[SOC] Northern Hemisphere Weather

[Ian C. Purdie]

"Ian C. Purdie" wrote:

> Gee, the closest I've ever came to snow is the days when I was a kid and the
> "old" district was covered with frost.

Just talking to myself, it was "real" back then.

> I do remember running into the main street of Sydney during winter 1959 amid
> reports snow was falling, the flakes had almost melted before touching the
> pavement, closest I've ever been.

That was "real", we featured back then in the newspapers. Big time for us those
days.

> Of course, development over the last 50 years has changed that from a rural
> setting to suburbia and you hardly see much frost although when I was down that
> way {Sydney suburbs] two weeks ago, my daughter had ice on the windscreen
> [after saying "Dad you're paranoid about the cold, it doesn't exist"]

Claudine overlooked the fact that her windscreen wipers had seized, and for the
third time I got out and "hosed the windscreen down"

OK, folks from the NH [Northern Hemisphere] get to laugh at me and that's fair.

> Rock-on the next 45 days and we get back to "balmy" days, geez I hate
> retirement.

That was a "rhetorical" statement, I've never enjoyed life more, I'm indeed so
blessed...

> PS: My kids are obsessed with snow and at this time of year head for the "snow
> fields" down south, I don't have that much money.
>
> Paying $5.00+ for a drink and standing around talking BS is not my idea of a
> fun time, just to be cold. I think it's totally dumb. My kids tell me that a
> good week-end sets you back $2,000+ all up.

A friend, my age, told me recently that they probably subtract anywhere from $3,000
to $10,000 from that figure, but what do I know? They're "well heeled" financially.

> Who's stupid???

Still stand by that...

FWIW

Ian