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I have a love-hate relationship with this weather XD

The thing about this heat wave is, though, some people in other countries don't understand why we make such a big thing out of it. So, let me try to explain:

- London (and the rest of the country) is not used to this temperature. This place is famous for miserable weather. Look at your typical Briton and you'll see skin so pale that the person glows like a halogen lamp. Because of this, the British is obsessed with the sun. They have so little heat awareness. They may know about taking bottles of water with them, but sun screen? Staying out of the sun at midday? PAH. Not gonna happen. PUT SUN SCREEN ON? YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING. I WANNA GET A TAN! (*headdesk*)

- This city is far away from the sea.

- Also, because we aren't used to this temperature, a lot of the things we use are not designed for this temperature:
-- windows on buses open only part way. In fact, you can hardly call them "open".
-- buildings are designed to keep heat IN, not out. Double-glazing, loft insulation... there is heat insulation everywhere.
-- the Tube (London's underground system), being some 100+ years old, is operating beyond its max capacity. Ventilation down there is laughable and during peak hours... don't even try to imagine.
-- air conditioning is installed in some work places and shops, but it can't be called wide-spread. There is certainly none on public transport. (how we are going to cope with 2012 Olympics, I have no idea)
-- even some of the road building material we use cannot withstand this sort of temperatures. In Metro today there was a picture showing people's shoes sticking to road surfaces in Plymouth. And, as a traffic engineer, I assure you this truly can happen.

See why people are going nuts now? I sort of like this weather, going out in a skirt makes it rather nice. But I still prefer cold than hot. I can wear lots of layers when cold, but I can't strip my skin when it's hot. On top of that, I like my coats and scarves and gloves and hats XD

I read yesterday somewhere that a political party, with only 3 members, want to take part in the election in Holland. These party members are convicted child molesters and their aim was to lower consensual sex age limit to 12. >_>

Channel 4 is to screen footage from Britain's first 'marathon masturbation' event.