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This week for a change THAB is aimed more at the
ladies, which doesn’t mean that you guys are banned
from the page. Anything that helps you to get in touch
with your feminine side has to be good.
So you know the feeling - yet another evening of non
stop sport on TV. With BBC 1 showing over 11 hours
coverage of the Commonwealth Games in just one
Saturday, a switch to a different channel and a decent
movie was in order. Then the neighbours fire up the
BarB and begin to party loudly. Which on an evening of
normal British weather wouldn’t be a problem because
all the windows would be closed.
Except that the windows were flung wide open, because
summer has arrived with a vengeance, and the good
people of Hull are wilting. At least for the time being. By
the time you read this of course the heatwave could well
be over. But for now even the somewhat darker skinned
assistant in my local Off Licence is complaining about
the high humidity. ‘You don’t get this in Spain or Portugal
you know.’ I doubt he has ever been to Thailand, because
in reality we have had several days of a very acceptable
25 degrees or so, with considerably lower humidity than
on an average day in Bangkok.
Brits of course are famed for moaning about the weather,
and singularly ill equipped to cope with its’ extremities.
On a recent evening out with ‘the girls’ a little rain was
forecast, along with 20 something degrees. In Thailand
that would mean going out wearing sandals and perhaps
toting an umbrella. After all our feet are waterproof, but
hair requires a little protection for a night out.
To my surprise however the rest of the girls were kitted
out in boots or full shoes. Some - believe it or not - even
wore socks!
I realise that a lot of male expats do feel the need to wear
shoes and socks sometimes. It’s often a requirement of
either smart dress or the golf course. And I do admire
expat women who can tolerate high heels and even
sometimes hosiery. But hosiery and full shoes were
certainly top of my list of the things that, as an expat, I
didn’t miss about England.
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Second on the list was probably the endless complaints
about the weather.
Along with summer in the UK come all the fetes and
festivals, and last week an Armed Forces Veterans Day
was held in one of Hulls’ public parks. Unfortunately
one of the highlights of the day had to be abandoned,
when it was discovered that it was impossible to land
a large army helicopter on the site withou Ёѡ