Jamawani--I hear you on the grumpy part of it, I can get to be a real grumpy sob with too much rain.

Jama and Bek--this makes me think of an old friend from Vancouver, who when coming to Montreal to go to University the same year I came here, told of being on the street in the fall and noticing that when it began to rain,that she was the only one left walking on the sidewalk. Everyone else had gone inside, but being a good West Coaster, she just kept on walking. This touches on teh whole thing of what you are used to. As she put it, if you went inside for rain in Vancouver, you would never get anywhere, but here in the east, especially in summer, a big rain comes and goes. Hence my penchant for stopping in shelter for rain if on my bike, especially if heavy, as it usually passes and it aint worth getting all wet if one can avoid it and it will clear in 15 or 30 mins (obviously doesnt always, but in summer ususally does)