COLD DARK ROOM

[Bee62]

Good morning all.

I hope you are feeling better Adam, I am concerned to read of dizziness

Well done Sabine

I'm off to buy milk as the current crisis prevents tea being made and that's a disaster of epic proportions

Thank you too, Linda ! I hope you have a nice beautiful sunday !

 

[JSWallace]

Good afternoon, Jane.
Fancy answering the Empire State question since no one else has taken the opportunity ?
How tall is it ?

I could cheat and resort to Google because I don't remember the actual height! I do remember that it has 102 storeys and the spire adds about 60m to the roof height I think

 

[JSWallace]

Since it is so quiet in here I have acceded to wifey's requests (demands) to go down the shop and stock up on lemonade.
This entails returning the bottles, for which you get credit, and then staggering back up the hill in 50°heat with several glass litre bottles of pop, some milk and eggs. I always manage to break at least one egg. (you just buy them individually here, they don't come in boxes) .
See you in a bit.

Wow, that sounds a bit of a mission!

 

[Bee62]

Most excellent ! ! !
And many POINTS, well done.

Thank you Sir Quizzzzzzzzzzzzzzmaster ! I wish you a cheesy sunday !

 

[Bee62]

It is so hot my candles have melted.
I have breathing troubles, so though i love the heat it can get to me, sometimes.
Well rested and fit as a fiddle today, thankfully!
Good afternoon and enjoy the tennis.

How high are the temps ? In the sun and at shade ? I am curious.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Also joining us on day 2 of the Cold Dark room was @johnsonnboswell.
remember her anyone ?
She was fun and a major Roommate for many months, playing guitar in the Cold Dark Room.
Wherever you are, we miss you !

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I could cheat and resort to Google because I don't remember the actual height! I do remember that it has 102 storeys and the spire adds about 60m to the roof height I think

Please cheat.
I want to move to the next question.

 

[JSWallace]

Please cheat.
I want to move to the next question.

I'm not sure it's acceptable to cheat on a Sunday?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

How high are the temps ? In the sun and at shade ? I am curious.

It is 99°F in my apartment as i type, that's just over 37°C.
Outside it's in the low forties in the shade and 45°C (113°F)
My terrace is hotter and will be about 50°C ( 122°F)
The tiles on the terrace in the sun can reach over 60° (140°F).
It will get hotter in August.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I'm not sure it's acceptable to cheat on a Sunday?

Hmmm.
If you've been asked by the question master to look it up if you wish to do so, I guess it's okay.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Back with several bottles of fizzy, several cartons of milk and six eggs. (unbroken! )
I am now not fit for purpose for several hours.
Bad wifey.

 

[Bee62]

It is 99°F in my apartment as i type, that's just over 37°C.
Outside it's in the low forties in the shade and 45°C (113°F)
My terrace is hotter and will be about 50°C ( 122°F)
The tiles on the terrace in the sun can reach over 60° (140°F).
It will get hotter in August.

Oh my god !
I would melt and die immediately !
How can you bear these temps ?????? They are murderous !

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Oh my god !
I would melt and die immediately !
How can you bear these temps ?????? They are murderous !

It's nice when you're sat about slurping cool drinks and doing as little as possible.
But any physical activity becomes rather hard.
I love it.
(The heat, not physical activity).

 

[Bee62]

It's nice when you're sat about slurping cool drinks and doing as little as possible.
But any physical activity becomes rather hard.
I love it.
(The heat, not physical activity).

Where are you born ? Mayby you got too much coldness and rain in England for the rest of your life ?????

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Where are you born ? Mayby you got too much coldness and rain in England for the rest of your life ?????

Indeed.
I was born In Bridgwater, Somerset, a horrid industrial town in South West England.
Then we moved to a village near Cheddar in the countryside, it was nice but too often cold and wet.
I love Britain, but I've done it, i get cold easily and wifey gets sick in English winters, so we relocated.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

FUN FACT.
When the first supermarkets opened in the UK, customers were afraid they'd be told off or arrested if they touched anything.
Sales were low.

 

[Bee62]

Indeed.
I was born In Bridgwater, Somerset, a horrid industrial town in South West England.
Then we moved to a village near Cheddar in the countryside, it was nice but too often cold and wet.
I love Britain, but I've done it, i get cold easily and wifey gets sick in English winters, so we relocated.

Ah, Cheddar ! Do you like Cheddar cheese ?
I think the weather of England and Germany is nearly equal. But luckily I never get cold so fast, but when it is too hot I suffer .....
Do you think that winters in England are colder as in Germany ?
I can understand well that you and wifey can not live in England when the climate is making you both sick.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Ah, Cheddar ! Do you like Cheddar cheese ?
I think the weather of England and Germany is nearly equal. But luckily I never get cold so fast, but when it is too hot I suffer .....
Do you think that winters in England are colder as in Germany ?
I can understand well that you and wifey can not live in England when the climate is making you both sick.

Cheddar is probably the most versatile, but also the most variable of all the cheeses.
A good extramature farmhouse Cheddar is unbeatable, but at the other end there are many that taste of nothing or of plastic, there are too many processed varieties that are a crime against cheese and even spreads and aerosols . BLEUCH!
I have only experienced winter in Germany a couple of times, but I think it gets colder than the south of England, more comparable to the north, perhaps.
I spent one whole winter in Poland which was really freezy, never again.
Though Poland is beautiful in the summer.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Also joining us on day two, two years ago was Mike.
He doesn't appear here very often, usually arriving with a supply of air-freshener.
@mike taylor
Happy BiRoomiversary, Mike!
Hope you are well!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

FUN FACT # 2
Women buy 80% of all items up for sale.