FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

OzJohnnie · January 28, 2009, 01:05:53 AM

The spaniard shows some skill. Entertaining first set.

OzJohnnie · January 28, 2009, 01:15:38 AM

So, did you ever go to the men's room at a sporting event and find yourself standing at the trough digging in your pants for ten seconds looking for the flap only to realize that you put your boxers on backwards and the flap is in the back? No? Well let me assure you that it is embarrassing.

OzJohnnie · January 28, 2009, 02:58:58 AM

Nice match. Verdaso earned that victory. And he beat number 4 two days ago. Gritty player. As far as tennis goes, this day was pretty good.

OzJohnnie · January 28, 2009, 03:11:40 AM

It's 109F and so dry that you don't even get wet with sweat. Scorcher.

tmerton · January 28, 2009, 01:19:36 PM

Quote from: OzJohnnie on January 28, 2009, 12:27:01 AM

After following your suggestion, I should be on the evening news highlight reel. I'm the guy with a security man on each arm.

Please post the link when available. Or else a snapshot that one of your daughters took.

BDB · January 28, 2009, 01:54:43 PM

Quote from: BlueDevil Bob on January 22, 2009, 04:34:59 PM

Brazilian beauty loses both hands and both feet.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2160372.ece

What a drag.

I see this gal ended up dying. How tragic.

OzJohnnie · January 28, 2009, 06:40:56 PM

Ok. I have read BDB's post three times now and I still know I shouldn't respond, because how can any response be taken as anything other than a cynical attempt to reference a joke about a dead dog with no legs?

tmerton · January 28, 2009, 08:06:22 PM

Swait Jaysus, we have to move off this mournful topic.

While everyone is watching to see if Oz will be arrested again or when they'll close the foooken roof in Meh-bourne, please sing along to the newest Irish ballad dedicated to the new American President with newly discovered Irish roots.

The Barack Obama Irish song

Background: Moneygall is a small village in County Offaly, Ireland. It has a population of approximately 300 people, a Roman Catholic church, five shops, a post office, a national school, a police station, and two pubs.

President-elect of the United States Barack Obama's great-great-great grandfather, Falmouth Kearney, emigrated from Moneygall to New York City at the age of 19 in 1850 and eventually resettled in Tipton County, Indiana. Kearney 's father had been the village shoemaker, then a wealthy skill trade.

And now for the SONG...Crank up your speakers.

http://www.oneeyedparrot.org/obama.html

OzJohnnie · January 28, 2009, 08:55:26 PM

I'm just about to head out and grab a sandwich for lunch. Currently 106F and 12% humidity. I expect to come back either looking like a raisin or like that bad guy in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade after he drank from the wrong cup...

OzJohnnie · January 28, 2009, 11:17:36 PM

It's now up to 109F with only 11% humidity. Poke me with a fork and call me done. I'm so looking forward to that commute home tonight. Maybe I'll hang around work until 8pm or so when mercury will drop below 100...

The good news is that a cool change is expected on Sunday before the temperatures shoot up again. We'll only see a high of about 93F on the day of rest. Blooming artic-like, that is.

sumander · January 29, 2009, 03:15:36 PM

Quote from: OzJohnnie on January 28, 2009, 11:17:36 PM
It's now up to 109F with only 11% humidity. Poke me with a fork and call me done. I'm so looking forward to that commute home tonight. Maybe I'll hang around work until 8pm or so when mercury will drop below 100...

The good news is that a cool change is expected on Sunday before the temperatures shoot up again. We'll only see a high of about 93F on the day of rest. Blooming artic-like, that is.

So Oz, you want me to ship you some of this northern minnesota air? Woke up to -32 a couple of weeks ago. Let's calculate that....only a 141 degree difference. This morning was balmy, only -2.

OzJohnnie · January 29, 2009, 03:36:46 PM

We might be able to squeeze another five degrees here and if you take trip up to I Falls we'll be able to boil an egg with the difference.

OzJohnnie · January 30, 2009, 12:17:42 AM

I know you are all sick of the weather updates, but this is friggin' nuts. It is currently 44.7C. That is 112.5F and there is only 9% humidity.

It's like I'm living in a fan forced oven. At this point, a little below zero in a nice warm house would suit me just fine.

janesvilleflash · January 30, 2009, 02:21:54 AM

What is the normal temp for this time of year?

OzJohnnie · January 30, 2009, 02:36:59 AM

We'll usually get four or five scattered days over 40C (104F) in a summer, but we had three in a row that broke 43 (109.4). Hottest in a long, long time. Next week expects another three days over 40.

A great thing about the Melbourne heat waves are the inevitable cool change. This heat wave's cool change just came through and it feels like someone turned on a giant air conditioner, even though it's still warm. It got up to 45.1 (113.2) this afternoon. Twenty minutes later and we're sitting on 32 (89.6).