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« Reply #30 on Dec 13, 2011, 2:28am » | ![[Quote]](http://images.proboards.com/buttons/quote.gif "[Quote]") |
I understand, spindrift. Here I believe anyone with money converted their single-glazed Victorian windows to double-glazed many decades before, sometimes even in Edwardian times or at least before the Second World War. But we have, or at least had, utterly frigid winters. And alas a lot of the later, more plebian replacements did not respect any style.
Yes, that kind of damp cold can be far worse than severe but dry cold, as long as one is dressed for the latter.
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| | Re: Winter blues, and fighting it
« Reply #31 on Dec 13, 2011, 10:42am » | |
i slept till like 11 today, and i am still tired. outside it looks like it was already late afternoon (it isn't even 12 yet). i think i should just sleep through winter and stay awake all summer...
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« Reply #33 on Dec 15, 2011, 10:39am » | |
Dec 13, 2011, 9:33pm, spindrift wrote:we had a storm last night with high winds and rain lashing the windows.
It was so noisy that is kept me awake for nearly an hour!
Today we had overcast skies with lowering grey rainclouds edged with a sinister yellow 
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How did your new gutters handle it, Spin, no leaks I hope
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« Reply #34 on Dec 15, 2011, 7:03pm » | |
We have inherited the British storm.
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« Reply #36 on Dec 16, 2011, 6:34pm » | |
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« Reply #37 on Dec 16, 2011, 8:39pm » | |
wow, the weather got even nastier today, lots of rain, and then rain and snow mixed. that was while we were in the sauna though, so we were nice and warm at least. just the way home was cold.
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« Reply #38 on Dec 16, 2011, 8:47pm » | |
but i realized a few days ago that now is the time of the year to listen to the christmas oratorio over and over again... so that is helping me fight the winter blues right now...
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« Reply #39 on Oct 17, 2012, 1:46am » | |
Oh, it is getting to be that time of year again. Not many hours of light... Really must fight the blues.
On the other hand, they have finally finished repaving my street after infrastructure work that started on 10 April...
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« Reply #40 on Oct 17, 2012, 8:15am » | |
A warm 31 degrees yesterday, a little cloud cover but forecast for 33 degrees today. The rest of the week will be hovering above 30 degrees but next week probably all the way down to mid-twenties.
Sunrise is at 6.45am and sunset about 6pm.
I think I'm quite lucky.
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« Reply #41 on Oct 19, 2012, 11:11pm » | |
I can't imagine you are likely to have the blues as you might in places much more northerly or southerly. Is Jordan low-lying, mostly? You can get quite a bit of cold rain and even snow in Levantine countries with higher ground.
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« Reply #42 on Oct 20, 2012, 6:20am » | |
I used to get the blues when I lived in Europe, but not really now.
A lot of Jordan to the south is relatively low, but here in Amman I'm at over 1000m, so I do get some shitty weather.
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« Reply #43 on Oct 20, 2012, 6:54pm » | |
I don't think I get seasonal affective disorder...but I find the winter quite difficult. There's not much to do in the garden, no bumblebees to make me smile....the madness of yuletide and all the associated stress. It's dark when I go to work, and it's dark when I come home...
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There are the bonfire parties on November 5th, the lights and fireworks of Diwali...when the 'Golden Mile' is open until late at night with lovely Indian food shops brightly lit selling delicious food...the bonkers shopping before christmas...the bonkers shopping after christmas...being snug indoors and then realising that it's snowing outside...going to christmas markets...feeding the birds in the garden... working over the holiday and decorating my lab coat with tinsel and holly....the Dr Who Christmas Special...looking through seed catalogues in January planning what I'll be growing in the next season....
I think I'm trying to cheer myself up 
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« Reply #44 on Oct 26, 2012, 1:14am » | |
That is nice, cheery. I hate winter. Those events do sound cheery. (Sorry).
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