I want to be either a megalodon or an orca. Fins Up.
I hear you Gene! But as of today we have a new game. Now I'm the surfboard, which means I'm on hands and knees at the bottom in about 3 to 4 feet of water until one of the boys manages to stand on my back. Then I start moving forward accelerating as best I can underwater till they fall off and I can surface for a breath.
It worked surprisingly well.
Averaging about 38 C and full sunshine for the past eight weeks, so in between jobs in shitty places like Hamburg, Rotterdam, Wilhelmshaven and Valencia, it has just been backyard cricket, swimming pool fun, lots of braais, soulful Amapiano tunes, harvesting plenty tomatoes and looking forward to whichever next Formula 1, International rugby or International cricket is up.....to complain would be to be a twat. The lawn is green, the pool is warm, the beer is cold, the sky is blue.....this is weather! I have the wee 5-year old swimming lengths underwater, learning to put his foot to the ball, and assisting with the odd wrench passing....raising another young man...it's what I do. Jesus.... life is a superb experience! Right!?
Averaging about 38 C and full sunshine for the past eight weeks, so in between jobs in shitty places like Hamburg, Rotterdam, Wilhelmshaven and Valencia, it has just been backyard cricket, swimming pool fun, lots of braais, soulful Amapiano tunes, harvesting plenty tomatoes and looking forward to whichever next Formula 1, International rugby or International cricket is up.....to complain would be to be a twat.
The lawn is green, the pool is warm, the beer is cold, the sky is blue.....this is weather!
I have the wee 5-year old swimming lengths underwater, learning to put his foot to the ball, and assisting with the odd wrench passing....raising another young man...it's what I do.
Jesus.... life is a superb experience!
Right!?
ok, now you're talking. My youngest is 6 and also swimming like a fish plesiosaur. We are off to the pool. My job is to be the shark.
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Aug 15, 2025 - 7:28am
Jiggz wrote:
Averaging about 38 C and full sunshine for the past eight weeks, so in between jobs in shitty places like Hamburg, Rotterdam, Wilhelmshaven and Valencia, it has just been backyard cricket, swimming pool fun, lots of braais, soulful Amapiano tunes, harvesting plenty tomatoes and looking forward to whichever next Formula 1, International rugby or International cricket is up.....to complain would be to be a twat.
The lawn is green, the pool is warm, the beer is cold, the sky is blue.....this is weather!
I have the wee 5-year old swimming lengths underwater, learning to put his foot to the ball, and assisting with the odd wrench passing....raising another young man...it's what I do.
Averaging about 38 C and full sunshine for the past eight weeks, so in between jobs in shitty places like Hamburg, Rotterdam, Wilhelmshaven and Valencia, it has just been backyard cricket, swimming pool fun, lots of braais, soulful Amapiano tunes, harvesting plenty tomatoes and looking forward to whichever next Formula 1, International rugby or International cricket is up.....to complain would be to be a twat.
The lawn is green, the pool is warm, the beer is cold, the sky is blue.....this is weather!
I have the wee 5-year old swimming lengths underwater, learning to put his foot to the ball, and assisting with the odd wrench passing....raising another young man...it's what I do.
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Jul 10, 2025 - 3:21pm
rgio wrote:
Exact same scenario here (Philly) 8-10 hours ahead. Friends on the PA side of the river had 5".... we had maybe 0.25" (10 miles East). Go another 10 miles east...and they had several inches. Rain now is very "random", and fronts seem to move in very unpredictable ways....fast....slow....fast....
I think itâs time that we invest in a boat since this will become the new normal.
Just 1 town south of Boston got 7â+ in a couple of hours this morning not including the 4â+ the day before. Major highways were shut down.
Me on the other hand was lucky with about .75â.
Exact same scenario here (Philly) 8-10 hours ahead. Friends on the PA side of the river had 5".... we had maybe 0.25" (10 miles East). Go another 10 miles east...and they had several inches. Rain now is very "random", and fronts seem to move in very unpredictable ways....fast....slow....fast....
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Jul 10, 2025 - 3:09pm
Just 1 town south of Boston got 7â+ in a couple of hours this morning not including the 4â+ the day before. Major highways were shut down.
Me on the other hand was lucky with about .75â.
Last night, before I went to bed at 9:30... it was 102 F.
Boy did it and has it been raining here. 40 years maybe. Something. Had to cancel a rehearsal last night because of it.
We're going to gather at open mic tonight (more rain expected) and salvage the week with some Doors stuff. I intend to go insane. Well,
only for a little while. Riders On The Storm seems appropriate. Maybe Five To One or Been Down So Long for a blues fix. LA woman because it's so satisfying to play and stretch out...
Drove 40+ miles to get the last 21â Craftsman M220C 163cc commercial-grade engine self propelled mower from ACE. Has the side chute which most mowers are lacking now a days, but the only thing it doesnât have is the fold down handle like my old one, but they list it in the assembly instructions.
Got it home, took it out of the box, assembled it, added the oil and it started to rain.
Buyer rated at 4.7. On sale $369.99 after $30 off. Now I got to wait until late Saturday after the rains stop.
And today, with all this rain, they took us off the moderate drought. But now the grass is 4â tall with all the rain.
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May 8, 2025 - 9:08pm
Drove 40+ miles to get the last 21â Craftsman M220C 163cc commercial-grade engine self propelled mower from ACE. Has the side chute which most mowers are lacking now a days, but the only thing it doesnât have is the fold down handle like my old one, but they list it in the assembly instructions.
Got it home, took it out of the box, assembled it, added the oil and it started to rain.
Buyer rated at 4.7. On sale $369.99 after $30 off. Now I got to wait until late Saturday after the rains stop.
And today, with all this rain, they took us off the moderate drought. But now the grass is 4â tall with all the rain.
Life is good!
