Good Morning Early Birds!

[waterboatman]

Tuesday. It's 5.8°C outside, very nearly sub-tropical! fine by me.

Yesterday was even warmer, but lots of steady, gentle rain stopping anything being done outside. Today, with a bit of luck.

Tiggy is still asleep, I'm checking him every day in case he wakes up. If he does I will have to bring him indoors.

Have a happy day everyone.

[seekeerz]

Morning boaty xxx I'll swap with you ....it's 39c here luckily no wind and low humidity but we're bunkered down with the aircon ....well tis summer !!

[waterboatman]

Afternoon seekz. xxx Nice to see you my lovely. I'm looking forward to summer here. When I was young and stupid I quite liked the winter and snow, now I'm a lot older, but just as stupid, I'm a summer soldier. :o}

How are you keeping?

[seekeerz]

Strange how things/we change ....I didn't mind the hot weather while growing up, now anything over 25 and I run for cover :))

Saw something on a programme with Michael Portillo the other day, travelling in Scotland on a canal where the boat was lowered 100ft(?) while the opposite was lifted ....Archimedes principal I think....do you happen to know where that might have been, I missed the dialogue and have been hunting for it and then suddenly thought ....boaty might know !!

[1ozzy]

Good morning you two, from a hot and bothered Oz.

43c here today, bit of humidity, just to make it very uncomfortable.

Trust both are well.

[waterboatman]

I know the one you mean It's the Falkirk Wheel. A masterpiece of engineering. It is so finely balanced it only uses the same amount of electricity to turn as is used to boil a kettle. It's also a very good looking object.

[1ozzy]

This would be the rather large gizmo Seekrz

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_tBH9SE-Kw8/maxresdefault.jpg

[waterboatman]

Afternoon oz. Dat's da bunny! :o}

All well mate?

[seekeerz]

It's gorgeous ...fascinating to watch and quite amazing as well ..thank you xx

Hey 1ozzy, you've got it worse than we have, you poor thing !!

[1ozzy]

Sometimes the shoe is on the other foot Seekrz.
Or the heat in the other state.
It's then I feel for you.

[waterboatman]

It's like that in Malaya most of the time. well, it was in the 60's, I don't suppose it's changed.

[1ozzy]

All good thanks Boaty, except for the damp clingy clothes ;-/

How's you going?

[waterboatman]

Still breathing mate ta. :o} I'm not too fond of this damp weather though.

[1ozzy]

Feel it all the way to the bones?

Bet your heating system is way better than ours ;-/

[waterboatman]

Spot on mate. it's not that cold at the moment, but the damp makes breathing hard work sometimes.

[waterboatman]

I've got a very good gas heating system.

[1ozzy]

Our winters can get cold here, -8c was the worst, but they don't last long. Usually dry with a good frost in the morn.

We rely on an enclosed fireplace and an oil filled electric radiator for the extremities of the house.

Seems to work,,,,,,just.

[waterboatman]

As long as it works mate. I rarely close internal doors, so the temperature is the same throughout the house. Four radiators do the job, the kitchen radiator is permanently off.

[waterboatman]

The coldest we've had here was -12°C. at the bottom of the hill it was -20°C!

[murraymints]

morning Boaty xx Oz xx Seek xx

[waterboatman]

Morning minty xxx How are you and mum this morning?