Climate Change

[badgerx16]

53 minutes ago, Turkish said:

And after that first day the sheep can spend 99 years and 364 days laughing at the dead lion.

Edited June 25 by badgerx16

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

Better to live several hours as a half decent climber, than spend a day or a century as a lion or sheep, looking up at the cliff. 🙂

[Whitey Grandad]

2 hours ago, OldNick said:

It was hell last night, I slept downstairs util about 4, coming back life now and again to see the footy 

I have a through lounge/diner/conservatory and a few years ago I had an air conditioner installed in the conservatory. If I keep two doors closed I can cool down most of my downstairs. Last night I slept downstairs on my settee. Woke up about 06:30 for the third time.

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

4 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

I have a through lounge/diner/conservatory and a few years ago I had an air conditioner installed in the conservatory. If I keep two doors closed I can cool down most of my downstairs. Last night I slept downstairs on my settee. Woke up about 06:30 for the third time.

Calling @trousers

 

(Yes, I know the alarm says 6:00, rather than 6:30)

[Weston Super Saint]

What is going on?  Temperatures forecast to hit over 30C this weekend and no sign at all of a weather warning.  What am I supposed to do?  How am I supposed to survive?

[Farmer Saint]

8 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

What is going on?  Temperatures forecast to hit over 30C this weekend and no sign at all of a weather warning.  What am I supposed to do?  How am I supposed to survive?

There's an amber one where I am, so we're battoning down the hatches, saying goodbye to loved ones and praying to our Gods to be spared.

 

 

 

...and getting the pool prepped again as think we'll spend most of our time in there.

Edited Wednesday at 07:16 by Farmer Saint

[Sevvy]

It's bloody summer live with it,

[Turkish]

On 08/07/2026 at 08:07, Weston Super Saint said:

What is going on?  Temperatures forecast to hit over 30C this weekend and no sign at all of a weather warning.  What am I supposed to do?  How am I supposed to survive?

Where is the guidance?

is everyone coping? I walked through London for a mile this morning and almost had a panic attack as I broke into a sweat with NO WATER anywhere 

[badgerx16]

After tea we will be watering our gardens.

[Turkish]

Any of you selfish bastards bought an air conditioning unit yet?

[AlexLaw76]

9 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

After tea we will be watering our gardens.

Not with a hosepipe I hope

[badgerx16]

7 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Not with a hosepipe I hope

Nowhere near a ban yet in Lancashire, NWW say the reservoirs are above average for the time of year as we have had 90% of the expected rainfall so far this year.

Edited 1 hour ago by badgerx16

[Weston Super Saint]

20 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Any of you selfish bastards bought an air conditioning unit yet?

I did.  It was absolute dogshit.  It's been returned and so has my money.

[Challenger]

1 minute ago, Weston Super Saint said:

I did.  It was absolute dogshit.  It's been returned and so has my money.

Was it the Lidl one by any chance ?

[Turkish]

19 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

I did.  It was absolute dogshit.  It's been returned and so has my money.

At least it stopped you DESTROYING the planet 

[The Kraken]

19 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

I did.  It was absolute dogshit.  It's been returned and so has my money.

Yeah, I say it every summer but I’m going to wait until the winter then get one. Anything decently recommended seems to be sold out, and there’s load of tat on the market.

[Whitey Grandad]

43 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Any of you selfish bastards bought an air conditioning unit yet?

I fitted one in our conservatory/dining room four years ago. It works well either heating or cooling. A coefficient of performance of nearly 4, or so they claim although I don’t believe it. 

[badgerx16]

47 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Any of you selfish bastards bought an air conditioning unit yet?

I have just put a tray of ice cubes in front of a fan.

[Weston Super Saint]

51 minutes ago, Challenger said:

Was it the Lidl one by any chance ?

It was from Amazon. Was described as having cooling fins - the same as a fridge - on the back. It neglected to say they were made of cardboard and whilst it did pump water around you had to freeze two small ice packs (about the size of ice lollies!) to chill the water, a feat that never actually happened.

Absolute bag of wank! Luckily, Amazon take shit like that back, no questions asked!

[Weston Super Saint]

37 minutes ago, Turkish said:

At least it stopped you DESTROYING the planet 

Not through fucking choice! Bollocks to the environment when it gets over 23C in the house!

[Turkish]

40 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

I have just put a tray of ice cubes in front of a fan.

I left my fridge door open

[egg]

11 minutes ago, Turkish said:

I left my fridge door open

I just went to the sauna for a cool down.