Questions for 1 - 3 October

[vilakins]

I'm behind on these again, but I'll do three tomorrow to catch up just in case you're hanging out for them. ;)

After a lovely start to spring, it's turned to winter again lately, just when our absent builder turned up to dig out holes in the backyard for the garage foundations. I was that close to getting someone to come from Timaru. I may still; builders here have no idea what customer service is.

1. Do you like rain?
When I lived in Auckland I hated rain because it rained so often, and so hard - I've seen overseas visitors frightened by the sub-tropical intensity. It rarely gets like that here. It doesn't rain nearly as often, and does it gently, unless there's a storm, so I don't mind it now. It's nice if I don't have to go out.

2. Have you seen someone recently you used to talk to, but don’t anymore?
No. Weird question - what, you expect I'd socially cut them, or cross the street to avoid them? If I saw someone I hadn't seen for a while, of course I'd talk to them.

3. What colour are your eyes?
Brown.

Comments

[imhilien]

It was winter here again for a while, but now it's acting like spring again and it's up to 20 degrees now. :)

Auckland attack rain is still a thing. :(

[vilakins]

That's such a good name for it! Since we've lived here, I've only been caught out in two two that bad, we you get wet to over the knees just from the bounce back.

It's still cold and windy down here. Now it's the wind I loathe...

[imhilien]

It's good that your rain is milder. I don't like the wind that much; when I lived in New Plymouth as a kid the wind was dreadful. :(

[vilakins]

It's particularly bad here in spring, which is now my least favourite season. It's wetter and windier than winter.

I lived in New Plymouth when I was about 3! I don't remember anything of it but sitting on a table at the next-door neighbours while she rehearsed a choir, but I enjoyed subsequent visits. I loved the honey man's house, all hexagons!

[imhilien]

The honey man's house sounds interesting. :)

There was a department store I remember that had a vacuum-tube arrangement for staff to send money and other things whooshing around the store without leaving their post. There were cables everywhere under the ceiling and it's a bit steam-punk, now that I remember it. LOL.

[vilakins]

A pneumatic mail system - I remember that! I was fascinated as a kid.