I am a winter fan myself and love the snow (as long as I don't have to drive in it) and cold crisp winter mornings. Remember when I was last in Iceland (the country), it was so cold that the plane doors froze  and yet it didn't feel cold outside.

Today the weather has been lovely though, it is hot, 30C,  but there is a nice breeze which helps. I don't function very well with the humidity though

I too am waiting for all the drivel that the poor hard done by water companies might spout about needing drought orders,hose pipe bans and having to put bowsers and stand pipes in the streets.Though I don't think it'll happen this year because if they do,then someone can always say what did you do with all the money you didn't pay in taxes,that would help our economy a tiny bit,because it wasn't spent repairing all the leaks that have been there for months.Our local water utility firm has spent lots of money on big shiny 4x4's this year.

As for the hot weather,generally we associate hot weather with being on holiday where we don't do much more than lie around,soak up rays and drink beer.We can't do this at home because we have to fit it around work and other stuff.My job involves working with the public and believe me,hot weather definately affects the way people think and do things,for the worse,unfortunately.

Funny thing is though,even though it is quite hot,or very hot as it has been today,I don't feel it as much as I used to.I used to be a twenty stone fatty,now I'm a fairly trim thirteen and a half stone chap now,I still can sweat a bit when I'm doing things but nothing like before.

And the aircon in my car works brilliantly,I've had it nearly 9 years now and its never needed regassing.Its a Skoda Octavia 1.9TDI,so its still very economical with it switched on,around high 40's around town to high 50's to low 60's on a run.Can't complain at that really.

Anyway,according to the weather app on my phone,its gonna rain next week,only for a bit though but the temperatures are set to drop to a more manageable 20-22 degrees C.

Pete

 

One thing about English weather, it's never boring.

look at it this way. Every day is good as long as you wake up and are still breathing.

Quote from: klinger on July 13, 2013, 09:12:35 AM
look at it this way. Every day is good as long as you wake up and are still breathing.

Best quote on the forum for ages ! You gottta enjoy yourself  each day cos
there ain't no rehearsal for life. Can't get your loco to run, Ebay deal gone bad,
lost the remote, car won't start,wife left you ....big deal . Like the lowest form of life at the
bottom of the sea you're still alive! 

Quote from: Leo1961 on July 09, 2013, 12:49:09 PM
Some of us can remember the Summer of '76...

Now that really was hot 

I was a cinema projectionist during that one. Used to work in boxers only.
The arc lamps made things even hotter.

Quote from: daveg on July 09, 2013, 01:40:27 PM
I love the current weather!  No heating bills, open the windows wide all night and get a breeze thru the house. Dries the paint quick!!

If I get too hot, I move into the shade or indoors but near the open patio doors.

Car uses 10% more fuel with aircon so got 40 mpg in the 500 odd miles over the weekend with an average speed of 43mph, despite the bl**dy queues! Not bad for a shed on wheels.

Hoping Malta in late September has something similar - I know I'm gonna be told! 

Strolling into town in 5 mins so better get some decent shorts and a T shirt on. Hate to scare the natives too much!

Me too.... after last years weather I think this recent hot sunny spell is great and to be honest I can't get enough of it! Here in the sunny south east the climate is almost like being abroad.   

When I feel the heat though, I just reflect back on the Ally Pally weekend and how miserable the weather was on that Saturday, soon sorts me out!

However there is a part of me that kind of likes the long dark evenings as I can get back on with my projects, where the progress has slowed considerably lately.

I too enjoy the summer sun we've had past few days, makes up for
worst spring since time began. Only drawback with this weather
is the outbreak of chavs wandering about bare chested, tattooed,
camo pattern shorts from Primark etc  ..... and the men are even worse.

Quote from: Agrippa on July 14, 2013, 06:53:54 PM
I too enjoy the summer sun we've had past few days, makes up for
worst spring since time began. Only drawback with this weather
is the outbreak of chavs wandering about bare chested, tattooed,
camo pattern shorts from Primark etc  ..... and the men are even worse.

I take it you have visited Basildon then! 

Well the steam restrictions are in force 

The Tyne-Tees Streak (approved for 90mph running) has been postponed from this Friday, new date TBA

The other Steam Railtours for this week are running with diesel assistance

I was going to go get some footage of the "Fellsman" tomorrow but not sure if I will bother now 

dave 

Sad news, Dave
Just another reason to hope it cools down a bit soon
At least now I can sit in the garden and check the forum as the sun has gone down

Quote from: newportnobby on July 16, 2013, 09:10:14 PM
At least now I can sit in the garden and check the forum as the sun has gone down

It's alright for some  .........there's no way I'm lugging the PC outside 

dave 

It's alright for some Mick, I'm not going outside now to be bitten by the horrible little flying critters here.

At lunchtime today I was waiting to cross the road at a Pelican crossing near to a large supermarket. As I stood there along came Mr & Mrs Neanderthal, he with no shirt, she (thankfully with a tee-shirt) although it had the remains of yesterday's dinner down the front. Stig rips open one of those triangular sandwich packs and promptly gives partner a sandwich, takes out the other and drops the package on the floor. He is actually stood next to a huge cast iron rubbish bin.
I said, 'Why are you dropping that on floor when you are stood next to a bin?'
Both stopped munching and looked at me, he started to blink really fast, I took this as a sign that the other brain cell was kicking in. Sure enough, after searching through his vast vocabulary he said, 'F*** Off.' Mrs Stig, who had a little longer to search her database said, 'Yeah, F*** Off.'
She had actually exceeded his word tally by 50%, ok, she had repeated two of them, but to her credit had added one of her own.
An elderly lady with a walking stick had joined us by this time, and she pushed the wrapper toward Stig with the tip of her walking stick, and told him to pick it up and put it in the bin.
By this time Stig's mouth had gone into fast spin with the sandwich, but he actually picked up wrapper and put it in the bin.
The lady and I smiled at each other as the pedestrian light changed to green and went on our merry way, followed by Mr & Mrs Stig, who having used up their word allocation for the day just grunted and mumbled.
A small victory, but satisfying.

As I am still waiting for my LEDs from Asia,  I ordered a pack of 5 from the UK to experiment with.
The ones from abroad will be 1206 and the others that arrived today are 0805  I can barely see them let alone trying to solder them.

May attempt one tonight, just got to work out which is the cathode and which is the anode.