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[Train2]

Got my name that way.
Someone thought grandpa's S was a G, and he was smart enough to just accept he had a new last name, and not bother trying to get it fixed..

Like many surnames changed on arrival, with paperwork being the first time that people had to spell their name. Only ever knowing it spoken

Yes, that was a big thing here too.

 

[e30ernest]

You guys have a funny idea when seasons start and end. In this hemisphere, where we don't need velcro soles on our shoes in order to keep from falling off the planet, it's as follows:

Winter Solstice -> Spring Equinox = Winter
Spring Equinox -> Summer Solstice = Spring
Summer Solstice -> Fall Equinox = Summer
Fall Equinox -> Winter Solstice = Fall / Autumn

In other words, it's still spring here for another few days.

You will all love it here. Over here it's:

Winter Solstice -> Spring Equinox = Cooler Summer
Spring Equinox -> Summer Solstice = Hotter Summer
Summer Solstice -> Fall Equinox = Wetter Summer
Fall Equinox -> Winter Solstice = Fall / Still Wet Summer

We were able to secure travel passes so that we can leave the city and visit our family's bed and breakfast. We haven't been able to visit it since the pandemic hit (since late Feb) so now that travel is allowed (as long as you secure a pass from the city government), we decided to visit it.

 

[Doffy]

 

[Doffy]

think this is what the birds were Australasian Gannets | Beauty of Birds

 

[TwistedThrottle]

So...
Not bottle nosed dolphins?

I like the last sunrise pic best

 

[Doffy]

Evening

 

[TamiPac]

Evening

Beautiful!

 

[Doffy]

Beautiful!

You are

 

[Rossum]

It's really starting to look and feel like summer here.

 

[TamiPac]

It's really starting to look and feel like summer here.

Beautiful!

 

[Rossum]

Yup, definitely summer now:

 

[Doffy]

Yup, definitely summer now:

yuck, humans on your usually quiet beach

 

[Doffy]

List of my favourite things about winter:

1. Nothing
2. Nothing
3. Nothing
4. Absolutely nothing
5. 

 

[Rossum]

List of my favourite things about winter.

Have you actually ever experienced a real winter?

Allow me to give you a taste. There are some old pictures taken at my house up in Pennsylvania:

Spoiler

That's why I now have a place in Florida!

 

[TamiPac]

Have you actually ever experienced a real winter?

Allow me to give you a taste. There are some old pictures taken at my house up in Pennsylvania:

These pictures are reasons one would consider suicide!

 

[Doffy]

Have you actually ever experienced a real winter?

Allow me to give you a taste. There are some old pictures taken at my house up in Pennsylvania:

Not with snow. I did live in Canberra for 6 years (National Capital City) and part of that I was in a bungalow with thin tin roof. I think that the coldest night was minus 12°C in my time there.

Ballarat is also a cold place. I was there for a year. Temps milder, around 0 during winter. But it is a wet, windy place.

 

[Rossum]

These pictures are reasons one would consider suicide!

Well, it can be kinda pretty:

 

[TamiPac]

Well, it can be kinda pretty:

I don't mind seeing pictures but I would be happiest if I never experience it in person again!

 

[Doffy]

I don't mind seeing pictures but I would be happiest if I never experience it in person again!

I suspect that I would need to have a long, hard think about my choice in footwear

 

[Rossum]

I suspect that I would need to have a long, hard think about my choice in footwear

Without a doubt. Insulated boots are pretty much a must-have.