Bellend Sebastian Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 I liked it when I was in Crete stuffing my face on all inclusive gateaus and drinking cappucinos and beers by the pool while the in laws looked after our kid. When I'm working in a poorly ventilated office for *****, have to walk two miles home and then cook the dinner it appeals a lot less
pSinatra Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 Just checked the BBC weather forecast & it's sun, sun, sun. It says the temperature right now is 24C. Next week is going to be even hotter & up to 32C by Wednesday.
MooseBreath Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 Love it between 24 and 30. Any hotter and physical activity starts to get sweaty. If I'm on holiday then anything up to 35 is great. There are few things I enjoy more than a hot summers evening, and few things I enjoy less than relentless dreary cold crap. I really need to emigrate.
OzFox Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 Love it between 24 and 30. Any hotter and physical activity starts to get sweaty. If I'm on holiday then anything up to 35 is great. There are few things I enjoy more than a hot summers evening, and few things I enjoy less than relentless dreary cold crap. I really need to emigrate. Told you before, I'll do you a swap any day. A few weeks in Queensland and you'll be squealing for mercy
MooseBreath Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 Told you before, I'll do you a swap any day. A few weeks in Queensland and you'll be squealing for mercy Been there, done it, loved it.
Ford Super Sunday Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 The stifling heat indoors and the blistering heat from 11-6pm is not so fun and I'd rather do without it. It's such an energy sapper. However I love the dead early mornings and the late cool evenings, I love not having to second guess what I need to take with me when going out somewhere as well. I do cope better than I did when I was a fat 16 stone lardy too, surprisingly.
Manwell Pablo Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 I reckon we get such a heavy and muggy sun in the UK. Always seems fresher abroad. When it's been 40 degrees abroad, it doesn't feel as muggy as 26+ degrees here. Could be the fact you often holiday near a coastline?
ScouseFox Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 Agree with the general opinions in this thread. When it's a weekend and you can hit a pub garden/go the races/meet up with some mates and have a load of beers going on into the nice warm evening then it's lovely. When you're in work in a uniform sweating out of every hole you own and watching everyone else enjoy the sun out your window it is very unpleasant. It's proper unenjoyable trying to sleep in this heat too.
MooseBreath Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 Could be the fact you often holiday near a coastline? And the fact that hot places are geared up for hot weather. People are more relaxed, wear more suitable clothes, take siestas, everywhere has at least a fan blowing air around if not AC. In the UK people are still wearing tight jeans and thick t-shirts and walking around at break neck speed in the midday sun. Always gonna be hot.
Manwell Pablo Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 Clearly I'm the only one that works for a company that can afford air conditioning and the only one with a large fan in their bedroom. Love the warm weather certainly better than the alternative and we get very little of it so I'm not going to complain about a few very bearable side affects, will be going for a 3 mile run later!
OzFox Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 Been there, done it, loved it. yeah but like you say, it's always different on holiday. You wanna try living in it. With a cold spell you can wrap up, go out and enjoy it. With the heat, there's not much you can do but run from your air conditioned house, to your air conditioned car to an air conditioned shopping mall.
MooseBreath Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 yeah but like you say, it's always different on holiday. You wanna try living in it. With a cold spell you can wrap up, go out and enjoy it. With the heat, there's not much you can do but run from your air conditioned house, to your air conditioned car to an air conditioned shopping mall. Lived there for six months. Loved every minute. You won't change my mind on this. You want to try living in real physical discomfort for nine months of every year because everytime you go outside or open a window or turn the heating off it is instantly bone shatteringly cold, and grey, and drizzly, and downright shit, forcing you to spend most of your life indoors trolling people on foxestalk because the only other thing you can do in this country is go out and drink so much you forget where you are, and you don't want to do that because your hangovers last three fooking days and you always end up spending about 500% more than you intended.Give me a life where I can go for a quick surf and sunbathe followed by a bit of al fresco dining on a typical evening after work and I reckon I'd live happily ever after.
Bellend Sebastian Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 At least as I'm perpetually knackered I don't have to worry about being able to get to sleep in it. If anything, it helps. Very careful not to go to meetings just after lunch though - how anyone stays awake in those when the weather is like this I haven't a clue
purpleronnie Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 Lived there for six months. Loved every minute. You won't change my mind on this. You want to try living in real physical discomfort for nine months of every year because everytime you go outside or open a window or turn the heating off it is instantly bone shatteringly cold, and grey, and drizzly, and downright shit, forcing you to spend most of your life indoors trolling people on foxestalk because the only other thing you can do in this country is go out and drink so much you forget where you are, and you don't want to do that because your hangovers last three fooking days and you always end up spending about 500% more than you intended. Give me a life where I can go for a quick surf and sunbathe followed by a bit of al fresco dining on a typical evening after work and I reckon I'd live happily ever after. wow you must be cold intollerant, had my heating on for about 3 months tops on and off over the last year...9 months? blimey. Why cold weather or cloudy weather stops people doing things is beyond me. That said there are people who genuinely love the heat and would be quite happy with it 12 months of the year, people are different, shock!!! The only problem I have is the OTT reactions and obsession and in some cases downright lies about the weather we have.
Guest MattP Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 I know peopkle are different but how anyone can prefer the cold to the heat I have no idea.
Manwell Pablo Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 I know peopkle are different but how anyone can prefer the cold to the heat I have no idea. I can if they burn, sunburn hurts. And sun cream is vile stuff.
FoxesAreBlue Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 Work in an Air Con gym but my downside is no windows - so I take every opportunity possible to go out leafleting in town because I LOVE the sun. Can work in tshirt and shorts too which is a bonus.
OzFox Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 Lived there for six months. Loved every minute. You won't change my mind on this. You want to try living in real physical discomfort for nine months of every year because everytime you go outside or open a window or turn the heating off it is instantly bone shatteringly cold, and grey, and drizzly, and downright shit, forcing you to spend most of your life indoors trolling people on foxestalk because the only other thing you can do in this country is go out and drink so much you forget where you are, and you don't want to do that because your hangovers last three fooking days and you always end up spending about 500% more than you intended. Give me a life where I can go for a quick surf and sunbathe followed by a bit of al fresco dining on a typical evening after work and I reckon I'd live happily ever after. Ok. Maybe you're right. You do need to emigrate. Sounds like you'd fit in well here, and you'd get to bait the Aussies for losing at just about everything I lived in England for 35 years. I actually miss that sensation of being bollock freezing, not being able to feel your toes, the crunch of frost underfoot etc
FrankieADZ Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 i love it, only downside to it is when your near someone in a q and they have whacking BO from the heat.
leicsmac Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 The humidity is the killer for me. Loved holidaying where the heat was dry, but the heat here (and in the Far East) was ridiculously stifling. Need a good rainstorm to clear the air a little bit. Much prefer cold to warm - winters in Korea were fantastic, not a cloud in the sky, dry and bright. Just needed to wrap up warm. If they'd take on an unfit nerdy fvck like me I really wouldn't mind doing a stint with the British Antarctic Survey.
Guest MattP Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 I can if they burn, sunburn hurts. And sun cream is vile stuff. Yeah I suppose, fortunately I'm dark enough not to need to use Sun Cream over here.
Fox92 Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 I prefer it being cooler. Not cold as such, but cooler than what it currently is, and has been. Get sweaty easily and it's harder to sleep at night. I catch the Sun quite bad as well, and my legs were sore the last week when all this heat started. I don't think we're ever satisfied though. It's either to cold, or to warm.
FoxesAreBlue Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 I would sell everything I own for a Penney of I could guarantee weather like this, here, 365 days a year.
lavrentis Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 A summer of this is fine but for a full year? No thanks. One of the benefits of the UK is the fact it has 4 seasons.
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