Environment

[Willy The Londoner]

If as an Englishman you really want to see rain then get to India during the monsoon season.

Then you will really see what real rain and no water drainage can do.  Then when it stops raining and the temp is still 40 degrees you would not worry about your shoes as the humidity will destroy any will that you may have to walk anywhere.
 Of course when the rain is in full flow then there is more than likely to be no electricity so no fans working.

Willy

[shaun]

 

Can't help it anymore.  This is really what they are saying;

Brit #1:  It's pissing outside.
Brit #2:  Yes but it is pissing more on my side of the shire than yours.
Brit #1:  You haven't seen pissing until you've seen it pissing over here.
Brit #2:  Yes but it has pissed so much that my knickers have shrunk.
Brit #1:  Wellllll....  It has pissed so much that my rubbers got stuck to the pavement.
Brit #2:  Where I am at we don't have rubbers to get stuck.
Brit #1:  Can I bum a fag?
Brit #2:  I gave up fags years ago.  Ask Bowser if he as one.
Brit #1:  (Silent reflection)... Do you think it has been pissing where Bowser is?


To coin a phrase: Now that there is funny.  I don't care who you are.  Forgive me Jesus.

 

[Willy The Londoner]

Can't help it anymore.  This is really what they are saying;

Brit #1:  It's pissing outside.
Brit #2:  Yes but it is pissing more on my side of the shire than yours.
Brit #1:  You haven't seen pissing until you've seen it pissing over here.
Brit #2:  Yes but it has pissed so much that my knickers have shrunk.
Brit #1:  Wellllll....  It has pissed so much that my rubbers got stuck to the pavement.
Brit #2:  Where I am at we don't have rubbers to get stuck.
Brit #1:  Can I bum a fag?
Brit #2:  I gave up fags years ago.  Ask Bowser if he as one.
Brit #1:  (Silent reflection)... Do you think it has been pissing where Bowser is?


To coin a phrase: Now that there is funny.  I don't care who you are.  Forgive me Jesus.

 

Forgive you?

I hope he understood it better than me.

Willy

[Philip]

Willy, to translate for you, Shaun has actually recorded a conversation from The Lord of the Rings between Frodo and Bilbo Baggins. That is the only explanation for the quaint language on show. "The Shire?" - we're either in Middle Earth or the Middle Ages! Pissing? (translation: pissing down). "Rubbers" getting stuck to the pavement - Don't worry Willy, even in India, it is not possible for your condoms to stick to the pavement when it rains, so if you want to use prophylactics in the rain, don't be scared. Although you may understand "fag' to mean cigarette, bumming one is another rather antiquated expression, more at home in an English Public School in the 1950s (And Shaun, to confuse you further, an English Public School is, of course, a Private school.)

[shaun]

Phillip,

You got the Shire reference correct only because I could not come up with the English equivalent.  The rest come from my days working in the oil business in Texas of all places.  In our office were four Englishmen, an Egyptian and three Americans.  That was a typical conversation daily amongst the Englishmen.  Every fricking or should I say fracking day since I am recalling a time in the oil business.

The conversations of epic rainfall reminded me of an earlier time.

I can remember sitting in a restaurant where the uneducated locals worked.  One would order a side of biscuits.  When they arrived he would go into a tirade about this isn't a proper biscuit.  I ordered biscuits.  I didn't want a bloody scone.

Come to think of it, even though the subject is on another thread, they preferred to drink Lone Star Beer.  If they couldn't get that in a pub they would drink Bud.  However if we went to their house it was always room temperature Guinness.  It is an enjoyable drink but I always ended up with a hangover.

[David E]

Just to add a little more to this Literary madness....

We dont get much rain in Perth...wish we got more.

So when it's ( very rarely) pissing cats and dogs here, the general comment is "Send her down Hughie"...

Now work that one out   

[Robertt S]

Or as my great grandmother would say " It's raining so hard the animals are pairing up"

[Pineau]

Oh come on. This is the internet.  St Hugh the patron saint of rain.  Send her down Hughie! is equivalent to the American slang  " bring it on" 

[Willy The Londoner]

Well thanks to all for those very clear translations.   Cannot profess to understand it even now.

But at least I learned something interesting out of it.   What was that?  Oh hang on, its raining heavy here. Now I wonder what the Chinese equivalent  for 'Send her down Hughie'.

Trust the Aussies to get my attention.
 
Willy

[fivetrout]

So earlier in this post I asked about environmental shock for a city girl, and that I was eying Colorado Springs. As is happens...I took a position in Reno , Nevada. Well it is tough for a fly fisherman gazing at Lake Tahoe as well as many other lakes, the Truckee River and it's blue ribbon trout fishing everyday, but the city of Reno has a big and modern feel to it...yet compact in just a few miles. There's so much to do here! And the community is warm and welcoming here. This time of year, and with so many community planned social activities I think it will be very positive for Hong and her son. From a high mountain lake for morning fishing, to a street festival in afternoon, to a $6.99 prime rib dinner at a casino works for me. Summer rafting for miles along the Truckee is a sure way to deal with the hotter days like today (104F). I love it here, and so I mention to her...that she will too!

[shaun]

If I remember correctly it is pretty dry there so the 104 temp is not so bad.  It isn't like Georgia at 100 degrees with 100% humidity like today.  I spent most of the day outside and I was soaked.

Reno is a beautiful place. Not too cold in the winter.

I just realized that Reno is in the western end of Nevada.  So if you read what I said about 2 other members scratch it. I was wrong.