[mmartins]

"I don't buy it either....these people are either blind or stupid or just greedy enough to risk life and limb for a few extra creature comforts...."

You've clearly never lived in England

It began raining in September. It's still raining now. It'll only stop raining around July...

[backhoe]

-South Africa - The sellout of a nation-- -Cry, the Beloved Country-- -Robert Mugabe and the Struggle for Power-- -A Capsule History of Southern Africa-- -Rhetoric of blame is now a white lie-- -First it was Rhodesia then SA now America paying the price of silence-- -Pity About Africa...-- -Parallels between Apartheid SA and USA-- -Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight--

-South Africa - The sellout of a nation-- -Cry, the Beloved Country-- -Robert Mugabe and the Struggle for Power-- -A Capsule History of Southern Africa-- -Rhetoric of blame is now a white lie-- -First it was Rhodesia then SA now America paying the price of silence-- -Pity About Africa...-- -Parallels between Apartheid SA and USA-- -Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight--

[Prodigal Son]

You've clearly never lived in England

It began raining in September. It's still raining now. It'll only stop raining around July...

LOL, yup.

I live north of the English border and the weather truly sucks here as well. A far cry from South Africa.

[helives]

well that may be true but whats the excuse for blighting Oz then?

We have the worlds highest number of rain free days down south in Adelaide where I live and Perth is the same. Like it only rains about 120 days a year and most of them are in winter (June - Aug). Our yearly rainfall is only 400-500mm. SO unlike the UK its sunny here 70% of the time.