What Are You Doing In Real Life II

[Aktungbby]

...sitting in AC'd family room keeping cool. Temperatures are at 103⁰ F. which is intolerable for septuagenerians. PG&E power is intermittantly cutting power to alleviate the high fire threat risk as needed... so far that hasn't ocurred here. Fingers crossed! Temps should cool down to 62⁰ F. at sundown; as a short respite for tomorrow's forcast of 104⁰F.

[Rockstar]

Turtle tracks on the beach.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

...sitting in AC'd family room keeping cool. Temperatures are at 103⁰ F. which is intolerable for septuagenerians. PG&E power is intermittantly cutting power to alleviate the high fire threat risk as needed... so far that hasn't ocurred here. Fingers crossed! Temps should cool down to 62⁰ F. at sundown; as a short respite for tomorrow's forcast of 104⁰F.

You just be careful Vinnie and try not to get too excited reading them comics

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

...sitting in AC'd family room keeping cool. Temperatures are at 103⁰ F. which is intolerable for septuagenerians. PG&E power is intermittantly cutting power to alleviate the high fire threat risk as needed... so far that hasn't ocurred here. Fingers crossed! Temps should cool down to 62⁰ F. at sundown; as a short respite for tomorrow's forcast of 104⁰F.

Sorry you are having difficulty regarding the heat. I had been invited to ride my Motorcycle to the 101th Anniversary of the Laconia Bike Week in New Hampshire from June 2nd to June 16th. It would have been a nice long run and I politely declined because of the heat. It would not have been a pleasant ride in the heat.

The Sturgis Rally in South Dakota will be from August 2nd through August 11th. With the heat, I don't expect to make that run either. Then again, I really don't have an interest in going anyhow. Although, some of the best Motorcycle riding is there in that part of the Country. There is also some great food and Concert's there as well. Although, I don't like seeing women with Tattoo's at Sturgis and I don't have to drive to South Dakota to see that either.

[Aktungbby]

It's expected that Death Valley will hit 130⁰F. Cell phones overheat in this condition and visitors are advised to only stay out for 10 minutes to avoid 3rd degree burns. I got an 'overheat msg' on my new Google phone two daze ago when l left it on the front seat of my vehicle for 5 minutes. I still shudder when recalling epic journeys in my cab-over 1976 Freightliner on I-10 in Arizona and Texas in searing 120⁰ F. heat w/o a working AC while sitting next to a toasty 290 fuelsqueezer Cummins diesel...the view of writhing truck treads lost from big-rigs all along the 150⁰ish overcooked freeway black-top lingers half-a-century on; and that's before "global warming" became an issue alongside Covid and WWIII issues. At least CB radios didn''t overheat!UPDATE: the National Weather Bureau has declared the hot weather stuation: "historic, lethal, and extremely dangerous"...moxt of the local communities ars cancelling Fouth of July fireworks due to 'redflag conditions...and 'spare the air' is in effect; so BBQing on the Weber is out for the holidaze!

[mapuc]

Yesterday I paid my mom a visit and to do so I had to take the ferry from our island to another island - Als. When we had reached halfway I heard the sound of a helicopter and this sound came close until the chopper was right above me. Then one of the crew came and said it was an exercise-Thank God. I manage to take some pictures with my phone, before I had to put my fingers in my ears due to the very high sound from the Helicopter



I forgot to look after different thing on the helicopter. Such as ASW stuff.

Markus

[Eichhörnchen]

Hats off to Rockstar and Markus for those photos

[Jimbuna]

Just booked the trip to Cyprus for our Ruby Wedding Anniversary next month.

[Aktungbby]

Watching classic "Battle of BRITAIN" on telly, reading the W.S.J with a cuppa‐joe and awaiting a service guy coming to mop off the dusty new rooftop solar panels: $200 for 1/2 hour's work!?... at 73, falls in the home being the leading cause of death, getting up on a ladder is not optimal...ie: gravity is not my friend; he's expendible; I'm not! (and I even used to climb 50-90ft. telephone poles for a living) That formal course in Logic 101 I took to satisfy my math/philosophy degree requirement still resonates 50 years on!

[Tango589]

Me and my other half have driven to Cambridgeshire to visit family for the Bank Holiday weekend. As expected for an August Bank Holiday, it's bloody raining. 🙄

Still, my 3 year old little cousin is an absolute smasher, so a bit of rain won't spoil anything! I forecast a day of jumping in puddles! 😁

[Jimbuna]

^ Family is everything, enjoy.

[Sean C]

I recently found out the hard way that I'm now highly allergic to wasp stings. I got a prescription for some epipens and it seems I will have to carry them with me everywhere I go. At least during the spring/summer. Fun times.

[Eichhörnchen]

^ Small consolation but there are far fewer wasps about nowadays

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Sean C

I recently found out the hard way that I'm now highly allergic to wasp stings. I got a prescription for some epipens and it seems I will have to carry them with me everywhere I go. At least during the spring/summer. Fun times.

It's not the wasps you should be wary of, tis the vampire bats you should be worried about

[Aktungbby]

...or mosquitos! Still the #1 killer on the spinning mudball(humans are #2); someone in New Hampshire just died of encephalitis from a mosquito bite according to the newspaper. That's a new one for me.