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Exemption claws?

🦀They step sideways when they see a collection bucket?

Thank you ;-)

Groan!

You're not the only one Jaffa! 🤣🤣

Stupid me was wondering how holding a placemat between your knees would cool you down!😂😂

There are times being a quick reader is not helpful…

Beth8it, agree about the tower fans, they seem to work more effectively than the standard table top fans.

Layla ours is a Dreo Nomad from Argos

At the moment it's 36 degrees in the Midlands. My office has been so hot today, glad to be home!

I have a SereneLife portable air conditioning unit in my lounge and another in the bedroom. Plus a fan in the doorway of the bathroom (plugged in in the bedroom) and another in the dining room. So I'm OK for fans. It's just the laptop heating me up.

Hi what’s that fan called that u got ur friend. If its decent i will buy one

Em, you really need a tower fan. I got one about three weeks ago and it’s hardly been off since . My mate was feeling really ill, being in a top floor flat where the heat rises, plus she has hot water pipes running through it! It was 35-36 deg last week, so I got her a tower fan on Amazon, different make from mine as most were sold out, and she is ecstatic - her flat is comfortable, she can sleep at night and no longer feels ill.

@Em - Try a pack of frozen veg?

Something in my laptop gets quite warm too as I have it on most of the time, so I have it propped on 2 VHS tape boxes with a big gap under the middle..

My daughter had 45.2 in the sun in their garden in Leamington Spa yesterday. Their record so far.

HumbleBee, I'm in Regents Park area of Southampton. Between the large Tesco on Tebourba Way and Costco / Regents Park Road.

I like being 15 mins from the city centre, all of the shopping and takeaway options I have near me, being 30 mins from The New Forest. But my mum lives in Hedge End, my Gramps in Hamble and my friends are all that side as well and when the traffic is bad it can seem too far away at times.

But I suppose every location has its pros and cons.

Enver, thanks for the damp towel advice. Sadly, my freezer is pretty full. I did make room for a bottle which I half filled and froze. But I'm drinking from it rather than cuddling it. 😂 I could probably do a half frozen damp facecloth /flanel though.

Little Owl, Simon has/had a bean one, but I find that over time my own body heat just ends up collecting underneath it. I just keep lifting the laptop up every once in a while.

Em, I was looking for a cool laptop tray, but in the end I just bought a padded bean bag tray - a third of the price and it has a nice picture on it. Fires in bin lorries can also be caused by people putting things in the bin which they don't realise contain batteries (shavers, etc.). In the old days it was if people didn't cool the ashes from their coal fires.

Same here Y, but mine is showing 44.8 C. Anybody feeling the cold?? ;-) Update now 39.3 C. Back of house in shade showing 29C...

Enver... Fires in bin lorries are usually caused by people putting lithium batteries in their bins instead of proper battery receptacles in shops or the little bags the council provides to be kept outside their bin.

My outdoor thermometer (albeit in direct sun) is currently registering 43°C

Phew ☀️ 🥵

That's why I moved to Scotland from London. I was sitting outside on my balcony in 18c with no breeze till 9am this morning, then temp started climbing & it is now going north of 26c at 11am.. I have had to close my windows & blinds to keep the heat out, but it feels very claustrophobic & I'm constantly puffing my inhaler..

Just heard it was so hot there was a bin lorry on fire in Glasgow yesterday, maybe they're talking rubbish on the radio.

If you have a damp towel or water bottle put it in the freezer for a while to cool your lap. I've a 2Ltr milk bottle full of ice cold water.

Forecasting 38 here in Barnsley. The huge difference between this year & '76 is the wind! A constant COOL wind which has helped to cool the house with the doors open. In '76 the wind was hot so there was no way of creating a comfortable indoor environment. I'll be happy to see rain. In '76 when the drought broke it seemed to rain incessantly for months on end. That we can do without or there'll be floods! Not complaining about the heat though I pity those who have to work in it. The Kitten hates it, not bad for someone who relished his South Africa years!

Ooh whereabouts in So’ton? My partner lives in Sholing…

Also, do we earn points from playing games?

Stay cool x

A forecast temperature of 35 degrees keeps me indoors, but now the fan thats been blowing over me every day is now blowing warm air so pretty useless. Too far from you Em, and no air conditioning available from our normally excellent supplier until September.

Just make sure none of them has become sentient Beth. Evolution only needs time.

I saw a short documentary on television the other day where an old strawberry was talking to an old gherkin in the back of a fridge. Apparently it does happen 😮

Is it heaving gently, with a purring noise? Some of my ‘back of the cupboard’ items are literally vintage, nearly veteran - spice jars, from MIL (died 1979) and my parents (2005), drinking chocolate (1999), Tiger Balm (brought back from Hong Kong 1972)… I’m getting quite fond of them now, can’t throw them out, and still use them occasionally.

My parents' Alsatian was called Silver.

Isn't 'Tonto' Spanish for 'stupid'? Makes you wonder about those old jokes about 'Kimosabi' 🤔

The first pony I rode as a child was called Silver. Just thought I would throw that in 🤷‍♀️

I used to love watching the Lone Ranger (and Tonto of course).

I used to love watching Boon 🏍))) on TV...“Hi ho Silver” (commonly pronounced or remembered as “Hi-yo, Silver, away!”) is the famous battle cry and catchphrase of the fictional Western hero The Lone Ranger, used to urge his white stallion, Silver, into a fast gallop. It means "Let's go, Silver!"

🎵🎤👩‍🎤"Hi-ho, Silver, here come the Lone Ranger... He's riding on down, ... to rescue me"

.https://youtu.be/p6mjSAgxusM?t=30

Hi Silver. Is there anything I can help you with in this thread? Or is it something best suited for an email?

My brain said Hi ho silver as I was typing 'Hi silver", so I had to add it. Though it's actually "Hi-Yo, Silver!" (Away!)

Anyway, hi silver how can I help you?

admin@pickmypostcode.com

When husband converted the garage to a workshop to start a picture-framing business, he had a press just inside the door. It was basically two heavy metal plates, with a wheel on top to screw it down. The wheel was a standard Morris 1000 type, and he had put his small TV on a bracket above it, out of the way and high enough to see from across the garage. One day a lady came in to collect some pictures and while husband was wrapping them she was studying the set up, obviously puzzled. When she enquired he did his deadpan voice and told her that when work was slack he was contracted to teach bus drivers to drive the routes round Southampton - he could set up the monitor (ie the TV) with various routes and they could practice with the steering wheel so they knew where to go. She went away happy and he was still chuckling at tea time.

Reminds me of the Big American used RV's dealer I spotted in Wolverhampton whilst on nights out (with the Co lorry).

Later, when driving London - FalkirK in my wee campervan with the lady friend we dropped by when it was open, & got access to some 40➕ footers with "push-out" sections they were cleaning... We climbed up the steps inside the door, & I sat in the driver seat of one or two - with more switches & buttons than a spaceship, & was surprised I was told you could drive them on an ordinary car licence (OMG😨surely not), & most had a 26 inch TV fixed right above the windscreen where the driver could watch it, it didn't dawn on me till a few minutes later what is was really for..

Oh Kenny b - in the words of maddadof....Groan I did ;(

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