The Off Topic Topic

[Sheilbh]

Once it's over 15C

Maybe - is it Scandinavia where they're big on leaving babies in buggies outside?

[Grey Fox]

Why would you bring a sleeping baby inside?!

[Josquius]

Re. Cornwall and warmth: I have heard once somebody's theory, that the Brits are walking around in t-shirt and shorts as soon as it's over 10C (and a lot of them seem to be just wearing shorts in winter as well), is because British parents would not properly cover their babies and so their heat sensibility just breaks.

Is that true?

I doubt it. My girlfriend is panicking over this stuff at the moment. The UK has a pretty strict system of 'togs' for how you wrap a kid whilst stuff she's been sent from Europe doesn't have this thus is unusable and dangerous.

As to t-shirt over 10 degrees.... maybe.
There's different sorts of 10 degrees, its an important point. When its hot in the UK it feels far hotter than the same temperature might elsewhere. Likewise our 0 degrees can feel like a Swedish -10. I guess its the moisture in the air.

[Tonitrus]

You see much the same in Alaska.  Ladies downtown in miniskirts at -15F.  T-shirt weather around 32F and up.  I remember going for run with 60F outside thinking, "Man, this is hot as F".

[PDH]

Four years in Santa Cruz and I am still waiting for winter.

[The Larch]

Re. Cornwall and warmth: I have heard once somebody's theory, that the Brits are walking around in t-shirt and shorts as soon as it's over 10C (and a lot of them seem to be just wearing shorts in winter as well), is because British parents would not properly cover their babies and so their heat sensibility just breaks.

Is that true?

I doubt it. My girlfriend is panicking over this stuff at the moment. The UK has a pretty strict system of 'togs' for how you wrap a kid whilst stuff she's been sent from Europe doesn't have this thus is unusable and dangerous.

Unusable and dangerous children's clothing? 

[Grey Fox]

Don't wrap your kid.

[mongers]

Four years in Santa Cruz and I am still waiting for winter.

Yeah Trump really let you down on that promised nuclear winter.   

[Josquius]

Well damn. Babylon 5 and Lost lady has died.

https://www.nme.com/news/tv/lost-and-babylon-5-actress-mira-furlan-dies-aged-65-2862886

[Habbaku]

Babylon 5 is cursed. 

[grumbler]

   This wasn't unexpected, but that makes it no less sad.

[Savonarola]

Never had a pastrami sandwich in the US that could compete with a Montreal smoked meat sandwich.

While I prefer corned beef; smoked meat is a great sandwich.

Does Canada have any other regional sandwiches than Montreal smoked meat or Toronto's peameal bacon?

[crazy canuck]

Grumbler, is there a streaming service where we can get B5?

[ulmont]

Grumbler, is there a streaming service where we can get B5?

In the US, Babylon 5 is available for "purchase" on Amazon Prime Video.

[Syt]

As I posted on the TV thread:

So many of that show's regulars who died too soon:
- Michael O'Hare (Cmdr Sinclair, 60)
- Jerry Doyle (Garibaldi, 60)
- Richard Biggs (Dr Franklin, 44)
- Stephen Furst (Vir Cotto, 63)
- Jeff Conaway (Zack Allan, 60)
- Andreas Katsulas (Ambassador G'kar, 59)