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Post by Mormel on Jul 22, 2017 6:29:50 GMT -5
I'm in a café where I'm supposed to meet up with an acquaintance, and I'm so sleepy. Drank some coke but it couldn't wake me up. Have trouble keeping my eyes open, so I think I'll go for a little walk to get the blood flow pumping. I don't have the appointment until 30 minutes from now anyway.
Also the café is playing really mellow soul music, which is not helping.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 22, 2017 10:10:08 GMT -5
ouch ! I'd sooner take the heat than the cold. 100 here tomorrow with heat index at 115. Iowa ! I'm just the opposite. I'd be perfectly happy if it never got about 50 F. I get decidedly grouchy at anything over 65. I HATE summer.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2017 10:19:58 GMT -5
ouch ! I'd sooner take the heat than the cold. 100 here tomorrow with heat index at 115. Iowa ! I'm just the opposite. I'd be perfectly happy if it never got about 50 F. I get decidedly grouchy at anything over 65. I HATE summer. I like the cold. I like dressing in layers. I like sitting curled up in a comfy chair with a blanket. I like being able to be outside and do things without breaking a sweat just standing there in the heat. I don't mind the heat; I enjoyed hiking in the New Mexico desert when I was there 15 years ago, but there has to be a reason to be in the heat for me to be okay with it. I don't like feeling uncomfortably hot when I am trying to read, write, or just relax because I can't take off any more clothes or do anything to get cooler. I can do things to warm up, I am limited in ways to cool off and most of those rely on technology, which isn't always reliable, as yesterday showcased. -M
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2017 19:31:55 GMT -5
Alien Pez dispenser circa 1990s.... I want one! -M
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 23, 2017 0:10:32 GMT -5
ouch ! I'd sooner take the heat than the cold. 100 here tomorrow with heat index at 115. Iowa ! I'm just the opposite. I'd be perfectly happy if it never got about 50 F. I get decidedly grouchy at anything over 65. I HATE summer. Most people I know prefer the cold. I love being hot and sweating. My body pulses and I feel alive; without it, I feel cold. Fall is ok but I kind of don't like it as it's getting colder, meaning winter is coming. The dead time.
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Post by Spike-X on Jul 23, 2017 5:48:23 GMT -5
As long as it's not too hot, cold, wet, or windy to enjoy riding a mountain bike, I'm happy.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 23, 2017 6:34:09 GMT -5
If all winter offered was cold, I'd be fine with it. It's the wet and the windy I can't handle. The fact that at one point I moved to Los Angeles to escape Washington winters (albeit for less than half a year) speaks volumes. I'm no fan of summer scorchers either, but I'd rather be hot for a week or two than miserable for four months.
Cei-U! I summon the thermometer!
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 23, 2017 8:00:38 GMT -5
If all winter offered was cold, I'd be fine with it. It's the wet and the windy I can't handle. Agreed on the wet and windy, but those are conditions I associate with summer! Winter should be cold and crisp. Minus ten Celcius is just perfect.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 8:07:58 GMT -5
Cold >> Hot.
And with my Buddha-like physique, those around me are happy when it's covered up in cooler temps...
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 23, 2017 12:48:19 GMT -5
Kurt makes an important distinction; it's not as much the cold but the wet and wind.
I don't mind the wet, it's the wind.
It can be a standing -10 F and I'm ok, but the wind is what slices through me. I hate it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 14:26:01 GMT -5
Kurt makes an important distinction; it's not as much the cold but the wet and wind. I don't mind the wet, it's the wind. It can be a standing -10 F and I'm ok, but the wind is what slices through me. I hate it. Here's why it's bad! ... See CHART above you!
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 23, 2017 15:12:23 GMT -5
I posted this in the Movie thread, but, I'm posting it here as well for those that might not go to that thread, as I really think Valerian is getting a bum rap on the Internet. sort of feels like James Bond meets Star Wars meets Avatar in a good way. I too have read the reviews which I think unfairly criticize the acting and story. Go at least for the incredible visuals and if you pay attention and attempt to follow the story I think you'll be surprised. All three of us very much enjoyed it and I'm hoping for a new franchise here. It's certainly much more worthy than many others. Blobby alien gangster bosses Running from giant monsters Alien snitches Bad guy soldiers and FYI, the source material was published a decade before Star Wars came out. Honestly, it gave me chills similar to what SW did years ago.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 23, 2017 15:15:28 GMT -5
Don't tell me it's being JohnCarterized... Please... Not after Transformers: the last knight has made half a billion dollars...
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 23, 2017 17:21:05 GMT -5
I have to be honest - I'm not really jazzed to see Valarian. But I'm not a huge moviegoer these days, anyway. I still haven't seen the new Spider-man movie.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 19:04:01 GMT -5
hondobrode, I like the Shining Ruby Red - Bad Guys in the Movie They remind me of Battlestar Galactica ... but, far more groovier!
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