LPW 20: Last Plodder Wins

[Dave]

Get back inside, it's freezing.

Just bracing. Went shopping and actually started getting too warm in the supermarket and took my fleece off. Going outside into the cold breeze in shirt sleeves was like walking into an air conditioned room on a hot day.

 

[Dave]

Iirc, Sunday was a proper cold day, it was -5° in the afternoon/early evening.

 

[Jings]

Iirc, Sunday was a proper cold day, it was -5° in the afternoon/early evening.

Must have been really hot in that supermarket.

Not sure I would survive in - 5C climate, even with hot flushes. Hope those freezing cold days are rare.

 

[Dave]

Must have been really hot in that supermarket.

Not sure I would survive in - 5C climate, even with hot flushes. Hope those freezing cold days are rare.

They are, it’s normally in the single figure +°C, I don’t know how hot it was, probably around 20° but I dislike the heat so prefer it to be cool.

 

[Dave]

Not sure I would survive in - 5C climate

So you wouldn’t be happy living somewhere like this?

 

[Jings]

So you wouldn’t be happy living somewhere like this?

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Not at all. Not even mentioning the 70% humidity.

Would you be happy living here?

 

[spiderz]

Not at all. Not even mentioning the 70% humidity.

Would you be happy living here?

Not enough shade ... or ice cream places ...

 

[Dave]

Not at all. Not even mentioning the 70% humidity.

Would you be happy living here?

It looks a bit hot and sticky, nice for a holiday but maybe not so nice to live and work in (trust me, I lived and worked in Durban so speaking from experience).

 

[Jings]

Not enough shade ... or ice cream places ...

There's a bar on the beach.

It looks a bit hot and sticky, nice for a holiday but maybe not so nice to live and work in (trust me, I lived and worked in Durban so speaking from experience).

High humidity takes getting used to. Excellent place to work if you don't have to go out under the hot, hot sun.

 

[Dave]

There's a bar on the beach.High humidity takes getting used to. Excellent place to work if you don't have to go out under the hot, hot sun.

Not just humidity, try parking a bike on the side of the road in the sun for a couple of hours and then jump on to ride off, it’s like poaching eggs

 

[Jings]

Not just humidity, try parking a bike on the side of the road in the sun for a couple of hours and then jump on to ride off, it’s like poaching eggs

Why not park the bike in the shade then? That's the kind of lesson to learn only once.

 

[Dave]

Why not park the bike in the shade then? That's the kind of lesson to learn only once.

There were places we worked with no shade at all, eg on the side of the freeway. So, no real choice other than covering the seat with a jacket or similar.

 

[Jings]

There were places we worked with no shade at all, eg on the side of the freeway. So, no real choice other than covering the seat with a jacket or similar.

Oh I see. No trees on the freeways. Some places in Gauteng are dangerous to park on the side. On the N12 heading east, just passed Camoro you got to watch out for falling rock.

 

[NObanana4you]

So you wouldn’t be happy living somewhere like this?

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Try Oymyakon in Sakha Republic, Russia. My GF at the time took me see her parents. It was around - 50. I've never been so cold.

 

[spiderz]

/sips red wine

 

[Dave]

Try Oymyakon in Sakha Republic, Russia. My GF at the time took me see her parents. It was around - 50. I've never been so cold.

You should keep your clothes on next time.

 

[Jings]

Nice long weekend ahead.

 

[NObanana4you]

You should keep your clothes on next time.

Hard with eastern European women

 

[Jings]

Hard with eastern European women

What's hard?

 

[Tribs]

What's hard?

Everything