Crap Weather for October!

[dave2010]

I agree about tea abroad, most of it is stewed. They don't understand what stewed is. Some countries only have longlife milk, which is uck.

If you go to India you might get tea served with yak milk. Possibly you'll throw up a while later.

[dave2010]

We used to have a Canadian at work, she hated english winters although she was used to much colder weather, I think it was the damp that got to her, seems Canada is much drier cold. Also know someone who went from UK to Canada but could not hack, had breathing problems and had to come back. I looked at California temps this week and they are around 33/34C max, which seems hot for mid October. Probably quite dry heat but even so, I prefer around 20C. I know people in Thailand, they don't really like the heat and they are used to it.

Depends which parts of California you look at. Some are very dry - which makes 33/34C really quite cosy and very manageable. Raise the humidity and it would be unpleasant. For example, travel from CA to Hawaii - the temperature will go down but the humidity will go up - yuk!

Back in CA it has been known to freeze later on though - allbeit fairly rarely. Obviously it'll go below zero up the mountains - but I mean at low altitudes. Tends to ruin the citrus crops - and probably the grape crops too, which is something which also afflicts UK vineyards.

[Barry]

If you go to India you might get tea served with yak milk. Possibly you'll throw up a while later.

Tibetan tea is, and let's be diplomatic, an "acquired taste". However their barley beer, called 'Chang' is quite refreshing and enjoyable - bet they don't serve that in Las Vegas.

Incidentally, some think Iceland was so named as to deter visitors from what was a hermitage founded by monks from Ireland (there is written evidence, but no archaeological evidence for this), whereas Greenland was so named to attract settlers. Ironically Iceland is greener than Greenland, and Greenland has more ice than Iceland.

[Pigmy Pony]

Tibetan tea is, and let's be diplomatic, an "acquired taste". However their barley beer, called 'Chang' is quite refreshing and enjoyable - bet they don't serve that in Las Vegas.

Incidentally, some think Iceland was so named as to deter visitors from what was a hermitage founded by monks from Ireland (there is written evidence, but no archaeological evidence for this), whereas Greenland was so named to attract settlers. Ironically Iceland is greener than Greenland, and Greenland has more ice than Iceland.

Simply a case of demand. I bet they don't get too many Tibetan gamblers - I don't like t'bet, but I'd put money on that

[walpurgis]

Incidentally, some think Iceland was so named as to deter visitors from what was a hermitage founded by monks from Ireland (there is written evidence, but no archaeological evidence for this), whereas Greenland was so named to attract settlers. Ironically Iceland is greener than Greenland, and Greenland has more ice than Iceland.

Greenland is huge, but unsurprisingly very sparsely populated. Rather like north eastern Russia (what a godforsaken place that is, largely frozen swamp).

[StingRay]

If you go to India you might get tea served with yak milk. Possibly you'll throw up a while later.

Actually tea in India was not bad and can be quite spicy, quite like those clay cups they used, better than plastic. Don't think I've had it with yak milk though. India runs on tea.

Would I want to live there, no thanks, but it is interesting if somewhat challenging country to visit, I would like to go back.

[rmcin626]

Dry so far today about 7c

[struth]

sunny and 8c here

[StingRay]

Dry so far today about 7c

Yes dry here for a change. Seems like it has been a wet week but actually it has not been that wet, only about 12mm and the next few days look dry but cloudy.

Yesterday was meant to have been heavy rain but we got hardly anything.

[walpurgis]

Bright and not too cold, but there are dark clouds building up. Think I'll take the pooch for a mooch before we get rain.