It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Off Topic Chat

DvB

Only home from the match, myself and my young lad got absolutely soaked being in the cusack lower... was worth it though, what a day.

Celebrating with some buttered brack and a hot mug of tea... how very autumn!

Agree re it being chillier though, definitely felt it today. That autumnal weather is on its way.

freshpopcorn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120917098#Comment_120917098

I've been caught with that also.

I think the journalists also haven't a clue.(We should be incharge of the Christmas articles.)

Heroditas

July can just p1ss off at this stage. Kids are in summer camp today but what miserable weather we're having. It absolutely sucks, big time.

I can hear the rain hammering off the VELUX and I'm giving serious consideration to turning the light on to work. 🤦

DvB

Early August isnt looking any better either. What a miserable summer.

Just to add, noticed this morning when getting up at my usual time of 5.45am how much darker it was than even last week. I appreciate it was a gloomy morning but most of them have been recently anyway so its definitely not just cloud cover. Suspect i'll be seeing twilight mornings pretty soon.

pigtail33

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120920220#Comment_120920220

I noticed that this morning too. I'm in the office on a Monday, so my alarm goes off just after 6. It was definitely much darker this morning compared to a week ago.

freshpopcorn

The evenings are also closing in a little.

Approx Times

June 30th

Sunrise = 5:16.

Sunset = 21:57.

July 30th

Sunrise = 5:52.

Sunset = 21:26.

August = 30th

Sunrise = 6:41.

Sunset = 20:26.

Smell the glove

The summer hasn't been bad. Just July. Didn't we have the dryest and warmest June on record or am I dreaming that 🤣. July on track to be the wettest ever all the same though.

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120922249#Comment_120922249

It has rained pretty much everyday since primary school kids got their holidays. So while June is technically summer kids were in school for the nice days. Their school holidays have been crap weather-wise.

BK5

Our annual street party was cancelled in July and the re scheduled date this Saturday ain't looking too good either.

This weather is just awful, we are usually the most cheerful bunch on the internet. 😊

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120922913#Comment_120922913

I firmly believe I’m solar powered 😂

Posy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120922249#Comment_120922249

I don't even remember June, it's like a distant memory!

freshpopcorn

I've rewatched Gavin and Stacey and just about to watch the 2019 Christmas episode!

freshpopcorn

What season is it now?

Smell the glove

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120923678#Comment_120923678

Autumn!! 🍂

antimatterx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120923678#Comment_120923678

I believe it's technically summer for 6 weeks, then autumn starts. However traditionally (and what I went by up until 3 years ago), autumn starts today.

Cork Lass

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120923678#Comment_120923678

Autumn. Glad to see the back of Julanuary 😂.

CheerLouth

Autumn in this house too! Although we did ask Alexa when Autumn officially starts and she said September 23rd...

Bright enough here today TG, eldest is at camp this week & was drenched coming in yesterday afternoon. Have started to gather a few stocking fillers.

DvB

Autumn for me. Weather wise it may not be considered but I'm a traditionalist & always stick to the seasons as taught to me in primary school way back in the day 🙂

Cork Lass

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120924494#Comment_120924494

When you think about it, it has to be Autumn as mid summers day is June 21st.

limnam

I'll take the Gaelic calendar. Autumn it is!

tscul32

Can't believe it's August already! I always look forward to the summer but it's gone before you know it.

CheerLouth

Dunnes have Christmas Trees on sale: https://www.dunnesstores.com/c/home/living-room/christmas-trees

freshpopcorn

Whilst you might get Summery weather August is Autumn to me. Mainly because of the days getting a bit shorter.

Andrew93

Don't know about anyone else, but this year is going by lightning fast for me...

Posy

It went crazy fast, until July lasted 78 days!

@CheerLouth Autumn starts September 23rd, g'way Alexa ya big idiot! 😄

Definitely Autumn today, in no way could I accept February being winter. ❄️

pigtail33

I still go by how I was taught in school, so 1st August = 1st Autumn. Even the months in Irish match this, Meán Fómhair (September) literally translates to middle autumn and Deireadh Fómhair (October) is end of autumn.

In the meteorological calendar, the seasons start a month later.

So technically both are right, but in reality, the meteorological calendar is wrong 😂

CheerLouth

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120925652#Comment_120925652

I hear ya! I remember living in France years ago & on Feb 1st, I duly said "Happy First Day of Spring" and they all looked at me like I was mad & told me that Spring didn't start until March 25th! And with that, I promptly packed my bags & left (6 months later 😂)

Posy

😂😂😂

Posy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120925869#Comment_120925869

Ooooh, I like the idea of backing it up with Irish. Sure you can't argue with our national language. 😁

Loughc

Happy first of autumn everyone.

Definitely been a long July with the sh*te weather.

Year is flying by except for the exceptionally long January and Julys.

BK5

The Christmas movies have finished on Movies 24 I see, does anyone here watch them?

SCOOP 64

I'm just starting 2 weeks holidays so August is Summer 🌞

Posy

I also take my summer holidays in the AUTUMN. 😁

Andrew93

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120927605#Comment_120927605

I would often throw it on in the background. More often than not ending in me dropping what I was doing to watch some of them 😅

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120927605#Comment_120927605

Don't get the whole Christmas in July thing myself, and never really watch those 'hallmark' style movies anyway even when they come back in Oct/Nov. I know there are some on here that enjoy them though. Just not my cup of tea really.

CheerLouth

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120929188#Comment_120929188

I love a Hallmark movie; they are just easy watching, you know what's going to happen & you can multi-task e.g. I crochet while I watch them & never have to worry about not keeping up. I also love that Netflix has thoroughly embraced them too.

Sheep Shagger

Halloween anyone ?!?!

https://www.dunnesstores.com/search?keywords=Halloween

Posy

Oh, look at their lovely autumnal wreaths and garlands. 😍

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120932799#Comment_120932799

With summer gone & us into autumn the Mrs will be looking to change our door wreath! Must send that link on to her. Wouldn't have looked only you mentioned wreaths.

miamee

I heard a radio ad for a Christmas party yesterday. Twice! Both times for the 2 Johnnies Christmas party night out 🤣

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120933726#Comment_120933726

I’m going for dinner tomorrow after work so naturally I checked the website and they had their Christmas 2023 menu up. It’s getting real now.

Loughc

Also this is the last month before the BER months.

DvB

John Lewis have their seasonal Christmas trends up too... as usual an interesting mix.

freshpopcorn

Well it's the August Bank Holiday Weekend.

It's the last Summery one.

The next one will be in October.

The Clocks will go back during it.

A lot of the Christmas stuff will be out in the shops.

miamee

Much as I love Christmas, I could really do with a summery, sunny August. July was a very damp squib and I am not ready for autumn yet!

antimatterx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120938013#Comment_120938013

Living for it tbh. I just want it to be dark and cold.

freshpopcorn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120938022#Comment_120938022

I'd settle for a dry August.

miamee

That would be a great start alright

DvB

Weather has been utterly depressing, if it just stopped raining for a couple of weeks i'd settle for that right now. Finishing work & looking out at it chucking down just makes the days so much harder to relax from. Surely we're due some kind of a run of dry weather soon... the whole year has been awful for rain with only the odd dry spell here & there.

BK5

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120938303#Comment_120938303

I have never minded the fact that it gets dark early in Ireland and the cold never gets to me either but there are people that the Autumn and Winter weather really gets to them. My wife and mother absolutely hate it. I bought both of them UV lamps a couple of years ago and they weren't cheap.

Do they use them? Do they f**k! ha ha 😃 I think they like complaining about the Winter as well though ha ha

Hope everyone has a great long weekend.