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Post by chiangmai on Dec 14, 2020 8:16:37 GMT 7
I was scoffed at a couple of years ago for leaving my flat in Lancaster and returning to Thailand because the temperature had dropped to 7 degrees, I'd planned to stay there for a while longer but it was just too cold and I wasn't used to it. The last time I visited my neighbors were taking the p**s, they'd tell me to wrap up warm because the temperature was going to dip below 15 degrees, one even (good naturedly) invited me in for a cup of cocoa and to warm up whilst on my way to the shops, it was 17 degrees at the time. Growing up in the UK as a lad our house didn't have central heating, just a back boiler and an immersion heater, cold weather in winter never seemed to bother anyone. Living in Northern Michigan in the 1970's the temperature was frequently below zero and that wasn't a problem either, I remember changing a tyre in -8 degrees and thinking it was cold but it was OK. I suppose living here we have become acclimatized and accustomed to hot weather. I was reading an article about a Dutchman who can withstand extreme cold and he's been the subject of much medical research, he maintains that adapting to cold weather is a matter of learning, I wonder if adapting to hot weather is the same. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Hof#:~:text=Wim%20Hof%20(born%2020%20April,ability%20to%20withstand%20freezing%20temperatures.&text=Hof%20has%20been%20the%20subject,by%20investigative%20journalist%20Scott%20Carney.
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Post by oldie on Dec 14, 2020 9:52:47 GMT 7
I've lived in Australia most my life and hate the heat. Give me snow anytime.
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Post by rubl on Dec 14, 2020 10:36:16 GMT 7
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Post by Mosha on Dec 14, 2020 10:42:27 GMT 7
I've lived in Australia most my life and hate the heat. Give me snow anytime. Snow loses it's appeal when you've been driving home for 4 hours. 8 miles then you walk the last mile or so because a bus has skidded and the road is totally blocked.
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Post by Mosha on Dec 14, 2020 10:44:13 GMT 7
I was scoffed at a couple of years ago for leaving my flat in Lancaster and returning to Thailand because the temperature had dropped to 7 degrees, I'd planned to stay there for a while longer but it was just too cold and I wasn't used to it. The last time I visited my neighbors were taking the p**s, they'd tell me to wrap up warm because the temperature was going to dip below 15 degrees, one even (good naturedly) invited me in for a cup of cocoa and to warm up whilst on my way to the shops, it was 17 degrees at the time. Growing up in the UK as a lad our house didn't have central heating, just a back boiler and an immersion heater, cold weather in winter never seemed to bother anyone. Living in Northern Michigan in the 1970's the temperature was frequently below zero and that wasn't a problem either, I remember changing a tyre in -8 degrees and thinking it was cold but it was OK. I suppose living here we have become acclimatized and accustomed to hot weather. I was reading an article about a Dutchman who can withstand extreme cold and he's been the subject of much medical research, he maintains that adapting to cold weather is a matter of learning, I wonder if adapting to hot weather is the same. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Hof#:~:text=Wim%20Hof%20(born%2020%20April,ability%20to%20withstand%20freezing%20temperatures.&text=Hof%20has%20been%20the%20subject,by%20investigative%20journalist%20Scott%20Carney. Last time back to the UK was 2006, it was July, and it took me 3 days to acclimatise. 🤣
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Post by smokie36 on Dec 14, 2020 12:18:22 GMT 7
I've lived in Australia most my life and hate the heat. Give me snow anytime. Snow loses it's appeal when you've been driving home for 4 hours. 8 miles then you walk the last mile or so because a bus has skidded and the road is totally blocked. Boxing Day 2010 I was working a long day shift....stepped outside my London flat and promptly skidded on the ice and landed on my arse at 0530 in the morning. Freezing cold...snowing and dark as hell I vowed that day I'd never spend another winter in the UK. I didn't either....until this year it seems.
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Post by oldie on Dec 14, 2020 16:50:10 GMT 7
I got the kid some guinea pigs to look after. Should have got a stray cat and thrown it some meat occasionally. Bloody rodents are a full time job.
I joined a guinea pig Facebook page without realising it was American. Some of the posts...
My Guinea pig has a sore foot what do I do? What type of funeral should I have for my guinea pig?
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Post by chiangmai on Dec 14, 2020 17:13:46 GMT 7
The poor dears, it won't be long before they're teaching such things in schools.
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Post by rgs2001uk on Dec 14, 2020 20:51:51 GMT 7
Good lawd man, you must be new to these shores, everyone knows thats the everyday dress for the pattaya brigade, the white socks are to hide the varicose viens and ingrowing toenails. Dear gawd....my early afternoons at Chequers will never be the same again....the thought of what's lurking in the shadows beneath the velcro. I do hope your trouser leg was rolled up in the appopriate manner before entering the premises. The place was a bit to hiso for me, preferred Jools.
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Post by rgs2001uk on Dec 14, 2020 20:57:39 GMT 7
Snow loses it's appeal when you've been driving home for 4 hours. 8 miles then you walk the last mile or so because a bus has skidded and the road is totally blocked. Boxing Day 2010 I was working a long day shift....stepped outside my London flat and promptly skidded on the ice and landed on my arse at 0530 in the morning. Freezing cold...snowing and dark as hell I vowed that day I'd never spend another winter in the UK. I didn't either....until this year it seems. You effin lucky bastid, the mind plays strange tricks, walking to the hangar in the middle of winter, and theres a 8 watt lightbulb burning on the stairwell, I swear each step I took was like a step to salvation, it was like manna from heaven, relief.
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Post by rubl on Dec 14, 2020 21:22:06 GMT 7
I got the kid some guinea pigs to look after. Should have got a stray cat and thrown it some meat occasionally. Bloody rodents are a full time job. I joined a guinea pig Facebook page without realising it was American. Some of the posts... My Guinea pig has a sore foot what do I do? What type of funeral should I have for my guinea pig? Rumour has it you'll soon see yourself as guinea pig, allegedly that is.
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Post by chiangmai on Dec 15, 2020 4:37:47 GMT 7
Speaking of help, as we were, The PM's squeeze has been named Peta's Person of the Year (that's People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and nothing to do with Peta the Pig, although looking ......never mind, we won't go there). Any way, what did Peta Carrie do you ask? Well, she campaigned successfully to stop supermarkets from using coconut products being sold in supermarkets if said coconuts were harvested using monkey labour. The bar for the Person of the Year Award is super high it seems! Big sigh.
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Post by me on Dec 15, 2020 12:59:18 GMT 7
Speaking of help, as we were, The PM's squeeze has been named Peta's Person of the Year (that's People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and nothing to do with Peta the Pig, although looking ......never mind, we won't go there). Any way, what did Peta Carrie do you ask? Well, she campaigned successfully to stop supermarkets from using coconut products being sold in supermarkets if said coconuts were harvested using monkey labour. The bar for the Person of the Year Award is super high it seems! Big sigh. Well if the monkeys are put out of a job I guess we can eat them. Peta Graprow anyone?
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Post by oldie on Dec 16, 2020 2:38:54 GMT 7
I just got banned from the guinea pig Facebook page for telling some idiot to throw her guinea pig into the forest and get a stray cat. Apparently she can't afford 50 cents a week for hay.
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Post by chiangmai on Dec 16, 2020 6:08:04 GMT 7
I just got banned from the guinea pig Facebook page for telling some idiot to throw her guinea pig into the forest and get a stray cat. Apparently she can't afford 50 cents a week for hay. Social media isn't for everyone, moderators and posters alike can't handle simple truths these days and you'd be a bad man for uttering them....shame on you Oldie, have you no compassion, the owner will probably need therapy for years after that...... arf arf. Talking of simple truths and this may seem a little risque but it's an honest to God question that truly worries me and I need to know the answer: how do I refer to a person with the opposite color skin to white and still remain politically correct and not risk offending anyone, is it black person, a person of color, an Afro-American, a negro? Or do I have to ask a list of questions first to determine their heritage so as to be able to apply the correct label?
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