Somebody Turn Down the Damn Heat!!

[Dave's Bitch]

my screen name is basically my real name

Mine too

[Angel]

I say things on here that in a face to face I would just be saying in my head. In reality, you guys see more of the real me.

[envy_me]

I've never understood those that think they HAVE to have an "internet personality"... are you that LAME in real life you need to be someone else online? And it's not like any bullshit claim you'd make couldn't be debunked via google quickly these days.


As the saying goes - Just be yourself. Everyone else is taken.

AMEN!!! But with some personalities here, one hopes they are internet-personalities, and those people aren't like that in real life. Cause if they are like that, I really feel sorry for their families.

I myself am holding back a bit on here, cause I don't know any of you, and I don't wanna hurt anyones feelings at least until I'm sure what I'm dealing with. Also in writing, a lot is lost as in body language, tone of voice, it's much easier to misunderstand each other.

[Little Texan]

To get back on topic...It was in the triple digits the last week of July, but has since "cooled" down to the upper 90's here. Even the triple digit temps we had a couple of weeks ago weren't near as bad as what we had last year during the same period, when we were in the 110's and you couldn't buy a drop of rain. We've been getting periodic rains this summer, and the temps are staying somewhat tolerable. There are rain chances in the forecast all of this week, and they're saying we could have a high in the upper 80's this coming Saturday. That's pretty good for the middle of August.

[envy_me]

To get back on topic...It was in the triple digits the last week of July, but has since "cooled" down to the upper 90's here. Even the triple digit temps we had a couple of weeks ago weren't near as bad as what we had last year during the same period, when we were in the 110's and you couldn't buy a drop of rain. We've been getting periodic rains this summer, and the temps are staying somewhat tolerable. There are rain chances in the forecast all of this week, and they're saying we could have a high in the upper 80's this coming Saturday. That's pretty good for the middle of August.

I honestly think that we might have had 1 day without rain this summer. Today it was 17 degrees C, which is about 62 F. And pouring rain of course. It also feels as if it's getting darker faster this year then normailly. We usually have light pretty much through night in the summer, but for example now, it's 21.10 o'clock, and it's already pretty much night.

[DONNIEP]

Just got this month's power bill on Friday - up 43 bucks over last month. Not too bad really seeing as how I had to have a new a/c unit installed last year.

[Nitro Express]

A friend of mine who flys said he had to wait for the evening temperatures to drop to take off at Heber, Utah it was so hot there. Heber is in the mountains. When the air gets warm it takes quite a bit more runway to takeoff. The guy that bought my dad's airplane overloaded it with people and luggage and it stalled on takeoff and killed everyone. It makes you wonder how many people have crashed small aircraft because of this heat wave?

[katina]

I take it one step further than most, my screen name is basically my real name and I use the same screen name on every forum I post on. It's even my user name on EBay. I try to post the same as I speak, though in person I may throw in a stray ain't or a ya'll. Finding out who I am and where I live would be pretty easy I suppose but I'm not hiding from anybody or pretending to be something I'm not and I don't have much respect for those who do.

I totally agree. I don´t like people who fake or pretend to be someone that they are not, hided behind their computers.
You only have to change two letters from Katina, and you have my name, and my avatar is myself.

[Nitro Express]

Just got this month's power bill on Friday - up 43 bucks over last month. Not too bad really seeing as how I had to have a new a/c unit installed last year.

I'm sure they have made the new units more power efficient but home insulation and the color of your roof makes a big difference. You must have a pretty well insulated home.

[envy_me]

A friend of mine who flys said he had to wait for the evening temperatures to drop to take off at Heber, Utah it was so hot there. Heber is in the mountains. When the air gets warm it takes quite a bit more runway to takeoff. The guy that bought my dad's airplane overloaded it with people and luggage and it stalled on takeoff and killed everyone. It makes you wonder how many people have crashed small aircraft because of this heat wave?

OMG :O Did I understand you correctly, your dad owned an airplane wich he sold to someone. This person overloaded it with people and everybody died? Omg, was it this summer?

[Nitro Express]

I totally agree. I don´t like people who fake or pretend to be someone that they are not, hided behind their computers.
You only have to change two letters from Katina, and you have my name, and my avatar is myself.

My sister's stalker keeps finding her because she posts too much on the internet. The guy has been stalking her off and on since 1978. He got thrown in prison in California for trying to kill his parents and the state let him out. He got locked back up in another state and spent some time in the state's mental hospital but he's out again I guess.

I don't blame anyone for not posting too much about themselves.

[katina]

I totally agree. I don´t like people who fake or pretend to be someone that they are not, hided behind their computers.
You only have to change two letters from Katina, and you have my name, and my avatar is myself.

we are in Winter time down here

[Nitro Express]

OMG :O Did I understand you correctly, your dad owned an airplane wich he sold to someone. This person overloaded it with people and everybody died? Omg, was it this summer?

About ten years ago. They flew down to Nevada to golf and gamble and made the mistake of trying to take off when it was hot. Hot air is a lot thinner and it takes more runway to take off. The plane had a lot of power and was turbocharged and that probably gave the pilot a false sense of confidence. The truth about small planes is if you have to be on a schedule, charter a commercial flight. A lot of people kill themselves in small planes because they have to get somewhere on a schedule. So they fly in bad weather and try to take off when the temperature is too hot.

[DONNIEP]

I'm sure they have made the new units more power efficient but home insulation and the color of your roof makes a big difference. You must have a pretty well insulated home.

My house is 11 years old and I guess it's fairly well insulated. Light colored roof too. The a/c company I use said the new outdoor unit I got would be more efficient but I didn't really think it would make a big difference - I was wrong. And it's not a large house anyway - but since it's just my daughter and me living here it's big enough .

[envy_me]

About ten years ago. They flew down to Nevada to golf and gamble and made the mistake of trying to take off when it was hot. Hot air is a lot thinner and it takes more runway to take off. The plane had a lot of power and was turbocharged and that probably gave the pilot a false sense of confidence. The truth about small planes is if you have to be on a schedule, charter a commercial flight. A lot of people kill themselves in small planes because they have to get somewhere on a schedule. So they fly in bad weather and try to take off when the temperature is too hot.

That is so tragic. And unnecessary. I knew a guy who died in a plane crash, but he was competing pilot. It was very, very sad. Especially since he had a new baby and new girlfriend, and he had just gotten out of porn business :-(