Saturday 29 February 2020

Surely not!



I noticed the above at my local supermarket yesterday... does Monsieur Leclerc know something that we don't?

Mother Nature's worst invention must be SNOW; I can't stand the wretched stuff.

Of course strong wind comes a very close second.

As well as relentless downpours of heavy rain.

Not to mention blazing heat.

Or long periods of drought.

Or frosts beneath -2 C.

Or thick fog.

If I had the honour of advising Mother Nature, I would suggest that all rain fell only at night, and that 95% of our days had clear blue skies, with 25 C temperatures.

However, I'm not against the occasional thunder storm, lightning, or even rainbows, so I'd give her some leeway for the remaining 5% of days.

Our sledge is remaining firmly packed away. I am convinced we shall have no use for it; but don't quote me on that. Old Mother Nature really enjoys slapping my face!

32 comments:

  1. An even worse invention is sandstorms and dust, I would replace it with snow.

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    1. Luckily we don't get sandstorms here, but we do occasionally have the results, in the form of dust-covered cars!

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  2. Just got home about midnight and it's minus 20C with the windchill factor and that wind is howling! Oh and we're getting more snow! Tomorrow's high will be around minus 4 C (colder if the wind keeps up).
    I am ready for Spring.
    My preference would be a sunny but cool Fall day between about 16C and 20C!

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    1. We've had a very mild winter so far. Plenty of days around 13-15 C, and, up until now, not too much rain. Our forecast now predicts over a week of rain ahead; yuk.

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  3. 22 and a cool breeze for me, and as you say, the occasional good thunder and lightning show and rain overnight.

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    1. I think we'll have to agree here; it's common sense after all.

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  4. Having not grown up with snow, I find it pretty to look at from a safe distance, but don't enjoy being in it much.

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    1. Best kept to Christmas cards, or views of darkest Canada.

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  5. You don't enjoy building a snowman? Or sledging? Throwing a snowball?

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    1. Snow is cold, wet, and annoying. What is there to like about it?

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  6. Snow has a redeeming feature ..... it’s pretty .... I know that I wouldn’t like to live anywhere that didn’t have seasons ...... and I wouldn’t like it to be hot everyday. How wonderful Spring is after the cold of Winter. I love the British weather ...... no extremes .... and there is nothing lovelier than a warm British Summer ..... and then there’s the changing colours of Autumn !!!! XXXX

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    1. One of the reasons I left England was for a better climate. It isn't perfect here, but we do have long warm summers, not too much rain, and beautiful springs and autumns. I won't argue with your summary, but I don't regret having moved south.

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    2. Oh Cro, I wasn’t getting at you for you choice of living in France ..... I was just saying how much I like all weathers really. We all like different things ..... I have friends who also like the British weather but others who could live in a constant state of heat !!!!! XXXX

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    3. I don't dislike British weather; especially that of the south, but I do like warmth and our outdoor pool.

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  7. I second that Cro - but this year, here in the UK, the rainfall has been just unbearable and there are now thousands washed out of their homes. I am just hoping that March is kinder to us.

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    1. I've just been seeing the floods on the news. Terrible.

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  8. Another livable planet would have to be found in order to have the perfect weather menu that you imagined. However, I really believe that we would never rejoice in the beautiful colors of spring if we did not have starkness of winter.

    We have had no winter weather this year where I live and as much as I don’t like snow, I missed those beautiful white scenes. I did not miss the shoveling.

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    1. No real hard winter here either, but there's still time.

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  9. I can understand why you moved south. I hate the Irish weather in winter especially. It's a lot milder climate but the rain can be relentless and the gales are the worst in living memory.

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    1. It's seems to have been raining in the UK for over a year. Every time we look at their weather forecast, it's raining.

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  10. Here in Hampshire, if we are going to get snow, most often it's in March, just saying.

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    1. We once had snow on Easter Day. There's plenty of time yet!

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  11. I am with northsider on this one. Why can't our winter be confined to just a couple of months? Why does it have to drag on for so blooming long???

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    1. Nature ain't so clever. More care needed over the seasons.

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    1. No, just rain. But they're not always right.

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    1. Does rain wash it away? If so I won't complain over the next 10 days.

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  14. From what you have said about weather may we conclude that you are okay about the occasional tornado?

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    1. I've included tornado under the heading of 'Strong wind'. We don't get too many around here.

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