Members BillESC Posted July 4, 2012 Members Share Posted July 4, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SpaceNorman Posted July 4, 2012 Members Share Posted July 4, 2012 Yikes ... the thunderstorms are almost the highlight of that forecast. I'm not at all into heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members W. M. Hellinger Posted July 4, 2012 Members Share Posted July 4, 2012 Liking the local forecast for today's activities (4th celebration... expecting 10K+ in attendence): http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=47.09069560264967&lon=-117.04833984375&site=otx&smap=1&marine=0&unit=0&lg=en I don't think it gets any better than this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CliffordN Posted July 4, 2012 Members Share Posted July 4, 2012 It's Summer... Get your shorts on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members W. M. Hellinger Posted July 4, 2012 Members Share Posted July 4, 2012 It's Summer... Get your shorts on! yea... ok... I'd prefer to see halter tops (or similar)... if you asked me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shaster Posted July 4, 2012 Members Share Posted July 4, 2012 Still waiting for summer here - although the forecasters say it should start tomorrow. Hasn't even rained today, so my fingers are crossed... I've got a few outdoor gigs coming up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tomm Williams Posted July 4, 2012 Members Share Posted July 4, 2012 I don't know how you folks can exist in those humid areas. Every time I've been East of the Mississippi, I want to die..................................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Randyman Posted July 4, 2012 Members Share Posted July 4, 2012 Same here- how does anything get done? (unless of course you're inside and air-conditioned space). I have met the occasional person that actually likes humidity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoadRanger Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Wow, I didn't know that Hell is located in Richmond . Ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NUSound Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Same here- how does anything get done? (unless of course you're inside and air-conditioned space). I have met the occasional person that actually likes humidity! People get it done because it has to get... An old adage from when I worked on a farm. Anyone who has ever bailed hay when it's 100+ knows that nothing in audio can compare. Just got back from my 4th of July gig. 105 degrees, I easily drank 2 gallons of water and didn't to visit the facilities once... Didn't know you could swear through steel toe boots until today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IsildursBane Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 yea... ok... I'd prefer to see halter tops (or similar)... if you asked me. Like this? Or this? -Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lonotes Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Like this?Or this?-Dan. You are a bad man, and you should feel bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 108 in Richmond? Yikes. That's Southwest-type temps. 'Cept you probably get the extra added bonus of relative humidity. (Hey...don't worry about it. It's only relative.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BillESC Posted July 5, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 My eyes . . . My eyes . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members donkey 12 Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 I have an outdoor gig in the D.C. area Saturday afternoon. The forecast if for about 104 degree temperature while we are performing. Should be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Randyman Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 NuSound wrote: Anyone who has ever bailed hay when it's 100+ knows that nothing in audio can compare. I was in Arkansas as a teenager bailing hay in 90+ weather, and what impressed me the most was how itchy it was!!! So many bugs, and all the hay had all kinds of itchy grasses in it, and of course there's dirt galore, and you're sweatin' like a pig, so you end up becoming this itchy, sweaty dirt ball! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members W. M. Hellinger Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 An old adage from when I worked on a farm. Anyone who has ever bailed hay when it's 100+ knows that nothing in audio can compare. Humm... I seem to recall that the baling part was MOL the cush job... even bucking bales onto the truck or stacking on the truck was preferred to riding & stacking on the slip... and even that was preferred to stacking in the peak of a tin roofed barn... where the airflow as... well... all you'd expect it to be on a dead calm day, inside a barn, where the only opening to the outside was a 3ft. square hay door, that had the hay elevator stuck in it. Yea... I know... there'll probably be somebody come along here that's gonna say: "Wow, you had a hay elevator to get the bales in the loft of the barn?" For some reason, I have little (well basically no) desire to farm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Axisplayer Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 even bucking bales.....riding & stacking on the slip... hay elevator...the cone bottoms of grain storage tanks... aerobatic fermented peas...plugged a combine...from the header spout to the straw chopper...the straw walkers You know, this may as well be written in greek. I have absolutely NO idea what any of this means (and I think I prefer it this way based on the context of your thread.) I thought the conversations here were filled with technical details, jargon, and even some colloquial terms that were hard to follow for some people, but this takes it for me. Guess it is obvious I am a city boy who hasn't spent 5 cumulative minutes on a farm in my life. I grew up where a tough day outside meant cutting a half acre of grass with a self propelled mower. The scary thing is that I think a LOT of people here know exactly what you said... ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Humm...I seem to recall that the baling part was MOL the cush job... even bucking bales onto the truck or stacking on the truck was preferred to riding & stacking on the slip... and even that was preferred to stacking in the peak of a tin roofed barn... where the airflow as... well... all you'd expect it to be on a dead calm day, inside a barn, where the only opening to the outside was a 3ft. square hay door, that had the hay elevator stuck in it. Yep. Used to haul hay with my dad in 100 degree heat in California during the summers. Hard work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Miko Man Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 You know, this may as well be written in greek. The scary thing is that I think a LOT of people here know exactly what you said... ;-) It is scary to be someone who can track (mostly) with the discussions -- or to at least think that I'm tracking. Mark C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 Yea... I know... there'll probably be somebody come along here that's gonna say: "Wow, you had a hay elevator to get the bales in the loft of the barn?" We didn't have a hay loft, just stacked 'em high inside the barn on the main floor. No elevator. And, like you, I have no desire to farm. Luckily my brother was able and willing to take over the family farm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CliffordN Posted July 5, 2012 Members Share Posted July 5, 2012 I used to be a framing contractor, and worked all Summer long in cut-offs and tennis shoes, period (helllacious tan)... We built a big one out in the country, and after getting covered in sawdust hitting the pond was about mandatory! I still remember that there were layers of really cool water in the shady places, and it nearly took your breathe away when you dove in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members W. M. Hellinger Posted July 6, 2012 Members Share Posted July 6, 2012 Guess it is obvious I am a city boy who hasn't spent 5 cumulative minutes on a farm in my life. Well, I'll admit that based on some experiences in my past, what I do now seems like a piece of cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members W. M. Hellinger Posted July 6, 2012 Members Share Posted July 6, 2012 We didn't have a hay loft, just stacked 'em high inside the barn on the main floor. No elevator. Me too... inna a few different area barns: Buck them up, and up, and up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BillESC Posted July 6, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 6, 2012 The hottest gig I can recall at the moment was set up day at Waterloo Village Concert Field in NJ probably 20 years ago. This Mountain Shed stage faced a field that could accomodate 15,000 people and our IA crew was there to put the skin on the roof and lay in power distribution. The day was full sun, highs hit around 102 and humidity hovered in the 90% level. The entire 16 hour call our crews worked 20 minutes on followed by 20 minutes off. During each 20 minutes off I drank a gallon of water and didn't take a leak all day. I did manage to lay out more than 5,000 feet of four ought cable however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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