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"Dad, what was the point of moving from England to Switzerland, the weather's just as atrocious!" . Dinner time conversation! :p

That's what happen when too many Brits come in Switzerland.....

(if more women could come, I'll happy)

:D

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Originally Posted by taveau (Post 1880629)

"Dad, what was the point of moving from England to Switzerland, the weather's just as atrocious!" . Dinner time conversation! :p

"That's because of all those gas-guzzling personal transportation systems, that you you see these days, son. But you'll still be complaining in a month or so, when it hits 30 degrees with high relative humidity"

What crap weather sitting in the Wallis looking at the mountains around zermatt and glorious clear skies

we are having sun constantly (california) and now I am starting to worry about it hahaha there is so little water it kinda bums me out. I like greens!!!

Wait until the fire season and Santa Ana's kick in - although you may just be north enough to avoid them.

Stir it in for us living in the bladder of Switzerland!:)

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Originally Posted by Wallabies (Post 1880668)

What crap weather sitting in the Wallis looking at the mountains around zermatt and glorious clear skies

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Originally Posted by TiMow (Post 1880718)

Wait until the fire season and Santa Ana's kick in - although you may just be north enough to avoid them.

They have started around here. only 30 minuted away and it is so scary....I feel bad for our planet when I see all the smoke going up in the air. my wife works for AAA and always gets the calls from people whos house is about to burn down... . One thing that is noce about living here is you never have to plan around the weather....it is always the same :msncool:

Each to their own, hey Anthony. This Spring is truly awful - and hopefully a one off for quite some time. But I just would never want to live in an area where seasons are not clearly marked and different- really, honest:)

Taveau, yes this Spring is indeed ***** - how old is little one, btw.

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Originally Posted by SuisseRomand (Post 1880643)

That's what happen when too many Brits come in Switzerland.....

(if more women could come, I'll happy)

:D

About " (if more women could come, I'll happy)".
On second thoughts I will hold my comment for another day (just remember the Robert the Bruce story.) :D

"Little one" has just turned 12, so not so little anymore!

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Originally Posted by Odile (Post 1880734)

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Originally Posted by marton (Post 1880736)

About " (if more women could come, I'll happy)".
On second thoughts I will hold my comment for another day (just remember the Robert the Bruce story.) :D

I thought only birds suck seeds?

Well, everything is relative. My father, back in the northwest of Spain, where I come from, was complaining about the amount of snow they got yesterday.

Now, that would piss me off at this time of year :eek:

It will be snowing soon in Switzerland also, but at 700m. Luckily I am at 500m :D

I still have the heat on in our house. It kicks in based on the outside temperature.

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Originally Posted by J.Marple (Post 1880764)

I know where the northwest of Spain is and I found the area of the Escorial freezing, but what is the height above sealevel where your father is located ?

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Originally Posted by TiMow (Post 1880759)

I thought only birds suck seeds?

Only toothless birds!

And meteo Suisse seems to be reviewing downwards (temperature wise) their forecast, it's for at least another week...and 6C!!! Now, come on, even Britain does better than that!;)

You can get tired of anything.

At my home in the states, there are more than 300 days of sunshine a year. I loved it when I originally moved to that part of the country from the midwest, but started missing the rain after a while (only about 20 cm per year).

Whenever it did rain, people tended to treat it like a bid deal, go out on the patio to watch the lightning, etc. Snow? forget about it, maybe 1-2 cm about once every ten years. 10 months out of the year, cargo shorts and a hoodie were as bundled up as you ever needed to get, unless going up to the mountains.

When we moved to Europe, I was actually pretty excited to live somewhere with seasons, lot's of greenery, and getting to see snow again.

This last year in Geneva started out like:
"Hey, doesn't this rain make everything smell so clean?"
"Honey, did I bring a raincoat?"
"D'oh! I forgot about mosquitos!"
"Where's the mop? The stupid dog left muddy paw prints all over the kitchen!"

Followed up by:
"Isn't the snow so beautiful"
"Honey, didn't I have a wool overcoat about 10 years ago?"
"Hey kids, lets build a snow fort!"
"The snow's so deep I can't get this gate open!"
"Where can I get a snow shovel?"
"When is this white sh!t going to stop?"

Now I'm at the point that I think I'm growing moss on my undercarriage and I've actually worn out an umbrella, which I didn't even know was possible. I can't wait to see the sun again.
Stupid rain.