112 F. here

For the last two days it's been 112 or higher - that's 44 C.

Inside the house it's 91. At least it does stay a little cooler indoors.

Most of the cats are flat.

I repeat the song I composed a few years back about the tomcats:

We're the Flat Boys
We forgot all about our toys
It's too hot in the house
To think of chasing a mouse
Mom won't even wear a blouse

Yeah, we're the Flat Boys
Flat as living cats can be
Laying on the floor half asleep
Too lazy to let out a peep
We're the Flat Boys!

Oh we're all Flat Boys
We blend right into the rugs
Won't let mom give us any hugs
Too hot to go for flying bugs
Feeling slow as sloppy slugs

We're being Flat Boys....
That old fan makes a lotta noise
It disturbs a poor kitty's poise
But so much heat not a one enjoys
So we be Flat Boys!

On 8/2/2011 6:37 PM, Pat wrote:
For the last two days it's been 112 or higher - that's 44 C.

Inside the house it's 91. At least it does stay a little cooler indoors.

Most of the cats are flat.

I repeat the song I composed a few years back about the tomcats:

We're the Flat Boys
We forgot all about our toys
It's too hot in the house
To think of chasing a mouse
Mom won't even wear a blouse

Yeah, we're the Flat Boys
Flat as living cats can be
Laying on the floor half asleep
Too lazy to let out a peep
We're the Flat Boys!

Oh we're all Flat Boys
We blend right into the rugs
Won't let mom give us any hugs
Too hot to go for flying bugs
Feeling slow as sloppy slugs

We're being Flat Boys....
That old fan makes a lotta noise
It disturbs a poor kitty's poise
But so much heat not a one enjoys
So we be Flat Boys!




Cute! I can sympathize about the heat - it's stifling!!

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Pat wrote:

For the last two days it's been 112 or higher - that's 44 C.

Good god! Has it ever been that hot in your area before? I don't mean
in the history of the earth or anything, but in your lifetime, anyway.

Please say yes, or I might have to curl up under the covers in a fetal
position.

I repeat the song I composed a few years back about the tomcats:

We're the Flat Boys
We forgot all about our toys
It's too hot in the house
To think of chasing a mouse
Mom won't even wear a blouse

Yeah, we're the Flat Boys
Flat as living cats can be
Laying on the floor half asleep
Too lazy to let out a peep
We're the Flat Boys!

Oh we're all Flat Boys
We blend right into the rugs
Won't let mom give us any hugs
Too hot to go for flying bugs
Feeling slow as sloppy slugs

We're being Flat Boys....
That old fan makes a lotta noise
It disturbs a poor kitty's poise
But so much heat not a one enjoys
So we be Flat Boys!

That's good! Of course, you have some flat girls, too, but I guess
that wouldn't scan in the melody. What is that song, anyway?

Joyce

--
Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living
creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of
worthless human lives. -- Albert Schweitzer

On 8/2/2011 8:11 PM, wrote:
Pat wrote:

For the last two days it's been 112 or higher - that's 44 C.

Good god! Has it ever been that hot in your area before? I don't mean
in the history of the earth or anything, but in your lifetime, anyway.

Please say yes, or I might have to curl up under the covers in a fetal
position.

I repeat the song I composed a few years back about the tomcats:

We're the Flat Boys
We forgot all about our toys
It's too hot in the house
To think of chasing a mouse
Mom won't even wear a blouse

Yeah, we're the Flat Boys
Flat as living cats can be
Laying on the floor half asleep
Too lazy to let out a peep
We're the Flat Boys!

Oh we're all Flat Boys
We blend right into the rugs
Won't let mom give us any hugs
Too hot to go for flying bugs
Feeling slow as sloppy slugs

We're being Flat Boys....
That old fan makes a lotta noise
It disturbs a poor kitty's poise
But so much heat not a one enjoys
So we be Flat Boys!

That's good! Of course, you have some flat girls, too, but I guess
that wouldn't scan in the melody. What is that song, anyway?

Joyce


I don't know about where Pat lives, but they've said on the news here,
for months now, that this is the hottest and driest year in recorded
history. It makes believing in global warming quite feasible.

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"Pat" wrote in message
...
For the last two days it's been 112 or higher - that's 44 C.

Inside the house it's 91. At least it does stay a little cooler indoors.

Most of the cats are flat.

I repeat the song I composed a few years back about the tomcats:

We're the Flat Boys
We forgot all about our toys
It's too hot in the house
To think of chasing a mouse
Mom won't even wear a blouse

Yeah, we're the Flat Boys
Flat as living cats can be
Laying on the floor half asleep
Too lazy to let out a peep
We're the Flat Boys!

Oh we're all Flat Boys
We blend right into the rugs
Won't let mom give us any hugs
Too hot to go for flying bugs
Feeling slow as sloppy slugs

We're being Flat Boys....
That old fan makes a lotta noise
It disturbs a poor kitty's poise
But so much heat not a one enjoys
So we be Flat Boys!



I have no idea at all how you can manage to cope with this. It must be
awful.
When I went to Germany in August, the temperature was up in the high 30's C
and it nearly killed me. Brits are not used to high temperatures. To have
it up to 44 must be so dreadful. I hope the temperature will drop soon or
you find a way of cooling down.
I was asked a question once "would you rather be too hot or too cold?" I
could not decide on my answer.

Tweed

wrote
Pat wrote:

For the last two days it's been 112 or higher - that's 44 C.

Good god! Has it ever been that hot in your area before? I don't mean
in the history of the earth or anything, but in your lifetime, anyway.

Please say yes, or I might have to curl up under the covers in a fetal
position.

I think it's a record. I've been around this area since '98 and haven't seen
it get much over 100 before. This is the hottest place I've ever lived
except for the Sacramento Valley (summer of '77 it was over 110 for at least
a month continuously - it went over 120 a few days), and Phoenix where I
only lived part of a winter, is blazing hot most of the time.

What is that song, anyway?

I wrote it. I also wrote the melody but I've forgotten it.

"CatNipped" wrote

I don't know about where Pat lives, but they've said on the news here, for
months now, that this is the hottest and driest year in recorded history.
It makes believing in global warming quite feasible.

I'm in southern Missouri. We had probably the wettest spring on record. It
rained almost continuously for weeks and weeks, then jumped right into
blazing heat. We were still getting enough rain that I didn't have to water
the garden very much until July. I think it's only rained once or maybe
twice since late June.

I don't know where the TV weather info comes from but they're always saying
it's not as hot as it really is here. We've got two thermometers on the
porch, to be sure they work right. Both are in the shade all day. So I guess
it must be hotter than I actually said. I was reporting what our
thermometers read in the shade.

"Christina Websell" wrote

I have no idea at all how you can manage to cope with this. It must be
awful.

It's absolutely ridiculous. And it "feels like" a lot hotter than the
thermometer reads, due to the humidity.

When I went to Germany in August, the temperature was up in the high 30's
C and it nearly killed me. Brits are not used to high temperatures. To
have it up to 44 must be so dreadful. I hope the temperature will drop
soon or you find a way of cooling down.

I stay wet. I wear thick clothing and keep it damp at all times. That keeps
it bearable.

I was asked a question once "would you rather be too hot or too cold?" I
could not decide on my answer.

You can always get warm if you need to, just build a fire. Not much you can
do when it's too hot, aside from hanging out in a cellar.

CatNipped wrote:

I don't know about where Pat lives, but they've said on the news here,
for months now, that this is the hottest and driest year in recorded
history. It makes believing in global warming quite feasible.

Duh!

You're not one of those global warming deniers, are you? I hope not, you
seem way too smart for that.

Joyce

--
A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going
somewhere. -- Groucho Marx

"Pat" wrote in message ...

For the last two days it's been 112 or higher - that's 44 C.

Inside the house it's 91. At least it does stay a little cooler indoors.

Most of the cats are flat.

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