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Offline Smiley

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OT: Snow!
« on: February 08, 2007, 02:43:35 am »
Woooo, it's been snowing all night and there's about 6 inches laid all over my county and most of midland and southern England! :)

1. means I can't get into work (very hilly here) :)
2. I have to join a conference call instead :(

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Re: OT: Snow!
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2007, 04:44:20 am »
First? It's the second time that it had snowed in the past two months :p
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Re: OT: Snow!
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2007, 07:40:53 am »
I am jealous, we don't get snow where I am.
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Re: OT: Snow!
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2007, 09:34:06 am »
what is it about people who rarely if ever see snow, that they think they are being deprived...

If I see another foot of snow in the next five years I'll go crazy...
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Re: OT: Snow!
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2007, 09:46:11 am »
Guys..

I've had snow since October.. I'm sick of snow.  :)

Don't have any shots handy, but Google is a wonderful thing..

Here's a series of shots from Edmonton, plus the city square shot was from a webcam downtown about 3 minutes ago.  :)


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Re: OT: Snow!
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2007, 10:04:34 am »
I have to admit, I'm abit Jealous of Smiley and Fallen Warrior. Not because of the snow, see it every year, but those fence lines look amazing. All we have is miles and miles of Barbed wire.

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Re: OT: Snow!
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2007, 10:10:49 am »
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what is it about people who rarely if ever see snow, that they think they are being deprived...

If I see another foot of snow in the next five years I'll go crazy...

Oh, I have lived in places where snow was measured in feet, and yeah, I was tired of it by the end of winter, but the following spring would be so much more meaningful.

Where I live now, the leaves don't change in the fall, we have had two months of straight rain (par for the winter), spring looks like any other season, and summer feels like an endless steam bath. There is no feeling of renewal and rebirth and life is painfully linear.

Thanks for sharing the pictures guys, they bring back a lot of great memories; a smile to my face and warmth to my heart.
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Re: OT: Snow!
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2007, 10:21:18 am »
In my case, they come with -25C (about -19F or so) temperatures.. I have a warm heart, but also I have cold feet, hands, and ears.  :D
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Re: OT: Snow!
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2007, 10:48:54 am »
I've always wanted to visit Canada - thanks for the images :)
Birmingham is looking distinctly more rural than the usual shots! Are you on the extremities F_W?
Instellar Machine - I don't know how you cope with the climate and seasons that you described, I know I could not. Sounds very monotonous, plus I can't stand it hot! lol
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Re: OT: Snow!
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2007, 12:08:35 pm »
ALbany N.Y. got 4 feet of snow a day or so ago. :P
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Re: OT: Snow!
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2007, 01:16:08 pm »
Goddamn winters... We got too much snow here, too much wind, snowstorms and blizzards. and temperature is right now somewhere below -40'c

and oh yeah...since this is Finland, NO SUN. again. for few days  >:{
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Re: OT: Snow!
« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2007, 01:32:43 pm »
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what is it about people who rarely if ever see snow, that they think they are being deprived...

If I see another foot of snow in the next five years I'll go crazy...

Oh, I have lived in places where snow was measured in feet, and yeah, I was tired of it by the end of winter, but the following spring would be so much more meaningful.

Where I live now, the leaves don't change in the fall, we have had two months of straight rain (par for the winter), spring looks like any other season, and summer feels like an endless steam bath. There is no feeling of renewal and rebirth and life is painfully linear.

Thanks for sharing the pictures guys, they bring back a lot of great memories; a smile to my face and warmth to my heart.


I second this. Oh I don't envy people who have to travel from Point A to Point B when the snow turns to slush and ice or when they have to dig themselves out of it. But I live in sunny Southwest Florida where the leaves are always green, the temp is almost always in the 90's nowadays and every day looks exactly like the day before it. It's like living in a store window display, everything feels fake.

It's a sad day in history when people have become deprived of being snowed-in...c'mon people hole up for the winter and make babies. :D

And when it comes to people who rarely see snow thinking they are being deprived just remember the song goes "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas", not "I'm dreaming of a 98 degree Christmas with 80% relative humidity"
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Re: OT: Snow!
« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2007, 02:38:28 pm »
I was dreaming of a white christmas last year...unfortunately, Mother Nature wasn't complying.

I expected to see lots of snow in Michigan over Christmas.  I didn't even need a jacket a couple of days.  Now I hear theres almost six feet of snow on the ground, and I'm in Houston...enjoying 74 degrees.  ;D
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Re: OT: Snow!
« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2007, 02:46:24 pm »
Yeah, I am over in N.O., Glad to hear it is nice over there. We usually get the same weather as Houston just a day later. . . just in time for the weekend!!!! . . . maybe I will go for a bike ride.
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Re: OT: Snow!
« Reply #14 on: February 08, 2007, 03:34:47 pm »
I've not seen so much as a smattering of snow in Glasgow this year - just wind and rain and some ground frost.  :-\
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Re: OT: Snow!
« Reply #15 on: February 08, 2007, 03:39:17 pm »
Eww...snow...here in North Carolina we had a thankfully brief taste of the white stuff for all of 48 hours which caused pandemonium because we are not used to such weather. Ice storms yeah we have those and know how to handle that but SNOW? Yikes! We had a really big storm a few years back and it took me some 12 hours to get home!

I HATE snow but my 3 year old LOVES the stuff. Elements help me when he figures out how to make snowballs!:D

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Re: OT: Snow!
« Reply #16 on: February 08, 2007, 06:01:59 pm »
Well here in Brooklyn, NY we've gotten crap....So if any of you guys got any pull with mother nature, send snow my way...PLEASE
I ask for 2-8ft of it :)
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Re: OT: Snow!
« Reply #17 on: February 09, 2007, 02:35:17 pm »
Head to upstate New York, they got your snow Atolm

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Re: OT: Snow!
« Reply #18 on: February 09, 2007, 05:54:28 pm »
Damn...Upstate gets all MY Snow!
Fek'lhr you Owe Me!!!
I Want MY SNOW!
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Re: OT: Snow!
« Reply #19 on: February 10, 2007, 04:28:55 pm »
Upstate N.Y. residents dig out from heavy snow
Sun breaks through as storms end; snow tops 120 inches in some towns

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