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blamebrampton ([personal profile] blamebrampton) wrote2010-01-10 10:53 pm

I know that most of you don't want to hear this ...

But holy hell it was hot here today ... not as bad as Melbourne, nor Adelaide, where it was in the 40s again, and will be again tomorrow. Poor [livejournal.com profile] anthraxia , I think of you and the lot down there! It was only low 30s in Sydney, so things could be worse, but still quite draining!

I may have to come back to London sooner than I had planned, so that I can strangle the Times's Dominic Lawson. One more chorus of 'Ooh, it's cold, therefore there is no climate change' and I shall be forced to beat him about the head with an atlas, before showing him that London and Calgary and parts of Siberia are all at the same latitude, and then strangling him. If the Gulf Stream stops, he'll be embarrassed about confusing science with alleged left-wing conspiracies, the goose.

Meanwhile, scarves wrapped around heads, two pairs of tights and two pairs of gloves, you lot! Good luck! I hope the gritters make your street and that the heat holds up inside. As for me, I am running out of clothes I can take off and still be able to go out in public ... And if anyone has recommendations for a sunblock that's good for sensitive skin, do share!

Oh, and Happy Birthday [livejournal.com profile] ladydeth12 !

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2010-01-10 12:48 pm (UTC)(link)
That was my excuse for a comatose Christmas/New Year, and he's got 10 degrees more to complain about ;-)

[identity profile] scabbyfish.livejournal.com 2010-01-10 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
*g* A perfect excuse for lounging around, I say; our bodies clearly aren't meant for such extremes!

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2010-01-10 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh, I was saying that I need a budget to jet around the world so that my whole year went from 5-22 degrees C. That's what we all need!

[identity profile] scabbyfish.livejournal.com 2010-01-10 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahaha, definitely! 'Quick, winter's approaching; time to move to spring.' Maybe when I'm rich and famous *g*

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2010-01-10 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Alas, my two fave places are New South Wales and East Sussex, and both are at their finest in May to September. I need more spots to fill in the other months. And, as you note, limitless wealth ;-)

[identity profile] scabbyfish.livejournal.com 2010-01-10 01:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Turkey's very nice in the winter months *g* *plans for future*

[identity profile] ms-kilian.livejournal.com 2010-01-11 10:07 am (UTC)(link)
ahem and enviromental impact

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2010-01-11 10:35 am (UTC)(link)
I pay full carbon offsets each time I fly and have never driven a car in my life :-P