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On Feb 28, 12:08 pm, Dylan Smith wrote:
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From the sunny Isle of Man.

You had me until you said that

Is it really sunny there in the Irish sea? It sure isn't in the nearby
landmasses. I have a friend who lives there and I've never heard him
say it's sunny (windy, yes).

On 2008-02-28, xyzzy wrote:
On Feb 28, 12:08 pm, Dylan Smith wrote:
--
From the sunny Isle of Man.

You had me until you said that

Is it really sunny there in the Irish sea? It sure isn't in the nearby
landmasses. I have a friend who lives there and I've never heard him
say it's sunny (windy, yes).

You don't need to be near a large landmass for the sun to come out.

While it might not be as sunny as, say, the California central valley,
in a normal summer we do get plenty of sunshine - generally more
sunshine than the north west UK.

--
From the sunny Isle of Man.
Yes, the Reply-To email address is valid.

On Feb 29, 8:41 am, Dylan Smith wrote:
On 2008-02-28, xyzzy wrote:

On Feb 28, 12:08 pm, Dylan Smith wrote:
--
From the sunny Isle of Man.

You had me until you said that

Is it really sunny there in the Irish sea? It sure isn't in the nearby
landmasses. I have a friend who lives there and I've never heard him
say it's sunny (windy, yes).

You don't need to be near a large landmass for the sun to come out.

While it might not be as sunny as, say, the California central valley,
in a normal summer we do get plenty of sunshine - generally more
sunshine than the north west UK.

Well that's a tough comparison to win

Is this wiki entry incorrect?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geograp...of_Man#Climate

"The Isle of Man is known for its overcast skies and low levels of
sunshine."

I'm really curious about that, not looking to win a contest with you.

On 2008-02-29, xyzzy wrote:
"The Isle of Man is known for its overcast skies and low levels of
sunshine."

I'm really curious about that, not looking to win a contest with you.

Sure, in the winter it's overcast most of the time - ironically, it's
one of the reasons that the palm trees in my garden are viable (I have
four species of palm) - because the overcast winters mean we get very
few frosts. But we get sunshine in the summer, we tend to be under the
same blocking high that the rest of the British Isles is under. Well,
apart from last summer which was awful.

The Isle of Man used to be summer tourist destination for the UK and
Ireland. Cheap flights to the Med put an end to that, though.

--
From the sunny Isle of Man.
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Dylan Smith wrote:

While it might not be as sunny as, say, the California central valley,
in a normal summer we do get plenty of sunshine - generally more
sunshine than the north west UK.

I was startled to find after last year's move that the same thing is
true in the Pacific Northwest, here across the pond (and also across the
continent). Last summer my friends from an entire lifetime in the
Midwest kept asking "Tired of the rain yet?"

And I'd answer, "Actually in the summer it hardly ever rains and it's
amazingly beautishshshshSHSHSHSHHH..." because by that point I'd be
surrounded by a crowd of Oregonians shushing me and whispering, "Don't
TELL them! They'll ALL want to move here!"

Ssshhhtella

Peter wrote in
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generally more
sunshine than the north west UK.

Yes but that's true for most places

People who live in the NW UK have done so knowing they will have the
nonstop convenyor belt of frontal weather coming from the U.S. east
coast.

Actually, it forms mid atlantic.



In return for that, they have lower property prices, so lower
mortgages, leaving them with much more disposable income to spend on
their "weekend and night activities" and their holidays


According to them it's because people in the south have screwed them at
every turn!



Bertie

Peter wrote:
they have lower property prices, so lower
mortgages, leaving them with much more disposable income to spend on
their "weekend and night activities" and their holidays

Yeah, but this is just ridiculous:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23238177/

"Catch a Wave With Ireland's Surf Scene"