# It's cold, wet and miserable..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2014, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-cold-wet-and-miserable/692918 "2014-07-12T07:24:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-cold-wet-and-miserable/692918/1 "2014-07-12T07:24:49Z")
BUT!!! I have a super pot of ‘scotch broth’, complete with mega chunks of lamb, beef and barley, AND I’ve got a tray of sausage rolls just about to come out of the oven. So you can just go fuck yourself weather! I don’t care! You can shove your wintery conditions right up your southerly low-pressure system!! Hah! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-cold-wet-and-miserable/692918/2 "2014-07-12T07:32:25Z")
:: shivers :: Glad it’s summer here… ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-cold-wet-and-miserable/692918/3 "2014-07-12T07:42:42Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > :: shivers :: > Glad it’s summer here… Your turn will come! So when I’m complaining about the heatwaves, sunburn and having to get more skin-cancers cut out…you can gloat then! 😃 Damn it’s cold though. No snow here (we don’t get a winter wonderland in Melbourne) but up on the alps they’re reveling in their snow cover. Good season for the snow-folk, just cold, wet and miserable for the rest of us. ☹ But soup awaits! ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-cold-wet-and-miserable/692918/4 "2014-07-12T07:55:30Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > … > But soup awaits! Ah, but what if your soup has already frozen solid? You will have to wait until a big thaw comes. Sitting there, starving, huddled in many blankets, multiple socks, hats and gloves, shivering, staring at your soup, willing little cracks to appear … 😃 It’s terribly hot and sunny here, by the way. I have nice cold yogurt and grapefruit and … what do you mean, you don’t want to hear? 🙂 OK, I’m definitely not gloating, (and I don’t like too much sun anyway), but just remember to be nice to us northern people when the seasons turn around again. I really **really** hope you were joking about the skin cancer. :eek: (And if you’re not, well I hope the bastard, once cut out, stays out.) ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-cold-wet-and-miserable/692918/5 "2014-07-12T09:54:44Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > BUT!!! I have a super pot of ‘scotch broth’, complete with mega chunks of lamb, beef and barley, AND I’ve got a tray of sausage rolls just about to come out of the oven. > > So you can just go fuck yourself weather! I don’t care! You can shove your wintery conditions right up your southerly low-pressure system!! > > Hah! > > 😃 I went into Victoria Park today to watch the VFL team, I left at half time suffering frostbite:o I have a lambs liver in the fridge, tomorrow I’m making lambs fry, bacon and onions with red wine sauce while watching the AFL on TV cos I’m not going cos it’s too cold.😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-cold-wet-and-miserable/692918/6 "2014-07-12T10:39:57Z")
I’m in Launceston this weekend, where it’s clear, calm and very cold. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-cold-wet-and-miserable/692918/7 "2014-07-12T10:45:01Z")
Hot as fuck here. Hot as fuck all year long! ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-cold-wet-and-miserable/692918/8 "2014-07-12T10:55:01Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > I’m in Launceston this weekend, where it’s clear, calm and very cold. [Launceston forecast](http://www.bom.gov.au/tas/forecasts/launceston.shtml). For a bit of perspective for our Northern Fahrenheit cousins - it’ll drop a bit below freezing tonight (28F), and be about 55 F tomorrow. People from the Midwest are now invited to snicker, and Canadians should feel free to guffaw. 😃 That being said, Victorian winters (I’m in Bendigo, 100 km northish from kam) are gray, dank, and depressing. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-cold-wet-and-miserable/692918/9 "2014-07-12T11:11:01Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > I’m in Launceston this weekend, where it’s clear, calm and very cold. Well, that just serves you right for confusing me. Basically, I didn’t look to the right side of your post to check your location, so I thought of Launceston as being Launceston in Cornwall. Also thought that was odd, as it ought to be summery there too, and then the penny (or small Australian coin or whatever) dropped. :smack: It must be all the heat making me stupid and melting my brain. Oh, for some “clear, calm and very cold”. (I’m tempting fate a bit now, aren’t I?) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-cold-wet-and-miserable/692918/10 "2014-07-12T21:47:42Z")
It’s Sunday morning and it’s clear, crisp and -3C. I’ve just been for a brisk pre-breakfast walk. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-cold-wet-and-miserable/692918/11 "2014-07-12T22:52:35Z")
How is this thread not about the scotch broth? It sounds tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-cold-wet-and-miserable/692918/12 "2014-07-12T23:32:50Z")
Yeah, I want scotch broth instructions. Also sausage roll instructions. Also, weather that makes it possible to enjoy them with a cuddly sweater. High summer ain’t my thing. ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-cold-wet-and-miserable/692918/13 "2014-07-12T23:33:34Z")
Feels like 100f,very humid and we have a covering of dust from Africa… and I’m stuck back in bed with the feet up… I feel a cranky coming on. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-cold-wet-and-miserable/692918/14 "2014-07-13T13:09:05Z")
High mountain summer here. It’s morning now, so about 50F. I expect mid 70’s during the day, with low humidity. Perfect. I’ll be putting on the last pieces of trim in the addition today. Good weather for setting up the miter saw on the deck. Bummer Lorene, hope you can have a nice day. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-cold-wet-and-miserable/692918/15 "2014-07-13T17:58:14Z")
Hot and humid here, but that still sounds really good and I wish I could visit you! I’m going to make a small pot of beef stew today, though. And I made a HUGE pot of Italian beef yesterday but unfortunately it’s technically a birthday gift for my friend so I’m not sure how much more I can get away with eating. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-cold-wet-and-miserable/692918/16 "2014-07-13T21:34:32Z")
Another chilly sub-zero morning, with frost. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-cold-wet-and-miserable/692918/17 "2014-07-13T23:03:45Z")
-5 (around 23F) yesterday & -4 this morning, both with good, hard frosts. Looks like it’s going to be another glorious Canberra winter’s day with a top of 13 (55F). All bright sunshine and nippy air. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-cold-wet-and-miserable/692918/18 "2014-07-14T08:30:05Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Yeah, I want scotch broth instructions. **Also sausage roll instructions.** > > Also, weather that makes it possible to enjoy them with a cuddly sweater. > > High summer ain’t my thing. Sausage roll, mince in puff pastry = yum. Here’s a selection of recipes, have fun. [http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/collections/sausage+rolls](http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/collections/sausage+rolls) I’m not sure what the equivalent of what we call “sausage mince” is in the US, here it’s a mince that’s so fine it’s basically a paste. Personally I like to keep it simple and just use sausage mince, finely chopped onion, salt, pepper, lemon zest and parsley.