The Coffee House

[SquarePeg]

Kind of funny all ya'll up north talking about hot and steamy. Come on down, we will flirt with 100F this week, and of course 100% humidity and not a cloud in the sky. And it's just the first week of summer, wait till the so-called dog days of July.

We are at 93 today with 72% humidity. We have an extreme heat warning through Tuesday at 8 PM. And then on Thursday it’s going to be in the 60s! WTF. We’ve had some seriously extreme temperature swings this year

 

[smoke665]

I'm definitely leaning to the Simpson. If only it were battery-start. I'll deal with the gas tank (drain or start periodically in off season.)

Its not overly hard to pull start. I drain off the pressure when I'm done, which helps. Ever since I went to 100% gas (no ethanol) in all the small engines I haven't had a problem. Add a little Stabile in the winter, and I'm good to go come spring.

 

[smoke665]

We are at 93 today with 72% humidity. We have an extreme heat warning through Tuesday at 8 PM. And then on Thursday it’s going to be in the 60s! WTF. We’ve had some seriously extreme temperature swings this year

We've had that in the course of one day over the last couple days. 30+ degree temperature differential over the course of 8 hrs. CRAZY.

 

[SquarePeg]

Out having drinks with Miss Daisy (the Mothah 82).

 

[terri]

Out having drinks with Miss Daisy (the Mothah 82).

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Nice! These look pink and fruity and very cool to sip on. Have one for me!

Tomorrow is the worst of our 4-day heat wave - 100°F and sunny. The only saving grace are the nice breezes we've been getting. Stand in the shade and it’s almost tolerable.

After that, we'll drop back to the usual mid-80s. A weird spike of heat.

 

[VidThreeNorth]

A New Star Visible by Naked Eye

A new object has been discovered very recently towards the south. As I titled this, it is currently visible without any hardware. Because it is literally "new" to us, there is no way to know how long it will be visible. Here is a link to find out more:

"Exciting! Star Explosion Visible to the Naked Eye Just Appeared In the Skies",
Posted Jun 22, 2025 by "Anton Petrov", [Length 10:17]
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[SquarePeg]

Nice! These look pink and fruity and very cool to sip on. Have one for me!

Tomorrow is the worst of our 4-day heat wave - 100°F and sunny. The only saving grace are the nice breezes we've been getting. Stand in the shade and it’s almost tolerable.

After that, we'll drop back to the usual mid-80s. A weird spike of heat.

Yes very fruity - they were yummy! My mom had a raspberry margarita and I had a raspberry vodka lemonade. The apple doesn’t fall far…

 

[cgw]

Look, you're thirsty, it's hot, why not drink something pink and pretty--preferably with a bit of a kick?

 

[VidThreeNorth]

I'm not sure whether I saw that new Nova, but I'm pretty sure I saw Mars recently towards the south. Whatever it was was pink/red.

 

[VidThreeNorth]

I'm not sure whether I saw that new Nova, but I'm pretty sure I saw Mars recently towards the south. Whatever it was was pink/red.

Last night I saw a pink/red body again, fairly close to the horizon, I think it was around midnight. It might be in a picture, and if I have it, I'll post details. It'll be interesting if I'm right. Besides that, over the couple of days before last night, I had a lot of bites on my left arm and back of hand, probably small ticks. My left arm is swelling today. "Deet" seems to help reduce bites. I had an old bottle and used it the last couple of days. I'll have to buy some more.

I might have mentioned before that tick bites resulted in 2 deaths in Montreal, but different ticks and different diseases. One was Lyme related, but the other was not. Tick problems have been reported in New Brunswick, and also Windsor Ont. I would suggest that the Provincial Government should offer to pay to reduce the cost of Deet. Maybe subsidize it 50% or something like that, for this year only. . . .

 

[nerwin]

Hope everyone keeps cool and hydrates during this heat wave.

So I'm thinking about stepping away from the forums for a while. I need a break but honestly I don't know, I been here what 10 years now? which is just crazy to think about but perhaps it's time to move on. I'm just tired getting caught up with drama on here with a few other users and it's just pushing me away and causing me to get angry. I can't even share my opinion without being made a joke of. it's making me question myself, perhaps I really am idiot. I'm already dealing with a lot of personal stuff that's messing my mental health and I don't need more of it here.

I hope over the years I have contributed enough on here that have helped others but I feel like I wasted my time. I think I might need to look for another community of sorts or atleast try to find my own tribe.

For those who are curious about Luke (my cat)...he's doing a little better. He's in good spirits and been liking his prescription food and looking a lot better.

If don't get to see any of you again, take care

 

[SquarePeg]

Hope everyone keeps cool and hydrates during this heat wave.

So I'm thinking about stepping away from the forums for a while. I need a break but honestly I don't know, I been here what 10 years now? which is just crazy to think about but perhaps it's time to move on. I'm just tired getting caught up with drama on here with a few other users and it's just pushing me away and causing me to get angry. I can't even share my opinion without being made a joke of. it's making me question myself, perhaps I really am idiot. I'm already dealing with a lot of personal stuff that's messing my mental health and I don't need more of it here.

I hope over the years I have contributed enough on here that have helped others but I feel like I wasted my time. I think I might need to look for another community of sorts or atleast try to find my own tribe.

For those who are curious about Luke (my cat)...he's doing a little better. He's in good spirits and been liking his prescription food and looking a lot better.

If don't get to see any of you again, take care

Some people are just jerks. If anyone is rude or attacking toward you, please report the post. Some members are on their 2nd strike and will be banned if they cause another issue. We admins don’t see every post so please use the report button. Also the ignore button is a good option. I hope you don’t leave the forum, don’t let the bullies win.

 

[snowbear]

Unfortunately the mods have to keep up with it. Try just closing the thread if the drama starts, and use the “ignore” feature.

 

[smoke665]

Oh great....now I have something else to worry about. Getting hit by a meteorite. We didn't notice anything but Phoebe started freaking out about that time. Couldn't figure out why, now we know. 'Fireball' seen falling from sky over Southeast confirmed as meteor, possibly hit Georgia home

 

[nerwin]

Oh great....now I have something else to worry about. Getting hit by a meteorite. We didn't notice anything but Phoebe started freaking out about that time. Couldn't figure out why, now we know. 'Fireball' seen falling from sky over Southeast confirmed as meteor, possibly hit Georgia home

That's pretty wild.