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Post by Legend Lover on May 31, 2018 1:32:00 GMT -5
When the daily chronicle goes more than 24 hours without a post from @cosmicbobo , alarm bells start ringing. Hope you're OK, @cosmicbobo . We had another scorcher today. I had to get the fans out from the attic during the night last night. I couldn't sleep with the heat. agreed, LL! Good to hear from you, David. hard to believe it gets that hot in Ireland. I'm sweltering and miserable here  it depends what you mean by hot. It's 22°c here. That's hot enough for me. For some people 22°c would be a welcomed cool spell. Because it's normally cold here, our houses are set up to keep the heat in. That's great for 95% of the year, but on the hot days like today, the hot air can't get out and upstairs is unbearable. Thankfully it only happens a handful of days a year, and it's a nice problem to have cos the outside weather is great, and that's a welcomed change. |
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Post by Stanhill on May 31, 2018 3:40:28 GMT -5
A belated 'Happy Birthday', Scott. I trust that you had a great day.
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Post by Stanhill on May 31, 2018 3:45:20 GMT -5
agreed, LL! Good to hear from you, David. hard to believe it gets that hot in Ireland. I'm sweltering and miserable here
Because it's normally cold here, our houses are set up to keep the heat in. That's great for 95% of the year, but on the hot days like today, the hot air can't get out and upstairs is unbearable. Thankfully it only happens a handful of days a year, and it's a nice problem to have cos the outside weather is great, and that's a welcomed change. Everything above 15C, is a heatwave. It's so hot and humid here, it's almost unbearable. Already we've had more summer days in May than we had all of last summer. I'll go and lie down on the kitchen floor and stick my feet in the freezer.
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Post by Legend Lover on May 31, 2018 3:50:34 GMT -5
it depends what you mean by hot. It's 22°c here. That's hot enough for me. For some people 22°c would be a welcomed cool spell.
Because it's normally cold here, our houses are set up to keep the heat in. That's great for 95% of the year, but on the hot days like today, the hot air can't get out and upstairs is unbearable. Thankfully it only happens a handful of days a year, and it's a nice problem to have cos the outside weather is great, and that's a welcomed change. Everything above 15C, is a heatwave. It's so hot and humid here, it's almost unbearable. Already we've had more summer days in May than we had all of last summer. I'll go and lie down on the kitchen floor and stick my feet in the freezer.
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Post by antb on May 31, 2018 3:57:09 GMT -5
I'm on the other side of the spectrum. I'm a desert lizard, therefor anything below 15C is FREEZING and has me running for jacket, boots and cap  |
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Post by Lady Margaret on May 31, 2018 7:35:08 GMT -5
if i only had a handfull of days to deal with heat I could handle it. but i only have increasing temperatures and humidity to look forward to in the coming weeks. i do not deal well with heat, i get very sick, can't sleep, can't eat. i hope i can talk hubby into calling an air conditioning repairman this evening. the problem is, if he's convinced it will be an expensive repair that we don't have the money for he won't even look into it, but at times he has been wrong. i would at least like to know what the problem is, even if we can't afford to fix it. *sigh*
so, ignorant American here, what is the farenheit equivalent to those C temps?
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Post by antb on May 31, 2018 8:09:06 GMT -5
Google tells me 22C is 71.6F and 15C is 59F.
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Post by william on May 31, 2018 9:09:51 GMT -5
I will not see 70 again until October. Highs will run from upper 80s to mid 90s, lows will generally be mid 70s. I do admit that October is my favorite month, and much has to do with some relief it brings from the heat.
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Post by Lady Margaret on May 31, 2018 9:33:05 GMT -5
Google tells me 22C is 71.6F and 15C is 59F. those tempertures sound glorious. especially the 59F, lol. I am more adapted to fall and winter. Barrow, Alaska is sounding really good right now. |
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Post by Legend Lover on May 31, 2018 11:29:40 GMT -5
Yea, we enjoy this weather cos we don't get it much. I don't think I could cope with 80s or 90s (sorry for not giving Fahrenheit equivalents... Good ol' Google) Lady Margaret, I hope that the air con doesn't prove expensive. |
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Post by Lady Margaret on May 31, 2018 11:49:48 GMT -5
Yea, we enjoy this weather cos we don't get it much. I don't think I could cope with 80s or 90s (sorry for not giving Fahrenheit equivalents... Good ol' Google) Lady Margaret , I hope that the air con doesn't prove expensive. thank you, so do I. Heat index is 92F so far today and we haven't hit the hot part of the day. I'm hiding in the TV room where we have a portable AC unit for the dog, lol. He doesn't handle heat well either. I had originally bought the portable for the attic, because I had fixed myself a little sitting room up there when I needed to escape. It heats and cools. But when our AC was vandalized three years ago, the following summer we brought it down to the TV room. Two years ago after I sold a couple of afghans we managed to have the money to get the AC fixed. It ran a year and a half and i came home one day last September to find only the blower running. It turned cool one day after that so we didn't look into it before now. *sigh* Like I said, hubby likes to put things off. |
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Post by slowroll on May 31, 2018 14:16:23 GMT -5
In the interests of easier understanding among this international group, here's a quick and dirty way to convert between degrees C and F. To get F from C, take the C number, multiply by 2, then subtract 10% of that result from the result, then add 32. That s deg. F as near as one needs outside of rocket science. To get C from F, subtract 32 from the F number, add 10%, then divide by 2. This whole process makes sense when you consider that F and C are offset by 32, and each degree C is slightly less than 2 degrees F (9/5 to be exact). Thus endeth the pedogogy.  |
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Post by Legend Lover on May 31, 2018 16:33:13 GMT -5
Thanks slowroll. I used to know a formula to convert when I was in high school but now I just ask Google. |
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Post by Lady Margaret on May 31, 2018 17:55:18 GMT -5
now my head hurts.
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Post by slowroll on May 31, 2018 18:00:37 GMT -5
Oh stop.  |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2018 18:32:58 GMT -5
Back when I was in school, during a majority of the Cold War, we used to tell our teachers the only thing saving us from being taken over was not bowing down to a decimal system. It became rough when I had to do a forumla on the board and my fraction was like 756/834,042,044. And I got it right. The teacher had been grinding her teeth the whole way. I hated math, which I wound up being pretty good at. Legend Lover had you on my mind and my first attempt at posting today. The regular supermarket that our delivery service will shop from has organic products now and I ordered some Irish Unsalted Butter. I had to cancel the darned order while I was writing the post because they marked me out of a third of the items. Anyway, I have had French Butter, but it's been years. Wanted to try Irish for a long time. Smokes for the day have been Castello Sea Rock, Captain Black Grape, and some Larsen Signature. All cheapo pipes, to show my humility. Lots of Water after a litre (yes, I know. Decimal and even British spelling) of coffee. Going to watch Basketball tonight. Hopefully Bully comes home from the groomer to watch with me. If he starts farting tonight I am ready for him. I intend on teaching him to pull my finger. Of course, this is stuff I would never tell anyone outside of the Chroniclers, so let's keep this: Hush Hush, Definitely Down Low, on the QT, and Strictly Confidential |
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Post by slowroll on May 31, 2018 19:16:15 GMT -5
On david 's note, I always kinda liked our antiquated and awkward (as the metricists insist on defining it) Imperial measurement system. And I say this as a guy who has always worked in the engineering field, so not all technical guys love the metric system. Stating something in metric just doesn't appear to have the same intuitive visual. Example, at the barber shop today, I told the barber to trim about a quarter inch from my beard under my chin, and it seems to me that saying takeoff about 6 mm doesn't have the same immediate visual, even to a metric person. Could be wrong, I was, once. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 1, 2018 1:26:23 GMT -5
I grew up with metric, but I get your example slowroll. @cosmicbobo, I'm touched you thought of me when ordering your butter... Not many people do. |
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Post by Lady Margaret on Jun 1, 2018 10:27:33 GMT -5
I grew up with metric, but I get your example slowroll . @cosmicbobo , I'm touched you thought of me when ordering your butter... Not many people do. we like Irish butter (at least we are told it is Irish, lol) our store started carrying Kerry Gold last year. We tried it, and it is all we use now. hubby grew up making his own butter so prefers as natural as possible. We will certainly think of you when we use it  |
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Post by zambini on Jun 1, 2018 11:48:45 GMT -5
I grew up with both metric and imperial (moved around a lot) and outside of certain measurements like rods, barrels, or hectacres I don't mind switching between either. My personal favorite measurement is the dunnam, 1000m2 sounds intuitive but is very cumbersome to survey given that the square root of 1000 goes on to a bunch of decimals.
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Post by zambini on Jun 1, 2018 11:50:16 GMT -5
May I just say how annoying it is when your playing dominoes and after winning all night you get partnered with the worst player there and your winning streak is ruined.
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Post by Lady Margaret on Jun 1, 2018 12:10:28 GMT -5
sorry about your luck!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2018 15:46:53 GMT -5
Gang, I should have a post later. Sugarplum Fairies are dancing in my head, giving me the scoop, the skinny, the jist. the nut of things... The Upshot
Hope and pray everyone has a wonderful weekend, all around the world! Which is way cool
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Post by Lady Margaret on Jun 1, 2018 17:31:40 GMT -5
waiting with eager anticipation!
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Post by Lady Margaret on Jun 1, 2018 19:24:03 GMT -5
our air conditioning is fixed! and it didn't cost us a fortune. I am a happy camper |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 1, 2018 19:24:55 GMT -5
it depends what you mean by hot. It's 22°c here. That's hot enough for me. For some people 22°c would be a welcomed cool spell.
Because it's normally cold here, our houses are set up to keep the heat in. That's great for 95% of the year, but on the hot days like today, the hot air can't get out and upstairs is unbearable. Thankfully it only happens a handful of days a year, and it's a nice problem to have cos the outside weather is great, and that's a welcomed change. Everything above 15C, is a heatwave. It's so hot and humid here, it's almost unbearable. Already we've had more summer days in May than we had all of last summer. I'll go and lie down on the kitchen floor and stick my feet in the freezer.
I would love to have that weather. You can't breathe outside here today. 37.2c. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 1, 2018 19:41:56 GMT -5
Thanks slowroll. I used to know a formula to convert when I was in high school but now I just ask Google. Ditto. |
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Post by Lady Margaret on Jun 1, 2018 20:52:45 GMT -5
Everything above 15C, is a heatwave. It's so hot and humid here, it's almost unbearable. Already we've had more summer days in May than we had all of last summer. I'll go and lie down on the kitchen floor and stick my feet in the freezer.
I would love to have that weather. You can't breathe outside here today. 37.2c. yuck! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2018 21:32:57 GMT -5
The Ghost Chronicles: Investigation 01
I have had my third bowl of Uhle Burley and a celebratory bowl of Penzance to cap things off. Sweet & Sour Shrimp and Rice followed by some Cheese Bread and now I set about a tale from forty-five years ago. You may have noticed I have flights of fancy when I write? Well, this is all true. Ever bit. My mother doesn't believe it, yet it scared the heck out of me... and a bud. The house below is where mom has lived (with Step-Dad until his passing) since 1977 or so. I lived there off and on. We ran a meat and cheese peddling business out of it. The awning in the far right was where our desks were, with phone and an ancient answering machine because mom wouldn't spend 10$ on a new one. She comes by it honestly. Her dad, separated from grandma, used to come over to her house for sex and to pick up the trash twice a week till he was seventy-nine. He would bring the bags back after he dumped them in his cans and grandma would stitch the holes. Folks, you can't make this up. In the Midwest they were called Scrubby Dutchmen. The Dutchmen, a bastardization of Deutsche (German), so they weren't technically Dutch. I digress. Mom and Pop left on a four week trip in '82, I think. When they came back they found: I had used dish soap in the dishwasher. It's all the same, right? Ruined the ceiling in the basement. Elvet, my wonderful step-dad, was finding beer cans in the back yard for many years afterwords. There was a major party. Major party. Even had an Animal House party moment, with me, the guitar, and a Harry Chapin song. I didn't know they had checked the mileage on their car before they left. Mom came in and said Elvet's eyes must be bad. He swears you put on five thousand miles in four weeks. I think I need to confess that to mom eventually. Okay, we are all set. I would pick up and deliver sides of beef, boxed meats and cheeses all day. I would come home, listen to the answer machine, and then place business calls. Then party again. While I was listening to the answer machine, at the very end of message 1 & 2 (both meat orders) there was a child's (girl) voice saying, "It's so quiet here." Spooked the crap out of me, but I kept listening. I knew no child around that age and it could not have been a joke. It was literally straddling two messages and seemingly in a different part of the sound spectrum. Bullfrog (old friend) knocks on the door wanting to hit the bars. I said, "Bullfrog, you gotta hear this." "It's so quiet here." Being a Stooges fan he let out a "Yahhnnnng!" He told me to get rid of it, but I wouldn't left it for a few days. He thought it might be my cousin, who has a high voice, but no way. This was def child's voice. We discussed it, and agreed that wherever she was, Heaven, Limbo, whatever, it was quiet. Well, that's obvious. When mom and Elvet came back. Oh, I forgot. I also got busted writing a month's worth of paychecks out the day they left. After never hearing the end of it (I was sort of proud), I told them about it. No one believed me. Brought it up to mom recently, still didn't believe me. However, there is something I didn't think of. Where was this girl at where it was so quiet? Our house. She was commenting how quiet it was IN OUR house. The house was built in 1940 or so, nothing in its history led anyone to think it was haunted. Maybe it wasn't. Mom's house is full of antiques. It's possible a spirit was attached to something there. Again, there was no way a recording could have been placed on top of two separate messages. I have had two other "experiences" for future reportage. And I reiterate that this story is absolutely true, beer cans and all. For the sake of saving the public from panicking, let's keep this Hush Hush, and Definitely Down Low, on the QT and Strictly Confidential 
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 2, 2018 2:21:12 GMT -5
Wow, spooky. Great story too.
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