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Title: It's snowing like f*ck!
Post by: Greeny on January 18, 2013, 07:42:48 AM
Good luck to anyone else in England / Wales! Apparently it's ok in Scotland for now.

This is how it looks (as of a few minutes ago...)

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Title: Re: It's snowing like f*ck!
Post by: Greeny on January 18, 2013, 07:43:50 AM
Victorian London!!!!
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Post by: Oldrottenhead on January 18, 2013, 08:18:29 AM
not a drop up here but it is bloody freezing
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Post by: henwrench on January 18, 2013, 09:10:00 AM
Quote from: Greeny on January 18, 2013, 07:43:50 AMVictorian London!!!!

   That's exactly what I thought!!

       Here in Cornwall, it's raining like fuck. As usual. And a balmy +8 degrees C. Tee-shirt weather. As usual.  8)

                                                                              henwrench
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Post by: Gnasty on January 18, 2013, 09:15:22 AM


Isn't it supposed to snow in the winter? I get worried when it doesn't :-\
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Post by: Tangled Wires on January 18, 2013, 10:03:53 AM
Quote from: Gnasty on January 18, 2013, 09:15:22 AMIsn't it supposed to snow in the winter? I get worried when it doesn't :-\

Exactly, although Britain goes into meltdown every year after a few flakes.
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Post by: Geir on January 18, 2013, 10:09:37 AM
:D
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Post by: Gnasty on January 18, 2013, 10:13:29 AM
Quote from: Tangled Wires on January 18, 2013, 10:03:53 AM
Quote from: Gnasty on January 18, 2013, 09:15:22 AMIsn't it supposed to snow in the winter? I get worried when it doesn't :-\

Exactly, although Britain goes into meltdown every year after a few flakes.

Last year here in Toronto I think it snowed once and it was very light snowfall and it was hardly even under 0°C all year.
This year I think were on our third snowfall as of last night and it's -15 and do I ever hear the bitching and moaning from everyone  :'D

I'd rather live in a safe cold country than a hot country with bombs dropping on me any day!!
Or even worse a cold country with bombs dropping on me!! :-*
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Post by: Rata-tat-tat on January 18, 2013, 10:31:37 AM
- 4 F this morning in Eagle River AK.... we got about 10 inches of new snow this week, but now the cold has set in... usually doesn't snow unless it warms up to about 20 F... So for now I guess wrap up and stay warm!!! BRRRRRR
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Post by: Gnasty on January 18, 2013, 10:39:52 AM


20F? Why do you have to make me google convert?!! :D
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Post by: Hook on January 18, 2013, 10:45:46 AM
It got into the 50's last night actually wore a sweater with my shorts this morning. I haven't seen real snow in almost 15 years!
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Post by: thetworegs on January 18, 2013, 10:51:28 AM
You should get yourself up the top of our hill Hook its about -5 and a foot of snow it takes a true Yorkshire man to be in his shorts and jumper up here where the airs thinner.....freeze on!
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Post by: Rata-tat-tat on January 18, 2013, 11:08:47 AM
Quote from: Gnasty on January 18, 2013, 10:39:52 AM20F? Why do you have to make me google convert?!! :D
So I don't have to.... LMAO.... Who's luv's ya... plus I'm a machinist... nothing ever works out right on the metric system.
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Post by: Gnasty on January 18, 2013, 11:18:02 AM
Quote from: Rata-tat-tat on January 18, 2013, 11:08:47 AM
Quote from: Gnasty on January 18, 2013, 10:39:52 AM20F? Why do you have to make me google convert?!! :D
So I don't have to.... LMAO.... Who's luv's ya... plus I'm a machinist... nothing ever works out right on the metric system.

You know you are so very right.
I still look at my weight in pounds. When I do quotes everybody still does square footage and in carpentry and penis length, men still use inches :)

My penis is 8 inches long sounds longer than 20 cm for some reason doesn't it?  :D
Title: Re: It's snowing like f*ck!
Post by: Rata-tat-tat on January 18, 2013, 11:23:19 AM
Quote from: Gnasty on January 18, 2013, 11:18:02 AM
Quote from: Rata-tat-tat on January 18, 2013, 11:08:47 AM
Quote from: Gnasty on January 18, 2013, 10:39:52 AM20F? Why do you have to make me google convert?!! :D
So I don't have to.... LMAO.... Who's luv's ya... plus I'm a machinist... nothing ever works out right on the metric system.

You know you are so very right.
I still look at my weight in pounds. When I do quotes everybody still does square footage and in carpentry and penis length, men still use inches :)

My penis is 8 inches long sounds longer than 20 cm for some reason doesn't it?  :D

LMFAO....
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Post by: Rata-tat-tat on January 18, 2013, 11:31:50 AM
I still never understood why they kept the name Micrometer even when it measures in thousandths of an inch... But hey I'll take thousandths of an inch over millionth's of a meter any day... too many numbers... and then there's those pesky microns... What kind of rocket scientist thinks it's easier to measure when 2.54 microns = .0001... Just my thought.
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Post by: Rata-tat-tat on January 18, 2013, 11:33:05 AM
What was the topic of this thread again???
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Post by: Rata-tat-tat on January 18, 2013, 12:16:44 PM
Ok back on track we got 254 mm of new snow or 254,000 microns of new snow.... Now you tell me... wasn't 10" easier. Just saying... I must say that 254 mm of penis sounds much larger though (LOL)....
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Post by: 64Guitars on January 18, 2013, 12:47:01 PM
(https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=17456.0;attach=18490)


But the US has taken the first steps toward the metric system. Their bullets are measured in millimetres and their dope is measured in grams and kilos. I guess it shows where their priorities are. ::)

Title: Re: It's snowing like f*ck!
Post by: Rata-tat-tat on January 18, 2013, 12:51:47 PM
I prefer to buy dope by the pound... and shoot tons of ammo at ATM...
Title: Re: It's snowing like f*ck!
Post by: Flash Harry on January 18, 2013, 01:19:05 PM
Snow!

(https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=17456.0;attach=18492)
Title: Re: It's snowing like f*ck!
Post by: Geir on January 18, 2013, 01:39:59 PM
About 266 and light snow here south in Norway.
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Post by: kenny mac on January 18, 2013, 03:37:18 PM
Just got back from my shift in the coooooooooold shipyards,freezing out there,but now home with a beer and a great central heating system thanks to old rottenhead,it's amazing what you get from this site lol  ;D
Title: Re: It's snowing like f*ck!
Post by: launched on January 18, 2013, 07:38:58 PM
Quote from: Geir on January 18, 2013, 01:39:59 PMAbout 266....

Ha, what were you measuring bro. Surely not snow... ;D
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Post by: Redler on January 19, 2013, 12:50:12 AM
Yesterday morning, when I biked home from the night shift here was -25°C (-13°F). Biking is pretty hard in that temperature because lubricants in the bearings doesn't work anymore...

More snow? Yes, since afternoon :)

(https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=17456.0;attach=18500)

This one is from the island a couple years ago...
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Post by: alfstone on January 19, 2013, 02:29:09 AM
Mmmmhhh...no, absolutely no snow here in Palermo...yes, a little cold (10-12°C), some rain, some wind....

Snow in Palermo is a rather uncommon thing, it happens once every 10-15 years or so...

It's so unusual that even the great John Renbourn composed a tune called "Palermo Snow", and his last CD has the same name:

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HoUOYYwkKwA/TZyOA4WdnAI/AAAAAAAAAYI/IGF1tNx7J3A/s1600/John+Renbourn+-+Palermo+Snow%255B2011%255D-front.jpg)

...this because when he came here for one of his concerts, it was the end of the Eighties (I was there!), there was some "light" (compared to what I see now on this thread) snow, something anyway absolutely new for many Palermo inhabitants, and John was amazed looking at their surprised face: he told me about the story of the tune, in an interview he gave me some years ago for a monthly music magazine I was writing for...

Alfredo
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Post by: Geir on January 19, 2013, 03:06:46 AM
261.15 today.

Not that much snow (0.2 m or so), but the sea has started freezing.
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Post by: bruno on January 19, 2013, 03:07:33 AM
An old picture - always makes me laugh though! Don't park too close to water when its cold!!!!
I think the picture is from Switzerland.

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Post by: Hilary on January 19, 2013, 05:11:05 AM
Oh I'm so glad I started reading this thread - I'm much more enlighted now, thanks boys!
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Post by: thetworegs on January 19, 2013, 06:23:19 AM
Look what we found outside .......be careful out there!!

(https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=17456.0;attach=18505)
Title: Re: It's snowing like f*ck!
Post by: Hook on January 19, 2013, 08:05:40 AM
It's got Geir's eyes.
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Post by: 64Guitars on January 19, 2013, 09:56:44 AM
Quote from: Redler on January 19, 2013, 12:50:12 AM(https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=17456.0;attach=18500)

This one is from the island a couple years ago...

Beautiful picture, Kari. I love freshly-fallen snow. The deeper, the better.

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Post by: Redler on January 19, 2013, 11:43:07 AM
I took this one on my mobile phone on this afternoon. In real life it was much more impressive than on photograph...

(https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=17456.0;attach=18516)

Another one, taken a few weeks ago...

(https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=17456.0;attach=18521)
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Post by: Rata-tat-tat on January 19, 2013, 11:11:58 PM
I decided to get a firsthand account of accumulation... so I went  out in the yard to take some measurements... I estimate the berm I'm measuring in the pic is about 2,540 mm...
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Post by: Geir on January 20, 2013, 02:50:13 AM
(https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=17456.0;attach=18556)
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Post by: bruno on January 20, 2013, 02:52:30 AM
Looks cold Geir :-)
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Post by: Oldrottenhead on January 20, 2013, 03:34:31 AM
geir, is that the bench i recorded norwegian shores on?
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Post by: Geir on January 20, 2013, 05:25:16 AM
It is, and yes it is :)
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Post by: bruno on January 20, 2013, 06:58:56 AM
Local village church in the snow .....

(https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=17456.0;attach=18564)

and ..

(https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=17456.0;attach=18566)
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Post by: Hook on January 20, 2013, 07:02:08 AM
Did I mention it's been 15 years since I've seen snow!
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Post by: 64Guitars on January 20, 2013, 08:33:39 AM
Wonderful photos, guys. Geir, that sunrise reflecting off the water is beautiful.

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Post by: Vanncad on January 20, 2013, 09:29:26 AM
Nice pics guys. Some really stunning scenery you are blessed with (with the exception of Rat-a-tat's pic - ugh!).

Not a flake on the ground here in my part of Southern Ontario. Windier than hell last night though.
I took the outdoor Christmas lights down last weekend wearing a sweater (no coat). Unbelievably nice weather.

Hey Geir - Does that lake freeze up? If so - do you ever do any ice fishing on it?
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Post by: Geir on January 20, 2013, 10:01:16 AM
Quote from: Vanncad on January 20, 2013, 09:29:26 AMHey Geir - Does that lake freeze up? If so - do you ever do any ice fishing on it?
it's actually the ocean, and yes some years it freeze up. A couple of years ago it froze all the way out the fjord. That was during a loooooooooong period of 253.15 and below tho. I also had big problems with ice under my cabin that year. I don't do much ice fishing tho. I prefer using my time at the cabin for my musical projects :)

64G, yes it was a stunning view that day. And luckily I get those days quite often in the wintertime, so even tho its mostly a summer cabin I try to use it as much as time permits also in the wintertime.
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Post by: Flash Harry on January 20, 2013, 04:43:42 PM
253.15 - man that is cold.

Once camped in the snow at 258 and that was bitter - even in a down sleeping bag.
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Post by: bruno on September 24, 2016, 06:34:10 AM
Winter is coming ....  ;D
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Post by: Groundy on September 24, 2016, 10:31:16 PM
Its not really been away here... ;D
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Post by: Hook on September 25, 2016, 07:36:21 AM
Always fucking summer here!
Title: Re: It's snowing like f*ck!
Post by: Flash Harry on September 25, 2016, 01:49:10 PM
Quote from: Hook on September 25, 2016, 07:36:21 AMAlways fucking summer here!

....Nah, you're not illiciting much sympathy here


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Post by: bruno on September 26, 2016, 12:00:53 AM
Quote from: Hook on September 25, 2016, 07:36:21 AMAlways fucking summer here!
:-) We are getting the winter woolies out soon.
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Post by: Johnny Robbo on September 26, 2016, 01:11:45 AM
Quote from: Hook on September 25, 2016, 07:36:21 AMAlways fucking summer here!

Summer? Yeah... in Redcar it was on a Tuesday this year  :)
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Post by: Hook on September 26, 2016, 07:56:20 AM
10 am and 80°F...I guess it's cooling down a little.
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Post by: thetworegs on September 26, 2016, 09:16:28 AM
Quote from: Hook on September 26, 2016, 07:56:20 AM10 am and 80°F...I guess it's cooling down a little.
you can soon go off someone you know! ...... 10•c windy and pissing down..
 ;D
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Post by: Johnny Robbo on September 28, 2016, 01:27:57 PM
Quote from: thetworegs on September 26, 2016, 09:16:28 AM10•c windy and pissing down..
 ;D

That's a Redcar summer day - we'd be picnicking if it were as balmy as that up here!  :D :D :D