# Summer is coming **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 12, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-is-coming/524611 "2010-01-12T03:06:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-is-coming/524611/1 "2010-01-12T03:06:46Z")
Just last week I had to wear my coat to the office in the morning. It is still cool and we have heavy dew in the mornings. But yesterday afternoon my class closed the windows and turned on the a/c. So it begins… ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-is-coming/524611/2 "2010-01-12T03:11:39Z")
Oh, just rub it in. 😛 missred (freezing in TN, USA) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-is-coming/524611/3 "2010-01-12T03:58:11Z")
Summer’s been here for almost a month. The rains have stopped and the trade winds are blowing. Soon the guayacan trees will be in flower… ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-is-coming/524611/4 "2010-01-14T05:23:37Z")
My x is hiding in Panama City until the fires stop. Gosh I miss Panama. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-is-coming/524611/5 "2010-01-14T19:01:55Z")
Paul, sorry to hijack your thread, but would you have any advice for a (female) friend of mine who is considering taking a job in Riyadh? ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-is-coming/524611/6 "2010-01-14T19:43:40Z")
I can’t wait for summer. I’m tired of the cold (I know, I know. It’s cold to me). ---
**Author:** ![Hilary\_Algar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilary_algar/32/4282_2.png) [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-is-coming/524611/7 "2010-01-16T16:46:31Z")
i love the cold ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-is-coming/524611/8 "2010-01-16T17:52:30Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > Paul, sorry to hijack your thread, but would you have any advice for a (female) friend of mine who is considering taking a job in Riyadh? My advice (from a married female living in Bahrain, who used to travel to Riyadh regularly on business) would be to think long and hard. Make sure the remuneration is MORE than adequate and plan very regular trips (weekends away) to less oppressive places like Dubai, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar. Being a (white) woman in Riyadh is not easy - sometimes it feels like the very air of the place is trying to squeeze the life out of you and no matter how skilled and talented you are, no matter how intelligent you are or how many degrees you have, you feel like a second-class citizen, like the mere fact of being a woman makes you less capable and less important. That may sound like crap now, like the biggest load of BS, but believe me it can be soul-destroying. I know Muslim men (from Australia and the UK) who moved to Riyadh to work who shipped out again after only 3 months, because Riyadh is a screwy place.[/hijack] Other than that, I had to turn on the AC in the car today - temperature hit 24C/75F! 😃