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In comp.os.linux.misc D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Nov 2024, rbowman wrote:
>> My experience of both NYC and Chicago was day trips or overnight stays so
>> I don't know them as well as the Boston area.
>>
>> I was first in SF in the '80s before it had deteriorated, but again not
>> for a long stay. I lived in coastal New Hampshire and was used to the
>> weather patterns of the north Atlantic, cold morning fog that burned off
>> around noon. What impressed me was SF managed to spin that as 'delightful
>> sweater weather'.
> 
> That con is frequently used in sweden. Sometimes I can get very close to 
> killing people in sweden when I hear the tired old saying "det finns inga 
> dåliga väder, bara dåliga kläder".
> 
> My translation is, the person in question cannot afford to travel to the 
> sun, so must firm up their psyche with nonsense. ;)

The 'google' translation is:

"there are none bad weather, only bad clothes"

I do not know any Sweedish, so I can't say which is the closer to the 
actual meaning.