Miraz
Miraz

This morning we had the first frost of the season, and there was snow on the high tops of the Tararua range too. Winter is nearby.

First frost of the season on the paddock next door. Snow capped mountains, with trees in foreground.
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odd
odd

@Miraz Just as we are entering Summer. Maybe not so strange, as the two of us are, I almost wrote bipolar, but it’s a name for it like that. I found out from a website which city was the farthest away from Oslo, and I believe it was Wellington.

UPDATE: I meant Antipodes.

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jayeless
jayeless

@odd When I was a kid, I used to ask my dad where was the exact point on Earth furthest away from us here in Melbourne, and he ALWAYS gave the prompt response, "Norway"! 😆 I think in reality it's the middle of the North Atlantic, but I guess that's less satisfying an answer for a kid. I'm pretty sure Aotearoa/NZ is, indeed, antipodal to Western Europe 🙂

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odd
odd

@jayeless Yes, it seems like it.

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Miraz
Miraz

@jayeless @odd I think technically our Antipodes is somewhere in Spain. But, Odd, it's true that we are bipolar — you up there near the North Pole and us down here sort of near the South Pole. 😆

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Miraz
Miraz

@odd Oh, here's ours: Ávila, Castile and León, Spain

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odd
odd

@Miraz Hehe! True.

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crossingthethreshold
crossingthethreshold

@maique Oh I’ll have to tell my sister this one. She lives in Auckland.

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Miraz
Miraz

@maique @odd Better get your wetsuit on! 😆

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crossingthethreshold
crossingthethreshold

@maique @odd Thank you. I just tried it for Maui and the antipodes is somewhere in Botswana.

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cliffordbeshers
cliffordbeshers

@odd If you don't like the Beatles, are you anti-Liverpudlian?

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odd
odd

@cliffordbeshers No, I like Liverpool, the city and the FC. I don’t have anything against The Beatles really, it’s just that their music isn’t really for me.

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odd
odd

@Miraz Cool! Oslo is nearly 60°N/10°E

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cliffordbeshers
cliffordbeshers

@odd Interesting, but I was really just making a pun. Clearly not a funny one.

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odd
odd

@cliffordbeshers I think it’s me that aren’t clever enough, I’m afraid… The pun was probably ok.

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Miraz
Miraz

@odd @cliffordbeshers I think your English is so good, Odd, that we forget it's not your first language. That pun was a bit of a stretch… 😀

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odd
odd

@Miraz Thank you for saying so! 😃

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cliffordbeshers
cliffordbeshers

@Miraz @odd I agree with the first part, and take umbrage at the second.

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Miraz
Miraz

@cliffordbeshers @odd Antipathetical perhaps… 😆

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cliffordbeshers
cliffordbeshers

@Miraz I can't figure out if that's good or bad!

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Miraz
Miraz

@cliffordbeshers 😀

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