Summer Weather 2016

Thinking she has it bad in Dublin oh god I'd hate to see here in the Atlantic counties!

armabelle wrote: »

poor countries can and usually do have very attractive people, Russia and some of Eastern Europe, Argentina, southern Italy, southern Spain

it is the weather and nothing else...well the diet too but the basic food is really good in Ireland usually so nothing to do with it

In fact, most the wealthy countries are the ones with highest obesity counts and other health problems...sun or no sun. Irish are not prone to same kind of medical problems.

So we're all ugly then? Sorry, but that's entirely subjective on your part and feels offensive really.

You originally said that "Irish people do not age well", which has nothing to do with being an attractive people or not - I outlined why Ireland has elderly people with less mobility and more health problems than some other European countries.

The diet in Ireland was far from great up until the early 90s - we now live in the era of Tesco and being able to import a wide range of foods from European neighbours, but it was up until very recently not this way at all.

The only thing the Irish climate has to do with that is the fact that we couldn't grow most of those things *in* Ireland.

And I have no idea what your last point means, but Ireland certainly does have obesity problems: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/ireland-set-to-be-most-obese-country-in-europe-who-says-1.2201731

MJohnston wrote: »

So we're all ugly then? Sorry, but that's entirely subjective on your part and feels offensive really.

You originally said that "Irish people do not age well", which has nothing to do with being an attractive people or not - I outlined why Ireland has elderly people with less mobility and more health problems than some other European countries.

The diet in Ireland was far from great up until the early 90s - we now live in the era of Tesco and being able to import a wide range of foods from European neighbours, but it was up until very recently not this way at all.

The only thing the Irish climate has to do with that is the fact that we couldn't grow most of those things *in* Ireland.

And I have no idea what your last point means, but Ireland certainly does have obesity problems: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/ireland-set-to-be-most-obese-country-in-europe-who-says-1.2201731

Not talking about health problems really, just the look of people as they get older in general. Is healthy-looking really all that different to being attractive in older age though? I think they are similar. I will say that there are lots of eastern european moms where I take my kids to play and their is a big difference between +50 Irish moms and +50 eastern european moms. Sun and climate are essential parts of health and longevity. Sunshine is life on earth, without it we would not be here. Irish people have adapted to the climate but that doesn't mean that it does wonders for them. Is the frog enjoying the hot water or just accepting it for what it is and not hopping out because of that?

sryanbruen wrote: »

Fine day generally here at Grange with a mix of sunny intervals and clouds.

Same here, missed a lot of the showers over the last few days, had a heavy thundery shower on thursday i think it was, but it didnt add up to much, not a bad week overall in fact

Today was a good example of what I was talking about - cloudy, but dry and warm. A lovely day of weather if you aren't looking for cloudless blue skies, I was walking around outside in a t-shirt at 9pm, hardy Irish soul that I am