"AlfD " wrote in message
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Hi!

Nice to see the former colonies et al whooping it up!

A bit like children who leave home: attached, yet detached, but in
varying degrees. In fact, looks sometimes as though the aging parents
are becoming dependent on the offspring. I'm probably thinking more of
the huge numbers of personable young Aussies who now seem to run most
of our bars, pubs and restaurants. It's easier to cope with that one
than it is to encompass the many facets of the USA.

I'm an odd mixture, being English (probably many centuries of it in the
family); not a monarchist; haven't yet seen any other system I'd
trust... Bit like Excel.

BTW:
Time was when C _did_ stand for centigrade in England. But our British
weather forecasters (how about that for an oxymoron?) decided to
celebrate Celsius' anniversary by unilaterally changing the style to
Celsius in all the bulletins.
I'm not surprised his scale was "upside down": so's our weather.



I am Swedish living in Virginia USA which has one of the meanest summer
climates,
I drag my little personal cooling aid with me wherever I go

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product...rodid=10036281

at work I run down to start the car and turn on the AC 10 minutes before I
leave.
When my American wife is asleep I run up and change the thermostat to the AC
and then reset it when I leave in the morning.
I spent 6 months in Australia and the northern parts are similar to summer
Virginia with the humidity,
Sydney is much nicer weather-wise then Virginia.
I LOVE British weather, I have visited UK quite a lot and I even spent
some months in Brighton trying to learn English, the weather is perfect.


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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

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