Steve...IS THIS TRUE?

[Night Train]

> It's so hot in Arizona that...
>
> * the birds have to use potholders to pull worms out of the ground.
> * the potatoes cook underground, and all you have to do to have lunch is to pull one out and add butter, salt and pepper.
> * the corn is popping in the cornfields around Gilbert, just bring butter and salt.
> * farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying hard-boiled eggs.
> * the cows are giving evaporated milk.
> * the trees are whistling for the dogs.
> * you no longer associate bridges (or rivers) with water.
> * you can say 113 degrees without fainting.
> * you eat hot chilies to cool your mouth off.
> * you can make instant sun tea.
> * you learn that a seat belt makes a pretty good branding iron.
> * the temperature drops below 95, you feel a bit chilly.
> * you discover that in July, it takes only 2 fingers to drive your car.
> * you discover that you can get a sunburn through your car window.
> * you notice the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.
> * hot water now comes out of both taps.
> * it's noon in July, kids are on summer vacation, and not one person is out on the streets.
> * you actually burn your hand opening the car door.
> * you break a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 a.m. before work.
> * no one would dream of putting vinyl upholstery in a car or not having air conditioning.
> * your biggest bicycle 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.
> * and a sad Arizonan once prayed, "I wish it would rain - not so much for me cuz I've seen it -- but for my 7-year-old."

[varmint]

In a couple months in Pa:
* the birds will not be able to get worms out of the frozen ground!

* anything in the garden can go directly into the freezer.
* the chicken coop has to be heated so they can lay eggs.
* the farmers have to massage the udders before they give milk.
* you have to drive in water to cross the bridges.
* you can say 80 below wind chill factor without fainting.
* you have ice forming on your mustache.
* you can't get your wet finger(or tongue) off the seat belt buckle.
* you can't close your car door till you let it set in a warm garage.
* you wait till spring to find your car buried under 80 feet of snow from a parking lot plow.
* you don't think twice about using salt on pavement.
* no water comes out the taps because the lines froze in the ground.
* all the kids are out playing during school, because it is now a snow day.
* the bottom of your jeans are frozen six inches up from the shoes by the time you get into the car.
* your biggest bicycle wreak fear is getting frozen to the pavement.
* and a sad Pennsylvanian once prayed, "I wish the sun would come out and the haze would lift once for my 7 year old"
* and in Arizona a"stud" isn't something used in tires!

[Steve Machol]

Actually Dwayne that's pretty much on the mark! :)

[Deepak]

Thats why we Brits are nvesting in New zealand n Austarlia,need to move when it gets very hot or cold here.;)

[John R]

If you cant stand the heat inland then move to the seaside where its always that bit fresher....
Nowt like a good sea fret to keep you cool....

[Wes Trayner]

Night Train:

But it's a "DRY HEAT!!!". To answer your questions:

1. The birds don't eat during the day, only at night when the temps are below 110 and yes they do use pot holders.

2. Potatoes need to be kept underground to keep them from burning.

3. The corn is popping everywhere not just in Gilbert.

4. I like hard boiled eggs.

5. The cows have all gone north to Flagstaff for the summer.

6. What TREES????

7. Rivers have WATER???

8. Not only can we say 113 degrees without fainting, two weeks ago we said 117 dgrees and ten years ago some of us even said 122 degrees. (That was when they closed Sky Harbor Airport - TOO HOT for planes to fly)

9. Actually we eat Habenjeros.

10. We don't make sun tea in the summer, we just use tap water from the cold water faucet.

11. You should see the "GM" on my belly.

12. If the temp drops below 100 we call it a cold spell.

13. Actually, I can drive my car with one finger.

14. You can get third degree burns if you leave the window open.

15. You don't park, you just stay in the car with the AC on HIGH.

16. See #10 above

17. We really aren't silly enough to go outside between 10 AM and 10 PM

18. You burn your hand only if you don't use the pot holder that your wife sewed on the handle.

19. Too dry to sweat much.

20. What does air conditioning have to do with the mistake of not having cloth seats?? Leather seats are HOT and vinyl seats MELT. (So does anything else that is plastic that you leave in the car.)

21. Any fall to the pavement can lead to third degree burns or worse.

22. Yes the day it got to 122 it was that way.

23. Rain???????

[Robert Wagner]

Hi Wess, my only question isWhy!
put yourself through that torch-er!


Robert
;)

[Wes Trayner]

But it's a dry heat.......they keep saying.

Without air conditioning it would not be bearable.

[varmint]

Robert Wagner said:

Hi Wess, my only question isWhy!
put yourself through that torch-er!


Robert
;)

Cause we don't like being cold, and besides where else can you barbecue your dinner on the dash while sitting in traffic on the way home from work?