And I have 20 jars of just-made apricot jam on the table.
Are we nuts, or what?

Dear husband helped which cut the time somewhat,
but the major factor is a/c. Thank Barb's Alex
for the technology to keep the house cool with all
the stovetop stuff going on.

Yeah, I know it's hotter in Arizona and New Mexico
and probably Texas, but I'm HERE, not THERE.

;-)
gloria p

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:14:59 -0600, Gloria P >
wrote:


>Yeah, I know it's hotter in Arizona and New Mexico
>and probably Texas, but I'm HERE, not THERE.
>
>;-)
>gloria p

It's only 97 here. The humidity is 11%, which helps it be a bit more
bearable.

Christine

Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:14:59 -0600, Gloria P >
> wrote:
>
>
>> Yeah, I know it's hotter in Arizona and New Mexico
>> and probably Texas, but I'm HERE, not THERE.
>>
>> ;-)
>> gloria p
>
> It's only 97 here. The humidity is 11%, which helps it be a bit more
> bearable.

102 degrees here, too, at under 10 percent humidity and winds at 5-10
MPH. To make it extra special, this afternoon we are sitting between two
wildfires, one to the south and the other to the west.

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:29:21 -0600, Pennyaline
> wrote:

>> It's only 97 here. The humidity is 11%, which helps it be a bit more
>> bearable.

It's 97 here and the humitidy is 114%. Hard to believe but try
taking a breathe outside and you can't!

Billy wrote

> It's 97 here and the humitidy is 114%.

Typo or for real?
--
Vilco
Think pink, drink rose'

Pennyaline wrote:
> Christine Dabney wrote:
>> On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:14:59 -0600, Gloria P >
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Yeah, I know it's hotter in Arizona and New Mexico
>>> and probably Texas, but I'm HERE, not THERE.
>>>
>>> ;-)
>>> gloria p
>>
>> It's only 97 here. The humidity is 11%, which helps it be a bit more
>> bearable.
>
> 102 degrees here, too, at under 10 percent humidity and winds at 5-10
> MPH. To make it extra special, this afternoon we are sitting between two
> wildfires, one to the south and the other to the west.

Geez, I hope the fires stay from you and your home.

Becca

Pennyaline wrote

>> It's only 97 here. The humidity is 11%, which helps it be a bit
more
>> bearable.

> 102 degrees here, too, at under 10 percent humidity and winds at
5-10
> MPH. To make it extra special, this afternoon we are sitting between
> two wildfires, one to the south and the other to the west.

Shit, I'm in the darn Po river valley, a ****ing bowl of heat and
steam. When I read humidity levels under 20% I cry, I have never
****ing seen humidity as low, here. Now it's a nice ****ing 80%
humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.
--
Vilco
Think pink, drink rose'

In article >,
"Vilco" > wrote:

> humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
> temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
> americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
> Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.

Or the ones who live in Louisiana and Mississippi and a couple other of
our southern states. '-) Want cheese with that whine, Vilco? <grin>

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.mac.com/barbschaller , blahblahblog is back and
is being updated quite regularly now.
"rec.food.cooking Preserved Fruit Administrator
'Always in a jam. Never in a stew.'" - Evergene

Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
> In article >,
> "Vilco" > wrote:
>
> > humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
> > temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
> > americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
> > Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.
>
> Or the ones who live in Louisiana and Mississippi and a couple other
> of our southern states. '-) Want cheese with that whine, Vilco?
> <grin>

You got that right! Back in west TN it's been 100F with around 95%
humidity. It's expected to continue like that mostly through the week.
Makes me glad I'm here in coastal South Carolina, low 90's, approx 85%
humidity. It's still hot

Jill

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> "Vilco" > wrote:
>
>> humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
>> temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
>> americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
>> Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.
>
> Or the ones who live in Louisiana and Mississippi and a couple other of
> our southern states. '-) Want cheese with that whine, Vilco? <grin>
>
The only time the humidity approaches 80% here in SW Louisiana is when
it rains and the water coalesces out of the air. Yesterday it was 99F
with 96% humidity.

Vietnam = 87.8F and a low humidity just wasn't found there when I
was there.

>
>> humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
>> temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
>> americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
>> Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.
>
> Or the ones who live in Louisiana and Mississippi and a couple other of
> our southern states. '-) Want cheese with that whine, Vilco? <grin>
>
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ

Barb,

You left out Texas <g>

My former SIL is from Vietnam and Houston has the third largest Vietnamese
population in the US. Why you may ask? Because they love our hot and humid
climate because it's similar to Vietnam.

Chris

Melba's Jammin' wrote:

>> humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
>> temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
>> americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
>> Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.

> Or the ones who live in Louisiana and Mississippi and a couple other
> of our southern states. '-) Want cheese with that whine, Vilco?
> <grin>

Yeah, thanks, a mild one if it's available
[removing sweat from forehead]
<g>
--
Vilco
Mai guardare Trailer park Boys senza
qualcosa da bere a portata di mano

On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 13:45:11 +0200, "Vilco" > wrote:


>Shit, I'm in the darn Po river valley, a f****** bowl of heat and
>steam. When I read humidity levels under 20% I cry, I have never
>f****** seen humidity as low, here. Now it's a nice f****** 80%
>humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
>temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
>americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
>Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.


What insightful "F's" you have....and then have the nerve to say
"darn".

Billy wrote:

> What insightful "F's" you have....and then have the nerve to say
> "darn".

Just to amuse you, uncle Bill.
--
Vilco
Mai guardare Trailer park Boys senza
qualcosa da bere a portata di mano

Vilco wrote:
>
> Shit, I'm in the darn Po river valley, a ****ing bowl of heat and
> steam. When I read humidity levels under 20% I cry, I have never
> ****ing seen humidity as low, here. Now it's a nice ****ing 80%
> humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
> temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
> americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
> Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.


You have never been to Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
Louisiana, right?

Having lived in coastal New England and now in the
quasi-desert southwest, I can attest that heat is heat,
whatever the humidity.

Yesterday was a record breaking 104 degrees here. Today
is projected to be the same. Humans were not created to
thrive in this kind of heat.

gloria p

"Gloria P" > wrote in message
news
> Vilco wrote:
>>
>> Shit, I'm in the darn Po river valley, a ****ing bowl of heat and
>> steam. When I read humidity levels under 20% I cry, I have never
>> ****ing seen humidity as low, here. Now it's a nice ****ing 80%
>> humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
>> temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
>> americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
>> Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.
>
>
> You have never been to Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
> Louisiana, right?
>
> Having lived in coastal New England and now in the
> quasi-desert southwest, I can attest that heat is heat,
> whatever the humidity.
>
> Yesterday was a record breaking 104 degrees here. Today
> is projected to be the same. Humans were not created to
> thrive in this kind of heat.

Not to mention Washington D.C.! I can remember being there in August one
time. Forget DC in summer!

TammyM

Vilco wrote:

> Shit, I'm in the darn Po river valley, a ****ing bowl of heat and
> steam. When I read humidity levels under 20% I cry, I have never
> ****ing seen humidity as low, here. Now it's a nice ****ing 80%
> humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
> temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
> americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
> Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.

I don't know, what you describe sounds like New Jersey in
August.

nancy

In article >,
"Vilco" > wrote:

> Pennyaline wrote
>
> >> It's only 97 here. The humidity is 11%, which helps it be a bit
> more
> >> bearable.
>
> > 102 degrees here, too, at under 10 percent humidity and winds at
> 5-10
> > MPH. To make it extra special, this afternoon we are sitting between
> > two wildfires, one to the south and the other to the west.
>
> Shit, I'm in the darn Po river valley, a ****ing bowl of heat and
> steam. When I read humidity levels under 20% I cry, I have never
> ****ing seen humidity as low, here. Now it's a nice ****ing 80%
> humidity here. It's so humid one could fish in the air. And the darn
> temperature is... 31°C, which is about 87.8°F. Methinks the only
> americans who endured such climates were the ones who went in the
> Mekong river delta to have a BBQ with the viet cong's.

There are lots of parts of the United States with high humidity.
Fortunately, I've never lived in any of them.

As far as temperature, there's only one area with temperatures up to
50C. I've been there, but not when it was that hot. I understand that
it's hard to even breath when it's that hot.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

On 2008-08-02, Dan Abel > wrote:

> There are lots of parts of the United States with high humidity.
> Fortunately, I've never lived in any of them.

Yeah, pretty much everywhere East of the Rockies, which I why I've never
voluntarily lived East of the Rockies. You all can have it.

nb

"Gloria P" > wrote in message
news
> And I have 20 jars of just-made apricot jam on the table.
> Are we nuts, or what?
>
> Dear husband helped which cut the time somewhat,
> but the major factor is a/c. Thank Barb's Alex
> for the technology to keep the house cool with all
> the stovetop stuff going on.
>
> Yeah, I know it's hotter in Arizona and New Mexico
> and probably Texas, but I'm HERE, not THERE.
>
> ;-)
> gloria p

Well I almost hate to say.

It's 80 at the fire station about 2 miles inland from here; We have a
direct breeze from the west .

http://www.wunderground.com/weathers...p?ID=KCACAMBR5

It's 62 with a warm sun and a clear day.
--
Old Scoundrel

(AKA Dimitri)

Gloria P wrote:
> And I have 20 jars of just-made apricot jam on the table.
> Are we nuts, or what?
>
> Dear husband helped which cut the time somewhat,
> but the major factor is a/c. Thank Barb's Alex
> for the technology to keep the house cool with all
> the stovetop stuff going on.
>
> Yeah, I know it's hotter in Arizona and New Mexico
> and probably Texas, but I'm HERE, not THERE.
>
> ;-)
> gloria p

Only crazy people would make jam when it is this hot! I like that about
you, Gloria.

It was cloudy here in my corner of Louisiana, so our high was 101, but
it will be 103 tomorrow. This morning I had chicken salad for
breakfast. 8-)

Becca

Becca wrote:

> It was cloudy here in my corner of Louisiana, so our high was 101, but
> it will be 103 tomorrow. This morning I had chicken salad for
> breakfast. 8-)

Only the mid 90's here and it's predicted about the same for the rest of
the week. We rarely ever reach 100 here.

We can't go outside, however, because Dolly left us with hungry hoards
of mosquitoes. I am using "Off" as hair spray. I heard that the relief
teams are giving it out at the centers. We are waiting for Governor
Perry to allocate some state bucks for spraying from planes. The trucks
don't do the job.


--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

Janet Wilder wrote:

> Only the mid 90's here and it's predicted about the same for the rest of
> the week. We rarely ever reach 100 here.
>
> We can't go outside, however, because Dolly left us with hungry hoards
> of mosquitoes. I am using "Off" as hair spray. I heard that the relief
> teams are giving it out at the centers. We are waiting for Governor
> Perry to allocate some state bucks for spraying from planes. The trucks
> don't do the job.

Ugh, mosquitoes. I hope they use planes, along with the trucks, to
spray for mosquitoes. That is the only way you will get rid of them
after a hurricane.

Glad you are using Off, you need to keep those mosquitoes away.

Becca

On Sat 02 Aug 2008 09:04:15a, Becca told us...

> Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> Only the mid 90's here and it's predicted about the same for the rest of
>> the week. We rarely ever reach 100 here.
>>
>> We can't go outside, however, because Dolly left us with hungry hoards
>> of mosquitoes. I am using "Off" as hair spray. I heard that the relief
>> teams are giving it out at the centers. We are waiting for Governor
>> Perry to allocate some state bucks for spraying from planes. The trucks
>> don't do the job.
>
> Ugh, mosquitoes. I hope they use planes, along with the trucks, to
> spray for mosquitoes. That is the only way you will get rid of them
> after a hurricane.
>
> Glad you are using Off, you need to keep those mosquitoes away.
>
> Becca

I feel fortunate that there are precious few mosquitos in the desert areas
of AZ. Usually they only occur where people have left polluted pools. In
the 8 years we've lived here, I think I've only encountered 1 mosquito and
that wasn't in our yard.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Saturday, 08(VIII)/02(II)/08(MMVIII)
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Don't start an argument with somebody
who has a microphone when you don't;
they'll make you look like chopped
liver. --Harlan Ellison, on hecklers
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Becca wrote:
> Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> Only the mid 90's here and it's predicted about the same for the rest
>> of the week. We rarely ever reach 100 here.
>>
>> We can't go outside, however, because Dolly left us with hungry hoards
>> of mosquitoes. I am using "Off" as hair spray. I heard that the relief
>> teams are giving it out at the centers. We are waiting for Governor
>> Perry to allocate some state bucks for spraying from planes. The
>> trucks don't do the job.
>
> Ugh, mosquitoes. I hope they use planes, along with the trucks, to
> spray for mosquitoes. That is the only way you will get rid of them
> after a hurricane.
>
> Glad you are using Off, you need to keep those mosquitoes away.

I am horribly allergic to the bites. Not to the extent of aniphalactic
(sp?) shock, but I swell up hugely and the itching continues for up to a
week. I use Benedryl cream, swallow Benedryl pills, etc., but it doesn't
help much. I either stay indoors or cover myself with industrial
strength repellents.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

Janet Wilder wrote:
> Becca wrote:

>> Ugh, mosquitoes. I hope they use planes, along with the trucks, to
>> spray for mosquitoes. That is the only way you will get rid of them
>> after a hurricane.
>>
>> Glad you are using Off, you need to keep those mosquitoes away.
>
> I am horribly allergic to the bites. Not to the extent of aniphalactic
> (sp?) shock, but I swell up hugely and the itching continues for up to a
> week. I use Benedryl cream, swallow Benedryl pills, etc., but it doesn't
> help much. I either stay indoors or cover myself with industrial
> strength repellents.

My husband has similar problems; like you, he does not heal well. If we
are traveling and we fear mosquitoes, he takes a Loratadine (Claritin)
every day.

We are safe here at home, I think the golf course must spray for
mosquitoes, because we do not see any.

Becca

Michael \"Dog3\" wrote:

>
>
> We hit 98 here today with Gawd knows how much humidity. It was cool this
> morning though and I got all my outside stuff done early including a quick
> ride.
>
> We're grilling pork spare ribs tonight. It's what Steven wanted. Along
> with will be corn on the cob, baked potato and a bibb lettuce salad.
>

It was a beautiful day here today. I went out to the butcher shop on my
bicycle this morning, about 3 miles each way. Then I headed into the city on
my motorcycle. When I got home I helped my neighbour rake the ground around
his pond, now that all the dirt form the new pond has been pushed around and
graded so it is now all seeded just in time for a few days of rain and heat.
It got up to about 80F.

Supper was prime rib steaks on the BBQ with sautéed mushrooms and a leaf
lettuce salad with sliced avocado and blue cheese dressing.