Correlations are often difficult to absolutely identify. The weather and pollution relationship is similar to the demise of the common sparrow that came about at the same time as the country moved to lead-free petrol. A variation on 'who killed cock-robin'.
Austria remains wet, but the rest of the week residents could see the sun. They need it, they need cheering up, hemmed in by all those hills. A look at the sky in Suffolk would relax them all. Perhaps we should arrange a permanent exchange scheme?
The Net allows us to communicate, wherever we may be. There's a fascination in emailing folk who live elsewhere, but mistakes are easily made. The Americans find my English humour difficult, often taking offence when I meant to make no more than a silly, throwaway, remark.
However, it is possible to build relationships that are really important, even though you will never meet the other person.
There are dangers. One friend started emailing an old friend, living in Australia. They'd been friends two decades ago when they both worked in London, and the email relationship blossomed. So much so that he proposed, and came to England to marry his love.
Two years have passed and she phoned me recently (see, the old ways are often the best) complaining that they no longer spoke to each other. 'All he can talk about is cricket,' she moaned.
Not sure that the demise of their marriage can be blamed on Australians, the Internet or just that her fantasy has not be properly realised. Whatever way, it's sad that two people have not found happiness. Is that inevitable? Do all relationship decay? Are those that remain just living behind a facade?
Don't ask me for any answers, I've been married too many times to act as a counsellor.
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