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Open Thread - Monday | 113 comments (113 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Bah. Woke up late today. I feel like time's slipping away too quickly today.

by lychee (lychee9393 A yahoo D com) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 01:53:45 PM EST

I've felt like that since Xmas. Not helped by a severe lack of get up and go which means that nothings getting done cos I'm finding it hard to be bothered.

The weather doesn't help, Overcast, dull, cold, rain and windy.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 01:59:26 PM EST
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At least you can blame the weather. It's been near spring-like here (not to brag, just to show I've got no excuse for sitting around).

by lychee (lychee9393 A yahoo D com) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 02:41:20 PM EST
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Whereabouts are you in the states, lychee?

The weather really has been weird this year. Scorching heat with brutal humidity, and then bitter cold, with about a half-hour of autumn in between. Nuts. No wonder everybody's shooting at each other here.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 03:22:39 PM EST
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Southern California. Heat waves in January aren't that unheard of, but after last week's Arctic rainstorms, seeing people in summer dresses and shorts was unexpected.

by lychee (lychee9393 A yahoo D com) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 03:34:19 PM EST
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The weather doesn't help, Overcast, dull, cold, rain and windy.

...this being Britain, that's as opposed to -- what, exactly?

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 02:47:29 PM EST
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As opposed to "dull, overcast, windy, rainy and cold," in that order.

Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

by poemless on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 03:01:29 PM EST
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As opposed to not all of them at once. It doesn't have to be so blackly overcast all day, whether or not it's raining. The wind makes being outside a nuisance. Plus it feels like it's going to rain at any moment.

And for weeks on end too. That ain't right.

I think being in Nottingham has poisoned your attitudes, england is not all grimy Northern town

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 03:16:09 PM EST
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I know. I'm just kidding you, although I found London a good bit more grimy than Nottingham.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 03:17:53 PM EST
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Credit where credit's due, though: I'll take Brighton over Washington any day.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 03:23:36 PM EST
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Nottingham ain't Northern, you Southerner!

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 03:25:33 PM EST
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Yes, but you know how they are: Everything North of Islington is "Northern".

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by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 03:44:44 PM EST
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And that's for the educated ones. The ones who know there's something North of Watford.

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 03:50:44 PM EST
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They all know there's something. They just don't want to imagine it -- the savages outside the M25, where the civilized dare not tread.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 03:56:09 PM EST
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No, speaking as someone who lived in Manchester for seven years I know that. But it is archetypal grimy Northern town just like Bury or Accrington used to be.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 04:06:12 PM EST
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