Poll: Tut tut, looks like rain.
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Given the unpredicatbility of the british weather, i take an umbrella with me, always. usually tucked away in a back-pag though.
It depends on what I'm doing. If I'm out shopping/going to the store/whatever, and thus unlikely to be in the rain for any longer than it takes to get from the car to the store and back, I just dress normally. If, like today, I am going to be outside for an extended length, I wear a raincoat. Can't really move wheelbarrows with an umbrella in your hands.
I used to have an umbrella with a plastic handle shaped like the handle of a katana. It went in a little over-the-shoulder scabbard. Super cool, and I imagine it would have gone well with that coat.Johnny Novgorod said:
On the downside I did get questioned about it by the police on the London Underground, and eventually some **** robbed it from a pub, but I suppose that's what happens when you have cool stuff.
OT: In England, the weather has been so crazy lately that I'm usually just wearing normal clothes, and probably sunglasses. Generally when there's bright sunshine I'll be wearing a heavy raincoat. Fucking weather.
I worked 5 years as a bag boy at a local grocery store, in that time I learned that a hoodie will cover me for rain, snow, hail, or cold. On the flip side I hate days that are above 75/24 degrees.
Depends on the context. Normally, I just wear whatever, I don't mind a little wet. If its really pouring, I'll toss on a simple rain jacket.
However, I often find myself carrying items that "care" a fair bit more than I do about rain. So a poncho and/or umbrella I can protect them with are usually not far from hand.
However, I often find myself carrying items that "care" a fair bit more than I do about rain. So a poncho and/or umbrella I can protect them with are usually not far from hand.
I live in Wales. If particularly heavy rain is forecast I may consider bringing a coat or umbrella, but since it rains so much so often, I usually just wear a rather good water resistant soft-shell jacket,
How much was it raining? A few spots isn't going to fuss anyone... Was it properly throwing it down?
I don't mind if I'm already on the wsay home (I can get dry there) but if I'm going somewhere, I'll take cover if it rains but I don't take a coat or umbrella with me unless it's raining before I head out.
I don't mind if I'm already on the wsay home (I can get dry there) but if I'm going somewhere, I'll take cover if it rains but I don't take a coat or umbrella with me unless it's raining before I head out.
Funny you should mention the Pacific Northwest... I'm one of those who has lived here my whole life and doesn't wear rain protection unless it's freezing rain. Also, umbrellas are generally worthless here, they just turn inside out in a rain that'll actually get you wet (generally they go more sideways than down).
Depends. Am I going anywhere? If not I'll change into a bikini top and short shorts and go for a walk around my neighbourhood. If I am, just regular clothes. We occasionally have people walking around with umbrellas but they're usually the people walking around with umbrellas all year round anyway......If it actually winds up cold I stick to jeans and a jacket but it's a rarity for me
I'd like to point everyone in the direction of this song.....As I live in Southern California
us so cal kids are crazy. Mind these are also from about 10 years ago when I was in high school. This first one was an especially rainy day and it's me and my friend mike
and this was two of my friends who were dating
Though I do see a lot of girls flip out when it starts raining unexpectedly out here and I giggle profusely
and this was two of my friends who were dating
Though I do see a lot of girls flip out when it starts raining unexpectedly out here and I giggle profusely
I'd like to point everyone in the direction of this song.....As I live in Southern California
I wear my usual hoodie. That's enough to cover my head, and it's just as good protection for my legs as an umbrella or a raincoat (at least the kind we have here).
A trenchcoat I picked up at a thrift shop because I really love the Matrix movies. Whenever I see any weather in which a trenchcoat might be appropriate to wear, be it rain or snow or sub-70 degree weather, I'm all over that.
Lived my whole life in western Oregon, so very familiar to the rainy Pacific Northwest. When it rains, I will typically put on a light leather jacket. If it is raining particularly hard, I will put on a brimmed hat to keep my head from getting wet. I don't even own an umbrella, just never had a need for one.
Even during the days when I would walk two miles to college campus each day I wouldn't bother with an umbrella. Walking around campus, I could always pick out the out-of-staters, since they would bust out an umbrella with even the slightest hint of rain
Even during the days when I would walk two miles to college campus each day I wouldn't bother with an umbrella. Walking around campus, I could always pick out the out-of-staters, since they would bust out an umbrella with even the slightest hint of rain
Sometimes the rain sneaks up on me, so it could be a sunny day in the morning and then suddenly start raining when I'm in school, so in this situation I won't have my raincoat but if I'm going out, the schools have umbrellas for using in case of rain.
If it's raining when I'm about to leave my house then I will put on my rain coat or will bring it with me if I know it's going to rain.
If it's raining when I'm about to leave my house then I will put on my rain coat or will bring it with me if I know it's going to rain.
I believe he was referring to the flooding on Saturday.GrimTuesday said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-23831558
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-23833072
I live in Essex, and it was pretty heavy. I was mostly okay, but the water was still about six inches deep outside my house and the doormat has drifted off, never to be seen again.
Depends less on the intensity of the rain and rather on how far I have to go and what else I have to take. Say, if I only has to go to the university building, which is practically in front of my flat,I can just jog over even in a rainstorm without wearing anything protective, but when I have to go shopping to the other side of town to get better prices and would return with packed bags (aka. no hands to hold an umbrella with) I am pretty much forced to wear a raincoat if I don't want to get drenched even in a light rain. It's all about circumstances.