ROI Recap

[cal828]

Originally Posted by DonGuido

Thanks for being our A+++ statistician RQ, great summary. Your bonus check is in the mail. The fact that my name is even mentioned with the ROI leaders is very unusual for me . . . as the previous years have gone. Maybe I should play the Lottery more, hmmmmmm?!

When you're hot, you're hot Don Guido and in your case, I guessing that you are literally very hot down there in Dallas. I just saw that it was 109 degrees. Pretty hot here in Hot Springs. I think it was 103 one day and looks like it's going to be 100+ everyday for the foreseeable future.

[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by cal828

When you're hot, you're hot Don Guido and in your case, I guessing that you are literally very hot down there in Dallas. I just saw that it was 109 degrees. Pretty hot here in Hot Springs. I think it was 103 one day and looks like it's going to be 100+ everyday for the foreseeable future.

Yes, Cal the heat here with the wind is like walking though a blast furnace. I walk my dog and one other for a disabled lady and try to keep them in the shade and on the grass as much as possible. We live in a 4 story apartment building where we can walk the long halls for exercise and enjoy the A/C. No relief in the near future and it will be 108 tomorrow, 1 degree less than today Been in Texas for almost 50 years and only the summer of 1980 was worse than what we have now . . . coming from a kid who grew up in upstate NY. Contest wise, 'm bound to cool off . . . cool off . . . cool off The Saratoga meet is always tough to figure out and a little luck goes a long ways.

[cal828]

I've been to Vegas many times when I'm sure it might have been that hot, but you hardly notice it because you're going in and out of casinos. Maybe the hottest place I've ever been was Phoenix and it was like you said a blast furnace type of thing, but it can actually be a nice place to go in winter. Here in Hot Springs, I think we are on the edge of what you guys are experiencing so a few degrees cooler. Just think, only about 7 or 8 weeks more of this type of weather.

[Real Quiet]

I grew up in a generation when air conditioning was a rarity.
They really weren't prevalent until the late 60's. Could you imagine that today?

[cal828]

Originally Posted by Real Quiet

I grew up in a generation when air conditioning was a rarity.
They really weren't prevalent until the late 60's. Could you imagine that today?

We never had one either at my house. My Dad actually hated A/C. He preferred one of those circulating fans. Not sure how we survived when I look back on it. I don't think we would have had a TV, if he hadn't discovered he could watch Major League baseball on it. Also, didn't have A/C in our cars. My older brother and I once drove from Shreveport, Louisiana to Abilene, Texas in a '56 Ford with no A/C in the middle of Summer. If I had to do that now, just shoot me.

[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by Real Quiet

I grew up in a generation when air conditioning was a rarity.
They really weren't prevalent until the late 60's. Could you imagine that today?

A BIG NOPE

[RUFFIAN]

When I was living in Florida
central AC was a requirement to survive

The Humidity down there
Could Drop A Dragon
Which is probably why you never see one

But out here in Colorado we have NO Humidity
Plus living 6000 feet elevation
West facing home in the Foothills
NO Fleas On Pets !!!

I do not even have an air conditioner
I have ceiling fans in all the rooms

And my lower level feels like air conditioning
With 90% Below Ground
3 Rooms have Ground Level Windows

[cal828]

100 degree weather par for the course in Hot Springs, but I feel sorry for those folks in England where the high is usually 75, but hit 104 yesterday. I saw a report awhile back that said the temps had gone up so much in Britain that they could now grow grapes that would normally not grow outside of France and so the Brits now have a thriving wine industry.