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Naaaaaaaahh I was just getting a bit tired, screen fatigue, and a late night before catching up on me.
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Sounds familiar. 
I didn't get any screen fatigue last night, because I had no time for the screen. I had a late-night rehearsal in the city, which finished early (about 9 pm) before I had to somehow get home.
Usually that'd mean catching two trains and a 10-15 minute walk. No problem, be home by 9:45 or so.
But last night all trains on my line were replaced by buses. *groan* Cue the fact that the train to get to the bus was 3 minutes late -- and in those 3 minutes the bus had gone -- and the next bus wouldn't be around for 20 minutes -- and it was freezing (it's winter here) ... uggggggghhhhh.
So, I walked down to the next intersection and waited 10 minutes for a tram. This particular tram is usually very slow because the street it runs on is a heavy-traffic one, but at 10 pm there was hardly any traffic. Hooray, first good news of the night. So I got home by 10:20 ... instead of 9:45, but hey - I was glad to get home at all. =) Obviously I was exhausted, so after putting on the electric blanket, I watched a bit of late-night movie (Robocop 1, I think) to let the bed warm up, and went to bed about 11:00 pm.
I wish I could say this sort of thing was unusual, but it's been happening to me for the last 3 Tuesdays. Groan. I hate public transport ... >:-(
I didn't get any screen fatigue last night, because I had no time for the screen. I had a late-night rehearsal in the city, which finished early (about 9 pm) before I had to somehow get home.Usually that'd mean catching two trains and a 10-15 minute walk. No problem, be home by 9:45 or so.
But last night all trains on my line were replaced by buses. *groan* Cue the fact that the train to get to the bus was 3 minutes late -- and in those 3 minutes the bus had gone -- and the next bus wouldn't be around for 20 minutes -- and it was freezing (it's winter here) ... uggggggghhhhh.
So, I walked down to the next intersection and waited 10 minutes for a tram. This particular tram is usually very slow because the street it runs on is a heavy-traffic one, but at 10 pm there was hardly any traffic. Hooray, first good news of the night. So I got home by 10:20 ... instead of 9:45, but hey - I was glad to get home at all. =) Obviously I was exhausted, so after putting on the electric blanket, I watched a bit of late-night movie (Robocop 1, I think) to let the bed warm up, and went to bed about 11:00 pm.
I wish I could say this sort of thing was unusual, but it's been happening to me for the last 3 Tuesdays. Groan. I hate public transport ... >:-(
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Not quite as cold as anywhere in the UK, Dug. But very cold - early mornings and late nights can drop down to about 3-4 degrees C (just below 40 F). If you couple that with the windchill factor (and I live not far from the sea, so we get cold winds coming from the Antarctic), the real temperature can be close to 0 C (32 F).
Granted, it's not like Siberia (no minuses here), but still damn cold.
Daytime temperatures vary between 10 and 15 C (50-59 F). Occasionally we get 16 or 17 C (about 60 F), which is a heatwave for our winters.
But very cold - early mornings and late nights can drop down to about 3-4 degrees C (just below 40 F). If you couple that with the windchill factor (and I live not far from the sea, so we get cold winds coming from the Antarctic), the real temperature can be close to 0 C (32 F).Granted, it's not like Siberia (no minuses here), but still damn cold.
Daytime temperatures vary between 10 and 15 C (50-59 F). Occasionally we get 16 or 17 C (about 60 F), which is a heatwave for our winters.
