[savoche]

Chilled ... I wish I was.

Too hot for us without any A/C ... only the car has A/C. In fact, I have never had A/C in any of my French domiciles.

At least the ground floor of our house is cut into a small slope and on rock bed, so it stays pretty steady cool ... but upstairs where the bedrooms are is a different story. Getting hotter and hotter ... and Justine is sleeping on the couch downstairs.

So hot and dry that EDF, the French electricity company, is reducing output at several nuke plants due to river water being too warm to act as an effective coolant ... plus some of the rivers in question are pretty low, too.

There was an article in Le Monde about how many nuke sites are going to suffer if temperatures keep rising and water levels keep falling ... the Civaux site which is about 30+ miles from me is maybe N° 1 on this worry list ... when it was built there was a lot a doubt that the Vienne river could support the needs of two reactors. It's my understanding that the two do not run at the same time in the summer as opposed to sometimes in the winter. When the conditions are right, one can see the plume cloud rising from one (or both) of the cooling towers.

Anyway, it's supposed to be more manageable heat as of Wednesday ... fingers crossed.

Even Sweden has shut down one of its reactors due to the too hot river water. Crazy, crazy weather this summer.

[robtcorl]

Sat on the deck long enough to read the newspaper, it's 97F (36C) in the shade.
safely back in the AC now.
Pooch didn't even want to go out there with me, smart dog.

[robtcorl]

All my life I've admired old men and old dogs.
Now I am one, and I have one.
Life is good!

[CharLac]

Back and completely rested. It's so nice to get away. And yes, bacon was consumed every morning.

[CharLac]

So before you retire you're gonna get your feet fixed too?

I had my feet fixed years ago. I had plantar fasciitis so bad I could barely walk on my feet. Luckily orthodics and not surgery was the cure.

[CharLac]

My next T-shirt will say "Take the risk, Eat Lutefisk" saw it on TV so not an original.

Well we bought some pickled herring at my son's suggestion to use as catfish bait. No luck there but I did try some and it wasn't hideous.

[CharLac]

Yup. That's a lesson you learn early in life.

A bunch of friends lived together in college. Of these guys was particular well endowed and made the mistake of cooking breakfast in nothing but a dressing gown. The rest of the household came running when he began to holler. Apparently, his manhood slithered through the front of his dressing gown while he reached for the salt and pepper. I guess John Thomas got branded that day.

[CharLac]

Our daughters {now aged 31 and 27} are best friends - they regularly conspire against us.

I have a 20 and 18 year old like that

[CharLac]

So what do you do to them to make them humble?

Send them to Camp Savoche

[CharLac]

Good Morning Ladies amd Gentlemen

Well its a ( you know the rest )

The hot weather in Europe is messing with Jean & others
The Michelin Man is a giant organ or two
Posting seem to be being hampered by a new directive ( I said the free camera has gone free )
But don't despair humility will rise to the occasion
The children of the world always try to get there own back ( or is it the parents ? )

Dave

Kinda nice, I was a way for three days and I I have to do is read these wonderful summaries to catch up! Thanks Dave!!

[CharLac]

I hate to spoil your illusions, but several of us received "green" status as a reward for being in the few poster list over an entire month.

{emphasis added}

I am making use of my "green" status to post more photos, because I no longer have to ration attachments - before, most of my photos were only squirrels posted on Rupert's thread, but now I feel able to post other photos elsewhere.

I guess I was silly and paid for my green

[robtcorl]

A bunch of friends lived together in college. Of these guys was particular well endowed

TMI Chuckster

[dbs]

Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen

Well its a bit more interesting this morning

The worlds first ( only in the USA ) Amish taxi service has started.
The horses like carrots but prefer apples but don't like to be photographed ....oh sorry the driver.........silly me
Bob's become old....er and has a dog but still can't fit in the font

The heat is on in Europe and the power stations are closing down just when you NEED the power...
My proof reader is back ( holidays are over back to the grindstone )


Dave.

[dbs]

Kinda nice, I was a way for three days and I I have to do is read these wonderful summaries to catch up! Thanks Dave!!

Hi CharLac

Somebody's got to do it ( I think )
Hope you had an enjoyable break


Dave

ps Its off to work double job time so see ya all this time tomorrow

[CharLac]

But they have wine and cheese.

Wonderful wine and wonderful cheese