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Athel Cornish-Bowden
Apr 15, 2023, 6:40:50 AM4/15/23
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Yesterday at about 7.15 in the evening I went out to put our car away
in the garage. When came out of the front door of the building wet
stuff was falling from the sky. I wondered if this was the "rain" that
people talk about.
Back to normal today, however: blue sky and sunny.
--
athel -- biochemist, not a physicist, but detector of crackpots
in the garage. When came out of the front door of the building wet
stuff was falling from the sky. I wondered if this was the "rain" that
people talk about.
Back to normal today, however: blue sky and sunny.
--
athel -- biochemist, not a physicist, but detector of crackpots
Hibou
Apr 15, 2023, 6:48:26 AM4/15/23
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Le 15/04/2023 à 11:40, Athel Cornish-Bowden a écrit :
>
> Yesterday at about 7.15 in the evening I went out to put our car away in
> the garage. When came out of the front door of the building wet stuff
> was falling from the sky. I wondered if this was the "rain" that people
> talk about.
>
> Back to normal today, however: blue sky and sunny.
Hmm. If there's no weather, what do people find to talk about?
>
> Yesterday at about 7.15 in the evening I went out to put our car away in
> the garage. When came out of the front door of the building wet stuff
> was falling from the sky. I wondered if this was the "rain" that people
> talk about.
>
> Back to normal today, however: blue sky and sunny.
Anyway...
"The rain it raineth on the just
And also on the unjust fella;
But chiefly on the just, because
The unjust hath the just’s umbrella."
Paul Carmichael
Apr 15, 2023, 12:00:41 PM4/15/23
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El Sat, 15 Apr 2023 12:40:42 +0200, Athel Cornish-Bowden escribió:
> Yesterday at about 7.15 in the evening I went out to put our car away in
> the garage. When came out of the front door of the building wet stuff
> was falling from the sky. I wondered if this was the "rain" that people
> talk about.
>
> Back to normal today, however: blue sky and sunny.
Not a drop here in months. Very soon the flamingoes will abandon the eggs
> Yesterday at about 7.15 in the evening I went out to put our car away in
> the garage. When came out of the front door of the building wet stuff
> was falling from the sky. I wondered if this was the "rain" that people
> talk about.
>
> Back to normal today, however: blue sky and sunny.
for the second time in 3 years. Lake bone dry. We are very worried.
--
Paul.
https://paulc.es
Sam Plusnet
Apr 15, 2023, 3:33:37 PM4/15/23
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On 15-Apr-23 11:40, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
> Yesterday at about 7.15 in the evening I went out to put our car away in
> the garage. When came out of the front door of the building wet stuff
> was falling from the sky. I wondered if this was the "rain" that people
> talk about.
>
> Back to normal today, however: blue sky and sunny.
If I can find a reliable way to wrap it, I would send you parcels from
> Yesterday at about 7.15 in the evening I went out to put our car away in
> the garage. When came out of the front door of the building wet stuff
> was falling from the sky. I wondered if this was the "rain" that people
> talk about.
>
> Back to normal today, however: blue sky and sunny.
home[1].
[1] Well, speaking of the UK in general. I don't imagine you would
think of this corner of South Wales as 'home'.
--
Sam Plusnet
Peter Moylan
Apr 15, 2023, 8:10:48 PM4/15/23
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getting record levels of rain. Sometimes it seems that all we hear about
on the news is yet another flood.
Sam's suggestion of wrapping it up reminds me of an idea I once had of
building pipelines from the flooded areas to the bushfire areas.
Everyone is getting the sort of weather they don't need.
--
Peter Moylan Newcastle, NSW http://www.pmoylan.org
Jerry Friedman
Apr 15, 2023, 9:31:27 PM4/15/23
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On Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 4:40:50 AM UTC-6, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
> Yesterday at about 7.15 in the evening I went out to put our car away
> in the garage. When came out of the front door of the building wet
> stuff was falling from the sky. I wondered if this was the "rain" that
> people talk about.
>
> Back to normal today, however: blue sky and sunny.
I know the feeling, though this year hasn't been that bad.
> Yesterday at about 7.15 in the evening I went out to put our car away
> in the garage. When came out of the front door of the building wet
> stuff was falling from the sky. I wondered if this was the "rain" that
> people talk about.
>
> Back to normal today, however: blue sky and sunny.
--
Jerry Friedman
occam
Apr 16, 2023, 3:00:04 AM4/16/23
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On 15/04/2023 12:40, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
> Yesterday at about 7.15 in the evening I went out to put our car away in
> the garage. When came out of the front door of the building wet stuff
> was falling from the sky. I wondered if this was the "rain" that people
> talk about.
>
> Back to normal today, however: blue sky and sunny.
>
>
Heh! As a student in London I was always amazed how the parks would fill
> Yesterday at about 7.15 in the evening I went out to put our car away in
> the garage. When came out of the front door of the building wet stuff
> was falling from the sky. I wondered if this was the "rain" that people
> talk about.
>
> Back to normal today, however: blue sky and sunny.
>
>
up with sunbathers whenever there was more than 30 minutes of blue sky
and sunshine.
My standard reaction: "Where I come from, rain brings out the smile on
people's faces."
lar3ryca
Apr 16, 2023, 11:53:31 AM4/16/23
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In Vancouver, you don't tan. You rust.
Q:What comes after two days of rain in Vancouver?
A: Monday
In Vancouver, if you can't see the mountains, it's raining.
If you can see the mountains, it's about to start raining.
--
rw-rw-rw- Permissions of the beast.
Snidely
Apr 16, 2023, 5:54:04 PM4/16/23
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lar3ryca submitted this idea :
thing in the early '70s, with one for that slogan, and another for
"6193 Oregonians fell off their bicycle in 1970 ... and drowned".
[reconstruction does not use the original numbers]
I don't remember the other card slogans.
This was during one of the waves of Californians-moving-to-Oregon.
> Q:What comes after two days of rain in Vancouver?
> A: Monday
>
> In Vancouver, if you can't see the mountains, it's raining.
> If you can see the mountains, it's about to start raining.
Portland and Eugene could use that.
/dps
--
Yes, I have had a cucumber soda. Why do you ask?
> On 2023-04-16 00:59, occam wrote:
>> On 15/04/2023 12:40, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>>> Yesterday at about 7.15 in the evening I went out to put our car away in
>>> the garage. When came out of the front door of the building wet stuff
>>> was falling from the sky. I wondered if this was the "rain" that people
>>> talk about.
>>>
>>> Back to normal today, however: blue sky and sunny.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Heh! As a student in London I was always amazed how the parks would fill
>> up with sunbathers whenever there was more than 30 minutes of blue sky
>> and sunshine.
>>
>> My standard reaction: "Where I come from, rain brings out the smile on
>> people's faces."
>
> Comments heard about Vancouver (BC) weather...
>
> In Vancouver, you don't tan. You rust.
Also used for and by Oregon. The "Oregon Ungreeting Cards" were a
>> On 15/04/2023 12:40, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>>> Yesterday at about 7.15 in the evening I went out to put our car away in
>>> the garage. When came out of the front door of the building wet stuff
>>> was falling from the sky. I wondered if this was the "rain" that people
>>> talk about.
>>>
>>> Back to normal today, however: blue sky and sunny.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Heh! As a student in London I was always amazed how the parks would fill
>> up with sunbathers whenever there was more than 30 minutes of blue sky
>> and sunshine.
>>
>> My standard reaction: "Where I come from, rain brings out the smile on
>> people's faces."
>
> Comments heard about Vancouver (BC) weather...
>
> In Vancouver, you don't tan. You rust.
thing in the early '70s, with one for that slogan, and another for
"6193 Oregonians fell off their bicycle in 1970 ... and drowned".
[reconstruction does not use the original numbers]
I don't remember the other card slogans.
This was during one of the waves of Californians-moving-to-Oregon.
> Q:What comes after two days of rain in Vancouver?
> A: Monday
>
> In Vancouver, if you can't see the mountains, it's raining.
> If you can see the mountains, it's about to start raining.
/dps
--
Yes, I have had a cucumber soda. Why do you ask?
Peter Moylan
Apr 16, 2023, 9:26:01 PM4/16/23
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One of our Prime Ministers also came from that region. He is best known
for his comment "Live wasn't meant to be easy". I suspect that living
under constant rainfall produces a dour outlook.
A few years ago I took my wife on a vacation to some places she hadn't
seen before. That included Hamilton, which I hadn't visited in many
years. As we drove along, I said something like "You'll know we're in
Hamilton when it starts raining". Shortly afterwards, the rain started
just as we reached the sign announcing the city limit.
Snidely
Apr 16, 2023, 10:00:14 PM4/16/23
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On Sunday, Peter Moylan pointed out that ...
perhaps because I've been living somewhere where "green" is an
expensive color.
> A few years ago I took my wife on a vacation to some places she hadn't
> seen before. That included Hamilton, which I hadn't visited in many
> years. As we drove along, I said something like "You'll know we're in
> Hamilton when it starts raining". Shortly afterwards, the rain started
> just as we reached the sign announcing the city limit.
Ha! Someone was watching you, Peter!
/dps
--
"What do you think of my cart, Miss Morland? A neat one, is not it?
Well hung: curricle-hung in fact. Come sit by me and we'll test the
springs."
(Speculative fiction by H.Lacedaemonian.)
> On 17/04/23 01:53, lar3ryca wrote:
>> On 2023-04-16 00:59, occam wrote:
>>> On 15/04/2023 12:40, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>>>> Yesterday at about 7.15 in the evening I went out to put our car
>>>> away in the garage. When came out of the front door of the
>>>> building wet stuff was falling from the sky. I wondered if this
>>>> was the "rain" that people talk about.
>>>>
>>>> Back to normal today, however: blue sky and sunny.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Heh! As a student in London I was always amazed how the parks would
>>> fill up with sunbathers whenever there was more than 30 minutes of
>>> blue sky and sunshine.
>>>
>>> My standard reaction: "Where I come from, rain brings out the smile
>>> on people's faces."
>>
>> Comments heard about Vancouver (BC) weather...
>>
>> In Vancouver, you don't tan. You rust.
>>
>> Q:What comes after two days of rain in Vancouver? A: Monday
>>
>> In Vancouver, if you can't see the mountains, it's raining. If you
>> can see the mountains, it's about to start raining.
>
> I was born in a place (Hamilton, Victoria) where it rains all the time.
> One of our Prime Ministers also came from that region. He is best known
> for his comment "Live wasn't meant to be easy". I suspect that living
> under constant rainfall produces a dour outlook.
Do you think that BillVan and I are dour? If I fit that shoe, it is
>> On 2023-04-16 00:59, occam wrote:
>>> On 15/04/2023 12:40, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>>>> Yesterday at about 7.15 in the evening I went out to put our car
>>>> away in the garage. When came out of the front door of the
>>>> building wet stuff was falling from the sky. I wondered if this
>>>> was the "rain" that people talk about.
>>>>
>>>> Back to normal today, however: blue sky and sunny.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Heh! As a student in London I was always amazed how the parks would
>>> fill up with sunbathers whenever there was more than 30 minutes of
>>> blue sky and sunshine.
>>>
>>> My standard reaction: "Where I come from, rain brings out the smile
>>> on people's faces."
>>
>> Comments heard about Vancouver (BC) weather...
>>
>> In Vancouver, you don't tan. You rust.
>>
>> Q:What comes after two days of rain in Vancouver? A: Monday
>>
>> In Vancouver, if you can't see the mountains, it's raining. If you
>> can see the mountains, it's about to start raining.
>
> I was born in a place (Hamilton, Victoria) where it rains all the time.
> One of our Prime Ministers also came from that region. He is best known
> for his comment "Live wasn't meant to be easy". I suspect that living
> under constant rainfall produces a dour outlook.
perhaps because I've been living somewhere where "green" is an
expensive color.
> A few years ago I took my wife on a vacation to some places she hadn't
> seen before. That included Hamilton, which I hadn't visited in many
> years. As we drove along, I said something like "You'll know we're in
> Hamilton when it starts raining". Shortly afterwards, the rain started
> just as we reached the sign announcing the city limit.
/dps
--
"What do you think of my cart, Miss Morland? A neat one, is not it?
Well hung: curricle-hung in fact. Come sit by me and we'll test the
springs."
(Speculative fiction by H.Lacedaemonian.)
Peter Moylan
Apr 17, 2023, 12:13:27 AM4/17/23
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On 17/04/23 11:59, Snidely wrote:
> On Sunday, Peter Moylan pointed out that ...
>> On 17/04/23 01:53, lar3ryca wrote:
>>> In Vancouver, if you can't see the mountains, it's raining. If
>>> you can see the mountains, it's about to start raining.
>>
>> I was born in a place (Hamilton, Victoria) where it rains all the
>> time. One of our Prime Ministers also came from that region. He is
>> best known for his comment "Life wasn't meant to be easy". I
> On Sunday, Peter Moylan pointed out that ...
>> On 17/04/23 01:53, lar3ryca wrote:
>>> In Vancouver, if you can't see the mountains, it's raining. If
>>> you can see the mountains, it's about to start raining.
>>
>> I was born in a place (Hamilton, Victoria) where it rains all the
>> time. One of our Prime Ministers also came from that region. He is
>> suspect that living under constant rainfall produces a dour
>> outlook.
>
> Do you think that BillVan and I are dour? If I fit that shoe, it is
> perhaps because I've been living somewhere where "green" is an
> expensive color.
I think I'd have to meet you face to face to make that judgement.
>> outlook.
>
> Do you think that BillVan and I are dour? If I fit that shoe, it is
> perhaps because I've been living somewhere where "green" is an
> expensive color.
>> A few years ago I took my wife on a vacation to some places she
>> hadn't seen before. That included Hamilton, which I hadn't visited
>> in many years. As we drove along, I said something like "You'll
>> know we're in Hamilton when it starts raining". Shortly afterwards,
>> the rain started just as we reached the sign announcing the city
>> limit.
>
> Ha! Someone was watching you, Peter!
rain god without knowing it.
Peter T. Daniels
Apr 17, 2023, 9:41:48 AM4/17/23
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On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 5:54:04 PM UTC-4, Snidely wrote:
> lar3ryca submitted this idea :
> > On 2023-04-16 00:59, occam wrote:
> >> On 15/04/2023 12:40, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
> >>> Yesterday at about 7.15 in the evening I went out to put our car away in
> >>> the garage. When came out of the front door of the building wet stuff
> >>> was falling from the sky. I wondered if this was the "rain" that people
> >>> talk about.
> >>> Back to normal today, however: blue sky and sunny.
> >> Heh! As a student in London I was always amazed how the parks would fill
> >> up with sunbathers whenever there was more than 30 minutes of blue sky
> >> and sunshine.
> >> My standard reaction: "Where I come from, rain brings out the smile on
> >> people's faces."
> > Comments heard about Vancouver (BC) weather...
> > In Vancouver, you don't tan. You rust.
>
> Also used for and by Oregon. The "Oregon Ungreeting Cards" were a
> thing in the early '70s, with one for that slogan, and another for
> "6193 Oregonians fell off their bicycle in 1970 ... and drowned".
> [reconstruction does not use the original numbers]
> I don't remember the other card slogans.
>
> This was during one of the waves of Californians-moving-to-Oregon.
You can't have forgotten "Don't Californicate Oregon!"!"
> lar3ryca submitted this idea :
> > On 2023-04-16 00:59, occam wrote:
> >> On 15/04/2023 12:40, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
> >>> Yesterday at about 7.15 in the evening I went out to put our car away in
> >>> the garage. When came out of the front door of the building wet stuff
> >>> was falling from the sky. I wondered if this was the "rain" that people
> >>> talk about.
> >>> Back to normal today, however: blue sky and sunny.
> >> Heh! As a student in London I was always amazed how the parks would fill
> >> up with sunbathers whenever there was more than 30 minutes of blue sky
> >> and sunshine.
> >> My standard reaction: "Where I come from, rain brings out the smile on
> >> people's faces."
> > Comments heard about Vancouver (BC) weather...
> > In Vancouver, you don't tan. You rust.
>
> Also used for and by Oregon. The "Oregon Ungreeting Cards" were a
> thing in the early '70s, with one for that slogan, and another for
> "6193 Oregonians fell off their bicycle in 1970 ... and drowned".
> [reconstruction does not use the original numbers]
> I don't remember the other card slogans.
>
> This was during one of the waves of Californians-moving-to-Oregon.
Sam Plusnet
Apr 17, 2023, 2:10:14 PM4/17/23
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There are some building processes that need a dry environment.
--
Sam Plusnet
bil...@shaw.ca
Apr 17, 2023, 4:31:56 PM4/17/23
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going on, especially in the downtown area. For major concrete "pours"
they watch the weather forecast, and builders use large tarps to cover
areas open to the rain, but sometimes there are unforeseen circumstances.
Quite a few years ago when my strata building's roof was being replaced,
the work crew forgot to replace the tarp that was supposed to cover the
hole in the roof overnight, and of course there was a freak rain storm that night.
The sound of running water woke me up and I remember the sinking feeling of seeing
the water pour down from the ceiling into the room where we kept our computers
and other electronics.
We had several large dehumidifying machines running 24/7 for several weeks,
paid for by the builder's insurance, and miraculously, nothing was permanently
damaged. I wish now that we had thought of suing for pain and suffering.
I had nightmares about running water flooding our apartment for several years,
and the memory of that experience still makes me flinch .
A quick search just now told me that the largest tarps available "off the shelf"
in Vancouver go up to 100 feet square, although I'm sure that larger ones
could be pieced together on short notice.
bill
J. J. Lodder
Apr 17, 2023, 4:48:38 PM4/17/23
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Jan
Jerry Friedman
Apr 17, 2023, 5:30:51 PM4/17/23
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On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 2:48:38 PM UTC-6, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> Sam Plusnet <n...@home.com> wrote:
...
> > I used to wonder quite how some cities ever got built.
> > There are some building processes that need a dry environment.
> You are quite right. Venice and Amsterdam cannot possibly exist,
The unsolved question is what makes it impossible for Bielefeld to
exist.
--
Jerry Friedman
> Sam Plusnet <n...@home.com> wrote:
...
> > I used to wonder quite how some cities ever got built.
> > There are some building processes that need a dry environment.
> You are quite right. Venice and Amsterdam cannot possibly exist,
exist.
--
Jerry Friedman
bil...@shaw.ca
Apr 17, 2023, 6:01:51 PM4/17/23
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insisting that Bielefeld does exist. Case closed.
bill
Sam Plusnet
Apr 17, 2023, 9:14:37 PM4/17/23
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On 17-Apr-23 23:01, bil...@shaw.ca wrote:
> On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 2:30:51 PM UTC-7, Jerry Friedman wrote:
>> On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 2:48:38 PM UTC-6, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>>> Sam Plusnet <n...@home.com> wrote:
>> ...
>>>> I used to wonder quite how some cities ever got built.
>>>> There are some building processes that need a dry environment.
>>
>>> You are quite right. Venice and Amsterdam cannot possibly exist,
Pre-cast elsewhere and towed into place. It's the only practical answer.
> On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 2:30:51 PM UTC-7, Jerry Friedman wrote:
>> On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 2:48:38 PM UTC-6, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>>> Sam Plusnet <n...@home.com> wrote:
>> ...
>>>> I used to wonder quite how some cities ever got built.
>>>> There are some building processes that need a dry environment.
>>
>>> You are quite right. Venice and Amsterdam cannot possibly exist,
>
>> The unsolved question is what makes it impossible for Bielefeld to
>> exist.
>>
> As recently as April 1 1999, Bielefeld's city council issued a news release
> insisting that Bielefeld does exist. Case closed.
But no real place would ever issue such a statement.
>> The unsolved question is what makes it impossible for Bielefeld to
>> exist.
>>
> As recently as April 1 1999, Bielefeld's city council issued a news release
> insisting that Bielefeld does exist. Case closed.
Case prised open.
--
Sam Plusnet
J. J. Lodder
Apr 18, 2023, 4:20:08 AM4/18/23
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> > On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 2:30:51?PM UTC-7, Jerry Friedman wrote:
Have you considered telling those in charge of Venice
that the solution to their woes is simple.
They can just refloat it,
Jan
> >> On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 2:48:38?PM UTC-6, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> >>> Sam Plusnet <n...@home.com> wrote:
> >> ...
> >>>> I used to wonder quite how some cities ever got built.
> >>>> There are some building processes that need a dry environment.
> >>
> >>> You are quite right. Venice and Amsterdam cannot possibly exist,
>
> Pre-cast elsewhere and towed into place. It's the only practical answer.
Ah, yes, that must be the answer.
> >>> Sam Plusnet <n...@home.com> wrote:
> >> ...
> >>>> I used to wonder quite how some cities ever got built.
> >>>> There are some building processes that need a dry environment.
> >>
> >>> You are quite right. Venice and Amsterdam cannot possibly exist,
>
> Pre-cast elsewhere and towed into place. It's the only practical answer.
Have you considered telling those in charge of Venice
that the solution to their woes is simple.
They can just refloat it,
Jan
Peter T. Daniels
Apr 18, 2023, 9:57:02 AM4/18/23
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"The very definition of nondescript." Angela Merkel thought she was there once.
bruce bowser
Apr 18, 2023, 11:31:16 AM4/18/23
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On Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 6:40:50 AM UTC-4, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
> Yesterday at about 7.15 in the evening I went out to put our car away
> in the garage. When came out of the front door of the building wet
> stuff was falling from the sky. I wondered if this was the "rain" that
> people talk about.
>
> Back to normal today, however: blue sky and sunny.
Welcome to life outside of a forest where it rains all the time? How are we supposed to respond to your comment?
> Yesterday at about 7.15 in the evening I went out to put our car away
> in the garage. When came out of the front door of the building wet
> stuff was falling from the sky. I wondered if this was the "rain" that
> people talk about.
>
> Back to normal today, however: blue sky and sunny.
[Bienvenue dans la vie en dehors d'une forêt où il pleut tout le temps? Comment sommes-nous censés répondre à votre commentaire ?]
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