Homeless Wherers - all are welcome, old and new!

Fathom · 22-06-2026 08:28PM

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They call it distance work and it pays. But not expensing my Java. Drats!

Leg End Reject · 22-06-2026 08:35PM

@Sardonicat, good to see you back!

I hate the heat too so the sooner this week is over the better. I'd much rather dry days at about 20°.

Fathom · 22-06-2026 08:38PM

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Stampede? Whoa! Been lucky when horseback riding in one of our nearby forest parks to have not been caught in one of the droves of wild horses when they spook. Saw such awhile back from a distance.

Of course, your reference was different. My mind drifts sometimes, and I’m still young. Oh, oh!

aero2k · 22-06-2026 09:04PM

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A friend of mine is from Ferrara, where it can reach 40°. He visited Ireland many years ago, and he was surprised at how warm 24° here felt compared to his home town. I don't know if its something to do with humidity, it can feel very heavy here at times in a way that it doesn't in the med.

Fathom · 22-06-2026 09:23PM

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I can identify. Humidity seems to make a difference when hot or cold. On the Pacific coast where I live, surrounded by thick forests, often with a marine overlay, our humidity generally runs high in the 80s and sometimes 90s percentages. When cold, it adds to wind chill, and when we get the Pineapple Express from Hawaii, the humid hot feels hotter.

Alternatively, very low humidity in the hot summer in Palm Springs can feel not very hot, although over 100F. Careless folks risk getting sunstroke.

thomil · 22-06-2026 09:25PM

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Funny you mention that, I had a similar discussion a few weeks ago, during the first "heat wave" of this summer. Got talking to a Bangladeshi guy running a convenience store here in Cork. He said pretty much the same thing, temperatures in Ireland feel a lot warmer than back home. And that's coming from someone who hails from a tropical climate.

My personal suspicion is that it has to do with the relative lack of particulates in the atmosphere here in Ireland. There's less soot, fine dust, and other "stuff" in the atmosphere than for example over continental Europe or in densely populated areas like India or Bangladesh, meaning that there's less "stuff" to block sunlight, making it feel more intense.

Sardonicat · 22-06-2026 10:18PM

Watching Tip Toe with increasing sense of trepidation.

thomil · 22-06-2026 10:48PM

Just read the premise for that show. I don't think I'm in the right frame of mind for that at the moment…

Gremlinertia · 23-06-2026 04:38AM

Up and gym before work.. Thursday supposed to be the worst of the heat, I'm not looking forward to it

Sardonicat · 23-06-2026 09:16AM

No sleep at all due to heat. Having spaghetti for breakfast

Gremlinertia · 23-06-2026 09:39AM

Oof it'll be a tough week for you Sardi, not looking forward to the peak of it Thursday

thomil · 23-06-2026 10:53AM

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See if you can get a prescription for melatonin from your GP. That’s what I’ve been using to get my sleep cycle to behave. Take a capsule about thirty minutes before turning in. I’ve also found that having a (cool to lukewarm) shower immediately before going to bed helps.

Homeside here, feeling surprisingly chipper. Smoothie and coffee are up first, after that, we’ll see…

Sardonicat · 23-06-2026 12:31PM

I've tried melatonin I fall asleep but can't stay asleep with it. Thanks anyway. Glad you've got domething that helps. I've given up trying to have a normal sleep cycle now.

Sardonicat · 23-06-2026 12:32PM

I think it'll be fan on all night...

JupiterKid · 23-06-2026 01:27PM

Living room, getting ready to do some art this afternoon. 🎨🖼

I have as little clothing on as possible on this scorcher of a day. I must admit, I love the warm weather. 😎☀️☀️☀️

Strumms · 23-06-2026 02:02PM

I just discovered that the sentence… ‘ never odd or even ‘ when reversed is… ‘ never odd or even ‘….

🤪

Gremlinertia · 23-06-2026 02:56PM

May go for a small walk I think

apache · 23-06-2026 04:05PM

I just popped into say I can't cope with this heat at all. It's going to be a nightmare to sleep tonight.

thomil · 23-06-2026 04:23PM

Back Homeside here after getting some bits and bobs. It's not too bad so long as you're in the shade. It's the sunshine that makes things unbearable for me. Either way, enjoying the balcony while it's still shaded…

Gremlinertia · 23-06-2026 05:44PM

I do not like the feeling of sweaty shins and I'm rapidly heading that way

SuperBowserWorld · 23-06-2026 07:07PM

Wow, it's hot.

I've too much stuff to do and none of it is fun. 😭

JupiterKid · 23-06-2026 07:43PM

Relaxing on the sofa in a short sleeved shirt and speedos. OH is in similar attire. Fan on close up to fill blast. It's very, very warm - 30 C at 3.30pm here in Dublin 7 and I was planning on going out for a walk soon. This is when air-con seems appealing. Did some art earlier - and will start of another piece when I get back.

Two irises I painted earlier. 🎨 🖼

thomil · 23-06-2026 11:40PM

Just about condensed back down to solid form after spending much of the afternoon and evening as a cloud of superheated steam.

Does anyone know how much Tesco & co charge for fifteen minutes in one of their freezers?

smurfjed · 24-06-2026 07:16AM

I was bouncing between two cities yesterday, coastal city with 36 degrees and crazy 70% humidity, and a desert city with 45 degrees and 4% humidity, the relatively cooler city felt worse as your body sweats a lot. The oven temperatures were easier to deal with. But for me, its the silent UV thats the killer, with UV of 12-13, my skin can survive for about 10 minutes, so its really a case of wearing a hat and Sun factor 70.

Gremlinertia · 24-06-2026 08:02AM

Mad 'sticky' out this morning walking for bus. Mist also which I wasn't expecting

thomil · 24-06-2026 10:53AM

Homeside here, feeling pretty crappy. Didn’t have the best night’s sleep and just feeling bleh all over.

Can’t even take a shower to freshen up, since gas is shut off for essential maintenance work…

Mam of 4 · 24-06-2026 12:19PM

Sun has arrived here , along with the hotter temperature, melting 🥵

In saying that, it's so nice to have lovely weather, we're just not used to high temperatures.

aero2k · 24-06-2026 01:24PM

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https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124572125#Comment_124572125

Just thinking about that, and our foreign visitor used to Italian heat finding it hot in Ireland, it works the other way round too. We had some visitors from western Oregon - they had a holiday cabin in Eastern Oregon where the ski resorts are - it's often well below zero there. It was a very cold, windy April in Dublin, and they were absolutely frozen!

I'm lucky, it's not too hot inside the house, though I had to spend a bit of time in the attic earlier and it was roasting.

Sardonicat · 24-06-2026 02:51PM

Fairly comfortable indoors with the backdoor open. It's a bit shadier today. ChatGPT just tried to gsslight me, the sycophantic little turd-robot!

Sardonicat · 24-06-2026 03:05PM

It's raining!

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