Didja ever wonder about that term? Wonder no more (I loves me some Wiki!). And they are well and truly here. We stretched ADWH out until 2330 hrs last evening and checked the temp as we came in from the verandah, just for grins and giggles. It was 89 degrees at that hour.
We did something we almost NEVER do, given it's gonna be another hot one today (forecast: 108), and that would be setting our alarm phone for 0700 hrs this morning, all the better to get out and about before the broiling begins. And we did... hitting the streets around 0800 hrs to run our errands (we had to get caffeinated first, yanno?), which we completed in about an hour and a half. It was nice to run around town in The Green Hornet with her top down and Mick serenading the locals with a suitably loud rendition of Loving Cup, which I'm most certain all within earshot appreciated. Or not, about which I truly don't care coz it was for me, anyhoo. So we're done, what with having unloaded our groceries in the relatively cool temperatures of 85 degrees and having received our minimum daily requirement of al fresco motoring. I'd forgotten how good it feels to get up with the rest of the world.
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And then there's this from My Buddy Ed In Florida...
He didn't like my casserole
And he didn't like my cake.
He said my biscuits were too hard.
Not like his mother used to make.
I didn't perk the coffee right.
He didn't like the stew.
I didn't mend his socks
the way his mother used to do.
I pondered for an answer,
I was looking for a clue.
Then I turned around and smacked the shit out of him . . .
Like his mother used to do.
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I love a good poem, don't you?
Heh. I loved every little thing both of my wives did, always... and even most of my girlfriends, too. My Mama didn't raise no dummies.
Pretty much enjoyed the same weather as you did yesterday, including the 90s at the late hour. The li'l widget in the upper right corner of the screen says we'll only get to 104 degrees today.
ReplyDeleteAnother good day to stay under cover... maybe even inside.
I plan to stay indoors until sunset... assuming we even get NEAR what's been predicted.
DeleteWell, I took a walk at lunchtime to a fave restaurant about 3 blocks away. It's 90 degrees with about 70% humidity with a breeze - hot breeze - blowing. Ick.
ReplyDeleteLunch was, however, worth it.
We have a hot breeze blowing today, as well. I'm just in from a liquid lunch (can't forego the beer and cigar, no matter the WX) and it's already HOT (100 degrees) outdoors.
DeleteMy friend, the Junk Diva, always says you should marry a needy man. That way ANYthing you do for him will be great.
ReplyDeleteTemps are crazy. You did right getting out early. The air-conditioner is set on 76. It came on at 5:30 AM yesterday. Oh wait, it just ran round the clock.
I have my AC set at 78 and it runs pretty much all the time as well.
DeleteBut it's a dry heat, Buck. :) LOL, in Aug it's not uncommon for it to be 86 degrees and 90% humidity at 0600. Being tempered by Lake Ponchatrain N.O. rarely gets in the >96 degree range for very long. Baton Rouge, further inland is just as humid in the summer but usually 4-5 degrees hotter on any given day. Same for rainfall. BR actually gets more; is second only to Seattle with an avg annual rainfall of 64in/yr. Wx patterns seemed to have changed, however. When I was in college BR had a relatively dry summer and a winter "monsoon season beginning in Dec thru Feb. N.O., by contrast, was dryer but had an afternoon 30 min monsoonal "shower" every afternoon like clockwork during the summer. Now those predictible daily pm showers are gone in N.O. in the summer but B.R gets tons of late afternoon thundedrstorms when the thermals heat up. Must be all those damn SUVs and Cow farts..."AGW" according to the eco-Stalinists..lol Right vnow it's 69 degrees in Marina del Rey. Gonna overtemp tomorrow at 71. lol.
ReplyDeleteIt IS a dry heat, and we're glad for that. Even after today's rain the temps never went above 90.
DeleteYou can get all that dry heat like virgil talks about above, but with almost zero humidity if you move to south central Oregon, then again, the winters would probably send you right back to New Mexico in a big hurry!
ReplyDeleteI did three years in Klamath Falls... does that qualify? I even went back... once, and oh-so-briefly. ;-)
DeleteI. Hate. This. Weather. I can't wait for the fall.
ReplyDeleteThis weather is better than sub-zero cold and snow. But that's ME.
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