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« on: December 01, 2008, 07:44:42 PM » |
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If we count the last 3 days, it will be two weeks of straight bad weather in Paris for the days to come. This isn't supposed to be Ireland. Sigh.
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jackalope
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« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2008, 07:48:27 PM » |
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*tries to muster some sympathy for poor Verafrance, stuck in Paris*
Sorry, I have nothing for you.
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verafrance
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« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2008, 08:00:58 PM » |
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*tries to muster some sympathy for poor Verafrance, stuck in Paris*
Sorry, I have nothing for you.
The bluish Xmas lights in the Champs Elisées look pretty, even in this godawful mauvais temps. There. And there is hot wine served everywhere. But still, it's not the same as the sun. |
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« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2008, 08:09:42 PM » |
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Oh please, just stop it.
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jackalope
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« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2008, 10:31:00 PM » |
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*tries to muster some sympathy for poor Verafrance, stuck in Paris*
Sorry, I have nothing for you.
The bluish Xmas lights in the Champs Elisées look pretty, even in this godawful mauvais temps. There. And there is hot wine served everywhere. Let the record show that I have declared war against VeraFrance! War I tell you! |
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scheherazade
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« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2008, 10:36:42 PM » |
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I have now dubbed you Verafreedom. So there.
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« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2008, 03:31:23 PM » |
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Here a few hours Northeast of Paris, it has been gray, dark, and cold since Nov 1. Yuck.
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« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2008, 04:15:13 PM » |
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If we count the last 3 days, it will be two weeks of straight bad weather in Paris for the days to come. This isn't supposed to be Ireland. Sigh.
But it is supposed to be winter. Where are you from, Florida?!? Just be glad the fountains aren't frozen in mid-spray, like they were one winter when I lived there. |
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« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2008, 09:03:36 AM » |
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Here a few hours Northeast of Paris, it has been gray, dark, and cold since Nov 1. Yuck.
At least you're not here on the other end of the Eurostar line . . . grey, dark and dank. The worse ever was my second winter/spring in Aberystwyth . . . it rained every single day from New Year's Day until April 1st. |
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« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2008, 09:44:13 AM » |
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If we count the last 3 days, it will be two weeks of straight bad weather in Paris for the days to come. This isn't supposed to be Ireland. Sigh.
I am an expert on these things. I tell you, it's nothing like Ireland. It's cooler and generally drier, in spite of the rain. (Look on your ceiling or in the back of your closet: is there mold? Probably not. If you hang up clothes to dry, do they dry in less than 3 days? Yeah, thought so). This time of year, Paris is also getting about an hour more light than Ireland, and that makes a big difference. The jury is out whether it is more pleasant to spend a grey, wet day, or la grisaille: - wearing an Aran sweater drinking Guinness by a sizzling turf fire in a Connemara pub - or swaddled in black wool, sipping red wine in a cafe on a bustling street in St Germain. |
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« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2008, 11:00:51 AM » |
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The worse ever was my second winter/spring in Aberystwyth . . . it rained every single day from New Year's Day until April 1st.
That name (Aberystwyth) brings up nothing but an image of everlasting cold wet rain in my mind. Maybe they should change the name of the place? |
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« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2008, 11:04:43 AM » |
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The worse ever was my second winter/spring in Aberystwyth . . . it rained every single day from New Year's Day until April 1st.
That name (Aberystwyth) brings up nothing but an image of everlasting cold wet rain in my mind. Maybe they should change the name of the place? Naaah. In summer they get luke-warm rain. Of course, that's only in the years when they get a summer. After two years away from the place, I'd just about dried out . . . so I got a job in Glasgow :-( |
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« Reply #12 on: December 03, 2008, 11:05:44 AM » |
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I am an expert on these things. I tell you, it's nothing like Ireland. It's cooler and generally drier, in spite of the rain. (Look on your ceiling or in the back of your closet: is there mold? Probably not. If you hang up clothes to dry, do they dry in less than 3 days? Yeah, thought so). This time of year, Paris is also getting about an hour more light than Ireland, and that makes a big difference.
True, true, but given my extensive knowledge of global and European weather, I actually had no idea Paris, the charming, blooming, and bustling cosmopolitan, artistic, romantic French metropolis had such dismal weather conditions for half the year. It's not what they put on the postcards and paintings! :-) |
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« Reply #13 on: December 03, 2008, 11:11:32 AM » |
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To be fair, it's usually much brighter and colder at this time of the year. WH and I have been known to escape the damp parts of the world and go to Paris for a weekend at this time of the year simply in order to see some sunlight ;-)
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« Reply #14 on: December 03, 2008, 11:30:15 AM » |
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Yeah, but September and October were extremely dry. I think you got off lucky, Verafrance!
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