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#31401 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 25 April 2026 - 08:25 PM

That's basically standard in the British isles

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#31402 Azath Vitr (D'ivers

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Posted 26 April 2026 - 12:16 AM

Tiste Simeon, on 25 April 2026 - 08:25 PM, said:

That's basically standard in the British isles

Oscillating between 32.777 degrees and 6.666 degrees in April?

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#31403 Azath Vitr (D'ivers

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Posted 26 April 2026 - 12:43 AM

According to the Met Office the record high for the UK in April is 29.4 degrees---back in 1949. That's significantly cooler than 32.777 (and actually it was 32.7778---not that it's accurate to that many decimal places, but that's what you get after converting from our archaism).

https://www.metoffic...limate-extremes

The Met Office rounds to the nearest 10th of a degree, so treats 32.7778 as 32.8. And it says the last time the UK had a 32.8 day in May was back in 1944, the current record high.

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 26 April 2026 - 12:47 AM

#31404 Gust Hubb

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Posted 27 April 2026 - 02:59 PM

amphibian, on 25 April 2026 - 07:05 PM, said:

Gust is back? Oh good.

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#31405 QuickTidal

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Posted 27 April 2026 - 03:33 PM

QuickTidal, on 22 April 2026 - 05:08 PM, said:

My Dad (he's 79) has had a parathyroid tumor for the last 3-4 years and the various doctors involved have all disagreed on how to deal with it, and finally settled on surgery to remove it but the surgeon had a family emergency and was out for a month or more and was not going to be back till mid-May. The tumor has messed with his hypertension and he's struggled to find a med that works and allows his lifestyle (he tries to stay active), but eventually settled on one that seemed to work.

The other day my dad was experiencing sweats and chest pain and dizziness, so he went to Emergency and was in all day doing various tests, eventually the Angiogram they did showed that while his heart has no damage, the vessels around it had a hardening that the doctor seems to feel is due to the parathyroid tumour mucking with hypertension in the last few years. As such he's been scheduled for Bypass surgery as soon as they can get him in.

I realize that these surgeries are common and the fact that his heart is undamaged are good things, but he's still pushing 80 and going in for bypass surgery so that freaks me out. It's only been a few years since losing my mom, and I can't lose my dad too. I hope it goes well, but my anxiety is of course causing me issues.

Bypass surgery booked for tomorrow afternoon. Going to take the family to visit him tonight to send him into it with good vibes. Surgeon said only a 1% chance of anything bad like stroke or death so it's calmed me down.

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