06 Jan 11 Raining In London
No surprise there you may say. London, and the UK has a reputation as a ‘rainy place’.
When I was in Charleston in South Carolina, on the east coast of the United States, I would often have people say to me that England is where it rains all the time.
Well, I used to put Charlestonians right and point out that the annual rainfall in Charleston is, at around 52 inches a year, a little over double that of London at about 25 inches.
The good people of Charleston were often surprised to hear about hose pipe and car washing bans in the south-east of England too.
Well, today in this part of London at least, it’s raining. Even so, it’s not raining heavily. No Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s not Charleston rain, when you get soaked through to your underwear dashing across the parking lot from store to car. No, it’s London rain, which is often not more than heavy drizzle.
It’s milder today anyway, so that was a bonus. Anyway, I had a doctor’s appointment this morning, so out in it I had to go.
I donned coat and cap, and set out. The surgery is only about 5 minutes walk from here in any case, and I am enjoying being able to walk to most of the local amenities once again. It’s not a mile and a half to the nearest 7-11 anymore!
Anyway, I’ve been in London now for six weeks, and in that time, it’s snowed twice for about four hours each, and there’s been just two rainy days. So much for it raining all the time!
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09 Jul 08 Friend Feed
There’s a lot of noise on the social media networks about… social media.
So many choices, so little time.
Which to join, and which to ignore?
My current plan is to join about as many as I can find, and then see which I find the most useful, and then let the rest whither away with lack of use. Perhaps this isn’t a very scientific way to do things, but I really don’t have the time to do in-depth reviews on each, one after the other, and with the speed that new services are appearing, I’d probably never keep up anyway.
Last week, I joined Friend Feed, and I’m finding this very useful so far. I get a daily email which is god for keeping tabs on those I follow, and there are some useful links appearing too – useful meaning that I find them interesting at least.
As you can play audio and video links from right within the page, that’s another cool bonus too. So as of now, I’m still twittering, and tumbling, and checking out friendfeed. I’m plurking less though as although it’s fun, it’s too time-consuming during the working day.
Tags: bonus, choices, email, god, little time, media networks, tabs, time consuming, video links
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