It's all relative

Melbourne's much dreaded winter is here. Apart from today's fogginess, a typical afternoon seems to be 48 degrees Fahrenheit and sunny. People shiver ostentatiously and ask how we're bearing up under the extreme cold.

I don't have the heart to tell them that for over a week it's been rainy/cloudy in Boston and 50 degrees -- and that this heralds the beginning of summer. Melbourne, I wish I knew how to quit you.