Winter
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Winter
This is the period I hate most in NZ, the period between Queen's birthday and labour day, winter
For me there's nothing in it to break it up, unlike winter back home. There's no Christmas, no Bonfire night, No Haloween - it's just a long, dark, cold, slog
Oh well, heads down, wrap up and see you in spring
For me there's nothing in it to break it up, unlike winter back home. There's no Christmas, no Bonfire night, No Haloween - it's just a long, dark, cold, slog
Oh well, heads down, wrap up and see you in spring
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Re: Winter
you have the mid winter solstice, which my husband convinced the kids is Maori Christmas, so kids are convinced they get two a year now. Shame we are going to be in the UK for it.
Think a number of people celebrate it
Think a number of people celebrate it
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Re: Winter
This is the period I hate most in NZ, the period between Queen's birthday and labour day, winter
For me there's nothing in it to break it up, unlike winter back home. There's no Christmas, no Bonfire night, No Haloween - it's just a long, dark, cold, slog
Oh well, heads down, wrap up and see you in spring
For me there's nothing in it to break it up, unlike winter back home. There's no Christmas, no Bonfire night, No Haloween - it's just a long, dark, cold, slog
Oh well, heads down, wrap up and see you in spring
but this time, I feel its horrible. especially last a couple of days.
hate winter - without a boy friend.
now I must go and see a doc - long travel. but see the cr@p weather outside?..
Last edited by crap coffee; Jun 4th 2012 at 9:51 pm.
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Re: Winter
This is the period I hate most in NZ, the period between Queen's birthday and labour day, winter
For me there's nothing in it to break it up, unlike winter back home. There's no Christmas, no Bonfire night, No Haloween - it's just a long, dark, cold, slog
Oh well, heads down, wrap up and see you in spring
For me there's nothing in it to break it up, unlike winter back home. There's no Christmas, no Bonfire night, No Haloween - it's just a long, dark, cold, slog
Oh well, heads down, wrap up and see you in spring
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Re: Winter
We usually have mid-winter Christmas in late June or July but we are having a break from it this year as we are going to Rarotonga & Aitutaki for our Silver Wedding Anniversary .
Winter has arrived here this morning but it's still quite warm at 19 degrees C. It was a gorgeous day here yesterday, so got quite a bit of gardening done.
I hate winter wherever I live though. I've always thought that humans should be allowed to hibernate through it too
Winter has arrived here this morning but it's still quite warm at 19 degrees C. It was a gorgeous day here yesterday, so got quite a bit of gardening done.
I hate winter wherever I live though. I've always thought that humans should be allowed to hibernate through it too
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Re: Winter
To add to my list we also used to celebrate Nos Galan Gaeaf (the feast of the dead); Gŵyl Galan Gaeaf (winter solstice); Gŵyl y Canhwyllau, (the beginning of spring) and Gŵyl Ganol y Gwanwyn (the spring equinox)
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Re: Winter
This is the period I hate most in NZ, the period between Queen's birthday and labour day, winter
For me there's nothing in it to break it up, unlike winter back home. There's no Christmas, no Bonfire night, No Haloween - it's just a long, dark, cold, slog
Oh well, heads down, wrap up and see you in spring
For me there's nothing in it to break it up, unlike winter back home. There's no Christmas, no Bonfire night, No Haloween - it's just a long, dark, cold, slog
Oh well, heads down, wrap up and see you in spring
Also, I spend a significant portion of winter daydreaming about Queensland (sans bogans, humidity, Gold Coast, creepy crawlies and critters, of course)
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Re: Winter
Queen's b-day to Labour weekend is about 4 months, right? Four months after NYE in Britain it's still only just May and there's no Christmas, Bonfire night or Halloween in that 4 months either- and that's on the back of crap weather since October. NZ winter is crap, but it's short. We have a solstice supper thing to break it up a bit, we get in tons of wood and up the rental arrangement with Fatso. We also go to Polynesian Spa once or twice in winter to help us get through, and those so inclined try and get to the slopes once or twice, albeit in crap-o gear with pockets full of sarnies, but it's still something we could never do in Britain.
Also, I spend a significant portion of winter daydreaming about Queensland (sans bogans, humidity, Gold Coast, creepy crawlies and critters, of course)
Also, I spend a significant portion of winter daydreaming about Queensland (sans bogans, humidity, Gold Coast, creepy crawlies and critters, of course)
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Re: Winter
True enough, but once Feb had passed, lambs would be born, hedgerows full snowdrops followed by daffs - in fact I've had many a nice, as in warm, Easter and that's in March or April
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Re: Winter
Lambs will be in the fields from August here; I'm not saying winter isn't crap or that NZ is a better place to live, just that if you're pissed off with being far from family or missing Britain or your house is cold and damp, it's better to be honest about what you're missing or down about rather than start making things up like the winter here's as bad as UK. It's not, not on any scale, though if you live in a crap house here it'll feel very miserable and I have nothing but sympathy for that cos I've done time in crap rentals in winter and I don't think I'd wish that on anyone nicer than Hitler.