Jaggededge
Explorer
Try going through manningham when it's mosque time and you're rushing to Leeds Bradford Airport.
How's the weather where you are today ?
- Thread starter MaC
- Start date
Saint-Just
Administrator
It's funny because I had to retake my test in Paris (I had a US driving licence; looong story! 
) and I was told exactly the same thing about being able to drive anywhere; that was confirmed by all the friends who visited me from abroad, rented a car, and begged me to drive them on their Paris visit once they'd managed to get the car to my place (they then drove to wherever they had planned to visit in France).
) and I was told exactly the same thing about being able to drive anywhere; that was confirmed by all the friends who visited me from abroad, rented a car, and begged me to drive them on their Paris visit once they'd managed to get the car to my place (they then drove to wherever they had planned to visit in France).
Saint-Just
Administrator
On the spf front, it's a bit damned if you do, damned if you don't in Scotland as fair hair/ fair skin usually means increased sensitivity to UVs but UVs are a requisite to manufacture vit D, and there are not that many hours of sun across the year to get your levels topped up.
The balance is probably a lower SPF grade than 100, though. But then I know you have had facial surgery already, so I understand the concern and would make the same choice. But I'd show more skin with a lower protection (arms, legs, back) at every opportunity*
* Who am I kidding, I wouldn't live that far north anyway. I was raised in the tropics and that's where I belong
The balance is probably a lower SPF grade than 100, though. But then I know you have had facial surgery already, so I understand the concern and would make the same choice. But I'd show more skin with a lower protection (arms, legs, back) at every opportunity*
* Who am I kidding, I wouldn't live that far north anyway. I was raised in the tropics and that's where I belong
MaC
Moderator
I was born with black hair, while my brothers were born platinum blond....they both have blue eyes while mine are dark green.
So, everyone thought I was safe in the sunshine while they were more covered up.
The reality is that if I were a man, brunette though I may be, I'd grow a red beard.....my eldest son has a lot of red in his hair and beard, and the red in my own hair has now gone white, he's starting to go the same way. Youngest son looks dark, but when the light hits his hair it sheens faintly dark red.
I always rather envied those folks who seemed to have thick white or pale gold skin; mine was always kind of translucent, never any problem finding a vein, kind of thing, add on freckles and yeah, typical Scot/Brit.
I had tissue removed from both my arm and leg too where freckles had gone kind of funny, and both came back pre-cancerous/ sun damage, so f100 it is when I'm out and about in any Sunshine. The scar on my forearm is nearly 3cm long.
I'm busy dawn and dusk, and in the height of the day I'm happy to bustle around indoors.
The Scottish Govt., strongly recommends that we all take VitD pretty much all year round.
We live so much longer these days, and we live mostly indoors, so it's a sensible recommendation.
I would be miserable living in the tropics. It's lovely to see, it's lovely to imagine, but my reality is that I'd rather be under treecover
So, everyone thought I was safe in the sunshine while they were more covered up.
The reality is that if I were a man, brunette though I may be, I'd grow a red beard.....my eldest son has a lot of red in his hair and beard, and the red in my own hair has now gone white, he's starting to go the same way. Youngest son looks dark, but when the light hits his hair it sheens faintly dark red.
I always rather envied those folks who seemed to have thick white or pale gold skin; mine was always kind of translucent, never any problem finding a vein, kind of thing, add on freckles and yeah, typical Scot/Brit.
I had tissue removed from both my arm and leg too where freckles had gone kind of funny, and both came back pre-cancerous/ sun damage, so f100 it is when I'm out and about in any Sunshine. The scar on my forearm is nearly 3cm long.
I'm busy dawn and dusk, and in the height of the day I'm happy to bustle around indoors.
The Scottish Govt., strongly recommends that we all take VitD pretty much all year round.
We live so much longer these days, and we live mostly indoors, so it's a sensible recommendation.
I would be miserable living in the tropics. It's lovely to see, it's lovely to imagine, but my reality is that I'd rather be under treecover
Saint-Just
Administrator
The beauty of the tropics is that there is shade too. But you can stay there without a jumper all year round
More seriously we tend to know and love what we’ve been raised with. I like seasons when they are seasons, and we’ve had little differences in weather since October. Days just got shorter, then longer and that’s it: but while I like proper seasonal weather, I am not that keen on variable lengths of days (which I understand is a position that is quite antinomic.)
More seriously we tend to know and love what we’ve been raised with. I like seasons when they are seasons, and we’ve had little differences in weather since October. Days just got shorter, then longer and that’s it: but while I like proper seasonal weather, I am not that keen on variable lengths of days (which I understand is a position that is quite antinomic.)
MaC
Moderator
I go bare legs and arms most of the year around, tbh
I put on socks when it's sort of low single digits....and I put on stockings to go out past my gate anytime other than Summer sort of thing, but otherwise I'm comfortable.
I don't know if it's just familiarity or if it's an evolutionary quirk, but cool is comfortable, cold and wet is miserable, but so is hot and sticky.
I love the changing seasons, I look forward to every new one coming in, I'm glad Summer is here and I'm going to relish and enjoy it thoroughly but when it's getting too far along, oh, but I'll long for Autumn
I put on socks when it's sort of low single digits....and I put on stockings to go out past my gate anytime other than Summer sort of thing, but otherwise I'm comfortable.
I don't know if it's just familiarity or if it's an evolutionary quirk, but cool is comfortable, cold and wet is miserable, but so is hot and sticky.
I love the changing seasons, I look forward to every new one coming in, I'm glad Summer is here and I'm going to relish and enjoy it thoroughly
but when it's getting too far along, oh, but I'll long for Autumn 
I think I agree with that ... on the level of early-formed sensibilities being attached to textures like light, climate, accent, food etc. I have grown up in the rain, Welsh rain, London rain, Scottish rain, Leeds and Manchester rain, Vancouver, Chicago rain etc. and I really am fond of the general humidity and low, cozy skies brought by that. I am still trying to work out if this dessicating weather here in Alberta is giving me hatred of it just because it is dry (in that particular emotional regard), or because it is actually turning me into a lizard.
Quarterstaff
VIP Member
Grey & still today, still dry though!
MaC
Moderator
BorderReiver
Moderator
Very pleasant day after yesterday's dismalness.
Beachlover
Moderator
Stunning day here. Sunshine all day and temps around the 20's. Made the mistake of getting my hair cropped a few days ago and I'm now sporting a sunburned head, neck, face and arms from a day buggering about washing cars and planting seeds.
As always, the morning reminder from my youngest daughter re. sun lotion went totally unheeded.
As always, the morning reminder from my youngest daughter re. sun lotion went totally unheeded.
Mediocre weather today but only light rain last night so, despite the grass still being damp by 5pm, the ground was finally dry enough to rough mow the lawn for the first time this year. If it stays dry I'll be able to go back over it a couple of times tomorrow.
BorderReiver
Moderator
The weather gods are teasing us with what summer looks like again.
Quarterstaff
VIP Member
Warm, grey & dry up until about 15 minutes ago. Just out for a quick wander with the dog, felt a few drops just before I got back in, door closed, shoes off and then the monsoon started, bloody stair
Saint-Just
Administrator
Bbq here as well for lunch. The wind was blowing away from the neighbour so decided on chicken kebabs, but the local fishmonger knows he needs to supply me with fresh sardines the first nice day we have with an easterly. 
Templogin
VIP Member
Two days of Haa - which is Shetland spik for fog or sea mist if you prefer.
Apologies if I have said it before, but when I had been here for about a decade someone asked me what the weather was like up here. I was able to describe it as "Winter - 9 months of shit weather, followed by Summer - 3 months of fog"
Apologies if I have said it before, but when I had been here for about a decade someone asked me what the weather was like up here. I was able to describe it as "Winter - 9 months of shit weather, followed by Summer - 3 months of fog"
Saint-Just
Administrator
I am sure your part of the world is beautiful and the people there are nice to be with but that is the sort of weather that will completely depress me.
Beachlover
Moderator
We do get lovely hot summers when they arrive, but from early autumn to late spring windy and wet has always been the norm and that norm seems to be getting windier and wetter. This winter seems to have been a period of excessively prolonged windy, grey and damp days.
bushwacker
VIP Member
you and jaggededge? must be all those veg.
Quarterstaff
VIP Member
A lovely still, dry & sunny morning.
Keep a look out for the aurora folks, there’s been a lot of solar activity recently, it may even be visible on the south coast!
Keep a look out for the aurora folks, there’s been a lot of solar activity recently, it may even be visible on the south coast!