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Ah, not quite so mad as it seems, then!
posted by
Antonionioni
on June 8, 2007 at 8:19 AM
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I got the times wrong - it's before ten and after four.
posted by
mneme
on June 8, 2007 at 4:13 AM
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tonyzonit
No, I think they just get up early.
posted by
mneme
on June 8, 2007 at 4:11 AM
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Thanks for filling me in on that, Mneme.
So lt's get this straight - you're only allowed to water the garden (with a hose or even with a watering can?) on Sunday and Wednesday daytimes? So does everyone rush home from work on Wednesday lunchtime to water their gardens? That sounds somewhat comical!!
posted by
Antonionioni
on June 2, 2007 at 5:04 AM
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tonyzonit
the water nazis patrol suburbia to make sure you are not:
-watering the garden except sundays and wednesdays after 10am and before 4pm
-washing your car with a hose
-hosing down your driveway; no hard surfaces to be hosed including windows. you should see the kinds of contortions necessary to clean them by hand, especially upstairs.
Also
- no automatic sprinklers
- written permission to water your new turf, for one hour a week only (!)
- a written licence to fill your pool when you put one in. Takes about four days.
Now you know.
posted by
mneme
on June 2, 2007 at 4:23 AM
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Hi Mneme - I bet it is nice in Oz most of the year.
I gather there's a bit of a water shortage over there, though. Is it possible for people to keep on hosing their lawns and flower beds all th ough the hot weather. In Britain, such things are usually banned if we do get a spell of dry weather. But then, any sort of weather at all usually brings the trains to a halt, so maybe it's just us!
posted by
Antonionioni
on June 2, 2007 at 4:07 AM
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True, Proc. The main good thing about the summer is the light - I hate the
darkness of winter. I don't know how people in Norway and places like that put up with the long dark winters....
posted by
Antonionioni
on June 2, 2007 at 4:05 AM
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tonyzonit
Great, evocative - but the summers are getting better there. My daughter and her cousin were both born in June and for a family birthday lunch once we remarked how nice it was to be able to sit outside... in June. You couldn't always count on it. Conversely, it is still possible to sit outside in Oz on the first day of winter (1st of June).
posted by
mneme
on June 2, 2007 at 4:03 AM
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Hi Chris - and it's OK today but look out for more rain tomorrow!
We're spending a few days in Wales in early July - crossed fingers for a rain-free period then, but the rest of the ime I don't mind it - it's needed! We all go on holiday abroad these days anyway. Apart from me, that is!
posted by
Antonionioni
on June 2, 2007 at 4:02 AM
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Hi Kabu - I know what you mean, though. I think this year's summer
was in February...
posted by
Antonionioni
on June 2, 2007 at 3:59 AM
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It sounds lovely,especially sitting where I am in the middle of a wet ,cold
New Zealand weather. Today as I stood on the sidelines of a soccer game one of our English mums made the comment that her son was used to playing in this wet weather although its later in the year. Tony,enjoy your summer. The cold days come too soon.
posted by
proc
on June 2, 2007 at 3:59 AM
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Sorry to hear about that, Joe
Do mosquitoes only bother certain people and leave others alone. I'm quite lucky, I never get insect bites, but others - often girls - seem to get them all the time!
posted by
Antonionioni
on June 2, 2007 at 3:58 AM
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Hi Tony-you are so right about our weather! It simply could NOT have been
Sunny-for the B/H week end-could it! And yes-no one knows WHAT to wear-Ha but-beautifull now! Chris.
posted by
Scramble
on June 2, 2007 at 2:46 AM
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Tony I once missed an English summer. I had a late night, slept in
and the sun had gone. Of course you've heard that one before from every Aussie who ever visited the old dart.
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posted by
Kabu
on June 1, 2007 at 10:56 PM
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Tony
As a warm weather fanatic, I can handle the humidity and the sweat - but those damned mosquitos are bloody maddening! 
posted by
Enigmatic68
on June 1, 2007 at 7:33 PM
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Sorry Pat - you have a point - maybe I should choose one decent font
and stick to it...
posted by
Antonionioni
on June 1, 2007 at 4:45 PM
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Thanks so much Red Roz!!!!! Everyone has heir own style - you got yours!
posted by
Antonionioni
on June 1, 2007 at 4:44 PM
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Hi Dark Mistress - thanks.Hey, this is pretty busy for Friday night!
posted by
Antonionioni
on June 1, 2007 at 4:43 PM
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2nd to last one hurts my eyes.
posted by
Sudanym_
on June 1, 2007 at 4:14 PM
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maybe it's just me but i don't like the last 2 fonts. The last one is hard to read, the the before hurts my eyes.
posted by
Sudanym_
on June 1, 2007 at 4:12 PM
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Hey! Wish I could write like you!
posted by
Red_Roz
on June 1, 2007 at 3:26 PM
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Well written
posted by
dark_mistress
on June 1, 2007 at 3:00 PM
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I feel sorry for you Bhaskar - I was reading about the cooler hill stations
in Greenfields' blog the other day. That's what we Brits did when we were there (behaving in our usual superior way) - went up into the cooler hills.
posted by
Antonionioni
on June 1, 2007 at 11:42 AM
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Thanks OTA! And let's hope I need to borrow those sunglasses!
posted by
Antonionioni
on June 1, 2007 at 11:40 AM
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Thanks, Dylan - yes, a bet on a British winner, anyone?!
posted by
Antonionioni
on June 1, 2007 at 11:39 AM
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Hi Troosha - thanks - I think the forecast is OK for Sat and rain for Sun!
posted by
Antonionioni
on June 1, 2007 at 11:38 AM
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Tony/Troosha
Summer arrived? Here in India, we are praying it to go...the heat is so unbearable 46* C.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on June 1, 2007 at 11:29 AM
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Tony
stay cool Sonnet man!
posted by
Blue_feathers
on June 1, 2007 at 11:21 AM
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Good poem, good sense of humor.
I look forward to Wimbledon every year!
posted by
Dyl_Pickle
on June 1, 2007 at 11:13 AM
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Tony
Good to hear some "summer" weather has arrived. Long awaiting I think as has been the case. It's a glorious sunny day here. Hope it hangs in for your weekend and you can have some summer fun - sweat and all.
posted by
Troosha
on June 1, 2007 at 10:32 AM
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