tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17765202.post4240581359438221233..comments2024-03-09T13:19:49.767-05:00Comments on House of Lime: Trini Tuesday- A Shock to the Systemlimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17765202.post-64294214611772667542010-03-06T21:14:05.723-05:002010-03-06T21:14:05.723-05:00Oh my lord, too funny! As a Trini I do so remember...Oh my lord, too funny! As a Trini I do so remember the shock of a cold toilet seat in my friends London flat. At my sister -in-laws in Canada I am never warm and have to wear socks AND earmuffs in the house - go ahead laugh. I finally understood the expressions chilled to the bone. I swear my bones really do hurt in the cold.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03376726661081769681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17765202.post-4180782764104163682010-03-03T23:14:46.188-05:002010-03-03T23:14:46.188-05:00This was a fantastic post!This was a fantastic post!Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17765202.post-3741295710944389452010-03-03T12:52:25.878-05:002010-03-03T12:52:25.878-05:00Oh, and I suppose I should mention the young New Z...Oh, and I suppose I should mention the young New Zealander (South Island, no less) who came to spend six months with one of our friends. He was here from October to April, which is winter here, but summer back home, so he ended up living thru 18 consecutive months of fall/winter. . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16389193386974951036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17765202.post-56336567714403256752010-03-02T23:27:38.212-05:002010-03-02T23:27:38.212-05:00susie, of course that is how prewarming works, but...susie, of course that is how prewarming works, but i didn't offer that service on command.<br /><br />gman, i make the rockin world go round<br /><br />phaedrous, leave it to the japanese. have an awesome time in south orange! if they have home made indian pepper sauce, trust me...use it sparingly. even the people who were weaned on the stuff use is sparingly.<br /><br />zombieslayer, oh yeah, the blood is real thin when you grow up 11 degrees above the equator, but the warmth of spirit is a wonderful thing among trinis.<br /><br />ttfootball, i thought yuh could feel meh on dis one, gyal. ;)limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17765202.post-64743047919047559522010-03-02T23:12:41.855-05:002010-03-02T23:12:41.855-05:00L M A O!!! This is great Lime hahahahaL M A O!!! This is great Lime hahahahattfootballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00814683681674168543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17765202.post-46239110782920820142010-03-02T17:30:37.262-05:002010-03-02T17:30:37.262-05:00In Trinidad people start throwing quilts and blank...<i>In Trinidad people start throwing quilts and blankets on the bed if the nighttime temperature plummets to 70 degrees, generally the point at which I was sighing in relief for a slight break in the heat. Many folks were convinced of my lack of fitness as a mother because at night I'd take my toddler and infant "out in the dew" without a cap or booties. "Put on de hat! De chile would catch she death!"</i><br /><br />LOL! Wow, there are people worse than Californians?The Zombieslayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00739873812900433755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17765202.post-54956085797139718442010-03-02T11:24:39.873-05:002010-03-02T11:24:39.873-05:00Lime,
Go to Japan. Never a cold seat there. All a...Lime,<br /><br />Go to Japan. Never a cold seat there. All are heated.<br /><br />As a side note, in a few days, R is hauling me out to South Orange, NJ, where I will be help captive in a giant old house surrounded by large, fierce, Trinidadian women and force fed seriously hot food for a week.<br /><br />I'll let you know if I survive.<br /><br />P.Phaedroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15830271495300752861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17765202.post-72020450254515926612010-03-02T11:16:42.978-05:002010-03-02T11:16:42.978-05:00Susie...?
I'm willing to bet that your gloriou...Susie...?<br />I'm willing to bet that your glorious posterier has never touched a toilet seat in India!<br />And if it has, hats off to English beer!<br />Limey..You Rock The World Baby!!<br />*wink*g-manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05597285773359986622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17765202.post-28719302049208339852010-03-02T10:52:06.177-05:002010-03-02T10:52:06.177-05:00Oh man, same thing in India. There I was in Delhi...Oh man, same thing in India. There I was in Delhi walking around in a salwar with no sweater or whatever, while the locals were wrapped up, freezing and sniffling...well, in all fairness, it was about 45 but that wasnt so cold to me.<br /><br />LOL @ the cold bamsee! I just wanna know, how do you warm up the toilet seat for them before they use it? You dont go in there and sit down and warm it with your own butt do you?<br />Personally, I HATE cold toilet seats too and that is the first thing I also notice when I get home from India....but at least it's a clean toilet, and it's mine!<br /><br />That was a great story! Thanks for sharing.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03706844568750488890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17765202.post-37857299203767563372010-03-02T10:25:07.922-05:002010-03-02T10:25:07.922-05:00craig, glad you enjoyed the alliteration. i had ...craig, glad you enjoyed the alliteration. i had fun with it. as for your nigerian guest, i can just imagine the poor girl with chattering teeth for 2 weeks, poor thing. the image of "mad hawaiian" just cracks me up.<br /><br />secret agent woman, i'm ok if i am properly ready for the cold.limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17765202.post-38381171798781284522010-03-02T10:15:04.840-05:002010-03-02T10:15:04.840-05:00"tropically attuned tushie"
ROFL (and n...<i>"tropically attuned tushie"</i><br /><br />ROFL (and nice alliteration). . .<br /><br />Actually, this whole story is hilarious. . .<br /><br />Our community will often host young folks from Latin America, who come to do a bit of 'mission work' and study English in America while they're at it. Since the school year is mostly the cold-weather months, we always tell them to bring a warm coat with them. So the first time one of them came, she brought the warmest coat they had - a windbreaker. Which she wore, getting off her plane in -10F, which was colder than she could ever have possibly imagined. Her host family didn't even go home, just straight to the mall to get her a proper winter coat. . .<br /><br />Jen and I hosted a Nigerian graduate student many years ago; he lived with our family for a year, and the church that was sponsoring him brought his wife over to spend a couple weeks with him over Christmas. He had acclimated to the cold decently well, but the two weeks his wife was here were some of the coldest days of the last quarter-century, and the poor woman never could get warm. We wrapped her in thermal longjohns and multiple layers of thick wool sweaters, and turtlenecks and knit caps, but she just spent the entire time she was here, shivering.<br /><br />Conversely, when I was in college, there was a Hawaiian guy on campus who became known as 'The Mad Hawaiian', because he refused to buy winter clothing, and in the midst of a raging blizzard, could be seen walking across campus in shorts and a T-shirt. . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16389193386974951036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17765202.post-16318164203045130492010-03-02T09:37:41.903-05:002010-03-02T09:37:41.903-05:00When I went to Buffalo last year in at Thanksgivin...When I went to Buffalo last year in at Thanksgiving, I thought the bitterly cold wind would snap my bones. I don't mind landing in much warmer climates than I'm used to, but colder just doesn't work well for me.secret agent womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03763879283931347382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17765202.post-69210880765649062902010-03-02T09:15:54.360-05:002010-03-02T09:15:54.360-05:00gledwood, that's ind of funny actually
cricke...gledwood, that's ind of funny actually<br /><br />cricket, it's kind of amazing isn't it? i have one friend from ghana who dons her long underwear in october (which seems early to me, but hey if it's what she needs to be comfortable then who am i to say otherwise). i have another friend from india who wears flip flops in december. <br /><br />furiousball, oh yeah, the humidity in trinidad wiped me out completely...of course, being pregnant while i lived there didn't help either.limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17765202.post-28470714839895770462010-03-02T09:10:06.981-05:002010-03-02T09:10:06.981-05:00see i had the opposite problem, but mostly with th...see i had the opposite problem, but mostly with the humidity, not the heat. atlanta made me miserable, austin, tx (not as humid, but a lot hotter) was awesomefuriousBallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158133736035219163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17765202.post-13149529328746045792010-03-02T08:05:32.802-05:002010-03-02T08:05:32.802-05:00Great post... very funny.
I had some friends in c...Great post... very funny.<br /><br />I had some friends in college in Boston, native Hawaiians, most never seemed to "get it" regarding cold. One listened to me and my then-girlfriend and ponied up the $ for a good parka, mittens, hat, boots &c. and came to appreciate winter fun. All she owned on arrival was a couple of cardigans.<br /><br />Her boyfriend, however, never quite did the math. One howling January day I answered the door to find him there in a denim jacket, jeans, t-shirt, and flip-flops. He had walked several blocks from the train station in this condition. Oh dear.<br /><br />I encouraged him to get inside asap. He complained that he was "so cold!" I resisted saying what was <i>really</i> on my mind but said. Um, it's zero out. Do you understand? It's <i>NO DEGREES</i> out today! You might want to BUY A (bad word) COAT! <br /><br />He was a junior by this point at a well-known university. I had little hope the message would get through, but I tried. To my knowledge, he never did get a proper coat.Crickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07584174478393760131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17765202.post-65167873182283044922010-03-02T07:14:21.209-05:002010-03-02T07:14:21.209-05:00We think it's cold when it hits 0 degrees C ov...We think it's cold when it hits 0 degrees C over here... I can barely imagine how yous lot cope with "proper" cold weather...Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.com