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Fantasy » alt.fan.pratchett » [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals'
| [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #291389] |
Di, 27 Juni 2006 21:23 |
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Let's see it's June in England (also known as "monsoon season" in this
household), there's also been cricket (going by the fact that R4 LW
has been buggered) and it's now Wimbledon fortnight.
I am therefore unsurprised that it's raining.
Don't even consider what would happen to the country if Wimbledon
happens at the same time as a test match and Pilton pop.
However the others in the office (it's a 'varied' bunch from a
nationality point of view. Let's see NZ, Poland, Ireland, Wales,
Spain, somewhere in the mid-east etc etc) are complaining about "rain"
"it's meant to be summer" and so on.
How to tell the locals in tune with their environment, we're the ones
with a firefox extension in the corner of our browsers looking 5 days
ahead knowing that it's going to throw us a curve ball.
Oh and for the record, summer doesn't even think about starting until
July :)
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The Flying Hamster <hamster [at] korenwolf.net> http://www.korenwolf.net/
We're all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars (O Wilde)
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #291404 ] |
Di, 27 Juni 2006 22:09 |
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The Flying Hamster <hamster [at] lspace.org> wrote
(on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:23:08 +0100):
> However the others in the office (it's a 'varied' bunch from a
> nationality point of view. Let's see NZ, Poland, Ireland, Wales,
> Spain, somewhere in the mid-east etc etc) are complaining about "rain"
> "it's meant to be summer" and so on.
>
> How to tell the locals in tune with their environment, we're the ones
> with a firefox extension in the corner of our browsers looking 5 days
> ahead knowing that it's going to throw us a curve ball.
>
> Oh and for the record, summer doesn't even think about starting until
> July :)
And as early as the first of May, people hereabouts were astonished and
astounded that for the fifth year in a row, hot summer weather started
in early May. I haven't seen Spring since I moved to the UK; summer has
pretty much always started in May for me here and in London.
Microclimates. Heh.
A.
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #291456 ] |
Di, 27 Juni 2006 22:46 |
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In article <slrnea31cs.gse.hamster [at] delenn.korenwolf.net>, The Flying
Hamster hamster [at] lspace.org wibbled...
[Snip]
> How to tell the locals in tune with their environment, we're the ones
> with a firefox extension in the corner of our browsers looking 5 days
> ahead knowing that it's going to throw us a curve ball.
Thos of us even more in tune use the metcheck.com 14 day forecaster ;-)
> Oh and for the record, summer doesn't even think about starting until
> July :)
And anyway a UK summer is traditionally 2 hot days followed by
thunderstorms isn't it?
Suzi
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| Re: English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292023 ] |
Mi, 28 Juni 2006 01:04 |
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> Thos of us even more in tune use the metcheck.com 14 day forecaster ;-)
>
> > Oh and for the record, summer doesn't even think about starting until
> > July :)
>
> And anyway a UK summer is traditionally 2 hot days followed by
> thunderstorms isn't it?
>
> Suzi
oh aye we do...
ever since you mentioned metcheck it's my weather station of choice.
Although I do admit in the past I used to turn the TV over to see if
the weather was better on the other channel.
Mandy
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292033 ] |
Mi, 28 Juni 2006 01:54 |
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On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:23:08 +0100, The Flying Hamster wrote:
> How to tell the locals in tune with their environment, we're the ones
> with a firefox extension in the corner of our browsers looking 5 days
> ahead knowing that it's going to throw us a curve ball.
Throw a freezing cold bucket of water out of the window at them as they
walk past your house one by one - they'll soon get the message, and feel
right at home!
> Oh and for the record, summer doesn't even think about starting until
> July :)
OMG! You mean it's getting hotter, and stickier than it is already? It's
bloody 27 C down here in West Sussex, and it may not seem much to your
friends and neighbours Mr Hamster, but I just ain't used to it.
Oh well, I guess it's time to start booking my holiday's for a tour to see
some polar bears down at the North Pole - aaaaahhhhh!
All the best
Sofie
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Please visit my deviantART page: http://sofen.deviantart.com/
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292034 ] |
Mi, 28 Juni 2006 02:03 |
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In article <pan.2006.06.27.23.54.23.895431 [at] ALLCAPSyahoo.com>,
pinkmonster2000REMOVE [at] ALLCAPSyahoo.com says...
> Oh well, I guess it's time to start booking my holiday's for a tour to see
> some polar bears down at the North Pole - aaaaahhhhh!
Hurry while stocks last. Some predictions are that the shrinking or even
disappearance of the polar ice cap, the bear's natural habitat, means
that they will be extinct in the wild by 2050. You cannot club seals if
you have no ice to stand on.
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292111 ] |
Mi, 28 Juni 2006 00:36 |
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on 27/06/2006 22:51 Suzi said the following:
> In article <slrnea31cs.gse.hamster [at] delenn.korenwolf.net>, The Flying
> Hamster hamster [at] lspace.org wibbled...
>> Oh and for the record, summer doesn't even think about starting until
>> July :)
> And anyway a UK summer is traditionally 2 hot days followed by
> thunderstorms isn't it?
According to George III, yes. At least I think it was George III. I tend
to get the Georges mixed up. But given that he was also called 'Farmer
George', he is the most likely candidate for that particular quote.
esmi
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292416 ] |
Mi, 28 Juni 2006 16:10 |
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"Ailbhe" <ailbhe [at] lspace.org> wrote in message
news:slrnea344g.6uc.ailbhe [at] frivolous.ossifrage.net...
> And as early as the first of May, people hereabouts were astonished and
> astounded that for the fifth year in a row, hot summer weather started
> in early May. I haven't seen Spring since I moved to the UK; summer has
> pretty much always started in May for me here and in London.
Early May tends to be hot, which causes late May to be overcast. Sometimes
you get a fluke hot week or 2 in early June [like this year], both otherwise
you can usually write off summer intil July/August at least. September can
be nice, but can be unexpectedly cold too.
Paul
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292450 ] |
Mi, 28 Juni 2006 19:20 |
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Paul Harman wrote:
> "Ailbhe" <ailbhe [at] lspace.org> wrote in message
> news:slrnea344g.6uc.ailbhe [at] frivolous.ossifrage.net...
>> And as early as the first of May, people hereabouts were astonished and
>> astounded that for the fifth year in a row, hot summer weather started
>> in early May. I haven't seen Spring since I moved to the UK; summer has
>> pretty much always started in May for me here and in London.
>
>
> Early May tends to be hot, which causes late May to be overcast. Sometimes
> you get a fluke hot week or 2 in early June [like this year], both otherwise
> you can usually write off summer intil July/August at least. September can
> be nice, but can be unexpectedly cold too.
>
> Paul
>
>
I always say 'Flaming June' with the "Flaming" being pronounced as in
Flaming Bank Charges, not flaming hot!
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292452 ] |
Mi, 28 Juni 2006 19:49 |
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In article <4gfgvhF1mq8fdU1 [at] individual.net>,
"Paul Harman" <chatterbox [at] doctorwhowebguide.net> wrote:
>Early May tends to be hot, which causes late May to be overcast. Sometimes
>you get a fluke hot week or 2 in early June [like this year], both otherwise
>you can usually write off summer intil July/August at least. September can
>be nice, but can be unexpectedly cold too.
I'd like to take this opportunity to point out the lazy - not getting at
you Paul, it seems sadly common - use of the word "nice" here. A lot of
people don't actually like hot, dry, sunny weather. (Me for one.)
Apart from the effects of hayfever, I'd really rather not walk around all
day in a pool of my own sweat, breathing in dust and pollution that just
hangs in the air and squinting despite my light-sensitive prescription
glasses.
It always annoys me when weather forecasters make assumptions about my
tastes.
"Nice" weather to me is 52-58 deg F (11-14 deg C), cloud cover and light
drizzle. Best stick to objective phrases when talking about the weather.
Cat.
--
Jazz-Loving Soul Mate and Tolerable Frog to CCA
I have read of a place where humans do battle in a ring of Jello.
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292464 ] |
Mi, 28 Juni 2006 20:40 |
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Paul Harman <chatterbox [at] doctorwhowebguide.net> wrote
(on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:10:03 +0100):
> "Ailbhe" <ailbhe [at] lspace.org> wrote in message
> news:slrnea344g.6uc.ailbhe [at] frivolous.ossifrage.net...
> > And as early as the first of May, people hereabouts were astonished and
> > astounded that for the fifth year in a row, hot summer weather started
> > in early May. I haven't seen Spring since I moved to the UK; summer has
> > pretty much always started in May for me here and in London.
>
> Early May tends to be hot, which causes late May to be overcast.
But still hot.
> Sometimes you get a fluke hot week or 2 in early June [like this year],
We're in week 4 of fluke hot weather now, by my count.
> both otherwise
> you can usually write off summer intil July/August at least. September can
> be nice, but can be unexpectedly cold too.
Perhaps I have my own microclimate, then... Two years in a row I've had an
outdoor picnic lunch for my birthday, and had to take my coat off because of
the heat. That's 1st November.
A.
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| Re: English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292471 ] |
Mi, 28 Juni 2006 21:55 |
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In article <1151449488.504230.74000 [at] d56g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>, Ian
and Mandy mandy.oldroyd [at] gmail.com wibbled...
[Snip]
> ever since you mentioned metcheck it's my weather station of choice.
> Although I do admit in the past I used to turn the TV over to see if
> the weather was better on the other channel.
*LOL*
I just stick with metcheck. They do seem, on average, to be a lot more
accurate than the Beeb.
Suzi
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292509 ] |
Mi, 28 Juni 2006 22:42 |
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On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:49:29 +0100, The Stainless Steel Cat <steelcat [at] atuin.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> I'd like to take this opportunity to point out the lazy - not getting at
> you Paul, it seems sadly common - use of the word "nice" here. A lot of
> people don't actually like hot, dry, sunny weather. (Me for one.)
Whoo!!! Someone else who's normal in this world of muppets who seem to
like temperatures which a camel overheated in.
Though these days I'm conflicted because during the spring summer I
want there to be decent warm / hot weather for the veg / fruit but
with suitable amounts of rain to limit the watering I need to do and
keep the nectar flowing for the little flying bitch buggers from hell
in the back garden.
> It always annoys me when weather forecasters make assumptions about my
> tastes.
They'll be the same people who assume that everyone wants to go
somewhere stupidly hot on holiday, preferably travelling by air.
--
The Flying Hamster <hamster [at] korenwolf.net> http://www.korenwolf.net/
We're all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars (O Wilde)
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292586 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 05:03 |
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<snip all kinds of stuff about weather preferences.>
"Everyone talks about the weather but no one does anything about it."
- Mark Twain(possibly)
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292624 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 09:55 |
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On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:42:35 +0100, The Flying Hamster
<hamster [at] lspace.org> wrote:
>On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:49:29 +0100, The Stainless Steel Cat <steelcat [at] atuin.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> I'd like to take this opportunity to point out the lazy - not getting at
>> you Paul, it seems sadly common - use of the word "nice" here. A lot of
>> people don't actually like hot, dry, sunny weather. (Me for one.)
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>Whoo!!! Someone else who's normal in this world of muppets who seem to
>like temperatures which a camel overheated in.
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>Though these days I'm conflicted because during the spring summer I
>want there to be decent warm / hot weather for the veg / fruit but
>with suitable amounts of rain to limit the watering I need to do and
>keep the nectar flowing for the little flying bitch buggers from hell
>in the back garden.
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>> It always annoys me when weather forecasters make assumptions about my
>> tastes.
>
>They'll be the same people who assume that everyone wants to go
>somewhere stupidly hot on holiday, preferably travelling by air.
well, a lot of people DO like warm, sunny weather. and resent being
called "muppets" for doing so.... I cycle to work, and although I
don't get annoyed about wet or cold weather - it's just all part of
the experience, there's no point getting het up about it - I *do*
prefer not having to spend 10 minutes changing in/out of various
layers of clothing at either end of the journey, and I *do* find it
more pleasant in general to be warm than to be cold, or drizzled
on....
what DOES really irritate me is people who complain in winter that
it's too cold then in summer (well, the 2 weeks of hot weather a year
that we get) that it's too hot, and then spen the rest of the year
moaning that our weather is just boring and wet.
and one more rant - the lazy use of the word "nice" to mean "pleasant"
rather than it's original use as precise, fine... (however, I WILL
admit that this usage is all but obsolete - I just miss it...sigh)
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292647 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 13:20 |
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The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:
> It always annoys me when weather forecasters make assumptions about my
> tastes.
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> "Nice" weather to me is 52-58 deg F (11-14 deg C), cloud cover and light
> drizzle. Best stick to objective phrases when talking about the weather.
You are insane. :-) Nice weather is 20-25 C (68-77 F).
I reckon the weather pixie http://weatherpixie.com/ is more or less
useless because you can't train it to dress as _you_ would dress.
At the moment that I am writing this sentence, it is 8:30pm in an
Australian winter evening, and the temperature outside is 13 C (55 F).
It is not raining, but it is overcast.
Adrian.
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292683 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 16:26 |
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It all started on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:50:56 +0930, when 8'FED wrote:
> The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:
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>> It always annoys me when weather forecasters make assumptions about my
>> tastes.
>>
>> "Nice" weather to me is 52-58 deg F (11-14 deg C), cloud cover and light
>> drizzle. Best stick to objective phrases when talking about the weather.
>
> You are insane. :-) Nice weather is 20-25 C (68-77 F).
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> I reckon the weather pixie http://weatherpixie.com/ is more or less
> useless because you can't train it to dress as _you_ would dress.
1. The Weather Pixie is fantastic. It almost justifies an always-on
internet connection all by itself.
2. Why on earth would you want to dress like a female cartoon character?
3. ... although a mate of mine was in Japan recently, and returned with
photographs of full size Rei (from Neon Genesis) suits that you could buy
and dress yourself/your girlfriend up in. They came complete with blue wig.
...PeterH
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292687 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 16:38 |
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Peter Davies wrote:
>> I reckon the weather pixie http://weatherpixie.com/ is more or less
>> useless because you can't train it to dress as _you_ would dress.
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> 1. The Weather Pixie is fantastic. It almost justifies an always-on
> internet connection all by itself.
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> 2. Why on earth would you want to dress like a female cartoon character?
What on earth are you talking about? It has at least nine *male*
bodies to choose from, and very few of them dress like a female
cartoon character.
Would have kept me amused for a greater number of minutes if it had an
AI module.
Adrian.
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292690 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 16:47 |
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On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:49:29 +0100, The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:
> I'd like to take this opportunity to point out the lazy - not getting at
> you Paul, it seems sadly common - use of the word "nice" here. A lot of
> people don't actually like hot, dry, sunny weather. (Me for one.)
Personally I love it. I have crappy circulation so I spend ten months of
the year in this miserable climate freezing my wossnames off. So when we
do accidentally get some hot weather I love it. I appreciate others may
not, but everyone is entitled to their opinion.
My opinion is the same as Paul's. Warm weather is nice.
That's all it is, an opinion.
--
Kind regards,
Julian Hall
"I'm only on the planet because I missed the bus home"
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292693 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 16:55 |
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Belit wrote:
> well, a lot of people DO like warm, sunny weather. and resent being
> called "muppets" for doing so....
If you resent /that/, reassess your values. In this very thread, I
called S.S.Cat "insane". Even if I had not used a smiley, Cat would
not have resented this, because Cat is highly intelligent and knows
the difference between a genuine insult and friendly name-calling. If
resenting "insane" is like resenting a snowball, then resenting
"muppet" is like resenting a soft, warm, woollen, _artificial_
snowball.
Adrian.
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292702 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 17:33 |
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8'FED wrote:
> Belit wrote:
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>> well, a lot of people DO like warm, sunny weather. and resent being
>> called "muppets" for doing so....
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> If you resent /that/, reassess your values. In this very thread, I
> called S.S.Cat "insane". Even if I had not used a smiley, Cat would
> not have resented this, because Cat is highly intelligent and knows
> the difference between a genuine insult and friendly name-calling. If
> resenting "insane" is like resenting a snowball, then resenting
> "muppet" is like resenting a soft, warm, woollen, _artificial_
> snowball.
I resent your use of the word 'woollen'. What about those of us
who are allergic to wool, eh? Do you ever think of them? Admittedly,
I'm not one of them, but I could have been, and you willfully went
ahead and implied that wool was pleasant and harmless without
thinking about the offense your careless words might cause.
Diane L.
BTW, :-)
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292715 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 19:26 |
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In article
<pan.2006.06.29.14.47.50.494761 [at] munged4usenet.removethatbitohandthisbit.
kaotic.co.uk>, CeltiKaos
lists [at] munged4usenet.removethatbitohandthisbit.kaotic.co.uk wibbled...
[Snip]
> My opinion is the same as Paul's. Warm weather is nice.
Warm, yes, warm is good. Hot isn't :-)
Suzi
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292758 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 22:03 |
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In article <e80pi7$1p1h$1 [at] mud.stack.nl>,
"8'FED" <dragon [at] netyp.com.au> wrote:
[snipping for relevancy...]
>Cat is highly intelligent
I concur.
Cat.
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Jazz-Loving Soul Mate and Tolerable Frog to CCA
Some people juggle geese.
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292759 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 22:03 |
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In article <e80d0f$1dfc$1 [at] mud.stack.nl>,
"8'FED" <dragon [at] netyp.com.au> wrote:
>The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:
>
>> It always annoys me when weather forecasters make assumptions about my
>> tastes.
>>
>> "Nice" weather to me is 52-58 deg F (11-14 deg C), cloud cover and light
>> drizzle. Best stick to objective phrases when talking about the weather.
>
>You are insane. :-) Nice weather is 20-25 C (68-77 F).
Not noticably, but I may have a troll brain; with temperatures in the 70s F
and above I find it very difficult to concentrate.It's worse if there's any
kind of significant humidity.
Cat.
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Jazz-Loving Soul Mate and Tolerable Frog to CCA
I have read of a place where humans do battle in a ring of Jello.
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292760 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 22:03 |
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In article <v517a2dqe93ffq10r4ctha0ptdcsp16kjh [at] 4ax.com>,
Belit <dot [at] dot.dot.dot> wrote:
>well, a lot of people DO like warm, sunny weather. and resent being
>called "muppets" for doing so....
Good point. You would think muppets would prefer cold weather what with
being covered in thick fur or plush.
> I cycle to work, and although I
>don't get annoyed about wet or cold weather - it's just all part of
>the experience, there's no point getting het up about it - I *do*
>prefer not having to spend 10 minutes changing in/out of various
>layers of clothing at either end of the journey, and I *do* find it
>more pleasant in general to be warm than to be cold, or drizzled
>on....
Warm is fine, hot is horrible. If I'm cold I find it a lot easier to warm
up, than to cool down if the ambient temperature is too hot for me.
>what DOES really irritate me is people who complain in winter that
>it's too cold then in summer (well, the 2 weeks of hot weather a year
>that we get) that it's too hot, and then spen the rest of the year
>moaning that our weather is just boring and wet.
Absolutely. I love the coolness of winter, though my favourite season is
autumn.
Cat.
--
Jazz-Loving Soul Mate and Tolerable Frog to CCA
Yes, I've read a poem. Try not to faint.
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292774 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 22:19 |
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On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:03:08 +0100, The Stainless Steel Cat <steelcat [at] atuin.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <e80pi7$1p1h$1 [at] mud.stack.nl>,
> "8'FED" <dragon [at] netyp.com.au> wrote:
>
> [snipping for relevancy...]
>
>>Cat is highly intelligent
> I concur.
Cats are evil b*stards which try to dig up my veg garden, solved that
problem though, lots and lots of 6" sticks stuck in the turned
earth. >:)
--
The Flying Hamster <hamster [at] korenwolf.net> http://www.korenwolf.net/
We're all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars (O Wilde)
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Do, 29 Juni 2006 22:20 |
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On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:26:31 +0100, Suzi <spamtrap [at] lovegoddess.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
> In article
><pan.2006.06.29.14.47.50.494761 [at] munged4usenet.removethatbitohandthisbit.
> kaotic.co.uk>, CeltiKaos
> lists [at] munged4usenet.removethatbitohandthisbit.kaotic.co.uk wibbled...
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> [Snip]
>> My opinion is the same as Paul's. Warm weather is nice.
> Warm, yes, warm is good. Hot isn't :-)
Warm is acceptable, warm evenings after the sun has dropped are also
nice (warm enough to be out sitting but still with a slight edge to
keep it comfortable.)
--
The Flying Hamster <hamster [at] korenwolf.net> http://www.korenwolf.net/
We're all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars (O Wilde)
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292776 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 22:32 |
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On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:50:56 +0930, 8'FED <dragon [at] netyp.com.au> wrote:
> The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:
>
>> It always annoys me when weather forecasters make assumptions about my
>> tastes.
>>
>> "Nice" weather to me is 52-58 deg F (11-14 deg C), cloud cover and light
>> drizzle. Best stick to objective phrases when talking about the weather.
>
> You are insane. :-) Nice weather is 20-25 C (68-77 F).
25C is right on (possibly above) the top edge of what I consider to be
acceptable, I generate heat (just ask herself[1]) I therefore require
a nice big heat sink to dump energy into (maybe I should hook myself
up to an energy generation system).
Mark
[1] Who may or may not be along in due course.
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We're all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars (O Wilde)
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292780 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 22:41 |
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On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:55:26 +0100, Belit <dot [at] dot.dot.dot> wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:42:35 +0100, The Flying Hamster
>>On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:49:29 +0100, The Stainless Steel Cat <steelcat [at] atuin.demon.co.uk> wrote:
[...]
>>> It always annoys me when weather forecasters make assumptions about my
>>> tastes.
>>They'll be the same people who assume that everyone wants to go
>>somewhere stupidly hot on holiday, preferably travelling by air.
>
> well, a lot of people DO like warm, sunny weather. and resent being
Well this is where we need to agree ground rules on what's defined as
"warm" and "hot" etc etc.
For example on travelling in the height of the XXXXian summer to Perth
I considered the temperature to be close to "flat roast" while the
locals considered it "a bit hot", however in the sole room with aircon
(running flat out for me) said locals were shivering while I was
considering it just about acceptable if still on the warm side.
Conversely when one of the XXXXian locals popped over to the UK in our
summer a while back she spent the entire time wearing jumpers and the
like while I was moving into shorts (a horrible thing to consider I
know).
[...]
> what DOES really irritate me is people who complain in winter that
> it's too cold then in summer (well, the 2 weeks of hot weather a
Oh you'll actually find me complaining that things aren't cold enough,
I like a nice solid cold winter. Knocks the bugs back etc etc. A
nice cold winter gives the fruit trees time to go dormant which means
I can prune them. Oh and a good solid cold winter gives me an excuse
to run the log fire and lie in front of it with beer or something more
interesting.
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The Flying Hamster <hamster [at] korenwolf.net> http://www.korenwolf.net/
We're all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars (O Wilde)
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| Re: English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292784 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 22:44 |
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On 27 Jun 2006 16:04:48 -0700, Ian and Mandy <mandy.oldroyd [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thos of us even more in tune use the metcheck.com 14 day forecaster ;-)
[...]
> ever since you mentioned metcheck it's my weather station of choice.
> Although I do admit in the past I used to turn the TV over to see if
> the weather was better on the other channel.
Now... if the buggers would do an rss feed I would be happy.
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The Flying Hamster <hamster [at] korenwolf.net> http://www.korenwolf.net/
We're all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars (O Wilde)
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292785 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 22:55 |
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On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:41:49 +0100, The Flying Hamster
<hamster [at] lspace.org> wrote:
>Conversely when one of the XXXXian locals popped over to the UK in our
>summer a while back she spent the entire time wearing jumpers and the
>like while I was moving into shorts (a horrible thing to consider I
>know).
Reminds me of when I moved from Perth to Canberra in the early autumn - a
time where Perth often hasn't finished with summer and has been saving the
hottest for last. I wore my winter wardrobe and was *still* cold - and
when true winter hit I wore just about everything I owned, practically sat
on the heater, and shivered for several months.
This was then followed by a period in which Canberra winters (not too
cold, freezing plus or minus a couple of degrees) were fine for me, and a
light shirt or T-shirt was all I needed.
Now I'm gearing up to move back to Perth, so I'm running the house
temperature at about 20C all day in the hope that it will be at least the
end of winter before Perth cranks up past that in the daytime, and I can
then catch the curve and adjust.
-SteveD
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292787 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 23:03 |
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On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:32:18 +0100, The Flying Hamster
<hamster [at] lspace.org> wrote:
>25C is right on (possibly above) the top edge of what I consider to be
>acceptable, I generate heat
Ah. The curse of the built-in reactor. Irritates the hell out of those who
freeze in cold weather - unless of course they're the ones allowed to hug
you with icicle-fingers, in which case much revenge is had.
I've walked home from a movie at midnight in Canberra winter (around the
freezing mark, give or take. Five minutes into the walk, I had to take off
the jumper. By the time I got home half an hour later, I had to stand out
in the frosty night, perfectly still, for ten minutes before I cooled down
enough to walk inside without immediately overheating.
The only problem is that I seem to conk out when ill, and the slightest
breeze cuts like cold knives.
-SteveD
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292791 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 23:05 |
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On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:41:49 +0100, The Flying Hamster
<hamster [at] lspace.org> wrote:
[...]
>Oh and a good solid cold winter gives me an excuse
>to run the log fire and lie in front of it with beer or something more
>interesting.
That'd be wine, right?
FiX
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292794 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 23:07 |
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 06:55:30 +1000, SteveD <usenet [at] vo.id.au> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:41:49 +0100, The Flying Hamster
>>Conversely when one of the XXXXian locals popped over to the UK in
[...]
> Reminds me of when I moved from Perth to Canberra in the early autumn - a
> time where Perth often hasn't finished with summer and has been saving the
> hottest for last.
Oh yes... those wonderful days of 40-45C temperatures and winds which
felt like standing in front of a hairdryer *shudder*, oh and heat
stroke (this was with staying in the shade, drinking lots of water and
doing all the right things).
> Now I'm gearing up to move back to Perth, so I'm running the house
> temperature at about 20C all day in the hope that it will be at least the
> end of winter before Perth cranks up past that in the daytime, and I can
> then catch the curve and adjust.
Ohhh... that's going to be fun.
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The Flying Hamster <hamster [at] korenwolf.net> http://www.korenwolf.net/
We're all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars (O Wilde)
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292803 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 23:13 |
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On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:05:37 +0200, FiX <FiX01 [at] club.lemonde.fr> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:41:49 +0100, The Flying Hamster
><hamster [at] lspace.org> wrote:
>
> [...]
>>Oh and a good solid cold winter gives me an excuse
>>to run the log fire and lie in front of it with beer or something more
>>interesting.
>
> That'd be wine, right?
Well if it's wine the it'd be homebrew fruit wine which is ... well
.... interesting.. and ...err... dangerous (last time we actually
worked out the abv it hit 18%), regularly tastes like cordial but with
a kick something like an elephant on acid with a screaming headache
and a temper akin to Ghengis Khan.
However, it's more likely to be a decent scotch. :)
--
The Flying Hamster <hamster [at] korenwolf.net> http://www.korenwolf.net/
We're all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars (O Wilde)
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292823 ] |
Fr, 30 Juni 2006 00:14 |
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In article <slrnea8de8.4hq.hamster [at] delenn.korenwolf.net>, The Flying
Hamster hamster [at] lspace.org wibbled...
[Snip]
> Cats are evil b*stards which try to dig up my veg garden, solved that
> problem though, lots and lots of 6" sticks stuck in the turned
> earth. >:)
I do that, plus covering the area in green netting... I suppose at least
with my garden it's my own cats I'm trying to deter :-)
Suzi
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292849 ] |
Fr, 30 Juni 2006 01:27 |
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On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:03:31 +0100, Alec Cawley wrote:
>> Oh well, I guess it's time to start booking my holiday's for a tour to see
>> some polar bears down at the North Pole - aaaaahhhhh!
>
> Hurry while stocks last. Some predictions are that the shrinking or even
> disappearance of the polar ice cap, the bear's natural habitat, means
> that they will be extinct in the wild by 2050. You cannot club seals if
> you have no ice to stand on.
Oh dear, I certainly don't want to club any seals - I just don't want to
die of extinction via dehydration! Anyway, I would have snuffed it before
2050, so the sticky, horrid weather wouldn't even bother me any more! :-)
All the best
Sofie
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292900 ] |
Fr, 30 Juni 2006 09:40 |
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:25:14 +0930, "8'FED" <dragon [at] netyp.com.au>
wrote:
>Belit wrote:
>
>> well, a lot of people DO like warm, sunny weather. and resent being
>> called "muppets" for doing so....
>
>If you resent /that/, reassess your values.
...sigh, fair enough, "resent" may have expressed it too strongly, I
was merely pointing out I have reasons for liking warm weather, and am
not just a wooly-headed puppet with a pavlovian reaction to a sunny
weather forecast....
having grown up in edinburgh, I *do* revel in being able to cycle in
shorts as late as early december occasionally in london, and even in
centrsl london, there are few *very* hot days, although I would admit
it can get sticky occasionally... I'll still take being too hot over
too cold any day though :-)
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292906 ] |
Fr, 30 Juni 2006 00:35 |
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on 29/06/2006 22:13 The Flying Hamster said the following:
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:05:37 +0200, FiX <FiX01 [at] club.lemonde.fr> wrote:
>> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:41:49 +0100, The Flying Hamster
>> <hamster [at] lspace.org> wrote:
>> [...]
>>> Oh and a good solid cold winter gives me an excuse
>>> to run the log fire and lie in front of it with beer or something more
>>> interesting.
>> That'd be wine, right?
> it's more likely to be a decent scotch. :)
I thought Kayla was antipodean...
--
esmi
(running... fast)
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| Re: [I] English weather, offices and 'non-locals' [message #292913 ] |
Fr, 30 Juni 2006 09:40 |
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It all started on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:08:02 +0930, when 8'FED wrote:
> Peter Davies wrote:
>
>>> I reckon the weather pixie http://weatherpixie.com/ is more or less
>>> useless because you can't train it to dress as _you_ would dress.
>>
>> 1. The Weather Pixie is fantastic. It almost justifies an always-on
>> internet connection all by itself.
>>
>> 2. Why on earth would you want to dress like a female cartoon character?
>
> What on earth are you talking about? It has at least nine *male* bodies to
> choose from, and very few of them dress like a female cartoon character.
Not exactly sure why you would want to dress up as a male cartoon
character either - or, for that matter, why you would want to dress up any
kind of cartoon as yourself - but I suppose it takes all sorts.
>
> Would have kept me amused for a greater number of minutes if it had an AI
> module.
It *does* have an AI module. It takes data, processes it, and uses it to
create output. Viola - instant AI.
...PeterH
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