I've lived in Phx since 1955.....and yes I do remember the day when it got to be 121....I went home early and survived it in the pool. Hot as it is, you'all just seem to keep on comin. We didn't break a 111 this summer, however......its a Dry Heat mind you. ----- Original Message ----- From: john p mcmenamin <mack165@juno.com> To: <VAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 11:40 PM Subject: [VAFRANKL] Re: WELCOME TO ARIZONA ? > Thanks pam- great one as usual! JOHN MC. > > > On Sun, 13 Aug 2000 10:04:48 -0700 Pam Alderson <jnpalderson@home.com> > writes: > > > > > > > > > > > Welcome to Arizona > > > > > > May 15th > > > Just moved to Arizona. Now this is a state that knows how to > > live! > > > Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings. Mountains and > > deserts > > > blended together. What a place! Watched the sunset from a park > > lying > > on a > > > blanket. It was beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it > > here. > > > > > > > > June 10th > > > Really heating up. Got to 100 today. Not a problem. Live in an > > > air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a > > pleasure > > to > > > see the sun every day like this. I'm turning into a real sun > > worshipper. > > > > > > June 20th > > > Had the backyard landscaped with western plants today. Lots of > > cactus > > and > > > rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing for me. Another > > scorcher > > > today, but I love it here. > > > > > > June 28th > > > The temperature hasn't been below 100 all week. How do people > > get > > used to > > > it? It is taking longer than I expected. > > > > > > July 1st > > > Fell asleep by the pool ... the heat just wipes you out and makes > > you > > > sleepy. Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body. Missed two days > > of > > > work, what a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson though: got > > to > > respect > > > the old' sun in a climate like this. > > > > > > July 3rd > > > I missed Tabby (our cat) sneaking into the car when I left this > > morning. > > > By the time I got out to the hot car for lunch, Tabby had swollen > > up > > to > > > the size of a shopping bag and exploded all over $2,000 worth of > > leather > > > upholstery. I told the kids she ran away. The car now smells > > like > > Kibbles > > > and shit. No more pets in this heat! > > > > > > July 7th > > > Dry heat, my ass. Hot is hot! The home air-conditioner is on > > the > > fritz > > > and AC repairman charged $200 just to drive by and tell me he > > needed > > to > > > order parts. > > > > > > July 10th > > > Been sleeping outside by the pool for three nights now. $1,500 in > > damn > > > > > house payments and we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come > > here? > > > > > > > > July 15th > > > 115 degrees. Finally got the air-conditioner fixed today. It > > cost > > $500 > > > and gets the temperature down to about 90. I hate this state! > > > > > > July 20th > > > If another wise ass cracks, "Hot enough for you today?", I'm going > > to > > tear > > > his throat out. Damn heat. By the time I get to work the radiator > > is > > > boiling over, my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell like > > Roasted > > Tabby! > > > > > > July 25th > > > The weather report might as well be a damn recording: Hot and > > sunny. > > It's > > > been too hot for two damn months and the weatherman says it might > > really > > > warm up next week. Doesn't it ever rain in this barren damn > > desert? > > Water > > > rationing has been in effect all summer, so 1,700 worth of cactus > > just > > > > > dried up and blew into the #@*&$!% pool. Even a cactus can't live > > in > > this > > > heat. > > > > > > July 28th > > > Welcome to Hell! Temperature got to 123 today. Forgot to crack > > the > > window > > > and blew the windshield out of the Lincoln. The installer came to > > fix > > it > > > and said, "Hot enough for you today?" My wife had to spend the > > $1,500 > > > > > house payment to bail me out of jail. > > > > > > July 30th > > > Worst damn day of the summer. I'm not leaving the house. The > > monsoon > > > > > rains finally came and all they did is to make it muggier than > > hell. > > The > > > Lincoln is now floating somewhere in Mexico with its new $500 > > windshield. > > > That does it, we're moving to Montana for some peace, quiet and > > cool > > > (under 95). > > > > > > > ==== VAFRANKL Mailing List ==== > The Franklin Co VAGenWeb QueryPage is located at URL: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafrankl/fran-qry.htm > >