Alberta_Rose

Were you walking about outside around 6pm last night? It was pouring with rain and blowing a hooley!!!

I'd been in an air-conditioned, temperature-controlled downtown office with no windows since 7.30 am, so it was a bit of a shock to the system, only wearing a T-shirt.

Hi Butch!

Butch Cassidy

Yes I was.

I was wearing a summer shirt

Alberta_Rose

So was I, and it was distinctly unpleasant, hence the coat, which improved things considerably!

Ramsey

May I enquire where you bought it from?

Alberta_Rose

Sure! Actually it was an absolute bargain, in The Bay downtown, in the Olympics section. It was originally priced at $195, then marked down to $58!

Bargain! I thought, and that was before I got to the till and found there was a further 40% discount both on the ladies and the gents coats ... so final price was $35!! So I got one for hubby too

They are for the 2010 Olympics, and have the little logo on the left chest and Vancouver 2010 down the sleeve near the cuff.

They are really light-weight, claim to be wind-proof and water resistant. There's plenty of room for a fleece etc underneath for the colder weather, but they're light enough for the cooler days even now. So shut up Butch Cassidy! ... and they really don't look like you've just come off the slopes!

Only two colours: the guys' are blue and gals' are errmmmm... taupe.

Steve_P

Yes I am well aware otf the conditions.

I was outside up a step ladder removing leaves and crap from the eaves trough and down spout on the garage. :curse::curse::curse:

MrsDV

Well, by 6pm yesterday I had the heating on, by 8pm the fire was also on and I had a big jumper on! Maybe I won't like it when it gets cold after all

Mental note: be positive, at least it won't be grey and wet

Alberta_Rose

Well more fool you!......, why didn't you wait until today when the weather is much kinder!

Almost Canadian

Reminds me of my Army days.

"It takes skill to be comfortable, any idiot can be wet, cold and hungry"

Almost Canadian

If only I had read that earlier, I would have bought a couple myself. Here's hoping there are some available on Monday !!

Steve_P

But the water was pouring all over the place last night.

cornmatthew

And yet half the people at my office are complaining about the cold in November.

Sometimes I feel like I'm the hardy one.

leith

Instead of simply hearing other people's opinions on Canadian weather, I suggest that potential immigrants get some facts by going to Environment Canada's climate information site at www.climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca then clicking on Climate Normals and Averages in the menu at the left. You can then type in the province and town or city you want data on. Environment Canada has weather stations all across the country and you can get data going back decades for many of their sites.

dbd33

Which is, I think, no help at all. If you haven't tried various conditions you can't imagine them.

dazzlerdaz

Another point is the wearing of appropriate clothing for the conditions

if its -20 and youre wearing the right gear youre gonna feel warmer than if its +5 and youre just wearing a t-shirt !