I heard it through the grapevine...

How hot was it today? It was so hot that Californian raisins chewed their own fingers off and tried to drown themselves, which didn't work because it only re-hydrated them. Snicker. Seriously. Too hot to do anything outside. The whole country is besieged by a dangerous heatwave.

More networking on the various social media sites. Heard that Facebook, contrary to what I believed, does not get checked everyday by everyone, so the large contact group email is the next step. And the begging.