On Sep 27, 6:29=A0pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>
> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being
> typed.
>
> Fall arrived last week.
>
> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>
> Lew
Yeah, but it's a smoggy heat ;-)
Neil
Half my life in San Diego :-p
On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:25:03 +0000 (UTC), Larry Blanchard
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:29:04 -0700, Lew Hodgett wrote:
>
>> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>>
>> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being typed.
>>
>> Fall arrived last week.
>>
>> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>>
>
>No it doesn't. I can wear appropriate clothes in the winter and still
>spend time outside. There's a limit to how few clothes I can wear and
>not get arrested and it's still too #@$% hot - all I can do is huddle
>around the air conditioner.
Go play in the sprinklers or jump in a pool, silly.
I much prefer to live in a climate where you won't die within hours if
you get your clothes wet or forget/lose your jacket, thanks.
--
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
--Jack London
On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:15:18 -0700, "Lobby Dosser"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"Larry Jaques" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:25:03 +0000 (UTC), Larry Blanchard
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:29:04 -0700, Lew Hodgett wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>>>>
>>>> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being typed.
>>>>
>>>> Fall arrived last week.
>>>>
>>>> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>>>>
>>>
>>>No it doesn't. I can wear appropriate clothes in the winter and still
>>>spend time outside. There's a limit to how few clothes I can wear and
>>>not get arrested and it's still too #@$% hot - all I can do is huddle
>>>around the air conditioner.
>>
>> Go play in the sprinklers or jump in a pool, silly.
>>
>> I much prefer to live in a climate where you won't die within hours if
>> you get your clothes wet or forget/lose your jacket, thanks.
>
>You're not 30 miles from that.
Right, and if I want to freeze, I can always drive up Mt. Ashland.
--
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
--Jack London
Robert Haar <[email protected]> wrote in
news:C8C7F7D9.4A60C6%[email protected]:
>
> That's your opinion. I would greatly prefer -20F with clear, sunny
> skies to 100F and 98% humidity any day. Twenty below is when where
> winter camping starts to get interesting. But then, I choose to live
> in the frozen north of Michigan where I look south into Canada.
>
> One of my brothers is in Arizona and I wouldn't think of visiting
> there except in the winter.
>
I'm that way too, although I've never seen -20F on the thermometer. (Was
assembling an ice rink at -5F once.) It's easy to stay comfortable in
colder weather, hard to stay comfortable in hot weather (extremely
difficult when you throw humidity into the mix.)
Speaking of places not to go because of heat... Next time I go to
Michigan in summer, I'm bringing a coat. It was beautiful outside (80-
85), but the air conditioners were all cranked down to the mid 60's!
Puckdropper
--
Never teach your apprentice everything you know.
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>
> For you guys that like 20 below, do you actually spend your days doing
> physical labor in that kind of weather? Just wondering because when I
> work out doors in the winter and wear much more than a wind breaker I
> cannot seem to be able to get any thing done, too much restriction for
> me.
>
Physical labor like building houses? Not so much. Physical stuff like
playing hockey and shoveling snow, definately.
One of the biggest tricks is finding decent stuff. A good coat is not
easy to find, especially with the style being fleece linings. They'll
tend to catch and restrict movement. Guess they're good for sitting on
the deck and watching the ice freeze, but not for actually doing
anything. The coats with a slick lining (nylon?) are the ones necessary
for active people. They'll restrict movement a bit, but not enough to
make it difficult.
Puckdropper
--
Never teach your apprentice everything you know.
"Puckdropper" wrote:
> One of the biggest tricks is finding decent stuff. A good coat is
> not
> easy to find, especially with the style being fleece linings.
> They'll
> tend to catch and restrict movement. Guess they're good for sitting
> on
> the deck and watching the ice freeze, but not for actually doing
> anything. The coats with a slick lining (nylon?) are the ones
> necessary
> for active people. They'll restrict movement a bit, but not enough
> to
> make it difficult.
-------------------------
First thing I did when I got to SoCal was to bundle up all that
MidWest winter clothing and donate it to Goodwill.
A sweat shirt, swimming trunks and some FlipFops covers the beach.
After that, you play it by ear.
Lew
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in news:4ca2f07f$1$23314
[email protected]:
>
> "Upscale" wrote:
>
>> What are they supposed to do with it? I thought California had the
>> strictest laws in the nation for the disposal of garbage. :)
> ---------------------------------
> Clothing that doesn't sell gets turned into rags.
They do that too? Do they also use it to apply polyurethane?
> BTW, why do you classify clothing as garbage?
He's being facetious.
> Lew
>
Puckdropper
--
Never teach your apprentice everything you know.
"Upscale" wrote:
> It's winter clothing. It's garbage for the exact same reason that
> you wouldn't need it anymore. Isn't stuff that's not needed anymore
> considered garbage? It's not like there's a line up at the local
> thrift store for winter clothing. If it was worth something, you'd
> sell it instead.
----------------------------------
Bull shit.
If it was garbage, I'd dispose of it myself, not pass the disposal
obligation along to GoodWill.
If it doesn't have residual value, it doesn't get donated.
BTW, I'm not into yard sales, I prefer tax deduction receipts from
donations myself.
Not usually interested in wasting time peddling used merchandise.
Lew
"Robatoy" wrote:
> I often read this news group whilst taking a break....and that often
means a snack....puhleeeese try to keep that in mind? *gagging*
--------------------------------
A bird in the hand,
Is worth two in the bush,
Except if in yonder bush,
A fair maiden should stand,
Then a push in the bush,
Is worth two in the hand.
Lew
"J. Clarke" wrote:
> I heard it (from the only man ever to score a <simulated at Red
> Flag>
> kill on an F-15 while flying an A-10) as:
>
> Here's to America
> The Land of the Push
> Where a bird in the hand
> Beats two in the bush
> Unless in the bush
> A woman should stand
> Then a push in the bush
> Beats two in the hand
-----------------
My money says there are at least a half a dozen versions floating
around.
Lew
On 09/27/10 I wrote:
> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>
> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being
> typed.
>
> Fall arrived last week.
>
> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
---------------------------------------
Add one week and see what happens:
Hit 67F outside my window today.
It's 59F at 05:30PM. PDST as this typed.
Had drizzle through out the day and snow above 6,500 ft elevation.
Oh well, still beats snow and 0F.
Lew
"chaniarts" wrote:
>
> i was in mexico this last weekend. 95F+ with 75%+ humidity. today,
> back in phx we got golf ball sized hail and 1" of rain in about 30
> minutes, which promptly caused 3' of water in our wash about 2
> minutes into the storm.
---------------------------
One of Murphy's Laws:
Mother Nature is a BITCH.
Lew
On Sep 29, 11:08=A0am, "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
>
>
> > "Upscale" wrote:
>
> >> What are they supposed to do with it? I thought California had the
> >> strictest laws in the nation for the disposal of garbage. =A0:)
> > ---------------------------------
> > Clothing that doesn't sell gets turned into rags.
>
> > BTW, why do you classify clothing as garbage?
>
> > Lew
>
> Upscale lives ina nudist colony. =A0;~)
Puhleeeeeeeese, I'm EATING!!!!
On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:27:18 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sep 29, 7:46 pm, Larry Jaques <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>> On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:07:01 -0500, "Leon" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> >"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >news:[email protected]...
>> >> "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>> >> Are you saying it's Bush's fault? :P
>>
>> >The other Bush
>> >;~)
>>
>> Laura's bush?
>
>I often read this news group whilst taking a break....and that often
>means a snack....puhleeeese try to keep that in mind? *gagging*
Hey, _you're_ the one who brought up Michelle recently. WTF?
(Of the two, I'd much rather munch Laura. Of the 4, Jenna.)
On yet another tangent, see these Pass/Fail/Win photos. There's some
truly -great- stuff here. http://fwd4.me/gkj
--
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
--Jack London
On Oct 5, 3:41=A0pm, "chaniarts" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Lew Hodgett wrote:
> > On 09/27/10 I wrote:
>
> >> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>
> >> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being
> >> typed.
>
> >> Fall arrived last week.
>
> >> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
> > ---------------------------------------
>
> > Add one week and see what happens:
>
> > Hit 67F outside my window today.
>
> > It's 59F at 05:30PM. PDST as this typed.
>
> > Had drizzle through out =A0the day and snow above 6,500 ft elevation.
>
> > Oh well, still beats snow and 0F.
>
> > Lew
>
> i was in mexico this last weekend. 95F+ with 75%+ humidity. today, back i=
n
> phx we got golf ball sized hail and 1" of rain in about 30 minutes, which
> promptly caused 3' of water in our wash about 2 minutes into the storm.
Who'da' thunk it.
I used to joke about having "left San Diego because of the weather."
;-)
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>
> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being typed.
>
> Fall arrived last week.
>
> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>
> Lew
>
>
>
Probably "Global Warming" although that same Global Warming is presenting
Houston with 58 degree mornings and that is forecast through next week.
Right now, 2:44 pm it is 79.
Actually you have a 'high" situated to the east of you and it is bringing in
hot desert temperatures. We have that same high bringing in cool
temperatures from the north and that is being reinforced by a low to the
east of us.
I think Houston hit 99 a couple of times on the tarmac this summer.
On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:50:39 -0500, "Leon" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>"WW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>>>
>>> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being typed.
>>>
>>> Fall arrived last week.
>>>
>>> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>>>
>>> Lew
>>>
>>>
>>>Worked in a mountain town for 13 years. Record high in summer was 81
>>>degrees. Winter low was minus 35 degrees. You can add clothing to keep
>>>warm but only so much you can take off in hot weather. Best job I ever
>>>had. ww
>>
>>
>
>
>LOL they way I see in Texas, you can always remove clothing to cool off but
>there is a point when adding clothing that your arms and legs stick straight
>out from your body and cannot bend. '~)
Ah yes and the next Bears and Packers game will be Jan 2, and the
folks will surround the frozen tundra dressed that way.
Mark
On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 14:41:59 -0700, "chaniarts" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Lew Hodgett wrote:
>> On 09/27/10 I wrote:
>>
>>> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>>>
>>> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being
>>> typed.
>>>
>>> Fall arrived last week.
>>>
>>> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>> ---------------------------------------
>>
>> Add one week and see what happens:
>>
>> Hit 67F outside my window today.
>>
>> It's 59F at 05:30PM. PDST as this typed.
>>
>> Had drizzle through out the day and snow above 6,500 ft elevation.
>>
>> Oh well, still beats snow and 0F.
>>
>> Lew
>
>i was in mexico this last weekend. 95F+ with 75%+ humidity. today, back in
>phx we got golf ball sized hail and 1" of rain in about 30 minutes, which
>promptly caused 3' of water in our wash about 2 minutes into the storm.
Hah! I was in phx in time for the '72 flood. There was a foot of
water on the north side of Indian School Road and over 3' on the
south. Knowing that I lettered in swimming, my apartment manager
hired me to help him take the soggy carpets and furniture out of the
lower level of the apartment buildings. I was roommating (UTI and
DeVry students), so it was 6 months of free rent for a day of labor.
I believe that was from a few hour storm, too.
--
Know how to listen, and you will
profit even from those who talk badly.
-- Plutarch
"Robert Haar" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> One of my brothers is in Arizona and I wouldn't think of visiting there
> except in the winter.
Depends on your situation. I really liked the record setting heat wave we
had in Toronto this past July. Only downside was that I had to turn on the
air conditioner almost every day whether I went out or not. Not doing so
meant I'd be ripped to shreds as punishment by my cat.
And, I had to pay further when the two month cycle electricity bill arrived
in August.
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> If it was garbage, I'd dispose of it myself, not pass the disposal
> obligation along to GoodWill.
Into self deception are you? Figures. You're just too damned lazy to try and
sell it your self.
> Bull shit.
Yup, and as usual, you're full of it.
On Sep 28, 3:09=A0am, "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Neil Brooks" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:0dc09d18-8d71-4350-9063-805830108beb@q16g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> On Sep 27, 6:29 pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>
> > It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being
> > typed.
>
> > Fall arrived last week.
>
> > Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>
> > Lew
>
> Yeah, but it's a smoggy heat ;-)
>
> Neil
> Half my life in San Diego :-p
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------=
------------
>
> I read they could see clear to Catalina. Probably some natives seeing it =
for
> the first time ...
I heard there were mountains, somewhere in those LA parts, too.
Have some scant recollection of them, from my youth ;-)
"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> Are you saying it's Bush's fault? :P
The other Bush
;~)
On 9/27/10 8:29 PM, in article [email protected],
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>
> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being
> typed.
>
> Fall arrived last week.
>
> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
That's your opinion. I would greatly prefer -20F with clear, sunny skies to
100F and 98% humidity any day. Twenty below is when where winter camping
starts to get interesting. But then, I choose to live in the frozen north
of Michigan where I look south into Canada.
One of my brothers is in Arizona and I wouldn't think of visiting there
except in the winter.
On 9/28/10 11:40 PM, in article
[email protected], "Leon"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> "Robert Haar" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:C8C7F7D9.4A60C6%[email protected]...
>
> For you guys that like 20 below, do you actually spend your days doing
> physical labor in that kind of weather? Just wondering because when I work
> out doors in the winter and wear much more than a wind breaker I cannot seem
> to be able to get any thing done, too much restriction for me.
>
I have done quite a bit of camping , hiking and snowshoeing in sub-zero
temps. But not "physical labor" as in construction.
You do have to be smart about clothing choices. The biggest challenge is
that the clothing needs between active and inactive periods vary greatly.
Layers is the answer but I find that I am frequently adding or removing
layers to compensation for activity level. Vapor control is another aspect.
Nothing reduces insulation as fast as moisture.
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> "Robatoy" wrote:
>
> > I often read this news group whilst taking a break....and that often
> means a snack....puhleeeese try to keep that in mind? *gagging*
> --------------------------------
> A bird in the hand,
> Is worth two in the bush,
> Except if in yonder bush,
> A fair maiden should stand,
> Then a push in the bush,
> Is worth two in the hand.
I heard it (from the only man ever to score a <simulated at Red Flag>
kill on an F-15 while flying an A-10) as:
Here's to America
The Land of the Push
Where a bird in the hand
Beats two in the bush
Unless in the bush
A woman should stand
Then a push in the bush
Beats two in the hand
"Larry Blanchard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:29:04 -0700, Lew Hodgett wrote:
>
>> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>>
>> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being typed.
>>
>> Fall arrived last week.
>>
>> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>>
>
> No it doesn't. I can wear appropriate clothes in the winter and still
> spend time outside. There's a limit to how few clothes I can wear and
> not get arrested and it's still too #@$% hot - all I can do is huddle
> around the air conditioner.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw
And intelligence is something that you are a little short on
Okay, turn the air conditioner on during the summer
huddle around it
use heaps of electricity
contribute to the greenhouse effect, that is if there is one.
Why can't people put up with what me, my brothers and sisters,my parents,
grandparents and before them had to put up with?
If it is hot, sit in the creek.
If it is cold, then get out and chop some wood or chase your sisters or one
of their friends around the house.
If you are attached, tell your partner about the cute assistant at the store
Bet your bottom dollar that you will not be thinking of the heat or cold for
a while when you get the reply
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Clothing that doesn't sell gets turned into rags.
>
> BTW, why do you classify clothing as garbage?
It's winter clothing. It's garbage for the exact same reason that you
wouldn't need it anymore. Isn't stuff that's not needed anymore considered
garbage? It's not like there's a line up at the local thrift store for
winter clothing. If it was worth something, you'd sell it instead.
"Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Only downside was that I had to turn on the
> air conditioner almost every day whether I went out or not. Not doing so
> meant I'd be ripped to shreds as punishment by my cat.
>
Pushy little shits, aren't they? :) I have six myself. Guess who runs the
house.
On Wed, 6 Oct 2010 09:48:07 -0700, "chaniarts" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Larry Jaques wrote:
>> On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 14:41:59 -0700, "chaniarts" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Lew Hodgett wrote:
>>>> On 09/27/10 I wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being
>>>>> typed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Fall arrived last week.
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>>>> ---------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Add one week and see what happens:
>>>>
>>>> Hit 67F outside my window today.
>>>>
>>>> It's 59F at 05:30PM. PDST as this typed.
>>>>
>>>> Had drizzle through out the day and snow above 6,500 ft elevation.
>>>>
>>>> Oh well, still beats snow and 0F.
>>>>
>>>> Lew
>>>
>>> i was in mexico this last weekend. 95F+ with 75%+ humidity. today,
>>> back in phx we got golf ball sized hail and 1" of rain in about 30
>>> minutes, which promptly caused 3' of water in our wash about 2
>>> minutes into the storm.
>>
>> Hah! I was in phx in time for the '72 flood. There was a foot of
>> water on the north side of Indian School Road and over 3' on the
>> south. Knowing that I lettered in swimming, my apartment manager
>> hired me to help him take the soggy carpets and furniture out of the
>> lower level of the apartment buildings. I was roommating (UTI and
>> DeVry students), so it was 6 months of free rent for a day of labor.
>> I believe that was from a few hour storm, too.
>
>the week of storms in 79 was worse. it washed out 8 of the 10 bridges over
>the river. there was a 4-5 hour backlog getting over the small bridges that
>were left, so people were staying on the side where they worked for the
>week, then trying to get home on friday night. i was a while before the
>water in the river dried enough to allow the riverbottom crossings to be
>used (actually, they had to be rebuilt as the paving on the pavement was
>simply gone).
I bailed from there after I graduated UTI, came back for a girlfriend
who then left me, and bailed again after a single summer back,
installing air conditioners on 270F engines on new pickups. One day
it was 118 outside and a breezy 108 inside, with 4 swamp coolers
going. I don't recall why I left (g) but '72-3 was enough for me.
Oh, I almost forgot something else I remember from Phx. I got my one
and only (so far) medical operation there. My appendix was juuust
about to pop when they finally got me sobered up enough to remove it.
I was drinking to kill the pain all day. Ahhh, memories!
P.S: I did love the Aridzona desert sunrises, though. Gawjus!
--
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
--Jack London
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > Upscale lives ina nudist colony. ;~)
> Puhleeeeeeeese, I'm EATING!!!!
HEY! NONE OF THAT! Me and my big gut look good naked.
(my cat thinks so anyway)
On Sep 28, 8:12=A0pm, "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Neil Brooks" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
> On Sep 28, 3:09 am, "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > "Neil Brooks" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> >news:0dc09d18-8d71-4350-9063-805830108beb@q16g2000prf.googlegroups.com..=
.
> > On Sep 27, 6:29 pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>
> > > It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being
> > > typed.
>
> > > Fall arrived last week.
>
> > > Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>
> > > Lew
>
> > Yeah, but it's a smoggy heat ;-)
>
> > Neil
> > Half my life in San Diego :-p
>
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------=
--------------
>
> > I read they could see clear to Catalina. Probably some natives seeing i=
t
> > for
> > the first time ...
>
> I heard there were mountains, somewhere in those LA parts, too.
>
> Have some scant recollection of them, from my youth ;-)
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------=
-----------
>
> My first trip to LA was in January of 1981. I was there for a month and
> staying at the HoJo in Monrovia and working in Pasadena. After being ther=
e
> for about three weeks, I walked out of the hotel one morning and noticed =
the
> sun was shining for the first time on my visit. Halfway across the parkin=
g
> lot I stopped dead in my tracks - there was an entire mountain range that
> started a couple blocks away. Stood there dumfounded for a while ...
Ayup.
Those are them :-)
On Sep 29, 9:57=A0pm, Larry Jaques <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:27:18 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy
>
>
>
>
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >On Sep 29, 7:46=A0pm, Larry Jaques <[email protected]>
> >wrote:
> >> On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:07:01 -0500, "Leon" <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
>
> >> >"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >> >news:[email protected]...
> >> >> "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> >> >> Are you saying it's Bush's fault? :P
>
> >> >The other Bush
> >> >;~)
>
> >> Laura's bush?
>
> >I often read this news group whilst taking a break....and that often
> >means a snack....puhleeeese try to keep that in mind? *gagging*
>
> Hey, _you're_ the one who brought up Michelle recently. =A0WTF?
>
I did?
On Sep 27, 8:44=A0pm, jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Lew Hodgett wrote:
> > Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>
> > It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being
> > typed.
>
> > Fall arrived last week.
>
> > Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>
> > Lew
>
> 78 up here. =A0Neener.
>
> You're thinking: just wait 'till winter.
...actually, that was me...thinking..."wait till winter!!!"
On 2010-09-28, Lew Hodgett <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>
> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being
> typed.
SoCal wimps!
Plus 100F temps are common in NorCal, and while 113 is not common,
it's not uncommon. Hit a 115F a few years back, and that in a valley
jes one hop over from SFBA. Usually 5-10 degs hotter in the Central
Valley. I recall one summer in Sacto back in the 70s when it was
still 102F at 2am! Another yr, hit 106F in the 2nd week of Apr.
Hell, in AZ it's usually 105F by 10am EVERY Aug morning. Quit yer
sniveling. ;)
nb
On Sep 29, 7:46=A0pm, Larry Jaques <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:07:01 -0500, "Leon" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> >> Are you saying it's Bush's fault? :P
>
> >The other Bush
> >;~)
>
> Laura's bush?
>
> --
> You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 --Jack London
I often read this news group whilst taking a break....and that often
means a snack....puhleeeese try to keep that in mind? *gagging*
On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:07:01 -0500, "Leon" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
>>
>> Are you saying it's Bush's fault? :P
>
>The other Bush
>;~)
Laura's bush?
--
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
--Jack London
"Neil Brooks" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Sep 27, 6:29 pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>
> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being
> typed.
>
> Fall arrived last week.
>
> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>
> Lew
Yeah, but it's a smoggy heat ;-)
Neil
Half my life in San Diego :-p
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I read they could see clear to Catalina. Probably some natives seeing it for
the first time ...
On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:29:04 -0700, Lew Hodgett wrote:
> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>
> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being typed.
>
> Fall arrived last week.
>
> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>
No it doesn't. I can wear appropriate clothes in the winter and still
spend time outside. There's a limit to how few clothes I can wear and
not get arrested and it's still too #@$% hot - all I can do is huddle
around the air conditioner.
--
Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw
"Neil Brooks" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
On Sep 28, 3:09 am, "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Neil Brooks" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:0dc09d18-8d71-4350-9063-805830108beb@q16g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> On Sep 27, 6:29 pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>
> > It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being
> > typed.
>
> > Fall arrived last week.
>
> > Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>
> > Lew
>
> Yeah, but it's a smoggy heat ;-)
>
> Neil
> Half my life in San Diego :-p
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I read they could see clear to Catalina. Probably some natives seeing it
> for
> the first time ...
I heard there were mountains, somewhere in those LA parts, too.
Have some scant recollection of them, from my youth ;-)
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My first trip to LA was in January of 1981. I was there for a month and
staying at the HoJo in Monrovia and working in Pasadena. After being there
for about three weeks, I walked out of the hotel one morning and noticed the
sun was shining for the first time on my visit. Halfway across the parking
lot I stopped dead in my tracks - there was an entire mountain range that
started a couple blocks away. Stood there dumfounded for a while ...
"Larry Jaques" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:25:03 +0000 (UTC), Larry Blanchard
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:29:04 -0700, Lew Hodgett wrote:
>>
>>> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>>>
>>> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being typed.
>>>
>>> Fall arrived last week.
>>>
>>> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>>>
>>
>>No it doesn't. I can wear appropriate clothes in the winter and still
>>spend time outside. There's a limit to how few clothes I can wear and
>>not get arrested and it's still too #@$% hot - all I can do is huddle
>>around the air conditioner.
>
> Go play in the sprinklers or jump in a pool, silly.
>
> I much prefer to live in a climate where you won't die within hours if
> you get your clothes wet or forget/lose your jacket, thanks.
You're not 30 miles from that.
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "George W Frost" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>>>>
>>>> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being
>>>> typed.
>>>>
>>>> Fall arrived last week.
>>>>
>>>> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>>>>
>>>> Lew
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Probably "Global Warming" although that same Global Warming is
>>> presenting Houston with 58 degree mornings and that is forecast through
>>> next week. Right now, 2:44 pm it is 79.
>>>
>>> Actually you have a 'high" situated to the east of you and it is
>>> bringing in hot desert temperatures. We have that same high bringing in
>>> cool temperatures from the north and that is being reinforced by a low
>>> to the east of us.
>>>
>>> I think Houston hit 99 a couple of times on the tarmac this summer.
>>
>>
>> So, everything is big in Texas ??
>>
>> Ha !
>>
>> Try coming here for the summer
>> where the outside temperature is around 110 for weeks on end
>> the tarmac temperature would be somewhere around 150 degrees
>
> Actually I consider 99 on the tarmac quite pleasant for summer. IMHO it
> has been pleasantly "not hot" most all summer long although the local
> weather guys claim 3rd hottest summer on record. They get their figures
> from Bush Intercontinental air port so naturally the temps are going to be
> uncommonly higher compared to a more natural setting.
Are you saying it's Bush's fault? :P
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> On 09/27/10 I wrote:
>
>> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>>
>> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being
>> typed.
>>
>> Fall arrived last week.
>>
>> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
> ---------------------------------------
>
> Add one week and see what happens:
>
> Hit 67F outside my window today.
>
> It's 59F at 05:30PM. PDST as this typed.
>
> Had drizzle through out the day and snow above 6,500 ft elevation.
>
> Oh well, still beats snow and 0F.
>
> Lew
i was in mexico this last weekend. 95F+ with 75%+ humidity. today, back in
phx we got golf ball sized hail and 1" of rain in about 30 minutes, which
promptly caused 3' of water in our wash about 2 minutes into the storm.
Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 14:41:59 -0700, "chaniarts" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Lew Hodgett wrote:
>>> On 09/27/10 I wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>>>>
>>>> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being
>>>> typed.
>>>>
>>>> Fall arrived last week.
>>>>
>>>> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>>> ---------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Add one week and see what happens:
>>>
>>> Hit 67F outside my window today.
>>>
>>> It's 59F at 05:30PM. PDST as this typed.
>>>
>>> Had drizzle through out the day and snow above 6,500 ft elevation.
>>>
>>> Oh well, still beats snow and 0F.
>>>
>>> Lew
>>
>> i was in mexico this last weekend. 95F+ with 75%+ humidity. today,
>> back in phx we got golf ball sized hail and 1" of rain in about 30
>> minutes, which promptly caused 3' of water in our wash about 2
>> minutes into the storm.
>
> Hah! I was in phx in time for the '72 flood. There was a foot of
> water on the north side of Indian School Road and over 3' on the
> south. Knowing that I lettered in swimming, my apartment manager
> hired me to help him take the soggy carpets and furniture out of the
> lower level of the apartment buildings. I was roommating (UTI and
> DeVry students), so it was 6 months of free rent for a day of labor.
> I believe that was from a few hour storm, too.
the week of storms in 79 was worse. it washed out 8 of the 10 bridges over
the river. there was a 4-5 hour backlog getting over the small bridges that
were left, so people were staying on the side where they worked for the
week, then trying to get home on friday night. i was a while before the
water in the river dried enough to allow the riverbottom crossings to be
used (actually, they had to be rebuilt as the paving on the pavement was
simply gone).
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> First thing I did when I got to SoCal was to bundle up all that MidWest
> winter clothing and donate it to Goodwill.
What are they supposed to do with it? I thought California had the strictest
laws in the nation for the disposal of garbage. :)
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Upscale" wrote:
>
>> What are they supposed to do with it? I thought California had the
>> strictest laws in the nation for the disposal of garbage. :)
> ---------------------------------
> Clothing that doesn't sell gets turned into rags.
>
> BTW, why do you classify clothing as garbage?
>
>
> Lew
>
>
Upscale lives ina nudist colony. ;~)
"George W Frost" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>>>
>>> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being typed.
>>>
>>> Fall arrived last week.
>>>
>>> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>>>
>>> Lew
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Probably "Global Warming" although that same Global Warming is presenting
>> Houston with 58 degree mornings and that is forecast through next week.
>> Right now, 2:44 pm it is 79.
>>
>> Actually you have a 'high" situated to the east of you and it is bringing
>> in hot desert temperatures. We have that same high bringing in cool
>> temperatures from the north and that is being reinforced by a low to the
>> east of us.
>>
>> I think Houston hit 99 a couple of times on the tarmac this summer.
>
>
> So, everything is big in Texas ??
>
> Ha !
>
> Try coming here for the summer
> where the outside temperature is around 110 for weeks on end
> the tarmac temperature would be somewhere around 150 degrees
Actually I consider 99 on the tarmac quite pleasant for summer. IMHO it has
been pleasantly "not hot" most all summer long although the local weather
guys claim 3rd hottest summer on record. They get their figures from Bush
Intercontinental air port so naturally the temps are going to be uncommonly
higher compared to a more natural setting.
"Robert Haar" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:C8C7F7D9.4A60C6%[email protected]...
>
>
>
> On 9/27/10 8:29 PM, in article [email protected],
> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>>
>> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being
>> typed.
>>
>> Fall arrived last week.
>>
>> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>
> That's your opinion. I would greatly prefer -20F with clear, sunny skies
> to
> 100F and 98% humidity any day. Twenty below is when where winter camping
> starts to get interesting. But then, I choose to live in the frozen north
> of Michigan where I look south into Canada.
>
> One of my brothers is in Arizona and I wouldn't think of visiting there
> except in the winter.
>
For you guys that like 20 below, do you actually spend your days doing
physical labor in that kind of weather? Just wondering because when I work
out doors in the winter and wear much more than a wind breaker I cannot seem
to be able to get any thing done, too much restriction for me.
"CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Pushy little shits, aren't they? :) I have six myself. Guess who runs the
> house.
Six Cats??? Well hell, then you deserve every bit of cat slave misery they
put you through. Are there many other relatives in your family who are also
masochists? Let me guess. You wound up with a pregnant momma cat and then
decided to keep all the kittens. :)
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>
> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being typed.
>
> Fall arrived last week.
>
> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>
> Lew
>
>
>Worked in a mountain town for 13 years. Record high in summer was 81
>degrees. Winter low was minus 35 degrees. You can add clothing to keep warm
>but only so much you can take off in hot weather. Best job I ever had. ww
"WW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>>
>> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being typed.
>>
>> Fall arrived last week.
>>
>> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>>
>> Lew
>>
>>
>>Worked in a mountain town for 13 years. Record high in summer was 81
>>degrees. Winter low was minus 35 degrees. You can add clothing to keep
>>warm but only so much you can take off in hot weather. Best job I ever
>>had. ww
>
>
LOL they way I see in Texas, you can always remove clothing to cool off but
there is a point when adding clothing that your arms and legs stick straight
out from your body and cannot bend. '~)
"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "George W Frost" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>> "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>
>>>> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being
>>>>> typed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Fall arrived last week.
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lew
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Probably "Global Warming" although that same Global Warming is
>>>> presenting Houston with 58 degree mornings and that is forecast through
>>>> next week. Right now, 2:44 pm it is 79.
>>>>
>>>> Actually you have a 'high" situated to the east of you and it is
>>>> bringing in hot desert temperatures. We have that same high bringing
>>>> in cool temperatures from the north and that is being reinforced by a
>>>> low to the east of us.
>>>>
>>>> I think Houston hit 99 a couple of times on the tarmac this summer.
>>>
>>>
>>> So, everything is big in Texas ??
>>>
>>> Ha !
>>>
>>> Try coming here for the summer
>>> where the outside temperature is around 110 for weeks on end
>>> the tarmac temperature would be somewhere around 150 degrees
>>
>> Actually I consider 99 on the tarmac quite pleasant for summer. IMHO it
>> has been pleasantly "not hot" most all summer long although the local
>> weather guys claim 3rd hottest summer on record. They get their figures
>> from Bush Intercontinental air port so naturally the temps are going to
>> be uncommonly higher compared to a more natural setting.
>
> Are you saying it's Bush's fault? :P
May as well be
everything else has been blamed on him
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Hit 113F in L/A today, an all time high.
>>
>> It's still 105F outside my window at 5:30PM PDST as this is being typed.
>>
>> Fall arrived last week.
>>
>> Oh well, it beats snow and 0F.
>>
>> Lew
>>
>>
>>
>
> Probably "Global Warming" although that same Global Warming is presenting
> Houston with 58 degree mornings and that is forecast through next week.
> Right now, 2:44 pm it is 79.
>
> Actually you have a 'high" situated to the east of you and it is bringing
> in hot desert temperatures. We have that same high bringing in cool
> temperatures from the north and that is being reinforced by a low to the
> east of us.
>
> I think Houston hit 99 a couple of times on the tarmac this summer.
So, everything is big in Texas ??
Ha !
Try coming here for the summer
where the outside temperature is around 110 for weeks on end
the tarmac temperature would be somewhere around 150 degrees