Nah, it’s not as chilly in Sydney but Sydney houses have hopelessly inadequate heating because people refuse to acknowledge that it might ever be cold there. So it always feels very cold indoors in winter. Mind you, I used to run around all winter there in shorts as a kid so maybe I’ve just become Canberrafied (where it is actually cold in winter, by Aussie and southern UK standards...).
Yes it is, quite chilly in parts of NSW, I recall now the novelty of picking citrus fruit for breakfast with a touch of frost on them
So here’s another for you: is “tea” actually dinner? I just saw Jen’s post of Stanley and it looked like a full meal. I always thought tea was coffee/tea and a snack, maybe mid afternoon. So so much to learn. Lol
Ah, now that is a can of worms! For Jen, tea will probably be the full meal in the evening. For me, tea would be a light early evening meal, consisting of a cup of tea, a sandwich and maybe a slice of cake, normally having had your main meal at lunch time. Other people would call the main evening meal "supper". For me, "supper" would be a mug of cocoa and maybe a biscuit before bed. Dinner for me is the large evening meal. For others (probably Jen??), dinner would be what you have at lunch time. Confused? Yeah, it's largely a regional thing, but it sometimes varies even from household to household within a region
Too funny! Our tea is just that, a cup of tea or coffee whenever you want it and often had with a light snack. Our noon meal is usually light - salad or sandwich, veggies and fruit. Our dinner and supper mean the same thing...and this main meal is usually eaten between the hours of 6 and 7:30 pm.
This is a constant confusion for me - at home, dinner is in the evening, at work, dinner is at lunchtime - my brain can take a while to process this these days....
Ah the great dinner/tea question. Some families in NZ use tea for the main evening meal, but most people refer to it as dinner. Coronation Street also taught me that people drink tea with their evening meal? I figured that's why it was called "tea". We also call a flip-flop/thong a jandal. A swimsuit is called togs.
I agree 100% with this. My boss is from the UK, so now when she talks about wellies and tea and garden (and a few other things) I know what it means, I thought you guys drank a lot of tea and she laughed at me and explained the difference between ‘tea’ and ‘tea time’ and supper and such
Having owned several British Cars, I know about Spanners, Boots, Bonnets etc. I also know way to much about the Prince of Darkness ie. Joseph Lucas. Now I have a Japanese British Sports Car, AKA a Miata. All the fun without the aggravation. We used to have Wellington Boots here, but they were leather, sort of like low motorcycle boots. On a more serious note, about 50 years ago, I went through the ice on a frozen lake near Chicago. Most of the ice was quite thick, but apparently there was a spring that put some warmer water up in one area. I was about a mile out from our Sailing Club dock. I was an Explorer Scout Advisor, and if had not been for my Assistant doing everything right I would not have gotten out.
