{"id":625,"date":"2007-08-22T04:30:40","date_gmt":"2007-08-22T09:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=625"},"modified":"2007-08-22T14:51:06","modified_gmt":"2007-08-22T19:51:06","slug":"we-turned-the-heat-on-last-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/08\/22\/we-turned-the-heat-on-last-night\/","title":{"rendered":"We turned the heat on last night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/935180481\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1253\/935180481_96fcd5fe4e.jpg?w=450\" alt=\"A sense of weightlessness\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I would like to point out, in case anyone out there is calendrically challenged, that it&#8217;s <em>AUGUST<\/em>.  The whole &#8220;summer&#8221; thing seems to have pretty much missed the UK this year, and whatever passed for it in 2007 appears done in all but name.  With a few nice exceptions, it&#8217;s been cool and cloudy ever since we got here, with highs sometimes being around 20c (quite decent), but often only 15c, which is darn chilly for &#8220;summer&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Last night WeatherGirl got fed up with it and actually turned on the heat in our house for a little while.<\/p>\n<p>In August.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m guessing it&#8217;s gonna be a cold, damp year.  Which, of course, is exactly what we expected, but we didn&#8217;t really expect it to start quite this early.<\/p>\n<p><em>* The photo is from Alaska, which I realize is cheating, but I didn&#8217;t have anything sufficiently grey and dreary from here to share yet.  I assure you that this part of Britain is entirely devoid of anything that would remotely look like a mountain.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>** Since posting this, my lovely sister informs me that they&#8217;re having very similar weather in Ithaca, NY.  The North Atlantic is going to a damp soggy place in a hand basket, apparently.<\/em><\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would like to point out, in case anyone out there is calendrically challenged, that it&#8217;s AUGUST. The whole &#8220;summer&#8221; thing seems to have pretty much missed the UK this year, and whatever passed for it in 2007 appears done in all but name. With a few nice exceptions, it&#8217;s been cool and cloudy ever &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/08\/22\/we-turned-the-heat-on-last-night\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;We turned the heat on last night&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[16,11,25,27,19],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-a5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1343,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2010\/07\/30\/looking-for-a-couch-or-2-to-crash-on\/","url_meta":{"origin":625,"position":0},"title":"Looking for a couch (or 2) to crash on","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"30 Jul 10","format":false,"excerpt":"Looking for a place or places in the Twin Cities to crash on the 9th and 10th of August, 2010.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Drama\/Performance&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Drama\/Performance","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/dramaperformance\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Thomas in the MAHS production of \"The boys next door\"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4048\/4319366490_dc1a7625a2_d.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":630,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/08\/27\/ah-the-weather-turned-nice-for-us\/","url_meta":{"origin":625,"position":1},"title":"Ah, the weather turned nice for us","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"27 Aug 07","format":false,"excerpt":"The British have had a pretty dreadful summer, with cold temperatures, lots of rain, and flooding. 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I took way too many\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":499,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/03\/02\/wishing-you-a-peaceful-and-happy-2007\/","url_meta":{"origin":625,"position":3},"title":"Wishing you a peaceful and happy 2007!","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"2 Mar 07","format":false,"excerpt":"Wishing you a peaceful and happy 2007!, originally uploaded by Unhindered by Talent. So, here's the finished card. It's a bit odd in that it has all three of us in it, which is a first since ever in his 13 years on our planet. 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