It's all a load of Cannonballs in here! This is the virtual Arsenal pub where you can chat about anything except football. Be warned though, like any pub, the content may not always be suitable for everyone.
QuartzGooner
Posts: 14474 Joined: Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:49 pm
Location: London
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by QuartzGooner » Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:50 pm
Not 50 degrees!
It is all about what you are set up for.
I was in Israel and it was 37 and it was great, the buildings there are made for the heat.
Here though, so much concrete in London, it can be humid even when it is only about 17.
Anything over 25 in London is really uncomfortable.
The tube?
Get on the Bakerloo Line and you just start sweating, really nasty.
flash gunner
Posts: 29243 Joined: Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:55 am
Location: Armchairsville. FACT.
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by flash gunner » Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:36 am
Im fucking sick of the winter id love some of that sun over here RaM
SPUDMASHER
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by SPUDMASHER » Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:10 pm
I was in Cyprus two years ago when it hit 46.
Fucking marvellous, especially if all you need to do is make your way from the patio to the pool every hour or so.
Was a bastard trying to sleep at night though
olgitgooner
Posts: 7431 Joined: Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:39 am
Location: Brexitland
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by olgitgooner » Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:43 pm
RAM, I'd take your 40 to 50 degrees.
As long as there is a swimming pool, and a plentiful supply of cold lager.
RaM
Posts: 4622 Joined: Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:55 am
Location: Sydney
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by RaM » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:16 am
But swimming doesn't help...because where there is water there is sun...and sunburn...
A well air-conditioned house is the best way to go.
olgitgooner
Posts: 7431 Joined: Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:39 am
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by olgitgooner » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:33 pm
I was thinking along the lines of.....
...quick dip in the pool, to cool off, then straight under the sunshade, then straight into a cold lager. Repeat as required
SWLGooner
Posts: 10483 Joined: Sun Dec 09, 2007 5:58 pm
Location: Islington Town Hall, applauding the fourth place trophy.
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by SWLGooner » Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:11 pm
OH yes.. ...that's my day in Hilton Head and Sea Island in Georgiia in the summer. Except replace beer with cream soda/Coke/rootbeer.
RaM
Posts: 4622 Joined: Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:55 am
Location: Sydney
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by RaM » Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:58 pm
Bad side to the weather...worst bushfire conditions in the country's history this weekend.
Victoria took it worst. Last I heard the death count is in the 80's but they think it will eclipse 100. Plus 700 homes have been destroyed so far.
And at the same time, up north in Queensland, there are torrential rains and massive floods.
olgitgooner
Posts: 7431 Joined: Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:39 am
Location: Brexitland
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by olgitgooner » Sun Feb 08, 2009 3:41 pm
Shit.
That's terrible about the bush fires.
Any deaths with the floods in Queensland?
QuartzGooner
Posts: 14474 Joined: Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:49 pm
Location: London
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by QuartzGooner » Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:17 pm
Are you safe RAM?
The deaths were in the news today, looks very scary.
RaM
Posts: 4622 Joined: Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:55 am
Location: Sydney
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by RaM » Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:30 am
Yes I'm safe, the main fire threats are pretty far away from me. NSW was lucky I suppose, nothing developed into anything too dangerous. But it only takes one spark...
I haven't heard anything about deaths due to the floods, but I do know one 5 year old is missing up there, last seen near an overflowing lake. They think he was taken by a crocodile.