That sounds pretty great, Laura, hope it works out
I am having a hard time convincing myself to work today. I've already had my one scheduled meeting, does anything else really need to get done?
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Jul 20, 2022 9:33:10 am PDT #16359 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jessica - Jul 20, 2022 9:38:08 am PDT #16360 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
My have-a-million-open-tabs lifestyle means my weather app continues to tell me the weather in places I really have no business checking on, but that allows me to occasionally notice that the temperature is the same in Reykjavík and Martinez, CA
Also the same temp this week: NYC, London, and the surface of the sun
-t - Jul 20, 2022 9:42:19 am PDT #16361 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I knew about London, did not know NYC! Yikes. I saw somewhere someone saying "40C is not that hot" and they are stupendously wrong, that is way too hot
It's a relatively chill high of 94 here, for which I am grateful. And Reykjavik is now 10 degrees cooler than Martinez, that was just an odd coincidence
Jessica - Jul 20, 2022 9:49:24 am PDT #16362 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I saw somewhere someone saying "40C is not that hot" and they are stupendously wrong, that is way too hot
There are conspiracy theorists on Twitter claiming that the temperature color maps of the UK have been CHANGED to make them LOOK SCARIER and every meteorologist has responded "Well, we did change them slightly to help colorblind viewers but mostly we've just never had to use these colors before because it's incredibly fucking hot"
The base temps in NY aren't quite as bad as in the UK but our "feels like" temps are over 100 and will get worse all week. I'm really hoping we don't lose power.
Laura - Jul 20, 2022 10:05:18 am PDT #16363 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
And definitely take a nap if you need one. Your body clearly needs rest!!
I may need to! Dog woke me up at 5 AM making a fuss. Then a couple minutes later two booms (sounded like a rifle). I don't know if maybe my neighbor up the hill had a bear or something, but it seems unlikely he was randomly shooting 2 shots at that hour for no good reason. Ah, life in the Adirondacks.
It's 82 here today! Which is pretty remarkable since almost no one has AC. I closed the windows this morning and it is very shaded here so comfortable enough.
Not quite as comfy for the guys doing the excavation work. Watching the work once again makes me regret never being a heavy equipment operator. Looks like so much fun.
Dana - Jul 20, 2022 11:51:21 am PDT #16364 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
My parents managed to be in London for this heat wave.
-t - Jul 20, 2022 12:18:12 pm PDT #16365 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
How, uh, lucky? Dang. Hope they can stay cool.
Laura - Jul 20, 2022 12:41:17 pm PDT #16366 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Yikes. I hope they have cool accommodations.
My neighbor stopped to chat with the workers so I asked him if he was the one who woke my dog at 5AM. Yep, had a coyote who was causing an issue, but apparently won't be in the future.
Calli - Jul 20, 2022 1:18:16 pm PDT #16367 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
40C = 104F. There is no place on the planet where that's not considered hot. I don't care how low your humidity is.
Jesse - Jul 20, 2022 1:30:17 pm PDT #16368 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's not that bad here, but I don't understand why more people aren't here in the office where the A/C is plentiful and free. Maybe more people have central air at home than I would have thought.