Ah. I have been in the Netherlands (no really? -gasp-), Belgium, France, Germany, Czech, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, been one day in Croatia (when we were on a holiday in Slovenia) and passed through Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Austria and Switzerland.
That's what happens when you've got online friends all over the world and have been to, or passed through, about half the Europian countries. xD Slightly less, but still... near half, I think.
In the Northern half of the earth, it generally is the case, yes, not just England. With as sole exceptions where there are mountains, because high in the mountains, it tends to be less warm. xD
Yeah, that's one of the few weather-differences between Scotland and the Netherlands: we have more thunderstorms. I believe that Scottish and Dutch weather is further nearly identical, though.
I love them too.
They're a lot less fun when you're delivering newspapers through them or have to rapidly shut down the pc because there is a heavy one straight above your home, though.
Yes, it was bouncing all my messages as well, often showing the bounce only 10+ minutes after sending them. Then I had to shut the pc down for a bit because of a - gladly short - thunderstorm above our heads.