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Winter solstice chill
Jun. 20th, 2019 04:19 pmIt's still cold. Cold enough for Perthites to notice; meaning that everybody who catches trains at night or early morning is wearing a hoodie or a beanie. The last few minimum temperatures were down around 2-3^C and maxes in the high teens. And before those in the northern hemisphere start laughing (again) I'll just note that temperatures here can swing up to and past 40^C sometimes. I'd rather be adapted for that!
Our houses are generally not centrally heated, though they will mostly have heaters but it's not the same and I try not to use mine very much because of the expense. It'll get a bit warmer soon but there are more storms forecast for the winter solstice and now, predictions that this will be the wettest June for several years.
I still made it to gaming [Cards Against Humanity] last night but I got a ride home so I would not have a freezing wait for train and walking from train. Riding bike is right out. Wind chill is not my friend.
( scooter gets stuck in underpass )Today I went out on foot for the sake of the exercise....and found that Rocket is apparently becoming known around here because a lady came up to me while I was checking out the stock of the local book exchange and asked where "the bike" was :-) We worked out that she meant Rocket. So I've now been upstaged by my e-bike. She did kindly comment on the progress of my beard and since she's the first person who's used that word to describe what's present around my chin area, it's quite encouraging.
Our houses are generally not centrally heated, though they will mostly have heaters but it's not the same and I try not to use mine very much because of the expense. It'll get a bit warmer soon but there are more storms forecast for the winter solstice and now, predictions that this will be the wettest June for several years.
I still made it to gaming [Cards Against Humanity] last night but I got a ride home so I would not have a freezing wait for train and walking from train. Riding bike is right out. Wind chill is not my friend.
( scooter gets stuck in underpass )Today I went out on foot for the sake of the exercise....and found that Rocket is apparently becoming known around here because a lady came up to me while I was checking out the stock of the local book exchange and asked where "the bike" was :-) We worked out that she meant Rocket. So I've now been upstaged by my e-bike. She did kindly comment on the progress of my beard and since she's the first person who's used that word to describe what's present around my chin area, it's quite encouraging.