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i cant wait for spring to start, going to get a new ball because i used the cheap one i had so much its bald and had no grip

I’m pretty sure it’s not ok to compare Tori Amos to Kate Bush.

That's how I felt when I read it but I don't know enough about Amos to be sure.

Both female? Check.
Both singer/songwriters? Check.
Both with a unique performing style? Check.
Both cited as a major influence to many who came after them? Check.

Both Great? No. Only Kate Bush.

Trust your instincts.

If I did that I would never have listened to Kate Bush.

Hey, I've got an ******* too you know.

I dig em both.

Man's hot.

@Q

4. Is that a hurricane?

Big Shaq was at my venue last night. Came about an hour late and just went straight into the stage.

elph just needs to take off his jacket

Considering I'm about halfway between you both I'd say that Texas probably needs to be stripped of its status as a place on earth and redesignated a new circle of hell.

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The joke didn't go over my head as it wasn't a joke worth acknowledging. Was just pointing out that the South is ****ing hot.

it’s ok that you didn’t get it buddy

1) The music scene has been dwindling in my town for the past decade with the exception of a few Jazz clubs

2) Barely ever get a 'White Christmas'

3) Gypsy's

Funny how what started as a joke has gone 'seriously' global

I seriously thought the bars were real when I first heard them. I only saw the gunshot bars not the whole sketch so didn't clock it was a parody, but it says a lot about the scene that I could believe it was genuine.

Gypsy's what? Is that a bar?

Travellers who pay no taxes, turn nice areas in rubbish tips, assault and steal from people etc

^ Hot's not so bad: with sunshine you usually have the benefit of living among nice bright colours and a blue Simpsons sky.

Cold and wet climates, on the other hand, are the worst combination. Firstly, everything looks drab - painted with a pallet on which the only colours are black, white, brown and grey.

More significantly, though, cold is much more expensive and complicated to fix. You have to buy, and put on each day, a bunch of clothes, and my experience has been to live in houses that I couldn't afford to heat properly, on account of that too is very expensive. If you've ever had that experience, you'll never complain about heat again. The problems with a cold house begin from the moment you wake up and have to steel yourself for an icey run to the bathroom; and instead of relaxing at home, you find yourself confined to the one warm spot in the living room until you can justify getting back under the bedcovers again.

Give me hot-as-Hell anyday compared with the grinding misery of a British winter.

EDIT: @ Ziggy: Yeah, gypsies are a strange group of people who live by their own rules. Unfortunately for most of us, the rules include the idea that it's ok to steal from non-gypsies, and that leaving an environmental mess behind them is ok. When will they learn that they should export their environmental mess to somewhere where we don't have to see it?!

That explains my youngest step-brother and his family then. Don't get me started with that bunch.

I'm fat and I sweat like a pig. Heat can catch these hands.

^ I must be a nerd because I actually did some research into this. :o:

The usual temp of our skin is between 72-76° F, and that determines what's considered a comfortable room temp for most people: about 72°.

How expensive is A/C and heating? One factor must be how far the outside temp is from 72°:-

My experience has been of temps in London that go down to about 32°(Freezing point), and temps in Mexico that go up to about 92°F. So my idea of "cold" is 40° below "comfortable", but Mexico's "hot" is a mere 20° above "comfortable." So, without considering any other factors, it's twice as hard to make a London house warm than it is to make a Mexican house cool.

Obviously all this varies according to preference and location, so it's an argument I'm willing to conceed - but only to people living in Death Valley.

This assumes that the price of a degree of cooling = the price of a degree of heating. Don't know if they're the same but I'm assuming not.

^ That's true, but I feel I've done enough nerdy research for today, thanks. You are welcome to investigate that one yourself, Batlord, although your cred on the forum might take a hit!

Spent two minutes. Was hard and nobody compared the two. Gave up. Story of my life. Heating might be considerably cheaper but not sure.

^ :laughing: Well, that's certainly the story of the internet!

The bottom line is some people just don't like the cold, some people just don't like the heat and no one's gonna be dissuaded from their gut feeling by a chart or graph, or even a room thermostat.

In actuality there’s no such thing as “cooling”. You’re technically removing heat. The process of removing the heat and the moisture from the air and then blowing that out of the house PLUS the heat that is generated by the energy it takes to do that and blowing the cooled air back in takes energy for sure. BUT, you don’t create anything you’re just removing it. When you have to heat air you have to use considerably more energy because you’re actually heating the air not just moving it around.

In the south, we generally have very inefficient heating systems so a one week cold snap can cost you as much as a whole summer month of cooling.

I spent a little time on this post, thought about it, and then decided it wasn't thought out enough, or maybe I'm just hung-over. Screw it. Here's my thoughts.

With modern comforts I'll take the cold because while it might be a little more lethal at least it's bearable and you just pass out in the event that you're going to die. No biggie. Dying in the heat usually means dying of dehydration which sounds way worse imo.

And when you're out and sweating there's **** all you can do about it but fantasize about going home and taking a shower. Or I can put on a jacket when it's cold. Not to mention that heat is exhausting and cold is refreshing, even if only because it forces you awake.

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^This dudes much cooler than

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^that dude

i just realized ive never answered this, huh.

1) ****ing cold ass winters.
2) more construction than anywhere else i've ever been. i cannot remember a time where parking wasn't closed downtown due to construction.
3) nobody knows how to drive.

You live in France?

It's -9 degrees F right now, and later this week it's gonna be -15, so I hate the weather, the weather and the weather.

you know the stereotype that Canadians are too nice?

this is a province near me :D

https://www.thestar.com/amp/news/can...-too-nice.html

Well I suppose it's better than drink driving :D