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[Tasha]

We had snow yesterday...just saying...

[Mark]

Lol . I got a very good nearly new chocolate teapot going slightly soft if you are interested. :D

[Linda]

Mark, are you in cahoots with Terri? She pulls tricks on me and I fall for it everytime. I really thought about the teapot, I am embarrassed(sp) to say.

Tasha, where do you live? I am in the deep south, Mississippi, and we have had two electric blanket nights, but we will be back into daytime highs of 70°F by week's end. Watch out for Mark! Lol

[Tasha]

I live in PA, a suburb of Philadelphia. :)

[Simona]

Here's raining buckets and we are around 9°Celsius.
No app converter, but it's not warm at all.

[happy]

So far we have had the perfect late fall early winter

Snow in the mountains and rain in the valleys - it has been a couple of weeks since the last storm though

The ski resorts are happy - they had enough snow to open early.

Temps have been in the 50's (F) for highs and the mid 30's for lows

[Daniel]

We're below freezing here in Southwestern Ontario Canada.

[happy]

Linda wrote: "Oh my, that is hot. I was adding 32°to 40° and getting 70° which is a far cry fron 104. How did you do that?"

If you don't have a handy dandy electronic device - the old fasioned conversion formula

[°F] = [°C] × 9⁄5 + 32

[°C] = ([°F] − 32) × 5⁄9

[Simona]

happy wrote: "So far we have had the perfect late fall early winter

Snow in the mountains and rain in the valleys - it has been a couple of weeks since the last storm though

The ski resorts are happy - they ha..."

Oh yes, we're very close to Switzerland and they are already skiing there.
My kids are preparing thiir skis and snowboards and are quite excited - I don't ski, so I'm less enthusiast. (It's expensive , dangerous, cold as hell...go figure! Brr!)

[happy]

Simona wrote: "happy wrote: "So far we have had the perfect late fall early winter

Oh yes, we're very close to Switzerland and they are already skiing there.
My kids are preparing thiir skis and snowboards and are quite excited - I don't ski, so I'm less enthusiast. (It's expensive , dangerous, cold as hell...go figure! Brr!) "

I agree totally :) I haven't skied in years. $60+ a day for lift tickets - I don't know how anyone can afford it.

[Linda]

happy wrote: "Linda wrote: "Oh my, that is hot. I was adding 32°to 40° and getting 70° which is a far cry fron 104. How did you do that?"

If you don't have a handy dandy electronic device - the old fasioned c..."

THANK YOU, Happy. I was dreading trying to find the information to help me figure what Mark had done. It would take all day because invaribly I find other interesting tangents and, well you know how that goes.

[Bobby]

happy wrote: "Simona wrote: "happy wrote: "So far we have had the perfect late fall early winter

Oh yes, we're very close to Switzerland and they are already skiing there.
My kids are preparing thiir skis and s..."

I love skiing....always have and my wife and girls are skiers as well. I want to know where in the U.S. you can ski for $60 a day!!! At Lake Tahoe $90-$100 is the norm. We go on a ski trip now and stay a week and ski one day!!

[Linda]

I love getting weather reports! I like finding water temperatures of large bodies of water. I like to know how long summers are in different places. I like to know summer heat relative humidities. This may sound odd, but I ask, why is the weather the main topic of conversations?

Nearly forgot, it was 32°F at 8 am and is now 52°F where I live.

[Dawn]

I'll throw in the weather report from Vancouver, Canada....8 degrees (45) right now and predicted to stay the same all week, with lots of rain.

[happy]

Bobby wrote: ... "happy I love skiing....

always have and my wife and girls are skiers as well. I want to know where in the U.S. you can ski for $60 a day!!! At Lake Tahoe $90-$100 is the norm. We go on a ski trip now and stay a week and ski one day!!


The resorts in Utah range from a low of $37 at Wolf Mountain ( mainly a locals resort, it is really too low on the mountain to have decent snow) to $102 at Deer Valley. Most are between $60 - $75 including Park City, Alta and Snowbird.

When I was a teenager we could get lift tickets for about $10/day and really really complained when they went to $15 :)

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

We're looking at 38c (100F) here today. It is already hot outside.

[Linda]

Thank you one and all for the weather reports! Made my day.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Bryn wrote: "I seriously have to move to another country. NZ or at least Tasmania. Here I am in Sydney, in terror of another summer in the 40s. I can cope on stay-home days, even without air con - wet towels ke..."

I am Queenslander. Born and bred in the heat.......but I fade like an English rose as soon as it gets above 31 and go a little troppo. :(
You will also see me whinging a lot about heat this summer...we can whinge together Bryn.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Mark wrote: "Cheated I got an iPad app. I just select the conversion needed and fill in number and select what I need. ;)"


Ahh..a fellow gadget user. Got to love a good app!!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Daniel wrote: "We're below freezing here in Southwestern Ontario Canada."

I like winter temps, but below freezing is a bit too low for me, Daniel. Lol!

[Bryn]

Terri wrote: "Bryn wrote: "I seriously have to move to another country. NZ or at least Tasmania. Here I am in Sydney, in terror of another summer in the 40s. I can cope on stay-home days, even without air con - ..."

Excellent. I know the plaintive "I'm English" is a cheat - although I know a few robust summer-lovers who make fun of me. - I make fun of them back in winter. I wear t-shirts through winter and think them total wimps.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I don't know what temp it is here.....hot....hot...hot..I know that much.
It is 6:50 and I am in my bedroom with air con on 20 degrees and a fan on also (doing my fair share of assisting global warming).
With my air con and fan, I am giving mother nature and her hot summer the finger...:-)

[Dawn]

Bryn wrote: "I make fun of them back in winter. I wear t-shirts through winter and think them total wimps. ..."

That's like when I go to California in the winter. The locals are in gloves and scarves, all the northern tourists are in shorts and t-shirts. It's seriously funny. :)

[Dawn]

Tasha wrote: "We had snow yesterday...just saying..."

Snow already?? I need to buy some winter clothes as I'm heading your way in a month. :)

[Anne]

I live in Florida and love the winters here. Right now it is 40-50 F at night and 60-70 during the day. Perfect weather I believe.

[Linda]

I love these emails! Dawn, I have only been in California in the early summer. A road trip from Mississippi to wine country. We drove through Yosemite(sp) where there was snow on the ground. Stopped at Barstow where the weather was chilly at night. Next stop Needles. Need I say more?
Anne, I love Florida in the winter and in the summer. You can nearly go naked all year. But, have you ever been to Disney World in July? That is some serious heat. Needles, CA, may read higher on the thermometer, but Florida is hotter.
Tasha, once went to a June wedding in Erie, and it snowed.
Daniel, we get snow when the Canadian frigid air mass and the jet stream get in cahoots. Speaking of cahoots, I ask again, are Terri and Mark in cahoots? SIC. That tied up nicely, didn't it? Thank you all for the weather reports!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Linda wrote: "Speaking of cahoots, I ask again, are Terri and Mark in cahoots? ..."

I have no idea what you mean. No cahoots, my dear. :D

[Anne]

Linda wrote: "I love these emails! Dawn, I have only been in California in the early summer. A road trip from Mississippi to wine country. We drove through Yosemite(sp) where there was snow on the ground. St..."
I was smart enough to go to Disney World/Epcot in the fall-spring. After I made the huge mistake of going to a theme park in Tampa when it wal just under 100 degrees.

[Dawn]

I guess I should have been more specific, I travel to LA in the winter. Where it is nice and warm and it's prefect for riding roller coasters.

Anywhere around San Fran is bloody cold, nice and sunny during the day but sooooo cold as soon as it gets dark. :)

[Bobby]

Uh, dare I say its in the 70's and 80's every day this time of year?? But the pool is now closed for the winter.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Pooool *drool* I wish I had one of those....

[Linda]

Dawn, I was just surprised that in San Fran I froze at night but each morning was bright and energetic. At Lake Berryessa(sp), the water was frigid but people water skiied without wet suits. I eas traveling with Tom (husband) and two sons. Jonathan was 16 mos. and Rob was ten. I wanted to see LA, but Tom had been several times before and left it off the itenerary. Is the Pacific warm in summer anywhere along the California coast? The water is unbelievably blue. Just gorgeous!

[Linda]

Bobby, your weather sounds delightful too! We have to close our pool in September. Then we have some really hot daytime weather in September and October. Really the only months that are consistently cold, day and night, are January and February.

Terri, I would give you my pool if it were possible. About the 'cahoots' thing. Remember you pulled my leg about Ireney. Then Mark wanted sell me a chocolat teapot gone soft. I actually about buying it before I caught on. Only you two have have tricked me (to my knowledge-- maybe Lee did once or twice) so I tried to be funny and asked if he was cahoots with you.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Linda wrote: "Bobby, your weather sounds delightful too! We have to close our pool in September. Then we have some really hot daytime weather in September and October. Really the only months that are consiste..."

Ahhhhh...I'm with you now. :-)

[Tasha]

I've been to Disney but we went in October. Perfect weather and perfect time to avoid crowds on the rides.

My mom is in Florida right now, enjoying some warmer weather.

@Dawn, yep, you should bring some warmer clothes...at least I think you should. You may be braver than I am about the cold. I'm not sure about any snow predictions though although this December snow is a bit early for us, at least over the past few years....well, except for that freak Halloween snow we got last year... And apparently that freak snow Linda mentioned. ;)

[Dawn]

Linda, I don't know how the Pacific is down the California coast. I've never gone down in the summer, it's too hot for me and there are too many tourists. I know on the BC coast there is some lagoons and shallower areas that warm up nicely in the summer but typically the windsurfers still wear wet suits and no one waterski's in the winter up here. :)

[Mark]

Terri wrote: "Linda wrote: "Speaking of cahoots, I ask again, are Terri and Mark in cahoots? ..."

I have no idea what you mean. No cahoots, my dear. :D"

Sorry Linda no I am not in cahoots I just have a northern English sense of humour which to others can be weird .

[Linda]

Weird is fine. Terri and I had a running joke and you happened upon the trail. No worries.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

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[Tasha]

The Currently Reading section looks SO good!!

[Simona]

I had the message some time ago. I believe that GR gods send it to test our faith...you have to try, and try again, young padawan. ;)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

The covers look good with our banner don't they. :-)
I will find some videos to put on the main page later today or tonight. So when all you little Americans awake from your fitful slumbers on the 1st, there will be videos to watch. :-)

[Tasha]

I will be up very early tomorrow morning for an event I am helping out with, so will check them out. Depending on my morning though I may have to watch them later that night.

[David]

Linda wrote: "Is the Pacific warm in summer anywhere along the California coast?"

Hi Linda, parts of the California coast get warm enough to swim and play around without a wetsuit. Usually by late July and through September it's pretty warm (a relative term, of course, meaning up to 75 degrees), although if you're going to be in for an extended period, I'd recommend a wetsuit or at least one of those neoprene rash guard tops with a little thickness, just to keep the chill off. The Pacific on the California coast just doesn't get warm like lakes. However, just a little further south in Mexico, especially south of Baja California, the water warms up to that nice pleasant 80+ range. For water temp updates, try searching Surfer websites. Generally, the water is always a little chilly all the way up and down the California coast.

If you wanted to do some fun water-adventure activities in Southern California, I'd recommend Catalina Island -- great for a day trip or a weekend. They have snorkeling trips (did that one a few years ago and had a lot of fun), a submarine ride and a really awesome dive park and a great dive boat as well if you're into that sort of thing. I did my Scuba certification there through a fantastic outfit on the PCH called Malibu Divers. There's another shop right on the Island called ScubaLuv and they're really cool too.

If you're up in NorCal for a visit, the Sacramento Delta river system is also really fun. It's 1100 miles of waterways and the water temps are typically above 80 from July-October, which is refreshing in August/September 100+ air temperatures. Great for waterskiing, fishing, boating and there are a lot of places to go wine tasting as well for the oenophiles in the family and the wineries in the Lodi region are just as good, IMO, and more affordable than Napa. Check the Rio Vista, Isleton, which is right in the middle of it all and only about an hour and twenty minutes from SF.

Hope that info is helpful. Cheers!

[Linda]

David, yes this was helpful! I am going to put it in my travel file. You were so kind to give me this information. Sounds like you really appreciate the fun things and absolutely beautiful vistas that California has to offer. I have been to Napa Valley to taste the wine. We stayed with family for two weeks in St. Helena. (Husband was born in Orinda(sp)). We had some encounters with the wildlile. First, a hyena made noise in middle of the night and scared me. Next, every day we enjoyed the cocktail hour on the patio. Deer would come into the yard and stay. Here, if deer spot or smell a human they hightail it away. They don't want to be a rack on a den wall. In California the little and big creatures interacted with us. Amazing place is California.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Tasha wrote: "I will be up very early tomorrow morning for an event I am helping out with, so will check them out. Depending on my morning though I may have to watch them later that night."


I decided to jump early and put the videos up now. :-)

[Tasha]

awesome! I'll check them out now then. :)

[David]

Linda wrote: " In California the little and big creatures interacted with us. Amazing place is California."

I have regularly seen deer walking around the neighborhood up in the hills by the Hollywood sign. One night I looked out my kitchen window and saw a decent sized one, it's head over six feet high with a huge rack (and not a Hollywood rack, which can be found aplenty on the human wildlife down on the Boulevard! lol ;)) walking along the path in the yard. Lots of racoons, squirrels, lizards and coyotes -- and long-eared rabbits on a few of the golf courses up in NorCal, not scared of people or zinging golf balls at all. Not a lot of problems except you'll want to avoid the coyotes and ask about mountain lion sightings if you're planning on doing any hiking, even in the parks near or in the cities. Also, watch out for spiders. I was monkeying around with some old boards on a wooden deck and got tagged by a Black Widow, which was no fun. A buddy of mine got bit by one that had found its way into a pair of shorts he had sitting out in his house and the bite triggered a heart attack. California's got a lot of nature, which can be breathtaking, but if you're going off the beaten path, check local websites and whatnot for tips. Safety first. :) Oh yeah, on one of the Catalina dives we ended up swimming with about a dozen 5-7 foot sharks. They were Tope Sharks, so pretty much harmless, but amazing to have them swimming less than a foot away from your mask. On the other hand, surfers have been tagged by Great Whites along the coast from time to time so find out about shark sightings as well. Don't mean to scare you, just play safe and be alert, like you would anywhere else in nature.

[David]

Terri wrote: "I decided to jump early and put the videos up now. :-) "

Cool videos. Great history refresher about Agincourt from Bernard Cornwell himself, and the Spartan Weapons clip is fun too -- especially how the producers made the re-creations look like the movie '300'. :)

[Tasha]

Great videos! thanks