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[lovesfarms]

I bet!!!! The worst I've seen was mid 100-teens the week before I moved here.


At least you weren't in a cage like our cat She had to stay at the vet until she didn't glow any more.

I had bad motility issues and the hospital have me an egg sandwich with radium to eat. Every so often they took x-rays to find where/ what causes the intestinal blockage. I went to pick up the sandwich and the nurse comes running, "don't touch it!! Don't touch it!!!" I couldn't touch it with my fingers because it will burn my skin.... But it was ok to put it in my mouth and swallow it.

 

[Alaskan]

I had bad motility issues and the hospital have me an egg sandwich with radium to eat. Every so often they took x-rays to find where/ what causes the intestinal blockage. I went to pick up the sandwich and the nurse comes running, "don't touch it!! Don't touch it!!!" I couldn't touch it with my fingers because it will burn my skin.... But it was ok to put it in my mouth and swallow it.

 

[bruceha2000]

But it was ok to put it in my mouth and swallow it.

What??

OK, maybe the nurse was confused about something? How were you supposed to eat it, with gloves on? Clearly if it can touch the inside of your mouth it can touch your "outside" skin. Maybe they were afraid you would later contaminate something by touching it with your radioactive laced fingers?

 

[lovesfarms]

What??

OK, maybe the nurse was confused about something? How were you supposed to eat it, with gloves on? Clearly if it can touch the inside of your mouth it can touch your "outside" skin. Maybe they were afraid you would later contaminate something by touching it with your radioactive laced fingers?

It was apparently radium like they use for cancer treatments. I had to use a fork or wear gloves so it doesn't burn my skin. Once it mixes with saliva, it somehow changes the radium that is no longer dangerous.
It was in the nuclear dept. I think was what the part of the hospital was called

 

[microchick]

That is a new one on me. They used to do in a drink if memory serves me correctly.

As for temperatures. I think the highest we have seen here is something like 108 back about 10 years ago when we were putting in our wiring. I can't imagine 121. That is just silly hot. I remember the 108 was so hot that when you inhaled it made your lungs sting.

Considering that this time last week there was about 9 inches of snow on the ground and the high temps were in the single digits, the weather is almost spring like here. 90% of the snow is gone. Mud threatens to suck your muck boots off your feet but considering we had temps near 60 and it is supposed to be 50 on Saturday, nobody is complaining about the mud.

@CSolis, great seeing the boy enjoying being a chicken. My bachelor boys were trying to reach the girls in the next coop by ripping out the chicken wire in the door. Luckily I had a layer of chicken wire and a layer of hardware cloth in the door so I spent the morning out repairing things so I didn't wind up with rusty wire scratches on my hands and legs. One of my Fayoumi hens is being a tease. She stands by the door singing her egg song to a young Fayoumi cross rooster on the other side of the door and the poor boy just stands there and whines in frustration. I finally shushed her away from the door. I'd put some sort of visual barrier on the bottom half of the door but that would cut down on my ventilation.

So if the young roosters claw and chew their way through the hardware cloth I have only myself to blame!

 

[lovesfarms]

It was apparently radium like they use for cancer treatments. I had to use a fork or wear gloves so it doesn't burn my skin. Once it mixes with saliva, it somehow changes the radium that is no longer dangerous.
It was in the nuclear dept. I think was what the part of the hospital was called

My brother became a father at age 17 when my Dad was killed. To be able to spray the fields he had to get a license. As he studied for the test, he taught us what he learned. If you get pesticides on your skin, it enters the blood stream quickly via the pores. If you ingest it, it mixes with bodily fluids and has to be digested first. I figured I'd the same way

 

[ronott1]

I never knew what that meant until I experienced it first hand. Yup, there sure is a difference. Still, 121.9 should NOT be a temperature, it should a cost of gas per gallon.

One thing to remember though is the inversion layer that caused the heat. That messes up humidity and air quality since the air is trapped. There is very little wind too.

 

[Sally PB]

is the inversion layer that caused the heat

We have gotten that at times here in Michigan. Not to that extreme or as often. Thank goodness.

 

[ronott1]

That is a new one on me. They used to do in a drink if memory serves me correctly.

As for temperatures. I think the highest we have seen here is something like 108 back about 10 years ago when we were putting in our wiring. I can't imagine 121. That is just silly hot. I remember the 108 was so hot that when you inhaled it made your lungs sting.

Considering that this time last week there was about 9 inches of snow on the ground and the high temps were in the single digits, the weather is almost spring like here. 90% of the snow is gone. Mud threatens to suck your muck boots off your feet but considering we had temps near 60 and it is supposed to be 50 on Saturday, nobody is complaining about the mud.

@CSolis, great seeing the boy enjoying being a chicken. My bachelor boys were trying to reach the girls in the next coop by ripping out the chicken wire in the door. Luckily I had a layer of chicken wire and a layer of hardware cloth in the door so I spent the morning out repairing things so I didn't wind up with rusty wire scratches on my hands and legs. One of my Fayoumi hens is being a tease. She stands by the door singing her egg song to a young Fayoumi cross rooster on the other side of the door and the poor boy just stands there and whines in frustration. I finally shushed her away from the door. I'd put some sort of visual barrier on the bottom half of the door but that would cut down on my ventilation.

So if the young roosters claw and chew their way through the hardware cloth I have only myself to blame!

I have read about people that go to death valley to experience temps in the 120F range.

Sadly some of them die each year because they are not used to it and do not know how much water you need to drink.

 

[microchick]

Won't catch me doing that no sir ree.

I think the very hottest weather I've experienced was the first time we went to the Nissan test track in Arizona for the first speed bike challenge. The only time they could get the track was the end of June to the first of July. Yeah, southern Arizona in July in an enclosed fuselage peddling a bike at almost 60MPH...in 110 degree heat.

The pilot for our bike broke a British land speed record. When he rolled into the pits the moment we caught his bike we could hear him yell GET ME OUT OF HERE! The top of the fuselage is taped to the bottom so we ripped off the tape, pulled off the top and this wave of heat pours out of it that you could see. Poor guy was fried. We got him out and packed him in ice to bring his body temp down. He kept telling us that he couldn't feel the ice so we piled on more. Finally he said. That's enough, I can feel it now.

I have no idea how he survived it other than the fact that he was young and fit-a professional competitive rider-but he taught me first handedly what heat can do to a person.

15 minutes later he was up and riding my bike around the track to keep his muscles loose. Ahhh to be young again!

This is the Varna II at the second Nissan Classic. The pictures were taken for a story in a California Newspaper. The racer is retired now. The Sport has evolved so that a lot of speed bikes are being built by college engineering teams. The designer and builder of our bike is an amazing sculptor/artist who lives in BC. The last bike he built is about a third smaller and much thinner than this version of the Varna.

They have a speed challenge every year (covid permitting) at Battle Moutain Nevada. Our bike held the woman's world speed record for over 10 years. 66.6 MPH all human powered! Go LADIES!