chris955

spouse of scouse

This shit's getting very old.

chris955

Yes it certainly is. Personal attacks and comments really shouldnt be tolerated, it is almost like stalking.

spouse of scouse

Oh behave yourself. T'was a lovely day in Perth today, 25 degrees of warm sunshine, with a light midday breeze. Hellish winters we have here

paulry

It was great here in Canberra too, a beautiful spring-like day. Until just after 5pm when the rain began to bucket down. Three hours later and it's still pelting.

spouse of scouse

That's the best you can get in my book, Paul! Gorgeous sunny days, and lots of much needed H2O through the evening. Go and find a puddle to paddle in - go on, you know you want to!!

chris955

I always behave Not very nice here today, our first day of heavy rain for awhile. Before we know it the hellish winter will be on us

spouse of scouse

My sun-worshipping niece in Liverpool is not happy, she's a nurse and is on 2 weeks hols, she was hoping to get a tan If a couple of things go right, Scouse and I are going to try to get there for Christmas, he reckons I need to know what I'm in for when we move over. I haven't experienced a north-West UK winter yet, but I'm game!

Amazulu

You went into MBTTUK?

Were you bored? Depressed? Or both?

chris955

Still plenty of time to get a tan this year if that is your thing, well into September. Winter isnt bad here to be honest we are classed as Midlands so not quite as mild as the South but we apparently get very little snow in an average winter, maybe a week in total. My shorts came off at the beginning of November last year and went back on again in March I think, probably the same timeline as when we lived in Victoria.
I find a lot of the time in winter it can be nice blue skies and cold but still very nice.

OzTennis

Some facts rather than rose coloured glasses impressions:

Midlands UK - mean MAXIMUM temperature - 7 months a year below 15C, 3 months 15 to 20C, 2 months 20 to 25C; Mean MINIMUM temperature - 6 months 0 to 5C, 4 months 5 to 10C, 2 months 10 to 15C.

Melbourne - mean MAXIMUM temperature - 2 months a year below 15C, 4 months 15 to 20C, 6 months 20 to 25.9C; Mean MINIMUM temperature - 0 months 0 to 5C, 5 months 5 to 10C, 7 months 10 to 15C.

If that's the same number of 'wear shorts' days then it must mean Chris gets his shorts on at a much lower temperature when in the UK and has forgotten the Melbourne climate which he looks at through the opposite of rose coloured glasses.

Sunshine hours, number of days with air and ground frost, rainy days etc can follow if required but the usual one smilie will probably come or those facts are wrong.

Source: Met Office UK; Bureau of Metereology (BOM) Australia

Grayling

The Midlands temperatures sound great compared to here

ozzieeagle

This is frigging hilarious Best laugh I've had on here in ages.

Ok so when does everyone wear coats ? Which months ?

I really miss my Balaclava and nightcap.


I reckon Chris has to be a bit of a pussy though, those Geordies wear Tshirts or short sleeves right the way through January in Newcastle. Despite the shrinkage to their nether regions.

bcworld

Well this morning when it was 12C and heavy drizzle the tradies working on the landscaping on my customer site were wearing stubbie shorts...if they can do it why can't he?

paulry

True, it's nothing to complain about really though it was very wet ride home on the motorbike.

Are you the singing in the rain type?