Why does it rain?

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#22
when it rains it poors

halojoy, don't get so depressed.
I did that once and had to leave the country for some major light therapy...:bulb: and it works🙂
were you have snow, we have rain, rain, rain....

btw. that song was also very popular in holland

ritme van de regen

Here are the dutch lyrics, sung by Rob de Nijs

Zachtjes tikt de regen tegen 't zolderraam, 't ritme van de eenzaamheid
Die regen zegt wij waren zo gelukkig saam, maar nu is dat verleden tijd
De regen valt bij stromen, 't is een trieste dag
want je liet staan me alleen
Ik ken nu de betekenis van tegenslag, omdat je met m'n hart verdween

Kom vertel me regen, regen wat je doet
Zeg, maak je 't tussen ons toch weer een beetje goed
'k Heb niks aan een ander, want ik hou alleen van haar

De regen valt bij stromen, 't is een trieste dag,
Want je liet me staan alleen
Ik ken nu de betekenis van tegenslag, omdat je met m'n hart verdween

Kom vertel me regen, regen wat ik voel,
O, maak haar hartje vurig want ze is zo koel
O, vraag, beste regen aan de zon hoe of je dat doet

Zachtjes tikt de regen tegen 't zolderraam, 't ritme van de eenzaamheid
Die regen zegt wij waren zo gelukkig saam, maar dat is nu verleden tijd


And to really depress you here are over 50 tunes (in Dutch) all about rain.

rain, more rain, I cant stand it....
 
#23
Every Raindrop Means A Lot - The Tages 1967

Every Raindrop Means A Lot

The stars are shining on the lane
The flowers are in the sky
And they keep waiting for the rain
So they don't have to die

They built a house in our town
That has the shape of a brain
People will soon be moving in
As soon as it starts to rain

Every raindrop means a lot
One brain less for every drop
All I can see is there are many reasons

Every raindrop means a lot
One brain less for every drop
All I can see is there are many reasons

The stars are shining on the lane
The flowers are in the sky
And they keep waiting for the rain
So they don't have to die

Every raindrop means a lot
One brain less for every drop
All I can see is there are many reasons

Yeah, every raindrop means a lot
One brain less for every drop
All I can see is there are many reasons
 

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#24
I have always wondered why it does rain.

Is it because I have done sometihing bad?
Or why am I denied to have sunshine all the time?
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Too much Christianity.
It don't mean God's mad. You ain't Noah.

Don't like rain?
Go to the desert where there isn't any. You'll sit around wondering why it doesn't rain on you and wishing it would.

It's human nature.

Why it rains
http://homeworkspot.com/ask/whyitrains.htm

Cheers
Ryder
 
#25
Hallojoy,

Are you sure it's the rain?
Not SAD (Seasonally Affected Disorder).

I get bloody miserable in the winter if I don't see enough daylight.

It's dark for a long time, where you're located.
Try getting a little UV, from some source for an hour or 2 each day.

Cheers,
 
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dhaen said:
Hallojoy,

Are you sure it's the rain?
Not SAD (Seasonally Affected Disorder).

I get bloody miserable in the winter if I don't see enough daylight.

It's dark for a long time, where you're located.
Try getting a little UV, from some source for an hour or 2 each day.

Cheers,
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No, no, no!!! Not UV light! At best it will give you a tan, at worst
it will give you burns. It probably won't do much good as light
therapy, though. You should use UV-filtered light at slightly higher
temperature than daylight. I think the tubes are usually around
6500K, while daylight tubes are 5500K and ordinary fluoroscent
tubes are between 2300K and 3500K (roughly). Hospitals in
Sweden usually have a light therapy room nowadays, but there
are also panels for home use. I have a Philips panel that I
sometimes use in the winter. They are quite expensive, though.
I saw a new model in a shop recently, and they seem to be
somewhat smaller and cheaper now.
 
#28
Why does it rain? Well, the way I was told, when I was young, is that the clouds work exactly the way big boys in the pub do. They drink, drink, drink and drink and sooner or later they have to get rid of all that fluid. Most boys in the pub do it more accurately and with more planning than the clouds. Some not. Still haven't figured out why no plane has crashed in to the giant bladder that must be up there though.

Besides that, where I am now there is very nice solution to the day when it is raining. Just go to the mountains above the cloud limit. Sun's always shining above the clouds...
 
#29
dhaen said:
Sorry,

I should have said "Lots of light".

But I do believe that the last report I read, said that full spectrum was better.

Cheers,
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Yes, that may very well be true, but full spectrum probably
refers to the visble part of the spectrum only, not including UV.
I am sure you already know this, but the temperature of light
only tells you the average frequency of the spectrum (or
something similar to the average). The shape and extent of
the spectrum is a different issue, usually measured by the
ra value when talking about light sources, which is a measure
between 0 and 1 telling how well the spectrum reproduces a
fixed set of test colours. For any work where colour is important,
like painting, viewing slide film etc, you want a daylight light
source with high ra value (at least 0.9), which in the case of
fluoroscent tubes can be achieved by using three different
phospors. Ordinary fluoroscent tubes have a very bad ra value
on the other hand. It is getting more common, however, to use
widespectrum tubes also for ordinary office lighting, ie. high
ra value but still a temperature around, say, 3000K, since we
seem (not surprisingly) to prefer wide-spectrum light.
 
#31
The Grass Is Greener.....

Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head is an old Aussie pop (poop) song.
I still chuckle about a 1989 John Farnham concert I crewed at where the lyrics to this song were written on A4 paper, and taped to the stage either side of his mic stand. :bigeyes: .
I never took him seriously before this, and since of course I am entirely unable to do so ever - Aussies will understand this.

Carl, I hope this can cheer you up.

Eric.

BTW, I have so far crewed 6 Jon Farnham shows and still no gig shirt - John, what's the deal ?.

PS - It's been pushing 40*C lately around here, and you'll get a sunburn in twenty minutes - wanna swap ?.
 
#33
LOL, you two aren't exactly making the Australian tourism industry's job any easier.

Here in the Northeast, near New York City, it is now 22 deg F and it hasn't been above freezing, even for a minute, for the last week and a half.

Normal January high temps are 38 degrees. That means that for every day it only gets to freezing, we are supposed to get another day that gets to an eminently livable 44 deg F. Not this year. Most of the rest of the country, including the South, is in similar straits.

:idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea:
What we need is a temperature market exchange, similar to a stock market exchange. We will trade you 30 degrees F of our cold in exchange for 30 deg F of your heat. That way, you get to be 76 deg F and we get to be 54 deg F. Football weather for us, pleasant beach weather for you.

What do you say? 😎 😎
 
#35
54 deg F is cold all right-it it's May. I don't want the country to get spoiled by walking around in shirtsleeves in January. A nice, brisk 54 deg, perfect for an energy producing fast walk or jog, will do nicely. You know, just the right amount of crisp "snap" to the air. 🙂 🙂

76 deg F is too cold for the beach? 😱
 
#37
Sorry to hear about the fires in Australia. But we have them here too, both in cities and the country. There is a debate going on right now about whether we should let hundreds of square miles of Western forest land burn periodically to prevent even greater fires later.

Alas, fires can happen in buildings in cold weather. When it is very cold, things are even worse. I have heard that sometimes it gets so cold that the water from the fire hoses freezes on the house that is on fire, making the fire even more difficult to extinguish.
 
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