Brrrr, Told You it Could Get Cold

Burns Beach
Originally uploaded by thisperthlife.

I know, I know, I've heard it all before (many times from my relatives in the UK) but it does get chilly here especially when you've acclimatised.

I was trying to explain it to my brother a couple of weeks ago when I was telling him that when it's 18c and you're in the shade with a bit of a wind blowing it can be quite chilly.

He, as normal, was scoffing at me. 18c to him is shorts weather.

So I tried a different tack. I got him to concede that the normal temperature differences in the UK can be as low as -10c in the Winter and up to 34c in the Summer. He agreed with this so then I said that the differences in Perth can be as low as 0 in the Winter and up to 44c in the Summer. So far so good.

Then I explained to him that whilst 18c seems warm to him it was the equivalent of 8c to us. That's when he went a little quiet and after a few prompts conceded that was he wouldn't be wearing his shorts in 8c and would be complaining of the cold a little bit in those circumstances.

Result!

So when I tell him on our next phone call that it went down to 0 last night (which is the equivalent of -10c to him) and we don't have the benefits of double glazing and central heating I expect him to finally agree with me!

Comments

[Sharlene]

Well coming from South africa, so far I have found the weather hot when we arrived, very hot, now it is very cold, correct it feels like 8 degrees for sure. The houses too seem to only have like one area north facing , the rest in the shade and very cold therefore. The insulation is the problem I would think, and the gas fire burner, or log heater, is just not warm enough unless you sit on top of it, then I am not sure of what the gas bill would look like. I will no doubt get that surprise later on this year. Electricity heaters, well we are trying not to use those, electricity is not cheap, and the best we could do is the electric blanket for the nights, that really helps and to use socks all the time.