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The birds have to use potholders to pull worms out of the ground.
The trees are whistling for the dogs.
The best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.
Hot water now comes out of both taps.
You can make sun tea instantly.
You learn that a seat belt buckle makes a pretty good branding iron.
The temperature drops below 95 F (35 C) and you feel a little chilly.
You discover that in August it only takes 2 fingers to steer your car.
You discover that you can get sunburned through your car window.
You actually burn your hand opening the car door.
You break into a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 a.m.
Your biggest motorcycle wreck fear is, "What if I get knocked out and end up lying on the pavement and cook to death?"
You realize that asphalt has a liquid state.
The potatoes cook underground, so all you have to do is pull one out and add butter, salt and pepper.
Farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying boiled eggs.
The cows are giving evaporated milk.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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Strangely enough when riding around here the thought that I might cook to death laying on the asphalt should I go down HAS crossed my mind.
Just put an ungloved hand on the asphalt at 4:30 PM around here on your average August afternoon.
"Proud to be an Infidel" ... "100% pure American Jingoist"
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Just put an ungloved hand on the asphalt at 4:30 PM around here on your average August afternoon.
No thanks, I need my hands. 
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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-The best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance. First place I look for when parking...a spot under a tree in the shade. -Hot water now comes out of both taps. Since we live in a newer house, with plastic pipes that aren't buried deep, our water never really is cold in the summer. -You can make sun tea instantly. We make it all the time. Only takes about an hour or so. -The temperature drops below 95 F (35 C) and you feel a little chilly. Well I wouldn't go that far. Let's say below 90.  -You discover that in August it only takes 2 fingers to steer your car. Been there, done that...just the other day. -You realize that asphalt has a liquid state. Gotta watch those freshly paved parking lots when parking the bike. If you don't your kickstand will sink in until your bike tips over. -You break into a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 a.m. 8 am and it's already 81 degrees with 65% humidity. Not that bad, but if you do any work you WILL be sweatin'.
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-You break into a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 a.m.
8 am and it's already 81 degrees with 65% humidity. Not that bad, but if you do any work you WILL be sweatin'.
And I am choosing next week to come to Tucson??? 
I must be insane. It was 59 this morning at 7 am here!!! What am I thinking!!!??
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Being at altitude from May to October does have its advantages.
Although for the purposes of mootorcycling being in flag your riding season pretty much ends in October I imagine?
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Look on the bright side....you can pack light, because you won't have to bring any warm clothes.
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Hey Graybeard! I spent grades 1 thru 5 at Cannon AFB outside of Clovis, NM. This was when the F-100 was a state of the art fighter jet. I remember that the playgrounds were really ground in the literal sense. It was so dirty, that we would shake our hair onto our desks following recess and draw pictures in the dirt that fell out from playing in it. Had one kid who would spend his time looking for rattlesnakes at recess. When he found one, he's catch it by the tail and swing it around his head (we're talking a 9 or 10 year old here), walk over to the barbed wire fence that surrounded the playground, and snap its head off on the wire. It was a tough school. They called Clovis 'The Cattle Capital of the Southwest.' I guess everyone had to have a nickname for itself. Ahh, the memories. 
JB
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It's called the peanut capitol now, but that might change. The second cheese factory is under construction, so maybe Wisconson might have to watch out. The town currently has 2 shopping malls, 2 Sonics, 2 hometown style driveins, a Wallyworld, Lowes, a Burger King AND a 1/3 mile dirt track! Everything a person could ever want.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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Years ago, OK 1980, I was working in the canyon country SE Utah desert. I came across some backpackers who'd been out a few days on foot, miles from the nearest anything and were also about out of water. I had a 6 gallon jerry can in the pickup bed, it was July I think. They poured some out, which was very warm. They could barely drink it, but it was water.
JH
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Look on the bright side....you can pack light, because you won't have to bring any warm clothes.
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Being at altitude from May to October does have its advantages.
Although for the purposes of mootorcycling being in flag your riding season pretty much ends in October I imagine?
Nah - maybe I don't ride much Jan - March (thats the real winter). I'll ride in the cold and we haven't had much snow the last few winters so.....
I put the battery tender on and occasionally if it looks like its going to be a month before I ride again some Stabil in the tank - thats the extent of my winterization.
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Yes, it's hot here in Phoenix in the summer, BUT, my wife still takes a sweater with her to work! (She does data entry for the Post Office in a big warehouse-like bldg.)
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It's hot enough here to melt the nuts off of an iron dog!!
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Hey Graybeard!
I spent grades 1 thru 5 at Cannon AFB outside of Clovis, NM. This was when the F-100 was a state of the art fighter jet. I remember that the playgrounds were really ground in the literal sense. It was so dirty, that we would shake our hair onto our desks following recess and draw pictures in the dirt that fell out from playing in it. Had one kid who would spend his time looking for rattlesnakes at recess. When he found one, he's catch it by the tail and swing it around his head (we're talking a 9 or 10 year old here), walk over to the barbed wire fence that surrounded the playground, and snap its head off on the wire. It was a tough school. They called Clovis 'The Cattle Capital of the Southwest.' I guess everyone had to have a nickname for itself.
Ahh, the memories.
But you tell that to the youth of today and they woooont believe you 
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