OT - NO POLITICS April edition - RIP Gordon Lightfoot

[DarrenBanks56]

Now I want to watch another Steve Wallis stealth camping video

i love his vids

 

[TD Charlie]

This heatwave is already killing me. I do not fare well in the sun and have been nursing a migraine since I got up this morning. On the plus side, due to warmer temps the efficiency of my little putt putt hybrid has increased 20 percent almost overnight. It almost makes me forget about the check engine light staring me in the face.

 

[Mione134]

This heatwave is already killing me. I do not fare well in the sun and have been nursing a migraine since I got up this morning. On the plus side, due to warmer temps the efficiency of my little putt putt hybrid has increased 20 percent almost overnight. It almost makes me forget about the check engine light staring me in the face.

I hate the heat. Hate the bugs. Hate the humidity. I don't know how I used to be outside playing sports in 100+ weather.

Now, I can't stand it. I'll lie comfortably on the couch with the central air on. I can't do outside activities in the heat.

No Bueno for my asthma either.

 

[DarrenBanks56]

This heatwave is already killing me. I do not fare well in the sun and have been nursing a migraine since I got up this morning. On the plus side, due to warmer temps the efficiency of my little putt putt hybrid has increased 20 percent almost overnight. It almost makes me forget about the check engine light staring me in the face.

i might have to put the ac in the window.
brutal

 

[TD Charlie]

i might have to put the ac in the window.
brutal

I'm considering it. Just hard to find the strength to do anything more than stand up at the moment. Definitely got all the ceiling fans going though

 

[caz16]

With Easter chocolate sales in the stores, it reminded me of this story. I think I know you guys well enough now that you know I'm a little off kilter And I can share my craziness. A few years ago they had Hershey chocolate shaped like pucks with NHL team logos on the foil. I found them at a great price and bought several bags. There were hardly any Bruins pucks but tons of Canadian team logos.

I couldn't bring myself to eat the Habs ones and gave them to a Habs fan at work. Then I decided to complain to Hershey. I emailed them with my disappointment that I had to give away so much of my chcolate due to the Habs logo. They apologized and said they would send me coupons for free products. I replied that I appreciate that but instead could they send me Bruins wrappers so I could rewrap the ones I didn't like. Again, they apologized that they couldn't do that because they were out of production....lmao! I like to think I gave them something to talk about on their breaks...the insane woman from Canada.

 

[caz16]

@Aussie Bruin , I hope you are safe from that massive category 5 storm bearing down on Australia.

 

[Terrier]

At the moment, Newton is hotter than Tampa.

 

[Aussie Bruin]

Can you all send some of that heat my way? We had a wet, cold, miserable summer, now being followed by a wet, cold, miserable autumn. Maybe winter will be nice!

@Aussie Bruin , I hope you are safe from that massive category 5 storm bearing down on Australia.

Yes thanks. Different part of the country to me. But yeah it looks pretty nasty.

 

[Kovi]

i might have to put the ac in the window.
brutal

Oh I dont miss that.

the only time it gets humid here is during monsoon.

 

[NeelyDan]

Anyone else have the unique pleasure of having to inspire a division of people when you are not feeling “on”

It’s a particular kind of hell lol

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

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[sooshii]

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Bless you!

 

[Bruinaura]

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[22Brad Park]

This heatwave is already killing me. I do not fare well in the sun and have been nursing a migraine since I got up this morning. On the plus side, due to warmer temps the efficiency of my little putt putt hybrid has increased 20 percent almost overnight. It almost makes me forget about the check engine light staring me in the face.

I was just pushing snow off back step and scraping my truck .Hope your headache gets better though .

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

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Ugh the worst. Yesterday and this morning I got that thing where i got a weird scratch in my throat that made me couch(couch cough, whatever auto-correct), which preceded like 15 sneezes in a row.

 

[rfournier103]

This heatwave is already killing me. I do not fare well in the sun and have been nursing a migraine since I got up this morning. On the plus side, due to warmer temps the efficiency of my little putt putt hybrid has increased 20 percent almost overnight. It almost makes me forget about the check engine light staring me in the face.

I hate the heat. Hate the bugs. Hate the humidity. I don't know how I used to be outside playing sports in 100+ weather.

Now, I can't stand it. I'll lie comfortably on the couch with the central air on. I can't do outside activities in the heat.

No Bueno for my asthma either.

You guys would not like Texas. Not one bit.

When I was working out of IBEW Local 60 in 2009 during the recession, it got over 100 degrees every day for over three straight months. Aside from ice water provided in huge coolers and some massive fans in the unfinished building we were constructing, there was ZERO escape from the heat. At least we were shaded by the upper floors and roof from the sun.

Thankfully for me, one of the general foremen on the site noticed I had a 103 sticker on my lid and asked if I was from the Boston local (we often trade stickers, so it was a fair question). I told him I was, and then he told me about how the 103 guys took very good care of him when he was up here working on the Big Dig. He repaid their kindness by making sure I stayed out of the sun while I was on that site. I tan like an Irishman, so he did me a huge solid. Now don't think that my work wasn't hard - because I never worked so hard in my life. I just didn't need as much sunscreen as some of the other guys. It was still brutally hot.

I always tell my brother and sister electricians that if we ever have Travelers from other jurisdictions working here, for the love of God please treat them with respect. You never know how it will effect someone else down the road.

 

[Kovi]

You guys would not like Texas. Not one bit.

When I was working out of IBEW Local 60 in 2009 during the recession, it got over 100 degrees every day for over three straight months. Aside from ice water provided in huge coolers and some massive fans in the unfinished building we were constructing, there was ZERO escape from the heat. At least we were shaded by the upper floors and roof from the sun.

Thankfully for me, one of the general foremen on the site noticed I had a 103 sticker on my lid and asked if I was from the Boston local (we often trade stickers, so it was a fair question). I told him I was, and then he told me about how the 103 guys took very good care of him when he was up here working on the Big Dig. He repaid their kindness by making sure I stayed out of the sun while I was on that site. I tan like an Irishman, so he did me a huge solid. Now don't think that my work wasn't hard - because I never worked so hard in my life. I just didn't need as much sunscreen as some of the other guys. It was still brutally hot.

I always tell my brother and sister electricians that if we ever have Travelers from other jurisdictions working here, for the love of God please treat them with respect. You never know how it will effect someone else down the road.

a year ago we had 50 days over 100 and five 120 degree days. People mainly stayed inside, but you could tell they were starting to lose their minds a little. The sun is no joke--it can kill you.

120 starts to feel like another planet.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

a year ago we had 50 days over 100 and five 120 degree days. People mainly stayed inside, but you could tell they were starting to lose their minds a little. The sun is no joke--it can kill you.

120 starts to feel like another planet.

Amen to that.

Im up the NW corner of town here, so at a little elevation (about 3k feet) so its the coolest (relatively) spot in town. It's amazing how much of a difference those few degrees of temp make vs the other end of town at the low point of the valley.

 

[rfournier103]

a year ago we had 50 days over 100 and five 120 degree days. People mainly stayed inside, but you could tell they were starting to lose their minds a little. The sun is no joke--it can kill you.

120 starts to feel like another planet.

Absolutely. I knew fellow travelers who found out the hard way that sunscreen was kind of important down there.

Never felt 120 degrees. I think the hottest temps I've ever worked in was 116 in Somerville, Mass. on the Green Line Extension project. For contrast, the coldest temps I've ever worked in was -14 in a freezer at a food processing facility in Ayer, Mass. I don't think I could have dressed any warmer.

 

[BB79]

People mainly stayed inside, but you could tell they were starting to lose their minds a little.

Sounds like 2020...

My weather station- 93 degrees
Sunrise Florida near the arena- 88 degrees

The one damned thing I'd rather not beat Florida at..

 

[quietbruinfan]

I am not fond of heat waves. I live in a hotbox, 4th floor apartment in a brick building where it is ten degrees hotter inside than outside. The good news is that it forces me to get out and exercise more.

 

[Bruinaura]

You guys would not like Texas. Not one bit.

When I was working out of IBEW Local 60 in 2009 during the recession, it got over 100 degrees every day for over three straight months. Aside from ice water provided in huge coolers and some massive fans in the unfinished building we were constructing, there was ZERO escape from the heat. At least we were shaded by the upper floors and roof from the sun.

Thankfully for me, one of the general foremen on the site noticed I had a 103 sticker on my lid and asked if I was from the Boston local (we often trade stickers, so it was a fair question). I told him I was, and then he told me about how the 103 guys took very good care of him when he was up here working on the Big Dig. He repaid their kindness by making sure I stayed out of the sun while I was on that site. I tan like an Irishman, so he did me a huge solid. Now don't think that my work wasn't hard - because I never worked so hard in my life. I just didn't need as much sunscreen as some of the other guys. It was still brutally hot.

I always tell my brother and sister electricians that if we ever have Travelers from other jurisdictions working here, for the love of God please treat them with respect. You never know how it will effect someone else down the road.

I've been to Texas once. Well, twice if you count a brief layover in El Paso.

I didn't care for it at all.

I love Tennessee.

 

[NeelyDan]

Y’all should just move to the 500 acres of land I plan to buy in northern Ontario, we can create a real HFBruins community

No analytics nerds permitted tho

 

[rfournier103]

I've been to Texas once. Well, twice if you count a brief layover in El Paso.

I didn't care for it at all.

I love Tennessee.

Tennessee is gorgeous. Beautiful state with great people.

I loved my experience in Texas.

I left home by myself and went to a place I had never been and didn't know a soul. I hate the cold and don't mind the heat, and the food was amazing. The best meats I've ever had, and you'll never get better fruits and vegetables.

The people I worked with became like family to me, and many of them were in the same boat as me - away from home in a strange place. I'm still friends with a lot of them to this day.

One of these days I might tell the story of the night I went drinking with the Mexicans. That was quite an experience...