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  • Not everywhere has it...

    .. do they?

    Our climate.

    I think it's amazing, it can be -17 in winter, with 2foot of snow. Summer time, it can be stunning - clear blue skies, hardly any cloud. It can belt down with rain, or it can be throwing 20mph+ winds at us. Sure it makes growing a challenge (isn't that a good thing? ) - but how soon do you think it'd be if it was sunny, cold, or snowy ALL the time?

    Me? I love our climate/weather here. The only downside for me in the darkness of winter (but then when it gets lighter - what an effect - like a weight has been lifted off your shoulders - and when the sun beams through the hazy clouds onto the frosted ground, ya can't help but smile ).

    I do find it amusing when people scoff at the cold, then like day in the office.. COR FLIPPIN' ECK ITS TOO HOT!. I grew up in a dessert basically - the lifestyle was good, but 40C every day during summer - you can hardly do anything until after 3pm!


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    Morning Chris,if we had perpetual warm,dry,sunny weather the housework would never get done (here at least )
    He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

    Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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    • #3
      That's what other halfs are for!

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      • #4
        PMSL unfortunately in this house that would be me
        He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

        Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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        • #5
          Indeed, I've seen the thumb print in your facebook profile picture

          I only said it, as I know my wife will read this - im sure she checks up (stalks) on me online.

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          • #6
            I once went to Dominica in the Caribbean for a holiday and got chatting to a British couple who lived just up the road from where we were staying. When I said, it must be wonderful to live here they both said, almost in unison - yes but we miss the seasons! Something I hadn't thought of before.
            A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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            • #7
              The seasons seem to be getting a little blurred around the edges, one combining with another. In fact it's sometimes hard to tell which one we're in!
              Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Florence Fennel View Post
                The seasons seem to be getting a little blurred around the edges, one combining with another. In fact it's sometimes hard to tell which one we're in!
                True It is a bit better here but, as you say, one season seems to run into another and one day we can have summer and the next day it can be winter but I don't think I'd like it if it was hot summer almost all year round - just think of the water rates
                A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by scarey55 View Post
                  When I said, it must be wonderful to live here they both said, almost in unison - yes but we miss the seasons! Something I hadn't thought of before.
                  I you want to retire to a foreign land then New Zealand is just like England,but with less people & a slower pace of life,or where I would go ... Madeira I cannot fully explain why but if you went there you would understand
                  He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

                  Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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                  • #10
                    Where my late brother in law used to live, it would start snowing snowing round about beginning of October, and generally keep going (pretty much) until March - ish. Average daytime temperature of minus 18 -20. I love the cold and the snow, but when he used to say that the windchill could sometimes take it down another 10 - 15 degrees!!!

                    Zebedee
                    "Raised to a state of heavenly lunacy where I just can't be touched!"

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                    • #11
                      The lovely thing about our climate is that whatever it throws at you, gales, rain, snow, ice, too bloody hot!! you know it will only be for a few weeks and relief will come soon.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by zebedee View Post
                        Where my late brother in law used to live, it would start snowing snowing round about beginning of October, and generally keep going (pretty much) until March - ish. Average daytime temperature of minus 18 -20. I love the cold and the snow, but when he used to say that the windchill could sometimes take it down another 10 - 15 degrees!!!
                        Middle to West Canada ?
                        He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

                        Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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