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S. Duerr Steve Duerr Bakersfield, CA, USA 1969 MG MGB GT	Posted: July 10, 2012 11:42AM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 2,406

We're predicted to be @ 105F today. Death Valley, CA is predicted to hit 125F. Let's all meet there for a cold drink, 4:30pm should be the ideal time.

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Re: Our turn... #2
Speedy1 John Gonzales-Lusk Los Lunas, NM, USA	Posted: July 10, 2012 11:46AM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 3,342

I'll bring Corona if Wyatt brings salsa and chips.

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Simon Simon Clowes Salem , Oregon, USA 1979 MG MGB "Big Red"	Posted: July 10, 2012 12:57PM Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 7,525

What no Fosters, XXXX or Toohey's??

1979 Roadster (Big Red) daily driver.
unknown GT somewhere in the future.
09 Accent

Don't got to bed made - stay up all night plotting revenge

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rhinsb Rich Hagon Santa Barbara, California, USA 1971 MG MGB GT "Money Pit"	Posted: July 10, 2012 01:01PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 1,168

Steve, I feel for you all. Its supposed to be 88 here today which is traumatic
for we spoiled brats on the coast! No bike riding! grinning smiley

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S. Duerr Steve Duerr Bakersfield, CA, USA 1969 MG MGB GT	Posted: July 10, 2012 01:06PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 2,406

In reply to # 2116414 by rhinsb Steve, I feel for you all. Its supposed to be 88 here today which is traumatic
for we spoiled brats on the coast! No bike riding! grinning smiley

When I got back from my ride at 0930 this morning, it was already over 85F. I have some outside projects that I need to do. I think I'll wait 'til it is above 95 to start. smiling smiley

I lived in Barstow for a few years-worked for an air conditioning company. Since I was 6 feet tall and 120pounds, I was the one who got sent into the attics to put in the ducting. ("Duerr, you're skinny, go drag this duct to the corner of the attic.) THAT is why I went to college. smiling smiley

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Speedy1, I was thinking of iced tea.

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rhinsb Rich Hagon Santa Barbara, California, USA 1971 MG MGB GT "Money Pit"	Posted: July 10, 2012 01:20PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 1,168

Back in the day,(think Jimmy Carter) the union hall had 120 guys on the list and I had
a young hungry family, so I went to work for a local Pest control company. The trucks
had giant 3D black widow spiders on the sides so it was all good! It only took me
a little while to figure out that crawling through attics in Santa Paula or
Santa Ynez killing termites or flea infested sub-areas was not my dream job.lol
It motivated me to get my licence and I ended up building a couple buildings for
my former employers in Watsonville for my first job. We did always try to get the skinny
guy to crawl the sub-areas though! winking smiley

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29desoto Wayne Sanders Outside Otis, OR - in the woods!, USA 1965 MG MGB V6 Conversion "Tubby" 1977 MG MGB "Ole Yeller" 1979 MG MGB "Kermit" 1984 Chevrolet Corvette "The Green Weenie" 1994 Chevrolet S10 "Lil Red"	Posted: July 10, 2012 01:45PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 6,068

Furnace Creek. 4:30PM. Can't make it, too late even if I leave now.

Lets give it a week to see if it warms up some.

And I can relate to the attic work. Ran some phone wires in an attic in Vegas. It was only about 108F, but we were in four feet of insulation! The place was right next to the airport, so they were out to cut noise as well as heat.

Thought I was going to croak!

Wayne Sanders
Rose Lodge, OR

"I don't care to belong to any club that accepts people like me"-joined Willamette Valley Club in 2011

77 MGB - Four tone paint - some kind of electronic ignition - hood props - cheap tires - new springs all around - mixture of poly and rubber bushings - original exhaust - fuzzy seatcovers - stereo out of old F150 pickup - virtually no rust - right front wrecked and semi well repaired - just about right for me!

78 MGB - Done right by a good PO, and I only bought it. Tell Jim how nice it is. But I did put in a Datsun 5 speed.

79/65 MGB - Tubby - Carmine Red - V-6 - T-5
Going to do this one more right, less rat rod!

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Naomi Naomi C Between Greensboro and Roanoke, USA 1964 MG MGB "Kirby" 1979 MG MGB "Bandit" 1980 MG MGB "Robbie" 1995 Mazda Miata Special Edition 2003 Jaguar S-Type	Posted: July 10, 2012 02:37PM Registered: 10 years ago Posts: 13,294

Lived in Victorville, California for a a little over a year while hubby was on a team to close down a military base there. Wow it was HOT ! Big Bear though, just a few miles away, was comfortable all Summer but like it's name it was a bear in the Winter smiling smiley

"1964 MGB" (Kirby) All original pull handle MGB, 3 main, with overdrive, but a daily driver with all the dents and dings to prove it -- Titled in 1965~~

"1980 MGB" (Robbie) Even though it's a RB it does have overdrive, a Weber Carb, and is my favorite MGB. We have logged thousands of happy miles together ~~

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losmorob Robert Park Los Molinos, CA, USA 1967 Austin-Healey Sprite "Penelope" 1970 MG MGB GT "Parts For Sale!" 1971 Wolseley 16/60 1972 MG MGB GT "The Money Pit" 2004 BMW MINI Cooper S	Posted: July 10, 2012 10:10PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 6,940

104 today. Waiting to post a pic of the porch thermometer tomorrow. Ought to be good.

Rob.

"Now the problem you have is that when you have the unerring certainty of machinery, it is a machine. When something has foibles, it won’t handle properly, that gives it a particularly human quality because it makes mistakes. And that’s how you can build a relationship with a car that other people won’t get."
Jeremy Clarkson

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S. Duerr Steve Duerr Bakersfield, CA, USA 1969 MG MGB GT	Posted: July 10, 2012 10:27PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 2,406

In reply to # 2116855 by losmorob 104 today. Waiting to post a pic of the porch thermometer tomorrow. Ought to be good.

We only hit 101. But, ours included 20% humidity. (I know, 20% is nothing to those in the mid-west and south.)

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Re: Our turn... #11
S. Duerr Steve Duerr Bakersfield, CA, USA 1969 MG MGB GT	Posted: July 11, 2012 12:21AM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 2,406

Well, I'm disapointed, it only got to 119F in Death Valley.

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Rod H. Amity, Oregon, USA 1964 MG MGB 1968 MG MGB GT	Posted: July 11, 2012 01:09AM Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 14,987

The pool was 86 this afternoon, which was also the high air temperature today. High 80s forecast the next 10 days here, except Sunday which is supposed to be 82. Lows in the high 50s.

To the pure, all things are pure...

'63 MGB
'68 MGBGT
'80 VW Vanagon Kombi
'09 Mazda 3 with 5 speed manual

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wyatt Wyatt W penguin point, drift ice, Antarctica 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1960 MG MGA 1966 MG MGB	Posted: July 11, 2012 07:27AM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 23,301

......the oven got up to 350...so I threw a chicken pot pie and a tater in it....a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do.....

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Re: Our turn... #14
JackMG Jack Lindler Greenville,SC, USA	Posted: July 11, 2012 09:38AM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 14,869

We're retreating from the century mark, but why no bike riding at 88? I passed a couple - male and female - out biking the other day here when it was 95°F at 11:30am and humid as a steam room. I couldn't help but think, "Damnned fools!"

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rhinsb Rich Hagon Santa Barbara, California, USA 1971 MG MGB GT "Money Pit"	Posted: July 11, 2012 12:07PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 1,168

Jack, I was really referring to Steves riding, although if you asked my wife a born and bred Santa Barbarian about
riding in "88 degree heat", she would laugh at you! Anything over 80 is considered taxing in SB. Luckily it only
reached about 79 yesterday so we dodged a bullet. smileys with beer

I'm glad you all are finally getting a brake from the heat.
That's one thing I don't miss about the East coast.

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