Sunday, July 16, 2006

Heat Wave... that song is stuck in my head. Our tremendously accurate 'weather people' have informed us that we're in for a major heat wave. This is for the east-coast of the USA & elsewhere. I'm in northern-New Jersey-12 miles from New York City. This area is a 'heat-pocket' and we almost always will have higher temperatures than other parts of the country. They say if you live in New Jersey you can live just about anywhere. We have weeks in April where on a Monday it'll be 80+ degrees outside, Wednesday feels like Fall weather at 50 degrees & Friday we get hit with a snow-storm! I'm not joking. It's absolutely nuts.... much like myself. I blame everything on New Jersey. Yep.... it's all Jersey's fault! Except when I'm on the beach getting tanned & feeling that lovely sea-breeze. I have yet to do that this year. I've got a friend who has a shore house in Ocean Beach. They call me a 'Bennie' when I go down there. A Bennie is someone from Nothern New Jersey or outside the 'Jersey Shore'-area. You can spot a Bennie by their tan-lines. Bennie's only have tanned arms & you can see their tan- lines from wearing short-sleeved shirts. It's actually quite funny. So I must go south & 'de-Bennify' myself a bit. On the ride down I'll play 'Bennie & The Jets' by Elton John.

3 Comments:

Blogger Vallypee said...

Hi Ed, Join the club! It's blisteringly hot here in Rotterdam as well. Today it was 36 degrees, and tomorrow will be higher. Funny thing is that her in the Netherlands there seems ot be nothing in between. It's either cold and miserable or so hot you can wallow in it. i love it actually, because I'm from South Africa, and this kind of summer really boosts my energy levels. Enjoy the beach, Bennie...like that..we just call it a farmer's tan!

3:49 PM  
Blogger Metalchick said...

Looks like I'm in the club too, it's hot as hell here too! It's 108 degrees in Lancaster California.
I was just at the beach yesterday, very nice weather, it was about 68 degrees there. I got a tan and a sunburn, make sure to apply and reapply your sunblock. Sunburns are no fun!

11:57 PM  
Blogger Vallypee said...

Sounds like the whole world is in the grip of a heat wave..WOW! I still love it, though, but I know that a lot of people suffer, so my sympathy goes out to them. I must say, Ed, your weather in New Jersey sounds rather special!

2:43 PM  

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