Bill Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 So Cleo. looks like we're the only two here so hows things over your way. Bet you've not had as much rain as us! Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 I am here as well now the site is back up and sorted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Yes they probably had to put another shilling in the meter I'm on call so its a case of sitting here in case any of my customers to conk out but touch wood I've only had one call today. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Wish it was only a shilling!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Probably the same place as my trademark normal smiley. The default ones are are now all either angry or evil. Just looking at the new statistic there and it shows nineteen others all looking in. It’d be nice if for only one day some were to pop on to say a quick hello. Anyway a Merry Christmas to all the none posters! Bill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila_P Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Hello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Not quite what I meant but thanks anyway Sheila. I think my boring day is starting to show. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Bill, it's cold here and damp but at least Egypt is not drowning like the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Well actually today's not that bad, the suns shining (albeit a winters sun) and it's about 10C but we've had loads of rain for the last few days. I bet though what you call cold would be quite nice for us. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Well when I first came to Egypt it was in the winter season. The weather was, I would say, much the same as summer in the UK used to be. I couldn't quite understand why people here were wearing jackets hats and scarves and were shivering sometimes. I was wearing summer clothes and people were telling me i should wrap up well because it was cold. To me it felt really warm but they couldn't understand that. However, having become acclimatized, I myself now understand better why everyone wraps up. It feels bloody cold now in these days of winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 I had much the same experience when I went I first lived in the States. The locals used to call us the mad Britts because we were the only ones using the pool before the mid summer heat. Coming back to the UK in winter was so cold and damp I wanted to get back on the plane. I also remember when I was over your way, the temperature in April down in Luxor was getting up in the high thirties but it wasn't too bad as long as we kept in the shade and drank lots of Egyptian Stella in the hotels.Your desert's get bloody cold quickly at night though. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila_P Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 My niece arrived here from Malta a few days ago. She's saying that rainy Warrington is warmer than over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 A few years back one of my daughter’s mates who’d emigrated to Australia over ten years ago, paid us a visit in mid summer. She sat on the settee with her arms folded and we didn’t think anything of it and it wasn’t until her teeth literally stated chattering that we realised she was freezing. Nice piccie btw good to see you at last. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 When I returned to the Uk a couple of times in winter, the cold air seemed to grip my entire body and chill me to the bone. Fortunately I had put a jacket on top of my packed suitcase so it was fairly easy to just unlock the case and take it out and put it on over the cardigan which I had carried in my hand luggage till reaching the UK. It helped a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Bill, sometimes people can be too busy to post. My excuse is that I have been shifting some heavy stuff for three different people. I did look in earlier when the site was down though. Nice to see some new piccies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Probably the same place as my trademark normal smiley. The default ones are are now all either angry or evil. Bill Sounds about right for some topics on here Bill ha ha. Wasn't yours a green smile a bit like this or were the teeth not as big PS... yes you boring day was starting to show You could have helped me with food and more pressy shopping today followed by fitting really annoying draught excluders to our doors.... infact everything else I'm doing as my two 'men' in the house seem to be completely oblivious that it's almost xmas and things need doing. What a pair of muppets they are sometimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Fortunately I don’t get too many days where I just sit at home with nothing to do but was expecting to have some work related issues but they didn’t happen thank goodness. My normal smiley that everyone gets from me unless they say the wrong thing is the standard original (colon right bracket) but that’s only on the extended now plus my defaults are full of duplicates. Just as easy though to type it. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 What we need is some upto date new smilies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 So, it's -3c and 10cm of snow but I'm still smiling here in Canada but its normal weather for this time of year, and the world is still here thanks to the mix up with Mayan calendar. Cheers and Happy Holidays to all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Your picture says it all Jean it must be bloomin cold over there Stay warm and have a great Christmas. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Thanks, Bill but we are nice and warm in th house, going down to -11c on Monday brisk! Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila_P Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 A few years back one of my daughter’s mates who’d emigrated to Australia over ten years ago, paid us a visit in mid summer. She sat on the settee with her arms folded and we didn’t think anything of it and it wasn’t until her teeth literally stated chattering that we realised she was freezing. Nice piccie btw good to see you at last. Bill I looked like Madeline McCann for ages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Aww to have a little bit of snow here right now Jean would be lovely. I don't fancy the temperatures you mention though but snow has always made xmas seem a little bit more special to me and it was something I always longed for as a kid and I guess I still do. Problem is that we can't seem to cope with even a sprinking over here these days without everything grinding to a halt. Got some great pics of my mother in law when she used to go over to Canada many years to stay with relatives for onths on end. I have never seen so much snow in my life and I seem to remember her saying that the sides of the roads were like huge snow walls too but people coped. A very merry xmas and a wonderful new year too to Jean . Enyou and have fun PS Please upload some snowy photos if you can if only to make me feel a little jealous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila_P Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Cleopatra. That pic is beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted December 24, 2012 Report Share Posted December 24, 2012 Thanx Sheila. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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