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Mark Benson said:
Agreed, as previously mentioned we moved from Wilts to N Yorks and it's generally a couple of degrees colder, spring starts a couple of weeks later and autumn a couple of weeks earlier up here than down there.
Agree also about Salisbury, nice town.
I am from South Hants and now Yorkshire. Agreed entirely on the weather and would add the 2 real markers for me; Agree also about Salisbury, nice town.
A good 2 months in winter where you need a coat when stood outside - as against 2 weeks in the South. I say that as a smoker (and a southern pansy...) but a 5 min cig outside in the South rarely demanded a coat apart from a few harsh weeks in early January. In the North, its for a good 2 months.
And in summer, up North rarely do you have the balmy evenings once it goes dark. I could happily walk to a pub in the South in mid summer and sit out in the pub garden in T-shirt and shorts, letting nightfall and still be warm enough. If I am staying out into the night in Yorkshire I will take something to put on still. It's seen in the temperatures too - often my Southern family and I will have the same daytime summer temperature or within 1 degree, yet overnight the North will be 5 - 10 degrees colder in mid summer.
ElectricSoup said:
oblio said:
ElectricSoup said:
I've never seen so much naked envy and downright deliberate obstructivness anywhere in all my puff.
Sorry but you'll have to explain that...you've lost me!My point was that it takes two to tango.
No doubt you'll ask for evidence of these claims, but I'm sure you'll understand the sensitive nature of it, and will have to take my word for it.
I wouldn't live round there if you paid me. Also, rain. Endless, endless, endless fking rain.
You'll note, I'm talking about officialdom here, she is on good terms with neighbours personally, and is quite active in local community organisations - she has experienced some "cold shoulder" treatement on a personal level over the decades, but is grown up enough to overcome that. It's the xenophobic local authority which is the main problem.
"I've never seen so much naked envy and downright deliberate obstructivness anywhere in all my puff"
...you were raging against the machine...and not me.
OK I have it now. Best of luck to your mam.
OP - I'd not move near Electric soup's mam, sounds a bit grim tbh.
Shnozz said:
Mark Benson said:
Agreed, as previously mentioned we moved from Wilts to N Yorks and it's generally a couple of degrees colder, spring starts a couple of weeks later and autumn a couple of weeks earlier up here than down there.
Agree also about Salisbury, nice town.
I am from South Hants and now Yorkshire. Agreed entirely on the weather and would add the 2 real markers for me; Agree also about Salisbury, nice town.
A good 2 months in winter where you need a coat when stood outside - as against 2 weeks in the South. I say that as a smoker (and a southern pansy...) but a 5 min cig outside in the South rarely demanded a coat apart from a few harsh weeks in early January. In the North, its for a good 2 months.
And in summer, up North rarely do you have the balmy evenings once it goes dark. I could happily walk to a pub in the South in mid summer and sit out in the pub garden in T-shirt and shorts, letting nightfall and still be warm enough. If I am staying out into the night in Yorkshire I will take something to put on still. It's seen in the temperatures too - often my Southern family and I will have the same daytime summer temperature or within 1 degree, yet overnight the North will be 5 - 10 degrees colder in mid summer.
oblio said:
Right I've got you. When you said...
"I've never seen so much naked envy and downright deliberate obstructivness anywhere in all my puff"
...you were raging against the machine...and not me.
OK I have it now. Best of luck to your mam.
OP - I'd not move near Electric soup's mam, sounds a bit grim tbh.
Ha, shows how easy it is to be misconstrued in writing. No, of course I didn't mean you. "I've never seen so much naked envy and downright deliberate obstructivness anywhere in all my puff"
...you were raging against the machine...and not me.
OK I have it now. Best of luck to your mam.
OP - I'd not move near Electric soup's mam, sounds a bit grim tbh.
Mind you, I hope you're not calling my old Mum "a bit grim", that's fighting talk that is!
ElectricSoup said:
oblio said:
Right I've got you. When you said...
"I've never seen so much naked envy and downright deliberate obstructivness anywhere in all my puff"
...you were raging against the machine...and not me.
OK I have it now. Best of luck to your mam.
OP - I'd not move near Electric soup's mam, sounds a bit grim tbh.
Ha, shows how easy it is to be misconstrued in writing. No, of course I didn't mean you. "I've never seen so much naked envy and downright deliberate obstructivness anywhere in all my puff"
...you were raging against the machine...and not me.
OK I have it now. Best of luck to your mam.
OP - I'd not move near Electric soup's mam, sounds a bit grim tbh.
Mind you, I hope you're not calling my old Mum "a bit grim", that's fighting talk that is!
Louis Balfour said:
It's true about the weather. I am from the south of the South and am now about a quarter of a mile from being "up north". The weather here isn't much worse, much colder, much less sunny. But it is a bit, very often. And those bits add up.
I don't know how far from being oop north you are...When we moved from Bromley to York in December (2018) we were a bit taken aback by the shorter days but...
as the year progresses the daylight starts sooner and ends much later and the summer nights when there's still light in the sky at 11.00/11.30 ish more than make up for it.
And I'd also add to those suggesting a little village here or there, probably in the middle of nowhere, that at some point you are going to be old and not able to get about, and probably not able to drive. In the middle of nowhere, there will be a ste bus service and very few cabs and do Uber.
You might need to visit the hospital, either routinely or in an emergency, and if you can't get there easily, what do you do.
We managed to end up with York hospital in the back garden, more by luck than judgement and not intentionally, but the number of friends we have who want to park outside (visitor permits...) while they go to an appointment is amusingly high.
It's just another thing to consider.
You might need to visit the hospital, either routinely or in an emergency, and if you can't get there easily, what do you do.
We managed to end up with York hospital in the back garden, more by luck than judgement and not intentionally, but the number of friends we have who want to park outside (visitor permits...) while they go to an appointment is amusingly high.
It's just another thing to consider.
rlw said:
Louis Balfour said:
It's true about the weather. I am from the south of the South and am now about a quarter of a mile from being "up north". The weather here isn't much worse, much colder, much less sunny. But it is a bit, very often. And those bits add up.
I don't know how far from being oop north you are...When we moved from Bromley to York in December (2018) we were a bit taken aback by the shorter days but...
as the year progresses the daylight starts sooner and ends much later and the summer nights when there's still light in the sky at 11.00/11.30 ish more than make up for it.
In the early 90s I lived in the South was choosing which Uni to go to. I went to Hull for a look around and it snowed whilst I was there. As I drove back south, the snow remained on the roof of my car until I reached Nottingham, when it melted and fell off. It was clear that Nottingham was the furthest point north it was sensible to go.
Louis Balfour said:
As I drove back south, the snow remained on the roof of my car until I reached Nottingham, when it melted and fell off. It was clear that Nottingham was the furthest point north it was sensible to go.
Have you ever considered running as a Republican for the US senate?paulguitar said:
Louis Balfour said:
As I drove back south, the snow remained on the roof of my car until I reached Nottingham, when it melted and fell off. It was clear that Nottingham was the furthest point north it was sensible to go.
Have you ever considered running as a Republican for the US senate?Louis Balfour said:
They say that the North starts at the Trent. The Trent is a few hundred yards from my house (to the north).
In the early 90s I lived in the South was choosing which Uni to go to. I went to Hull for a look around and it snowed whilst I was there. As I drove back south, the snow remained on the roof of my car until I reached Nottingham, when it melted and fell off. It was clear that Nottingham was the furthest point north it was sensible to go.
That’s quite funny. Nottm has had quite a bit of snow this year In the early 90s I lived in the South was choosing which Uni to go to. I went to Hull for a look around and it snowed whilst I was there. As I drove back south, the snow remained on the roof of my car until I reached Nottingham, when it melted and fell off. It was clear that Nottingham was the furthest point north it was sensible to go.
BTW I’m Nottm born and bred but managed to escape via Yorkshire to Worcestershire
Phil. said:
Louis Balfour said:
They say that the North starts at the Trent. The Trent is a few hundred yards from my house (to the north).
In the early 90s I lived in the South was choosing which Uni to go to. I went to Hull for a look around and it snowed whilst I was there. As I drove back south, the snow remained on the roof of my car until I reached Nottingham, when it melted and fell off. It was clear that Nottingham was the furthest point north it was sensible to go.
That’s quite funny. Nottm has had quite a bit of snow this year In the early 90s I lived in the South was choosing which Uni to go to. I went to Hull for a look around and it snowed whilst I was there. As I drove back south, the snow remained on the roof of my car until I reached Nottingham, when it melted and fell off. It was clear that Nottingham was the furthest point north it was sensible to go.
BTW I’m Nottm born and bred but managed to escape via Yorkshire to Worcestershire
rlw said:
And I'd also add to those suggesting a little village here or there, probably in the middle of nowhere, that at some point you are going to be old and not able to get about, and probably not able to drive. In the middle of nowhere, there will be a ste bus service and very few cabs and do Uber.
You might need to visit the hospital, either routinely or in an emergency, and if you can't get there easily, what do you do.
We managed to end up with York hospital in the back garden, more by luck than judgement and not intentionally, but the number of friends we have who want to park outside (visitor permits...) while they go to an appointment is amusingly high.
It's just another thing to consider.
There isnt really anywhere there are not taxis. So when you cant drive any more, get a taxi. Not having several thousand pounds plus sitting on the drive buys a fair few taxi rides.You might need to visit the hospital, either routinely or in an emergency, and if you can't get there easily, what do you do.
We managed to end up with York hospital in the back garden, more by luck than judgement and not intentionally, but the number of friends we have who want to park outside (visitor permits...) while they go to an appointment is amusingly high.
It's just another thing to consider.
Plus of course, self driving cars will fix that completely.
Accept that if you have to go to hospital 3 times a week for months or years, then yes, that might be a problem,
monkfish1 said:
There isnt really anywhere there are not taxis. So when you cant drive any more, get a taxi. Not having several thousand pounds plus sitting on the drive buys a fair few taxi rides.
Plus of course, self driving cars will fix that completely.
Accept that if you have to go to hospital 3 times a week for months or years, then yes, that might be a problem,
Oh I don't know. North Dorset small town, taxis effectively nonexistent. Plus of course, self driving cars will fix that completely.
Accept that if you have to go to hospital 3 times a week for months or years, then yes, that might be a problem,
monkfish1 said:
There isnt really anywhere there are not taxis
There is. Some back and beyond places only have a one man band kind of operation or two. They often go to bed at 11 and that's that.It was an amazing novelty when I moved from Cumbria to Leeds that I could just get a taxi whenever.
Shnozz said:
Mark Benson said:
Agreed, as previously mentioned we moved from Wilts to N Yorks and it's generally a couple of degrees colder, spring starts a couple of weeks later and autumn a couple of weeks earlier up here than down there.
Agree also about Salisbury, nice town.
I am from South Hants and now Yorkshire. Agreed entirely on the weather and would add the 2 real markers for me; Agree also about Salisbury, nice town.
A good 2 months in winter where you need a coat when stood outside - as against 2 weeks in the South. I say that as a smoker (and a southern pansy...) but a 5 min cig outside in the South rarely demanded a coat apart from a few harsh weeks in early January. In the North, its for a good 2 months.
And in summer, up North rarely do you have the balmy evenings once it goes dark. I could happily walk to a pub in the South in mid summer and sit out in the pub garden in T-shirt and shorts, letting nightfall and still be warm enough. If I am staying out into the night in Yorkshire I will take something to put on still. It's seen in the temperatures too - often my Southern family and I will have the same daytime summer temperature or within 1 degree, yet overnight the North will be 5 - 10 degrees colder in mid summer.
RonaldMcDonaldAteMyCat said:
monkfish1 said:
There isnt really anywhere there are not taxis
There is. Some back and beyond places only have a one man band kind of operation or two. They often go to bed at 11 and that's that.Gassing Station | Homes, Gardens and DIY | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff