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Night Dea. Hope you have a peaceful night.


We're late cos OH is watching a film we have seen umpteen times before.

It isn't as though we don't know how it ends........ :-\

For Gin the lowest I have ever had was -42 where we used to spend Christmas with friends when kids were with us, it was generally in negative 20's or 30's highest 34 (humdex over 40) locally

R

Hi all
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visit to doc's OK, got new prescriptions, know what they'll be looking for when I go for the extra squish next Tuesday ............. soemthing wasn't quite clear enough, but probably all OK.

Had afternoon coffee


sun is shining ...... "they" said it would be raining!



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for Gins


lowest ever in Vancouver ..... -18C (our first Christmas here!)

average winter .......... ca -5C (range 7C down to -15C)

freezing ........... 0C (which is = 32F)

average summer range ......... 18C to 25C (daytime)

hottest ever .......... ca 35C



coldest I've ever been in ............... -42C

hottest I've ever been in ............. +40C



we also have the humidex that R mentioned. The humidity is usually pretty high as we are on the coast ....... and that will have the effect of making the temperature feel 5-10C warmer than it actually is.


Similarly, in winter we have the wind chill effect, which makes the temperature feel as though it is up to 10C lower than it actually is.

Coldest period in Vancouver is January - February

Warmest late July to very early September



does that answer your question?



s
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It is winter here but it is not cold enough in the mountains... supposed to be the ski-ing season and there is no sight of snow. Queenstown is not in a very happy place at the moment.

Oz had snow at Mt Hotham Victoria last summer... now that is a a great ski-ing place... it is the only mountain I have been on where you drive right over the top of it and the chair lifts and skiers are along side you. We had to have chains on the car and the snow was thick as .. all the cars in the carpark were mounds of snow.. it was winter then though.

Auckland can have four seasons in one day.... you never know what is going to happen. The weather forecasters have a 50/50 chance of getting it right.

Fans my lamp post is a Fortnum and Mason purchase LOL... no it is in the Wellington Botanical Gardens...

Persie

There was a 7.2 earthquake off coast of Alaska a short time ago. They issued a tsunami warning, but there have no reports of injuries or deaths

Breakfast is ready


Tea, coffee, juices


Cold cereals:-
Corn Flakes, Weetabix, AllBran, Muesli, Cocoa Pops, Shredded Wheat, Rice Crispies

Hot cereal:-
Porridge, Maple Nut Instant Oatmeal



In the warmer:-

bacon, sausage patties, cheesy potato patties, omelettes, frittata, grilled tomatoes, grilled mushrooms, Maple baked beans


Buttermilk Dollar Pancakes, French toast, Maple syrup, Saskatoon Berry Fruit Syrup


Toast (sourdough, rye, white, whole grain, 100% brown, Hovis, gluten free), crumpets, cranberry & orange muffins


Jams, jellies, lemon marmalade, marmite, peanut butter, vegemite



enjoy!




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Hmmm interesting weather you have over in CA....far too cold for my liking.

Syl I'll have some sweaty feet today with warm mlk......have yo got any nannas to chop over the top?

I guess you'll be orf to bed soon...night sylv sleep well

Well, I am very happy to leave all the 'sweaty feet' for Ginns.

I am off to get me a BIG plate ful of the hot stuff...............yummm !!!! :-D

'Little fat pancakes' to follow.

Thank you Sylvia <3

Dea x

What are maple baked beans please? Willing to give them a shot.

Glad the news is okay from the docs Sylvs. Sleep well.

Thinking of a trip to Canada then Gins?

Our weather is just lovely....well, today anyway :-D

Friday is my 'take it easy' day......love it...no pressure :-D

Nite nite Sylvia.

Dea x

Just how many times does your washing machine go on in a week. Mines on every day and I still seem to have a basket full of dirty clothes

Its just taken me longer to peg out than it did for the washer to do its stuff

And........its now gorn cloudy :-(

Hi all

Washing gets done when needed...so when there is a full load of darks ect, there is only two of us after all.
My neighbours seem to have a line full of washing everyday all through the year...again just two of them, I recon they must have contenence probs with all that lot.

When I was working I had a uniform as such with large aprons they were greenish to start then they changed them to white of all colours.
Well HID decided to work there too so we had ten of them to wash each week....lovely tangled mess of apron strings to undo

ja...x

Hmmmmm,if any of you are bored there is an interesting post on Gen on fb that could do with some TLC...:)

Must dash...Things to do and nobody to see :-D

There's only two of us but the washer is on at least five days a week I guess.

And nope....


not incontinent either :-P


Why does your 'interesting' post on fb have to be a Scottish one.......divil of a job sometimes. :-(

Ja...x even I know to tie apron strings together in a tight bow before chucking in the washer

Anyone able to help om my Huddersfield/USA thread?

Its much more fun getting 10 tangled heavy wet aprons out of the machine :-D The ties were really long too, as I used to end up tieing them up at the front when I wore mine....then I was a size 8 then.

I did like the fact our aprons were whiter than everyone elses that was because I used vanish in every wash amazing how it got ketchup mustard and bbq sauce out

ja...x

Size 8??? You must have been about 10 years old then!!

My left leg is a size 8 ;-)

ja...x, I never ceased to be amazed at the number of members who have posted 50+ threads and don't return to read replies or, they ask the most basic family history questions which even I could answer!!

And when I say basic, I mean basic.....cos I'm not a whizz kid like the rest of you.

I can only think that they have done a lot of chatting rather than a lot of research???

No I was up until about two and a half years ago 8st 7lb and 5' 7" now height is still the same but almost 11st unfortunatly...have no idea what clothes size I am now though :-(

ja...x