Like I've said before: I carefully word my posts for maximum impact; you guys have been played.
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You seem to have come off the worst.
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Really?
You seem to have come off the worst.
it's hard to tell with you.Like I've said before, I carefully word my posts for maximum impact; you guys have been played.
now kindly piss off and enjoy your sun.
it's hard to tell with you.
now kindly piss off and enjoy your sun.
Thank You, it's been very dry and toasty over here.
Yes I know, I can be very clever at times.
Nice attempt at recovery my friend, but nobody's fooledLike I've said before, I carefully word my posts for maximum impact; you guys have been played.
Looks like I left England on time
Winter here in Wellington is not too bad so far.
Today for example it was very sunny.
Winter here in Wellington is not too bad so far.
Today for example it was very sunny.
Hello there. I was wondering the other day how you were getting on down there. All going well?Looks like I left England on time
Winter here in Wellington is not too bad so far.
Today for example it was very sunny.
I missed this. Is MACDRIVE on 'time-out' because he annoyed a British moderator who's pee'd off with the weather?
In Japan we get a load of rain but the infrastructure can usually take it. I'm afraid Britain is going to need a lot more concrete... My condolences to anyone that has been flooded. To those just moaning about the weather: stop whining. I've just been through the rainy season and now the oppressive heat and humidity of summer. Living in the temperate zone you're lucky. You're either moaning because it's too cold or it's too hot. Soon as I came to Japan the change between seasons was so great it made me ill. I never had that before I came here.
In Japan we get a load of rain but the infrastructure can usually take it. I'm afraid Britain is going to need a lot more concrete...
My condolences to anyone that has been flooded. To those just moaning about the weather: stop whining. I've just been through the rainy season and now the oppressive heat and humidity of summer. Living in the temperate zone you're lucky. You're either moaning because it's too cold or it's too hot. Soon as I came to Japan the change between seasons was so great it made me ill. I never had that before I came here.
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But do you really think the Scots (or the Welsh for that matter) are going to want to share their water with us?
There was a sandwich board round the corner from my flat this morning saying "Scottish water to be shipped to help flood victims" or something. It was very patriotically worded, in the manner of "our troops going in" type way.
I'd go out and take a photo, but I can't be arsed.
I doubt it highly, it's never so simple, but it's a ubiquitous taboo to discuss it.I missed this. Is MACDRIVE on 'time-out' because he annoyed a British moderator who's pee'd off with the weather?
In Japan we get a load of rain but the infrastructure can usually take it. I'm afraid Britain is going to need a lot more concrete...
Now it's not entirely fair to begrudge us our moaning. We've had rain basically every day for 3 months. There was sun and decent weather for two weeks in april and 7/7/7 and every single other day has rained. This does something to a person. I never used to mind rain but it's starting to make me despondent and bitter.
It wasn't written by Alex Salmond then. Otherwise it would have read "Scottish Water from Scotland to be shipped from Scotland to help flood victims to the south of Scotland"There was a sandwich board round the corner from my flat this morning saying "Scottish water to be shipped to help flood victims" or something. It was very patriotically worded, in the manner of "our troops going in" type way.
Looks like I left England on time
Winter here in Wellington is not too bad so far.
Today for example it was very sunny.
Jesus man NZ is full of nice places but the windy city isn't one of them.*cue abuse from Wellingtonians*
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It wasn't written by Alex Salmond then. Otherwise it would have read "Scottish Water from Scotland to be shipped from Scotland to help flood victims to the south of Scotland"
Heheh, yeah, the man's a fanny.
It's been raining up here every day, but I don't think it's been as heavy as it has been down south. There is something depressing about it though, as it's starting to get darker earlier, and it feels like it's starting back into winter again...
But do you think endless hot sun is any better? No, it isn't. For the simple reason that even though rain is depressing it doesn't make you physically ill. You don't want to get out of bed. I can't get out of bed. Neither is desirable, but having experienced both I would say yours is better, though not ideal, of course.
On a slightly different (factual) tack, our rivers are all concrete-banked to cope with the extra flow. Japan is very mountainous and there are many dams along the flows. British rivers are still natural banks so when the waters come the rivers can't take it. Yet I'm constantly complaining about the concrete. It's a topsy turvy world.
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I don't think this is a "No, but where I live is so much worse" competition. I imagine living in the desert with sand in your eyes and your arse, or down a hole in the North Pole would suck far, far more than the UK at the moment, but doesn't mean we can't have a moan in a designated thread...
Yeah, we're both better off without sand castles up our arses.I don't think this is a "No, but where I live is so much worse" competition. I imagine living in the desert with sand in your eyes and your arse, or down a hole in the North Pole would suck far, far more than the UK at the moment, but doesn't mean we can't have a moan in a designated thread...
Actually, some of the flooding is due to too much of the stuff. The rain water has nowhere to run off to, so it just collects in big poools on the concrete and tarmac of course, the drains haven't been cleaned for years so it can't go that way.I'm afraid Britain is going to need a lot more concrete...
A few expert-types have commented that perhaps newly built properties and estates should look at using permiable tarmacs for pavements, roads and stuff that way, excess water can soak into the ground and thus reduce the risk of the top surface flooding.
Why would anyone like rain? It gets you wet, makes your clothing heavy, forces you to carry around an umbrella, makes it hard to drive...
Rain is only nice when it's gentle and you know you're gonna be indoors all day. Then it's only nice because it provides nice background noise.
Where I live, rain either makes everything very very cold (during the winter), or, if it rains during the summer, it makes the place even more humid. Shanghai is on the sea and is extremely humid. Often at 80%+... you can walk outside and suddenly feel as though you're walking through a sauna. If it's raining, it's often even worse, because in addition to the sauna feeling (with the heat), you're getting dumped on by torrents of rain (we often get monsoon rains), which soaks your clothing to the point where it becomes part of your body and adds to your weight.
RAIN IS AWFUL!
Rain is only nice when it's gentle and you know you're gonna be indoors all day. Then it's only nice because it provides nice background noise.
Where I live, rain either makes everything very very cold (during the winter), or, if it rains during the summer, it makes the place even more humid. Shanghai is on the sea and is extremely humid. Often at 80%+... you can walk outside and suddenly feel as though you're walking through a sauna. If it's raining, it's often even worse, because in addition to the sauna feeling (with the heat), you're getting dumped on by torrents of rain (we often get monsoon rains), which soaks your clothing to the point where it becomes part of your body and adds to your weight.
RAIN IS AWFUL!
Life is good. I really enjoy it here. Lots of things to organise though:
Accommodation, visa, residency, furniture (until the container from UK arrives), internet, telephone etc.
Most of the tasks are ticked on the list now and so I have much more spare time to enjoy life
Still nice weather for Wellington... might change soon if the weather forecast is correct.
A typical tourist point of view
I consider Wellington as a very good city: Not too big, not too small. And most of the nice places you're talking about are in easy reach for a weekend trip. When I retire I move to one of those nice places.
I feel your pain. We have had a lot of flooding in Texas due to excessive raining. The rain here, however, sure beats the heat!
I know! I'm so sick of the rain. I reckon it's been raining since Late April-Early May. Seems like every time it rains heavy by me it always somehow gets in my house. Meh. It's better than the heat.
July is monsoon time here in Korea. It should have poured for days. This year...meh. We have had maybe two or three hard rains, and even those didn't last very long. Weather is, of course, unreliable.
Summer weather has returned to New England. This is to say that it is hot and humid, with air so thick you could just about cut out a cubic foot of it with a pocket knife. This is nice for evening bike rides, and kind of sucky for pretty much everything else. If you have access to a swimming pool, more power to you.
Of course, this also brings on the thunderstorms. some of them can get pretty violent, with intense winds and hail. This year, there have even been some tornados in the western parts of Massachusetts, a raritiy around here.
As I write this, a fairly good t-storm has just finished, and the sun has returned.
Of course, this also brings on the thunderstorms. some of them can get pretty violent, with intense winds and hail. This year, there have even been some tornados in the western parts of Massachusetts, a raritiy around here.
As I write this, a fairly good t-storm has just finished, and the sun has returned.
I think that entails a risk as well. Carparks should have permeable surfaces, but road surfaces could easily become unstable if the ground below was saturated. There's also a risk of foundations being adversely affected if urban pavements were replaced with permeable ones.
Local and regional catchment basins or wetlands are probably a better idea for new developments. Bans on river/stream side development, requirements for a certain amount of riverside development to be forested are also good solutions.
Indeed, there are drawbacks but it's only one part of a wider set of suggestions, and a solution that might not be suited to all places.
There's a big piece in the local paper today about proposals regarding new homes that are built around here having to have all kinds of flood-proofing stuff as well as the aforementioned water-soaking pavements there are to be lots of little parks and ponds, better drainage, revised electrics and stuff. Reading the article the viewpoint seems to be that future flooding can't be prevented, but new properties can be protected from serious damage to a degree.
Anyway, while we wait for any new legislation to be pushed through is anyone up for a trip to the cinema?
My sister's house is on a new development and her back garden looks out onto a 'flood defense'. It's a large dip in the landscape which has a little water in it most of the time but could take a heck of a lot more. The amusing thing is the water safety belts which are on sticks which the majority of the time are 15-20ft clear of the water.
Spotted that earlier but was more bothered by the fact that the Eye appears to be more buoyant than the buildings around it. If County Hall is virtually entirely under water, I'm sure the Eye should have another few pods underwater. Still the TV agencies will be glad to know that the pods are available for on-site reporters to stay dry while getting an overview of the situation.