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I've had 3 people already tell me it's too hot & "the garden could do with some rain"
It's days like these that all those grotty commutes in rain/snow/wind are for embrace & make the most of it
Give me snow and cool temps any day of the week 🙂
Anything over 20 degrees and I cease to function in a meaningful manner
Ridden in. Can't. Stop. Sweating. (not complaining though)
Love it, I'm good for nothing in this heat.. but wgaf.. 8)
It'll be cold and wet soon enough.
Also I [i]liberated[/i] a 6KW air con system from a car showroom when it closed and was being demolished, and fitted it in the bedroom, so sleepings not a problem
I can't sleep, it's too warm 😀
It's too hot to have an argument about it...
I'm just annoyed as I have to go into the office for a meeting. Today's the sort of day to be working from home, sat in the garden!
just rode 12 miles to work, mostly downhill. it was lovely.
I might be complaining about the heat on the ride back to the car about 5pm...
Couldn't agree more 😀
I would agree if it was months of hot weather, but it's only a few days. Enjoy it while it lasts.
I'm going to see how long I can make it through the day before I open the cold Cobras and Aspalls in the fridge.
A breakfast beer is wrong isn't it?
One benefit of getting old .... (the only other being cheap car insurance)
I don't get as nearly as hot as I used too.
Sweating was kept to minimum on the train home and I slept like a baby last night.
They'll probably collect my desiccated corpse from somewhere around Malham Tarn later on today. I don't cope well with heat...
Already been to the shops to get supplies, popped some beers in the fridge and am finishing early so I can do a family BBQ this evening.
I can't wait - it feels like a mini weekend.
A breakfast beer is wrong isn't it?
Only if you're going to work afterwards, otherwise crack on..
Normally I'd be with you on this but I've had about 3 hours sleep because our baby has been up all night suffering with the heat. Bring back the cloud and drizzle!
Sick of all the incessant heat updates . New thread?
first and probably last day of summer in Glasgow today !
Im kind of torn, yes it is hot, but it feels worse because its come so quickly, so our bodies haven't got the chance to acclimatise to it.
This means that its bloody hot at work and in bed. However, a walk and a paddle down the beach after tea last night was just wonderful.
Im off to that london for a couple of days tonight. 😕
A breakfast beer is wrong isn't it?
Only if you're going to work afterwards, otherwise crack on..
depends what you do for [url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-36832625 ]work[/url]
iainc - Memberfirst and probably last day of summer in Glasgow today !
In 2016 summer was on a Tuesday.....
I'm making the most of it...it won't be here for long!!
Im kind of torn, yes it is hot, but it feels worse because its come so quickly, so our bodies haven't got the chance to acclimatise to it.
Just excuses, try doing winter to summer overnight a few times its just people liking a whinge
Facebook status' about the heat met with derision from people in Oz laughing with smug emoji grins in a 'call that hot' stylee. gtfoh!
Nothing wrong with saying it's too hot for you - a subjective observation after all - if you're a person that feels the heat not the cold. But what's with these bellends that don't like it when it's warm or cool? Are they all Goldilocks or something?
I don't mind the heat....but then I am off this week, so imagine it would be rubbish if sweating balls at work.
The best bit about really hot days is the long cool evenings.
If anyone moans about it being too hot, then you simply have to quote Peter Kaye at them....
"Shut the **** up and have a Solero!" 😀
I can't see why you'd want to be colder than it was yesterday. Went for a run this morning and it was glorious. I remember when I lived in Oz you had this almost every day and enjoyed it, then it rained once a month and it was so unusual no one went out with a rain coat because it felt so nice. That's the way to live.
I think it is because the British are miserable and like to complain. I for one don't like how miserable we Brits are and think something should be fine about it.
Indeed.
50 weeks of the year: "It's too cold / wet / miserable."
2 weeks of the year: "It's too hot / we're not used to it."
There's no pleasing people.
first and probably last day of summer in Glasgow today !
Does that mean there may be some dust available at Mugdock? 😉 🙂
I think term time is one week too long. Having to deal with 28 x 8 year olds who are bored of school, tired and too hot. They should be with their parents for the summer holidays by now and I should be with my bike or by a pool!
Not moaning about the heat, moaning about having to be hear while it is hot!
Not moaning about the heat, moaning about having to be hear while it is hot!
are you a teacher? 😕
Does that mean there may be some dust available at Mugdock?
TBH I reckon it will still be a bit muddy today given recent rain !
Can't get out tonight, but planning tomorrow, by which time it will likely be flooded again ....
ridden in, a hot sweaty 10 miles.
no stood in front of a big fan in my shorts, no top, looking like a big sweaty silverback gorilla......... 😆
Thanks for that mental image ^ pass the mind-bleach someone.
Well I've been sat in the garden now for half an hour, just in shorts and I'm just a head to toe pile of sweat. At 9am!!
I do feel sorry for folk working in this.
Lovely out now for the school walk-in. A few hours of work, then a lunch ride. Love these conditions - going to be fast, fast, fast! Got a new Barzo on the front too that needs a decent test. Then more work followed by a kids trip to the lido. This is what working days in the summer are all about.
Love hot summer days. Unfortunately I'm stuck in the office so need to maximise the opportunities. Up at 06:00 for a 6K run then planning a late evening ride arriving home just as it goes dark.
I'm perfectly climate-adapted for Scotland so the last couple of days have killed me... Can't sleep, can't think. We'd better get an epic thunderstorm out of it
stood in front of a big fan in my shorts, no top, looking like a big sweaty silverback gorilla.
I wasn't hot before but I am now.
Too hot for me. Anything above 23 is too hot. Left all curtains closed today. He thinks it's too much too...
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Lovely. As others have said makes all the cold wet commutes worth it. Cycled in today, followed by a cold shower. Looking forward to taking the long way home via the Peak District and probably sweating a bucket load.
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Have you got heat stroke Ben?
🙂
Clearly. Obviously that's what we all do. No fool has hot innertubes.
(wtf? what's that about then? Run out of storage?)
Best night's sleep for a long time lastnight.
Previously too warm for the duvet, too cold sans duvet.
Too lazy to strip duvet from cover and just use cover.
Well I worked from 8am till 2am this morning in a roasting hot flour mill wearing flame retardant clothing hat & hairnet, trying to sort a PLC control system out that is located in some very hot electrical panels & heat was the issue 50degC in there
So I found sleeping easy (once I got home) as it seemed almost cold compared to the mill.
Back in and sweating now though 🙁
'Oh, it's too warm'
'There's warm and there's warm'
'I like it warm but I don't like it this warm'Have a Solero and shut the **** up will you!
-Peter Kay
Love riding the Motorbike into work in this weather instead of being in the car but as soon as you've had to slow down or waiting at traffic lights it's boil in a bag time. Still won't stop me taking the very long way home tonight 🙂
I've just given the two blokes from British Gas who are digging multiple holes in the road outside a can of coke each.
They look to be suffering and it's barely mid morning.
[i]Well I worked from 8am till 2am this morning in a roasting hot flour mill wearing flame retardant clothing hat & hairnet, trying to sort a PLC control system out that is located in some very hot electrical panels & heat was the issue 50degC in there
So I found sleeping easy (once I got home) as it seemed almost cold compared to the mill.[/i]
perfect opportunity for a 'there's trouble at t'mill' post and you missed it!
My enforced 'holiday' after quitting my job means today will be a picnic lunch at the top of a hill in the village which gives me views over the Cotswolds and Malvern. Then a brisk walk to the pub at the bottom of the hill.
Girl at work has switched the air con off as its too cold and opened a window as 'it's better air'. Our window is directly above the smokers shelter.
Office is now sweltering and stinks. Suggestions to chance are met with tantrums
BBC forecast says it's gonna cool down tomorrow...
(Also says Pollen count: "Low to Very High" - that's accurate! isn't that applicable every day? 😆 )
Give me snow and cool temps any day of the weekAnything over 20 degrees and I cease to function in a meaningful manner
+ 1.
wwaswas - Member
perfect opportunity for a 'there's trouble at t'mill' post and you missed it!
Sorry its the heat 😉
"There's still trouble at t'mill" but spending money on PLC spares is sorting it.
It's even hotter in there today though "I'm going to melt"
Bloke I ride with fixes the boiler/heat exchangers etc at a power station.
"It was at 1000 degrees inside so we had to wait for it to cool down a bit before we could climb in and fix it"
[quote=tomhoward ]Girl at work has switched the air con off as its too cold and opened a window as 'it's better air'. Our window is directly above the smokers shelter.
Office is now sweltering and stinks. Suggestions to chance are met with tantrums
you could have the aircon on, windows open approach. which usually means water starts pouring out of the aircon shortly and it packs up as it tries heriocally to air condition the rest of the world....
Girl at work has switched the air con off as its too cold
I sympathise with that - I'm chuffing freezing!
Sat in my little single-person office with my fleece on because the centrally-controlled air con is running full tilt trying to cool down the other offices that have big sunny windows.
Girl at work has switched the air con off as its too cold and opened a window as 'it's better air' [b](she's not wrong)[/b]. Our window is directly above the smokers shelter [b](ban smoking there then)[/b].Office is now sweltering and stinks. Suggestions to chance are met with tantrums [b](I have the perfect solution for you, but lead times are about 8 weeks, think about it for next year... Or not.)[/b]
As pointed out, set point cooling and poor designed systems are crap.
😀
Due to summer hols / paternity leave, I'm the only one in my office this week, so no arguments over the aircon settings.....
It's chuffing glorious here in west London.
Everyone has slowed down a bit. Everyone seems happy. I love it! 😀
I'll add another grumble, I've 'ginger' skin and I burn to crisp in sunlight. I'm out in town but as I've had to stay with my dad I'd no choice of wardrobe so I'm exposed!
Lobster anyone?
[quote=metalheart ]I'll add another grumble, I've 'ginger' skin and I burn to crisp in sunlight. I'm out in town but as I've had to stay with my dad I'd no choice of wardrobe so I'm exposed!
Lobster anyone?
P20, factor 50. put some on in the morning. sorted for the day.
@jam bo this is the exact approach I'm taking. I expect there to be a tornado/localised thunder and lightening in the office soon
Yeah, normally I'd be doing just that. But I'm not at home....
And I'd be wearing a long sleeve shirt (with a collar)
And it'd definitely be factor 50! Did I mention the 'ginger' skin....? 😳
Just realised that I need to pop out of the office and get some lunch.
Probably a good time to put some trousers on.
My name's poltheball and I'm a heat moaner.
Disgustingly hot here (ginger Scotsman in a non airconditioned office underneath a skylight that's focussing the sunlight to melt my skin).
Going home at 3, can't hack this heat. The ride home is like biking through a sauna to me (probably fine to everyone else, I'm ginger remember).
[url= http://www.medicaldaily.com/8-ways-having-red-hair-affects-persons-health-pain-sex-348198 ]Probably very unscientific link that proves I'm suffering more than you[/url]
Ah well, home and a cold beer in a hammock up a tree beckons, possibly with some bike fiddling chucked in for good measure. Could be worse!
Our neighbours once left their ginger in the conservatory, they "only popped for 10 mins". Tragic.
Not a bad spot for a picnic
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Supposed to be at a meeting tonight to discuss the village Christmas lights.
Already I've forgotten all about it.
I could give details of the epic ride I shall do tonight but it's going to be 3 miles straight home and beer in the garden.
I love the summer.
#sunsouthunzout 😈
Pah - I sacked off my planned lunch ride. Over-run work stuff.
No doubt my next ride slot will be raining.
Pah - double post
Im a fussy so and so, I need bright days to combat the Seasonal Affective Disorder I've had for ~20 years, but I start to suffer once the temp raises above ~18C.
It's 30C here in Southampton, still got a bit of work to do and I'm melting badly!
Bring on the mild sunny days in the teens!
Just back from a lunch time snooze on one of the scarce little patches of green in the City.
First time this year !! .... I've napped in April before and my fav tree.
T-shirt, jeans, shoes off and my jumper as a pillow
Perfect temp
Long may it continue
Just back in from an very easy-paced ride over to Settle. Only a bit of a sweaty mess. Don't know how people ride XC in hot countries...
Theoretically speaking I can do whatever I like today, but have chosen to sit indoors working..
When the other half finishes work we'll be cycling over to the next town for a dip in the sea (the water is cleaner at the beach there)
Last night's dip was plagued with Compass jellyfish.. Their sting isn't too bad though, kinda like a sharper more exquisite nettle rash.. Saw lots of big Barrel jellies too
+1 to the others that melt above 20 degrees, much prefer cooler autumn days and winter (including rain and wind) to this.
I do a physical job outside in protective gear all year round, anything over 15 degrees is too hot most of the time! Thank God I've got today off but riding back home from my night shift this morning was too warm even. 20 degrees at 6am 😯 Well over 30 right now, was planning a bimble down to the Bay but might give it a miss...
Had a few texts from colleagues and two have already succumbed to heatstroke, temps in the works vehicles are well over 50. Please let it be cooler for the rest of the week 😐