Quote Originally Posted by Lise
Hey all ya Kiwis (and the transplanted Canuk),

I tried replying twice this morning, and AOL quit on me both times. Let's see how I do now...

I loved Whale Rider. I think I could handle OWW (I read the description at Amazon). Yes, even I can distinguish the NZ from the Oz accent. Or, I should say, I can always pick out an Aussie accent. An Irish accent. An English accent. When I hear NZ, I sort through in my brain, discarding all other possibilities, and then I say, Oh yeah! NZ!

About the wind in Chicago--it's just nutty. This morning it didn't look that windy (the trees outside my window weren't blowing around too much). I took off on my bike to test out some new cold-weather clothes combos, and to check the mileage on a run I want to do. I rode around a city park at one point. Going north, I was riding 18 mph. Coming back south, I was at 8 mph. And it's not really a windy day. It was just a windy moment.

I don't think I've ever watched ER all the way through. My ex loved it, but I got banished from the room when it was on for making sarcastic comments about how unrealistic it was, from a medical perspective. So. I have no idea how they presented Chicago!

Surely there's snow in NZ, Cc! I mean, we all saw Gandalf, the hobbits, and the delicious Viggo Mortensen trudging through snow! So, there you have it. Unimpeachable facts about NZ from Lise in Chicago.

L.
Hey Lise - There is definitely snow in NZ but CC is living in Western Australia at the moment (my home state) and she would be missing snow there as its weather is very similar to Southern California. I think it has snowed there once in my lifetime down in the southern part of the state on the very top of one small mountain and probably melted away just as quickly as it came. No snow but plenty of beautiful beaches.