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  • NomadNomad Member Posts: 7,209
    I'd add... There's Always Tomorrow - Hopefully :-)
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  • NomadNomad Member Posts: 7,209
    Boy, what a difference a day makes - Yesterday at mid-morning it was 87, storms blew thru overnight and everyone's in sweatshirts this morning. 62 with a nice breeze. My kind of temps.
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  • mickietucsmickietucs Member Posts: 717
    PXLated said:
    Boy, what a difference a day makes - Yesterday at mid-morning it was 87, storms blew thru overnight and everyone's in sweatshirts this morning. 62 with a nice breeze. My kind of temps.
    Send that this way, please. 108 today in Tucson (but Phoenix is way worse). But just about a month to go and we'll be about where you're at now (and just in time for my first camping trip toward the end of Sept)!
    Michele, Tucson, AZ. TV - '13 F150 & '16 T@Bitha special order.


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  • jkjennjkjenn Member Posts: 6,394
    Verna said:
    In my younger days....yeah, another ole geezer story.... I climbed telephone poles. This was before bucket trucks were many and before 28' fiberglass ladders were on every truck.

    In 1978, a tornado went through the south side and southeast side of town. I remember that every day for three weeks until we had everyone back in service, I was taking a 6-pack of Coca Colas, 1/2 gallon jug of lemonade and a half gallon of water every day and drinking every bit of it. We were working from sun up to sundown in 90*+ and 80% and higher humidity. I was in my 20's, loosing 5 to 8 lbs a day in sweat and life was good. It was hot, but I was OK. 

    It took me all day to trim and cut my grass Friday in 90*, high humidity.  I've found I'm no longer in my 20's and I work until I get too hot, go sit inside, drink a bottle of water and then head back outside. If it 's too hot, there 's always tomorrow ;)
    @Verna- I spent 10 years working for a phone company. I went to pole climbing school to prepare for a strike once, but I failed because I refused to climb the ladder when it was leaning against the strand. I didn't mind the poles, because they were solid. It was miserable. temps in the 90's and humidity in the 90;s in long sleeves, jeans, Timberlands, and a hard hat.

    2021 T@b 320 Boondock "Mattie Ross" | 2021 T@b Nights: 239 | Total nights in a T@b 455 | 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee L Overland | T@b owner since 2014

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  • VernaVerna Member Posts: 6,878
    Jenn, been there, done that, still have the hard hat, belt and hooks ;). I didn't mind the ladders, just carrying them back to the easements was a bit rough. Climbed for over 20 years, did various other jobs for the other almost 20 years I was there. I really never wore shorts much until the late 90's and now you can't hardly get me back in jeans. Jeans felt normal for any type of weather. I've been in shorts this year since February and won't pull out the jeans until maybe November. 
    Verna, Columbus, IN
    2021 T@B 320S  Boondock “The T@B”
    Towed by a white 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 Supercab, 3.5L V6 Ecoboost “The Truck”
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  • NomadNomad Member Posts: 7,209
    Ok everybody, you've been warned, you don't behave, Verna's got the hooks.
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  • VernaVerna Member Posts: 6,878
    PXLated said:
    Ok everybody, you've been warned, you don't behave, Verna's got the hooks.
    After 3 knee surgeries, those things are staying on the hook on the wall !
    Verna, Columbus, IN
    2021 T@B 320S  Boondock “The T@B”
    Towed by a white 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 Supercab, 3.5L V6 Ecoboost “The Truck”
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  • larrygonlarrygon Member Posts: 255
    mickietucs said:
    Send that this way, please. 108 today in Tucson (but Phoenix is way worse).  
    That is why I fled the valley! Been in the high 70's low 80's during the day here in Flagstaff and down in the 50's at night. I have air conditioning but have not turned it on in three years. Shhh! it will be our little secret.
    "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." Albert Einstein
    2015 T@B M@X S White with Grey trim | TV 2021 Ascent Touring | Flagstaff AZ.
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  • NomadNomad Member Posts: 7,209
    I'm actually sitting with the Alde running on low - Last two weeks was dying from the heat, now need just a little - I like this better :-)
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