How's The Weather?

[Stanislaw]

hey I am just sitting at my computer trying to do my history paper, its raining outside, dark and drizley inside, and I am listening to black black heart by david usher. And realizing how many forumers that ae missing here. I just finished reading Koa, leaving thread, and am feeling a little depressed, the mood is just to good for someone to not be depressed.

Ever wonder why people keep at it every day? I mean what is really the driving point of society, I think money is out because to me atleast it seems to be just numbers asociated with my plastic card, kind of worthless you know? I may be rambling but I am not to sure that I care, ever feel like that. Maybe I should just write this down on paper instead of on a forum.

Anyways, I had a bit of a doubt on catholicism, I mean the concept is good but I think that all the pomp and production put on by the clergy and lay people take away from the meaning and make it a big charade.

I think I should try and get some sleep, but life is so different now, nothing is like it was a year or two ago, too much responsibilities, Gotta look after my sisters for a while because my fathers going on a buisness trip to geneva, mom works out of town. Pretty crazy world eh?

Anyways I think I should gget a blog instead of rambling here, but I feel that I can discuss stuff here and get good feedback, not there is much really to feed back on.

[nome1486]

No, this forum is much better than a blog, we like to hear your thoughts.
I'm still here, anyway...well, some of the time. And apparently there were 101 (edit: 181) users on the other day and I missed that? I am very confused as to how that happened. But anyway, I hope things look up for you...we had some heavy rain this morning, but this afternoon the sky looked so much bluer and everything else felt very fresh and clean.
I hope your history paper goes well. I know how you feel, I wrote a seven-page paper on the first fourteen chapters of The Prince last weekend, though I don't know that yours isn't way longer than that. Put on some happy music and jump on your bed in the morning, it'll make you feel better.

[simon]

Stanislaw I concurr with nome that this is much better than a blog, besides nobody reads blogs, I had never even heard of them until just now and had to ask my roomate what it was.

You want to know why people keep going? Becuase we have this sick innate idea that things will get better. And as for the driving point of society I beleive, or would like to believe that it is to continue on as we have, avoide change as long as we have it good, avoide reality and in all probability the truth, and latch onto inadequate answers to the universe in an attempt to bring about the semblance of hope.

[Stanislaw]

I think I should move to mexico and become a mercinary. That would make alot more sense then this country.

Anyways I feel alot better today. Watched Quigly Down Under, that movie always cheers me up.

[amuse]

wow...181. that's huge.
i think we keep going so we can come to moments like yours, Stanislaw, the why??? of it all, the gloomy beautiful nights that make us wonder why where and how everything fits, from us on this little planet to the stars in the sky. and maybe society keeps us from feeling all alone here in the middle of nowhere.
re: blogs...well, i have a 20-30 saved in favorites (all food), but only look at them about once a week. so by all means start one, but post here too, 'k?
:)

[amuse]

(this re-posted itself.)

[Stanislaw]

I don't think I could leave if I tried, too much fun.

[The Unnamable]

"Do not fear death so much, but rather an inadequate life."
Bertolt Brecht 1898 – 1956

The following really puts life in perspective...


“About suffering they were never wrong,
The Old Masters; how well, they understood
Its human position; how it takes place
While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along;”
Musée des Beaux Arts W.H. Auden

As people around the globe suffer the hugely destructive forces of Nature, we do well to remember that the greatest share of pain is not the burden only of those captured by the News industry’s cameras. Lives are lost and landscapes devastated by the raw and brutal energy of these terrifying natural forces. With all the news on television about the hurricanes that America experienced, the typhoons in China, flooding in Switzerland and recent mudslides in South America, we shouldn't forget that the UK has its share of devastating weather too.

Attached is a photo illustrating the damage caused to my friend's home near London from the freak storm that tore through it last night.

Look at the photo and realise how lucky you are. It really makes you cherish what you have and reminds us never to take things for granted.

Take care of yourselves and be safe.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/stonemewhatalife/Terrible_Storm_Damage.jpg

[Pensive]

May everyone be safe and sound at any place. Natural disasters often scare me off. Earthquake in Pakistan, Tsunami, Rita, Katrina and now these storms, they are enough to piss me off. *shudders*

Now, even I am staring to have dreams about natural disasters.

[Whifflingpin]

What a terrible wind (up)

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[The Unnamable]

What a terrible wind (up)

Do you ever stand around cinemas armed with a sign telling people how the film ends?

It’s not a wind up, it’s just something that made me laugh. Unfortunately, the punch line has to be clicked so some responses will carry the assumption that I was being my usual pompous self.

[Whifflingpin]

"Do you ever stand around cinemas armed with a sign telling people how the film ends?"

Not yet, though it may come to that.

I laughed out loud too, but my response fell with all the subtlety of a well-honed mud pie.

(Actually, now you remind me, I did stand outside a cinema once with a sign. A bunch of us students performed the St George play outside the cinema in Exeter, each carrying a sign to tell what character we were. The police moved us on, 'cos they thought we were a demonstration.)

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[Scheherazade]

It is snowing again today! Second day in a row! It is such a delight in the UK, where we hardly get to experience different seasons properly (Here there are cloudy or cloudier / rainy or rainier days).

I feel like going out and dancing! :D

How is the weather where you live?


BBC World Weather Centre (http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/)

[AimusSage]

It's cold and windy, I rather stay inside today, but I have to go out or the dog will give me that look. Better take him for a walk

[adilyoussef]

The weather? Oh you mean that cold outside that from time to time is raining these days. What can I say; it's cold.

[emily655321]

Cold (28F/-2C, wind-chill of 16F/-9C), partly-cloudy, and flurrying. For those of you in warm climates, "flurries" are snow, but just sort of floating around on the breeze and not accumulating on the ground.

[Pensive]

The weather is getting more and more warmer. Right now, I am wearing a half-sleeves shirt and my mom is nearly mad at me for she thinks that it is still cold. I resent hot weather.

Oh Scher, I am glad that you guys have snow today. I have never seen snow anywhere other than on TV. I guess that it would be really lovely.

[Themis]

Cloudy and cold. (Around 3° C)

[EAP]

Current Nearest Observations:
sunny 24°C
N (5 mph)
Relative Humidity (%): 50,
Pressure (mB): 1014, Steady,
Visibility: Moderate


It's going to be a mosquito-fest tonight.

[NNoah3]

The sun is shining, but is a cold morning like 5º C. As the time goes by is warmed up so we can expect a warm noon. As Pensive I have never been in a snowed place. To tell the truth I think that I couldn't live in a very cold place. Nevertheless I am living in a place with a crazy weather, sometimes in the morning is very cold, at noon is very hot and then at night is cold again.

[papayahed]

It's Sunny and 15C (60F) here today, which is quite surprising for February. It should be in the -6C's for this time of year. We seemed to have hit a warm spell or the poles are reversing whichever.

[rachel]

It has been arctic out the last three days. Today the sun is blinding and it is warming. I desperately need to go out for a three mile walk, today must be the day

[Taliesin]

It is a very cosy brisk weather here - around -4C (circa 23F). Walked home from a friends' place (about a kilometre) since the next bus came after 10 minutes and we didn't want to wait. We started feeling that we should have dressed a bit more warmly, but it wasn't freezing at all. It was quite comfy and nice, actually.
We probably sound very wierd.

[kilted exile]

today was around -5, sunny, but with a very annoying westernly wind that made it feel colder

[Themis]

It snows. :( And it is around 0°C.

[Pensive]

It was raining very hard today. Even the water came into my room.

[Virgil]

Cold (32F/0C) and it may snow. Goodness Pensive. You can't allow water to get in the house.

[Virgil]

The sun is shining, but is a cold morning like 5º C. As the time goes by is warmed up so we can expect a warm noon. As Pensive I have never been in a snowed place. To tell the truth I think that I couldn't live in a very cold place. Nevertheless I am living in a place with a crazy weather, sometimes in the morning is very cold, at noon is very hot and then at night is cold again.
Hmmm. Do you live in a desert, Noah?

[Taliesin]

Nice. (about -1C/ 30 F)
Went to the countryside today.
It was snowing heavily so we had little free time, but we got to ski for about 45 minutes.
Twas great.

[Pensive]

Hey Virgil, Actually our house is made in this way, that whenever it rains hard, water gets inside the house through windows and doors. Actually we don't have much rain where I live and my house also needs a little repairing.

[adilyoussef]

Today, the weather is cloudy and sometimes it is raining, but not as cold as yesterday.

[rachel]

It is raining, beautiful glorious rain. I love the rain, it is the earth's tears of joy and pain and afterward comew the lovely peace and everything is new and hopeful.

[Weeping Willow]

WEll the weather in Israel you ask.... hmmm lets see...
Just incase you're not sure.. or don't know Israel is located in a place which is the middle... we have... Snow in the north... nice weather in the center and hot Desert down south.. cause it's well... Desert :)
Of course it's not divided so hmm how to say it Black and white.. but in most days it's hot.. in the summer (june-september) it can be really hot! like over 35 C and sown south over 40C!! but most of the time is warm...
in the winter (if you can call it like that depandes on the year).. it can be Very raining up to even having Snow in Jerusalem and up north... but usaly it just few cold days here.. few rainy days there... so... as you can see we have kind of very divert climate :)...

[Nightshade]

It is snowing again today! Second day in a row! It is such a delight in the UK, where we hardly get to experience different seasons properly (Here there are cloudy or cloudier / rainy or rainier days).

I feel like going out and dancing! :D

How is the weather where you live?


BBC World Weather Centre (http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/)
Where in the UK do you live scher? They had blizzards at Newcastle around xmas and flash floods in Casrslise ( I know it has an s in it somwhere but its silent so I just put inj lots )
and did you see the newspapre droughts ths summer :(
Still Id love the snow if I didnt have to trudge to work in it. when it goes all yucky and gray. :cold:
Still mabe Ill have time to make a few snow angels before I get ready for work (good thing about getting uop early noone else has already ruined the snow :D :nod:

[AimusSage]

Yay snow. :banana:
It's melting already, but snow in march is prety rare here.

Wait a minute, snow today could mean no football on saturday. :(
That's not good, it had better clear up and let the sun come and shine intensely for two days

[Kaltrina]

the weather today is very depressive... it was cloudy from early morning and it even rained for a couple of hours, and everyone has that face of boredom, including me... :(

[mingdamerciless]

SNOW SNOW SNOW SNOW oh melting melting melting Bye bye snow

[Themis]

It's beautiful. :D

[Virgil]

Mild compared to the last few days. 32F/0C, but no wind. Snow expected tomorrow. Yuk. May turn to rain, I can only hope.

[Pensive]

I am hot and so is the weather. I am burning and so is the weather. I am disappointed and so is the weather. I am sad and gloomy is the weather. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Kaltrina]

Today is better than yesterday... this morning while I was coming to work I heard the birds singing and I felt so good, because that means Spring will be here at last... :D

[Nightshade]

SNOW!!!n :banana:
I love snow to look at or play in and luckily for me today is a thursday NO WORK :banana:

[Isagel]

Snow. Like we had in february, january,december, november....and probably will have until april. Bored. Want sun now. But the climate doesn´t care. The climate isn´t democratic. Or perhaps it is, but I did not get to vote.

Flurrying is a nice word!

[Pensive]

I am surprised that how much those people who live in cold places want sun and we, who live in hot places, want "snow"

[Themis]

Pensive, everybody likes snow. Just not on and off for 5 months. ;)


It's still beautiful, the sun is shining, the snow is melting (except on your roof, as always, it stays up there :/ )and it has aroung 1 °C. It feels warmer though. :D

[Pensive]

I would not mind having snow for five months, I am quite sure. I feel so bad because its extremely hot here.

[NNoah3]

Hmmm. Do you live in a desert, Noah?

Hey Virgil,
And four days later.... :D No I am not living in a desert, but in the city with the craziest weather!!!!
I am not kidding!!! Sometimes we can experience all the seasons in the same day!!!. As a joke we use to say that is better if we pack some clothes when we leave our houses because we don't know how the weather is going to be as the time is passing. :D

Today the sun is shining and it is still a cold morning. We are expecting some rain in the afternoon.

[Virgil]

Snowing and I'm at work dreading the commute home. Temperature is just below freezing.

[rachel]

See now that is why I worry so much about you, especially when you go out of town.argh...life is unfair.
It is ugly and dreary and really black clouds are forming, an ominous feeling in the air.
Makes me want to hurry and repent of my sins!

[Koa]

Sunny and finally getting warmer... This winter has been unusually long.
I had the first ice cream of the year today :D I was just walking in the city centre and seeing so many people with ice creams so I got one too... Hmm lovely.

Thinking about it, it wasn't the first :rolleyes: I had one in January even if it was cold :D

[Ryduce]

It was about 70 degrees with a cloudless sky.Winter has yet to come,which is a total bummer for me.

[Virgil]

See now that is why I worry so much about you, especially when you go out of town.argh...life is unfair.
It is ugly and dreary and really black clouds are forming, an ominous feeling in the air.
Makes me want to hurry and repent of my sins!
Thanks for worrying about me. I home now safe and sound. Snow turned to sleet and ice and was trecherous. There were a couple of accidents along the way.

You have sins? Can't be very serious sins. You're too good.

[Petrarch's Love]

It's been exactly 32F (0C) all day (weird, because usually Chicago temps change around some during the day, often dramatically).

Sunny and finally getting warmer... This winter has been unusually long.
I had the first ice cream of the year today I was just walking in the city centre and seeing so many people with ice creams so I got one too... Hmm lovely.
Koa--Lucky, lucky you. I think you'll have to take the "un" off of fair Verona if it's warm enough for ice cream there. What I wouldn't give to see some gelato weather! (sigh) :cool:

[Virgil]

It's been exactly 32F (0C) all day (weird, because usually Chicago temps change around some during the day, often dramatically).

Koa--Lucky, lucky you. I think you'll have to take the "un" off of fair Verona if it's warm enough for ice cream there. What I wouldn't give to see some gelato weather! (sigh) :cool:
Why are either of you calling it ice cream. It's gelato, and there is a difference. Oh, I would die for some Italian gelato right now.

[rachel]

If you come here we can go to the BlueStream and they make several flavours of gelato, I mean the real real perfect stuff from the old country, several flavours and they make ice cream too.
And no talk of dying. Here have some, your favorite.

we had a major rain storm about an hour ago. Clayton said he felt like he was being lifted of the ground. Now it is just grey and cold.

[Virgil]

Thank you Rachel. Someday we'll have to meet and dinner is on me.

[rachel]

from your lips to God's ears.

It is now quiet and warmish outside, dark and mysterious. I am going to pack up baby and go for a nice walk and think and wait for the pain killers to work on my tummy.(ow)

[Nightshade]

from your lips to God's ears.


Wow I didnt know that saying wazs in any other languge nbut arabic.
This morning was frosty with freezing fog but the fog has lifted now and the sun is shining off the frost covered trees and the snow and its absaloutly GORGEOUS.

[Kaltrina]

the weather is beautiful today... it is a little bit chilly outside but still it looks like Spring. :banana: :banana: :D

[NNoah3]

It's a beautiful sunny morning here! But still we have menace of rain in the afternoon.

[Koa]

Why are either of you calling it ice cream. It's gelato, and there is a difference. Oh, I would die for some Italian gelato right now.

:confused: Because I supposed that the average English speaker wouldn't understand me if I called it gelato?;)

Today the weather is white. Not snowy white, but the sky is white... it's hardly ever grey, it often gets white when it's cloudy... and not too warm I think, haven't been out.

Petrarch'sLove, yup it might be warm enough for gelato on some days, but well some places do sell it even in the deep winter, so it's up to how brave you feel ;) It's nice to have spring, but when spring is over then comes that time of year when you'd live only on ice... too...awfully...hot...

[Petrarch's Love]

It's nice to have spring, but when spring is over then comes that time of year when you'd live only on ice... too...awfully...hot...

Oh you happy people who can blithly take spring for granted already. :lol: It's a little below freezing here today (30F,-1C), and overcast. Possible snow later this afternoon, but no sign of it yet. Last year we still had snow even in early May, so spring seems a long way off to me. Enjoy your primavera and stop worrying about how hot it's going to be months from now. ;)

[Virgil]

Sunny, but blustery. 34F/1C but very windy. Spring, where are you?

[Themis]

It has been snowing all day. :mad: :cold:

[Koa]

Oh you happy people who can blithly take spring for granted already. :lol: It's a little below freezing here today (30F,-1C), and overcast. Possible snow later this afternoon, but no sign of it yet. Last year we still had snow even in early May, so spring seems a long way off to me. Enjoy your primavera and stop worrying about how hot it's going to be months from now. ;)

Especially cos I hope to be away from here in a few months :brow:

Last year it snowed in March, it was weird... this winter was very long, it snowed even in November, which is so rare, and it snowed several times, while until a few years ago it snowed like once every winter... They actually predict snow for tomorrow, but I think my area will be spared because it's always hotter than most of Northern Italy...

[Nightshade]

bright and sunshiny...wat no its suddenly started to rain.
I guess the snow is going to melt then .

:)

[Themis]

Snow, snow, snow. It has around 0°C and it's been snowing all day. Again, I might add.

[Petrarch's Love]

About 32F(0c) with just the faintest whisper of a snowfall starting.

Especially cos I hope to be away from here in a few months
Ooo, is this a holiday or an actual move? Are you getting to England?

[rachel]

Only a couple of days ago the landscape was snowy and blustery.
But last night it was warm and this morning is very sunny and so warm no one will be wearing any heavy jackets. The air warm,the blue sky is alive with birds and a happy welcoming warm breeze I will take a break a little later and take baby Hasia for a nature walk. we are only a block from a crossroads that takes you to a heritage 'town', and only a block the other way to the oldest racetrack in Canada. The tall wind swept trees and grass are very green there today.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

It's been snowing on and off here for the better part of a week now... :cold: Not heavily, but that arctic dandruff just keeps coming, and we're getting a bit fed up with it... Now, springtime is due when?

/Claes

[rachel]

dear Claes,
I have missed you. Here I am putting some spring and part of my glorious day into a balloon and sending over to you. Have fun.

[Virgil]

Gorgeous day. Sunny, calm, 50F/10C.

[Virgil]

bright and sunshiny...wat no its suddenly started to rain.
I guess the snow is going to melt then .

:)
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Sounds like you live in England!! :nod:

[Koa]

It rained very hard for the whole morning.

Then the sun came out and it was rather warm (though I think it was warm while it was raining to, or so it seemed when I opened the window).

Then when I came back home at 7pm it was really really windy.

They predict freezing temperatures again for the next few days. :rolleyes: I suppose and hope it's the last time, I don't care if it's not sunny but at least not too cold, it's almost spring, please :D

[Nightshade]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Sounds like you live in England!! :nod:
*gasp* How ever did you guess! :eek:
:lol:
koa moving? where are you going?

well looks like there are no clouds out toniht which means itll be a cold night, (just the way I like it I will sleep well)
:D :nod:

[higley]

44 degrees. I about had a heart attack when I saw that it's supposed to be seventy here on friday. Of course, this being Ohio, that means we'll probably have a snowstorm on the weekend.

[Koa]

koa moving? where are you going?


Nope not yet and not sure, it was just a hope... I'll let you know if it happens, but there's no point while it's still just a possibility.

[Kaltrina]

it is snowing and raining at the same time and it is rather cold, about 8 degrees of Celsius. :(

[Pensive]

It is hot today, as usual.

(Kalt, Your avatar is so pretty, a girl/someone holding a guitar? Is he/she holding a guitar?)

[Kaltrina]

no she is playing the cello.... as I told you in some other thread, this was drawn by my sister.... :D

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Here I am putting some spring and part of my glorious day into a balloon and sending over to you. Have fun.
Ah, thank you... I needed that :D

/Claes

[Koa]

They predict freezing temperatures again for the next few days. :rolleyes: I suppose and hope it's the last time, I don't care if it's not sunny but at least not too cold, it's almost spring, please :D

I love weather forecasts :D It was an incredibly sunny day, barely a cloud in the sky. Not as warm as it looked, but definitely pleasant.
Though on tv I've seen plenty of snow on central Italy...

I used to hate spring, now I like it :eek: But I'm finding it uncomfortable to adapt to longer days. Some years ago I used to hate it so much that in the afternoon I started to close my window's shutters not to let the sunshine come in. My vampire-phase :D

[Ryan Dollard]

My word, how can a thread so inherently boring as this one yield such a glorious bounty of chatter? Thank goodness this ClaesGefvenberg fellow has thrown himself into the mixer: if he can't mash things up a little bit then nobody can. With two referrals in his first month he's clearly still livin' and lovin' the thug life even at 46 years of age. Go on chap, let's have some fireworks.

[Koa]

:confused: I love to talk about the weather - yeah I'm as empty as that. I like to talk of what I see daily and bore people to death with details. I don't even want to be listened, just let me rant away and when I've finished it'll be over.

[Themis]

:rage: Supposed to be snowing again and now we have - 1 - (-4) °C.

[Birdy6344]

Hi, it's pouring it down outside and i've just had to wait for a bus for about 20 mins, that's great British weather 4 you :banana:

[Mentor]

It is snowing again today! Second day in a row! It is such a delight in the UK, where we hardly get to experience different seasons properly (Here there are cloudy or cloudier / rainy or rainier days).

I feel like going out and dancing! :D

How is the weather where you live?


BBC World Weather Centre (http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/)

There is a "proper" way to enjoy each season of the year: Each year's cycle is another go-round in the great arc of life we all experience. No propriety, then: Rather a set of self-defined rules by which to experience it all.

[Kaltrina]

we still have a lot of snow today, the temp. is -5 degree C. but at least there is no wind, as it was yesterday... :rolleyes:

[Virgil]

It's only 7 AM, temperature is 30F/-1C, but sunny and the prospects of beautiful, almost spring like day.

[Petrarch's Love]

It's 42F (5C) and gorgeously sunny. I would finish knitting my new wool sweater just on the day when the temperature starts going up a bit. Oh well, it's not that warm, I'll wear it anyway. What a lovely day, shame it has to be spent in the library.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

My word, how can a thread so inherently boring as this one yield such a glorious bounty of chatter? Thank goodness this ClaesGefvenberg fellow has thrown himself into the mixer: if he can't mash things up a little bit then nobody can. With two referrals in his first month he's clearly still livin' and lovin' the thug life even at 46 years of age. Go on chap, let's have some fireworks.
Thank you for the kind words Ryan, and happy to oblige :wave: Besides, 46 years is nothing. I intend to double that at the very least. ;) Life shouldn't be measured in years anyway... It's all about experiences.


Here I am putting some spring and part of my glorious day into a balloon and sending over to you. Have fun.
Rachel: It worked, I'll have you know. It finally stopped snowing. Are you some kind of magician, or what? :goof: Most impressive. Perhaps you can fix my remaining problem too? It was -15C this morning, and that is nowhere near my design specification. It looks nice though... I'm enclosing a recent picture from a weekend walk.

All the best /Claes

[Stanislaw]

very cold, and snow. I can not give a temperature because the thermometer is broken! (not because of cold btw)

but I assure you, it is cold, and snowing. :santasmil

[Mentor]

Your poetic quotes are most pleasing. Thank you for making my day more pleasant

[Logos]

I'm enclosing a recent picture from a weekend walk.


Oh what a gorgeous sight Claes, :) makes for longer walks when the scenery is so great huh?

[Mentor]

we still have a lot of snow today, the temp. is -5 degree C. but at least there is no wind, as it was yesterday... :rolleyes:

I've been trying to send you this message for a while, but I get a bit confused by the threading strategies.
All I wished to do was say "thanks for adding these beautiful words to the day"

She Dwelt Among The Untrodden Ways
William Wordsworth

She dwelt among the untrodden ways
Beside the springs of Dove,
A Maid whom there were none to praise
And very few to love:

A violet by a mossy stone
Half hidden from the eye!
—Fair as a star, when only one
Is shining in the sky.

She lived unknown, and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be;
But she is in her grave, and, oh,
The difference to me!
Online text © 1998-2006 Poetry X. All rights reserved.
From Lyrical Ballads, with a few Other Poems | 1800

[Nightshade]

I can hera the rain I just cant see it ( not sure if thats a good thing?? :confused:
...Oh IM sinning in the rain Im singing Im the rain
What a laleelallalaIM happpy again!

[Mentor]

I can hera the rain I just cant see it ( not sure if thats a good thing?? :confused:
...Oh IM sinning in the rain Im singing Im the rain
What a laleelallalaIM happpy again!

On your posting is also the following note:
Quote of the Month:
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense--Tom Clancy


Do you agree?
There's a song called "The Sports Page" which noted that only in the Sports Pages can you find truth: If the score was 3 to 2, then that's what is was. No such directness in political news: It's more of a "Blizzard of Lies" (title of another song by the same writer: Stan Frishberg, jazz writer, composer, singer... very talented.
What do you think of my thoughts?
George

[Mentor]

Here in San Francisco, it's the time of the March Winds and their sisters, the Rains that harbinger the approach of Spring.

About Spring and some of the poetry that's on this Forum: Spring's promise might seem to be honored more in the breach than the promise: It's easier to run off some lines about romance than it is to tread the long road that leads to true friendship's sentiments. Nothing profound, just a thought for a literate soul.

George

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Oh what a gorgeous sight Claes, :) makes for longer walks when the scenery is so great huh?Yes, that's true enough. This was one of those rare days when the light is just right and you get great pictures no matter what direction you point the camera in. When that happens there is no stopping me. I have to admit that I've always been a bit of a photo nerd. :lol:

/Claes

[Koa]

Sunny then cloudy and it got quite cold again today.

[Mentor]

Consolation? What would Sartre say? (seriously)

[Pensive]

The weather is beautiful. I went to picnic and enjoyed a lot. It was cloudy today and right now, people are playing songs because of Basant.

Beautiful kites are flying around in the sky like several birds or sometimes they look like aeroplanes. I don't think so that the noise of songs and "Bo Kata" will let me sleep easily tonight.

People are enjoying Basant Day. Weather is beautiful. Everything seems so great.

[Stanislaw]

pensive, I envy you!

here the weather is snowing to beat hell! when I look out the window, I can't see farther than about 100 feet or so, and the snowing is blowing almost parralel to the ground, and it is cold. I think I am going to move to a country where there is no snow!

[beer good]

It's friggin' COLD tonight. Missed the bus and had to walk 20 minutes to the metro in -15C. Felt like an extra in "March Of The Penguins". Isn't March supposed to be a spring month?

[Logos]

It's positively *tropical* here today after last week and sub-zero freezing and snow :goof:

[Stanislaw]

It's positively *tropical* here today after last week and sub-zero freezing and snow :goof:

garr curse ye and yer fair weather!!! :D

[Virgil]

Getting warm now. Spring weather today, although a drizzle.

[Petrarch's Love]

Thunderstorms last night, but now the sun's out and it's up to 50F (10C). Why am I stuck inside all weekend writing papers? (sigh)

[ElizabethSewall]

Endlessly raining today but it snowed last night. :p

[NNoah3]

It's too cold :cold: . I'd wish to have been staying at home instead of being at work.....
It has been raining since Wednesday...

[Themis]

SNOW again. -1 °C.

[ElizabethSewall]

Spring is coming. The air is sweet and filled with promises...
:banana:

[Themis]

:bawling: I need to move to France I think. Now that I've thought about it, Nice had its advantages. ;)

Still, snowy, cold ... y and dark-y.

[ElizabethSewall]

You would definitely be welcome Themis, though I don't live in Nice. :p

[Virgil]

Rain for me, but warm as spring.

[Themis]

You would definitely be welcome Themis, though I don't live in Nice. :p

I didn't think you did. :p But I spend two weeks there in summer, so it would be my first destination.

[kilted exile]

Its 15degreesC currently, quite amazing really...........however no doubt it will snow next week.

[rachel]

blindingly sunny and a little cool How I long for a raging rainstorm and Willow and I could go for a walk in it until we are drenched and then hope it starts all over again. I love rain so much, it's not that I don't love the sun but I love rain more.

[Koa]

It SNOWED lightly today! :eek:
This winter has been incredibly long...

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Quite nice today: Sunny and not too cold, so we went skiing, and logged something like 10 miles :D We still have 2 or 3 feet of snow, so why not make the most of it?

/Claes

[sdr4jc]

Looks like it might storm here in Nashville today! I kindof wish it would, 'cause if it didn't, it'd be a waste of an otherwise beautiful day! When the clouds get this dark and gloomy, it may as well pour down raining!

[papayahed]

We had our first real storm of the season, there were at least 40 tornados yesterday, every local TV station was talking about the weather all day. There were reports of baseball size hail. However in my neighborhood it rained lightly for about 45 minutes. Looks like I dodged a bullet there!!

[ElizabethSewall]

Looks like it might storm here in Nashville today! I kindof wish it would, 'cause if it didn't, it'd be a waste of an otherwise beautiful day! When the clouds get this dark and gloomy, it may as well pour down raining!
You live in Nashville? WOW!!! I've been there! Loved it and also the family who welcomed me. :nod:

Here it's still like spring, my favourite season. :D

[Themis]

Snow. :( But did that surprise anyone? Around - 1°C.

[Virgil]

Hot. Over 60F/16C. I'm happy but they can't stop the heat in my office, so it's sweltering in here.

[Koa]

Sunny and warm again :rolleyes: Must have been at least 10 degrees warmer than yesterday :confused:

[sdr4jc]

You live in Nashville? WOW!!! I've been there! Loved it and also the family who welcomed me. :nod:

Here it's still like spring, my favourite season. :D


Yes ma'am, I do!! Been here three years and counting! I love it here, wouldn't trade it for the world! Pretty countryside...

It stormed again today. Power even went out for a little while. I probably have hail dents in my truck!! It got pretty rough...72F and a light breeze when not raining.

[rachel]

how absolutely adorable, from Nashville. everything about you gets sweeter and sweeter. I feel like I need to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. God bless America( I really mean that)

[Pensive]

It is a little cloudy today.

[Themis]

It's snowing and not looking like it's going to stop anytime soon.

[Logos]

Yesterday it was a balmy spring-like 15C-59F..

today? -5C - 23F and a blizzard going on.

:cold: :flare: :eek2: :goof: :rolleyes:

[Virgil]

Gorgeous, except for the strong wind: 65F/18C. Spring!

[rachel]

hey Logos,
how are you, been thinking about you a lot lately and those beautiful windows you look out of.
It is spring out and I feel restless.

[NNoah3]

Lucky you Rachel!!!!!

Here it is too cold!!!. We are warning about a storm that approaches to this weekend.
Last weekend we were hitting by a storm that left some people dead and others were incommunicados for almost two days.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

I was out of town yesterday, some 250km north of here, and the temperature stuck right on the freezing point. Slippery would be an understatement... Today it's thawing, and tomorrow is expected to be even warmer :D but wait: I know its a trick... I've seen it before. :rolleyes:

Some of the snow will melt, sure, but then the cold weather will return with a vengeance... and everything will be frozen solid (Groan). Still, it's something we have to get through in order to reach the spring.

[Themis]

It's starting to get unbelievable but it's still snowing. :eek:

[Pensive]

I want snow! I need snow!

[Petrarch's Love]

I've got snow and I'll rent it out to you. Care to haggle on the price? :D If you like, there are some high winds I could throw in with it as well, and the freezing temperatures are free of charge. ;)

[Virgil]

It's starting to get unbelievable but it's still snowing. :eek:
My God, Themis. Where do you live? Mt. Everest? ;)

[Themis]

@Virgil: No. We've got more oxygen.
Still Vienna. ;)

[Pensive]

I've got snow and I'll rent it out to you. Care to haggle on the price? :D If you like, there are some high winds I could throw in with it as well, and the freezing temperatures are free of charge. ;)

Thanks Petratch. :banana:

[Petrarch's Love]

Thanks Petratch.

No problem. You wouldn't have any spring weather you'd like to offer as an exchange would you? Well, I actually may not need it for the next week or so since I'm off to California tomorrow where the weather is always temperate. :banana:

[Jay]

icky
. . .

[Themis]

SUNNY! :banana: It has 2 °C and the snow is almost gone, finally. :D

Edit: 9°C. :)

[AimusSage]

sunny, windy and some 7 degrees C. Finally some the weather seems to be improving. :)

[Pensive]

It was beautiful in the morning. I loved running, while the cold wind touched me. It was a wonderful morning.

[Themis]

Sunny again and somewhere in Vienna it's supposed to have 7°C. :banana:

[adilyoussef]

Beautifully beautiful. Already Spring here. Sunny as usual and cool as I like it.

[ElizabethSewall]

Rainy but I like it.

[Virgil]

Cooler than spring, but warmer than winter. It must be March!

[Pensive]

We are using fans. It is getting hot day by day! I thought it was Spring but Spring in my city is just like this.

[AimusSage]

*looks out the window* Ugh, at least it's not raining anymore :)

[Petrarch's Love]

65F (18C) and sunny! The Californians are complaining about the winter weather :lol: but I'm enjoying wearing shorts while walking on the beach with the family dog. :D

[AimusSage]

I'm jealous, I'm lucky if it doesn't rain all summer. But hey, at least it's unlikely we'll have a water shortage in the Netherlands. I think we'll sooner sink into the sea before our water runs out. :D

[NNoah3]

It's a beautiful sunny day!!!!! http://www.websmileys.com/sm/happy/1417.gifhttp://www.websmileys.com/sm/cool/653.gif
The Spring is here!! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[Koa]

Finally, the first day with a spring temperature. Shame I went out to the balcony during the only 2 minutes while the sun was hiding, so I thought it was still quite cold... and I had to carry my coat on my arm all day :roll:

[Petrarch's Love]

Back in the chill of the windy city and California dreaming...

[Ryduce]

It rained yesterday,but today was absolutely beautiful.

[adilyoussef]

Changing from warm to cold. I hate that.

[Pensive]

Changing from cold to warm. I hate that.

[emily655321]

:lol: @ Pensive

I was thinking the same thing, today. It's getting warmer here, too.

Sunny. Supposed to be 50 F/10 C today. Right now it's 40 F/4 C.

[Pensive]

I don't know why, I have always been a cold-weather person. I don't like sunny days. I spent the whole previous winter wearing half sleeves shirt most of the time. My mom was angry at me but the cold did not even affect me.

My mother tells me that when I was a very young baby, I used to crawl near Air Conditioner in Summer and I used to take the bed near Air Conditioner before anyone else would do so. I was not a very active baby in my childhood but in Summer, I used to become very active. Air Conditioner and Mangoes were my weaknesses.

[Sarah's_Chanson]

I think Britain is getting some kind of tropical storm. Just without the heat.

It's incredibly windy, incredibly wet and very grey skies.

[Virgil]

I haven't been out yet, but it looks gorgeous from the window. Sunny and clear and spring like. My favorite time of the year.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Low pressure moving in and the temperature finally edged above the freezing level. Guess what? It's raining cats and dogs. That'll be nice when it freezes over again later tonight (doh!) :rolleyes: : Picture Bambi on the ice, and you will know what it's going to be like. :eek2:

/Claes

[Koa]

It was very grey again today... but not too cold (hmm well I was out only for a few minutes).

[emily655321]

Perhaps tomorrow or the next day you folks across the pond will get the nice weather we had today in America. :nod: Here's hoping.

[Matilda]

I absolutely hate this weather. we still have about 30 centimetres of snow, and it's been raining for a week!!

[NNoah3]

Perhaps tomorrow or the next day you folks across the pond will get the nice weather we had today in America. :nod: Here's hoping.

I am wondering where in America are you having a nice weather.....:)

I am in America also and here is raining since yesterday, fortunately not too cold. :nod:

[WhimsySA]

Hi guys,
I was just wondering how the weather is where you live. It's freezing cold here in Ficksburg, South Africa (7.1 C)(it don't sound so cold but trust me for S.A. it is!!)

[Scheherazade]

Second week in a row that we get wonderfully nice weather for this time of the year in the UK during the week (on Friday it was 25 C!!!) and on Saturday morning, we wake up to rain and clouds. If you don't make any plans for the weekend, that is all fine of course because, living in the UK, one does get used to rain. However, if you did have plans for going on a picnic (how daring!), then it might cause 'a little' disappointment.

*sighs*

Hey, having a picnic in one's living room - complete with the blanket, shorts and the picnic basket you had prepared the night before - is not that bad either! And there are no ants to worry about!

[Petrarch's Love]

Sorry your picnic plans were spoiled Scher. Hope you have a good indoor picnic.
Here it's too cold for May. :cold: I had to drag my wool sweater and overcoat out just when I thought I could safely store them away and I've been going through multiple cups of tea trying to keep my hands warm (they've turned off the heat for the year so it's cold inside). At least today it's been consistently in the 40'sF (between about 4 and 8 degrees C). Yesterday was raining, with temps in the 30's and windchill close to freezing. I'm thankful there are leaves on the trees now though.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Second week in a row that we get wonderfully nice weather for this time of the year in the UK during the week (on Friday it was 25 C!!!) and on Saturday morning, we wake up to rain and clouds.Yep. It has been very nice for a while, but rainclouds are approaching, and I expext foul weather by noon. Due to the prevailing winds, the weather in the U.K. is what we usually get one or two days later (and I sometimes wish you would keep it ;) :D ).

/Claes

[WhimsySA]

Sunny & 15 C. A slight breeze but nothing to worry about. It is actually quite cold for this time of year even though we are going into winter, however I am sitting in a T-shirt so I suppose it's not that bad.

[adilyoussef]

Sunny and cool, about 25C°.

[kathycf]

Rain today,(May 14th) and it has rained since last Tuesday. It is expected to rain until next weekend. Did I mention it is raining? :P and a mite chilly too.

[Scheherazade]

Due to the prevailing winds, the weather in the U.K. is what we usually get one or two days later (and I sometimes wish you would keep it ;) :D ).

/ClaesBeg to differ! I don't think we are passing them on soon enough! :D

[kathycf]

Did I by chance mention the record rains in Massachusetts, USA in my earlier post? State governor has just declared a state of emergency and called in the local National Guard...Yikes!! :eek:

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h56/kathycf/mitchell.jpg
Image from Rick Mitchell courtesy of WCVB channel 5 news, Boston
Flooded cars in Cummings Park parking lot in Woburn, Massachusetts

[Nightshade]

Beg to differ! I don't think we are passing them on soon enough! :D
OH I dont know scher last week we had nice weather but today is rain rain and more rain.


Actually come to think of it I didnt like the weather last week ity was too hot bu it was lovley summer rain when it did rain not grey spring/ autum rain.

[ElizabethSewall]

Hot! Too hot... ~sighs~

[Pensive]

Oh, it is very hot today. A few days ago, the temperature reached 47 C in my city and 49 in a nearby city.

[Nightshade]

RAIN RAIN RAIN and I did a mock driving test ( and failed :() And then afterwards when Im driving back Im think this weather sis soo bad I cant see But the truth was I forgot to put my glasses back on :eek:

[Pensive]

I am sorry for you Night but I am sure that next time you are going to pass.

[Pensive]

Weather is SPLENDED! What a nice surprise after so many days! Last time, it was raining when I wrote the poem about it and now here it is again. Raining heavily, I can't believe it. :D :banana: :D

[smilingtearz]

warm......

[Weeping Willow]

It is HOT AS HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ClaesGefvenberg]

It turned out nice this weekend... and we needed that: The 2006 World Gliding Campionships (http://www.wgc2006.se/) is in progress a kilometer or two from my house:

/Claes

[Pensive]

Oh weather was much better and cold yesterday but there is no sign of rain today. It is hot.

[Chava]

Cold, and drizzeling

[Shannanigan]

sunny and windy, supposed to drizzle a little later today

[Themis]

It's raining and once again, it's very cold. :(

[Pensive]

The wind is blowing, but it is more of a mud storm than rain.

[Chava]

very friendly and life confirming

[Chava]

the tree's are sneezing

[Shannanigan]

I haven't seen a drop of sunlight all day...so much for summer

[thingamajig]

Well we recently had our coldest day in 10 years!!! Believe me it was freezing!! It snowed and @ night it was -10

FRRREEEEZZZIIINNG!! :cold:

[Shea]

It's HOT here in Florida. Sometimes I have a hard time getting my pup Bonny to go outside. When she comes in, she slurps down a bunch of water. At least we haven't had any hurricanes...yet...

[Pensive]

It rained yesterday after a break of two months! I wish it will rain again, soon!

[Virgil]

Why is this a new thread? Didn't we already have a thread on the weather in your location?

Nice summer day here. Warm but not too humid.

[Madhuri]

It is the rainy season and usually the weather is pleasant and sometimes humid.

[peterk]

19C, about average, nice and sunny!
July was the hottest month since records began in 1692 here!

[Idril]

It's been a HOT summer here in North Dakota, most of July was either in the 90's or the 100's and August is typically our hottest month so it's not over yet. And it's been very dry, we've had only slightly more than a drop of rain all summer, the grass is brown and the crops are scorched. Today is pretty managable though, only 83, this I can deal with. :nod:

[grace86]

It is absolutely gorgeous outside today. No clouds, about 76 F. What a beautiful Sunday. It has been like this for a few days now - I am grateful.

[Shannanigan]

After a full week of full-out DOWNPOUR off of Tropical Storm Chris, today is the second nice, sunny day...and the last for the next week, according to forecasts :(

[Shea]

Ugh, pretty normal, brutally hot, but fortunately that makes it rain and cools things down.

[Pensive]

It is good, not as hot as it was in June and July. Even May was more hot.

[Madhuri]

I wish for rainfall. It is so hot and humid. Why is summer so long?????

[thevintagepiper]

19C, about average, nice and sunny!
July was the hottest month since records began in 1692 here!


lol. It's usually 38 C here.

It got up to 48 recently.

[Pensive]

We are again having a very hot weather....

[Madhuri]

Hot and humid. Why doesnt it rain???

[AimusSage]

Oh but it does. Just not in the place you and I want it to rain.

[Boris239]

The weather is pretty good- no rain and not outrageously hot

[Pensive]

The weather is pretty bad - no rain and a very hot sun. I can't wait for the Winter to come!

[aeroport]

At long last! A full thunderstorm to accompany my all-nighter with Lynne Truss. It has not really rained for a month or more, but even now, with the advent of the dawn, the densest, most delightful cloud remains hanging over our little city.

[Madhuri]

It did rain, but is humid now.

[thevintagepiper]

Pretty hot, but with a breeze.

[white camellia]

What a relief that the long hot summer has faded into such a soft day with the wind of autumn.

[Virgil]

Beautiful summer day here. Not too hot but warmer than autumn.

[BlueRose]

Horrible hot summer here, I'm melting away...

[AimusSage]

Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, no rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, no rain.

Something like that. :(

I don't generally mind rain, but this is getting ridiculous, it's summer!

[Idril]

It's been a very pleasant day today but the skies are clouding up, I think they may be some thunderstorms on the way.

[Pensive]

It's still hot over here.

[kathycf]

After a miserable spring and brutal July, August thus far has been very nice.

[thevintagepiper]

Cool for summer here, but very sunny and only 33% humidity. 100 F, 38 C.

[AimusSage]

I should complain about the rain more often, It's all sunshine today :D

[Chava]

wall of water

[Virgil]

Beautiful summer day again. Warm but not hot. We've had a string of three weeks with fine weather.

[kathycf]

Beautiful summer day again. Warm but not hot. We've had a string of three weeks with fine weather.

Same here, but then New York is only about 5 hours drive from me. :)

I love this weather!

[Shannanigan]

really....freaking....hot!

[Virgil]

Same here, but then New York is only about 5 hours drive from me. :)

I love this weather!

I was up your way last weekend, Kathy. My wife and I spent a few days on Marth's Vineyard.

[kathycf]

Oh, nice Virgil. I have lived in Mass. my whole life, but have never visited either Nantucket or Martha's Vineyard. I have been to Cape Cod. (Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard are islands off the coast of Cape Cod.) For folks not familiar with the area--the cape is the "arm" part of Massachusetts that hooks out into the ocean. There is only one route of access from any other part of the state; the Sagamore bridge. Having been stuck in traffic on a Friday afternoon there for 4 hours (with my ex) I have not had the urge to return.

However, it is a lovely area and I have heard the Vineyard is wonderful. And of course, the weather around here has been just great. I hope you and your wife enjoyed your visit.

[Virgil]

However, it is a lovely area and I have heard the Vineyard is wonderful. And of course, the weather around here has been just great. I hope you and your wife enjoyed your visit.

We had a nice time but the boat ride (we took the one from Rhode Island) back hit turbulent waters and it made me sick. An hour and a half of sea sickness. Yuck. Yes I was one of a few who barfed. :D But our days on the Vineyard was very pleasant.

[totyfroty]

the weather here is so hot you cannot imagine how hot it is

take care

have a nice day

[Madhuri]

It is pleasant, not too hot.

[Virgil]

Rain now for a couple of days. More rain to come.

[Pensive]

It is much better than before, not too hot.

[Idril]

Hot and windy!

[miss tenderness]

very very hot, abit humid!

[Shannanigan]

Really, really hot with 0 humidity...

The tropical storms keep just barely missing us, so they suck up all the moisture and leave us with HEAT HEAT HEAT

[ElizabethSewall]

Grey and cold... but I enjoy it.

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
-Albert Camus

[ktd222]

threatening, with a chance of cats falling from kitty heaven.

[Madhuri]

It is becoming pleasant, day by day.

[Pensive]

Wind was blowing a few hours back.

[kathycf]

Nice, but a little cool for this time of year. I needed a blanket on my bed last night. And some of the leaves on the trees are starting to change color as well....feels weird. Does anyone else think the summer just flew by? :(

[Shannanigan]

Ugh, still sticky-hot, I'm tempted to take 2-3 showers a day...

[Schokokeks]

Yay, today's first day of sunshine after one month of rain ! However, it's still quite cool, but I won't give up the comeback of summer yet.

[Shannanigan]

9 am and sweltering once again, even with my shorter hair...

[Madhuri]

Very pleasant.

[Virgil]

Humid and warm. Waiting for whatever is left of Hurricane Ernesto.

[kathycf]

Partly sunny, cool and dry. Feels like autumn.