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| Scorchio [message #787947] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 17:48 |
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http://www.spete.net/scorchio.jpg
and that's in the shade.....
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| Re: Scorchio [message #787953 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 17:53 |
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:48:10 +0200, "Spete" <news [at] spete.net> wrote:
>http://www.spete.net/scorchio.jpg
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>and that's in the shade.....
No it's not, or rather, it's not accurately measuring the air
temperature. From the link in the melting tarmac thread
"The highest UK temperature recorded was 38.5C (101.3F) in Faversham,
Kent, on August 10, 2003. "
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| Re: Scorchio [message #787954 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 17:54 |
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:53:36 +0200, Ace <seesig [at] virgin.net> wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:48:10 +0200, "Spete" <news [at] spete.net> wrote:
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>>http://www.spete.net/scorchio.jpg
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>>and that's in the shade.....
>
>No it's not, or rather, it's not accurately measuring the air
>temperature. From the link in the melting tarmac thread
>"The highest UK temperature recorded was 38.5C (101.3F) in Faversham,
>Kent, on August 10, 2003. "
Oh, hang on, where you posting from?
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| Re: Scorchio [message #787959 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 17:58 |
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:54:37 +0200, Ace <seesig [at] virgin.net> wrote:
>>>http://www.spete.net/scorchio.jpg
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>>>and that's in the shade.....
>>
>>No it's not, or rather, it's not accurately measuring the air
>>temperature. From the link in the melting tarmac thread
>>"The highest UK temperature recorded was 38.5C (101.3F) in Faversham,
>>Kent, on August 10, 2003. "
>
>Oh, hang on, where you posting from?
Cloggyland, the place where one sets an alarm for 05:03
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| Re: Scorchio [message #787966 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 18:04 |
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Ace wrote
>On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:48:10 +0200, "Spete" <news [at] spete.net> wrote:
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>>http://www.spete.net/scorchio.jpg
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>>and that's in the shade.....
>
>No it's not, or rather, it's not accurately measuring the air
>temperature. From the link in the melting tarmac thread
>"The highest UK temperature recorded was 38.5C (101.3F) in Faversham,
>Kent, on August 10, 2003. "
That'll be recorded records though. When I were a lad sill in me short
keks me and my mate Nobby Clarke went round to his aunties house in
Wembley[1] one day during the summer hols and when Nobby collapsed from
heat stroke later in the afternoon it was noted that the good old
fashioned mercury thermometer was reading close to but not quite 105 in
the shade.
[1] Normal for us kids it was, hop on a train and go places for the day.
Couldn't do it now could they, poor cunts.
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steve auvache
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| Re: Scorchio [message #787968 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 18:13 |
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BGN wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:54:37 +0200, Ace <seesig [at] virgin.net> wrote:
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> > > > http://www.spete.net/scorchio.jpg
> > > >
> > > > and that's in the shade.....
> > >
> > > No it's not, or rather, it's not accurately measuring the air
> > > temperature. From the link in the melting tarmac thread
> > > "The highest UK temperature recorded was 38.5C (101.3F) in
> > > Faversham, Kent, on August 10, 2003. "
> >
> > Oh, hang on, where you posting from?
>
> Cloggyland, the place where one sets an alarm for 05:03
Yeah, cos they can't spell "temperature" and "control" ;-)
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| Re: Scorchio [message #787972 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 18:18 |
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"steve auvache" <dont_spam [at] thecow.me.uk> wrote in message
news:qshIBJBfglvEFwEN [at] thecow.me.uk...
> Ace wrote
>
> That'll be recorded records though. When I were a lad sill in me short
> keks me and my mate Nobby Clarke went round to his aunties house in
> Wembley[1] one day during the summer hols and when Nobby collapsed from
> heat stroke later in the afternoon it was noted that the good old
> fashioned mercury thermometer was reading close to but not quite 105 in
> the shade.
>
>
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> [1] Normal for us kids it was, hop on a train and go places for the day.
> Couldn't do it now could they, poor cunts.
>
Yeah, the poor cunts now get free buses instead.
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| Re: Scorchio [message #787974 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 18:20 |
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:04:47 +0100, steve auvache
<dont_spam [at] thecow.me.uk> wrote:
> when Nobby collapsed from
>heat stroke later in the afternoon it was noted that the good old
>fashioned mercury thermometer was reading close to but not quite 105 in
>the shade.
So it's not just kids these days that don't understand how a 'real'
air temperature should be taken?
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| Re: Scorchio [message #787978 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 18:29 |
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:20:43 +0200, Ace <seesig [at] virgin.net> wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:04:47 +0100, steve auvache
><dont_spam [at] thecow.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> when Nobby collapsed from
>>heat stroke later in the afternoon it was noted that the good old
>>fashioned mercury thermometer was reading close to but not quite 105 in
>>the shade.
>
>So it's not just kids these days that don't understand how a 'real'
>air temperature
you need a beard and a wooly jumper<insert sheep joke 'ear>?
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| Re: Scorchio [message #787980 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 18:34 |
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On 19 Jul 2006 16:13:36 GMT, "Cab"
<my_email_address_is_in_my_sig [at] privacy.net> wrote:
>BGN wrote:
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>> On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:54:37 +0200, Ace <seesig [at] virgin.net> wrote:
>>
>> > > > http://www.spete.net/scorchio.jpg
>> > > >
>> > > > and that's in the shade.....
>> > >
>> > > No it's not, or rather, it's not accurately measuring the air
>> > > temperature. From the link in the melting tarmac thread
>> > > "The highest UK temperature recorded was 38.5C (101.3F) in
>> > > Faversham, Kent, on August 10, 2003. "
>> >
>> > Oh, hang on, where you posting from?
>>
>> Cloggyland, the place where one sets an alarm for 05:03
>
>Yeah, cos they can't spell "temperature" and "control" ;-)
I'm more interested in why 05:03 and not 05:00 or 05:10
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| Re: Scorchio [message #787982 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 18:38 |
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BGN wrote:
> On 19 Jul 2006 16:13:36 GMT, "Cab"
> <my_email_address_is_in_my_sig [at] privacy.net> wrote:
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> > BGN wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:54:37 +0200, Ace <seesig [at] virgin.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> > > > http://www.spete.net/scorchio.jpg
> >> > > >
> >> > > > and that's in the shade.....
> >> > >
> >>
> >> Cloggyland, the place where one sets an alarm for 05:03
> >
> > Yeah, cos they can't spell "temperature" and "control" ;-)
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> I'm more interested in why 05:03 and not 05:00 or 05:10
Probably the same reason mine usually says funny times - holding the
button down too long when setting it & not being arsed to backtrack.
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| Re: Scorchio [message #787983 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 18:53 |
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BGN wrote:
>> Oh, hang on, where you posting from?
>
> Cloggyland, the place where one sets an alarm for 05:03
I've got news for you - I frequently have to set mine for 04:00 and
that's in Londonland.
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| Re: Scorchio [message #787986 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 19:00 |
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In article <t9lsb2pt88ohvsis59scpu12rhrnn0bf5j [at] 4ax.com>, Ace says...
> On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:48:10 +0200, "Spete" <news [at] spete.net> wrote:
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> >http://www.spete.net/scorchio.jpg
> >
> >and that's in the shade.....
>
> No it's not, or rather, it's not accurately measuring the air
> temperature. From the link in the melting tarmac thread
> "The highest UK temperature recorded was 38.5C (101.3F) in Faversham,
> Kent, on August 10, 2003. "
The thermometer in my car said 36C as I left the office, was reading 37
as I skirted past coventry, and was back to a sensible 32.5 by the time
I got home a short while ago.
In summary - "it's a bit 'ot".
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788012 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 19:42 |
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Ace wrote
>On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:04:47 +0100, steve auvache
><dont_spam [at] thecow.me.uk> wrote:
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>> when Nobby collapsed from
>>heat stroke later in the afternoon it was noted that the good old
>>fashioned mercury thermometer was reading close to but not quite 105 in
>>the shade.
>
>So it's not just kids these days that don't understand how a 'real'
>air temperature should be taken?
What with one of them dew point things, like that is going to be
available in yer average Wembley back garden in the 1950's
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steve auvache
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788018 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 19:55 |
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Spete wrote:
> http://www.spete.net/scorchio.jpg
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> and that's in the shade.....
MF
That is waaaay to hot for me. 28 in Holywood today but with a little
cloud and sea breeze it was rather pleasant.
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Hog
'96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788030 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 20:07 |
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Hog wrote
>Spete wrote:
>> http://www.spete.net/scorchio.jpg
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>> and that's in the shade.....
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>MF
>That is waaaay to hot for me. 28 in Holywood today but with a little
>cloud and sea breeze it was rather pleasant.
It is cooling down now sadly but photo buffs should be out there this
evening coz if the cloud stays how it is it will be cracker of a sunset.
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steve auvache
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788037 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 20:30 |
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"ginge" <the.gingeREMOVE [at] THISgmail.com > wrote in message
news:MPG.1f2875684a993915989819 [at] news.zen.co.uk...
> In article <t9lsb2pt88ohvsis59scpu12rhrnn0bf5j [at] 4ax.com>, Ace says...
> > On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:48:10 +0200, "Spete" <news [at] spete.net> wrote:
> >
> > >http://www.spete.net/scorchio.jpg
> > >
> > >and that's in the shade.....
> >
> > No it's not, or rather, it's not accurately measuring the air
> > temperature. From the link in the melting tarmac thread
> > "The highest UK temperature recorded was 38.5C (101.3F) in Faversham,
> > Kent, on August 10, 2003. "
>
> The thermometer in my car said 36C as I left the office, was reading 37
> as I skirted past coventry, and was back to a sensible 32.5 by the time
> I got home a short while ago.
>
> In summary - "it's a bit 'ot".
Rather. Question: If I have a car with no sunroof, and no AC, appreciating
that I should be rather hard boiled by the time I finish my journey - would
it make sense to have a basic sunroof fitted in as its about all I can do to
improve air circulation ? I was just thinking that a whole in the roof it
likely to help aid immediate upward dispersal of the heat if nothing else.
If I dont do something soon I will dehydrate before I get home.
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788041 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 20:42 |
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Krusty wrote:
> > I'm more interested in why 05:03 and not 05:00 or 05:10
>
> Probably the same reason mine usually says funny times - holding the
> button down too long when setting it & not being arsed to backtrack.
Well then Spete. Have you seen the number of people that you're keeping
in suspense? Er, One.
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788093 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 23:11 |
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Steve Fitzgerald wrote:
> > > Oh, hang on, where you posting from?
> >
> > Cloggyland, the place where one sets an alarm for 05:03
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> I've got news for you - I frequently have to set mine for 04:00 and
> that's in Londonland.
03.00 for our 04.03
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Simon
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788096 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 23:17 |
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"Cab" <my_email_address_is_in_my_sig [at] privacy.net> wrote in message
news:xn0eox4kc17u10000 [at] rosbif.org...
> Krusty wrote:
>
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>> > I'm more interested in why 05:03 and not 05:00 or 05:10
>>
>> Probably the same reason mine usually says funny times - holding the
>> button down too long when setting it & not being arsed to backtrack.
>
> Well then Spete. Have you seen the number of people that you're keeping
> in suspense? Er, One.
Just put a new battery in, accidently set to 05.03, but it's not going off,
well it better not....
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Spete
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788117 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 23:59 |
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steve auvache wrote:
> It is cooling down now sadly but photo buffs should be out there this
> evening coz if the cloud stays how it is it will be cracker of a sunset.
Indeed it was, I staggered to the top of Primrose Hill on my run this
evening at about 9:30 and the view/sunset combo was fantastic.
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TimP
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788119 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 00:01 |
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Steve Fitzgerald <junk [at] g7kkh.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>BGN wrote:
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>>> Oh, hang on, where you posting from?
>>
>> Cloggyland, the place where one sets an alarm for 05:03
>
>I've got news for you - I frequently have to set mine for 04:00 and
>that's in Londonland.
I don't set an alarm, but unfortunately Londonland makes me up around
3:45am at the moment.
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d.
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788124 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 00:15 |
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darsy wrote:
> Steve Fitzgerald <junk [at] g7kkh.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> BGN wrote:
>>
>>>> Oh, hang on, where you posting from?
>>>
>>> Cloggyland, the place where one sets an alarm for 05:03
>>
>> I've got news for you - I frequently have to set mine for 04:00 and
>> that's in Londonland.
>
> I don't set an alarm, but unfortunately Londonland makes me up around
> 3:45am at the moment.
"I love this town!"
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and there's nothing I can do
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788132 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 00:38 |
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In article <atatb21ng9habkejfoora9d2vp8jodgmtl [at] 4ax.com>, darsy says...
> Steve Fitzgerald <junk [at] g7kkh.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >BGN wrote:
> >
> >>> Oh, hang on, where you posting from?
> >>
> >> Cloggyland, the place where one sets an alarm for 05:03
> >
> >I've got news for you - I frequently have to set mine for 04:00 and
> >that's in Londonland.
>
> I don't set an alarm, but unfortunately Londonland makes me up around
> 3:45am at the moment.
"Curse this 6 person filtered water.. I still need a piss in the night."
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788147 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 01:35 |
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ginge wrote:
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> The thermometer in my car said 36C as I left the office, was reading 37
> as I skirted past coventry, and was back to a sensible 32.5 by the time
> I got home a short while ago.
The RT's ambient temp gauge peaked at 39.5 C and didn't drop below 37.5
C, on my journey home from BSi.
> In summary - "it's a bit 'ot".
Still 10 C shy of what I've endured in Pakistan.
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788164 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 08:37 |
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"platypus" <monotreme [at] blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>darsy wrote:
>> Steve Fitzgerald <junk [at] g7kkh.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> BGN wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Oh, hang on, where you posting from?
>>>>
>>>> Cloggyland, the place where one sets an alarm for 05:03
>>>
>>> I've got news for you - I frequently have to set mine for 04:00 and
>>> that's in Londonland.
>>
>> I don't set an alarm, but unfortunately Londonland makes me up around
>> 3:45am at the moment.
>
>"I love this town!"
it's not a london thing as much as a latitude thing. Bloody birds wake
up at the first crack of sunlight and start making a racket.
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d.
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788167 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 08:45 |
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"darsy" <darsy [at] sticky.co.uk> wrote in message
news:m49ub2d4oqm5ajr56jmm2i2purqt7bor09 [at] 4ax.com...
> "platypus" <monotreme [at] blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>darsy wrote:
>>> Steve Fitzgerald <junk [at] g7kkh.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> BGN wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Oh, hang on, where you posting from?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cloggyland, the place where one sets an alarm for 05:03
>>>>
>>>> I've got news for you - I frequently have to set mine for 04:00 and
>>>> that's in Londonland.
>>>
>>> I don't set an alarm, but unfortunately Londonland makes me up around
>>> 3:45am at the moment.
>>
>>"I love this town!"
>
> it's not a london thing as much as a latitude thing. Bloody birds wake
> up at the first crack of sunlight and start making a racket.
That was something I noticed yesterday: no birds (of the feathered kind),
earily quiet.
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788168 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 08:53 |
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darsy wrote:
> "platypus" <monotreme [at] blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> darsy wrote:
>>> Steve Fitzgerald <junk [at] g7kkh.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> BGN wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Oh, hang on, where you posting from?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cloggyland, the place where one sets an alarm for 05:03
>>>>
>>>> I've got news for you - I frequently have to set mine for 04:00 and
>>>> that's in Londonland.
>>>
>>> I don't set an alarm, but unfortunately Londonland makes me up
>>> around 3:45am at the moment.
>>
>> "I love this town!"
>
> it's not a london thing as much as a latitude thing. Bloody birds wake
> up at the first crack of sunlight and start making a racket.
Heh. "makes"
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and there's nothing I can do
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788177 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 09:27 |
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On 19 Jul 2006 16:35:45 -0700, "Paul Varnsverry" <info [at] pva-ppe.org.uk>
wrote:
>ginge wrote:
>>
>> The thermometer in my car said 36C as I left the office, was reading 37
>> as I skirted past coventry, and was back to a sensible 32.5 by the time
>> I got home a short while ago.
>
>The RT's ambient temp gauge peaked at 39.5 C and didn't drop below 37.5
>C, on my journey home from BSi.
>
>> In summary - "it's a bit 'ot".
>
>Still 10 C shy of what I've endured in Pakistan.
Try standing on a steel deck (in leather-soled shoes) in full sun at
55degC ambient for six hours going up the Shatt al Arab.
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788178 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 09:30 |
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On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:27:53 +0200, Ace <seesig [at] virgin.net> wrote:
>On 19 Jul 2006 16:35:45 -0700, "Paul Varnsverry" <info [at] pva-ppe.org.uk>
>wrote:
>
>>ginge wrote:
>>>
>>> The thermometer in my car said 36C as I left the office, was reading 37
>>> as I skirted past coventry, and was back to a sensible 32.5 by the time
>>> I got home a short while ago.
>>
>>The RT's ambient temp gauge peaked at 39.5 C and didn't drop below 37.5
>>C, on my journey home from BSi.
>>
>>> In summary - "it's a bit 'ot".
>>
>>Still 10 C shy of what I've endured in Pakistan.
>
>Try standing on a steel deck (in leather-soled shoes) in full sun at
>55degC ambient for six hours going up the Shatt al Arab.
You can get some tablets for that.
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788183 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 09:59 |
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"platypus" <monotreme [at] blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>darsy wrote:
>> "platypus" <monotreme [at] blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> darsy wrote:
>>>> Steve Fitzgerald <junk [at] g7kkh.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> BGN wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oh, hang on, where you posting from?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cloggyland, the place where one sets an alarm for 05:03
>>>>>
>>>>> I've got news for you - I frequently have to set mine for 04:00 and
>>>>> that's in Londonland.
>>>>
>>>> I don't set an alarm, but unfortunately Londonland makes me up
>>>> around 3:45am at the moment.
>>>
>>> "I love this town!"
>>
>> it's not a london thing as much as a latitude thing. Bloody birds wake
>> up at the first crack of sunlight and start making a racket.
>
>Heh. "makes"
oops - duh!
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d.
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788192 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 10:55 |
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Ace wrote:
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> Try standing on a steel deck (in leather-soled shoes) in full sun at
> 55degC ambient for six hours going up the Shatt al Arab.
"Ace stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled" :-)
If you said you were standing on the deck in bare feet, then *that*
would have been impressive! ;-)
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788195 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 11:00 |
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On 20 Jul 2006 01:55:24 -0700, "Paul Varnsverry" <info [at] pva-ppe.org.uk>
wrote:
>Ace wrote:
>>
>> Try standing on a steel deck (in leather-soled shoes) in full sun at
>> 55degC ambient for six hours going up the Shatt al Arab.
>
>"Ace stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled" :-)
>
>If you said you were standing on the deck in bare feet, then *that*
>would have been impressive! ;-)
Jeez, the very thought makes my toes curl up. I don't like to think
what the deck temperature must have been, but frying eggs would have
been a doddle.
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788198 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 10:57 |
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darsy <darsy [at] sticky.co.uk> wrote in news:m49ub2d4oqm5ajr56jmm2i2purqt7bor09
[at] 4ax.com:
> "platypus" <monotreme [at] blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>darsy wrote:
>>> Steve Fitzgerald <junk [at] g7kkh.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> BGN wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Oh, hang on, where you posting from?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cloggyland, the place where one sets an alarm for 05:03
>>>>
>>>> I've got news for you - I frequently have to set mine for 04:00 and
>>>> that's in Londonland.
>>>
>>> I don't set an alarm, but unfortunately Londonland makes me up around
>>> 3:45am at the moment.
>>
>>"I love this town!"
>
> it's not a london thing as much as a latitude thing. Bloody birds wake
> up at the first crack of sunlight and start making a racket.
>
ITYM longitude
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wessie at tesco dot net
BMW R1150GS
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788199 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 11:05 |
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Ace says...
> On 19 Jul 2006 16:35:45 -0700, "Paul Varnsverry" <info [at] pva-ppe.org.uk>
> wrote:
>
> >ginge wrote:
> >>
> >> The thermometer in my car said 36C as I left the office, was reading 37
> >> as I skirted past coventry, and was back to a sensible 32.5 by the time
> >> I got home a short while ago.
> >
> >The RT's ambient temp gauge peaked at 39.5 C and didn't drop below 37.5
> >C, on my journey home from BSi.
> >
> >> In summary - "it's a bit 'ot".
> >
> >Still 10 C shy of what I've endured in Pakistan.
>
> Try standing on a steel deck (in leather-soled shoes) in full sun at
> 55degC ambient for six hours going up the Shatt al Arab.
My sisters and I rarely wore shoes or flip-flops when we were kids
living in Singapore. We rarely wore much in the way of clothing either.
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Lozzo
GSX-R1000 K1
GSF600SW
"Loz has a god, and this god of his has 16 valves" (tm) Pip, May '06
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788205 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 11:20 |
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wessie <putmynamehere [at] tesco.net> wrote:
>darsy <darsy [at] sticky.co.uk> wrote in news:m49ub2d4oqm5ajr56jmm2i2purqt7bor09
> [at] 4ax.com:
>> it's not a london thing as much as a latitude thing. Bloody birds wake
>> up at the first crack of sunlight and start making a racket.
>>
>ITYM longitude
no, I don't.
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d.
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788211 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 11:38 |
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On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:05:53 +0100, Lozzo <lozzo [at] lozzo.org.uk> wrote:
>My sisters and I rarely wore shoes or flip-flops when we were kids
>living in Singapore. We rarely wore much in the way of clothing either.
Someone pass the mind-bleach, please.
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788217 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 11:42 |
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darsy <darsy [at] sticky.co.uk> wrote in
news:2miub2p51rmr0ngk1ube1sneilcv12qr9m [at] 4ax.com:
> wessie <putmynamehere [at] tesco.net> wrote:
>
>>darsy <darsy [at] sticky.co.uk> wrote in
news:m49ub2d4oqm5ajr56jmm2i2purqt7bor09
>> [at] 4ax.com:
>
>>> it's not a london thing as much as a latitude thing. Bloody birds wake
>>> up at the first crack of sunlight and start making a racket.
>>>
>>ITYM longitude
>
> no, I don't.
>
well, you could get almost another half hour in bed in Pembroke
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wessie at tesco dot net
BMW R1150GS
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788242 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 12:52 |
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"Spete" <news [at] spete.net> wrote in message
news:44be5439$0$2023$9a622dc7 [at] news.kpnplanet.nl...
> http://www.spete.net/scorchio.jpg
http://www.ghostrecon.net/fileman/users/van/P6280185.JPG
Taken by me in Basra this June.
Mark
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| Re: Scorchio [message #788244 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 12:50 |
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On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:52:34 GMT, "Krycek" <spam [at] ntlworld.com> wrote:
>"Spete" <news [at] spete.net> wrote in message
>news:44be5439$0$2023$9a622dc7 [at] news.kpnplanet.nl...
>> http://www.spete.net/scorchio.jpg
>
>http://www.ghostrecon.net/fileman/users/van/P6280185.JPG
>
>Taken by me in Basra this June.
Pfah!
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