It's so HOT.....

Dyre Straits · Jul 20, 2006, 04:42 PM

Reading about the heat wave that has hit even normally cool England, I dug up this old Top Ten from a couple years ago:

One bit of news is that some roads in northern England are actually MELTING and sticking to the tires of cars. The road crews were throwing gravel on the roads in an effort to make things better.

Here's the list:

From Summer, 2004:
Top Ten Signs It's Too Damn Hot

10. It's so hot, Tom Ridge had raised the terror alert to "Sticky"

9. It's so hot, drug dealers are selling something called "Iced Crackuccino"

8. It's so hot, Michael Moore's making a new movie, "Fahrenheit 98 and Humid"

7. It's so hot, Randy Johnson is demanding a trade to Montreal

6. It's so hot, Jennifer Lopez just got engaged to Mister Softee

5. It's so hot, delicious hot pockets are now simply referred to as "pockets"

4. It's so hot, Martha Stewart just got an inside tip on air conditioners

3. It's so hot, even Ralph Nader's campaign is showing traces of heat

2. It's so hot, Courtney Love has an excuse for being disoriented and unintelligible

1. It's so hot, hookers are charging 50 dollars just to blow on you

Anyone got some new ones???

niceguyrichy · Jul 20, 2006, 04:50 PM

no new ones, too hot to think

Jesus man, it regularly hits minus °C here most of the year round, and I rarely ever wear anything other than a sleeve-less T (and trousers obviously), so I'm fucking dying here.
we hit 30°C here the other day, and I was still dying with all windows in the car down, air con on full etc, driving 75/80ish

my cats aren't liking it much either

riles9262 · Jul 20, 2006, 04:55 PM

It's really hot here in BC. This weekend it's going to be anywhere from 36-40C. And the worst part is that it doesn't cool off that much at night

Dyre Straits · Jul 20, 2006, 04:58 PM

We here in Atlanta, GA are used to some really hot weather in July. Even so, though, we're in a RED ALERT for today. Temperatures are/were expected to hit the upper 90s F. With humidity, the 'real feel' temp is supposed to be more like 108 F.

I've been doing some car maintenance the last two days and have had to wait until evening because the tools become too hot to pick up. They nearly blistered my fingers two days ago.

Now I know why we're called 'shade tree mechanics' and not 'sunshine mechanics'.

Dark Lord · Jul 20, 2006, 05:29 PM

monday evening we hit 98 with a heat index of 103F, or 39C. thankfully we had a huge storm come through and its really cooled off. it barly broke 80 the last 3 days.

Razgriz · Jul 20, 2006, 06:50 PM

100 degrees here in texas, all year, all day, and night.

Drakon · Jul 20, 2006, 07:10 PM

It's been pretty hot these past 2 weeks in MD.

LHC · Jul 20, 2006, 07:54 PM

It's been pretty hot here in NJ.. one day it felt like 105°F

I don't care much though--I work a lot, and a lot of the time my job is doing something in the freezer, where it must be kept between like, -5°F and -8°F

SFOSOK · Jul 20, 2006, 07:58 PM

The #1 sign should be if your dead

gadabout · Jul 20, 2006, 08:24 PM

I live in Northridge, CA & I just saw an excessive heat warning for Fri and Sat. Supposed to be anywhere from 105F (40c) to 110F (44c) maybe hotter. Man it's going to be fun tomorrow at work. Oh, did I mention that all 4 AC units aren't working either? Today it's must of been about 90+ in the building. That's always fun going up and down ladders all day.

Razgriz · Jul 20, 2006, 08:34 PM

hey LHC, where about in NJ do you live?

SFOSOK · Jul 20, 2006, 09:05 PM

The heat helps you lose fat, maybe we should consider ourselves lucky to work in such heat.

LHC · Jul 20, 2006, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Razgriz

hey LHC, where about in NJ do you live?

North-eastern, only about 20 minutes or so away from NYC

TheBlackCat · Jul 20, 2006, 09:17 PM

It actually cooled down here yesterday. It was pretty hot for a while, and likely will be again soon. Luckily the only time I am outside is usually the 5 minute walk to my lab in the morning and the 5 minute walk back in the evining. Everywhere else I go is air conditioned or I can go at night.

Falstaff · Jul 20, 2006, 10:06 PM

Iced Cracachinno?

pr0digal jenius · Jul 20, 2006, 10:34 PM

damn i'm glad i moved from selling cars out in that parking lot to waiting tables inside

Vampyromaniac · Jul 21, 2006, 02:02 AM

okey...

Dyre Straits · Jul 21, 2006, 02:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vampyromaniac

hay guys wats goin on in here??

Where have YOU been!? It's been almost a YEAR since your last post!!!

Bring us up-to-date! (But start your own thread. LOL!)

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 21, 2006, 02:53 AM

I rember as a kid, rolling the tar up off the road into little tar balls the size of golf balls, wich
then hardend like plastic... let me tell ya that was a hot year LOL!