Friday, August 31, 2018

Weather Relief, Please

Relief from the muggy conditions...that was our weather headline this week.  It is only 18 degrees outside compared to earlier in the week when it felt like 40 degrees.  The greenhouse temperature was the same as outside yesterday.  

I notice that we have a 'love it' and 'hate it' relationship with summer heat.  People either love it or hate it.  It is my sense that we don't have this contrast with winter.  My theory for winter is that there is a graduated scale of 'hate it'.

August itself is not hated, though.  The 2005 Gallop poll and a current ranking site identify October as the favourite month, with December the second most popular.  June is third.

Where is August?  It is eighth and ahead of March, April, January and February.  I did find two August jokes:
  1. Knock, knock?… Who is there?… August… August Who?… A gust of wind over 74 MPH could be the start of a hurricane!
  2.  Knock, knock?… Who is there?… August… August Who?… A gust of wind knocked me over! 
Oh well, they were pretty meagre jokes.  However, we are heading into some favourite months and weather, so I expect better jokes ahead.

Remember our boat from yesterday?  I found a more complicated boat-themed tree house in Toronto  - the article is HERE.  It has a price tag of $30,000.  I don't think Grimsby's has a price tag like that.  It likely isn't in violation of any building and zoning bylaws either.

We're off to the Narrow Gauge Convention next week.  It is in Minneapolis - the home of Mall of America.  Here are a few pictures from last year at the same time.

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