Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy Date: 12 Nov 2024 05:39:13 GMT Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <2132040480.752628420.877076.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <40116983.752766304.889214.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <75e1dbfd-fecf-2ca4-56c9-23a4fd298471@example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net eDt51UTrPQJa73B6ufGXCgqPFD9nwdA2FjoqmyDjbQFQTsEKG5 Cancel-Lock: sha1:QIyW77Y0pYBxJQ+KuBfEgwARus4= sha256:zOIR/FJ9VNuA8mBl1l6sjiZUM7hSVGCTwNIx7XiROPw= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:228869 comp.os.linux.misc:60925 On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 02:32:41 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote: > In comp.os.linux.misc D 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. https://www.treehugger.com/theres-no-such-thing-bad-weather-scandinavian- moms-guide-raising-kids-book-review-4857921 Everybody has a version: Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter, nur schlechte Kleidung. My coat tree reflects the saying; stick head out the door and select the uniform of the day. It is topped with a ushanka fort hose shoveling snow on sub-zero F days.