jrt Posted August 3, 2006 Posted August 3, 2006 Well, you have me beat, though not by much. I took this picture in Prarie du Chien, Wisconsin, during the Natl. Rally a couple weekends ago.
Guest ratchethack Posted August 3, 2006 Posted August 3, 2006 OH NO! Could it possibly be that Algore is RIGHT after all?
todd haven Posted August 3, 2006 Posted August 3, 2006 Ummhh... I am not normally one to toss out suggestions to others on how to live their lives... But I saw news articles today of New Yorkers and East Coasters at the BEACH. You do not escape heat by going to the beach.. I am the worlds biggest wienie when it comes to cold. I admit it, I realize it, and I deal with it. If there is ice on the streets(every 6-8 years or so) we stock up on booze and wait it out at home. Kinda like hurricanes. From a transplanted Texan, where it is hot for months at a time... a few clues: If it is hot,.... do NOT go to the beach. It will be very hot at the beach. Go to a mall, a movie theater, a grocery store, a clothing store, a library, city hall, the county courthouse, or a friend's house(use his A/C ) Drink LOTS of water. Iced tea is also good. Weak Iced tea, lots of water, lots of ice, not much tea. (caffeine dehydrates), Yes, you Europeans, ice in tea . (Spend a summer in Texas, you will understand) Iced tea comes in BIG glasses. 32 oz. minimum. Only Yankees serve tea in liitle "cups" Mason jars are acceptable(32 oz. size) 8 ounce glasses of iced tea are a sick joke. The waitress will be asked to leave the pitcher. If the iced tea does not come out of a pitcher, a BIG pitcher, it is not iced tea. Unacceptable. Avoid alcohol while you are exerting yourself. You will find yourself passed out in the yard(hopefully under a tree) This is strictly second hand-- (guys talk, and you hear things ) Beer is for when you are done with the days work. The cool-down phase. Back porch, under a fan. Cold beer. Nothing better. Carry a big gun, to keep a Yankee from taking away your water/Iced tea/ cold beer The last one is a joke, sorta It is hot, deal with it. It has been a mild summer here. We have not hit 100 degrees. Where's my parka???
guzzi jon Posted August 3, 2006 Posted August 3, 2006 Where I live in San Fernando Valley, we had the highest recorded temp ever last week, 119, it had been over 110 for days, over 100 for about three weeks. The plastic newspaper stands were melting around the city... Over 120 folks died from the heat in a three week period in California.
Enzo Posted August 3, 2006 Posted August 3, 2006 Jon, That is INSANE man. Really, that is not funny. It makes you realize that SOMETHING IS GOING ON!! Man, when it is over 80 f. in Seattle I am going crazy. We like 55 and drizzle.....ah, that makes for a nice ride.
todd haven Posted August 3, 2006 Posted August 3, 2006 Where I live in San Fernando Valley, we had the highest recorded temp ever last week, 119, it had been over 110 for days, over 100 for about three weeks. The plastic newspaper stands were melting around the city... Over 120 folks died from the heat in a three week period in California. Jon, I really don't mean to come across as an ass, but I amazed by this. I understand eldery folks, locked up in their houses, afraid to go outside... happened in Chicago a few years ago. Is that who dies in this sort of thing? Community centers, churches, courthouses are used here. Busses go door to door, medical folks help the infirm. But you don't go the the friggin beach! When's the last time 120 people froze to death in Michigan or Wisconsin in a blizzard?
Steve G. Posted August 3, 2006 Posted August 3, 2006 I can understand heat, and enjoy it. Heat makes me uncomfortable in leathers in a ttraffic jamb, but, BUT, cold actually stings, it hurts, make the muscles contract in defence. Global Warming [sorry guys, I had to say it], BRING IT ON!!!!! Last weekend we rode through our little desert in B.C. here, little towns with the names Keremeos, Penticton, Osoyoos. 44 degrees celcious, which in real temperature guage translates to around 112F. Strangely, it felt ok, as it was typically popcorn dry. Out on the coast where out version of a heat wave is around 34-36C [93-96F], it hits you square in the head with 100% humidity. I'll take the desert heat any day. Tell me Todd, what's the temp around late Sept around San Antonio? I might be riding down on the Guzzi with a buddy then, the company's paying the shot. Ciao, Steve G.
mike wilson Posted August 3, 2006 Posted August 3, 2006 Jon, I really don't mean to come across as an ass, but I amazed by this. I understand eldery folks, locked up in their houses, afraid to go outside... happened in Chicago a few years ago. Is that who dies in this sort of thing? Community centers, churches, courthouses are used here. Busses go door to door, medical folks help the infirm. But you don't go the the friggin beach! When's the last time 120 people froze to death in Michigan or Wisconsin in a blizzard? When people die in weather extremes like heat, cold or high levels of pollution, it is usually the ones who were near term anyway. The infamous London smogs of the 1950s removed hundreds at a time. Then there were following periods when much fewer than usual died, until the rate evened out. Same thing was noted in the recent French heatwaves. There will be exceptions..... m
Blackkat Posted August 5, 2006 Posted August 5, 2006 But I saw news articles today of New Yorkers and East Coasters at the BEACH. You do not escape heat by going to the beach.. Todd, Normally, I would say that you are right but the water in that part of the Atlantic is so cold that a dip in the water is quite refreshing. Plus, you can escape from the most disgusting smells that one encounters while walking the streets in NYC after a few 95 to 100 degree days. Yuch. Tom
Frenchbob Posted August 5, 2006 Posted August 5, 2006 What nonsense is this? Ice in tea...........?!? You'll be suggesting we chill our beer, next, or put red wine in the freezer for a few minutes. Hot, brick-red, sweetened Yorkshire tea, out of a tea-cup, or a pint of beer served at cellar temperature: that's the way to cope with extremes of temperature, or any other untoward event, come to that [Jag breaking down on way back from dealer's, etc]. I despair, I really do: we should never have let the colonies go.
Ouiji Veck Posted August 5, 2006 Posted August 5, 2006 WTF? When it's hot DO go to the beach... The water here is maybe 70 deg. and the wind blows on the beach... Get it? And what about all the nubile tarts in the string bikinis? I spent the day Wed. on a boat...98 deg...but we were cool as cucumbers 3mi out in the Atlantic...hauling in huge fluke and giant stripers. mmmmmmm...fluke........ I remember huddled in my sleeping bag watching the 4th of July fire works over on Block Island on my sail boat a couple of years ago... The ocean here will turn you blue until August... Tarts...bikinis...playing volley ball....margaritas...giant fluke... I guess thats why all my neighbors get 1200/wk for thier cottages... because the beach sucks so much when it's hot.
Martin Barrett Posted August 5, 2006 Posted August 5, 2006 WTF? When it's hot DO go to the beach... The water here is maybe 70 deg. and the wind blows on the beach... Get it? And what about all the nubile tarts in the string bikinis? I spent the day Wed. on a boat...98 deg...but we were cool as cucumbers 3mi out in the Atlantic...hauling in huge fluke and giant stripers. mmmmmmm...fluke........ I remember huddled in my sleeping bag watching the 4th of July fire works over on Block Island on my sail boat a couple of years ago... The ocean here will turn you blue until August... Tarts...bikinis...playing volley ball....margaritas...giant fluke... I guess thats why all my neighbors get 1200/wk for thier cottages... because the beach sucks so much when it's hot. We went to the beach today a couple of hours. Skegness, it's a bit "kiss me quick" hat, but at the far end of the parade was quite quiet. Whilst was quite as hot as it has been the water was pleasently cool. Fine for us cold climate adapted persons, though the kids did start to get a bit cold after a while. I was able to swim in the surf and there was no sign of greenpeace trying to push me back to sea or Norwegians wanting to harpoon me.
todd haven Posted August 5, 2006 Posted August 5, 2006 WTF? When it's hot DO go to the beach... The water here is maybe 70 deg. and the wind blows on the beach... Get it? And what about all the nubile tarts in the string bikinis? I spent the day Wed. on a boat...98 deg...but we were cool as cucumbers 3mi out in the Atlantic...hauling in huge fluke and giant stripers. mmmmmmm...fluke........ I remember huddled in my sleeping bag watching the 4th of July fire works over on Block Island on my sail boat a couple of years ago... The ocean here will turn you blue until August... Tarts...bikinis...playing volley ball....margaritas...giant fluke... I guess thats why all my neighbors get 1200/wk for thier cottages... because the beach sucks so much when it's hot. Send some of that 70 degree water down, would ya? 1:00 pm, 8/5/2006 Observed at: Galveston, Texas Elevation: 3 ft / 1 m [Clear] 90 °F / 32 °C Clear Humidity: 59% Water temp: 86.2 F Dew Point: 73 °F / 23 °C Wind: 9 mph / 15 km/h from the SE Pressure: 29.99 in / 1016 hPa Heat Index: 98 °F / 37 °C Not my idea of a good time. Sand in the crack of yer ass, lack of shade, crowds, traffic, rip-off tourist pricing- sounds great. Oh yeah, it's friggin hot, too! Enjoy the beach, glad you like it. I'll pass. There are tarts in bikinis on the rivers in the Texas Hill Country, too. I must have missed the national headlines about the large number of heat-related deaths in Texas and the South. Declarations of "States of Emergency" because it is hot outside. Please forgive, I should know East Coasters have the answer for everything. Stupid me.
Guest SantaFeRider Posted August 5, 2006 Posted August 5, 2006 What nonsense is this? Ice in tea...........?!? You'll be suggesting we chill our beer, next, or put red wine in the freezer for a few minutes. Hot, brick-red, sweetened Yorkshire tea, out of a tea-cup, or a pint of beer served at cellar temperature: that's the way to cope with extremes of temperature, or any other untoward event, come to that [Jag breaking down on way back from dealer's, etc]. I despair, I really do: we should never have let the colonies go. Yorkshire tea? I know of Yorkshire scons, and grouse... but tea... and... do you mean you don't put ice cubes in your singlemalt???
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