h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

That would be disturbing in an ordaniry sort of way.

that would truly be fascinating

I can't really visualise it...

So the phrase "going down the gurgler" wouldn't guite have the same meaning

More like going down the ... I don't know, abyss? One place I'd like to visit - the Arctic Circle. A day six months long! How about that!

"A day six months long!"

Followed by a night six months long. How about THAT?

Sadly, you're right... I'd stay for the day and leave at sunset.

I can do one better

Auckland 6 months of rain
Wellington 11 months of wind
Auckland City Council - mayor's office 12 months of wind

Brilliant.

http://www.emigratenz.org/NewZealandSunshine.html

do you live in Blenheim?

What's interesting about that is that Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch are all the same. And they're all the same as Toronto.

Whta I thought strange is the Whakatane and Napier have higher SS hours than anyone in the country and weren't there.

And so few... sigh. I wish NZ was as sunny as it is thought to be. I write on a morning when thick, low, white/grey cloud is everywhere! From past experience, I know it'll hang around til October. Hate it!

There della goes again, judging the country on auckland, typical aucklander I guess


Apparition - who wore sunglasses to work this morning.

You did? Lucky blighter! Actually, the radio said it would be 'fine' today - defined, I am told, as, "when you can see your shadow"...

I've been getting the opposite. Reports of rain and heavy rain warnings and actually getting nothing more than cloud. Only one day this week I haven't needed my sunglasses.

I wear sunglasses anyway, to look . It hasn't got fine all day, but the was trying to peep through today.

I've just looked over my cell wall and seen that the sun has given up on Rotorua.