In a message on Thursday 05-10-16 Paul Quinn said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   Good evening Paul,   
      
    HG> Not to forget the pamphlets describing the Aland Islands, ......   
      
   PQ> Ahha!  That's what I'm missing!  One of my daughters did a clean up   
   PQ> in the lounge room.  Now I know what to look for.  Don't worry, it   
   PQ> is here.  :)   
      
   I wish one of my daughters would do the same here, but they have shown   
   no intention to do it. OK, they will have more to do when I've left.   
      
    HG> We have had a spell of (pre)summer here the last two weeks, with   
    HG> afternoon temperatures up to 20°, but about 5° lower close to the sea.   
      
   I can see that the degree sign doesn't travel back and forth unchanged.   
      
   PQ> (usual) windows and doors are open, and, I'm running around in a   
   PQ> t-shirt and underwear.  What's wrong with this picture other than   
   PQ> the ugly mug typing this note?  :)   
      
   Almost the same here. The sun heats up the wall outside the bedroom, and   
   I have turned off the central heating, keeping the balcony door open   
   until I go to bed. The bedroom temperature is ca. 18C when I go to bed,   
   but in the morning it's 22.4C.   
      
   PQ> Apparently there's a cold weather spell due.  I say 'fat chance',   
      
   That's what they predict here also, with afternoon temperatures falling   
   from 16-17C, to 11-13C. Even rain is predicted for the weekend.   
      
   That will give me at least a rest day from the daily outdoor exercise.   
   One will be welcome, two is too much.   
      
   PQ> autumn and a warmer than usual winter.  We've already broken all   
   PQ> above-average temps for every month so far this year.   
      
   So have we have also, but I'm no believer of "global warming", but   
   rather of long-time climate variations, perhaps damped a bit by the use   
   of gasoline and other gases.   
      
   PQ> Look out!  I think you'll probably get the opposite: an abnormally   
   PQ> cold summer.   
      
   Exactly what I expect will be the effect of diminishing sunspot activity   
   we see now. The activity of the sun is lower than we should expect, even   
   considering that we are closing in on a sunspot minimum.   
      
      
   Have a good nite,   
      
   Holger   
      
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