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The Withering of Labour | 28 comments (28 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: The Withering of Labour (4.00 / 2)

I appreciate it's different in DC but here the weather cut straight from spring to autumn wihout going through summer.

But it's not a healthy perspiration of the normal fit person, it's the sheen of watery lard associated with somebody who's not broken into a brisk walk since school and is constantly out of breath keeping up with the normally fit.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Sep 5th, 2008 at 08:56:01 AM EST
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Re: The Withering of Labour (4.00 / 2)

here the weather cut straight from spring to autumn wihout going through summer.

Anglo Disease or not, I am considering a move...

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri Sep 5th, 2008 at 10:32:56 AM EST
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Re: The Withering of Labour (4.00 / 2)

LOL

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Sep 5th, 2008 at 10:33:16 AM EST
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Re: The Withering of Labour (4.00 / 2)

For those who don't get it, read this.

Here, the last attack of summer is in full swing: 31°C today, 36°C predicted for the weekend.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri Sep 5th, 2008 at 11:01:36 AM EST
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Re: The Withering of Labour (none / 1)

Without wishing to put you off, this summer has been unusually wet and cool. normally about now temps would be in the mid 20s. tho I think its 16 at the moment.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Sep 5th, 2008 at 11:16:01 AM EST
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I seem to remember mid-20s (could be wrong) being about right this time in 2006, although I think that was a pretty hot year. Certainly the heat wave in late-July was ungodly.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Sep 9th, 2008 at 07:30:04 AM EST
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