It's mid-July

[Wanted Man]

And I'm sitting inside with an upset stomach, wearing a sweater and alternating between watching the rain outside and watching the rainy Tour de France stage. WTF Europe?

[wunderbar]

It's currently in the low 70's in Sacramento, California, and it was overcast this morning. Nearly unheard of this time of year.

[Principia Ethica]

It's over 100 degrees F here and very humid. Come and get some.

[Triple A]

And I'm sitting inside with an upset stomach, wearing a sweater and alternating between watching the rain outside and watching the rainy Tour de France stage. WTF Europe?

Go Contador!:lol:

[Sasha]

And I'm sitting inside with an upset stomach, wearing a sweater and alternating between watching the rain outside and watching the rainy Tour de France stage. WTF Europe?


count yourself lucky, i'm in the same weather except its my dog who is the one with an upset stomach, i already had to do 4 rain soaked emergency trips outside for him to shit and puke

[Susurrus]

In the swamp that is Florida, it has been extremely hot. It just rained. Did it cool down anything one iota? Nope. Now it is extremely hot with steaming puddles.

[Wanted Man]

The weather hasn't improved much for the rest of the day, but at least I feel well. I finally cooked something up without fucking it up.

[Johnny Kerosene]

It's been between 90 and 104 degrees for the past two weeks here in Florida. It's been raining a lot recently, but that only cools it down while it's raining, then it just goes back to what it was, but with more humidity.

[Angry Young Man]

It's currently in the low 70's in Sacramento, California, and it was overcast this morning. Nearly unheard of this time of year.

Can humans actually survive that kind of heat?


Ohhh, you're using a silly, arbitrary measure of temperature that's so primitive it's even been phased out in England.

[praxis1966]

Ohhh, you're using a silly, arbitrary measure of temperature that's so primitive it's even been phased out in England.

All measurements are inherently arbitrary.

[Angry Young Man]

All measurements are inherently arbitrary.

No, 0C is the point at which water freezes. And because Mr Metric was such a nice bloke, he even decided that boiling point would be 100, and mathematically figured out how much one degree is.

The imperial system is, on the other hand, is ancient thumb rules. In fact, the phrase comes from the tip of a thumb to the first knuckle being an inch.

[Sasha]

No, 0C is the point at which water freezes. And because Mr Metric was such a nice bloke, he even decided that boiling point would be 100, and mathematically figured out how much one degree is.


at sea-level that is, if you for some unfathomed reason would be on top of mt Everest and would want to find out how hot 100 degrees Celsius was by sticking your hand in some boiling water you would be surprised to find it was quite comfortable.

[praxis1966]

No, 0C is the point at which water freezes. And because Mr Metric was such a nice bloke, he even decided that boiling point would be 100, and mathematically figured out how much one degree is.

The imperial system is, on the other hand, is ancient thumb rules. In fact, the phrase comes from the tip of a thumb to the first knuckle being an inch.

The "neatness" of the metric system doesn't make it any less arbitrary. The Kelvin system proves this since it's chosen "zero" point is absolute zero, the level at which all molecular activity stops, even though its degrees are the same "width" as Celsius. Anyway, why not base the whole thing on the freezing point of nitrogen or something? Just because the system is mathematically convenient doesn't mean the beginning and ending points are any less arbitrary.

[Il Medico]

I didn't post in this thread because I feel I complain about the weather here too much, glad to see other Florida comrades stepping up. :lol:

[praxis1966]

I didn't post in this thread because I feel I complain about the weather here too much, glad to see other Florida comrades stepping up. :lol:

I keep complaining about the weather here and feeling intermittently homesick, then I call my mother in Fla and she reminds about the weather and the mosquitoes the size of B-52s... lol

[Obs]

Tour de France sucks and is boring.

[Il Medico]

I keep complaining about the weather here and feeling intermittently homesick, then I call my mother in Fla and she reminds about the weather and the mosquitoes the size of B-52s... lol
Don't forget the Palmetto bugs.

(For those of you who don't have the misfortune of knowing what these are, basically big flying cockroaches.)

[Rusty Shackleford]

It's currently in the low 70's in Sacramento, California, and it was overcast this morning. Nearly unheard of this time of year.
Seriously, Yesterday morning was AMAZING!

[Comrade Crow]

This whole "it's mid-july, it's summer, we got to enjoy it," nonsense is exactly what the woman has been feeding me, which translates into no money for food, tobacco or drink in prefered quantities. If I hear one more "it's summer, enjoy it," comment, I swear, I'm going jihadi.

[Angry Young Man]

The "neatness" of the metric system doesn't make it any less arbitrary. The Kelvin system proves this since it's chosen "zero" point is absolute zero, the level at which all molecular activity stops, even though its degrees are the same "width" as Celsius. Anyway, why not base the whole thing on the freezing point of nitrogen or something? Just because the system is mathematically convenient doesn't mean the beginning and ending points are any less arbitrary.

If you're not convinced of the superiority of the metric system, well, I'm no mathematician. But it's so transferrable. I was making a carrot cake, but had no scales. What I did have was a measuring cup for laundry powder. So I took it that x grams of flour and sugar would weigh the same as x ml of water. Ok, so it wasn't dead-on, but it was one of the best cakes I've made

[Principia Ethica]

Oh fuck sticks. So it's been hot as hell. . .100 degrees F for the past week and we get our air conditioning serviced. Today I'm wearing a sweater, socks, and sweat pants because it is FREEZING. W in da F?

[praxis1966]

If you're not convinced of the superiority of the metric system, well, I'm no mathematician. But it's so transferrable. I was making a carrot cake, but had no scales. What I did have was a measuring cup for laundry powder. So I took it that x grams of flour and sugar would weigh the same as x ml of water. Ok, so it wasn't dead-on, but it was one of the best cakes I've made

Well, if you wanna talk about which one is more user friendly, I'd definitely agree with you that the metric system is better... It's a lot easier to just move a decimal point back and forth than it is to convert fucking fractions in your head. But that's not what we were talking about, lol...

[Ele'ill]

It's mid-July and the weather is just starting to break here in the PNW- for about a month or two then the rain comes back.

[synthesis]

It's mid-July and the weather is just starting to break here in the PNW- for about a month or two then the rain comes back.

This shit right now is pissing me off

[Martin Blank]

It's been in the 90s here (with the heat index pushing 100 and up) in Michigan for almost the last week, and it's expected to be the same until Friday when the high temps drop into the mid-80s. The heat is oppressive because of the humidity; the dew point hovering in the 70s means that it's like walking through a hot sponge.

[Rusty Shackleford]

i heard it was 116 F in St. Paul. What the fuck.

i forgot how harsh humidity was.

[bcbm]

too fucking hot i cant do anything but lay around with a fan blowing on me (still sweating) and goto work (air conditioned... i look forward to it its pathetic) fuck you global wamring