here in central MS we had an official temp of 100 in the shade today...
i have a very accurate digital thermometer that was reading 101.5 in my shop today.. they say the heat index was 111 here at about 3 pm CST today
Posted by Relentless. on :
98 in Moss Point today before the showers started.
Posted by IWISHIHAD on :
80 nice ocean breeze.
Posted by rimasco on :
HOTTER THEN A M.F.! with the index's we hit 100 and humid
Posted by Upside on :
Not too bad today. Tomorrow is supposed to be in the mid 90's with high humidity. It's the kind of heat where after a half hour your "pouch" feels like it's floating in a bowl of soup. Not comfortable at all.
Posted by Highwaychild on :
Try getting grades on a hot mix of a residue in petroleum refining and that consists chiefly of hydrocarbons... I love the smell of hot asphalt in the morning... 101 degrees here today, calling for 103 tomorrow. Drink water... SWISH!
Posted by turbokid on :
finally cooling off here, even had a few little showers the last few days. i guess its only fair you guys get beat up for a while.. Posted by Upside on :
It's fargin hot. It's only 80 outside right now but I just went outside with the dog and within 5 minutes, I was wet. It's nasty out here.
Posted by T e x on :
is about 92 here, I think... cuz was 99 earlier...
but humidity is about 4 tetragabilionGAWDZILIAN-here-lizard-lizard!
so the effect on human skin is about 180* F...
am posting from the bottom of my ice chest, via Meraki, solar-powered WiFi node.
Gotta love Meraki, eh?
Posted by Upside on :
Thats a pretty high humidity index. Screw it, I'm gonna set up a cot in the basement and sleep down there, damp but cool.
Posted by IWISHIHAD on :
Did you drink the beer before you sat in the ice chest? You really shouldn't notice the heat if you had enough beer in it.
Posted by rimasco on :
We had a pretty bad storm last night. They say a tornado might have touched down in Brooklyn. Im gonna have to call some friends make sure all is well.
we aints familiar wit dem dere dings.....
Posted by bdgee on :
I saw some pictures of that on the noon news, with comments that they had not yet determined if it was a tornado.
Actually, who'n'ell gives a rat's azz if it was officially a tornado if it acted just like one and tore down your whole world.
Posted by glassman on :
tornadoes are a winter time thing 'rayound these here parts...
i got 101 at 1PM already here today... prolly get 102.5 today...
Posted by WETBHINDEAR on :
Its hotter than two monkeys f**king in a sack here!
Posted by rimasco on :
Manhattans FCUKED...mass transit is bogged down from flooded rails causing comuter HELL. They say this is the third time in 7 months this happened
Once again Infrastructure....
Posted by rimasco on :
Oh yeah, and 2000 people wiothout power. 1000 in staten island 500+ in queens...etc
Posted by Munchkin Man on :
Greetings To All:
As of 2:53 p.m. today, on the date of Wednesday, August 08, 2007, the official temperature was recorded as 99 degrees in Munchkin Land.
The Munchkin Man has a math tutoring appointment at 5:30 p.m.
The heat will not stop the Munchkin Man from honoring and keeping this appointment.
Come rain or shine, day or night, global warming or global cooling, the Munchkin Man rides off into his Toyota when duty calls, to the homes of those students whose precious minds are starving for the enlightenment and understanding that the Munchkin Man's expert math instruction provides.
Good luck to all.
Best Wishes,
Munchkin Man
Posted by IMAKEMONEY on :
74 AT THE BEACH.
Posted by rimasco on :
I got a math question for the munchkin man....
If the MM dorve his toyota 47 MPH for 17 miles made a Uturn and went back 2 miles to pick up a crack-whore then proceeded to drive an additional 8 miles until coming to a complete stop in the grill of a peterbilt...how long would this take?
Im kidden MM be safe!
Posted by glassman on :
and how much would it cost? Posted by Upside on :
Only 72 right now buy the humidity is way up there. Still feels like the tropics around here. Much needed rain has fallen in the last two nights with more supposed to come in tonight. Damn, that means I've gotta cut the grass pretty soon.
Posted by glassman on :
we need rain... i just lost one of my two pumpkin plants even tho i've been watering (too much sun i guess)... the other gets shade all afternoon and is doing well...
it's starting to get dusty here...
Posted by Munchkin Man on :
quote:Originally posted by rimasco: Im kidden MM be safe!
Thank you, Mr. Rimasco.
The Munchkin Man took your advice and drove with extra safety and precaution to and from the student's home.
The Munchkin Man tutored his student in the following topics:
***Translating verbal sentences which represent inequalities into algebraic sentences with the correct inequality symbols.
***Finding the solution sets of these inequalities.
***Graphing the solution sets of these inequalities on a number line.
The Munchkin Man's student had trouble with these topics during the preceding school year.
Thanks to the Munchkin Man, she now understands these topics a lot better.
Thanks to the Munchkin Man, she will now be starting the school year greater self-confidence and intelligence.
It is often said that word of mouth is the best form of advertising.
The Munchkin Man is finding out that there is a lot of truth in this old saying.
Parents who were blessed to find the Munchkin Man as a math tutor for their children are now spreading the good word.
Now the Munchkin Man is receiving email and telephone inquiries about his tutoring services each and every single day.
The Munchkin Man is in demand!
Good luck to all.
Best Wishes,
Munchkin Man
Posted by glassman on :
greater intelligence? how about just less ignorance?
can you recommend a good beginning algebra work-book for me to do with my kid? the schools here are, well a little questionable... it needs to be an introductory level since the brat won't be in algebra class for a couple years yet...
Posted by T e x on :
omg
Posted by Munchkin Man on :
quote:Originally posted by glassman: greater intelligence? how about just less ignorance?
can you recommend a good beginning algebra work-book for me to do with my kid? the schools here are, well a little questionable... it needs to be an introductory level since the brat won't be in algebra class for a couple years yet...
Hi Mr. Glassman!
Thank you very much for writing to the Munchkin Man.
The Munchkin Man would be delighted to share some Algebra textbook and workbook recommendations for you.
The Munchkin Man can very well relate to your comment about the schools in your area.
The Munchkin Man also finds that the vast majority of "government schools", as Neal Boortz calls them, are either "questionable" at best, or unquestionably bad.
The Munchkin Man will now provide you with his personal and highly qualified recommendations:
The Munchkin Man owns both their Algebra I and their Algebra II book and also their solution manuals. As the description says:
"Our books are written in a friendly and non-intimidating workbook-like format."
These books were also written with home schoolers in mind. About one-half of the Munchkin Man's students are home-schoolers. During the past few years, the Munchkin Man has developed a great amount of respect for the home schooling movement.
Here is a link to another series of Algebra books which are very "kid friendly" and which do a very good job at "breaking the ice" for math phobic students:
Here is another excellent book, one which bears the name of Margaret Lial as the lead author. Any mathematics textbook which bears her name as the lead author comes highly recommended by the Munchkin Man.
For another rigorous series of mathematics textbooks, the Munchkin Man would recommend anything which bears the author's name of Mary Dolciani. The following is a description of a private school that uses her textbooks:
The Munchkin Man considers the above-mentioned first year Algebra books to be the very best.
You will be hard pressed to find any of these excellent textbooks in any of America's "government schools."
That's because the vast majority of these schools are government indoctrination centers whose agenda is to dumb down their curriculums, promote the values of socialism, and eventually train them to vote for liberal Democrats.
It's a sad commentary, but it's true.
Whether you share the Munchkin Man's beliefs on this point or not, the Munchkin Man is confident that you would find any of these textbooks to be of exceptional quality.
The Munchkin Man might suggest that you order the first one mentioned in this post. This is the one from A+ Educational Services.
After reviewing this book, this should convince you of the Munchkin Man's high standards of textbook quality and excellence for his students.
The Munchkin Man insists only upon the best for his students.
Good luck!
Best Wishes,
Munchkin Man
Posted by glassman on :
LOL.. Munchie...
i went to one of the most well-thought of military prep schools in the country for high school..
they dumbed it down too... cuz the parents were paying cold hard cash for those grades to get into ______________ (place name of college here) ...
and cheating was rampant...
schools are for learning social skills... if you want to raise kids that can think for themselves? you have to do it yourself...
Posted by Munchkin Man on :
quote:Originally posted by glassman: LOL.. Munchie...
i went to one of the most well-thought of military prep schools in the country for high school..
they dumbed it down too... cuz the parents were paying cold hard cash for those grades to get into ______________ (place name of college here) ...
and cheating was rampant...
schools are for learning social skills... if you want to raise kids that can think for themselves? you have to do it yourself...
The Munchkin Man has heard similar tales about other "prestigious" private schools as well.
It's a darned shame that so many students are not getting a good solid mathematics education from a teacher of honor and integrity like the Munchkin Man.
It's enough to make the Munchkin Man cry.
Best Wishes,
Munchkin Man
Posted by glassman on :
well MM, i'm gonna just have to settle for doing it myself...
after all? you know what they say about wanting ajob done right?
PS: thanx for the list of books to dig into...
i like the print on the cover of this one: Escher is my favorite artist
Posted by 10of13 on :
GLASS!!! I am scolding you for calling your kid a brat...but good job on helping him learn what the schools won't teach! One of the reasons i friggin have to pay $8500/year/kid..for a private school...because I am not smart enough to get an algebra book and teach it to them...no wait...it's not the smarts..it's the patience...have none...LOL
quote:Originally posted by glassman: greater intelligence? how about just less ignorance?
can you recommend a good beginning algebra work-book for me to do with my kid? the schools here are, well a little questionable... it needs to be an introductory level since the brat won't be in algebra class for a couple years yet...
Posted by T e x on :
sheesh
I submit a new word: ridiculousity
lol, you guys talk like somebody who fell out of well
Posted by bdgee on :
Tex,
You sure that word's new? Seems I recall dubya using it back in 02.
Posted by glassman on :
just hit 106.2 here today.
Posted by IMAKEMONEY on :
80 HERE
Posted by glassman on :
you bunch of wimps... Posted by cottonjim on :
86 W/ 72% HUMIDITY, not miserable but not comfortable either.
Posted by glassman on :
fortunately our humidity is pretty low today, so the heat index is only about 110
Posted by Highwaychild on :
It was so hot today I saw a dog chasing a cat, and they were both walking. It's hotter than Paris Hilton's underpants. It's hotter than the four sides of hell. It's hotter than a firecracker lit at both ends.
108 today to break a record??? ...broke one yesterday set back in 1918! Posted by greenman on :
It was so hot today that I saw a robin pulling a worm out of the ground using a pot holder.
Posted by T e x on :
It ain't that hot here... but the humidity is still up. Was on a job today about an hour northeast of my house, and saw a bird's egg fall. Went to replace it in the nest...but it was soft-boiled by the time it hit the ground. Mama bird was the cooling, insulatory influence, apparently. No yolk, folks...
Posted by greenman on :
Yesterday I was rounding a corner in my truck, and I saw a fire hydrant chasing a dog. Tell me that aint hot. Over 100 degrees for 7 days straight. Heat index as high as 111.
Posted by rimasco on :
56 degrees here right now 50 lower than this time last year Posted by glassman on :
we're back to record breaking temps here...
we broke records for the date all over MS...
104.5 here, and Memphis showed 105...
Posted by bond006 on :
you guys are looking like a little bit of AZ.
Highest temp. I remember I was in here was 122 degrees F.
She was hot that day
Posted by Upside on :
quote:Originally posted by glassman: we're back to record breaking temps here...
we broke records for the date all over MS...
104.5 here, and Memphis showed 105...
Must be fun melting glass in that kind of heat. I'd stay indoors. I'm on flood watch tonight. We just got our basement dry and aired out and we're supposed to get another 3" of rain tonight. Seems like we already got 2 of them though so I'm thinking about cashing it in for the night.
Posted by glassman on :
i ain't even turning on the lights right now up ...
we used to work in these temps in the desert, just drink water and electrolytes, but the humidity here makes it impossible... the good news is that this temp is great for curing refractory cement... i'm casting a new furnace... i try to get the heavy work done by 10AM.. that's when it hits 90...
Posted by jordanreed on :
bout 69 and 200% humidity..
Posted by cottonjim on :
Nothing like golfing in a swamp Posted by jordanreed on :
lol...no kidding..I'm going out to do just that in about an hour. Posted by cottonjim on :
Me too in about 2 hrs. Shouldn't have a problem with the ball sticking on the green today Posted by Munchkin Man on :
quote:Originally posted by glassman: we're back to record breaking temps here...
we broke records for the date all over MS...
104.5 here, and Memphis showed 105...
Memphis!!!
The Munchkin Man loves Memphis!
The Munchkin Man flew to Memphis a few years ago to visit a friend.
The Munchkin Man's friend took the Munchkin Man out to a real fun place.
The Munchkin Man had the time of his life at this place.
It was called the Platinum Plus.
Boy was it hot!
The Munchkin Man can't wait to go back again.
Best Wishes,
Munchkin Man
Posted by glassman on :
he shoulda taken you to the Commodore Hotel.. much more fun there... at least according to Lowell George it was
The Last Lap(dance) for Platinum Plus? Heads they win; tails they lose.
DECEMBER 9, 2006 - 11:07 PM
Memphis D.A. Bill Gibbons is confident that the, oh, millionth time will be the charm when it comes to closing down Memphis' most notorious strip joint. Memphis police raided and padlocked "Platinum Plus" and the "Tunica Caberet" late Friday night, charging club owners with drug possession, money laundering, and prostitution.
Indictments for the charges will be handed up on Monday, December 11,2006. The raid culminates a 23-month investigation involving the Memphis Police Department and the FBI.
Police arrested more than 75 people, officials said. No word on if they were strip-searched or not. Posted by IMAKEMONEY on :
72 at the beach.
Posted by glassman on :
quote:Originally posted by IMAKEMONEY: 72 at the beach.
i dunno how you guys stand it Posted by IMAKEMONEY on :
ITS HELL GLASS,LOL Posted by retiredat49 on :
Been in the 90's up here the last couple of days...but the humidity is demonic. It's times like these that I am glad that I'm on the water. Took the youngest one and her friend out tubing behind the pontoon today...that cooled em off...
Posted by bond006 on :
should hit 112 today in phoenix but as people say its a dry heat
Posted by Upside on :
75 and sunny today. Lots of wind. That's the perfect recipe to start drying out the foot of rain we had over the last week. I live fairly close to the "Root River" in SE Wisconsin. There's about a 15' dam where the river is halted as it runs under a main road at that point. Until today, you couldn't see the dam, it was just one continuous flow of water that theatened to shut down the road. As of today it had dropped about 2 feet where you can see just the top of the dam so things are looking up.
Although, driving around town today it was a pretty ugly scene. Many roads are still closed and you can see the damage that was done to many homes by the furniture and bags of garbage set out by the side of the road. Pretty sad. My basement flooded with about 6" of water and I'm considering myself one of the lucky ones. Kind of funny, this was the second hundred year flood we've had in the last 5 years now. I think those stats need to be updated to where a current 100 year flood will be on the likes of the 40 days and 40 nights of Noah.
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I'd stay indoors. I'm on flood watch tonight. We just got our basement dry and aired out and we're supposed to get another 3" of rain tonight. Seems like we already got 2 of them though so I'm thinking about cashing it in for the night.
