The classic example is what great weather we are having....but it can't last lol

always.

I think they do it to keep the wonders and delights of the United Kingdom landscape and culture to themselves... sometimes it works, obviously most of the world is buying the stories, works so well, even some of their own are buying it... And leaving. Eh, more room for me and my sweet clan when we are all over there.

+7 in Derby today, -7 and DAMP here in Eastern Ontario... Just sayin. Can't wait to hop over and be with my luxury weather enjoyin' Hunny...

Have you moved back ?

Yes, moved back mid-August.

I suspect this is simply to do with being prepared. Or not.
If you dress for -30 it doesn't feel that cold. Plus, of course, you're unlikely to be out in it that long. But a zero temperature might feel cold if you dressed in the expectation of something warmer and you were out a bit longer.

I heard from one of my friends that three people have been charged with plotting to commit acts of terrorism in the form of beheading a random person of the British public. I thought to myself how ludicrous and far fetched that sounded, can't possibly be true, more garbage made up by whingers in the UK.

Eh? That's not some daft sweeping statement you hear in passing. That's made world news and the NZ news for that matter.

Here is one along the lines of this thread but not of the UK. Of NZ.

It rains here. Obviously it rains here. It is raining today . The clouds from whence the rain comes are.....white and grey in colour. Just like clouds all over the world. The place is green , verdant & our area is home to a gazillion orchards, vegetable farms, dairy farms and the like.

So . A day of rain or even days of torrential rains but what are we told.

"You'll be used to that where you come from. It's always raining there & so very dull , grey & miserable"

I mean........really? Thinks to self - Give me a realistic break or get a reality check.

I didn't realise you were making the move. Welcome back. How is it to be non-expat again? As expected?

So just like the arrests we have had here in Australia for the same thing.

The same threats made to many western countries following calls from ISIS.

Do you think NZ is somehow immune to all this then?

"London streets are paved with gold." - Dick Whittington.

Having just returned from the Yukon, I couldn't agree more.

That of course is total bull. If it's -30 it just is cold. I can't possibly imagine it not feeling cold. If it happened to be windy too, you'd die rather quickly.

Clothes are all well and good, certainly it's better under those circumstances to not just have pyjamas on, but what rational human being would subject themselves to such torture.

For the kids I suppose or for a bigger house.

I've just been dog sledding and driving a snow mobile in -12. With the correct clothing, no problem at all. You can dress for the cold, there's a limit to undressing for the heat.

The problem I had is putting all the stuff on and taking it off.

Weather? Grey low clouds should be banned from the planet. What a difference they make to ones outlook.

For what it's worth, I found the -30 - -40c temps commonly experienced in a Northwestern Ontario winter far easier to cope with than winters in Toronto where -15c was considered COLD. Dry vs damp.