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Post by The Sensational She-Hulk on Jul 14, 2016 15:33:04 GMT -5
I had to go out today for my chiropractor's appointment and holy fucking hell, it was like having a wet, hot wool blanket thrown over my whole body the second I stepped out the door. It's 94 degrees here and we're not due for a thunderstorm until at least Saturday. Fuck this fucking sweatbox weather. But that reminds me: Shulkie, what's that chub rub powder you like so much? Lush's Silky Underwear dusting powder! I hear good things about BodyGlide, too. |
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Post by SLOW on Jul 14, 2016 16:06:12 GMT -5
Fuck this fucking sweatbox weather. But that reminds me: Shulkie, what's that chub rub powder you like so much? Lush's Silky Underwear dusting powder! I hear good things about BodyGlide, too. Monistat's Chafing Relief Gel is also very good. (The active ingredient is dimethicone, so you can also use a basic makeup primer in a pinch.) |
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Post by heroboy on Jul 14, 2016 16:30:05 GMT -5
Yeap, just your average everyday snowstorm in July. Nothing to see here.
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Post by Liz n Dick on Jul 14, 2016 20:18:50 GMT -5
Fuck this fucking sweatbox weather. But that reminds me: Shulkie, what's that chub rub powder you like so much? Lush's Silky Underwear dusting powder! I hear good things about BodyGlide, too. BodyGlide is awesome! For everyday and athletic use! Don't leave home without it! |
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Jul 19, 2016 9:50:20 GMT -5
We're having a heatwave this week. It'll be our longest stretch of 90+ degree days since 2013. Friday, high of 97 with a heat index expected around 110. OOF.
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Post by Liz n Dick on Jul 19, 2016 9:59:25 GMT -5
We're having a heatwave this week. It'll be our longest stretch of 90+ degree days since 2013. Friday, high of 97 with a heat index expected around 110. OOF. And here I was about to post about how the very very very teensiest first signs of tipping past the midpoint of summer are showing -- our dogwood has its first two or three red leaves, and our sugar gum tree is dropping the odd yellow one. They're our bellweathers, so they always go first, but still.  (We've had a scorching summer, with no sign of abatement. It's not like I think fall is on the verge. Just saying that the first few indicators that it will be happening again this year are clearing their throats, is all.) |
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Post by The Sensational She-Hulk on Jul 20, 2016 8:32:03 GMT -5
Last night we had a thunderstorm that knocked out our power for several hours, which meant I used my phone as a wake-up alarm rather than my usual clock radio. I was pretty surprised when it hit, because we weren't supposed to get anything at all. I was mostly just happy nothing happened to my car, because I have it parked under a tree.
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Jul 22, 2016 16:13:34 GMT -5
It's supposed to be 98 and 97 this weekend, and in the mid to high 90s for the foreseeable future. I can't stand it. You walk out of the building and just get hit in the face with the heat and the humidity. It's killing me!
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Post by Desert Dweller on Jul 22, 2016 23:00:47 GMT -5
Hit 113 today. Supposed to be 115 tomorrow. I just spent several minutes on my electric company's website trying to calculate which would be cheaper: Staying home all day tomorrow and running the AC, or hitting a couple of movies at matinee prices.
I think running the AC is cheaper. But, the movie theatre will be colder....
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Post by Jean Luc de Lemur on Jul 23, 2016 18:04:16 GMT -5
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Post by SLOW on Jul 23, 2016 18:17:26 GMT -5
Fire season: this image has no filter: Welcome to Southern California!  |
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Post by Return of the Thin Olive Duke on Jul 23, 2016 18:34:07 GMT -5
It's not even Fire Season yet! It's supposed to still be Riot Season!
Granted, we haven't had a riot in 24 years. Thanks, Global Warming.
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Jul 23, 2016 20:30:53 GMT -5
I was looking at the Sand Fire pics on Twitter, including one of Santa Monica pier/beach, and TWBE accidentally invoked Everclear.
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Post by Liz n Dick on Jul 25, 2016 10:06:26 GMT -5
The Queen Anne's Lace is blooming all along the sides of the roads here! As sure a sign as any that we're in the tail end of summer. Going by the official calendar of stately Dick n Hisses Manor, the end of summer is actually only three weeks away. Then we enter the micro-season known as "Back To School", followed in two weeks by the next micro-season, "Baby Fall". I'm kind of sad to see it go this year, even though it's suddenly ridiculously hot out...
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Post by SLOW on Jul 26, 2016 1:47:53 GMT -5
The Queen Anne's Lace is blooming all along the sides of the roads here! As sure a sign as any that we're in the tail end of summer. Going by the official calendar of stately Dick n Hisses Manor, the end of summer is actually only three weeks away. Then we enter the micro-season known as "Back To School", followed in two weeks by the next micro-season, "Baby Fall". I'm kind of sad to see it go this year, even though it's suddenly ridiculously hot out... Man, fall cannot arrive quickly enough. I love it so much! Unfortunately, it doesn't cool off here until October.  |
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Post by pairesta on Jul 26, 2016 7:03:06 GMT -5
Well now a rain pattern has settled in and it's 60% chance of rain every day for the next 10 days. This is the Houston summer I remember.
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Post by Liz n Dick on Jul 26, 2016 9:05:38 GMT -5
Today's signs that we're in the back half of summer:
-- Bright yellow goldfinches have taken up in the garden to eat the seeds in the catnip.
-- The basic, run-of-the-mill cicadas are out now (not the asshole raucous 17-year variety), so there's a constant soundtrack of steamy August in the background.
-- I am planting carrots this weekend. (They rarely work out, but that never stops me.)
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Post by SLOW on Jul 26, 2016 17:59:32 GMT -5
Well now a rain pattern has settled in and it's 60% chance of rain every day for the next 10 days. This is the Houston summer I remember. I'd kill for some rain. Really, what kind of sacrifice would it take? |
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Post by Liz n Dick on Jul 28, 2016 10:02:15 GMT -5
Today's sign of the impending end of summer:
The sycamore leaves are turning brown and starting to drop. I mean, yes, sycamores are totally lame trees that get their leaves long after everyone else and shed them long before everyone else, BUT STILL. My walk through the stand of sycamores at the edge of the parking lot this morning was positively autumnal (ignoring that it was 82 degrees already at 9 in the morning).
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Post by dＬᵒ on Jul 29, 2016 18:19:03 GMT -5
Since Vegas only has two seasons (not-hot and deathly hot) I tend to forget about the seasonality of products. I went to get a pool skimmer since the last one disintegrated, and not only was pool stuff gone, back-to-school stuff dominated the store with Halloween decoration boxes looming on the top of the storage shelves.
Which served to remind me of how depressing and out of place Christmas is around here.
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Post by Liz n Dick on Jul 30, 2016 12:46:29 GMT -5
Since Vegas only has two seasons (not-hot and deathly hot) I tend to forget about the seasonality of products. I went to get a pool skimmer since the last one disintegrated, and not only was pool stuff gone, back-to-school stuff dominated the store with Halloween decoration boxes looming on the top of the storage shelves. Which served to remind me of how depressing and out of place Christmas is around here. The only thing I liked about Christmas in the Southwest was seeing holiday lights on the saguaros. You guys are out of the Sonoran desert, though, in Vegas, aren't you? Do you have saguaros? |
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Post by dＬᵒ on Jul 30, 2016 12:58:13 GMT -5
Since Vegas only has two seasons (not-hot and deathly hot) I tend to forget about the seasonality of products. I went to get a pool skimmer since the last one disintegrated, and not only was pool stuff gone, back-to-school stuff dominated the store with Halloween decoration boxes looming on the top of the storage shelves. Which served to remind me of how depressing and out of place Christmas is around here. The only thing I liked about Christmas in the Southwest was seeing holiday lights on the saguaros. You guys are out of the Sonoran desert, though, in Vegas, aren't you? Do you have saguaros? Only around the airport. I think the trend around the 80's to 90's was to plant them, but the really large ones are like large trees in that they're really old and have large root systems, and they're now protected (or the land is, IDK). But the big problem is that in the winter it will occasionally dip below freezing, and saguaros are temp sensitive. So come November the ones around the airport get wrapped up in blankets which makes me irrationally happy at the cuteness of it. Now there's other cactus that are frost or even freeze resistant (had plenty around my house in Utah), but they're small and not dramatic looking. |
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Post by Liz n Dick on Jul 30, 2016 13:01:08 GMT -5
<abbr class="time" title="Jul 30, 2016 13:58:13 GMT -4" data-timestamp="1469901493000">Jul 30, 2016 13:58:13 GMT -4</abbr> ＤＬΘ said: Only around the airport. I think the trend around the 80's to 90's was to plant them, but the really large ones are like large trees in that they're really old and have large root systems, and they're now protected (or the land is, IDK). But the big problem is that in the winter it will occasionally dip below freezing, and saguaros are temp sensitive. So come November the ones around the airport get wrapped up in blankets which makes me irrationally happy at the cuteness of it. Now there's other cactus that are frost or even freeze resistant (had plenty around my house in Utah), but they're small and not dramatic looking. Awwww! Saguaros being all bundled-up and tucked into bed for the winter! That's ADORABLE! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2016 13:19:02 GMT -5
Have to march to and from schoolhouse on base in full ABU's in a Mississippi summer next to a beach which makes humidity worse. Yay!
There are mornings where we do pt at 0445, and it is already in the 80s and the sun isn't out.
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Post by Desert Dweller on Jul 31, 2016 0:02:04 GMT -5
The Queen Anne's Lace is blooming all along the sides of the roads here! As sure a sign as any that we're in the tail end of summer. Going by the official calendar of stately Dick n Hisses Manor, the end of summer is actually only three weeks away. Then we enter the micro-season known as "Back To School", followed in two weeks by the next micro-season, "Baby Fall". I'm kind of sad to see it go this year, even though it's suddenly ridiculously hot out... Man, fall cannot arrive quickly enough. I love it so much! Unfortunately, it doesn't cool off here until October. I find it adorable that people have "micro-seasons". Awwww! We have two seasons. "Really hot" and "pleasantly warm". It doesn't "cool off" until November here. |
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Post by SLOW on Jul 31, 2016 0:39:56 GMT -5
Man, fall cannot arrive quickly enough. I love it so much! Unfortunately, it doesn't cool off here until October. I find it adorable that people have "micro-seasons". Awwww! We have two seasons. "Really hot" and "pleasantly warm". It doesn't "cool off" until November here. I'm hoping this recent brutal heat wave will be our last, but I'm not holding my breath... |
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Jul 31, 2016 10:18:05 GMT -5
I find it adorable that people have "micro-seasons". Awwww! We have two seasons. "Really hot" and "pleasantly warm". It doesn't "cool off" until November here. I'm hoping this recent brutal heat wave will be our last, but I'm not holding my breath... I think it's usually cooler here (NC) in August, based on my admittedly limited experience. I absolutely cannot wait - this is the hottest summer I've lived through here. |
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Post by Liz n Dick on Aug 1, 2016 10:06:31 GMT -5
I find it adorable that people have "micro-seasons". Awwww! We have two seasons. "Really hot" and "pleasantly warm". It doesn't "cool off" until November here. We don't actually have micro-seasons. They're designations we invented at stately Dick n Hisses Manor to make the interminable wait for Fall seem that much shorter. Mind over matter! If you can tell yourself that summer's over on August 15, because now it's "Back To School", then you're winning, right? |
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Aug 1, 2016 16:08:56 GMT -5
I think I'm having heatsroke.
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Post by pairesta on Aug 2, 2016 7:55:41 GMT -5
If we didn't have September, and the start of the Best Times, waiting at the other end of it, August would be the worst month of the year. All the cool summer stuff is over, the movies suck, you're just waiting for school to start and GET THE KIDS THE FUCK OUT OF THE HOUSE YOU'VE WATCHED TV FOR 9 HOURS TODAY
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