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Saturday, July 23, 2011

When do YOU remember it last being like this?

(This is Friday's blog, since I was sweating too hard yesterday to operate a keyboard...)
2 100-degree-plus days (not counting the Temperature-Humidity Index) were on the docket for Friday and today here in New York City, and came in as advertised.  I discovered I can drink a 32-ounce large iced tea from Dunkin Donuts in 3 blocks flat (did it on 2 consecutive days).  I did a large family laundry and soaked through my underwear and shell (which accompanied me into the shower for washing). I lost 3 pounds and am under 140 for the first time in a year.  All that weight loss while abandoning my jogging routine!
When do YOU remember it last being like this?  What I always remember is 1965, when I was six.  I was upstate with mom (and dad on weekends; he continued to work in the city, poor man, while we maintained a summer bungalow near Poughkeepsie).  She played WINS Newsradio 1010AM every day all day while working around the house (even though we were about 100 miles north of the transmitter, which meant constant static), and the regular recap was like "the temperature in Central Park is 103 degrees..." "104 degrees..." "105 degrees..." for days in a row.  I thought, "Gee, it's hot in the city" (I was too self-absorbed to consider the fact that dad was commuting in it).  I believe history later counted it as the summer of Harlem and Newark riots.  No surprise there.
So, New York area friends: When is the last time YOU remember it being like this?  Time to weigh in...

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