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well not just raining...

Its been raining for days on end and this has made my life hell*, what does NS usually do when its raining? is it raining on your property? why does it always rain on me? should I feel guilty about knocking over my rainmaker now?!

I like to drink hot chocolate and spend the day in my jammy jams mostly because if I had dropped my phone down onto that motorway on the way home I would of followed it

I got all wet walking to job interview (I thought it would clear up) and now my identity documents are all ruined! *throws tantrum because I have been in the rain all day, was drenched by a bus driver trying to be funny and fell on my bum : <*

edit: okay who thought the new layout would be a good idea for my posting?

It's exactly the opposite for us here, we go without rain for so long we start missing it immensely. But when that rain comes it's amazing, people go out and dance in the street. :P

1) Aww etc., sounds like sad times for you.

2) I kick about feeling extremely sorry for myself, especially in Summer.

I like to sit in the car listening to the rain hitting the windshield.

With my grandfathers labtop.:D

I love the rain.As long as I'm not out in it.

It's exactly the opposite for us here, we go without rain for so long we start missing it immensely. But when that rain comes it's amazing, people go out and dance in the street. :P

would you like some of ours?

2) I kick about feeling extremely sorry for myself, especially in Summer.

I just need a hug myself :)

I like to sit in the car listening to the rain hitting the windshield.

I prefer to have a lie in and hear the rain hit the window

Go for a walk in Hyde Park and watch the rain fall into the Serpentine

*is nostalgic*

Yeah, go on and brag about it, thanks. >_<

would you like some of ours?

Yes please. :p

I love that iconic British rain.

Rain cleanses.

It's been raining for two months solid here, not kidding, broken all records for June and looking good for July. There's been black rain, typhoons, drizzly rain, sheet rain, landslides, a pair of shoes just ruined and more.

I'm tiring of it.

I prefer to have a lie in and hear the rain hit the window

I can't in my house. Too much noise, so unless there's a thunderstorm, I'm not hearing the rain in there :p.

What the hell are you talking about? It never rains in my mother's basement! It rains outside.

I did get a bit depressed when it rained steadily for about two weeks, back a couple of months. My "work" schedule is pretty flexible so I don't "need" to go out in the rain much, but two weeks broke my budget.

Generally, I welcome rain. It sure beats drought (everything looks dead, hell most of it is, and nobody talks about the weather. They talk about bushfires.)

Tourist: Gee, the weather's nice.
Local: Not really. The wind is changing.
Tourist: Oh.
Local: Fucking north wind.
Tourist: Sorry. I meant this lovely sunny weather.
Local: You're not from 'round here, are you?
Tourist: (Smiling, glad to change the subject) I'm Belgian. In Bel --
Local: Excuse me. I've got to be getting home.
Tourist: Oh. Sorry.
Local: Big bushfire up north. Wind is changing.
Tourist: Oh, the wind. I didn't even notice it.
Local: Big bushfire out west too.
Tourist: And the wind is changing to ...
Local: It's just changing.
Tourist: But it looks a bit like it might rain?
Local: Smoke mate. From the fire at the local tip.
Tourist: (Alarmed) There is a bushfire HERE?
Local: Not a bushfire. Just a fire that got away.
Tourist: And someone is putting it out, I hope?
Local: Of course not. It's not a bushfire.
Tourist: What's the difference?
Local: It's not a bushfire yet. Just an out of control fire.
Tourist: Um?
Local: New bushfire out west, too. Gotta fight that first.
Tourist: A new bushfire?
Local: Just started yesterday. Getting pretty big.
Tourist: How close is it?
Local: Look over there.
Tourist: (Even more alarmed): My God, that's a fire?
Local: Bushfire mate.
Tourist: Are you sure it isn't a storm coming?
Local: That's the Smokey Creek fire. Burnt out the old town overnight.
Tourist: Is it safe HERE ?
Local: Not really. Wind is changing.
Tourist: Excuse me, can you direct me to a railway station?
Local: Station's closed. Big bushfire down south took out the line.
Tourist: Is there some other way I can leave?
Local: Not really. You could come back to my place.
Tourist: Why, that's awfully nice of you! Are you sure?
Local: You can help us fight the fire when it comes.
Tourist: Is that ... dangerous?
Local: A bit. If the wind changes.
Tourist: And if it doesn't?
Local: Spot fires'll get us. From the new fire.
Tourist: (Confused) That was out west, right?
Local: New fire. Down south.
Tourist: Perhaps I could rent a boat. Or buy a boat.
Local: Jesus no mate. HUGE bushfire out to sea.
Tourist: If I ever get back to --
Local: Hang on mate. Yer hat's on fire!

(Loosly based on my memory of a radio skit by Fred Dagg (aka John Clarke) )

Yeah, it's raining here. I got drenched on my way to work :( Then again on my way home.

Though to be fair, I do live in Manchester :P

Rain rain go away,
Come again another day.

It's been raining for two months solid here, not kidding, broken all records for June and looking good for July. There's been black rain, typhoons, drizzly rain, sheet rain, landslides, a pair of shoes just ruined and more.

I'm tiring of it.

I normally am not a fan of the rain, but temperatures here have been topping 95 for a week and I can't remember the last time we had rain... it's probably rained about five times since March.

Plus, a little rain would be really nice on those 1,400 fires we've got going.

I love the rain, LOVE IT!

I normally am not a fan of the rain, but temperatures here have been topping 95 for a week and I can't remember the last time we had rain... it's probably rained about five times since March.

Plus, a little rain would be really nice on those 1,400 fires we've got going.

It says on CNN* that "firefighters are battling 300 wild fires" ... does that mean the other 1100 aren't threatening property?

Is your place in any danger? Getting smoke? Smoke can really bring you down, it's hard to ignore even if it's not affecting breathing.

well not just raining...

Its been raining for days on end and this has made my life hell*, what does NS usually do when its raining? is it raining on your property? why does it always rain on me? should I feel guilty about knocking over my rainmaker now?!

I like to drink hot chocolate and spend the day in my jammy jams mostly because if I had dropped my phone down onto that motorway on the way home I would of followed it

I got all wet walking to job interview (I thought it would clear up) and now my identity documents are all ruined! *throws tantrum because I have been in the rain all day, was drenched by a bus driver trying to be funny and fell on my bum : <*

edit: okay who thought the new layout would be a good idea for my posting?

I'll trade ya. We're having a drought and consequently, my state is on fire.

I like the rain, so its a good thing it rained yesterday where i am.

I love the rain, LOVE IT!

But the rain doesn't love you -shakes head-

It has been raining quite a lot here too, complete with lightning and thunder and fun stuff. (A tree literally ten feet from my window was destroyed by a lightning bolt about twelve hours ago. Not fun to see that when you're on the computer.)

It doesn't really bother me that much except when I'm trying to go out and exercise. It's actually rather helpful because it washes away the pine pollen, which is extremely irritating for myself, my sister, and my mother, since we're all quite allergic to it.

It has been raining quite a lot here too, complete with lightning and thunder and fun stuff. (A tree literally ten feet from my window was destroyed by a lightning bolt about twelve hours ago. Not fun to see that when you're on the computer.)

It doesn't really bother me that much except when I'm trying to go out and exercise. It's actually rather helpful because it washes away the pine pollen, which is extremely irritating for myself, my sister, and my mother, since we're all quite allergic to it.

That reminds of when I was on holiday and a tree collapsed onto the place I was sitting... Luckily there was a building in the way ;)

It has been raining quite a lot here too, complete with lightning and thunder and fun stuff. (A tree literally ten feet from my window was destroyed by a lightning bolt about twelve hours ago. Not fun to see that when you're on the computer.)

You're OK, your computer is OK. Shame about the tree.

Correct response isn't "bah, not fun" ... it's "W00t! I'm alive!"

You're OK, your computer is OK. Shame about the tree.

Correct response isn't "bah, not fun" ... it's "W00t! I'm alive!"

Well, yeah. It fried one of our televisions, though. (Admittedly that one was on the verge of dying anyway, but it still fried it.)

Tourist: Gee, the weather's nice.
Local: Not really. The wind is changing.
Tourist: Oh.
Local: Fucking north wind.
Tourist: Sorry. I meant this lovely sunny weather.
Local: You're not from 'round here, are you?
Tourist: (Smiling, glad to change the subject) I'm Belgian. In Bel --
Local: Excuse me. I've got to be getting home.
Tourist: Oh. Sorry.
Local: Big bushfire up north. Wind is changing.
Tourist: Oh, the wind. I didn't even notice it.
Local: Big bushfire out west too.
Tourist: And the wind is changing to ...
Local: It's just changing.
Tourist: But it looks a bit like it might rain?
Local: Smoke mate. From the fire at the local tip.
Tourist: (Alarmed) There is a bushfire HERE?
Local: Not a bushfire. Just a fire that got away.
Tourist: And someone is putting it out, I hope?
Local: Of course not. It's not a bushfire.
Tourist: What's the difference?
Local: It's not a bushfire yet. Just an out of control fire.
Tourist: Um?
Local: New bushfire out west, too. Gotta fight that first.
Tourist: A new bushfire?
Local: Just started yesterday. Getting pretty big.
Tourist: How close is it?
Local: Look over there.
Tourist: (Even more alarmed): My God, that's a fire?
Local: Bushfire mate.
Tourist: Are you sure it isn't a storm coming?
Local: That's the Smokey Creek fire. Burnt out the old town overnight.
Tourist: Is it safe HERE ?
Local: Not really. Wind is changing.
Tourist: Excuse me, can you direct me to a railway station?
Local: Station's closed. Big bushfire down south took out the line.
Tourist: Is there some other way I can leave?
Local: Not really. You could come back to my place.
Tourist: Why, that's awfully nice of you! Are you sure?
Local: You can help us fight the fire when it comes.
Tourist: Is that ... dangerous?
Local: A bit. If the wind changes.
Tourist: And if it doesn't?
Local: Spot fires'll get us. From the new fire.
Tourist: (Confused) That was out west, right?
Local: New fire. Down south.
Tourist: Perhaps I could rent a boat. Or buy a boat.
Local: Jesus no mate. HUGE bushfire out to sea.
Tourist: If I ever get back to --
Local: Hang on mate. Yer hat's on fire!

(Loosly based on my memory of a radio skit by Fred Dagg (aka John Clarke) )

Hahah. Probably the closest thing I've experienced to a bush fire is living in California where wild fires, mudslides and earthquakes run rampant.

In Indiana though, I personally welcome the rain. Except everyone gets shitty about how muggy it gets afterward.

To answer the original question, I either like to take a walk when the drops are huge but soft, or sleep. Rain makes me so tired! ;)

Well, yeah. It fried one of our televisions, though. (Admittedly that one was on the verge of dying anyway, but it still fried it.)

When the Revolution comes, we're going to line them all up against the wall anyway.

A friend of mine once mused (no, raved, we'd had a few) about hoping to one day see a device you could plug into the television, which could be coupled to a handheld device with the form of a gun. This device would allow you to point the 'gun' at anybody you saw on the TV, 'shoot' them ... and thereafter your TV would never show that person's face again.

Does anyone know where I can buy a thing like that?

(TAIRV, Owen. This "lugged bear" hopes you've got your Google.)

When the Revolution comes, we're going to line them all up against the wall anyway.

A friend of mine once mused (no, raved, we'd had a few) about hoping to one day see a device you could plug into the television, which could be coupled to a handheld device with the form of a gun. This device would allow you to point the 'gun' at anybody you saw on the TV, 'shoot' them ... and thereafter your TV would never show that person's face again.

Does anyone know where I can buy a thing like that?

(TAIRV, Owen. This "lugged bear" hopes you've got your Google.)

A bin? .. yuo can bu annnythinng from a bin... maybe.

A bin? .. yuo can bu annnythinng from a bin... maybe.

You're making fun of my drunkenness. That's OK.

I think it's an excellent concept. And if it was networked properly, we could bring Democracy to the Media.


Well, I'd miss Jar-jar. Probably 70% of viewers of the first release at the cinema would have pulled the trigger on Jar-jar. On video, second time around, 98%. No more Jar-jar. :(

You're making fun of my drunkenness. That's OK.

I think it's an excellent concept. And if it was networked properly, we could bring Democracy to the Media.


Well, I'd miss Jar-jar. Probably 70% of viewers of the first release at the cinema would have pulled the trigger on Jar-jar. On video, second time around, 98%. No more Jar-jar. :(

Wow i had a lot of typos in that post.

And I just say "a bin" to most questions are can't be bothered to answer correctly. But if anyone asks i was laughing at you ;)

ITS RAINING!

the monsoon has arrived! it rained slightly all night long. wooohooooo!


on the bad side, it rained so much south of here that one of the towns had severe flooding.

When I lived in Tucson it was monsoon, we played in the rain!

In Oklahoma, as long as the tornado sirens aren't going off, we play in the rain for a bit, then after we go hunt for slugs, snails, tadpoles, potato bugs, worms, frogs and any other fun creatures we can find.

It's been raining for two months solid here, not kidding, broken all records for June and looking good for July. There's been black rain, typhoons, drizzly rain, sheet rain, landslides, a pair of shoes just ruined and more.

I'm tiring of it.

At least you have variety, we just have boring rain.

It's piddling down here as it has been for days, weeks... but that's what you get for living on the West of the Pennines. Still wish it would stop though :p