Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10786371)

I don't know about these Nova Scotians. One time it's bleeding freezing. Next time it's all fog, then it's raining all the time. And now it's too hot.

I dunno, but a bit of research might have helped back then.

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10786371)

I don't know about these Nova Scotians. One time it's bleeding freezing. Next time it's all fog, then it's raining all the time. And now it's too hot.

I dunno, but a bit of research might have helped back then.

Originally Posted by MillieF (Post 10786672)

No! That's the bloody problem....over here in the Atlantic Provinces, it rains....as in like bloody stair rods, then it snows...but it is in plough's full, and then the sun comes out and shines on everyone... but it does the FULL shining thing! You are collapsing! Then you check the weather page and you get a smiley face showing you what beautiful weather you are missing, if you aren't living there...but it IS lies. The weather on line is not what is in your back garden! There is NOTHING in moderation here...we are full throttle on everything!

Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10786052)

My additional tip:

Go to North-West France for July & August.

A beautiful day today, a perfect 24C and set that way for a month.

Originally Posted by MillieF (Post 10786672)

No! That's the bloody problem....over here in the Atlantic Provinces, it rains....as in like bloody stair rods, then it snows...but it is in plough's full, and then the sun comes out and shines on everyone... but it does the FULL shining thing! You are collapsing! Then you check the weather page and you get a smiley face showing you what beautiful weather you are missing, if you aren't living there...but it IS lies. The weather on line is not what is in your back garden! There is NOTHING in moderation here...we are full throttle on everything!

Originally Posted by Simon Legree (Post 10787056)

Another good weather place is intellecast.com Give it a try.

Originally Posted by MillieF (Post 10787136)

we never seem to have just a 'pleasant' day.

Originally Posted by siouxie (Post 10787138)

That just gives me a ton of links to other sites.

:confused:

Originally Posted by Simon Legree (Post 10786183)

Why not rent a punkhawallah ? (Google it) ;)

Originally Posted by cjones (Post 10787750)

Who needs to google it? I assumed we all grew up watching "It Ain't Half Hot Mum"...

Originally Posted by Simon Legree (Post 10787252)

I must have given the wrong link. You do have to install it and customize it to your location. It gives all sorts of good info, especially for pilots. I can't seem to get a screenshot of my page but it is one of the better websites.

Try this and you will see what I mean.
http://www.intellicast.com/local/wea...ation=CAXX0510

If you paste that into your browser the correct page should come up. At least the one for my QTH which is Truro, NS

Give it a whirl. I just used the link and it took me to my page.

Originally Posted by izzi81 (Post 10785974)

I'm in need of some tips. Our cottage is getting very warm at night, yesterday it was 27c in the bedroom and after a few hours of getting more and more uncomfortable I retreated to the basement.
I'm wondering, what are the options to cool the room down - I'm wondering about an air con unit, but will that be costly? We can't move to the basement permanently because we're about to invest in a new bed and for the price I want to sleep on it, not on the spare bed downstairs!
Also, when we moved in we were told it had just been newly insulated, and my understanding was a well-insulated house should be cool in summer and warm in winter... Was never sure how that worked, but I'm now wondering if its a trade off and to save heating in winter you have to cook in the summer. We're just renting just now so I'd like to know more about how this works before we buy/build in the future!

Originally Posted by bats (Post 10790773)

I forgot to mention that some furnaces can run the fan without the heat being switched ln so, kf your furnace is in the basement you can circulate that cold air.