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You know when you are in Cali when:
Everyones dying because humidity reached 60% for two days during the summer..
The sound of thunder in July makes every headline
You huddle up next to a camp fire on the beach
Fog is your best friend..and a great beach day..
Your toes..and other more sensitive parts.."thoroughly enjoy" taking a dip in the ocean, during the summer..
"Heavy" rain equals .50" and is depicted as a medium green on local radar..
You can't see the mountains less than 10 miles away on a warm summer afternoon..
You can't cozy up to a fire in the fire place on a rare cold winter's night..yes,..thats a law here now..
The hills in summer are about as Golden as a medium tan..
You "gear up" for mud slide season..
There exists something called "Earthquake Weather"..IE a couple warm summer days with humidity readings in the 60's or 70's and perhaps..a chance of ...or passing drip here, drop there Thunderstorm...
Sol and Fran are in bed, and Fran pokes Sol in the ribs, "Would you close the window? It's cold outside." Sol mumbles, "So if I close the window, will it be warm outside?"
Did you know that England is the only country where there is a veritable statistical peak in "traveller's suicide" by travellers who visit the UK for more than 2 weeks on holiday due to such unexpectedly dull and drizzly weather.
"According to the NHS: TACCAD (traveller's acute crap climate affective disorder) - An extreme manifestation of the similar SAD (seasonal affective disorder) that has been known to particularly affect long term visitors or holidaymakers coming to the UK from, well, pretty much anywhere else really, except maybe Iceland.
Symptoms may include:
Unexplained changes in character and extreme lethargy
Walking into stuff (their eyes aren't used to such low level daytime darkness)
Severe depression and suicidal tendencies
Suicide
We would urge all visitors to the UK to limit their length of visit to just one weekend unless visiting any time between 1st June - 31st July."
That is sad, but interesting at the same time.
We're nearly that dark, but rather than being continuously filled with "doom-and-gloom"
we're occaisionaly filled with shock, mild panic and rage to the bitter cold
and that probably helps break up the extreme lethargy.
That being said, I believe a Canadian resident visiting the UK in winter should be okay,
as when it's dark but mild, people tend to feel less grumpy because it's not a "battle" to go outdoors.
A Canadian tourist to the UK in winter could keep reminding themselves
"...this is Dec, Jan or Feb; my skin should be stinging or numb, so this dreariness is comparatively nice..."
over and over, to drown out what their eyes are telling them. (perhaps even screaming at them, lol)
"Everyone complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it." --Mark Twain
Oh believe me I have set up plans to blast hot, dry air into the atmosphere where clouds form to evaporate them for some sunshine. Now can you say controversy or what?
Oh believe me I have set up plans to blast hot, dry air into the atmosphere where clouds form to evaporate them for some sunshine. Now can you say controversy or what?
I'll even help to take those clouds off your shoulders. We see too much sun! Everyone here wears sunglasses 24/7, we all look like Terminators, without the leather jacket, it's too hot for that.
You know youre from Chicago when in January it hits 60 degrees and everyone is wearing shorts, but when it hits 60 in July everyone is shivering and wearing thick coats.
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