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Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: Vulture on June 27, 2010, 03:03:11 PM
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..this hot weather! Bring back the snow!
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We've got warm rain...any use?
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We've got warm rain...any use?
Yes. That'll do. Just so long as it's not bright sunshine!
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It's going to rain here on Friday.
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It's going to rain here on Friday.
Wheere's 'here'?
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Heeere's Dorset.
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Thaaat's too far away. I want a bit of coldness in Edgware! NOW!
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Currently, 36 C (98 F) with a feels like rating of 39C (104 F). It's 6:20 PM. Don't talk to me about how hot it is there! We have already hit the "feels like" heat index of 109F this summer in Dallas. I would welcome your idea of heat. I remember visiting England and being told it was warm. Hey, I went from 40 C to 20 C in a matter of hours and from sunny to cloudy and rainy. That is a huge difference in temperature and climate. I was freezing most of the time, especially when it dropped to 15 C and below at night!
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Thaaat's too far away. I want a bit of coldness in Edgware! NOW!
'Iceland' must be nearby.
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Yes. There's one just up the road!
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Currently, 36 C (98 F) with a feels like rating of 39C (104 F). It's 6:20 PM. Don't talk to me about how hot it is there! We have already hit the "feels like" heat index of 109F this summer in Dallas. I would welcome your idea of heat. I remember visiting England and being told it was warm. Hey, I went from 40 C to 20 C in a matter of hours and from sunny to cloudy and rainy. That is a huge difference in temperature and climate. I was freezing most of the time, especially when it dropped to 15 C and below at night!
Which is why I'm convinced that, as much as I'd like to go off and live in the Americas or Australia, or even somewhere in continental Europe... I'm fairly certain I'd die in the heat. I can barely cope with hot British weather. Functionality drops to around 20%. It's almost like I can feel my brain melting and dribbling out of my ear.
I hate the hot weather.
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I've been to Toronto several times - always in the winter. When I first gave thought to moving out there, I took a month's holiday in the summer. I thought I was in HELL! I just couldn't get away from the soggy heat (and the bugs!!). It didn't help that there was no aircon in my daughter's flat but even spending a lot of time riding in the aircon-ed underground didn't help. It made the outside seem even hotter.
At least I live in a top floor flat and I'm not overlooked. Lots of fans and little clothing helps - it just takes sooooo much effort to dress and go out for shopping, etc.
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Every shop, hotel, office, restaurant, library, and almost all houses and apartments. have central air-conditioning. If you don't have central A/C, then why don't homes in England have A/C window units?
My former in-laws did not live in Texas but in another southern state. With four children, they had little extra money to spare. There were two things they chose not to invest in: one was city water - they had a well delivery-system - the water was undrinkable and it smelled strongly of sulphur. The other thing they chose not to invest in was central air-conditioning. They had an attic fan to combat the very hot, humid months. During the summer, which, of course, was May-October, their house was hot, stuffy and damp - even the sheets felt damp. Add the smell of cigarette smoke to this and it was a miserable experience to visit them. Going without an air-conditioner - central or window unit - in the southern United States is not only foolish, but dangerous. There are agencies that will help those who cannot afford window units get one free.
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Every shop, hotel, office, restaurant, library, and almost all houses and apartments. have central air-conditioning. If you don't have central A/C, then why don't homes in England have A/C window units?
Erm... we have windows... windows that open. Does that count?
I suspect that, as we only have to suffer through our hottest weather for a month or so, if that, it simply isn't cost effective to fit A/C into every building. We tend to just have central heating (used most of the year) and then spend a couple of months with all the windows open, fans on, and complaining about the heat.
I went down to Silverstone for the MotoGP last Sunday, and despite covering myself in lotion beforehand, my nose has only JUST stopped peeling. After one day in the sun.
Roll on the cold weather, that's what I say.
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Sorry, even here in Scotland I need my aircon.
My last 4 offices had it (sadly not the current one), my cars have it and I even splurged last year for a big mobile unit for the house which looks kinda like a Dalek minus the top part.
I do NOT do well in the summertime when it's muggy and hot, don't mind being outside in the sun, but not in a hot airless room.
My apologies for being absent from the site but I've had builders in, basically stopping the house from collapsing. Now, many steel beams and lintels later I am back in what is basically a new house, that happens to be 160 years old. :o
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I live in the subtropics, and in the summer it is humid. I hate the heat too. Brisbane is, by British standards, a small country town, except for the fact that it has a central buisness district with mini skyscrapers along the river, but if it wasn't for airconditioning it wouldn't even be one of the top five biggest cities in Australia, people just wouldn't cope with the heat and humidity.
As it is, because of the increased affordability and availability of airconditioning, Queensland generally is the boom state of Australia, we can't fight off the incomers (from the rest of Oz) with a sh*tty stick.
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Anyone else having problems posting here?
Max, good to hear from you again.
I've only experienced 100 degree plus heat a couple of times, once in Boston and once in Montana, and it wasn't pleasant. In Boston, walking from the air-conditioned hotel lobby to the street was like walking into a wall of fire. In Montana, the heat was less oppressive but still difficult to cope with. I remember being in the Little Bighorn valley with a guide who pointed out that this was "good baskin' weather" and to watch out for rattlesnakes. This took my mind off the heat.
All in all, I like Scotland.
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It's too hot down here in Dorset too. There's only so far you can go to take off clothing to cool down - after that it starts getting red and wet and messy and final. At least if it's cold you can always put some thing else on, such as a jumper or central heating.
By the way, I picked up an iPad this weekend and it's so easy to use, especially switching to and around this site. I highly recommend it to you all.
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Welcome back Max. :D
Can you plug a regular keyboard into an iPad Bill?
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Hello, Max! Good to see you again. :)
Well, it's flipping freezing here in the Northern outposts of Sydney at the moment - you'd love it, Vulch! The temperature at Terrey Hills is apparently 6.5°C and the apparent temp (what you actually feel when you're outside) is 3.4°C. This is very cold for us. Hubby said there was ice on our neighbour's car and grass down the road earlier on when he went for a walk.
I don't cope well with the heat and humidity either, but I'm willing to put up with it (with the help of air con) for a couple of months in the year because the rest of the year the climate is so good (most of the time). I won't be one of those heading north any time soon, Malc - too much humidity for me.
Hubby just went out the door and said "Oh gee!" Mind you, he has shorts on and probably no shoes, silly duffer.
Spring and Autumn are best here - warm days and cooler nights.
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?54 °C (?65 °F) in northern Alberta to ?46 °C (?51 °F) in southern Alberta. In the summer, continental air masses produce maximum temperatures from 32 °C (90 °F) in the mountains to 40 °C (104 °F) in southern Alberta.
BUT...it's a dry heat or cold :D
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I well remember a trip to Calgary when it went from winter to spring/summer in a day...luckily my friends had warned me it was about to happen and I went prepared with lots of layered clothing!
Hello Max! Just out of interest, the boat never did get into the water...so much for an outing for everyone on Loch Tay ..0
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Can you plug a regular keyboard into an iPad Bill?
No, but you can wireless dock an Apple keyboard to it. The screen keyboard is excellent though, so I'm not getting one yet.
Hi, Max. Nice to hear from you.
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We had sunshine today - and it was SO HOT! We don't fly to Manila until later tonight, so we went to an "Ocean Park". There were some great areas showing interesting creatures from the deep; a very impressive jellyfish section, and also Pandas, an aviary, plus theme-park style rides (which don't really interest me, but young Joshua likes that kind of thing, like any 14 year old). Chinese screams are just the same as British screams, I can tell you. No language barrier there.
We also watched some dolphins performing. They were quite brilliant. I was impressed, and felt that they were actually "enjoying" the performances they were giving, much like dogs enjoy chasing sticks etc. Previously I would have been very much of a sceptic, fearing animal cruelty. The bond these amazing creatures had with their "trainers" was touching.
Much of the park is quite educational and they emphasise the eco thing. Sturgeon they breed are tagged and returned to the Yangtze to boost numbers. The pandas are well cared for, and I had a nice chat with one of the keepers.
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I'm a bit worried about them keeping Pandas in a fish tank.
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Pandas are very tough, Roger, and their thick coats protect them from jellyfish stings. You worry too much.
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I'm a bit worried about them keeping Pandas in a fish tank.
Sorry, I forgot to mention the snorkels.
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I'm a bit worried about them keeping Pandas in a fish tank.
Sorry, I forgot to mention the snorkels.
Are they mammals or fish?
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Now that definitely warranted a question mark.
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Is that better?