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Winter: what is it good for?

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    #92
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users Posts: 28,736 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Not a fan..

    - Dark mornings and nights mean the traffic is much worse.. add in snow/ice and the commute doubles
    - Electricity/gas bills are higher
    - I hate the cold


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    #93
    7 Seconds...
    Registered Users Posts: 8,471 ✭✭✭7 Seconds...


    I think I'd like winter more if the clock didn't have to go back.


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    #94
    expectationlost
    Registered Users Posts: 11,774 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    Bygumbo wrote: »
    The real answer is "balance".

    How can you appreciate a good day without a bad day?

    How can you appreciate glorious sunshine without hopeless grey skies?

    How can you appreciate heaven without hell?

    How can you appreciate television without RTE?

    Plus its a great time of year to hide in trees.
    3 - 6 months of balance, its false balance!


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    #95
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    expectationlost wrote: »
    Absolutley nothing?

    Really tell me whats good about winter/autumn?

    It's so that Finnish Black Metal bands can have an appropriate album picture taken.


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    #96
    Working class heroes
    Registered Users Posts: 3,510 ✭✭✭Working class heroes


    The new Autumn/Winter Family Album.

    Racism is now hiding behind the cloak of Community activism.



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    #97
    Surreptitious
    Registered Users Posts: 8,130 ✭✭✭Surreptitious


    expectationlost wrote: »
    i don't drink alcohol
    expectationlost wrote: »
    im trying to keep the weight (i've lost during summer outdoor exercise) off
    expectationlost wrote: »
    I hate xmas
    im trying not to sit around so much
    expectationlost wrote: »
    thats war
    expectationlost wrote: »
    i have sensitive teeth
    expectationlost wrote: »
    the spectacle, sitting in front of a computer?
    expectationlost wrote: »
    starting relearning to swim... injured my shoulder :/:o will have to give ita rest for now :rolleyes:

    Two pages in and pure misery by the OP.


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    #98
    expectationlost
    Registered Users Posts: 11,774 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    Surreptitious wrote: »
    Two pages in and pure misery by the OP.
    Winter: what is it good for?


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    #99
    GoneHome
    Registered Users Posts: 1,783 ✭✭✭GoneHome


    We decided to light a fire this evening for the first time since May and it's so cosy sitting here in front of it for the past five hours, watching tv and having a few beers


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    #100
    myshirt
    Registered Users Posts: 5,245 ✭✭✭myshirt


    Michael, turn on the heating.


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    #101
    Rumpy Pumpy
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    Champions League, University Challenge, stew, brussels sprouts, those really bright and frosty mornings, hiking in the Wicklow mountains. Love it.


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    #102
    Noveight
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    I am very suspicious of people who don't pick summer over any of the other seasons. Very suspicious indeed...


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    #103
    Academic
    Registered Users Posts: 445 ✭✭Academic


    While I can understand why some people might not like winter (I'm not fond of the cold, but there are many other aspects of the season I like, most of which have been mentioned by earlier posters) I can't imagine not liking autumn, at least if like me you like outdoor activities. Just brisk enough to be energizing.


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    #104
    wakka12
    Registered Users Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    expectationlost wrote: »
    i'll admit im not much fun at parties, another reason not to like winter

    Gosh, what has winter done to deserve such hatred from you?


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    #105
    Wheeliebin30
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,593 ✭✭✭Wheeliebin30


    Summer(In Ireland). What's it good for?


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    #106
    expectationlost
    Registered Users Posts: 11,774 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    Wheeliebin30 wrote: »
    Summer(In Ireland). What's it good for?
    not being winter.


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    #107
    Abu94
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 52 ✭✭Abu94


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Deep blues, moody black, long scarves, candle light, walks in the dark, open fire, soft blankets, wooly socks up to my knees, exhilarating rain, bracing wind, spooky frights, warm soup, hot chocolate.

    I love winter :)


    Couldn't be more cliché could you?


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    #108
    Tell me how
    Registered Users Posts: 21,520 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    Abu94 wrote:
    Couldn't be more cliché could you?

    That's the spirit.


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    #109
    appledrop
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    Winter in Ireland doesn't let you down. You expect it to be miserable, cold damp + rainy so if you get a dry crisp day it's a bonus.

    In contrast every year in Ireland we fool ourselves buying summer clothes, barbucues, outdoor furniture + then it just ends up being cold + rainy for most of the time + it upsets us.


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    #110
    deco nate
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    Coming home from a cold night and getting a big bowl of hot Irish stew(with brown sauce mixed in) and bread, and settling down to watching the walking dead /Z Nation.


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    #111
    Academic
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Deep blues, moody black, long scarves, candle light, walks in the dark, open fire, soft blankets, wooly socks up to my knees, exhilarating rain, bracing wind, spooky frights, warm soup, hot chocolate.

    I love winter :)
    Abu94 wrote: »
    Couldn't be more cliché could you?

    People who like scarves, candle light, open fires, spooky frights, warm soup, or hot chocolate are clichéd? :confused:


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    #112
    MSVforever
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    Seems to be less rain than in the summer months. Dry cold is great. Can't beat a motorbike spin on a Sunday morning (if the roads are clear).


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    #113
    7 Seconds...
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    The answer is 42.


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    #114
    Junkyard Tom
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    The seasonal cultivation of crops and subsequent storage of food for the winter period was critical to the development of civilisation as we know it. Winter allowed us time to engage in more cerebral activities such as planning, writing, counting etc. Winter gave us time to think, develop stuff, make things.


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    #115
    expectationlost
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    Academic wrote: »
    While I can understand why some people might not like winter (I'm not fond of the cold, but there are many other aspects of the season I like, most of which have been mentioned by earlier posters) I can't imagine not liking autumn, at least if like me you like outdoor activities. Just brisk enough to be energizing.

    I'll admit we've had some nice sunny spells this week.


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    #116
    whoopsadoodles
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    I bought pretty new boots for winter yesterday.

    Funnily enough, they're called "spring".


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    #117
    MadYaker
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    Skiing! Just booked flights. Ryanair better not ****ing cancel them.


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    #118
    expectationlost
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    Junkyard Tom wrote: »
    The seasonal cultivation of crops and subsequent storage of food for the winter period was critical to the development of civilisation as we know it. Winter allowed us time to engage in more cerebral activities such as planning, writing, counting etc. Winter gave us time to think, develop stuff, make things.

    and does this still apply to urbanites?

    I've found that get more my projects done in summer, its less busy.


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    #119
    osarusan
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    I like the cold frosty mornings and the cold air on my lungs, I find I wake up quicker and feel less lethargic.


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    #120
    SEANoftheDEAD
    Registered Users Posts: 635 ✭✭✭SEANoftheDEAD


    No more humidity!


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    #121
    whoopsadoodles
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    SEANoftheDEAD wrote: »
    No more humidity!

    Winter; the dry season :D


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