KiwiScot 1,450 Posted July 18, 2022 The body beautiful on wide display up here in Glasgow. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,780 Posted July 18, 2022 Why are people out jogging?? Loons!! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wings of a Sparrow 1,419 Posted July 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, Herman said: Why are people out jogging?? Loons!! Look at me! Look at me! W*nkers. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonyc 5,529 Posted July 18, 2022 13 minutes ago, Herman said: Why are people out jogging?? Loons!! Joggers versus Loons! (Have to admit here I bought a pair of black loons in about 1976 (time of the hot summer). Loved them. Even though they had no pockets. But for a couple of quid... brilliant). Anyone else care to admit they had some? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,780 Posted July 18, 2022 Oh for a lock-up full of that Adidas clobber. We'll be millionaires. (Well a bit better off anyway.) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,742 Posted July 18, 2022 29 minutes ago, Herman said: Why are people out jogging?? Loons!! Half the crackheads in my area walking around with nothing but shorts or underwear on burnt as red as a lobster while downing can after can. It's quite a sight Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,780 Posted July 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said: Half the crackheads in my area walking around with nothing but shorts or underwear on burnt as red as a lobster while downing can after can. It's quite a sight Crackheads?! I thought you were all posh in Cambridgeshire.😉 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheGunnShow 5,940 Posted July 18, 2022 *one unhappy TGS thinks "I shouldda stayed on Svalbard, the Faroes, or the Aland Islands a bit longer...* 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erraticus 55 Posted July 18, 2022 4 hours ago, Herman said: Maybe they have a very valid point and should have been listened to a long time ago. Anyway, to the catastrophists. Yes, we know it's dangerously hot and how to behave in such weather. To the kippers. No, we're not a nation of snowflakes. It is ****ing dangerously hot. Well done, Herman, this wasn't copied and pasted from Twitter so I suppose it must almost be an original thought. I cannot believe how pathetic this country and media have become. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,780 Posted July 18, 2022 1 minute ago, Erraticus said: Well done, Herman, this wasn't copied and pasted from Twitter so I suppose it must almost be an original thought. I cannot believe how pathetic this country and media have become. Who the **** are you?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,395 Posted July 18, 2022 200c in my oven Surely a record. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Surfer 1,547 Posted July 18, 2022 Rum old world when Norwich is 20 deg F hotter than Southern California. Maybe time to move back? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted July 18, 2022 We love a good weather crisis. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erraticus 55 Posted July 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Herman said: Who the **** are you?? Sorry, Herman. In answer to your enquiry, which I must say was very succint* and reasonably posited (I think that's the word to use these days), I am someone who browses the PinkUn message boards from time to time but rarely bothers posting a comment or an opinion. Over the months and years spanning my infrequent visits to the Non-Football message board, I have to say that, of the small brotherhood of good ole boys on there, you seem to be the one that relies quite heavily on a quick copy from Twitter and paste onto the message board. I have reflected and I really don't know what got into me posting that comment. It clearly angered you and I apologise if I you have taken offence. I can only claim the mitigating circumstance of the heat and I assume that I must have suffered a brief dose of heat stroke or, more simply perhaps, I am a little bored and thought it might be fun to poke you with a stick (metaphorically of course) and see what response that might eventuate. It was very random and it seems to have worked but I realise now that I was being quite immature. * unlike my response ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Apples 1,320 Posted July 18, 2022 2 hours ago, KiwiScot said: The body beautiful on wide display up here in Glasgow. The good old tradition of taps aff. 😂 Apples 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KernowCanary 214 Posted July 18, 2022 7 hours ago, littleyellowbirdie said: It's very British to comment on the weather all of the time, but staging major demonstrations about the weather takes it to the next level! I avoid that British stereotype and simply don’t comment on the weather, let alone start on someone for jumping a line as we are supposed to be the “inventors” of queuing. The idea comes from standing in a line after finishing a days work getting a clock card punched apparently. As for the demonstrations, that’s just really pathetic. I’m surprised no one has said “We should have listened to Greta Thurnberg”. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Essjayess 307 Posted July 18, 2022 22 hours ago, cambridgeshire canary said: How are you staying cool as the country gets ready to melt in 40+? Not seen anywhere record quite as high as that yet...Kew Gardens has the highest so far at 37.5 along with Cavendish, so touch and go if Cambridge record of 38.7 will be beaten today. Norwich highest of 35.6 (96.1) back in 1932 must be in danger of being broken i imagine. But, wherever you live...It Aint Half Hot Mum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,780 Posted July 18, 2022 Yes, I am very hot and irascible @Erraticus.Also it is how I post. Sorry you don't like my way of doing things but that is life. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Virtual reality 712 Posted July 18, 2022 Kept the windows and curtains closed all day and came home from work to a very manageable temperature 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,395 Posted July 18, 2022 BBC seem disappointed the record wasn't broken. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted July 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, ricardo said: BBC seem disappointed the record wasn't broken. The PM could always lie about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonyc 5,529 Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) Read about a tip today I had not seen before. If you have a hatch that goes into a loft space and you leave it open, the hot air rises up from any build up in the house and goes into the roof space - the article suggested it lowers the temperature in the rest of the house by a good couple of degrees. Which might make a difference later at night. It makes sense but I've not tried it. I guess it's the same if you have an attic with windows you can open too. Edited July 18, 2022 by sonyc 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Surfer 1,547 Posted July 18, 2022 Don't do that during the day though... 🥵 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Surfer 1,547 Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) Tips from Texas where it gets 40C hot frequently. Assuming your house has no A/C, just fill your bathtub with cold water, wet a towel and place it over your shoulder and spend a while in the bathroom as needed - the cold water will keep that room cooler than others. And tape aluminum baking foil on south / west facing widows if they are exposed to direct sunlight. Edited July 18, 2022 by Surfer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Van wink 2,994 Posted July 18, 2022 10 hours ago, keelansgrandad said: Luckily Cornish granite houses are cool and I can pop out into the garden and pop back every now and then. Having lunch now. Cream Crackers as I can't bear the thought of anything heavier. Bathing in Radon 😉 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlands Yellow 3,995 Posted July 18, 2022 We’re allowed to work naked tomorrow for one day only, Good old NHS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,780 Posted July 19, 2022 8 hours ago, sonyc said: Read about a tip today I had not seen before. If you have a hatch that goes into a loft space and you leave it open, the hot air rises up from any build up in the house and goes into the roof space - the article suggested it lowers the temperature in the rest of the house by a good couple of degrees. Which might make a difference later at night. It makes sense but I've not tried it. I guess it's the same if you have an attic with windows you can open too. I'll experiment with this later on. Upstairs is pretty much unlivable at the moment so every little tip will help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,780 Posted July 19, 2022 One for Barbe and Erraticus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KernowCanary 214 Posted July 19, 2022 The way the BBC News Live update on their website keeps going on about this is really getting on my t*ts. It’s like a website for a kids program, not the news. “A woman from Germany took an umbrella because she thought it was going to rain”, followed by a picture of her holding the umbrella above her head. Not newsworthy at all, that’s me done with the Tory BBC. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheGunnShow 5,940 Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, sonyc said: Read about a tip today I had not seen before. If you have a hatch that goes into a loft space and you leave it open, the hot air rises up from any build up in the house and goes into the roof space - the article suggested it lowers the temperature in the rest of the house by a good couple of degrees. Which might make a difference later at night. It makes sense but I've not tried it. I guess it's the same if you have an attic with windows you can open too. Makes perfect sense. I live in an apartment in a converted mill and we have an atrium in the middle where the floors were basically cut out and much of the roof is now glass. Apart from smoke vents, none of the panes open. The bottom floor is always at a good temperature regardless of how hot it is outside. The top floor, when the windows are closed, is oppressive and the lift often malfunctions due to such heat being amplified. Technically we're not allowed to open the smoke vents, but when I pointed out we'll probably save a lot of money on lift maintenance call-outs if we cool the atrium down, the management company acquiesced and let us do so. Edited July 19, 2022 by TheGunnShow 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
