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

Hellooooo to a fellow Norn Iron person!

Although I'm not there at the mo - I'm working in Luxembourg...

How's the weather?

How's she cuttin'?

Maybe that's a particularly Co Armagh-ish greeting... in fact, it may be a particularly late-80's Armagh greeting, because I haven't heard it used in a long long time...

I'll start again...

Hello Luxembourg, Bonj-yoor Lux-em-boorg (imagine French with a Ballymena accent!), can we have your votes please...

First things first... the weather is rubbish... Although it is not raining at the moment, it is disgustingly dull, which is strange, because the schools started back today, and I always seem to remember the first day back at school as invariably being the sunniest day of the year.

It was a bit warm a few weeks ago, but while all the news programmes were screaming "Hottest Day Ever" as bits of Blighty hit 101F, we were in the grip of a huge thunderstorm and it rained a lot. In fact, it seems this year that when it rains, it *really* rains... none of your typically depressing mizzle we used to get when I were a lad (the kind that soaked you to the bone but didn't look heavy enough to warrant carrying an umbrella or wearing a coat) but really heavy 'cats and dogs' type rain... and it is so heavy that the cats and dogs are half-drowned before they even hit the ground.

That's not to say that there haven't been good days, there have been quite a few of them (usually on weekdays when I'm stuck in the office - I think that phenomenon is related to the 'first day at school' effect I was rabbiting on about earlier)

It strikes me that with all the rain we have been getting, Norn Iron may be about to rust! Still, I love the place, God help me...

Bet you wish you hadn't asked about the weather now!!

I tend to waffle on a bit too much, and what with you being busy running Europe and all... sorry... I hope the weather is better where you are.

mmm, the weather here does tend to be rather nice - sunny days with a stunning thunderstorm to clear the air in the evenings.

It's become a bit more autumnal recently, rainy and cloudy, but still warm enough to sit on my balcony with a glass of wine and watch the sunset.

I miss the sea though, my parents live in Portstewart and I really enjoy my visits home (and yes I do brave the chilly waters of the Atlantic! )