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I’m not usually off topic when I post here, but I thought I’d expand a bit on my Life in Oz post from last month. I went back to Colorado for Christmas last year and barely made it home in time because of a bloody snow storm. Once I made it I spent a lot of time shoveling snow (hence the picture) as a series of storms came past once I’d arrived.

I don’t think it snows here in Melbourne as it barely gets below 8C (about 46F) in the winter. And yet when one takes a look around the train station on a “cold winter’s morning” one sees scarves, gloves, beanies, ski coats etc. When I first got to Melbourne I couldn’t believe how bundled up people got for 45F. But now that I’ve been here for a while I understand. 8C is bloody freezing.

They say I’ve been “climatized”. I’d say I’ve been “wussified”. Regardless, I’d never let my Colorado friends know.