Jen wrote:
> 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.
That's what we've been getting here since Friday. Well, today's sunny
(and about 35 degrees) but Friday and Saturday were what you describe.
Lovely for mid-April, I must say. The weather boy on channel 11 was all
wowed out last night because it was a record for the latest daily high
temp in the 30s. OK, Sven, goodie for us. Now let's see some spring.
Mary
Mary
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