Current Temperatures in Melbourne
Jan 28th 2009 | 8:49 pm
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I don't question the British intelligence at all, not for a moment.
I do think though that being in another country puts one in a vulnerable position, whether one is conscious of that or not.
We either have to assimilate with the locals or feel alienated and foreign all the time in our everyday lives.
I simply was expressing that, as part of the assimilation, some Brits in Aus may find themselves going along with one of the common things that Aussies think about England - i.e. that it's basically freezing all year round.
People want to feel that they've done the ''right thing'' in moving abroad and part of that, for some, is putting down the UK.
I do think though that being in another country puts one in a vulnerable position, whether one is conscious of that or not.
We either have to assimilate with the locals or feel alienated and foreign all the time in our everyday lives.
I simply was expressing that, as part of the assimilation, some Brits in Aus may find themselves going along with one of the common things that Aussies think about England - i.e. that it's basically freezing all year round.
People want to feel that they've done the ''right thing'' in moving abroad and part of that, for some, is putting down the UK.
Jan 28th 2009 | 8:55 pm
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Perhaps to be a bit clearer, I was just trying to say that when it's 30 or 35 degrees overnight that is, in my view, way more offensive than a cold winter's night in England.
I can't be alone, surely.
I can't be alone, surely.
Jan 28th 2009 | 8:59 pm
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much less regular than an icy wind and horizontal rain while at the bus stop in uk for example
i HATED scraping the ice off my windscreen in the morning...
is it easier to warm up or cool down?
Jan 28th 2009 | 9:02 pm
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Well, I was going to point out earlier on actually that, unless I'm mistaken, it's generally considered easier to warm up than cool down.
Warming up requires extra clothing and half-decent heating. Without good aircon, it is very difficult to cool down indoors and it is impossible to cool down outside even if you wear next to nothing.
Jan 28th 2009 | 9:24 pm
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This is interesting though and represents a common way of thinking. I come from Southern England, so I can only speak of that.
There is NO WAY that the majority of the year in South East England is ''cold and gray''. The winter's are often rather mild (though dark early - that I will admit) and Spring, Summer and Autumn are often very pleasant indeed.
I think a lot of this thinking is based on established ways of thinking whereby people get locked into 'repeating' whatever the standard line is. The standard line about the UK is that it's cold and gray the whole year round, but this just isn't the case!
My brother-in-law has just gone over to the UK for the first time and he's been stunned by how London is nothing like as expensive OR gray as everyone always says. This is what I mean. It becomes almost an urban legend.
And in case, Melbourne is gray and rather cold at many points during a typical year.
There is NO WAY that the majority of the year in South East England is ''cold and gray''. The winter's are often rather mild (though dark early - that I will admit) and Spring, Summer and Autumn are often very pleasant indeed.
I think a lot of this thinking is based on established ways of thinking whereby people get locked into 'repeating' whatever the standard line is. The standard line about the UK is that it's cold and gray the whole year round, but this just isn't the case!
My brother-in-law has just gone over to the UK for the first time and he's been stunned by how London is nothing like as expensive OR gray as everyone always says. This is what I mean. It becomes almost an urban legend.
And in case, Melbourne is gray and rather cold at many points during a typical year.
Well where you live does make a big difference. For example, the only time I have been to Melbourne it was gray and wet, the whole time I was there, while in Adelaide it was sunny and dry. I always compare Adelaide to other cities on the weather, and we often seem to be warmer than Sydney and Melbourne, and always dryer.
UK wise, I am from Cambridge, which indeed has lovely weather, infact, LESS rain than Adelaide (average). However, I then moved to Manchester, where it rained, and rained, and rained, especially 2007 where we had about a week of hot weather. The main thing was lack of blue skys (which we did have more of down south). After 4.5 years there it was a choice of moving back to Cambridge, or to Australia, and Australia had more to offer by far.
Jan 28th 2009 | 9:27 pm
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Re: Current Temperatures in Melbourne
Well, I was going to point out earlier on actually that, unless I'm mistaken, it's generally considered easier to warm up than cool down.
Warming up requires extra clothing and half-decent heating. Without good aircon, it is very difficult to cool down indoors and it is impossible to cool down outside even if you wear next to nothing.
Warming up requires extra clothing and half-decent heating. Without good aircon, it is very difficult to cool down indoors and it is impossible to cool down outside even if you wear next to nothing.
Funny, most people I know always say it is easier to cool down than warm up. Once you are properly cold extra clothing and heating doesn't do a thing.
Jan 28th 2009 | 9:28 pm
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I was just thinking that what is for many people Australia's best factor is really quite flawed - thought it was ironic and telling, that's all.
Jan 28th 2009 | 9:45 pm
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You don't like Aus - fact. You don't appear to like the fact that others are happy here. You are continually starting threads about why people think Aus is better than the UK and constantly get the same answer that it isn't, it's different but lots of people are happy here. No one, apart from possibly a few UK based Brits, making lighthearted comments, have stated that the temps Melbourne and Adelaide are suffering at the moment are good. Everyone accepts they are dangerous but everyone also accepts that it is a short lived thing.
If you want to be negative about the country, go ahead but try to do it constructively, stop banging the same drum for crying out loud. Also accept that if people disagree, that is their right.
If you want to be negative about the country, go ahead but try to do it constructively, stop banging the same drum for crying out loud. Also accept that if people disagree, that is their right.
Jan 28th 2009 | 9:56 pm
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You don't like Aus - fact. You don't appear to like the fact that others are happy here. You are continually starting threads about why people think Aus is better than the UK and constantly get the same answer that it isn't, it's different but lots of people are happy here. No one, apart from possibly a few UK based Brits, making lighthearted comments, have stated that the temps Melbourne and Adelaide are suffering at the moment are good. Everyone accepts they are dangerous but everyone also accepts that it is a short lived thing.
If you want to be negative about the country, go ahead but try to do it constructively, stop banging the same drum for crying out loud. Also accept that if people disagree, that is their right.
If you want to be negative about the country, go ahead but try to do it constructively, stop banging the same drum for crying out loud. Also accept that if people disagree, that is their right.
Jan 28th 2009 | 10:08 pm
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Jan 28th 2009 | 10:12 pm
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Could you please point to the flaw in the above?
Oh and ....
Wait ...
And I'm spent.
Could you please point to the flaw in the above?
Oh and ....
Wait ...
And I'm spent.
You're comparing two opposite seasons!
Get real.
Jan 28th 2009 | 10:13 pm
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LMAO @ Hutch....
Em x
PS To the OP.. Im on the Sunshine coast here - move up here and enjoy warm but not stifling hot all year long!
Oh.. hang on... the humidity?! haha!
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PS To the OP.. Im on the Sunshine coast here - move up here and enjoy warm but not stifling hot all year long!
Oh.. hang on... the humidity?! haha!
Jan 28th 2009 | 10:30 pm
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I'm sure you're right but I've never been called wise before so thank you for that. Which post are you referring to? I written so much rubbish over the years, I lose touch.
Jan 28th 2009 | 10:35 pm
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