Tuesday, April 21, 2009

dumb heat

Global warming plusses:
Way less fog than in my youth.

Global warming minuses:
Way more 90+ degree days than in my youth.

Fortunately, fans are the only thing mom had more of than combination television/vcr/dvd players.

Two ceiling fans in the bedroom, one over the dining room table, a giant oscillating floor fan with a remote control that looks like a robot from Dr. Who, a couple of big box fans and a sizable collection of antique murder fans representing past generations, sharp, thick steel blades with skimpy wire guards you could stuff a large cat through.

I hauled the Robot upstairs from the garage, put it to work and the place was entirely livable by about 3am.

I like exactly one thing about extreme temperatures, early evening with the sun gone down and everything releasing pent up heat in waves, gin and tonic weather.

2 comments:

  1. Yes, it's nice to have that rare evening when we can sit or eat outside comfortably. Or drink our gin and tonics outside comfortably.

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  2. Summer of our lives steve. -meggsie

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