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Dog days anyone?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:13 am
by Rench
The motivation, it is lacking.
They say the Dog Days of Summer have more to do with a star rising at certain times of the year, but I'm thinking of the western version. Where the dogs just sleep all day, too lazy or unwilling to try and brave the heat for anything.
I actually had to give myself a pep talk this morning to gear up and get on the bike TO RIDE HOME FROM WORK.
It's not even end-of-the-world hot. Just hot enough to not care anymore. About anything.
May you all find shade where you can.
-Rench
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:40 am
by DerGolgo
Back when I lived with my parents and we had a dog, on the hot days of summer, if you took him into the garden, he'd trot under a brush, dig himself a hole and climb in there. And stay there until you convinced him you were going back inside.
You could blame that on instinct, dog days triggering earthworks, but I knew that dog and that was a smart dog (he figured out how to get a cast-iron skillet full of deliciousness off the stove without making a noise of cracking a tile on the kitchen floor).
That was before we figured out to cut his pelt off (literally 50% of his volume, polish breed, made for cold) in the spring.
Weather has been middling for the last few weeks, slowly alternating between rain and sunshine, but no severe heat, that started to die down in June (but usually comes back in August).
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:27 am
by Rabbit_Fighter
Tell me about it. I think we are supposed to hit 81 today.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:40 am
by goose
Rabbit_Fighter wrote:Tell me about it. I think we are supposed to hit 81 today.
a blistering 64 here, ahh San Francisco summers. Can I borrow a sweater?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:03 am
by Rock
Goose and Rabbit,
I am sending you both packages of the sweat from my grundle.
Since we've been having these balmy 99+ days here in sunny NY, the abundance of grundle sweat has lowered the street value and I can afford to spare some.
Don't worry when you open said packages the contents will atomize and apply itself directly to you.
XOXO
Rock
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:13 am
by Bigshankhank
You people suck. Temps in the lo 90's with humidity in the same range. Rain every fucking day.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:16 am
by rc26
I've found that if I stick to dirt roads that are tree-lined, it's not so bad on a hot day. Got caught in a very sudden thunderstorm coming home Sunday...soaked to the bone. It actually helped, I was pretty comfortable for the remaining hour that it took to get home.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:06 pm
by MoraleHazard
I've still been commuting on two, but no fun riding. I'd rather just sit in the AC.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:59 pm
by xtian
We haven't reach more than 70°F for month. This summer sucks donkey dicks. My turn to laugh at you now. A-HA... 70°F.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:15 pm
by roadmissile
No A/C at home means I'm seriously considering throwing hard earned bucks at a window unit, it's seriously so hot I'm having trouble motivating to get any design work done, and that's where I sit on my ass in front of a computer...
/RM
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:21 am
by goose
xtian wrote:We haven't reach more than 70°F for month. This summer sucks donkey dicks. My turn to laugh at you now. A-HA... 70°F.
Forecast calls for temps approaching 70 by the end of the week. Guess I better get the a/c charged.
Oh, and Rock, that was, well umm, ewww! Hopefully, Homeland Security will intercept that package!
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:06 am
by Rock
goose wrote:Hopefully, Homeland Security will intercept that package!
Nope its enroute, DHS/TSA is to busy checking schlongs at the airport....
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:03 pm
by Sisyphus
Right now I have too much shit to haul around on a bike. Not happy about it, either.
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:08 pm
by SSCAM
blackjoe wrote:I actually had to turn my fireplace on yesterday. Pacific coast FTW!
Hey Joe,
Fuck you.
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 6:56 pm
by Rock
Joe, Bucket of grundle sweat headed to you.......