Canadian Gardening: United Kingdom, 1 by Lilypon

Lilypon wrote:
Just a little bit colder than Saskatchewan (the last 3 winters we hit -52 C....for a very short while) in the middle of winter (with windchill ;)

DS got a kick out of the Brits who looked at him in disbelief when he was wearing shorts when it was +10 C. He felt warm enough.... they thought he was crazy. ;) They also found curly hair on a young man strange....most hadn't seen it before (so they said to him).

Two of his maternal great grandparents immigrated from London. He says he now knows where the females in the family get their small stature from. He also figures it's the amount of walking done in London that keeps the majority of Brits lean.


This message was edited Apr 23, 2006 2:46 AM