We got it! 
Hey! Weather wise, it is the only big break we Arizonians have in the winter!
¯*I’m not expecting to grow flowers in a desert, but i can live
and breathe and see the sun in wintertime… * ¯
Brilliant sunshine here for the past week. Unfortunately, that also means temperatures hovering between about +5 to -15. Pretty, but we be the frozen chosen. At least I’m not in Fairbanks.
“Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun.” Pink Floyd, A Saucerful of Secrets.
I saw it today while I was eating lunch on the patio. We had a short discussion. He’s doing fine and enjoying his stay in So Cal.
Here. It’s 90 fucking degrees and so hot I just wanna die. No point in swimming because the pool is like bathwater.
Waaaaaaaaah.
I just saw it on TV last night, courtesy of the Late Show Sun Rover.
Indeed, Primaflora. Regular Dopers will be aware that I remain a very keen and avid road racing cyclist dude, and I still do 300+ klms per week even now in my early forties. Well, these past few days have been murder. 90% humidity or higher, and well up in the mid 90’s in Farenheit - and probably over 100 F anywhere inland.
I can’t begin to describe how dehydrated I’ve been these last few days - that is, obviously I’ve been drinking up to 7 litres of drinks per day, but the dehydration from the 60 mile rides has been massive. Even my little 13 month old daughter has been averaging over 2 litres of drinks per day.
So, as they say, it never rains, but it pours, huh?
It’s the mega humid hot winds which are the killer. If they were dry winds at least your sweat would be doing something positive, but when it’s 90% humidity and so incredibly hot, well, it seems as though you’re just a walking human version of fly paper all day long!
Still, it only lasts for a little while and then the gentle cool sea breezes return.
I live near Boo Boo Foo, except without the seabreezes, and I agree. You can take the damn sun.
Send some snow!
It’s going to be 38 degrees here on Sunday (that’s 100F). I’m off to Summadayze, which is a festival to be held at an outdoor amphitheatre in the middle of a paddock. Reckon I’ll make it home without dehydrating? 
Jervoise, I admire your courage.
Please make sure you drink lots so you don’t dehydrate.
I can’t believe I’m fretting about the hydration status of someone I don’t even know.
Aww, thanks mate. 
Never fear, though–I will wear (from top to bottom) my trusty straw cowboy hat; my even trustier CamelBak, sans shirt; shorts; and thongs.* Also, they’ll probably end up wetting the crowd down with fire hoses again.
- That’s Australian for flip-flops, not the underwear. It’s much too hot to bother with even a g-.
Can’t get the first one, but it looks like Spooky got it anyway.
I’m ashamed to admit I recognized this one immediately:
It’s the pilot of a seemingly out-of-control ship in Star Trek:TOS, episode titled “Operation - Annihilate!”
Oh. D’oh. Forgot to mention: he says it as he’s piloting his ship into the sun. Which is how it’s relevant to this thread and all. Duh.
DogMom, don’t be ashamed. Embrace the geekitude.
You got it in one.
Spooky got the other reference. I wasn’t thinking of HHGTTG, but the band’s ship was also set for the heart of the sun. Since I was vague, 1/2 point to GingeroftheNorth, who has probably heard my name spoken in anger, or at least disgust.
Damn sun’s gone today, too. Grey, cold and windy. Sounds like a law firm.
I live across the water from the OP, about ten miles away, and there was a definite sighting early this afternoon. Bleak, pale, not very warming, but still… And I noticed that there was still some daylight left after 4 p.m., so there is hope.
However, if I had the money to spare, I’d get on plane to the Canary Islands tomorrow and bake in the sun for a week. I need them vitamins.
It’s at my house, not doing its goddamn job. Oh I shouldn’t complain, it’s not that bad really, once all your exposed flesh goes numb.
Have you ever noticed how it seems to make the palm trees actually sparkle when you’re driving down Wilshire to the beach, in the late afternoon?
I duck.
I run.
And tomorrow is supposed to be even warmer.
I don’t say this to brag. Really. I hate Tucson weather and would rather live someplace with a moderate amount of snow.
Hmmm let me think.
No I can’t say I actually ever did notice that. Don’t go much to the beach these days, what with ice on the water and everything.
Hey autz we just got some more snow today. I’d mail you some if I could find the mailbox, unfortunately I can’t see a darn thing.
Don’t feel bad. All in all I think I’d prefer to live in your part of the world. I spent one year in Germany and didn’t mind the winter too much, but then I think it was a fairly mild winter. From what I hear, this year’s winter in Europe is unusually severe.