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And a happy Monday to you!

It's going to be a hot and sunny one here in Boston, Massachusetts as well. May you truly enjoy your day

helefra wrote: I've just returned from a weekend in Belgium where it is extremely hot and come back to the UK, where it is just as hot. It was even worse when I got home and all the windows were closed for security. As I walked in the house the hot air hit me - phew!:yh_sweat


It's hot as hell here...:yh_sweat 82degrees, but it feels much hotter. I'm working in a factory with a fan directly aimed at me....phew...

Helefra....haven't you had any thunderstorms...I think they were forecast in your area.

My garden is frazzled although I have been watering with a watering can every night.

We were supposed to have thunderstorms and torrential rain here last night but they never appeared.

Somebody pinched our weather!



It's screamingly hot here today, I've got the fan switched to maximum but all it's doing is blowing the hot air about.



Roll on the end of the week as it's supposed to cool down by then:yh_pray

Hi Helefra, I hope it cools down for you. It is going to 90 today, with thunderstorms tonight. What can I say, it is summer!:-6

Bez, you water you garden with a watering can, and not a hose?

chonsigirl wrote:

Bez, you water you garden with a watering can, and not a hose?


Hosepipe restrictions are in place!

No windows in the office and no air conditioning. I'm sweating like a sumo wrestler in a cake eating contest :yh_sweat

Uncle Kram wrote: No windows in the office and no air conditioning. I'm sweating like a sumo wrestler in a cake eating contest :yh_sweat


*tries really hard to get this visual out of her mind*;)

We had terrible weather yesterday (Sun) 90 degrees and it started hailstoning!

Then the rain came and came and came, here's a picture of the bottom of my street.

Thankfully i live at the top.

Oh my gosh Abbey! All that flooding!:(

*dumb question-what is a horsepipe?*

chonsigirl wrote: Hi Helefra, I hope it cools down for you. It is going to 90 today, with thunderstorms tonight. What can I say, it is summer!:-6

Bez, you water you garden with a watering can, and not a hose?


We have been in a drought situation here in the south of England for 2 years chonsi.

Quote from the water company :- "The use of hosepipes, or similar apparatus for watering private gardens and washing private motor cars is prohibited. We are also asking customers to be sensible with their water use around the home."



They have been threatening to put in 'Stand pipes' where you can only get your water in buckets and containers from taps in the street.....

This is the first year in a long time that there have been no water restrictions in my community.

We've gotten so much rain over the past few months that we've set records.

And now we have tons of mosquitoes to worry about. The Boston Globe just did an article on a new kind of tick in our area.

Rain. It has its good and bad qualities.:rolleyes:

A horsepipe is a garden hose? I would water by hand too, then.

Taps on the street, like in the old days!

Well I guess we all are having the same kinda of weather across the world. :-6 It have been unusually hot here in San Diego for this time of year upper 90's humid, thunderstorms you name it. :-3 Been this way for two week now... UGGH!!!!

Uncle Kram if your sweating that bad make you keep yourself hydrated... For peet sake send someone to the store and get some FANS...!! :driving:

chonsigirl wrote: A horsepipe is a garden hose? :wah: Hosepipe not Horsepipe.

helefra wrote: Goodness me Uncle, you'd have thought the manager would at least have thought about air conditioning! I don't think I would want to work where you are in this weather.


Well from one Brummie to another, you wouldn't want to work there in the winter either

Is it hot in this thread too ?

If you don't have a ceiling fan, get a hot-water bottle and fill it with iced water. Should help you sleep.

The Harry Potter pyjamas are still an optional extra though

* Thinks Uncle Kram would look very cute in his Harry Potter pajamas *:)

7am in the morning.



We've just had a thunderstorm that lasted about 45 minutes. There was a bit of rain, but not enough to help the garden. It's very still and airless now so I guess we might get some more storms....they're travelling West from France.



Hope everyone with rotten work conditions has a better day today.I'm off to work in a minute, so can savour the 'freshened' air for a while.

We were promised thunderstorms last night but all we had was 2 rumbles of thunder way in the distance and about 1 min. of rain.

It's still VERY hot here this morning but we are supposed to be having thunderstorms this afternoon and hopefully this will cool things down.

Put my nightie into the freezer in a plastic bag last night for 2 hours before going to bed ! - bliss !!

Overcast and humid but more comfortable. No more storms as yet. Going to the Hampton Court flower show on Saturday and the forecast is good.

Hope everyones OK...keep drinking the water....

We got a break yesterday, it was pleasant and had the windows open all day and night. Back to the 90's though I think. Foopy had an interesting take on this phenomena, she said its summer and its supposed to be hot. Shes a wise one she is.

Its still hot here in the North West. :-6

21 degrees this morning on my way to work.:-6

Nomad wrote: Foopy had an interesting take on this phenomena, she said its summer and its supposed to be hot. Shes a wise one she is.


She must have a PhD in common sense:-6

Well, It's been very hot here, down "Sahf", but glad to say the temperature has dropped by a few degrees today. Clouding over though, and looks like weve got a good old thunder storm brewing out there...

woppy71 wrote: Clouding over though, and looks like weve got a good old thunder storm brewing out there...


It's a marvelous thing to watch, though, isn't it, Woppy?

Nomad wrote: We got a break yesterday, it was pleasant and had the windows open all day and night. Back to the 90's though I think. Foopy had an interesting take on this phenomena, she said its summer and its supposed to be hot. Shes a wise one she is.


As ever, Floppy's absolutely right, and we must sound like a bunch of 'woosies'. The trouble is we are ill prepared for extremes of weather..... never mind, it's going to cool down a bit and we can enjoy the sunshine again. :-6

The way I look at the heat is:

At least I don't have to shovel it!

cherandbuster wrote: The way I look at the heat is:



At least I don't have to shovel it!




Ill take a cold blustery snowy winter day over 95 deg and humid any day.

I'll take the heat-it means sumemr vacation!:-6

chocoholic wrote: Put my nightie into the freezer in a plastic bag last night for 2 hours before going to bed ! - bliss !!


mmmmmm I don't wear a nightie.. but I could put my duvet in the freezer

chocoholic wrote:

Put my nightie into the freezer in a plastic bag last night for 2 hours before going to bed ! - bliss !!


I can't believe you did that......good lord....what a shock to the system....

Oh, it was wonderful, I can highly recommend it.

I loathe the hot weather, I won't be happy until we have the winter back again. I really enjoy the wind, rain, ice and snow!:wah:

cherandbuster wrote: It's a marvelous thing to watch, though, isn't it, Woppy?


Yes, I absolutely love watching thunderstorms. I think I'm destined to be struck by lightning one day

woppy71 wrote: Yes, I absolutely love watching thunderstorms. I think I'm destined to be struck by lightning one day


Normally Id just wish you luck but............

Well it has been really hot and sunny here for weeks, but last night into this morning, the gods have gone nuts, and it is absolutely pouring. The thunderstorm woke me up this morning, and it's still going, it's such a huge contrast to yesterday. I see on the news that hundreds of people have been flooded by this heavy rain, ourselves included, though thankfully it's not too bad at the moment.

Today it's cloudy and humid. No more thunderstorms and no more rain (which I really wanted for the garden). Rain forecast for tomorrow and Sun on Saturday....we'll see....

Well I thought that a spot of rain would be great after all the hot weather we have been having, but boy I wasn't expecting this much. Our city is pretty well known for flooding, as a lot of houses sit on the River Severn, and from what I have seen, this recent rain has caused havoc to a lot of people.



From what I hear the forecast isn't too promising, still a lot of rain and the temperature is supposed to get in the low 20's by the weekend.

chrisb84uk wrote: Well I thought that a spot of rain would be great after all the hot weather we have been having, but boy I wasn't expecting this much. Our city is pretty well known for flooding, as a lot of houses sit on the River Severn, and from what I have seen, this recent rain has caused havoc to a lot of people.



From what I hear the forecast isn't too promising, still a lot of rain and the temperature is supposed to get in the low 20's by the weekend.


We had flash flooding yesterday it cooled things down for a little while but not for long though.

DayDreamer wrote: We had flash flooding yesterday it cooled things down for a little while but not for long though.


Well it's still raining here, not as bad as the flash flooding from this morning, but it does feel cooler outside, but still pretty sticky. The fans in our house have been working over-drive the last few days, and I'm sure that they could do with a deserved rest, so any cooler weather would be most welcome.