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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:35:00 +0000
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On 12/11/2024 02:32, Rich wrote:
> 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.

It's used in the UK as 'there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad 
clothes'


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If I had all the money I've spent on drink...
...I'd spend it on drink.

Sir Henry (at Rawlinson's End)