Random Rants

[Tago Mago]

@SKT My brain broke for a few hours yesterday on the fourth day in a row of temperatures in excess of 38°C/100°F here in Sicily. Today we had a pleasant 32°C/89°F

[SKT]

@Tago-Mago I really do feel for you and for everyone dealing with the heat this summer. Puts me in a mood

[Tago Mago]

@SKT the forecast was for 86°F up until a couple of days before our flight. Then it was 100° Friday/Saturday, which extended to Monday. The rest of the holiday should be the 86° I was promised

[SKT]

Let’s think cold thoughts 🧊

[Brian]

I can’t wait till our summer, I’m going inland for a few weeks for work, last time I was there it was 46-48c every day and the flies damn the flies

[Matt]

I hate summer.

[endo]

Hate leads to suffering - Yoda

[WhiskeySandwich]

I love summer, but I'm ready for fall now.

[northsouthdenimguy]

31 years in the Atlanta area and another five on the coast in Central Florida. I’m working on a change of scenery, at least for the summer months. I’ve had enough heat, traffic and concrete to last me a lifetime.

[GoodtimeJohnny]

@northsouthdenimguy Build me a guest house, I'm on board.

[northsouthdenimguy]

@GoodtimeJohnny

It might be a long commute from Highlands, North Carolina to the Northeast.

[ROman]

@northsouthdenimguy Its only about 4.5 hours from Charlotte, depending on traffic

[steelworker]

@endo the reverse is also true

[GoodtimeJohnny]

@northsouthdenimguy I'll make it work

[Giles]

Not actually a rant, because things happen.....

Mrs International, gold card carrying, business traveller @Madame-Buttonfly is off to Provence for a week at a yoga retreat.

The taxi picked her up at 06:30, at 08:00 whilst I was prepping my fishing tackle for my own trip next week, my phone rang. It was her at Heathrow without her bleeding passport.....

Dropped everything and jumped into the car (probably crossed paths with the taxi on it's way back from dropping her off). She still had time for a glass of fizz in the lounge before boarding.

[endo]

good man @Giles

[Giles]

I have a little credit in the bank

[Aetas]

@Giles That is what I wish for you, but in the end you are only paying rates .

[Giles]

How things have changed. 35 years ago, I was consulting to Unilever, they have twinned head offices in London and Rotterdam, so I spent a lot of time going back and forth. Once I went through passport control at Heathrow, as they returned the passport to me, I noticed it was my then wife's passport. I decided to not point it out to them, and worry about how I got through passport control in Rotterdam when I got there. No problem, all I had to do was show my Unilever badge. I cant remember what happened when I travelled back to UK, but I had no problems either end.....

[louisbosco]

@Giles hope she doesn't forget it again in a couple weeks.