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27 Jun 2026 00:03 #1 by Janine
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Hey everyone.  Did you know it was hotter here than it was in the Algarve and Morroco this week.  I felt like I was melting. Being aviation engineers I bet you've all invented some custom fans or something.  For me I just blew up a paddling pool and chilled out in it during the hottest part of the day.  I have photos but won't post them without Klip's approval.

How did everyone else stay cool?

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27 Jun 2026 06:46 - 27 Jun 2026 06:57 #2 by Eric
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If those photo's are of you wearing not very much, they won't get approved.
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How to keep cool, open a downstairs door on the shady side of the building, or if there's any wind - facing the wind - open all the internal doors, open a window upstairs on the opposite side, or facing away from the wind, , and if you can, open the hatch into the roof space.
Hot air rises. So you have made a natural wind tunnel that uses no electricity!
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Don't fall for that SCAM of the two NASA scientists that have invented a compact air-con unit that doesn't use much electricity - intended for cooling satellite electronics when in orbit. There is no air in space to blow around!
When you take the lid off, there's just a cylindrical rotating fan driven by an electric motor which is powered by a rechargeable battery. All those coils of copper tubes they show covered with frost are AI.
Think how big your domestic fridge or freezer are, with all those tubes on the back, and a compressor that pumps fluid/gas around them, just to chill down that small insulated box.

if you are calm and collected when all about you are going berserk - you've missed something important!
Last edit: 27 Jun 2026 06:57 by Eric. Reason: typo
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27 Jun 2026 09:19 #3 by THE BLACKBIRD
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It was nice and warm, i managed to get my thermals off
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27 Jun 2026 09:50 #4 by Flytilbroke
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What heatwave?
The hottest day in Fort William in 2026 reached an estimated peak of 25.0°C on Thursday, June 25, during a major nationwide heatwave.

Have a nice Day, unless I don't like you.
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27 Jun 2026 09:54 - 27 Jun 2026 09:57 #5 by Eric
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25C? It was hotter than that at 3am!  :-) I saw 33C for several days, and 34.5 once!
Today, it is 26C with a nice breeze.
A correspondent friend of mine that I have never met had been in London for a few days, on business, and went back to Spain to cool off! She lives just over the border from Gibraltar.

 

if you are calm and collected when all about you are going berserk - you've missed something important!
Last edit: 27 Jun 2026 09:57 by Eric. Reason: added a comment
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27 Jun 2026 10:10 #6 by Janine
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In Scotland anything over 10C is a heatwave isn't it?
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27 Jun 2026 10:27 #7 by Quorneng
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As you get older, I mean really older, your body works at a slower space. This is why at normal temperatures you see many old people all wrapped up and complaining they are cold.
Yesterday was indeed a bit hot and stuffy but most of this current heat wave just meant I have been able to take off my jumper!
BB is older than me and lived in Cyprus so I can understand his comment about taking off his thermals. 
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27 Jun 2026 10:39 #8 by Janine
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I don't think Blackbird is human. Lifting and fitting those heavy patio blocks, I can't even lift one and probably in the boiling hot sun. Even boys in college were complaining it was too hot. I thought boys were supposed to be tough.
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27 Jun 2026 13:20 #9 by THE BLACKBIRD
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Janine i found the last few days just nice, the temp was just how i like it, i can work in those conditions without any problems
One day when i lived in Northern Cyprus the temp on my terrace touched 50 and i was still working on my villa
I cannot stand the cold it make me ill
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28 Jun 2026 09:56 #10 by THE BLACKBIRD
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Blimy this morning is cool,  time to put me thermals back on
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28 Jun 2026 10:44 #11 by Janine
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Do you think you'll ever move back to Cyprus?
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28 Jun 2026 13:48 #12 by THE BLACKBIRD
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No but my next place of residence will be hotter, in hell
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28 Jun 2026 13:54 #13 by Janine
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28 Jun 2026 18:48 #14 by Eric
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You'll have good (or bad) company down there, BB!  

if you are calm and collected when all about you are going berserk - you've missed something important!
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28 Jun 2026 23:38 #15 by Janine
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I don't mind the heat, prefer it to the cold so I'll probably end up in hell too.
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