Is it weird to hate summer

Syphonax · 13-07-2017 09:38PM

Small little midge flies everywhere hate the summer because of this

Day Lewin · 13-07-2017 09:44PM

bodhrandude wrote: »

There is a good chance you won't be able to take that brolly into longitude, I think they are one of the banned items.

Iveagh Gardens!

Grandeeod · 13-07-2017 09:45PM

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

Reading this thread just reminds me how much I absolutely hate winter. Roll on retirement in the sunny Med...
For all you summer haters, it's over in 2 weeks according to some (lol), even though the warmest month of August is yet to come.

Just keep in mind that after the normal summer holiday in the Med, your opinion may change. Living in the sun and heat requires a lot of adapting. Can be nice though. Having done it all, I much prefer the darker, colder evenings, moany people going on about the weather and a lack of insects.

cdeb · 13-07-2017 09:47PM

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

For all you summer haters, it's over in 2 weeks according to some (lol), even though the warmest month of August is yet to come.

Not entirely sure what the relevant of the last part is.

Summer isn't defined by temperature in Ireland. Mainly because the temperature's crap any time of year. (Iceland is the only country in the world with a lower record hot temperature than Ireland)

Spanish Eyes · 13-07-2017 09:49PM

Just neck the Vit D in the Winter. Be grand.

I am (very) early retired, so I do part of the winter abroad now. But it is just longer days and maybe a bit of heat, all good, and it's cheaper than being here.

But I love getting back to the dark nights, the cool weather and all that. It's what we are used to really.

And then I feck off again when it gets too dark for me. The joys.

Day Lewin · 13-07-2017 09:51PM

Best thing about summer: wild swimming. Seaside, rivers, lakes and even the canal. I love it. Can't do that for ten months of the year!

Also, gardening. Too shivery in the winter eg mid- October to early April. But this month, I'm picking home-grown raspberries for breakfast every morning. :-)

Also, daylight: the exuberance of serotonin. In winter (see above) my bones and joints ache from lack of Vitamin D and my mood slumps with SAD and basically, not enough daylight. Humans evolved in Africa, and our DNA looks back with nostalgia. Happy days of summer.

I just love summer.

Conservative · 13-07-2017 09:51PM

Mid twenties or so is fine if you have the day off but in most work environments I have been in over the years any kind of warm day is the absolute pits.

For this reason I had air conditioning units installed in our offices and it is nothing short of bliss. They should be much more common in offices etc. It has made me appreciate the warm weather more.

I do like a cold winter too though.

La.de.da · 13-07-2017 09:53PM

More of an Autumn/winter gal. I do not tolerate the sun and heat very well at all.

I love crisp cool mornings, open fires and cosy blankets.

pickarooney · 13-07-2017 09:54PM

I can't stand air conditioning. Evil thing.

Conservative · 13-07-2017 09:55PM

pickarooney wrote: »

I can't stand air conditioning. Evil thing.

Stick it to 40 degrees and you'll be grand

RayM · 13-07-2017 11:36PM

At least in the winter you can put on some extra clothing. In summer, there are only so many layers of clothing you can remove before you get banned for life from your local Tesco Express.

It was flaccid, ffs.

mojesius · 13-07-2017 11:54PM

Depends on where I am. I'm not too fond of Dublin in summer. I dislike the park being so busy, people everywhere in the summer. Do the same walk the same day of the week in on a cold windy winter day and there's barely anyone around. (Maybe I need to move out to the sticks).

Town smells like ****e, piss and rotten fast food.

Moths flying around the gaff non-stop.

Having feck all summer gear to wear to work.

With that said, there's no place like the west of ireland on a sunny day, run into the Atlantic for a swim, sit outside a pub enjoying the long sunsets, getting an honest wind-sunburn tan.

hank scorpio89 · 14-07-2017 12:47AM

Ye can't beat a cold beer in a beer garden on a sunny day.that being said I prefer the winter in general.Halloween is my Christmas love that time of the year

WoollyRedHat · 14-07-2017 12:49AM

If you could break the week into seasons that would be class.

Spring would be a Monday and Tuesday, Winter would be Wednesday and Thursday, Summer on a Friday and Saturday and then to cap it off Autumn would be on the Sunday.

PTH2009 · 14-07-2017 12:55AM

Love the summer because of the GAA championships, we also get the world cup, euros and Olympics every 2 years. Also the outdoor gigs. Not a fan of drinking outside or sitting out in the sun for hours on end

Quite a fan of winter and when it gets dark early. It's so relaxing

Ann_Landers · 14-07-2017 02:14AM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

News Just In - August is often the hottest month of summer.

I know, right? People get their knickers in a twist in this country claiming August as an autumn month but weather-wise, it's feckin' summer. August is almost always more warm and sunny than June and sometimes more warm and sunny than July too.

Ann_Landers · 14-07-2017 02:41AM

Day Lewin wrote: »

Best thing about summer: wild swimming. Seaside, rivers, lakes and even the canal. I love it. Can't do that for ten months of the year!

Where did the phrase 'wild swimming' spring from? It's the current faddy term. Swimming in the sea is a run-of-the-mill thing that has always happened. Lakes too to a lesser extent. 'Wild swimming' implies something mad adventurous instead of a thing everyone has been doing since the year dot. I feel like the term is a by-product of the rise of Instagram. Are all those people in the sea off the beaches of resorts in Med wild swimmers?

NinetyTwoTeam · 14-07-2017 02:57AM

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

If you could break the week into seasons that would be class.

Spring would be a Monday and Tuesday, Winter would be Wednesday and Thursday, Summer on a Friday and Saturday and then to cap it off Autumn would be on the Sunday.

So we go right from Spring to Winter and then right to Summer? That's quite the rollercoaster ride

r93kaey5p2izun · 14-07-2017 03:00AM

I hate summer too. I dislike heat and humidity but mostly it's the long days I can't stand. I love cold crisp weather and dark evenings. Roll on Halloween.

4068ac1elhodqr · 14-07-2017 03:12AM

One of the 'sci-fi' newspapers reckons it will be 30-40 late July into August.
They've even carefully selected a Getty image to slightly over-emphasis this.
They've also thrown in a mention of a solar flare, as if it bears some direct correlation.

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Anything up to 42oC is fine and dandy.

ArtyC · 14-07-2017 07:10AM

I love hot weather but I'm getting sick of it in Ireland , I end up working in my stuffy uniform .
If I'm off I seem to get caught unprepared , raining in the morning so I dress for that / only to be sweating in the car returning home later.....

If it was consistently good where we would get acclimatised to it and be able to throw on light clothing without getting drenched shivering in I think we'd all enjoy it more .

LordSutch · 14-07-2017 07:15AM

Hollister11 wrote: »

Is it weird to hate summer?

Not weird, but you gotta remember....

"Summertime, and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good-lookin'
So hush, little baby, don't you cry...."

Day Lewin · 14-07-2017 07:48AM

Ann_Landers wrote: »

Where did the phrase 'wild swimming' spring from? It's the current faddy term. Swimming in the sea is a run-of-the-mill thing that has always happened. Lakes too to a lesser extent. 'Wild swimming' implies something mad adventurous instead of a thing everyone has been doing since the year dot. I feel like the term is a by-product of the rise of Instagram. Are all those people in the sea off the beaches of resorts in Med wild swimmers?

Yes, they are. Mad as it sounds to us who were reared in a simpler time.

Nowadays, if you mention "swimming" people automatically think of chlorine, blue tiles and lifeguards.
Many are irrationally afraid of trusting to skill, nature and commonsense; caution is necessary, of course, but you can be too cautious!
It is one of the glories of summer, jumping in the waves and feeling the natural water rippling on your skin.

14-07-2017 08:40AM

Day Lewin wrote: »

Yes, they are. Mad as it sounds to us who were reared in a simpler time.

Nowadays, if you mention "swimming" people automatically think of chlorine, blue tiles and lifeguards.
Many are irrationally afraid of trusting to skill, nature and commonsense; caution is necessary, of course, but you can be too cautious!
It is one of the glories of summer, jumping in the waves and feeling the natural water rippling on your skin.

I would love to be able to do that. I have such a strange relationship with water because I can't swim. I love the sea and living beside it is a dream of mine but my fear holds me back from swimming.

JupiterKid · 14-07-2017 08:45AM

I remember a thread on AH about a year ago where a surprising number of posters opined that they'd prefer to live in the Arctic Circle rather than the Carribean.

Just shows there are a lot of misery loving souls attracted to negativity here. Pity.

As for me - I love summer!

ILikeBoats · 14-07-2017 08:49AM

Summer all the way!

I love the long warm days. They seem to be getting warmer and sunnier every year.

The only thing winter has going for it is that you don't feel like you have to get out and about after work. It's dark and miserable most of the time so no guilt is felt by just sitting on the couch!

14-07-2017 08:50AM

JupiterKid wrote: »

I remember a thread on AH about a year ago where a surprising number of posters opined that they'd prefer to live in the Arctic Circle rather than the Carribean.

Just shows there are a lot of misery loving souls attracted to negativity here. Pity.

As for me - I love summer!

I don't understand how you equate a living preference with loving misery. There are many beautiful places in this world and one person's idea of heaven is different to another's.

LordSutch · 14-07-2017 08:56AM

Anyone remember the long hot summer of 76'...

Ah, those were the days.

WoollyRedHat · 14-07-2017 09:11AM

NinetyTwoTeam wrote: »

So we go right from Spring to Winter and then right to Summer? That's quite the rollercoaster ride

Life is a rollercoaster baby, just got to ride it.

JupiterKid · 14-07-2017 09:20AM

Sunny weather brings Vitamin D to the body and has been shown to improve mood. Cold, dark weather is a correlate for a more depressed state of mood. My 2 cents but this being AH I'll be sure to be savaged for it...

It's a bit of a pity but if you read through many of the threads up on AH there are a lot of posters attracted to negativity in the world.

Is it weird to hate summer

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