An extensive heat wave is forecast over the Eastern US for the coming weekend. If for any reason you or a friend or relative gets overheated, remember that the bathtub is a good way to cool down when there aren't other options—a long soak in lukewarm or coolish water can give one's body a break in coping with overheating.
Drink lots of water and remember that only "mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun"!
That's Noel Coward, who also wrote a song called "Why Do the Wrong People Travel," some of the lyrics to which go like this:
Travel they say improves the mind,
An irritating platitude, which frankly, entrenous,
Is very far from true.
Personally I've yet to find that longitude and latitude
Can educate those scores of monumental bores
Who travel in groups and herds and troupes
Of varying breeds and sexes
Till the whole world reels...
To shouts and squeals...
And the clicking of Rolleiflexes.
And you were wondering how this post was going to circle back 'round to photography, weren't you? Stay cool.
Mike
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And he had good taste in cameras too.
Just sayin ...
Posted by: John Wilson | Wednesday, 17 July 2019 at 03:34 PM
Reminds me of my time in Cyprus, when only English tourists would walk the coastal trail in the burning sun, carrying a small bottle of water and not wearing a shirt or a hat. All sane people were inside, under a beach umbrella or at least hiding in the shade...
Posted by: John | Wednesday, 17 July 2019 at 03:42 PM
I'll beat the heat by reading TOP. Mike is cool.
Posted by: mark | Wednesday, 17 July 2019 at 06:53 PM
I had many good years with s Rolleiflex, in my opinion one of the high points of camera design.
Posted by: Richard Alan Fox | Wednesday, 17 July 2019 at 07:07 PM
Today, Wed July 17, it was 76 degrees F and 76% humidity at 7:30am, here in Huntington Beach, CA. 76F is nice, 76% humidity ain't!
̶M̶a̶d̶ fitness dogs and Californians go out in the noonday sun. It's 6:00pm, time to go out for my evening walk.
Posted by: c.d.embrey | Wednesday, 17 July 2019 at 08:04 PM
When I read Mad Dogs and Englishman I can't help to think of this early 70's performance By Joe, Leon and friends. One of my favorite live performances.
RIP Joe Cocker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHA2afBxmbs
[Now that's a rock show. --Mike]
Posted by: Mike Ferron | Wednesday, 17 July 2019 at 08:51 PM
here's a great take on mad dogs https://bloodnok.uk/aac/maddog.m4a
Posted by: bloodnok | Wednesday, 17 July 2019 at 09:39 PM
Replace "Rolleiflexes" with "smartphones", and people will get it :)
Posted by: toto | Wednesday, 17 July 2019 at 10:26 PM
entrenous had me puzzled till I spotted the rhyme
Posted by: Thomas Paul McCann | Thursday, 18 July 2019 at 02:17 AM
He had to have been in the groups to even hear them... Beautifully quiet things. :-)
Posted by: Andrew Sheppard | Thursday, 18 July 2019 at 05:51 AM
Best way to keep cool; Move to Oregon.
Posted by: Herman Krieger | Thursday, 18 July 2019 at 11:20 AM
Here in Ireland we have a temperate climate to be thankful for! Looking west and east respectively these days, Mad dogs and many Englishmen seem to already have been out in the mid day sun...
Posted by: Ger Lawlor | Thursday, 18 July 2019 at 11:38 AM
During my childhood in Alice Springs, in the centre of Australia, airconditioners were an unheard of luxury. In summer the temperature regularly got up to around 105 Farenheit (we used the system of the imperialists back then). The bath was kept full of water - but long immersions were not needed, a quick in and out, minimal drying, and the subsequent evaporation kept you cool.
Posted by: Peter Barnes | Monday, 22 July 2019 at 05:17 AM