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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited July 2011

    Hi Blue .. the worst of our heat is expected today.  Need to get the watering done early!

    hugs,

    Bren

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited July 2011

    I have the day off today but I did go out briefly at around 6am to get milk. It was like a sauna out there. I just hope members of congress finally get the hint and pass aggressive climate change legislation. This weather is not some liberal consipracy.  

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  • covertanjou
    covertanjou Member Posts: 569
    edited July 2011

    blue, your grandson is gorgeous!  

    I see we have some new posters!  Welcome everyone!

    It is hot again today, but not as humid as yesterday.  We had a huge thunderstorm last night, and that has helped against the humidity.

    I am having my husband's family over for a BBQ tomorrow, so I hope it is sunny.  It is my mother-in;law's birthday, so I usually have the family over for a party.  

    Athena, are you sure the weather is not a conspiracy?  LOL

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited July 2011
    Are you sure about that Athena? Wink
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  • IronJawedBCAngel
    IronJawedBCAngel Member Posts: 470
    edited July 2011

    Well, gee, according to Rush, there is no heat wave.  It is just a vast conspiracy by our government and Al Gore to promote the concept of global warming.

    I want what he is smoking, with a Bloody Mary.

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited July 2011

    Here is an advisory from the National Weather Service re: the DC-Baltimore area:...

    http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/lwx/

    EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
    MORNING TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
    ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM
    EDT SATURDAY...

    * TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURE FRIDAY IN THE LOWER 100S. HIGH
    TEMPERATURE SATURDAY AROUND 100.

    * HEAT INDEX VALUES...115 TO 120.

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

    AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
    DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
    TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
    IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...STAY
    IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK ON
    RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

    TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
    POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
    EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
    STROKE. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOOSE-FITTING CLOTHING.

    TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
    HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
    IN SHADED OR AIR-CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
    HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
    IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1.

    HL - be careful out there. Am I ever glad to be home today. 

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  • Alpal
    Alpal Member Posts: 1,785
    edited July 2011

    Blue - he is absolutely adorable.

    Still beastly here today. I haven't even checked the latest forecast for today. The deck was wet this morning but whatever rain we had did nothing for the humidity level. How could Al Gore do this to us? What nerve!

    ETA our forecast: HEAT INDICES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING: HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 91 TO 96 DEGREE RANGE WILL CONTINUE TO COMBINE WITH HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO MAKE FOR OPPRESSIVE HEAT. THIS COMBINATION WILL CREATE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 105 TO 115 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING... STAYING ABOVE 75 DEGREES EACH NIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE BRIEF RELIEF AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

    Goes on to issue dire warnings to elderly with chronic health conditions - that would be me!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2011

    oooooooohhh...I just thought of what we can giv e Rush to drink, if he ever tries the BCOB&G.  Who wants to volunteer to supply & bartend?

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  • covertanjou
    covertanjou Member Posts: 569
    edited July 2011

    CS, I will be the bartender.  I have a great drink he could try.  It includes urine.  I think he would like it.

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  • bluedahlia
    bluedahlia Member Posts: 6,944
    edited July 2011
    A newlywed couple wanted to join a church. The pastor told them, "We have special requirements for new parishioners. You must abstain from sex for one whole month."

    The couple agreed and after two-and-a-half weeks returned to the Church. When the Pastor ushers them into his office, the wife is crying and the husband obviously very depressed.

    "You are back so soon... Is there a problem?" the pastor inquired.
    "We are terribly ashamed to admit that we did not manage to abstain from sex for the required month...." the young man replied sadly.

    The pastor asked him what happened.
    "Well, the first week was difficult... However, we managed to abstain through sheer willpower. The second week was terrible, but with the use of prayer, we managed to abstain.

    However, the third week was unbearable. We tried cold showers, prayer, reading from the Bible...anything to keep our minds off carnal thoughts. One afternoon, my wife reached for a can of paint and dropped it. When she bent over to pick it up, I was overcome with lust and had my way with her right then and there." admitted the man, shame facedly.

    "You understand this means you will not be welcome in our church," stated the pastor.
    "We know." said the young man, hanging his head, "We're not welcome at Home Depot either."

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  • Alpal
    Alpal Member Posts: 1,785
    edited July 2011

    Hahaha! Great joke.

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  • bluedahlia
    bluedahlia Member Posts: 6,944
    edited July 2011
    A bus load of politicians were driving down a country road, when the bus ran off the road and crashed into a tree in an old farmer's field. The old farmer, after seeing what happened, went over to investigate. A few days later, the local sheriff came out looking for the missing politicos, saw the crashed bus, and asked the farmer where all the politicians had gone.
    The farmer said, "I buried 'em all... out back."
    The sheriff then asked, "Were they ALL dead?"
    The old farmer replied, "Well, some of them said they weren't, but you know how them politicians lie."
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2011
    TEE, hee, heee,,,,,,,,,,Tongue out 
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  • IronJawedBCAngel
    IronJawedBCAngel Member Posts: 470
    edited July 2011

    With all of the insanity that surrounds us, I am going to mix up a concoction of some kind and call it a BCO Lobotomy!  Probably some take on a Hurricane, with just a little fruit for all of the fruitcakes.

    See you later at the BCO B&G!

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  • River_Rat
    River_Rat Member Posts: 1,724
    edited July 2011

    Giggle fit!!!  Thanks Blue.

    Well yesterday the real temp hit 102 here and I heard the heat index reported as 116, over 120 and you don't want to know.  I live surrounded by water and practically in a marsh but not with the heat sources that an urban environment would add.  The worst is over for us, although it will still be hot.  My heart goes out to those of you who are getting the worst of it today.  Stay hydrated!  Maybe we should keep the bar open all day. 

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  • 208sandy
    208sandy Member Posts: 2,610
    edited July 2011

    Blue - your grandson is a heartbreaker even at his tender age.

    Sandy

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited July 2011

    Fingers crossed, and I hope I am not jinxing our thread by saying this, BUT....speaking of drinks and toasts and celebrations generally, I am sure you have all noticed that we are on page 443 and moving rapidly along. Should we do anything special to mark the 500th page when we reach it? Maybe we could fill that page with some nice pictures or trade stories about what the thread has meant to us, or sinply come up with a great logo and storefron for the BCO B&G?

    (We are also not too far from reaching 250,000 hits!) 

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited July 2011

    Sounds like fun Athena!

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  • bluedahlia
    bluedahlia Member Posts: 6,944
    edited July 2011

    Sounds like a plan.

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited July 2011

    I miss this!

    Right now we have this....

     (Sorry about the size!)

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  • RetiredLibby
    RetiredLibby Member Posts: 1,992
    edited July 2011

    I don't even mind our occasional blizzards here ... although Snowmageddon 2010 was a bit much, even for me.

    But I'd take Snowmageddon II over the Summer from Hell ...

    L

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  • 1Athena1
    1Athena1 Member Posts: 6,696
    edited July 2011

    Same here! I hope you are not walking outside today.

    Sending you a PM... 

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited July 2011

    Ahh geez .. the heat index is already up to 110 and it's not even noon yet.

    Happy .. sure hope you aren't walking home from the bus stop today!

    If the bar's open, I'm ready for a pina colada.

    Tim should be home soon, so we'll have to brave the heat and go to the grocery store.  argghhh.

    hugs to all,

    Bren

    PS .. I'd rather shovel snow than go out in this heat!

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  • RetiredLibby
    RetiredLibby Member Posts: 1,992
    edited July 2011

    Bren,

    Nah, DH is going to come get me at the bus stop again.  He's getting home early, so he might even come down to work to get me, although that would be overkill.  I think I can walk across two streets and get to the bus stop (I don't even have to walk blocks, just cross two streets, cut through what used to be a parking lot and cross another street to get to the bus).  Even though the air temperature above all that asphalt and concrete feels like it approximates that of the surface of the sun.  Our official temperature here is taken at the airport, down by the water.  It's much hotter in the concrete canyons.

    Me, too.  Shoveling snow sounds pretty good right now.  Or using the snowblower! Laughing

    L

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  • scuttlers
    scuttlers Member Posts: 1,658
    edited July 2011

    Blue, where did your precious picture go? Wanted to show DH, he was asleep last night when you posted. Love the Wee Scot!

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited July 2011

    Scuttlers .. I want to say welcome to you!  Hope we didn't miss welcoming you in the past.  Wasn't Blue's grandson just too cute.  Loved his little kilt and all those curls.

    hugs,

    Bren

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  • AnnNYC
    AnnNYC Member Posts: 4,484
    edited July 2011

    Hi Scuttlers -- good to see you here!

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  • bluedahlia
    bluedahlia Member Posts: 6,944
    edited July 2011

    Hi there scuttlers.  I'm paranoid, so I took it down.  Thought you had all seen it.  I can send you a link if you like.  One can't be too careful around here.  Lots of crazies around.

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  • PattyS
    PattyS Member Posts: 534
    edited July 2011

    Love the jokes.....made me smile. Your right about the crazies, too! I know we were all talking about our pets quite a few pages back. On Tuesday I went to the pound and adopted a 7 month old Boxes-mix named Roxy. Full of energy, I have a lot of work to do with her. House-training being the big one. Anyone have suggestions?

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  • kira1234
    kira1234 Member Posts: 3,091
    edited July 2011

    blue, He is very cute, and I totally understand your concerns. As a grandma feel the same.

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