How hot is it? It's so hot that....

See You Next Wednesday · Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:17 pm

...I saw a dog chasing a cat, and both were walking.

...people are spilling McDonald's coffee on their laps to get some relief.

What'ya got?

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:30 pm

"So hot today down in Washington, D.C., President Bush said, 'Maybe there is something to this global warming shit.'." (Letterman)

"When it gets hot, so hot you can't stand it and the steam is rising from your scalp, do you worry about global warming? Well, George Bush is now also worried about global warming, but he has a plan. He's going to invade the sun." (Letterman)

PrimeX · Post by **PrimeX** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:53 pm

It's so hot the trees are whistling for the dogs.

JCT · Post by **JCT** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:54 pm

You mean it gets really hot in July?

socal · Post by **socal** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:01 pm

Sorry to go Cut 'n Pastie...

40 Siberians melt.
50 Scandinavians sweat.
70 Alaskans declare record heatwave. Californians rise from hibernation.
80 Canadians turn on the air conditioning full blast. Arizona residents stop shivering.
90 Death Valley residents awaken. Scandinavians go underground.
100 British start sacrificing goats to make the sun go away. Californians finally turn off the heaters.
105 Texans drink coffee. Alaskans melt.
110 Arabians awaken and thaw. Canadians weep. New Yorkers burst open street fire hydrants.
120 Australians notice the sun is out. All Europeans and Canadians spontaneously combust.
130 Too hot to think. Texans and Californians undo top button. Antarctica is gone, polar bears extinct.
150 Miami residents put on sunglasses. Texans turn on the fan.
200 Arizona children amuse themselves by dropping eggs on sidewalk and giggle while they fry.
212 Water Boils. Death Valley residents put on deodorant.
327 Lead Boils. Okies notice it is warm out.
345 Saharans comment that the sand is a little stingy today.
400 Camels die.
2000 Nuclear blast nominal yield.

Cicero · Post by **Cicero** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:29 pm

JCT wrote:You mean it gets really hot in July?

hehe

the_ouskull · Post by **the_ouskull** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:22 pm

327 Lead Boils. Okies notice it is warm out.

So true.

Sin,
109 yesterday.

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:30 am

when I moved here--a lot of folks in CNY
were admonishing me that it would be so
hot in SW FL that I wouldn't like it--
they were right--- it was 87º today and
I hated it so much I went for a swim in my pool !!

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Jul 21, 2006 3:16 am

Wolfman wrote:when I moved here--a lot of folks in CNY
were admonishing me that it would be so
hot in SW FL that I wouldn't like it--
they were right--- it was 87º today and
I hated it so much I went for a swim in my pool !!

Damn, I swear this guy can literally take ANY thread and find a way to reference CNY, SW FL, and his pool all in one "take".

Gare-own-teed, every single time.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 3:25 am

It's so hot here, the frogs climbed into the trees and started chirping like cicadas.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:45 pm

Its so hot that they don't expect to have my power back on until Monday and that fucking sucks monkey red rocket. Fucking brick houses act like ovens holding in the heat. I've taken four cold baths in the past 24 hours just to cool off. I'm calling up Bill Walton to see if I can borrow a tent.

Got three streets in my neighborhood blocked off due to fallen trees. Since Wednesday night. Still.

Currently at work unshaven. I'm thinking about going out to see crap movies like Pirates of the Carribean just for the Air Conditioning.

Headhunter · Post by **Headhunter** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:27 pm

Bace, Check Here. I'm pretty sure they have the lights on for you. AC too.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:29 pm

If I need a hotel room for under $200, I'd have to drive 50 minutes.

I crashed at my Mommy and Daddy's house.

Sky · Post by **Sky** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:47 pm

War Wagon wrote:It's so hot here, the frogs climbed into the trees and started chirping like cicadas.

Oh, that was really funny, good one

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:05 pm

Bizzarofelice wrote:Got three streets in my neighborhood blocked off due to fallen trees. Since Wednesday night. Still.

You are joking, right?

Believe it or not, 'round these parts, we've been known to have a tree or two. Sometimes in WINTER when the heavy storms roll through(WTF is up with storms in summer?), them big 'ol trees topple on an occasion.

And that gives city/utility crews a handful. So, when there's a tree down across our street...check this out...we get out there with a fucking chainsaw and get it out of the street.

Yeah, novel fucking concept, eh?

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:46 pm

Dinsdale wrote:(WTF is up with storms in summer?)

#1. Surely, dinser's aware of convection and latent heat and how both are so predominant during the spring/summer months. I mean, this is DINS we're talking about. [dins]Tell me you knew.[/dins]

So, when there's a tree down across our street...check this out...we get out there with a fucking chainsaw and get it out of the street.

Yeah, novel fucking concept, eh?

#2. I'm sure in the 314, the only trees down are the ones on 'zarros' street.
But again, as usual, [dins]bode U&L.[/dins]

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:53 pm

Ken wrote:#1. Surely, dinser's aware of convection and latent heat and how both are so predominant during the spring/summer months.

I guess I'm casually aware...it just boggles my mind that people would actually live in such places.

Storms are for winter.

#2. I'm sure in the 314, the only trees down are the ones on 'zarros' street.

OK, you're not catching on.

Yes, I assume the downed trees haven't been dealt with because there are many for the city/municipal crews to deal with.

That was kinda my point -- 'round these parts, if the street is blocked, you don't wait for the city crew to come clear it for you, you get out a freaking saw and do it yourself. Just like we keep our own storm drains cleared, rather than waiting for the city to do it, so the street doesn't flood in the fall.

I'm actually suprised to hear that someone would stay trapped in their house while waiting for the city to show up at its earliest convenience.

Plus, you get free firewood that way, close to home. Win/win.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:04 pm

I have chainsaw and chainsaw's cousin, chainsaw-on-a-stick.

What I don't have is any interest in messing with trees that are currently leaning or tangled up in power lines.

I know U&L is so awesome that when a tree hits the power line, the tree wills itself into grounding the electricity so that all are safe. For those trees with weak wills, people like Dins go out there with chainsaws and Darwin works his magic. Circle of life.

Wind wasn't really that strong anyway Wednesday night:
http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a57/bi ... gRedux.flv

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:13 pm

Bizzarofelice wrote:chainsaw-on-a-stick.

There's no finer way to prune a tree when you're really drunk than chainsaw-on-a-stick.

I know U&L is so awesome that when a tree hits the power line, the tree wills itself into grounding the electricity so that all are safe.

The U&L is so awesome, we actually keep anough crews on staff that anytime there's a live powerline down, it's dealt with very quickly. Then again, in winter (when storms are supposed to happen), it's such a regular occurance here(probably 10 days like that last winter), there's probably a lot more infrastructure to handle it...just a guess.

Unless you live deep in the woods...then you're fairly fucked. In the city....you rarely have to wait more than a couplefew hours before they've at least got the powerline out of the road and out of the trees.

You people are weird.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:13 pm

War Wagon wrote:It's so hot here, I punched another hole in my wall to get betterer air condishining.

ftfy

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:14 pm

Bizzarofelice wrote: http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a57/bi ... gRedux.flv

That's fairly fucking awesome-btw.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:15 pm

Dinsdale wrote:The U&L is so awesome, we actually keep anough crews on staff that anytime there's a live powerline down, it's dealt with very quickly.

I have a hard time believing that Enron would be so customer driven.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:15 pm

Oh, and on topic --

It ain't exactly cold here either these last coupla days. Mr. Onshore Flow has forsaken us.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:18 pm

BSmack wrote: I have a hard time believing that Enron would be so customer driven.

I've done my best not to keep up, but I don't think Enron owns our juice anymore.

They didn't run the show, regardless. They just stole the money, and left the rest autonomous. Probably good thing, since a big inland storm is a pretty serious deal. Getting stuck like the stuation Bace is in that I'm making light of, fucking suxorz.

But hey, on the bright side, that refrigerator always smells pretty tasty when you get the power back.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:23 pm

Dinsdale wrote: The U&L is so awesome, we actually keep anough crews on staff that anytime there's a live powerline down, it's dealt with very quickly.

520,000 people without power on the hottest day of the year.

Does U&L keep enough people on staff to get 520,000 people back up and running in a day? People have been brought in from other electric companies to help.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:30 pm

Dinsdale wrote:
Bizzarofelice wrote: http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a57/bi ... gRedux.flv

That's fairly fucking awesome-btw.

Concur

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:31 pm

Bizzarofelice wrote:Does U&L keep enough people on staff to get 520,000 people back up and running in a day?

No.

But, all of the major lines get fixed within hours, the ones left in the cold(that stuff only happens in winter here, literally unheard of spring through fall) are people in places where they're "in a corner" of the grid. For instance, if a downed line is only affecting 2-3 homes, and poses no safety risk, then those folks might be SOL for a couple of days when it gets that bad.

When 7-digits worth of people lost power with the massive storms of 95-96, a friend waited over a week, but it was only his house without power on his block. Mine was out for less than 6 hours, but I lived in a heavily populated area at the time. Then again, the offending line at my place was laying in the street, which I'm sure bumped the priority level...well, that and one of my tweeker neighbors nominated himself to be the neighborhood traffic cop, who took it upon himself to try and stop us folks across the street from getting into our driveway, which promptly earned him an asskicking from my next door neighbor, so I think the cops wanted our little slice of white-trash heaven dealt with ASAP.

Good times.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:32 pm

Bizzarofelice wrote:Does U&L keep enough people on staff to get 520,000 people back up and running in a day?

I don't think the busloads from Vegas have arrived yet.

Q, West Coast Style · Post by **Q, West Coast Style** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:32 pm

Still relatively cool where I live. A bit breezy though.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:43 pm

Q, West Coast Style wrote:Still relatively cool where I live. A bit breezy though.

You live in Bandon, Q?

Or the Greater Coos Bay Area in general?

I did not know this. Haven't been to your neck of the woods in a few years. Freaking love it there. If there was any money to be had, I could easily live there...I'm allowed, right? I mean, I am an Oregon native and whatnot.

Neat part of the world.

Q, West Coast Style · Post by **Q, West Coast Style** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:49 pm

Dinsdale wrote:
Q, West Coast Style wrote:Still relatively cool where I live. A bit breezy though.

the Greater Coos Bay Area in general?

If there was any money to be had, I could easily live there....

The meth trade's pretty good out here these days. You could earn a few bucks slingin'.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:53 pm

Dins has nothing to do with any meth trade.

If he did, we have these places up here called Estacada and Banks, aka Incestacada and Cranks.

I did a bunch of work in Coos Bay 3-4 years ago. Plenty of toothless dumbfucks running around, but plenty of seriously nice folks, too.

And the Dunes are pretty sweet.

Is the chunck of the shipwreck still sticking up out of the water?

Derron · Post by **Derron** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:24 am

But hey, on the bright side, that refrigerator always smells pretty tasty when you get the power back.

Although I don't be one to ring the public power bell, since our power was taken over by a public utility, the power has been out once for about 15 seconds.

When it was owned and managed by PGE, it was out... oh every day sometimes.....and the power bill went from $ 180 per month to about $ 78.

Hmmmmm... then again another public utility, Western Oregon Coop, has some of the highest rates around.

Derron · Post by **Derron** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:26 am

Wish I could claim this as my home course, but I did get to play it before it opened tothe public. I believe that is # 7 at Bandon Dunes, the first course.

I be headed to South Beach State Park there at Bandon in August to do some tuna fishing....

Q, West Coast Style wrote:Still relatively cool where I live. A bit breezy though.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:37 am

Dammit, one of these days, I'll do Bandon Dunes. Supposedly the finest public course on the planet, or so the golf magazines tell me.

trev · Post by **trev** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 8:36 pm

Current Conditions (as of 12:47 PM)

111°F
Feels like: 111°F

Barometer: 29.8 in
Dewpoint: 55°
Humidity: 16.4%
Visibility: Unlimited
Wind: 14 mph W
Sunrise: 5:54 AM
Sunset: 7:53 PM

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sun Jul 23, 2006 4:58 pm

Dinsdale wrote:Dammit, one of these days, I'll do Bandon Dunes. Supposedly the finest public course on the planet, or so the golf magazines tell me.

So...the resident golf expert has yet to play the "finest public course on the planet" WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE SAME FREAKING STATE IN WHICH HE LIVES!?!? PONDEROUS!

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:07 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:So...the resident golf expert has yet to play the "finest public course on the planet" WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE SAME FREAKING STATE IN WHICH HE LIVES!?!? PONDEROUS!

I didn't realize Qbert lived in Oregon. Unless you were talking about Derron, who just mentioned that he had played Bandon?

For myself...nope, never done any of the three courses at Bandon. Not that ponderous, since Oregon isn't exactly a small place, and Bandon is a loooooong way from here(South Coast). It's roughly 5 hours of hauling ass from here.

Oh, and during peak season, by the time you get done with fees and caddies and whatnot, you're in it about $300 a round. Just because it's a pubby, doesn't mean it's cheap.

If it gives you more to ponder, I've also never played either of the courses close to home where they regularly hold Majors and big tournies. I like to play a lot, and as much as I'd like to, I can't justify spending hundreds of dollars a week golfing. I'd rather play a "nice" course 4 times, rather than a "really nice" one once. Probably put that to the test here very shortly, matter of fact. I can make a major roadie and play the #1 rated public course in the country for $300(not counting hotels and gas and whatsuch), or if I do a Twighlight deal, and drive for a few minutes, I can play the #27 rated public course in the country...for $10(and "live to fight" another day). Hmmmm.....let me think that one over.

OK, I thought about it. Probably end up here --

Not quite Bandon, but good enough to host the US Ameteur Championship on an occasion, and good enough to host the Portland City Championship every year.

But today....I'm going wherever my golf buddies want to go.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 11:27 pm

Dinsdale wrote:Dammit, one of these days, I'll do Bandon Dunes. Supposedly the finest public course on the planet, or so the golf magazines tell me.

You might get some argument there

Sin,

(home of the 2008 US Open)

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:33 am

Uhm...cracked any golf periodical in the last few years? Oooooooobviously not, otherwise you wouldn't have said something so stupid.

Better write to them and set them straight.

Allegedly, the PGA/USGA is absolutely drooling over an Open at Bandon. Problem is, it's hundreds of miles from any major population center(the way Q prefers it, I'm sure), the nearest place with any sort of hotels to hold any meaningful number of people is 10 miles away(and Coos Bay doesn't have much in the way of nice accomodations, and even the crummy ones wouldn't hold an Open's worth...not even close), and there's no decent airport anywhere near there.

But besides that, there would be no finer place in the land for an Open. Maybe when the next round of bidding goes down(in what...3-4 years?), there might be better infrastructure, but don't hold your breath.

Until then, it will remain a golf desitination for the wealthy, pretty much. Gotta be good for the economy down there, which took a beating after forestry mismanagement.