View Full Version : Bloomin' Heck It's Hot!!
I just don't get it, why is it sooo hot in the UK at the moment. Us English folk can't cope with it lol
Could be worse, I wouldn't want to be in Northwest Texas or Nevada, high 40's temps just now :eek:
Sooo true, dangerously hot over there at the moment!
Lovely sunny and cool here earlier on at the east Suffolk coast - one reason why we moved here :)
Lovely sunny and cool here earlier on at the east Suffolk coast - one reason why we moved here :)
I couldn't quite believe it when we got back from Tunisia. I was hoping for some nice 'cooler' whether.
Although to be fair it is cooler here, but not a lot and unlike Tunisia, we don't have Air Conditioning in our room :(
Rare Bird
14-07-2013, 06:09
It was that hot up Sheffield i was forced to take cover in the pub... Ah air con :)
Oldpinkman
14-07-2013, 07:41
perfect weather for the leeds castle open air concert yesterday:)
Just getting hotter every day here in ireland, haven't had any proper rain for at least 6 weeks now. I am swimming most days, the sea is almost bath temperature now!
Thing Fish
14-07-2013, 08:49
I work nights so am asleep during the day and hardly see the sun...:(
Nice and cool at night though...:)
Gordon Steadman
14-07-2013, 09:13
Whilst it is a bit too hot, the lack of rain means i can do the roof without worrying too much with waterproofing every night.
So apart from very brown neck, arms and knees plus a bit of sunstroke (even I'm not daft enough to expose the top of my balding pate), everything is fine. Apart from being totally knackered that is. Roofing is a young man's game, especially when it involves demolishing a wall or two at the same time and then building them back up again elsewhere:eek:
Good thing the wife is the labourer or I'd have to carry the tiles, blocks and mix all the way upstairs too:eyebrows:
walpurgis
14-07-2013, 11:28
It was that hot up Sheffield i was forced to take cover in the pub... Ah air con :)
Me too, only my second visit to the local since the new year, but I just knew I wouldn't sleep without a few beers down my neck.
I really don't like heat, winter I'm never uncomfortable, but anything over 75 degrees and I start suffering. I spent much of the morning laying under my van working on the engine and that was murder!
Haselsh1
14-07-2013, 14:09
It was beautiful in Cleethorpes yesterday as whilst it was around 28 degrees, there was this rather gorgeous breeze blowing in from the North Sea. Bliss.
It was beautiful in Cleethorpes yesterday as whilst it was around 28 degrees, there was this rather gorgeous breeze blowing in from the North Sea. Bliss.
I suspect it would be really nice by the sea at the moment. Here in Berkshire it's not quite the same however. Today seems even hotter but we've got all the windows open and fans running so quite bearable. As we have decorators in tomorrow my wife and I have the challenge of moving our queen sized bed from our room to the spare, which I'm really not looking forward to in this weather. We'll probably wait until a little later to do it as the weather would have cooled marginally.
P.
Hot here by the sea and no respite at night with temps of 18c at midnight.
Very little breeze here.
Thankfully I only have to walk 200ft through the garden and I am on our private beach so swimming is easy for me, although the sea temp is like a Luke warm bath at the moment!
Rare Bird
14-07-2013, 16:10
I really don't like heat, winter I'm never uncomfortable, but anything over 75 degrees and I start suffering. I spent much of the morning laying under my van working on the engine and that was murder!
O god i really can't stand heat, why the wife insists on going abroad to torture me with it for a fortnight is Beggars belief :steam:
People that bind on that the heat abroad aint the same as over here is total cobblers imho..
And I'm evaluating DACs in a system with 4 211s, 4 OA3s, 4 OD3s, 2 274Bs and 14 small signal valves:eyebrows::mental::scratch::eek::D:lol:
walpurgis
14-07-2013, 17:48
The only upside, is that after a few days you start getting used to it.
Today has been very uncomfortable for me, the shaded outside wall thermometer in my garden has been reading a steady 86 degrees all day. I don't think the fact I had quite a few pints last night is helping either, only got myself to blame though.
:stupid:
O god i really can't stand heat, why the wife insists on going abroad to torture me with it for a fortnight is Beggars belief :steam:
People that bind on that the heat abroad aint the same as over here is total cobblers imho..
I'm in the same boat Andr'e. My wife is a massive sun worshiper and I hate it on a good day :stupid:
I detest the heat, always have. How long until winter? ;)
I detest the heat, always have. How long until winter? ;)
:lol:
Bit cooler today here thankfully although it is going to be blistering again by the end of the week. I can't work when it is too hot only did short days last week.
StanleyB
15-07-2013, 07:49
You know the stories that start of with "When I was a young lad..". In my case it is all true. I remember having to walk to school and back so that I could use the bus fare to buy myself an ice lolly or a cold drink. When it was the dry season I even took a spare t-shirt with me in my school bag. I still wear a t-shirt under my shirt till today out of habit.
It was sixpence to travel the two Underground stations to my primary school. I was either lucky and my Dad gave me thruppence for that day, or it was my turn to go buy my form teacher's lunch from the store up the road, the prize for which was a lolly.
Could you imagine the H&S types fainting at the idea now!
StanleyB
15-07-2013, 08:55
I was either lucky and my Dad gave me thruppence for that day, or it was my turn to go buy my form teacher's lunch from the store up the road, the prize for which was a lolly.
Could you imagine the H&S types fainting at the idea now!
It's funny that you mention that. I had the task of organizing the sandwich orders for the teachers and collect them from an absolutely fabulous sandwich bar called Klein Maar Fijn (It's a Dutch set of words), and a had an agreement with the owner with regards to my commission for taking the orders to him. A mate of mine went back about 35 years later to see if the place was still standing. Not only that, the sandwiches still tasted just as fabulous after all those years. It's one of the places I wish to revisit before my time is up.
The cool spell didn't last long, got hot at 11am heat haze on the sea now!
Yeah - when I got up at 08:00 this morning it seems a lot cooler but by 11:00 it was stupid hot again LOL
southall-1998
15-07-2013, 17:24
I'm sweating like a lamb doner kebab here in Southall !!
walpurgis
15-07-2013, 18:35
Don't cha just love kids! On Saturday my daughter told me I looked like a Walnut! Cheers.
Hi Rob, definitely a bit more of a tan than when I last saw you (mind you it was bloody nippy then).
walpurgis
15-07-2013, 18:37
I'm sweating like a lamb doner kebab here in Southall !!
I recommend a good triangular sandwich to take your mind off it.
Mind you you're right Shane. There's something about Southall, the heat and humidity seem to cling!
31.5c recorded at Heathrow yesterday, warmest day of the year so far ;)
It was showing 31.5C on my car's gauge at about 16:30 this afternoon, storming down the M3.
southall-1998
15-07-2013, 19:15
Tomorrow will be fun...have gym session and going to melt with that heat!! So far I've lost 5KG.
If this heat continues, I'm going bloody naked!!! :mental:
I'm sweating like a lamb doner kebab here in Southall !!
:rfl:
If this heat continues, I'm going bloody naked!!! :mental:
I can see it now on BBC News.... Man arrested for indecent exposure at his local gym... LOL
Tomorrow will be fun...have gym session and going to melt with that heat!! So far I've lost 5KG.
If this heat continues, I'm going bloody naked!!! :mental:
Don't - you'll get sunburn. I got sunburnt spending nearly 5 hours out in the sun at our local CAMRA beer festival on Friday. Should have known better!
southall-1998
15-07-2013, 23:16
Don't - you'll get sunburn. I got sunburnt spending nearly 5 hours out in the sun at our local CAMRA beer festival on Friday. Should have known better!
Would a great wallop of sunscreen protect my naked body :D
It would, and it might prevent you getting arrested for indecent exposure.
Going to be hot again today, I have 6-8 hours of strimming and mowing to do today....
Going to be hot again today, I have 6-8 hours of strimming and mowing to do today....
Wow good luck, you're gonna need it in this weather!
Yes I'll be fainting by midday!
10192 this is my view this morning.
walpurgis
16-07-2013, 18:15
As high as 32 forecast for tomorrow they say. Well it's been that most of the day here, near Heathrow where the records are often met. Local temperatures seem to exceed forecasts, so I wouldn't be surprised to see 34 or more maybe. I'll be keeping an eye on my accurate outdoor thermometer (in the open in permanent shade, before anybody starts lecturing).
I really hate hot weather!!!
Going to be hot again today, I have 6-8 hours of strimming and mowing to do today....
How did it go Ben? I'm sure it was rather warm!!
Just a bit pj, didn't manage to finish in the end but will have to go back. Too warm for strimming!
walpurgis
17-07-2013, 10:32
My outside thermometer is now reading just over 90F. That's a rise of four degrees in an hour and a half. God knows what it will peak at today!
(by the way that's 32.5C for those of you who use foreign currency)
Trumpton_Rioter
17-07-2013, 11:01
its not funny any more
Audio Al
17-07-2013, 11:11
I am liking the HOT SUMMER , Long may it remain
Better than wet windy rain and cold :)
Better than wet windy rain and cold
Umm, let me think...
Nope!
Trumpton_Rioter
17-07-2013, 11:59
dont mind the cold at all but hate the rain so I guess the weather cant win
Audio Al
17-07-2013, 12:03
Umm, let me think...
Nope!
Bye I'm off out to enjoy the summer :wave:
southall-1998
17-07-2013, 12:57
Bye I'm off out to enjoy the summer :wave:
And don't forget to let your feet breath :D
its not funny any more
I know rare, I am sweating buckets here...
Although one bonus is that I might be able to convince the wife we need to install Air Conditioning now!!
Bye I'm off out to enjoy the summer :wave:
Nuts, quite nuts... there isn't anything to enjoy!
Rare Bird
17-07-2013, 15:12
I hate the heat it send me wappy, i was varnishing a piece of wood this afternoon & suddenly something snapped & i threw it across the room :lol: save me the trouble finishing it anyway..
I hate the heat it send me wappy, i was varnishing a piece of wood this afternoon & suddenly something snapped & i threw it across the room :lol: save me the trouble finishing it anyway..
:rfl: I know the feeling.....
Rare Bird
17-07-2013, 16:18
I've mellowed a bit i suppose, it used to be hi-fi flying at one time, saying that it could have been an arm i was setting up, god know what could have happened, my little last outburst resulted in me breaking my wrist through a B&W 'DM2a' loudspeaker, i forgot what was behind the cone :rfl:
Heat is certainly not so nice for us outdoor types, working in Mitcham at the mo doing groundworks on some garage bases we have got 40 ton of concrete coming Friday to look forward to laying :rolleyes:
walpurgis
17-07-2013, 21:09
Heat is certainly not so nice for us outdoor types, working in Mitcham at the mo doing groundworks on some garage bases we have got 40 ton of concrete coming Friday to look forward to laying :rolleyes:
Don't envy you. I did a lot of that kind of work when I was young.
walpurgis
17-07-2013, 23:03
This is almost surreal, I go out into the garden at midnight and find it cool. I look at the thermometer and it still shows 77F. Nutty weather!
southall-1998
17-07-2013, 23:04
Odd.
sitting here eating an ice lolly to try and quench my thirst, now off on an airport run to pick up my son and its 17 outside still
Another surreal night of waking/sleeping, too hot and very little air movement.
StanleyB
18-07-2013, 07:55
Get a tower fan. They are a reasonably quiet, so you can leave it on the lowest setting and fall asleep. Works a treat for me.
Yep, I got one but I wasn't at mine last night ;)
Audio Al
18-07-2013, 12:39
Another day in paradise :D may hit 30
Love it :)
Time for a nice cool :cool: and some factor 30 sun screen :)
Another day in paradise :D may hit 30
Love it :)
Time for a nice cool :cool: and some factor 30 sun screen :)
There has got to be something wrong with you Al, this weather is atrocious, horribly hot, yuk LOL ;)
Yep, I got one but I wasn't at mine last night ;)
Naughty naughty ;)
Get a tower fan. They are a reasonably quiet, so you can leave it on the lowest setting and fall asleep. Works a treat for me.
Are they much better than circular fans Stan?
I like this weather - if it was like this all year round I'd be happy :)
Although it is probably a lot warmer for you down south - If you are hanging your thermometers on a brick wall don't forget that will heat up the immediate environment all day and well after dark so the real temp is probably quite a bit lower.
walpurgis
18-07-2013, 18:24
The opposite for me. I just find it very uncomfortable and wearing!
I'd swap for this anytime:
http://i41.tinypic.com/2larbcj.jpg
Audio Al
18-07-2013, 18:32
The opposite for me. I just find it very uncomfortable and wearing!
I'd swap for this anytime:
http://i41.tinypic.com/2larbcj.jpg
NO NO NO :nono::nono::nono::nono::nono::nono::nono:
Gordon Steadman
18-07-2013, 19:09
NO NO NO :nono::nono::nono::nono::nono::nono::nono:
Yes yes yes yes yes - everytime.
I can't stand the way clothes cling, I just have to fling them off..................and keep showering. Bad idea, gets rid of all those nice natural oils that protect us.
Anyway, here is what I am doing that is such a pain. Being up on the roof just seems to make it worse - so much nearer the sun:lol:
Pic of the back of the house when we first saw it too!! I could never understand not having a back door. To get into the garden, you had to go out the front and walk all round the house - wierd:mental:
Nice looking property Gordon :)
The opposite for me. I just find it very uncomfortable and wearing!
I'd swap for this anytime:
http://i41.tinypic.com/2larbcj.jpg
My kind of heaven!!
Gordon Steadman
18-07-2013, 19:27
Nice looking property Gordon :)
Hi Paul.
Well......... its one of those properties that will be nice when its finished. The big question is whether it will be finished before we are:rolleyes: This heat threatens to finish me off in the short term:eek:
Hi Paul.
Well......... its one of those properties that will be nice when its finished. The big question is whether it will be finished before we are:rolleyes: This heat threatens to finish me off in the short term:eek:
Well I'm sure it'll be worth it in the end :)
Audio Al
18-07-2013, 20:01
My kind of heaven!!
Err ? You want too live in a Christmas card ? :lol:
walpurgis
18-07-2013, 20:10
Err ? You want too live in a Christmas card ? :lol:
Well I am actually a cardboard cut-out of a cartoon character, so it may be fitting.
Err ? You want too live in a Christmas card ? :lol:
:rfl:
Well I am actually a cardboard cut-out of a cartoon character, so it may be fitting.
Wow really? That's kinda impressive :)
Anti Meep
19-07-2013, 05:13
Geez fellas! Down this way it's winter and I Am Over It!. Last summer was awesome. Drought conditions virtually the length and breadth of the country. Farmers did I'd tough but the rest of us pretty much loved it. Mind you most of us are reasonably close to good beaches. Sun, heat, BBQ's, daylight till 8pm,windows open, warm dry breeze, I could go on but I won't.:lol:
Shove the Winter and bring back a decent long dry summer.:champagne:
Strimming, strimming and a bit of mowing, I am melting already there will just be a puddle where I stand by the end of the day.
Daylight here til about 10/10.30 pm never really gets dark......will post a pic of a sunset one of these days.
My helmet is dripping sweat into my face......no smutty comments before you all start :lol:
Audio Al
19-07-2013, 10:31
Reported to be only 27 today :(
may need to fire up the heating :D
More than 27 here I'd say, dying in a heap of grass cuttings.....
Spectral Morn
19-07-2013, 11:32
Way too warm here. Keeping the curtains pulled till the sun moves from the front of the house helps a bit, but as the temp rises each day that is starting to not make much of a difference :(
Anyway ........
http://www.robotmutant.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Dalek-Snowman-Poster.jpg
This is what I am dreaming of :)
Regards Neil
southall-1998
19-07-2013, 11:35
Well I am actually a cardboard cut-out of a cartoon character, so it may be fitting.
Are you some kind of cousin to popeye? No offence, but you have that distinctive shaped head like popeye !!
walpurgis
19-07-2013, 15:49
there will just be a puddle where I stand by the end of the day.
Problem solved Ben! :D
http://i39.tinypic.com/2lu9rlz.jpg
walpurgis
19-07-2013, 15:51
Are you some kind of cousin to popeye? No offence, but you have that distinctive shaped head like popeye !!
No, the hat wouldn't fit and I can't keep a pipe between my teeth!
Shove the Winter and bring back a decent long dry summer.:champagne:
Aha, I wouldn't mind a dry summer either. It's this crappy heat in the UK that causes most of the issues :(
Reported to be only 27 today :(
may need to fire up the heating :D
Al, please, please tell me you're joking!!!
It's going to get even better next week according to the Met Office as we can look forward to high humidity and storms along with the high temperatures, wonderful... :eyebrows:
walpurgis
19-07-2013, 16:24
It's going to get even better next week according to the Met Office as we can look forward to high humidity and storms along with the high temperatures, wonderful... :eyebrows:
That's the problem, humidity! Stuck in London, the humidity and general hot weather mugginess are always bad. It's never like it on the Cornish coast, which I visit regularly.
Problem solved Ben! :D
http://i39.tinypic.com/2lu9rlz.jpg
Thanks walpurgis that's where I was going wrong all these years!
40 odd ton of concrete laid in couple of hours which was good then spent the 5 hours driving around London stuck in various traffic jams, some nice posh totty to look at up the Kings Road :D M25 a nightmare this afternoon felt sorry for all the people with young kids in their cars not going anywhere fast stop start all the way:(
Just been putting the house back together after we had decorators in and my god. I don't think I've ever sweat as much...
10217this should give you some idea of what it's like here, photo taken about ten minutes ago.
Wow Benji, that is an impressive picture :) ... pity the weather is sooooooo hot though, spoils it somewhat :(
I know what you mean although the water is at the end of the garden so I don't have far to go for a swim! The picture was taken from the top of our drive.
The Grand Wazoo
19-07-2013, 22:31
Whereabouts are you exactly Ben?
Hertfordshire lol
No, seriously, south west of ireland.
The Grand Wazoo
19-07-2013, 22:42
south west of ireland.
That's roughly....so where, exactly.
....now don't say "on the sofa in the living room"!
Kinsale? Bantry? Cahersiveen? Killorgen? Dingle? Trallee?
Halfway along Kenmare bay still in Kerry, Kenmare would be one of my local towns.
The Grand Wazoo
19-07-2013, 23:24
Ah, OK, gotcha - my family have a place in Copeen, fairly close to Macroom.
Oh right, yes macroom is nice ye olde sweetshop and all the rakes you could possibly want ! Cracking town
The Grand Wazoo
19-07-2013, 23:42
Aye, and the rib-eye steak in whiskey sauce at the bar in the Castle Hotel is fantastic! Not forgetting the chippy down the side of the Post Office.
Sounds good. Do you visit macroom much, are you originally from the area?
I know what you mean although the water is at the end of the garden so I don't have far to go for a swim! The picture was taken from the top of our drive.
Wow Ben,
That's just cheating lol... I don't get that luxury in sticky old Berkshire!!
Berkshire is beautiful though.
The Grand Wazoo
20-07-2013, 09:09
Do you visit macroom much, are you originally from the area?
Well, I wouldn't say that I'm really from anywhere but the family has some roots & branches in County Cork - my grandmother was born in Cork city & my dad in Crosshaven. I don't get over there as often as I'd like to. Hardly at all recently, which is a shame, as I love the place.
walpurgis
20-07-2013, 09:35
Berkshire is beautiful though.
Yes, by post apocalyptic standards, the leafy vales of Slough and Reading are stunning. :D
lol, Slough is a shit hole and Reading is not much better!
I like in Newbury which is a little prettier :)
P.
Lol when you said Berkshire I was thinking pangbourne!
Lol when you said Berkshire I was thinking pangbourne!
Pangbourne is ok but actually I prefer Newbury :)
Just spent the week in sunny Clacton, picture taken on one of me & the boy's long walks (this particular one was 6 miles but there was a well earned pint at the end of it :cool:)
http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss68/Lodger56/IMAG0127_zps9ff84748.jpg
Just spent the week in sunny Clacton, picture taken on one of me & the boy's long walks (this particular one was 6 miles but there was a well earned pint at the end of it :cool:)
http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss68/Lodger56/IMAG0127_zps9ff84748.jpg
Now that is an idyllic view :)
I like Clacton and Walton on the naze just down the road, better than stuffy old frinton on sea.
walpurgis
20-07-2013, 16:11
Just spent the week in sunny Clacton, picture taken on one of me & the boy's long walks (this particular one was 6 miles but there was a well earned pint at the end of it :cool:)
Well at least you didn't have to go up or down any hills. It's a bit flat :)
Bloomin hot here today easily 30 degrees, have found a low shady spot in the garden down by the sea with a breeze blowing in, sun shimmering off the shoals of mullet in the water!
Bloomin hot here today easily 30 degrees, have found a low shady spot in the garden down by the sea with a breeze blowing in, sun shimmering off the shoals of mullet in the water!
I failed to find a shoal of mullet, however I did find these two fine specimens... :D
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af316/Sgtgrash/Mullets.jpg (http://s1019.photobucket.com/user/Sgtgrash/media/Mullets.jpg.html)
EDIT: Idiot that I am, I forgot to paste the intended pic. Comedy moment gone... :)
10218thought I might as well give you tonight's sunset too.
10218thought I might as well give you tonight's sunset too.
Rub it in Ben lol - bloody nice view though :)
Na your not, and to be honest, why should you be with that view :)
Lol no I'm not.
I regularly say to her indoors I can't believe how lucky we are to live here.
Nice and quiet too, can still go into a shop leaving the car running!
No traffic jams neither.....
I might even do a gratuitous leg paddling shot today!
We were watching gannets diving this morning at 7.30 just half a mile out while we were having coffee on the terrace :blush:
That sounds lovely. I think we'll have to look for somewhere like that at some point :)
Well snap something up now prices are nice and low at the moment, we however bought at the height of the market.........
archiesdad
21-07-2013, 11:06
Best to make the most of the good weather, seems we'll be swimming soon if the reports of storms soon are true.:doh:
Yes but the storms merely break the weather then hot often follows again.
Supposed to be good on and off till September.
Just remember when it first rains the roads will be nice and greasy so watch out for slipping and sliding, that's my public service announcement over.
Just remember when it first rains the roads will be nice and greasy so watch out for slipping and sliding, that's my public service announcement over.
Yay, makes for some fun times driving o work :)
I understand its going to get hotter again next week :(
Took the car for it's MOT yesterday and the handbrake on the offside isn't working. Been out it in sun and dismantling the caliper with the sweat running off me in torrents. Will have to work on it again early tomorrow morning before it hots up :eyebrows:
Done some chores this morning so managed to get out in my convertible for an hour or two, nice day for cruising up and down the seafront
http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/photo_zpsa7b7d08d.jpg
Just picked up another landy this time a 1954 Series 1 fitted with a v8 of course, currently down a mates yard just getting it sorted and put back on the road as its been standing a while, i have just changed all the plugs leads and up-rated the fuel pump,
Nice thing about it is its mot and tax exempt and the insurance is less than £100 a year
http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/photo_zps48f27d80.jpg
Took the car for it's MOT yesterday and the handbrake on the offside isn't working. Been out it in sun and dismantling the caliper with the sweat running off me in torrents. Will have to work on it again early tomorrow morning before it hots up :eyebrows:
It's not good when you HAVE to do something like that in this heat Frank. I can but imagine how hot you must have got! Good luck in the morning :)
walpurgis
21-07-2013, 21:44
Tomorrow (Monday) is likely to be the hottest yet. Forecasts are quoting 33C (91.4F). Local temperatures often exceed those predicted and I'd not be surprised to see 35C (95F). I'm dreading it! :(
Roll on Wednesday when it is supposed to be getting a lot cooler :)
Tomorrow (Monday) is likely to be the hottest yet. Forecasts are quoting 33C (91.4F). Local temperatures often exceed those predicted and I'd not be surprised to see 35C (95F). I'm dreading it! :(
FFS - This damn weather lol - it seemed to warm up considerably this afternoon and was still blooming hot when I took the recycling out at 19:00 ready for collection tomorrow.
Roll on Wednesday when it is supposed to be getting a lot cooler :)
LOL so true, just hope it really happens Dave as I've heard we're keeping this weather for a few more weeks yet!
walpurgis
21-07-2013, 23:03
When it's hot like now, is the only time I feel a real dislike for the weather. The heat does me in! Winter, I can cope with without too much thought, but I do prefer it mild, Seems I'm only happy in April and September!
Seems I'm only happy in April and September!
Yep, I know that feeling! Although I get the unpleasure of going to foreign countries in the stupid heat because my wife is a bit of a sun worshiper :(
Although the old saying 'it's a different heat' worked for me when we went to Turkey and Greece but for whatever reason it didn't in Tunisia this year :(
Audio Al
22-07-2013, 04:24
Tomorrow (Monday) is likely to be the hottest yet. Forecasts are quoting 33C (91.4F). Local temperatures often exceed those predicted and I'd not be surprised to see 35C (95F). I'm dreading it! :(
I am LOVING IT :D
I am LOVING IT :D
As I've said before Al, you must be bonkers ;) :lol:
I don't do heat or humidity so I'm in for a fun time this week :eyebrows:
On the upside I do enjoy storms :D On the down side my girlfriend hates them :( Back on the upside, she always asks me to turn the stereo up high when there's a storm :D Hmm, what to play? :scratch: I think I have some Thunder albums stashed away somewhere :D
http://www.letsreviewstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/thunder-620x220.png
Now Dave that sounds like a lot of fun lol...
My wife doesn't like thunder storms either but I prefer to switch off the Hifi. Always worried about it getting damaged in a storm. Sure it's just a old wives tale but better safe...
StanleyB
22-07-2013, 08:26
Now Dave that sounds like a lot of fun lol...
My wife doesn't like thunder storms either but I prefer to switch off the Hifi. Always worried about it getting damaged in a storm. Sure it's just a old wives tale but better safe...
Far from it.
Far from it.
It's true then Stan??
StanleyB
22-07-2013, 09:02
When I worked in the repair business I regularly saw the field engineers bring in audio, video, and electrical appliances that had got zapped by lighting. Satellite dishes and TV aerials are the most common point of entry. And they tend to be connected to audio equipment.
Interesting, so turning off the Hifi may not help if it goes in via the Satellite dish?
Although the Satellite dish is connected to the surround sound amp which is then connect to the Pre amp.
StanleyB
22-07-2013, 09:44
Turning it off can limit the damage. I had pics of equipment blown up by lighting but I seem to have deleted them. I tend to unplug my audio equipment from the mains when not in use. I use a distribution block with noise filters etc that I designed together with a friend of mine. So I only need to unplug one mainslead.
walpurgis
22-07-2013, 09:47
On the upside I do enjoy storms :D
Yeah, I like storms too and high winds and blizzards and huge downpours. Dunno why, just takes the boredom away I suppose.
Turning it off can limit the damage. I had pics of equipment blown up by lighting but I seem to have deleted them. I tend to unplug my audio equipment from the mains when not in use. I use a distribution block with noise filters etc that I designed together with a friend of mine. So I only need to unplug one mainslead.
Good to know. I generally unplug the Hifi when I'm on holiday or when there's a storm. Apart from that I always leave it plugged in and switched on (they sound better when they're left on!).
Yeah, I like storms too and high winds and blizzards and huge downpours. Dunno why, just takes the boredom away I suppose.
:lol:
We tend to unplug everything most nights but especially when storms are likely, lost a very nice telephone through storms once and a sky box died another time.
I have known people who's televisions exploded in storms.
I also got affected many years ago by a lightning bolt that touched ground within 20-30 feet of me flash and bang at the same time, scared the whatsits out of me, I was shaking for hours!
My grandmother used to cover all the silver and turn mirrors to the wall during storms!
We tend to unplug everything most nights but especially when storms are likely, lost a very nice telephone through storms once and a sky box died another time.
I have known people who's televisions exploded in storms.
I also got affected many years ago by a lightning bolt that touched ground within 20-30 feet of me flash and bang at the same time, scared the whatsits out of me, I was shaking for hours!
My grandmother used to cover all the silver and turn mirrors to the wall during storms!
Holy moly Ben.
That was a nasty experience, glad you were ok though!
Thanks pj, although some might say it knocked some sense into me!
walpurgis
22-07-2013, 11:46
Just don't unplug anything during a storm. You may get zapped!
Thanks pj, although some might say it knocked some sense into me!
Couldn't possibly comment Ben ;)
Just don't unplug anything during a storm. You may get zapped!
Oops Geoff, I usually unplug the Hifi as a storm is starting! :doh:
RARRR so today has been unbearable....
Far far far too hot, yuk!
I can honestly say that in the entire fifty years I have been on this Earth I have not lost one piece of electrical equipment to lightning, and I've lived through a lot of storms. I don't have any broadcast TV equipment hooked up to my hifi and my internet connection is delivered via an undeground cable. On top of that all my equipment is surge protected therefore it is highly unlikely to be zapped ;)
RARRR so today has been unbearable....
Far far far too hot, yuk!
Yes i have had enough of it today spent 6 hours on a heavy duty air driven breaker breaking out old concrete in the middle a park with no shade, ear defenders make you sweat twice as much, need to drink plenty of liquid in this heat, something about "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun"
walpurgis
22-07-2013, 18:14
RARRR so today has been unbearable....
Far far far too hot, yuk!
Totally agree. It was very slightly hotter the other day at around 93F, but the humidity and closeness today seem worse and I'm clammy and sticking to everything, getting through a lot of drinks too. Really f***ing uncomfortable!
We've had an attempt at a Thunder Storm but that doesn't appear to have helped yet, far to sticky and hot :(
southall-1998
22-07-2013, 22:26
What's tomorrows weather going to be?
walpurgis
22-07-2013, 22:26
What a sweaty day, coming up to 11.30pm and the outside thermometer is still hovering around the 80F mark. It's going to be a sticky night!
What's tomorrows weather going to be?
I believe it is meant to be cooling down but with the pitiful excuse for a thunder storm we had today I doubt that :(
What a sweaty day, coming up to 11.30pm and the outside thermometer is still hovering around the 80F mark. It's going to be a sticky night!
Yup - not going to get a lot of sleep tonight me thinks!
ceejaydee
22-07-2013, 22:56
A politician's storm here - lots of noise and show without much actual action :rolleyes:
A politician's storm here - lots of noise and show without much actual action :rolleyes:
:rfl: so true, so true!!
walpurgis
22-07-2013, 22:59
Never mind, end of July and the shops all start installing their Christmas displays (opportunist bunch of tossers that they are).
lol I wouldn't be surprised if some had already!
Currently enjoying a cracking series of thunderstorms which are marching up from the SW and building in strength as they move into Rutland :D
Thing Fish
23-07-2013, 00:25
Thus far no rain south of London. As a result I am sweating like a pedophile outside a playground.
Hopefully there will be a downpour soon...:)
southall-1998
23-07-2013, 00:38
Thus far no rain south of London. As a result I am sweating like a pedophile outside a playground.
Hopefully there will be a downpour soon...:)
:mental:
Where I live was hit by some fairly powerful thunderstorms in the early hours of this morning. A line of storms began developing about 250 miles SW of my location at around 19:30 yesterday evening and as they pushed north-eastwards they continued to develop in intensity until they reached us here in Northamptonshire at around midnight and have been rumbling away ever since. Storms continue to develop along a corridor right across the heart of England, moving from the SW towards the NE, with another heavy belt of storms waiting in the wings over western England and East Wales, arranged in a north/south alignment, currently stretching from North Wales and on down into West Dorset as I type. These too are steadily moving north-eastwards therefore if they do not fizzle out in the meantime, they should be with us here between 6am & 7am.
And now the shipping forecast... :lol:
Images of American Storms Which Will Take Your Breath Away
This short lecture strikes a deep chord within me:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/camille-seaman/storm-chaser-photos_b_3619406.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news&ir=Weird%20News
gariusmacus
23-07-2013, 10:11
woke with a start in early hours thought a bomb had gone off !!! (unfortunately I've heard them) was the worst thunderstorm I heard, a few properties badly damaged and a car caught fire in town. got this quote from bbc news
Caught fire
A number of properties in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, were damaged by lightning, with firefighters called just before 06:00 BST. A car in the town also caught fire.
Denise Walton, who lives on Stuart Street, where a house was struck, said: "I heard an almighty bang and a flash, the whole street seemed to light up.
"Then I looked through the window and I could see smoke coming into the sky, I didn't know where it was coming from.
"Within 10 minutes the fire brigade was here and then all hell let loose. It was frightening. Shocking, actually."
Is about 500 yards from me
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23415544
It doesn't surprise me in the least Gary, the storms were quite potent when they reached me in North Northamptonshire and they were continuing to develop as they moved into Rutland and South Leicestershire :eyebrows:
Audio Al
23-07-2013, 14:30
We had a good light show last night :)
Lightning thunder and torrential downpours
Nature is wild at times ;)
So I have to say it has been a lot nicer today. Not sure it's been that much cooler but there has been a nice breeze... If it stays like this I'll be a happy bunny :)
Audio Al
23-07-2013, 16:58
If it stays like this I'll be a happy bunny
At last you have seen the light :D
cooler down here now but still no rain
At last you have seen the light :D
LOL Al, not sure so much seen the light as accepting the cooler temperatures :lol:
cooler down here now but still no rain
My parents live in Horsham, West Sussex and they've said that it is somewhat cooler down there now, which is good because they have been decorating their lounge!
I'm still living in a sauna. I reckon I must have sweated off a few pounds since the heatwave began, which is no bad thing :)
I seem to have put more weight on, think it has to do with the Ice Lollies I keep having :oops:
walpurgis
24-07-2013, 21:13
Some respite today, still too warm for my liking, but not murderously hot.
It's the humidity rather than the heat that's getting to me - this isn't bloody Borneo! Trust me to pick these last weeks to start packing up house and hump furniture around, when not sitting in my client's "naturally" ventilated office. I'm showering twice a day and still sweating like a porker.
I think I'll follow my dog's excellent example and lie on the kitchen floor all day, although I won't be able to manage the odd desultory lick of my 'nads to make the time pass more pleasantly:).
Peter
Yesterday was a little cooler but today seems to have warmed up which is not good :(
Maybe I'll have to go and sit in the car with the engine running and air con on all day lol
Us British are a sad lot really, I mean a whole thread just about the weather on a HiFi forum :scratch:. Bless... :lol:
Anticipating a return to normality very soon I have just bought a natty upgrade for my hifi....
http://www.umbrellaheaven.com/images/ladybird_pvc_umbrella.jpg
Us British are a sad lot really, I mean a whole thread just about the weather on a HiFi forum :scratch:. Bless... :lol:
Anticipating a return to normality very soon I have just bought a natty upgrade for my hifi....
http://www.umbrellaheaven.com/images/ladybird_pvc_umbrella.jpg
So true :lol:
I make it a point never EVER to complain about winter or our weather in general. Just the oppressive heat!
Just the oppressive heat!
I'd entirely agree with this Martin :)
we had rain last night and a bit today still sticky though
I understand your pain, it seems a little cooler now when in the shade but not a lot :(
i have set up and started filling up our little 15ft swimming pool so i could jump in it when i come home from work to cool off but think i might of missed the boat regarding the hot weather, its been packed away for the last 2 years cos it wasn't worth sorting it out from lack of sun :doh:
LOL I've always wanted a 'swimming pool' or something similar but our garden is smaller than a gnats fingernail :(
LOL I've always wanted a 'swimming pool' or something similar but our garden is smaller than a gnats fingernail :(
Same here Paul, although one big advantage is that the grass could be cut with a pair of kitchen scissors in about half an hour straight, well almost. It sure doesn't take longer than a few minutes with a small hovermower, I can tell you that :D
Same here Paul, although one big advantage is that the grass could be cut with a pair of kitchen scissors in about half an hour straight, well almost. It sure doesn't take longer than a few minutes with a small hovermower, I can tell you that :D
Kitchen scissors!, more like nail clippers for our garden, but come to think of it, we don't even have grass in the back garden :doh:
Bizarrely, the front garden has tones of grass, more than anyone else in the street :confused:
Bizarrely, the front garden has tones of grass, more than anyone else in the street :confused:
Perhaps it is overcompensating :lol:
Perhaps it is overcompensating :lol:
Yeah true but I'm sure it feels ver lonely out there all on its own without the back garden's support :lol:
Yeah true but I'm sure it feels ver lonely out there all on its own without the back garden's support :lol:
Yeah, but the back garden is sitting there going "Pah, grass? Who needs grass, more time for cold tinnies and cool music..." :)
Yeah, but the back garden is sitting there going "Pah, grass? Who needs grass, more time for cold tinnies and cool music..." :)
Sounds like my back garden has a lot to answer for ;)
walpurgis
25-07-2013, 21:38
Amazing how long houses store heat. It's been tolerably warm today and yesterday and coolish at night, yet indoors still feels hot and clammy even with many windows open.
Been leaving the conservatory door open to cool things down but then this little fella wandered in
http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss68/Lodger56/hedgie_zpsaf733605.jpg
ah how cute is he!! - did you give him some milk?
ah how cute is he!! - did you give him some milk?
Think they're lactose intolerant? tried him with a chocolate digestive, he wasn't keen (& where was he when the Snails were eating my Hostas?)
I didn't realise that. So he was pretty tame then, if he allowed you to get near to him :)
P.
I didn't realise that. So he was pretty tame then, if he allowed you to get near to him :)
P.
He was a little prickly ;)
Think they're lactose intolerant? tried him with a chocolate digestive, he wasn't keen (& where was he when the Snails were eating my Hostas?)
Hedgehogs are partial to dog or catfood Roy, as I found out to my cost when I lived in Norfolk. The little buggers would come through the dog flap in the kitchen door and nick my dogs food when he was sitting with us in the lounge. Things would get a bit tense if he caught them at it, but they'd just roll up into a ball so he could do nothing but bark at them... :lol:
Hedgehogs are partial to dog or catfood Roy, as I found out to my cost when I lived in Norfolk. The little buggers would come through the dog flap in the kitchen door and nick my dogs food when he was sitting with us in the lounge. Things would get a bit tense if he caught them at it, but they'd just roll up into a ball so he could do nothing but bark at them... :lol:
Probably a good thing your dog never bit into a hedgehog Dave. There are a number of pictures going round of dogs that have had that misfortune and they always, always come of worse than the hedgehog!
Probably a good thing your dog never bit into a hedgehog Dave. There are a number of pictures going round of dogs that have had that misfortune and they always, always come of worse than the hedgehog!
Oh he tried, just the once and never again. A trip to the vet ensued... :eyebrows:
Oh he tried, just the once and never again. A trip to the vet ensued... :eyebrows:
Told you, Hedgehogs can be nasty perishers when they want to be!
So it has been a little cooler here in Berkshire today, not a lot, but a little!
I wonder what the weekend holds out for us? - I saw a weather forecast a couple of days ago warning of heavy showers and lightening!
A pleasant day at Suffolk Coastal. We've been on a couple of moonlit walks lately and it's been wonderful looking at the lights and the moon reflected on the sea. Great for once that we both have jobs to go back to in September :)
Great for once that we both have jobs to go back to in September :)
Good on you David, in the Hifi industry?
Oh and those walks sound idillic!
P.
walpurgis
26-07-2013, 16:12
Hot and humid again here in west London. Temperature hovering around 30C.
Same here. Thinking of moving to the Antarctic... :lol:
Same here. Thinking of moving to the Antarctic... :lol:
:rfl:
Oh it's better than that Paul, the Antarctic is where my favourite chocolate coated biscuit bars live... nom-nom-nom :D
It does sounds like a great plan Dave, maybe I'll come along with you and leave this heat infested area to it!!
Trumpton_Rioter
26-07-2013, 16:49
Oh it's better than that Paul, the Antarctic is where my favourite chocolate coated biscuit bars live... nom-nom-nom :D
they are my cryptonite as well - cant have them in the house at the moment cos I am trying to lose weight and if they were there, in the fridge just staring at me then I would scoff them all one after the other
*In my best attempt at a David Attenborough impression* "After a long trek through bitterly cold conditions and treacherous terrain, we discover the only colony of polar audiophiles known to mankind. Their behaviour is much like their cousins who can found in more temperate regions except most of their available cash is spent on powerful de-icing equipment, thus their music making abilities are far inferior to that of their cousins as they continually attempt to coax their clapped out Amstrad music systems into life..." :D
*In my best attempt at a David Attenborough impression* "After a long trek through bitterly cold conditions and treacherous terrain, we discover the only colony of polar audiophiles known to mankind. Their behaviour is much like their cousins which can found in more temperate regions except most of their available cash is spent on powerful de-icing equipment, thus their music making abilities are far inferior to that of their cousins as they continually attempt to coax their clapped out Amstrad music systems into life..." :D
LOL :lol:
they are my cryptonite as well - cant have them in the house at the moment cos I am trying to lose weight and if they were there, in the fridge just staring at me then I would scoff them all one after the other
I'm like that with Jaffa Cakes... Now, where did they go???
walpurgis
26-07-2013, 19:21
Same here. Thinking of moving to the Antarctic... :lol:
Not a good idea. The chill will bugger up the suspension compliance on your cartridge and you won't be able to play anything. :)
Not a good idea. The chill will bugger up the suspension compliance on your cartridge and you won't be able to play anything. :)
Not a problem as I own megabucks worth of de-icing equipment and since I sold all my gear to fund that, I've no cartridge to worry about (or system for that matter) :lol:
walpurgis
26-07-2013, 19:51
Not a problem as I own megabucks worth of de-icing equipment and since I sold all my gear to fund that, I've no cartridge to worry about (or system for that matter) :lol:
Yeah well, just don't go outside to pee in a polar blizzard. You'll get icicles! :)
Yeah well, just don't go outside to pee in a polar blizzard. You'll get icicles! :)
Hmmm, that will make it easier to calculate the angle of dangle... :lol:
walpurgis
26-07-2013, 19:56
Hmmm, that will make it easier to calculate the angle of dangle... :lol:
I think he's bragging again! :D
Lovin' the Mozzy by the way, gorgeous looking plane that :)
walpurgis
26-07-2013, 20:04
Lovin' the Mozzy by the way, gorgeous looking plane that :)
Not a 'Mozzy', have another guess.
Then it has to be a Hornet. Ah, looking closer (and with my specs on) I see that it is ;)
walpurgis
26-07-2013, 20:27
Then it has to be a Hornet. Ah, looking closer (and with my specs on) I see that it is ;)
Yup, went into service too late to see combat in WW2, rumoured to be capable of nearly 500mph. You know that anyway.
Reputably 472mph at 22,000 ft. Way faster than the jet powered Meteor of the same era and apparently with tremendous range.
Seems it was a good aircraft.
Hal55
It has the same elliptical wings as the Spitfire. Did it come from Supermarine?
walpurgis
27-07-2013, 12:00
It has the same elliptical wings as the Spitfire. Did it come from Supermarine?
DeHavilland
There's a new avatar now.
DeHavilland
There's a new avatar now.
Pretty, are they yours?
walpurgis
27-07-2013, 21:39
Pretty, are they yours?
I wish!
Mind you, I don't have room for them anyway.
They do look rather large. I wonder how much amplifier you'd need to drive them!
walpurgis
27-07-2013, 21:48
They do look rather large. I wonder how much amplifier you'd need to drive them!
A couple of watts should do it comfortably in the average room. I believe the efficiency is around 100db.
Very nice... that makes them even more appealing :)
Not so warm today, we had a thunder storm yesterday that seems to have helped although I hear its just going to get warm again towards the end of this week! :(
So today it has basically pee'd down all day... Lets see what the rest of this week brings!
walpurgis
30-07-2013, 21:32
Wait till Thursday. We roast all over again!
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