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Heat Wave in B.C.

Martin — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 18:42:43 GMT

To chuk and other PM customers in B.C.:

If you are in the lower mainland or interior, stay cool, stay hydrated, and avoid the sun during peak hours this weekend.

Good luck!

Re: Heat Wave in B.C.

DK — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:25:39 GMT

Chuk's posts will be hot this weekend.

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chukdefatey — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 21:15:13 GMT

^Yep, We have had some of the hottest whether lately. But during the day I am mostly indoor so it's all good

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Martin — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 21:26:32 GMT

chuk,

Raincouver is expecting a heat wave, and this weekend will deliver 30 to 60 centimetres of rain to many parts of Ontario, with gusts up to 80 kph.

Nuts!

Re: Heat Wave in B.C.

Martin — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 21:36:06 GMT

Edited: Change centimetres to millimetres. Yikes! With 60 centimetres, Noah's Ark would be necessary.

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chukdefatey — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 21:40:41 GMT

@Martin wrote:
chuk,

Raincouver is expecting a heat wave, and this weekend will deliver 30 to 60 centimetres of rain to many parts of Ontario, with gusts up to 80 kph.

Nuts!

It sure does rain here a lot & it makes me sick. I hate it more then I hate Voicemail

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chukdefatey — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 17:17:48 GMT

Oh man was it Boiling Hot, I have never felt that much heat in the Metro Vancouver Region , even at 5pm it was like 32 Celecius according to my Phone

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Martin — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 17:27:01 GMT

Hi chuk,

Am I correct in saying that most homes and apartments in the GVA don't have air conditioning?

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chukdefatey — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 17:29:57 GMT

^Correct but I heard in Ontario most do. Is that correct?

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Martin — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 02:19:08 GMT

Hi chuk,

I can only speak for the GTA and surrounding cities. In them, the vast majority have air conditioning because it would be deadly without it. With the humidex reaching 110* F. / 43.3* C. several times during late summer, there are always newspaper reports of an elderly or poor person being found dead due to lack of air conditioning.

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chukdefatey — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 17:39:20 GMT

^Are you an American or lived in the US?

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Martin — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 17:43:39 GMT

Hi chuk,

I'm proudly Canadian, born and raised here.

With regard to the States, I spent 6 months living in Coconut Grove, which was part of the city of Miami. I also spent close to 7 weeks in Acapulco, Mexico.

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makkahn28 — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 18:25:16 GMT

Hi. @Martin, you were at the Grove? How did you get that kind of $$$? Even Al Pacino, aka Antonio Montana, didn't give his own sis that type of $$$ to live in the Grove. I envy You

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Martin — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 18:40:58 GMT

makkahn28,

I lived there in 1968, during my Hippie years. At that time, before Coconut Grove was gentrified, everything was very reasonably priced.

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makkahn28 — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 20:02:49 GMT

During the Hippies? Antonio Montana forgot you, before his untimely adios via The Skull. Wonder, Do you still Miss the Hippies?

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Martin — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 23:42:28 GMT

PublicAdmin1,

Thank you for the Bravo. Much appreciated!

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chukdefatey — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 00:25:41 GMT

^ The reason why I assumed you were an American is because you used Fernhiate instead of celicius

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Martin — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 00:34:30 GMT

Hi chuk,

As a child, I learned to read and understand temperatures in F* only.

As an adult, when Canada switched to the metric system, I had to learn to think in C* when it came to temperatures.

I switch from the Metric to Imperial system from time to time, especially when speaking with a person of a certain age who obviously grew up with the Imperial system, such as F*, mph, gallons, inches, etc.

Cheers!

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chukdefatey — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 00:38:24 GMT

I also grew up here but I guess we are not even close to be being in the same age category. I actually did not know that Canada switched from F to C for whether, so did they also switch to KM from Miles? Did Canada also spell Check instead of cheque back in the day when you were in School

Re: Heat Wave in B.C.

Martin — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 00:48:59 GMT

Hi chuk,

We're not close in age.

Before switching to kph, all speed limits and signs were in mph only.

The Canadian spelling is cheque. Do schools actually allow cheque to be spelled as check? If not, and if younger people nevertheless spell it as check, it's due to new computers being defaulted to American spelling, hence check instead of cheque, traveler instead of traveller, and so on.