BronxWench

There is something intrinsically unfair about hot vicars. On the other hand, Hell has potential.
 

Yes… unfortunately, I have never been the kind of person who knows where their towel is. And I should… I went to church today, and the vicar was kind of hot with his intense scrutiny, which means I’m probably going straight to Hell. A towel would definitely come in useful there.
Thank God there’s no God.

You need a towel! It can reduce panic by 78%.

Oh, dear…
 

This is what comes of living with a corgi… I get delusions of royalty.
 

Well, it’s getting merrier now that I’m up to having tea, but I think my birthday tikka masal is not going to happen this year.  I’ll make up for it later in the week.
But, I must squeal a bit, my daft one got tickets for us to see Ronan Tynan (one of the Irish tenors) at Fordham in March. It’s cocktails followed by a concert, and I’m thrilled, because he’s got a magnificent voice, and is a sweetheart to boot.
 

This is what comes of living with a corgi… I get delusions of royalty.
 

Awesome present, but I’m sorry you’ve been poorly. You will have to have two birthdays this year – like the queen

Well, it’s getting merrier now that I’m up to having tea, but I think my birthday tikka masal is not going to happen this year.  I’ll make up for it later in the week.
But, I must squeal a bit, my daft one got tickets for us to see Ronan Tynan (one of the Irish tenors) at Fordham in March. It’s cocktails followed by a concert, and I’m thrilled, because he’s got a magnificent voice, and is a sweetheart to boot.
 

Merry birthday to you!

Thank you, everyone! I’m celebrating with a tummy bug courtesy of my son, but hey…
 

Happy birthday, BW! Of all the siterunners out there, you are truly one of the greats.

I didn’t know it was her birthday! Happy Birthday BronxWench!!!!

Happy birthday BronxWench!

 

Oh!

I hope you’re having lots of fun, and that this next year is the best yet

Aw, delay due to standards of excellence?   

I know only too well what your trip to Span was like, because I do stuff like that every summer. lol  And I only want to visit snow, I sure as hell don’t want to live in it!  You can keep all that crap to yourself. lol

Awww… you are right, though – you are not missing that much. Once you’ve done with the snowman building, and the falling and playing, and the sledging, and the tickling touch of snow on your face and eyelashes there’s not much left that’s good about it. As soon as you need to go to work, or go anywhere for any reason, you’ll find the public transport system has ground to a halt. The roads are full of idiots who’ve taken the car out and got stranded, making it all but impossible to get around for people who <i>do</i> know how to drive in it. So you walk, but the pavements are covered with compacted ice four inches thick (and that is not nice to fall on!). The hospitals fill with people who’ve broken arms and legs. The entire world turns into a giant freezer for weeks while it melts into filthy sludge, even if snow doesn’t fall again. No matter how many pairs of socks you wear, your feet are always freezing (your toes to the point of pain). Your hands are cold and your fingers hurt, so you wear gloves which don’t really help, and as you go about your business it’s like wearing a bundle of candy floss on each hand, making it impossible to do things like eat, write, go through your wallet to pay for a hot drink, hold a hot drink…
Having said all that… heat without aircon sucks A few years ago I went to Spain where they had a similar temperature and the AC was broken in our villa. I spent the whole week in the villa, out of the sun, wearing a succession of frozen tea towels on my head, interspersed by endless cold showers. My hair was wet through for the whole seven days. You have my sympathy. *pets*
 

Don’t worry, our Cheeto-Elect says global warming is a Chinese plot to fuck with trade and currency exchange rates.

aw man Melrick that sucks to not have a/c

I would truly love to see and feel snow one day, to be able to frolic in it, right up until I thought “this is fucking insane, I want a heater!” and then go back inside.  And yep, Newcastle is in Australia, but we don’t have the same accent as the UK Newcastle. ;-)  Oh and last night was the hottest December night in at least 150 years.  [start sarcasm]Yippee![end sarcasm]

Wait… what?! and also,   So… you’ve never made a snowman as a child?! You are deprived, lad. Why don’t we have a broken heart smiley job? I will send you some in an envelope – when it gets there, keep it cold. In the freezer, if possible.
Incidentally, 10C is about what we have here, where it is freakishly warm for December.
Newcastle is actually in Australia??? Oh, now things make a little more sense… yes… *caresses chin… nods*

ugh.  ENTIRELY too hot!

It is summer here.  And yes, plenty of people do still decorate things with fake snow.  I pity the poor bloody Santa’s that still have to dress up like it’s the Antarctic.  No, it never snows where I live.  I’ve never seen snow before.  It can drop down to zero or even below a little bit but only over night.  It’s never – and never would – drop down to zero during the day.  Oh, and by zero I mean 32F.  A maximum daytime temperature of 10C (50F) would be a freakishly freezing cold day.  I live about 2 hours north of Sydney, in case you’re wondering, near Newcastle, so it’s certainly not tropical weather here – that’s about a thousand kilometres north of me.

Your native language isn’t even English?  Yet another example of a foreigner writing better English than many native English speakers.  Interesting how that happens so much.  Interesting or depressing.