Peter Boulding wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:01:54 GMT, Mary <mrfeathers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
> <C94Mj.117076$yE1.74879@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>:
>
>>> 80 degrees F here today. Too hot!
>
>> Aw, shaddup, Jerry.
>
> I hereby endorse Mary's imprecation; indeed I could do with the loan of
a
> few more pins for my Jerry Bauer doll.
>
> Here in the UK we expect the sun****ne and showers and all the spring
flowers
> at this time of year: what we don't expect is that the showers may well
be
> of sleet or snow, carried by arctic winds, or that late frosts will have
> done so much damage.
<snip>
Until I moved to England I laughed to myself, in a smugly superior way,
when weather forecasters predicted "wintry showers". "Silly Brits," I
thought (or words to that effect) "don't like to admit it's going to
rain". Then I encountered that unique sort of ice-water slush that
descends on you in a fine drizzle: sort of snow, not quite hail, almost
sleet, practically rain. And half the time the sun's trying to ****ne at
the same time.
I consider myself educated.
--
Jen
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