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[Ringel05]

Well, cool here is a relative term as we're in the high desert. Yesterday was in the 70s with a cool wind, last night got down into the 50s but we're warming back up again starting this afternoon, upper 80s to low 90s.

Here is about 9C (48F) and I don't close the window, because it's comfortable for me... Especially to sleep with such fresh air... Maybe it's because I'm too fat to enjoy higher temperatures ))

9C! Too cold! View attachment 122893

That is normal winter daytime temps for us or maybe just a tad warmer--the kind of weather you wear a sweater or light jacket unless it is windy and you're going to be out in it for some time. But this time of year it feels really chilly though we have been getting into the mid to low 40's almost every night now--warms into the high 60's or low 70's during the day--might get up to low 80's. But as SBiker in Russia and Ringel in the Texas desert point out, our comfort level is pretty much relative to what feels 'normal' to us. Somebody in southeast Asia would no doubt see it all much differently.

You're roughly 1600 ft higher up than we are so naturally you'll have lower temps, when I go up to Fort Stanton the elevation difference is roughly 2500 ft with temps being about 20 degrees cooler up there not to mention that the air is thinner so I can't really exert myself too much without the risk of passing out.

El Paso is a fokking desert so what do you expect there?

Frosty the Snowman ?!

Not this winter but last winter we actually had snow....... Granted by mid afternoon it was almost all gone......
We have had hail storms so bad they had to close down sections of I10.

 

[Ringel05]

Hola, amigo! Cool day is really good for travelling. As for me, I prefer a bit cool weather...

Well, cool here is a relative term as we're in the high desert. Yesterday was in the 70s with a cool wind, last night got down into the 50s but we're warming back up again starting this afternoon, upper 80s to low 90s.

Here is about 9C (48F) and I don't close the window, because it's comfortable for me... Especially to sleep with such fresh air... Maybe it's because I'm too fat to enjoy higher temperatures ))

9C! Too cold! View attachment 122893

That is normal winter daytime temps for us or maybe just a tad warmer--the kind of weather you wear a sweater or light jacket unless it is windy and you're going to be out in it for some time. But this time of year it feels really chilly though we have been getting into the mid to low 40's almost every night now--warms into the high 60's or low 70's during the day--might get up to low 80's. But as SBiker in Russia and Ringel in the Texas desert point out, our comfort level is pretty much relative to what feels 'normal' to us. Somebody in southeast Asia would no doubt see it all much differently.

My friends in Phoenix said daytime temps are in the 90's there already.

That's Phoenix for ya.

 

[Foxfyre]

Hola, amigo! Cool day is really good for travelling. As for me, I prefer a bit cool weather...

Well, cool here is a relative term as we're in the high desert. Yesterday was in the 70s with a cool wind, last night got down into the 50s but we're warming back up again starting this afternoon, upper 80s to low 90s.

Here is about 9C (48F) and I don't close the window, because it's comfortable for me... Especially to sleep with such fresh air... Maybe it's because I'm too fat to enjoy higher temperatures ))

9C! Too cold! View attachment 122893

That is normal winter daytime temps for us or maybe just a tad warmer--the kind of weather you wear a sweater or light jacket unless it is windy and you're going to be out in it for some time. But this time of year it feels really chilly though we have been getting into the mid to low 40's almost every night now--warms into the high 60's or low 70's during the day--might get up to low 80's. But as SBiker in Russia and Ringel in the Texas desert point out, our comfort level is pretty much relative to what feels 'normal' to us. Somebody in southeast Asia would no doubt see it all much differently.

My friends in Phoenix said daytime temps are in the 90's there already.

That's very much possible in Phoenix where temps can run 10 to 20 degrees hotter there than here. We probably won't see any 90's until late May or maybe June.

 

[yiostheoy]

... in Phoenix where temps can run 10 to 20 degrees hotter there than here. We probably won't see any 90's until late May or maybe June.

Other than Death Valley Calif, Phoenix is usually the hottest spot in the Nation.

 

[Foxfyre]

Good night darlinks. I love you guys.

And we continue to pray and/or send good vibes and/or positive thoughts and/or keep vigil for:

Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
Freedombecki,
Noomi!!!
Nosmo's mom,
Ernie's stop smoking project,
Rod, GW's partner,
The Ringels in difficult transition,
Foxfyre's friend Dana and Aunt Betty,
Etherion and his grandma,
Kat's sister,
Gallant Warrior's chilly goats,
The Ringel's Gizmo and wellness for Ringel,
Special prayers and/or positive thoughts for Sherry's mom and her life saving medical treatment.
GW's daughter, her friend Sachendra, and Sachendra's husband Bob and son Gary in what is probably Sachendra's last days.
Mrs. Saveliberty with her knee surgery.
Hombre's sore toes,
The Gracies just because,
Special prayers and/or positive thoughts for Mr. Peach and Peach143 in the coming days and wellness for them both.
Ernie!!!
Boedicca, her dad, brother, mom, and family,
CeeCee's baby sister,
All of us and those we care about who are looking for work,

And the light is left on for Alan, Noomi, Freedombecki, Oddball, Spoonman, and all the others we miss and hope to return.

Sunset over Moscow

 

[Foxfyre]

... in Phoenix where temps can run 10 to 20 degrees hotter there than here. We probably won't see any 90's until late May or maybe June.

Other than Death Valley Calif, Phoenix is usually the hottest spot in the Nation.

I'm not sure of that. Lake Havasu, Needles, Palm Springs, Bullhead City/Laughlin and a number of other places all come in ahead of Phoenix when it comes to heat.

 

[Kat]

Good night darlinks. I love you guys.

And we continue to pray and/or send good vibes and/or positive thoughts and/or keep vigil for:

Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
Freedombecki,
Noomi!!!
Nosmo's mom,
Ernie's stop smoking project,
Rod, GW's partner,
The Ringels in difficult transition,
Foxfyre's friend Dana and Aunt Betty,
Etherion and his grandma,
Kat's sister,
Gallant Warrior's chilly goats,
The Ringel's Gizmo and wellness for Ringel,
Special prayers and/or positive thoughts for Sherry's mom and her life saving medical treatment.
GW's daughter, her friend Sachendra, and Sachendra's husband Bob and son Gary in what is probably Sachendra's last days.
Mrs. Saveliberty with her knee surgery.
Hombre's sore toes,
The Gracies just because,
Special prayers and/or positive thoughts for Mr. Peach and Peach143 in the coming days and wellness for them both.
Ernie!!!
Boedicca, her dad, brother, mom, and family,
CeeCee's baby sister,
All of us and those we care about who are looking for work,

And the light is left on for Alan, Noomi, Freedombecki, Oddball, Spoonman, and all the others we miss and hope to return.

Sunset over Moscow

♥♥

 

[CeeCee]

Going for blood work soon that I've blown off for 6 months...waited til almost the last minute since my dr appt is Wednesday.

I'm worried that they'll say my paperwork is too old...dated December 2016 and if that's the case...guess I'll be blowing it off again til I get new paperwork.

Fasting is very difficult for me...I never eat after dinner and I wake up starving!

Hope everyone is having a good day!!

 

[Sarah G]

Well, cool here is a relative term as we're in the high desert. Yesterday was in the 70s with a cool wind, last night got down into the 50s but we're warming back up again starting this afternoon, upper 80s to low 90s.

Here is about 9C (48F) and I don't close the window, because it's comfortable for me... Especially to sleep with such fresh air... Maybe it's because I'm too fat to enjoy higher temperatures ))

9C! Too cold! View attachment 122893

Of course, you're dealing with jungle heat and humidity year round.

And with a tonns of mosquitoes.... Brrr, I still remember one of nights at sea some years agains... In about five o'clock AM I was forced to swim in cold water without chances to warm, to save my skin from a hordes of blood-sucking parasites, when the wind suddenly stopped....

Now I can imagine all sorts of perils at sea--leaks in the boat, storms, sharks, iceburgs, etc. But never in a million years would I have thought mosquitos to be a problem on the ocean.

I was thinking that same thing. I knew they were attracted to standing water to lay eggs in Spring but the ocean?

Learn something new everyday.

 

[esthermoon]

Hola, amigo! Cool day is really good for travelling. As for me, I prefer a bit cool weather...

Well, cool here is a relative term as we're in the high desert. Yesterday was in the 70s with a cool wind, last night got down into the 50s but we're warming back up again starting this afternoon, upper 80s to low 90s.

Here is about 9C (48F) and I don't close the window, because it's comfortable for me... Especially to sleep with such fresh air... Maybe it's because I'm too fat to enjoy higher temperatures ))

9C! Too cold! View attachment 122893

That is normal winter daytime temps for us or maybe just a tad warmer--the kind of weather you wear a sweater or light jacket unless it is windy and you're going to be out in it for some time. But this time of year it feels really chilly though we have been getting into the mid to low 40's almost every night now--warms into the high 60's or low 70's during the day--might get up to low 80's. But as SBiker in Russia and Ringel in the Texas desert point out, our comfort level is pretty much relative to what feels 'normal' to us. Somebody in southeast Asia would no doubt see it all much differently.

My friends in Phoenix said daytime temps are in the 90's there already.

 

[Foxfyre]

Going for blood work soon that I've blown off for 6 months...waited til almost the last minute since my dr appt is Wednesday.

I'm worried that they'll say my paperwork is too old...dated December 2016 and if that's the case...guess I'll be blowing it off again til I get new paperwork.

Fasting is very difficult for me...I never eat after dinner and I wake up starving!

Hope everyone is having a good day!!

Yeah I have to do that tomorrow or Wednesday too and always dread the hassle. I don't have to fast though.

 

[esthermoon]

Going for blood work soon that I've blown off for 6 months...waited til almost the last minute since my dr appt is Wednesday.

I'm worried that they'll say my paperwork is too old...dated December 2016 and if that's the case...guess I'll be blowing it off again til I get new paperwork.

Fasting is very difficult for me...I never eat after dinner and I wake up starving!

Hope everyone is having a good day!!

I hate blood work...I don't like needles...
Hope you have a good day too CeeCee

 

[Foxfyre]

Well, cool here is a relative term as we're in the high desert. Yesterday was in the 70s with a cool wind, last night got down into the 50s but we're warming back up again starting this afternoon, upper 80s to low 90s.

Here is about 9C (48F) and I don't close the window, because it's comfortable for me... Especially to sleep with such fresh air... Maybe it's because I'm too fat to enjoy higher temperatures ))

9C! Too cold! View attachment 122893

That is normal winter daytime temps for us or maybe just a tad warmer--the kind of weather you wear a sweater or light jacket unless it is windy and you're going to be out in it for some time. But this time of year it feels really chilly though we have been getting into the mid to low 40's almost every night now--warms into the high 60's or low 70's during the day--might get up to low 80's. But as SBiker in Russia and Ringel in the Texas desert point out, our comfort level is pretty much relative to what feels 'normal' to us. Somebody in southeast Asia would no doubt see it all much differently.

My friends in Phoenix said daytime temps are in the 90's there already.

Actually Arizonians handle it pretty well though. Those not as acclimated to it will suffer a lot more.

I remember one time when I was still running my biz and driving the state, I was driving into Carlsbad NM. And just about when I saw the 117 degrees f (47.2 celsius) on the bank clock, my car air conditioner froze up. The only way to thaw it fast is to run the heater. Have you ever run your car heater in 117 degree heat?

Another time we were enjoying a holiday in Laughlin NV and thought we would walk from our casino to the one next door maybe 50 yards away. But the temperature that day was closing in on 125 degrees fahrenheit. We were used to 105-110 summertime heat there and you wouldn't think another 10-15 degrees would make that much difference. It does. We decided we wouldn't walk that 50 yards until after the sun went down.

 

[esthermoon]

Here is about 9C (48F) and I don't close the window, because it's comfortable for me... Especially to sleep with such fresh air... Maybe it's because I'm too fat to enjoy higher temperatures ))

9C! Too cold! View attachment 122893

That is normal winter daytime temps for us or maybe just a tad warmer--the kind of weather you wear a sweater or light jacket unless it is windy and you're going to be out in it for some time. But this time of year it feels really chilly though we have been getting into the mid to low 40's almost every night now--warms into the high 60's or low 70's during the day--might get up to low 80's. But as SBiker in Russia and Ringel in the Texas desert point out, our comfort level is pretty much relative to what feels 'normal' to us. Somebody in southeast Asia would no doubt see it all much differently.

My friends in Phoenix said daytime temps are in the 90's there already.

Actually Arizonians handle it pretty well though. Those not as acclimated to it will suffer a lot more.

I remember one time when I was still running my biz and driving the state, I was driving into Carlsbad NM. And just about when I saw the 117 degrees f (47.2 celsius) on the bank clock, my car air conditioner froze up. The only way to thaw it fast is to run the heater. Have you ever run your car heater in 117 degree heat?

Another time we were enjoying a holiday in Laughlin NV and thought we would walk from our casino to the one next door maybe 50 yards away. But the temperature that day was closing in on 125 degrees fahrenheit. We were used to 105-110 summertime heat there and you wouldn't think another 10-15 degrees would make that much difference. It does. We decided we wouldn't walk that 50 yards until after the sun went down.

117 F degrees! This is too much even for me!
It's like burning lol

 

[WelfareQueen]

Here is about 9C (48F) and I don't close the window, because it's comfortable for me... Especially to sleep with such fresh air... Maybe it's because I'm too fat to enjoy higher temperatures ))

9C! Too cold! View attachment 122893

That is normal winter daytime temps for us or maybe just a tad warmer--the kind of weather you wear a sweater or light jacket unless it is windy and you're going to be out in it for some time. But this time of year it feels really chilly though we have been getting into the mid to low 40's almost every night now--warms into the high 60's or low 70's during the day--might get up to low 80's. But as SBiker in Russia and Ringel in the Texas desert point out, our comfort level is pretty much relative to what feels 'normal' to us. Somebody in southeast Asia would no doubt see it all much differently.

My friends in Phoenix said daytime temps are in the 90's there already.

Actually Arizonians handle it pretty well though. Those not as acclimated to it will suffer a lot more.

I remember one time when I was still running my biz and driving the state, I was driving into Carlsbad NM. And just about when I saw the 117 degrees f (47.2 celsius) on the bank clock, my car air conditioner froze up. The only way to thaw it fast is to run the heater. Have you ever run your car heater in 117 degree heat?

Another time we were enjoying a holiday in Laughlin NV and thought we would walk from our casino to the one next door maybe 50 yards away. But the temperature that day was closing in on 125 degrees fahrenheit. We were used to 105-110 summertime heat there and you wouldn't think another 10-15 degrees would make that much difference. It does. We decided we wouldn't walk that 50 yards until after the sun went down.

My sister worked in casinos in Laughlin for 20 years as a dealer. Yeah...it gets really hot there in the Mohave Desert.

My folks lived about 70 miles south of Laughlin in Lake Havasu City. 120 degrees was not uncommon and it once hit 128 degrees.

Muy caliente!!!

I was out there once in September when it hit 118. We were on the folk's party boat on the Colorado River and it really wasn't too bad. You just get dehydrated very quickly, but I don't care, I love the desert.

 

[WelfareQueen]

An old and somewhat obscure EJ song. Kinda fun to play.


Friends by user183852791

 

[CeeCee]

Well I'm done with the blood work ..I was first in line.

Speaking of hot temps, Fresno gets pretty hot, have had a few 112 days but the average is about 100+ for months.

Hate summer and it's coming...

 

[Foxfyre]

9C! Too cold! View attachment 122893

That is normal winter daytime temps for us or maybe just a tad warmer--the kind of weather you wear a sweater or light jacket unless it is windy and you're going to be out in it for some time. But this time of year it feels really chilly though we have been getting into the mid to low 40's almost every night now--warms into the high 60's or low 70's during the day--might get up to low 80's. But as SBiker in Russia and Ringel in the Texas desert point out, our comfort level is pretty much relative to what feels 'normal' to us. Somebody in southeast Asia would no doubt see it all much differently.

My friends in Phoenix said daytime temps are in the 90's there already.

Actually Arizonians handle it pretty well though. Those not as acclimated to it will suffer a lot more.

I remember one time when I was still running my biz and driving the state, I was driving into Carlsbad NM. And just about when I saw the 117 degrees f (47.2 celsius) on the bank clock, my car air conditioner froze up. The only way to thaw it fast is to run the heater. Have you ever run your car heater in 117 degree heat?

Another time we were enjoying a holiday in Laughlin NV and thought we would walk from our casino to the one next door maybe 50 yards away. But the temperature that day was closing in on 125 degrees fahrenheit. We were used to 105-110 summertime heat there and you wouldn't think another 10-15 degrees would make that much difference. It does. We decided we wouldn't walk that 50 yards until after the sun went down.

My sister worked in casinos in Laughlin for 20 years as a dealer. Yeah...it gets really hot there in the Mohave Desert.

My folks lived about 70 miles south of Laughlin in Lake Havasu City. 120 degrees was not uncommon and it once hit 128 degrees.

Muy caliente!!!

I was out there once in September when it hit 118. We were on the folk's party boat on the Colorado River and it really wasn't too bad. You just get dehydrated very quickly, but I don't care, I love the desert.

And, thanks to my brother-in-law (RIP) who seemed to have a knack of making interesting connections both in Laughlin and Vegas, we had opportunity to have dinner with a casino big wig one time. And for whatever reason he confided in us that the daytime summer temperatures in Laughlin are so horrendous that they would probably scare people away if they posted the real deal. So temperatures are taken on the Colorado instead of land which no doubt is 5 degrees or more cooler.

 

[WelfareQueen]

That is normal winter daytime temps for us or maybe just a tad warmer--the kind of weather you wear a sweater or light jacket unless it is windy and you're going to be out in it for some time. But this time of year it feels really chilly though we have been getting into the mid to low 40's almost every night now--warms into the high 60's or low 70's during the day--might get up to low 80's. But as SBiker in Russia and Ringel in the Texas desert point out, our comfort level is pretty much relative to what feels 'normal' to us. Somebody in southeast Asia would no doubt see it all much differently.

My friends in Phoenix said daytime temps are in the 90's there already.

Actually Arizonians handle it pretty well though. Those not as acclimated to it will suffer a lot more.

I remember one time when I was still running my biz and driving the state, I was driving into Carlsbad NM. And just about when I saw the 117 degrees f (47.2 celsius) on the bank clock, my car air conditioner froze up. The only way to thaw it fast is to run the heater. Have you ever run your car heater in 117 degree heat?

Another time we were enjoying a holiday in Laughlin NV and thought we would walk from our casino to the one next door maybe 50 yards away. But the temperature that day was closing in on 125 degrees fahrenheit. We were used to 105-110 summertime heat there and you wouldn't think another 10-15 degrees would make that much difference. It does. We decided we wouldn't walk that 50 yards until after the sun went down.

My sister worked in casinos in Laughlin for 20 years as a dealer. Yeah...it gets really hot there in the Mohave Desert.

My folks lived about 70 miles south of Laughlin in Lake Havasu City. 120 degrees was not uncommon and it once hit 128 degrees.

Muy caliente!!!

I was out there once in September when it hit 118. We were on the folk's party boat on the Colorado River and it really wasn't too bad. You just get dehydrated very quickly, but I don't care, I love the desert.

And, thanks to my brother-in-law (RIP) who seemed to have a knack of making interesting connections both in Laughlin and Vegas, we had opportunity to have dinner with a casino big wig one time. And for whatever reason he confided in us that the daytime summer temperatures in Laughlin are so horrendous that they would probably scare people away if they posted the real deal. So temperatures are taken on the Colorado instead of land which no doubt is 5 degrees or more cooler.

My sister worked at the Golden Nugget in Laughlin as well as a few other places over the years. My folks happened to drive through the area in 1990 and fell in love with it, and they bought a house in Lake Havasu City in 1991. My sister moved out there a short while later.

They had a beautiful house that sat about a thousand feet up overlooking the Colorado River. They sold the place in 2003 and moved to Florida in order to be closer to my elderly Grandmother.

I really miss that house Foxy. We would visit them and use it as a base camp to explore a lot of California, Utah, Nevada and New Mexico.

The southwest is my favorite part of the U.S.....no question.

 

[MisterBeale]

I've lived in the Great Lakes region my whole life.

If it gets up to 55, folks around here are in shorts. We're lucky if we see a few weeks in the summer above ninety.

I spent a month out in Vegas one summer, the day I arrived, it was a few degrees below 100, and it didn't dip back below 100 till the day I left 40 some days later. It was the first time I had ever seen on TV, meteorologists telling folks what temperature it was in the shade, and what it was in the sun.

In our neck of the woods, during winter, we have crap on our weather reported like "lake effect snow" "lake swells" and "wind chill." In my book, it's easier to "layer" than it is to cool down.

Damn was I glad to see green and get back to sane living conditions again.