tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post3801688726635574894..comments2023-12-20T11:32:15.997-05:00Comments on Billevesées: Guidelines for Griping about the HeatWilliam V. Madisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120331095634473021noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-58262406365502169462011-07-26T08:57:31.149-04:002011-07-26T08:57:31.149-04:00@Linc: the next time I see you, I am going to kick...@Linc: the next time I see you, I am going to kick your butt. You don't have to rub it in THAT much! (And yes, I've been bitching about the heat for weeks. Yesterday, it was 90 here at 9 in the morning.)Joynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-72790925781461018382011-07-22T22:45:38.039-04:002011-07-22T22:45:38.039-04:00Amy, I believe that a few readers from Texas -- fr...Amy, I believe that a few readers from Texas -- frustrated to learn that they're not qualified to complain about the heat (from which they are largely insulated, 24 hours per day) -- will take comfort in your solidarity with their plight. So perhaps your score is not in vain.William V. Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120331095634473021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-45530404424826532752011-07-22T15:55:59.375-04:002011-07-22T15:55:59.375-04:00If I had actually been doing the Marilyn Monroe He...If I had actually been doing the Marilyn Monroe Heat Wave, I would have scored the ability to gripe. But... since I'm at work in my air-conditioned cubicle, in business casual, I will shut up.Amy Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13176125928263962576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-46162019629895403432011-07-22T05:40:19.248-04:002011-07-22T05:40:19.248-04:00We had a brief break from the heat on Thursday her...We had a brief break from the heat on Thursday here in San Francisco. After several days of flirting with — and occasionally even crossing! — the 70°F (21°C) mark, we maxed out at a comparatively mild 63°F (17°C). One day last week, it was so hot that I left the apartment <b><i>without a sweatshirt!!!</i></b>Lincoln Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14625854358421443659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-19311395699129929552011-07-21T16:19:59.772-04:002011-07-21T16:19:59.772-04:00'come on! What part of the map made you think ...'come on! What part of the map made you think Texas was a county in Sweden? Summer is supposed to be unbearably hot where you are! '<br /><br />Hmmm....is the heat making a certain very handsome, very charming birthday ballerino a leetle cranky???<br />xox Nonnie<br />Thank you for making me laugh, in my landmarked apartment where the old windows cannot keep out the heat, that heat that feels as if one had inadvertently placed oneself beside a car exhaust...Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15001160819287702718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-72799040498940546942011-07-21T16:06:08.038-04:002011-07-21T16:06:08.038-04:00According to New York 1, a cable news channel, the...According to New York 1, a cable news channel, there's a new answer to the perennial question, "How hot is it?" As of this afternoon it is, in fact, so hot that the clocks have stopped in the New York subway.William V. Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120331095634473021noreply@blogger.com