This heatwave....
19 June 2017, 08:07 PM
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This heatwave....
I'm loving it 
8.05 pm , it's 28 degrees and I'm in the garden with my shorts on
Hope it continues to October.lol
8.05 pm , it's 28 degrees and I'm in the garden with my shorts onHope it continues to October.lol
19 June 2017, 09:25 PM
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20 June 2017, 02:56 AM
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Lol... It's almost 4am here and it's 27.4 degrees, been up for 2hrs because it's too hot to sleep and I forgot to kill the mozzies in my bedroom so they've been well fed tonight... now I'm waiting for the mozzie tablet to do it's thing and the smell to go away... think I'll have to compensate myself tomorrow with a couple of beers and an afternoon nap.
It's a hard life.
It's a hard life.
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20 June 2017, 08:32 AM
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Lol... It's almost 4am here and it's 27.4 degrees, been up for 2hrs because it's too hot to sleep and I forgot to kill the mozzies in my bedroom so they've been well fed tonight... now I'm waiting for the mozzie tablet to do it's thing and the smell to go away... think I'll have to compensate myself tomorrow with a couple of beers and an afternoon nap.
It's a hard life.
It's a hard life.
20 June 2017, 02:03 PM
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LOL at heatwave 
The sun comes out for a few days and the country grinds to a halt, it snows and the country grinds to a halt you really do have to laugh
You also need government warnings and it is practically a national emergency
http://news.sky.com/story/amber-aler...-june-10921160
The sun comes out for a few days and the country grinds to a halt, it snows and the country grinds to a halt you really do have to laugh
You also need government warnings and it is practically a national emergency
http://news.sky.com/story/amber-aler...-june-10921160
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20 June 2017, 09:21 PM
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Oh and no malaria here, just a pain when i'm trying to go back to sleep and they're buzzing in my ears and fresh bites itching like crazy.
Didn't manage the nap but just had a couple of beers.
21 June 2017, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by ditchmyster
Oh and no malaria here......they're buzzing...
And that's why.
The ones that make the buzzing noise (can't remember if male or female?) are the ones that cannot pass on malaria.
It's the silent ****ers you need to bother about lol
It was on QI don't'ya'know.
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21 June 2017, 09:59 AM
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Bullcack.
They both buzz but only female are carriers
It's only certain types that carry of course .
Probably safe in Croatia !
They both buzz but only female are carriers
It's only certain types that carry of course .
Probably safe in Croatia !
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21 June 2017, 10:55 AM
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Before the spread of misinformation gets too far out of hand 
:
Source: http://www.cmcd.org/biology-2/mosquito-myths-facts/
:
Myth
Both male and female mosquitoes bite. Fact
Only the female mosquito bites. She uses the protein from the blood she takes to develop her eggs. The male mosquito feeds on nectar from flowers.
Myth
Only the female mosquito makes a buzzing sound.
Fact
The buzzing sound that you hear is made by the beating of the mosquitoes wings. The wings of both males and females make a buzzing sound. Females make a higher pitched sound than males. Most people never hear the male mosquito because it doesn’t bite.
Both male and female mosquitoes bite. Fact
Only the female mosquito bites. She uses the protein from the blood she takes to develop her eggs. The male mosquito feeds on nectar from flowers.
Myth
Only the female mosquito makes a buzzing sound.
Fact
The buzzing sound that you hear is made by the beating of the mosquitoes wings. The wings of both males and females make a buzzing sound. Females make a higher pitched sound than males. Most people never hear the male mosquito because it doesn’t bite.
21 June 2017, 12:40 PM
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Before the spread of misinformation gets too far out of hand :
Source: http://www.cmcd.org/biology-2/mosquito-myths-facts/
:Source: http://www.cmcd.org/biology-2/mosquito-myths-facts/
Croatia doesn't have malaria, but there are some tiger mozzies here which can apparently carry meningitis.
Oh and it's 33 in the coolest shady place around my house at the min, probably another 5 degrees above that in the sun... which is why i'm inside typing this.
You have mozzies in the uk too these days so don't be too surprised if you hear buzzing in your half asleep state.
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21 June 2017, 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by joz8968
For the record, the Met has no 'official' definition of a heatwave.
But went on to state they consider a heatwave to be 5 or more days in succession with peaks of at least 30C.
But went on to state they consider a heatwave to be 5 or more days in succession with peaks of at least 30C.
It's actually this:
"...when the daily maximum temperature of more than five consecutive days exceeds the average maximum temperature by 5 °C"
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21 June 2017, 10:25 PM
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So what's the hottest place you've been to?
I've never experienced Sahara/Gobi 130 plus stuff. Mostly just hot and humid like West Africa and Washington DC in the summer. Think I can take dry heat but high humidity is a killer for me.
David
I've never experienced Sahara/Gobi 130 plus stuff. Mostly just hot and humid like West Africa and Washington DC in the summer. Think I can take dry heat but high humidity is a killer for me.
David
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21 June 2017, 11:24 PM
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I can cope better with dry heat-USA, but UK and European hot temperatures of 30 deg is too much with the humidity.
I was out on a club run last weekend, a couple of the guys loved it, 70miles at 30deg was too much for me, in the end and was glad to be dropped near home. A few silly buggers went on to do 90 miles going past their homes and doing a loop.
I was out on a club run last weekend, a couple of the guys loved it, 70miles at 30deg was too much for me, in the end and was glad to be dropped near home. A few silly buggers went on to do 90 miles going past their homes and doing a loop.
22 June 2017, 09:00 AM
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One of the best things I ever did was install ac in a few rooms of the house when I refurbed a few years ago.
One of the rooms that has ac is my bedroom which means I get a fantastic nights sleep when everybody else is suffering. It seemed like a waste of money at the time but really glad I did.
Not sure what the leccy bill will be though!
One of the rooms that has ac is my bedroom which means I get a fantastic nights sleep when everybody else is suffering. It seemed like a waste of money at the time but really glad I did.
Not sure what the leccy bill will be though!
22 June 2017, 09:49 AM
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One of the best things I ever did was install ac in a few rooms of the house when I refurbed a few years ago.
One of the rooms that has ac is my bedroom which means I get a fantastic nights sleep when everybody else is suffering. It seemed like a waste of money at the time but really glad I did.
Not sure what the leccy bill will be though!
One of the rooms that has ac is my bedroom which means I get a fantastic nights sleep when everybody else is suffering. It seemed like a waste of money at the time but really glad I did.
Not sure what the leccy bill will be though!
22 June 2017, 10:10 AM
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Good plan, we don't need it that often in this country but when you do its lovely.
As well as the master bedroom I had it fitted in the open plan kitchen/living room because there is loads of glass and of course kitchen appliances giving off heat.
I also put a small unit in the 'media' room because of all the heat given out by the various gadgets.
So the rooms I use the most are all very comfortable. My two boys aren't so impressed that their bedrooms are sweltering hot though
22 June 2017, 11:27 AM
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Was up in Lochgoilhead many years ago and you could set your watch by the midgies coming out, also there were so many of them it got dark at the same time, then after a few hours they vanished as quickly as they appeared.
