iaink

Each to there own. After a few years of crisp sunny winter days in Canada, the drizlle and general greyness in the UK would drive me crazy pretty quickly, along with everyone living in close confinement.

For the record the average Jan and Feb temps in Minneapolis MN are -10 and -7C (see, its warming up, spring is just around the corner)
Average in Toronto ONT are -6 and -5C, so statistically (should that be Sadistically?) speaking Canada is actually a little warmer than where you are at the moment

But as I said, each to their own.

Iain

Cykotronic

Good lord, this is a joke, right?

iaink

Nope, not from where I am sitting. Although it is meant to be a bit tongue in cheek.

Iain

Cykotronic

I'd like to know where you're sitting then because I don't see it the same way at all. Unlike you, I've lived in both Canada and the US for over 10 years each and I wouldn't say that Canada has "all the good stuff and 1% of the bad". That's just a silly statement to make.

flashman

The grey drizzle occurs in the US too in Seattle for instance but I understand that people take therapy for depression.


I grew up in Lancashire where there is still greyness and drizzle but no therapy from what I understand unless you count the local pub of course.

Spongebob

Couldnt you of just drank the wine using paper cups or something and kept the wine out of view, thats what most people here tend to do.

Alexandra

No, I couldn't. Why? Were we doing anything bad, disorderly, bothered other people around us? Why should we hide? We were two families with kids, on a day out, why should we hide everything, it's humiliating. IMHO.

Spongebob

Well if you had kept the wine out of view then you wouldnt of been pulled up by the law and you wouldnt of felt humiliated.

Didnt you know that you cant drink alcohol in public in Canada ?

The first 2 weeks I arrived in Canada I went to a works do and I started drinking beer straight from the can and our friends told us that it was illegal. Wasnt a big problem, didnt get upset just accepted it as one of there laws and did what every other canadian does and used a plastic cup.

Alexandra

I couldn't even imagine that one wouldn't be allowed to have a family picnic with a glass of wine, seems inconceivable to me. As I said, it's a matter of personal preference. I am not an alcoholic, and I don't see the reason why I should hide the bottle of wine, after all, I don't have a problem. You are OK with concealed drinking, good for you. For me, this is humiliating, not a policeman giving a warning.

bondipom

At Bondi Beach there is a ban on drinking in public but it is rarely enforced. It only affects yobs and backpackers who think it is great to brink a case of bear to the beach and drown.

seamonsta

I agree it seems silly to give someone a warning for drinking wine on a picnic. However were does this end? Give an inch and they'll take a mile as the saying goes. You might be responsible, others aren't. Next you have gangs of youths swigging lager and getting rowdy (as is the case in Britain). Sorry I can sort of understand this law. The reason disorder in Britain is increasingly serious is exactly because the authorities let things go. They don't even care if people smoke Cannabis on the street now. Were will it end? It's a slippery slope.

flashman

You can't drink alcohol on a public property but you can drink outside in public view in a private Bar, your own property, or Cafe Patio etc.

seamonsta

Mmm, don't see the problem myself. I can't say I've ever drank alcohol outside in my entire life. Apart from outside a bar or restaurant.

JayJay

I'm not picking on your post especially but there are many posters highlighting overcrowding in UK, which is definitely true of Inner Cities, but still plenty of places not crowded at all.

Just to put a different perspective.............


Fact Sheet 2
World Population
Isle of Wight v. Isle of Man

The question is often asked “Can the whole of the world’s population be fitted onto the Isle of Wight or the Isle of Man ?

The UN World Population Counter on 11th February 2002 at 9.20 am was 6,204,850,174 people, 30% of whom are under the age of 15.

So, there are 4,343,395,122 adults and 1,861,455,052 children.

For every obese American and European there are at least 10 under-nourished adults in the world, so one average adult can comfortably stand on a rectangle 500 cm wide by 400 cm deep (= 0.2 square metres), with the average child occupying half that area.

Therefore:-

4,343,395,122 adults x 0.2 sq. m = 868,679,024 sq.m
1,861,455,052 children x 0.1 = 186,145,505 sq.m
__________________________ _______________
Total area needed = 1,054,824,529 sq.m

= 1,054 sq km.

The Isle of Man is 588 sq.km
The Isle of Wight is 381 sq.km

making a total of 969 sq.km for both. We can easily gain another 85 sq.km by using the beaches at low tide.

Conclusion:

1. It is not possible to fit the world's population on either the Isle of Man or the Isle of Wight.
2. It would be possible to fit the world's population on both islands, at low tide.

flashman

Can you call that living when you have to shit standing up?