Steo wrote: Tue Sep 16, 2025 1:54 pm
I had not seen this, but that's kind of funny. It's cool that they actually sang in Swedish as well instead of using English. A lot of countries just use English instead these days.
Indeed, but I think that trend might be reversing in recent years…
Steo wrote: Tue Sep 16, 2025 1:54 pm
Yeah it's really starting to get noticeable with the days shortening. The past few days were also pretty horrible here, very windy and just raining on and off a lot. Now it's sunny today and is getting much warmer suddenly. Still just about 16 degrees though, nothing compared to a month back. It's clear how much cooler the air is though when even my room is cool in the morning instead of always being unbearable. Normally it's unbearable even when the window and door are open all night, now both are closed and it's still cool in the mornings. A temperature I can actually sleep at.
Funnily enough, you posted this just after I came back from my first walk since last week, during which I got absolutely soaked! It was a brief downpour, so I kept going. I did eventually cut it short since I had a webinar I didn't want to be late for, but I would have kept going if it was just the weather
PluMGMK wrote: Wed Sep 17, 2025 12:16 am
Funnily enough, you posted this just after I came back from my first walk since last week, during which I got absolutely soaked! It was a brief downpour, so I kept going. I did eventually cut it short since I had a webinar I didn't want to be late for, but I would have kept going if it was just the weather
That seems so typical. Also it's been raining a lot tonight as well even though it was fine earlier. You can never trust this weather.
I have to admit, the shorter days have become more of a nuisance to me lately. Been going outside at what I think is sunset only to find it’s nearly dark and the sun’s already set. Guess I should try waking up early instead to make sunrise.
Seems like we're reaching the point where even the evenings are cold. I've switched over to sweaters full-time now. Mornings are also getting hard to wake up in...
Guess all that remains is the clocks going back in two weeks...
Master wrote: Wed Oct 15, 2025 6:29 pm
Seems like we're reaching the point where even the evenings are cold. I've switched over to sweaters full-time now. Mornings are also getting hard to wake up in...
Guess all that remains is the clocks going back in two weeks...
Yeah you can really feel it now, the air is just clearly different. I even wear my light jacket now every time I got out.
I also absolutely dread the clocks going back. It's probably blatant by now that I hate this time of year. I like when the days are getting longer and the clocks go forward.
Sadly I will not feel this way for another month since it’s still relatively warm down here. It’s only cooler in the early mornings. Which is when I’m sleeping
I'm not as bothered by the cold as the shorter days, though I guess it's inevitable. We still have my Birthday at this time of year (yay, getting older), and Christmas too.
I much prefer colder weather, I hardly wear a jacket, unless it's well below freezing or if the wind chill is pretty fierce. I can picture Master bundling up if he ever visited me during the winter season, thinking I'm crazy.
I would be, considering I've got a fucking space heater on mine xD
Actually, I hear some ACs can be run in reverse as a heat pump configuration, is that the case for you?
Master wrote: Thu Oct 16, 2025 9:09 pm
I would be, considering I've got a fucking space heater on mine xD
Actually, I hear some ACs can be run in reverse as a heat pump configuration, is that the case for you?
Not our systems no, but you can do it with systems. We still use a gas furnace for both units, even after the upgrade. One option we could have gone for, which I think would have been a good idea but dad didn't do so, was retain the gas furnace as a backup, and do the heat pump route as a primary source of heat.
Reese Riverson wrote: Thu Oct 16, 2025 9:08 pm
Would you be surprised to know that I keep the A/C on and set to run even during the winter season here?
To be perfectly honest, no. Because I would do the exact same thing if that wasn’t going to annoy everybody in the house.
…yeah they like warmer (or in dad’s case, hot) temperatures unlike myself
The Jonster wrote: Fri Oct 17, 2025 1:18 am
To be perfectly honest, no. Because I would do the exact same thing if that wasn’t going to annoy everybody in the house.
…yeah they like warmer (or in dad’s case, hot) temperatures unlike myself
Fortunately I have the upstairs, and thus no one to really complain about it.
Do you even wear a jacket when it's cold out? I usually don't.
The Jonster wrote: Fri Oct 17, 2025 1:18 am
To be perfectly honest, no. Because I would do the exact same thing if that wasn’t going to annoy everybody in the house.
…yeah they like warmer (or in dad’s case, hot) temperatures unlike myself
Fortunately I have the upstairs, and thus no one to really complain about it.
Do you even wear a jacket when it's cold out? I usually don't.
Nope. I'd literally still be wearing shorts and a t-shirt going out in soon-to-be-cooler days. This is how I feel about cool/cold weather, in the words of this Disney princess:
It's cool that they actually sang in Swedish as well instead of using English. A lot of countries just use English instead these days.
