fiesta more ( No siesta no fiesta!!!) |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Here in New Jersey it's like walking around inside a hot, damp washcloth. The "girls" aren't especially enjoying it, even with the central air. When the strings of your 5-string bass won't hold pitch, you know it's miserable outside. Oh well, at least this isn't the tropics, where it's like this all the time (when it isn't monsoon season.)
--Karen
The girls: Gertrude (G-1111-4), Jewel (CE868LX-4), Blanca (Viper 1271 Natural), the anonymous Tornado (still in the naming process), Sugar (Steinberger 5-string bass), Plink (Galiano mandolin), Twang (Vega 5-string banjo) and Shriek (fiddle of uncertain antecedents) |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | You had me in stitches...
Till I realized your "Girls" was a reference to your.... stringed instruments. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Well it was 100 degrees in CT again today. Made me feel right at home, almost as if I was back in Florida. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by cwk2:
Well it was 100 degrees in CT again today. Made me feel right at home, almost as if I was back in Florida. Not quite, Bill. In CT you're an OLD FART. In FLA you're just a YOUNG PUP.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
You had me in stitches... Till I realized your "Girls" was a reference to your.... stringed instruments. Come on Jeff, you assumed that Jewel's Mom talking about "her girls" was the same thing as when you and I talk about "our boys" ???
Dave |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | the transition occurs outside Ashville, NC |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | Jeff W and CWK2,
When Tupperware talks to you like this did either one of you ever tell him "He can go burp himself"? :rolleyes: |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by Tupperware:
Come on Jeff, you assumed that Jewel's Mom talking about "her girls" was the same thing as when you and I talk about "our boys" ???
Dave Roger, that |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | All I can say is that I'm glad I clarified that; I tend to forget that if any innocuous statement can be taken in the worst possible way, it probably will be. Let the unsuspecting beware....
--Karen
Gertrude, Jewel, Blanca, "Nonnie," Sugar, Plink, Twang, and Shriek |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Well, yes. But we may make a concerted effort to behave a bit when a female announces she's in the room.
Unless she mentions letting the puppies out for fresh air...
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Location: Upper Left USA | I am so staying out of this conversation... |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I would if I was smart as you. |
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