leech Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Complaining about 20C?? It's been 32C + all summer here. We think it's a nice day when it's 27-29C. It's not unusual for it to get over 37C here. Of course I'm the USA's midwest. So we tend to get weather extremes. It's been know to be hotter than Florida here and in the winter colder than some parts of Alaska Yeah, I'm in Utah, and it's been freaking hot this summer, with random violent raining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoTheMath Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Expecting 38°C tomorrow in Paris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gummy Bear Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Complaining about 20C?? You misunderstand. 20C is the cutoff between good and shit. It's been waaaay over 20 over the past few weeks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+af0l Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 It was showing 36C here today (Croatia), but I'm cooling my stuff in the sea most of the next 10 days, so no worries Got me thinking, that global warming thing is real then? What next? Mortal Kombat on Jag? An SD cart for Jag? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gummy Bear Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 The SD cart will be real! I have faith! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 It was showing 36C here today (Croatia), but I'm cooling my stuff in the sea most of the next 10 days, so no worries Got me thinking, that global warming thing is real then? What next? Mortal Kombat on Jag? An SD cart for Jag? We're getting Elite:Dangerous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosquare Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 (edited) SainT: enjoy the summer while you can. The Jaguar is nearly 25 years old, we can wait for the SD cart a bit longer. I've spent the last three weeks working 7 days a week. That, the heat and the bright sun with clear sky outside (something that rarely happens where I live) makes even a indoors-type guy like me angry to be stuck inside. Edited August 6, 2018 by Zerosquare 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thanatos Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 (edited) SainT: enjoy the summer while you can. The Jaguar is nearly 25 years old, we can wait for the SD cart a bit longer. I've spent the last three weeks working 7 days a week. That, the heat and the bright sun with clear sky outside (something that rarely happens where I live) makes even a indoors-type guy like me angry to be stuck inside. It _IS_ 25 years old. The latest Retro Gamer mag has a 2 page blurb. And that makes me feel old. But so does everything else now. Ok... Fine, November '93. Technicality... Edited August 7, 2018 by thanatos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixdownita Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 I've actually been alright the last month or two, which is the longest spell of feeling alright I've had in a long time. .... As I said, first and foremost take care of yourself and enjoy this break, I wish it would last a very long time. Talk to you in the winter months and with a little bit of luck your improved health is here to stay. [ever though that maybe the bad weather has something to do with the way you feel, not that it causes it but it may be aggravating the situation .... I think you should take an extended vacation at Gibraltar (barring the pollutants that is)] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juansolo Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 You misunderstand. 20C is the cutoff between good and shit. It's been waaaay over 20 over the past few weeks. Damn straight, seen up to 31C here (hottest day), but it's been hovering around the 26-27C area fairly consistently. I ain't built for this weather! The biggest problem is that our houses aren't. They're brick, small and really well insulated for our usual weather. Which turns them into little ovens during hot days. Because we're used to a couple of weeks of summer normally we might have a couple of fans kicking around and just put up with it. The only place we have A/C is in cars... Plus complaining about the weather is a national pastime. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coleshores Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 I totally know what you mean..We are currently hovering around 46 degrees Celsius here in Phoenix, Arizona. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymiester Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Came here looking for some news on the Jaguar SD cart and all I found was a bunch of OLD guys talking about the weather!?!?! 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 (edited) I'm in Minnesota, we had a massive snowstorm in April this year. Can go from 80 degrees to 40 degrees, back to 80 degrees in a few days in the spring and the fall. Edited August 7, 2018 by Pink 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jericho_21 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 I'm in Minnesota, we had a massive snowstorm in April this year. Can go from 80 degrees to 40 degrees, back to 80 degrees in a few days in the spring and the fall. Hey, Pink! Same here! I live about forty miles from Saint Paul. It's true, too. The fluctuations in temperature can be extreme. Wait until the Alberta Clipper and Siberian Express come in the winter time. You know that those weather patterns bring bitter cold. I remember that April snowstorm, too. How could I forget? Fifty-eight hours long, full of snow! Non-stop! It gets crazy here in winter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Hey, Pink! Same here! I live about forty miles from Saint Paul. It's true, too. The fluctuations in temperature can be extreme. Wait until the Alberta Clipper and Siberian Express come in the winter time. You know that those weather patterns bring bitter cold. I remember that April snowstorm, too. How could I forget? Fifty-eight hours long, full of snow! Non-stop! It gets crazy here in winter. Sounds like a good time to stay indoors and play on an Atari. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jericho_21 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Sounds like a good time to stay indoors and play on an Atari. In many ways, it does. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 (edited) Hey, Pink! Same here! I live about forty miles from Saint Paul. It's true, too. The fluctuations in temperature can be extreme. Wait until the Alberta Clipper and Siberian Express come in the winter time. You know that those weather patterns bring bitter cold. I remember that April snowstorm, too. How could I forget? Fifty-eight hours long, full of snow! Non-stop! It gets crazy here in winter. I had traveled to Liberia in Africa for 3-4 weeks back in March with my buddy who is originally from there, and when I was returning home I was excited because I thought it would be warm-ish weather outside and the cold weather and snow were finally done for the season. And lo and behold like a week or two after I get back home we have a massive snowstorm. Oh how I was wrong. On the other hand, the weather in Liberia wasn't bad at all, usually like 70-80 degrees on average and it actually cooled down nicely at night. Wasn't any worse then Minnesota in the summer, I was expecting way hotter. Although I did go in March, if we would of went in June or July or something, i'm sure it would of been much hotter. (PM me if you want to know more about my trip to Liberia, I love to tell people about it and what it's like experiencing an extremely poor, third world country from someone who has spent his whole life in the USA. It really makes you appreciate and be thankful for everything that we have and take for granted like running water, paved roads, electricity, etc.) Edited August 8, 2018 by Pink 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gummy Bear Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 So... No Jags in Liberia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) So... No Jags in Liberia? There was barely even electricity in most of the residential "homes" My friend's place we stayed at, they had a generator that runs on regular gasoline and gas was well over $4 US dollars a gallon. They only ran it when it got dark outside and you couldn't see. And I will say this, my friend's parents were fairly "well off" compared to the average person there and that was a huge, expensive luxury that generator they own that the average folk there would never be able to afford. And it wasn't very stable, there was constantly short little power surges lasting from a second to a couple minutes, which would make playing a video game or watching TV or a DVD/Blu-Ray just about impossible. Their wall outlets were a combination of the US and Europe style outlets, meaning you could plug either a US electronic or European electronic device into them, which was pretty neat. We went into a small little electronic store in downtown Monrovia, they just had a combination of random electronics imported from both Europe and the USA. I saw a cheapy Philips dvd player that would cost you like $20-30 in the USA, they had it priced at $90. The stuff they had was astronomically expensive, which i'm sure is because of how expensive it is to import stuff there. I can say this, in an extremely poor third world country like Liberia, everything you take for granted in a place like the USA, a lot of the people just simply don't have these things, or they're quite scarce and/or expensive. Edited August 9, 2018 by Pink 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Any updates? Take your time though SainT, you're a busy person! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gummy Bear Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 I too am itching for any news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jericho_21 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 There was barely even electricity in most of the residential "homes" My friend's place we stayed at, they had a generator that runs on regular gasoline and gas was well over $4 US dollars a gallon. They only ran it when it got dark outside and you couldn't see. And I will say this, my friend's parents were fairly "well off" compared to the average person there and that was a huge, expensive luxury that generator they own that the average folk there would never be able to afford. And it wasn't very stable, there was constantly short little power surges lasting from a second to a couple minutes, which would make playing a video game or watching TV or a DVD/Blu-Ray just about impossible. Their wall outlets were a combination of the US and Europe style outlets, meaning you could plug either a US electronic or European electronic device into them, which was pretty neat. We went into a small little electronic store in downtown Monrovia, they just had a combination of random electronics imported from both Europe and the USA. I saw a cheapy Philips dvd player that would cost you like $20-30 in the USA, they had it priced at $90. The stuff they had was astronomically expensive, which i'm sure is because of how expensive it is to import stuff there. I can say this, in an extremely poor third world country like Liberia, everything you take for granted in a place like the USA, a lot of the people just simply don't have these things, or they're quite scarce and/or expensive. I can understand electronics being expensive over there. The Liberian dollar is only worth USD$.0065. That is sixty-five ten-thousandths of a US cent in value compared to the US dollar. No wonder it is expensive. Unfortunately. Thanks for letting me share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SainT Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 Any updates? Take your time though SainT, you're a busy person! The weather is getting worse and we're heading toward autumn, and the kids and going back to school shortly. So things will pick up again in the next couple of weeks. I'm feeling very enthusiastic about getting stuck into the Jag again after a break! 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gummy Bear Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Yaaay! Good news indeed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leech Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 The weather is getting worse and we're heading toward autumn, and the kids and going back to school shortly. So things will pick up again in the next couple of weeks. I'm feeling very enthusiastic about getting stuck into the Jag again after a break! Maybe I can try a Jedi mind trick on you. *waves hand* The jag is what you're working on... Really looking forward to this! As a side note, got a new SCART cable with the resistor... apparently it doesn't work... but with my old one fired up Tempest 2000 with the Rotary controller. Man that takes some getting used to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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