― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 17 July 2006 06:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 17 July 2006 06:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 17 July 2006 06:54 (seventeen years ago) link
35 TOMORROW!!!
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 17 July 2006 06:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― More Tongue Feldman (noodle vague), Monday, 17 July 2006 06:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― ALLAH FROG (Mingus Dew), Monday, 17 July 2006 07:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Monday, 17 July 2006 07:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 17 July 2006 07:09 (seventeen years ago) link
(air con office)
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 17 July 2006 07:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― C J (C J), Monday, 17 July 2006 07:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― More Tongue Feldman (noodle vague), Monday, 17 July 2006 07:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Monday, 17 July 2006 07:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 17 July 2006 07:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Monday, 17 July 2006 07:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Monday, 17 July 2006 07:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Monday, 17 July 2006 07:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Monday, 17 July 2006 07:40 (seventeen years ago) link
Dud: We did this both times, and now all our birthdays are in the same week (early march)
(It's not dud really)
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 17 July 2006 07:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― gooblar (gooblar), Monday, 17 July 2006 07:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― gooblar (gooblar), Monday, 17 July 2006 07:51 (seventeen years ago) link
3rd, Alice9th, Me, Dawn.10th Amber25th My sister.
Also, Dawn's best friend had a baby last year on Amber's birthday.
It's all go...
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 17 July 2006 07:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 17 July 2006 07:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― emsk ( emsk), Monday, 17 July 2006 08:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Monday, 17 July 2006 08:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Monday, 17 July 2006 08:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― gooblar (gooblar), Monday, 17 July 2006 08:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 17 July 2006 08:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― emsk ( emsk), Monday, 17 July 2006 08:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Monday, 17 July 2006 08:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 17 July 2006 08:29 (seventeen years ago) link
i am loving this hot summer btw, it's been amazing, i have never been going to parks and things this often ever. (i can appreciate that being in the office is a bit rubbish now if there's no air con) i wish i had taken some time off work though so I can just wander about, get out of the office and into the sunshine or something.
xxpost if i can have a copy that would be the most lovely!
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 17 July 2006 08:29 (seventeen years ago) link
Only bad feeling about heatwaves: hot, dirty feet. Bleurgh.
― suzy (suzy), Monday, 17 July 2006 09:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 17 July 2006 09:11 (seventeen years ago) link
As what's her face said on the telly this morning - "remember, that's in the shade, if you're in the sunshine it'll be warmer".
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 17 July 2006 09:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 17 July 2006 09:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― surfer_stone_rosa (surfer_stone_rosa), Monday, 17 July 2006 09:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Thom Yorke Is My Spirit Guide (kate), Monday, 17 July 2006 09:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Monday, 17 July 2006 09:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 17 July 2006 09:41 (seventeen years ago) link
If I could have a copy of Shonen Knife's version too then it might perk me up. *begx0rz*
― emil.y (emil.y), Monday, 17 July 2006 09:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Thom Yorke Is My Spirit Guide (kate), Monday, 17 July 2006 09:44 (seventeen years ago) link
No help, Sweden and Finland are suffering from the heatwave too.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 17 July 2006 09:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sugar Karis (Sugar Karis), Monday, 17 July 2006 09:49 (seventeen years ago) link
Not just charity shop workers but anyone who works for a charity it seems (no air-con at Alix work).
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 17 July 2006 09:49 (seventeen years ago) link
There's a reason I live nearish to the coast (sea breezes, y'see -- cue Roxy Music).
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 17 July 2006 11:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― Kaet (kate), Monday, 17 July 2006 11:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― steal compass, drive north, disappear (tissp), Monday, 17 July 2006 11:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Monday, 17 July 2006 11:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― estela (estela), Monday, 17 July 2006 11:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 17 July 2006 11:55 (seventeen years ago) link
(was yesterday, at least)
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
i love summer. heat waves can be tough but there is something exhilarating about them
― marcos, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
you seem to have confused "exhilaration" with "expiration"
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 15:35 (five years ago) link
It’s the goddamn U.A.E. outsiders DC right now
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 15:55 (five years ago) link
So wait it’s actually not humid in DC for once?
― devops mom (silby), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:00 (five years ago) link
Sunday my block was so quiet it was eerie. Everyone either at the beach or indoors, apparently--it's usually noisy and extremely social with kids, ppl walking, gardening, parking, going to the store, etc, but on Sunday there was no sound at all, barely even any traffic noise. Which if you know Brooklyn is a shocking state of affairs.
On the other hand I took a cab (don't ask) down Atlantic yesterday and drove right past a car ON FIRE on Franklin Avenue, with various loud "WHOMP!" explosive sounds coming from it periodically. So that was exciting.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link
Please tell us you went “holy shit; piiissssss” as you passed the flaming vehicle
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
I have to admit I have 0% clue what that's a reference to.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:21 (five years ago) link
Oh right for some reason you aren’t 77atedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUz9xCTOPRw
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
It's thundering outside but there's no rain, just blazing heat.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 17:09 (five years ago) link
I'm on 77 I've just never seen that clip before? Anyway tx
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 17:24 (five years ago) link
Just got back last night from Ibiza, where it's been 29 to 31 degrees every day for the past 14 days.
Now I'm sitting at home, looking forward to it becoming 35 degrees or some such...
I CAN'T DO ANYTHING!!
― Mark G, Monday, 23 July 2018 13:30 (five years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/17/climate/india-heat-wave-summer.html
― niels, Monday, 23 July 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
high yesterday here in Austin was 106F/41C... today it's supposed to hit 108F/42C. day seven of 100+ temps... like In Orbit noted upthread, I went for a walk just after sunset yesterday and the college campus was like a ghost town
― com rad erry red flag (f. hazel), Monday, 23 July 2018 14:35 (five years ago) link
Air conditioned office FTW but every time I went outside it was like walking into a bakery or maybe a steel mill. Unfortunately I don't sleep in an air conditioned office, so mainly I don't sleep.
― Visibly Over 25 (snoball), Monday, 23 July 2018 18:15 (five years ago) link
about to bike home, it's 110 outside... wheeee
― com rad erry red flag (f. hazel), Monday, 23 July 2018 22:34 (five years ago) link
the abundance of butterflies is something I could really get used to, its delightful. The dragonflies seem HUGER this year as well, practically meganeura sized they seem, after I'm heat exhausted and had 3 rapid pints of Staropramen I feel like taking on these dragonflies - one on one, no blades you dive-attacking bastrds!
― calzino, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 19:02 (five years ago) link
heatwave declared a natural disaster, in the past 4 days haven't left my apartment for more than 20 minutes
― XxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxXxxxx (dylannn), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 19:05 (five years ago) link
that sounds a bit too damn hot!
― calzino, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-asia-44935152it's that 35+ with high humidity. stay hydrated.
― XxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxXxxxx (dylannn), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
Smells stormy around here
― jeremy cmbyn (wins), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 19:06 (five years ago) link
maybe AC should be banned in places where it's less than 30 degrees anyway? wonder how much it contributes to the problem it's supposed to solve
― niels, Thursday, 26 July 2018 06:40 (five years ago) link
I’ve read material of paved roads matters more as well as cars using a/c but you can never stop cars from using a/cLess cars on the road maybe?
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 26 July 2018 07:29 (five years ago) link
Was caught in the rain today but that was good because of:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrichor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosmin
― Father Ted in Forkhandles (Tom D.), Friday, 27 July 2018 16:02 (five years ago) link
it is no wonder that those in the village of Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh, India, have been bottling the scent of rain for thousands of years. In a recent article of the Atlantic, Cynthia Barnett describes how the post-monsoon earth are collected, steam-distilled for six to seven hours, and fixed in sandalwood oil in order to produce mitti attar — Earth’s perfume.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Friday, 27 July 2018 16:10 (five years ago) link
looking forward to Earth's perfume tonight---37 today in Paris but storms rolling in tonight.
the Paris métro people explained that they're not going to add AC because the exhaust is hot air and it would just heat the tunnels & quais in place of the trains. Are metros in other major cities air conditioned, and if so, how do they deal with this?
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 27 July 2018 16:15 (five years ago) link
Delhi and Caracas for sure. London, partly with upgrades planned for 2030. I think Delhi has vents for hot air but I am not sure how it works tbh.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Friday, 27 July 2018 16:19 (five years ago) link
A couple of tube lines are air conditioned but most of it isn’t - I’m not sure if it’s even possible to do for all lines?
There was widespread derision at the central line twitter (central line is one of the hotter ones) saying this the other day:
Hi, we're aware of the heating issues. We've made improvements to the ventilation systems on the current fleet. New trains are coming in early 2030, under the Deep Tube Upgrade Program which will be delivered with full air cooling systems. Thanks, Sol— Central line (@centralline) July 23, 2018
― gyac, Friday, 27 July 2018 16:20 (five years ago) link
Yes, I think Delhi might have a similar air cooling system, tbh. Air is vented, cooled and recirculated rather than just being expelled.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Friday, 27 July 2018 16:28 (five years ago) link
xp at least they're coming in early 2030 in time for summer
― Neuer write off the germans (Bananaman Begins), Saturday, 28 July 2018 09:12 (five years ago) link
Lol as if the london underground won't be Metro 2033 by then.
Or possibly Arthur Lowe and family chuntering around the circle line like in A Bed Sitting Room
― Neuer write off the germans (Bananaman Begins), Saturday, 28 July 2018 09:17 (five years ago) link
When a long legged lovely walks byAnd you can see by the look in her eyeThat it's gonna beHAHT in the city, HAHT in the city, tonight
― Neuer write off the germans (Bananaman Begins), Saturday, 28 July 2018 09:19 (five years ago) link
feel like that central line tweet should have ended with as you were
― niels, Saturday, 28 July 2018 09:32 (five years ago) link
down to 16 degrees c up here today with patchy rain and a breeze that seems arctic by recent standards, can't even remember if i've got a coat.
― calzino, Saturday, 28 July 2018 09:36 (five years ago) link
26 in Paris which feels like winter tbh
― droit au butt (Euler), Saturday, 28 July 2018 11:38 (five years ago) link
Wore a jacket on the one mile walk into town this morning. Took it off on the walk back though.
― Visibly Over 25 (snoball), Saturday, 28 July 2018 11:55 (five years ago) link
Yes, jacket back on today.
― Father Ted in Forkhandles (Tom D.), Saturday, 28 July 2018 11:56 (five years ago) link
Just to let you know, I can stand it this hot, I can do plenty.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 07:21 (three years ago) link
Today, not so good
― Mark G, Friday, 17 June 2022 14:28 (one year ago) link
It's been close to 100F for the last week or two in much of the US. We don't have a working air conditioner in the trailer right now (electrical problems that my husband's in no condition to work on), just fans, so I repaired an old space cooler we had and put it into the bedroom.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Friday, 17 June 2022 15:19 (one year ago) link
Things are more chilled in Newcastle now. I feel less crap today for a number of reasons, and now I just feel a bit pollensneezy.
― Mark G, Saturday, 18 June 2022 11:30 (one year ago) link
Hit 110F/43C in Austin today, supposed to be hotter tomorrow... they're warning there might be rolling blackouts.
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Monday, 11 July 2022 04:30 (one year ago) link
See, we were in Majorca 2 weeks ago, and even though it was as hot there as it is here, now.. there was no pollen/hay fever so it was great.
― Mark G, Monday, 11 July 2022 06:39 (one year ago) link
Living in mortal fear of the AC shitting the bed. Not for any particular reason, just my brain deciding it's a new thing to be anxious about while temps are 105+.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 11 July 2022 07:19 (one year ago) link
also my new electricity plan that is exactly double the rate of the one I signed up for last July kicked in on 7/5 so it's an idle curiosity how many hundreds of dollars it will be this month
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 11 July 2022 07:21 (one year ago) link
This is a rare opportunity for the UK and US members of Ilxor to suffer together, because here in the UK the temperatures are approaching thirty degrees centigrade! That's eighty-six degrees in Fahrenheit. And when I say "here in the UK" I mean "in London and the South of England".
And also Bournemouth. Whenever there's a burst of heat the Daily Mail sends a photographer to Bournemouth to photograph attractive people in their swimwear. Or they pick images from the news agencies of attractive people in their swimwear, in Bournemouth. I've been to Bournemouth in real life and I always associate it with heroin, not attractive people.
Because that's where I go to buy heroin! No, I'm joking. I was actually channelling Mark Prindle a little bit there. Apologies to Mark Prindle. In my life I've visited Seville and Hong Kong in similar temperatures and the only practical advice I can give - beyond the fact that you get used to it - is keep you hands out of your pockets with your fingers spread. Hang them by your side, like miniature radiators. It probably doesn't help much but it can't hurt.
― Ashley Pomeroy, Monday, 11 July 2022 17:38 (one year ago) link
I am in the southeastern U.S. (Atlanta, Georgia to be specific), and we've had pretty standard heat this summer--mid 80s to mid 90s Farenheit (roughly 29-35 Celsius), high humidity. We do seem to be getting more rain than usual.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 11 July 2022 17:43 (one year ago) link
One thing that separates us is electricity. We don't have air conditioning in the UK so the only thing that eats electricity is the refrigerator. It's not a huge factor. In the US everybody has air conditioning. The same was true in Hong Kong. I remember getting the bus to Victoria Peak partially to see Hong Kong but also because the buses are air-conditioned. Shops are air-conditioned in such a way that there's a blast of cold air on the pavement when you walk past them. Perhaps it's meant to entice you in. I remember seeing a film at the cinema and the temperature was uncomfortably cold.
I also remember thinking "is it like this in Singapore and Japan and all across China and India etc, and if so what impact is that going to have on the environment?" I grew up with science fiction so the idea of living on a metal planet covered in skyscrapers with a giant heatsink that spews hot air into orbit isn't so bad, but how are we going to evacuate heat into space? Vacuums aren't conductive.
Seville on the other hand had narrow, tall streets, made of stone, with shades:https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/seville-spain-sept-th-shadow-curtains-street-protecting-tourists-harsh-sun-heat-which-common-summer-southern-158938631.jpg
On the surface its cute, but it raises the question of whether it would be more practical to cover the streets with a second layer of streets, as in The Caves of Steel.
― Ashley Pomeroy, Monday, 11 July 2022 17:43 (one year ago) link
It's even hot up here in Edinburgh! Admittedly with a stiff breeze howling off the Firth of Forth to keep things sensible.
― and who is not flawed? (Matt #2), Monday, 11 July 2022 17:45 (one year ago) link
I spend a lot of time in Los Angeles. It's remarkable how much more livable the ocean makes that city.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 11 July 2022 17:47 (one year ago) link