Interesting Conversation on the Plane
Sep 7th 2007 | 9:13 pm
#31
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Re: Interesting Conversation on the Plane
It's nice to see when people don't regret moving back.
I personally will have the opposite attitude about the weather. I think the summer in Florida is more brutal than the winters in England. Some days, you go outside after being in the air conditioning, and it's very hard to breathe because it's so hot and humid. At least if you're cold you can put a jumper on. Here, if you're hot, unless you go into a building with AC, there's no relief.
I personally will have the opposite attitude about the weather. I think the summer in Florida is more brutal than the winters in England. Some days, you go outside after being in the air conditioning, and it's very hard to breathe because it's so hot and humid. At least if you're cold you can put a jumper on. Here, if you're hot, unless you go into a building with AC, there's no relief.
Sep 10th 2007 | 12:50 am
#32
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Re: Interesting Conversation on the Plane
I never give the weather a thought when I moved...I find I'm not such an out doors person since moving to the USA..too humid in summer...to cold in winter...
Sep 10th 2007 | 9:34 am
#33
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Re: Interesting Conversation on the Plane
Spot on. I loathed summers and most of the spring back in Atlanta all of my adult life (for some reason it wasn't so bad when I was a kid). I'll take the mild Welsh winters and the cool rainy summers any day of the week over the heat and humidity and the bugs of the American South. I know ya'll (as in Brits) always seem to be seeking the sun..........As an American I just want cool shade.
Sep 10th 2007 | 5:44 pm
#34
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Re: Interesting Conversation on the Plane
How did a thread about returning home after 50 years become a weather thread within four posts????
Oct 10th 2007 | 3:37 pm
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Re: Interesting Conversation on the Plane
Spot on. I loathed summers and most of the spring back in Atlanta all of my adult life (for some reason it wasn't so bad when I was a kid). I'll take the mild Welsh winters and the cool rainy summers any day of the week over the heat and humidity and the bugs of the American South. I know ya'll (as in Brits) always seem to be seeking the sun..........As an American I just want cool shade.
I can understand your comments about excessive heat and humidity but must admit that it's the welsh winters that have driven me to Oz.
I know it's shallow but I absolutely hated the weeks of solid rain. I've just done my first Melbourne winter and have loved the fact that I've been able to walk my dogs every day (without them getting wet and smelly).
The only irony now is that I'm worried about the lack of water !!!
Oct 11th 2007 | 5:34 am
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Re: Interesting Conversation on the Plane
How many Welsh winters have you done Scout ?
I can understand your comments about excessive heat and humidity but must admit that it's the welsh winters that have driven me to Oz.
I know it's shallow but I absolutely hated the weeks of solid rain. I've just done my first Melbourne winter and have loved the fact that I've been able to walk my dogs every day (without them getting wet and smelly).
The only irony now is that I'm worried about the lack of water !!!
I can understand your comments about excessive heat and humidity but must admit that it's the welsh winters that have driven me to Oz.
I know it's shallow but I absolutely hated the weeks of solid rain. I've just done my first Melbourne winter and have loved the fact that I've been able to walk my dogs every day (without them getting wet and smelly).
The only irony now is that I'm worried about the lack of water !!!
Oct 11th 2007 | 7:51 am
#38
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Re: Interesting Conversation on the Plane
How many Welsh winters have you done Scout ?
I can understand your comments about excessive heat and humidity but must admit that it's the welsh winters that have driven me to Oz.
I know it's shallow but I absolutely hated the weeks of solid rain. I've just done my first Melbourne winter and have loved the fact that I've been able to walk my dogs every day (without them getting wet and smelly).
The only irony now is that I'm worried about the lack of water !!!
I can understand your comments about excessive heat and humidity but must admit that it's the welsh winters that have driven me to Oz.
I know it's shallow but I absolutely hated the weeks of solid rain. I've just done my first Melbourne winter and have loved the fact that I've been able to walk my dogs every day (without them getting wet and smelly).
The only irony now is that I'm worried about the lack of water !!!
Oct 14th 2007 | 9:58 pm
#39
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Re: Interesting Conversation on the Plane
Every time I dry off the muddy dog when we get back from a walk, she invariably walks through the kitchen to the hallway (cream-colored paint on the walls of course) and has a good shake. I've given up trying to clean it off and now I have cream and brown polka-dotted walls up to about 2 feet from the ground.
I used to have those as well.
The other thing I learnt is that carpet and dogs do not mix - the smell just sinks in and won't come out !
Looking at Scout's reply though I wouldn't have minded if Wales had been colder - I love walking in a frosted landscape. What I hated was that any 'snow' only seems to last about 3 hours and then turns to a horrible brown slush, again definitely not condusive to clean dogs.
Now all I have to worry about are the snakes, heartworm and ticks
