One minute, clear blue sky, then came the blizzard.
Looking south over the Tyne Valley. Taken from the 'Command Centre' (the computer room at home!).
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Purely out of curiousity, Bob, what's it like in the plate armor of your avatar during a snow?
Bloody cold mate!
Quote from: bob48 on December 05, 2012, 07:06:43 AM
One minute, clear blue sky, then came the blizzard.
Looking south over the Tyne Valley. Taken from the 'Command Centre' (the computer room at home!).
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wow, id seen the forecast - ill expect it here tonight then, thats if the combined heat of all the fake tan of the local residents doesnt melt it
Yep - put yer wooly hat on Geek.
Pffft! That's not a blizzard! I can still see the 1st floor windows on those buildings....
Come over here in Feb. when the snow bank around my driveway is 4 ft tall.... :P
When we stayed in Kenmore back in '04, the balcony of our room was about even with the snow line along the hills. There was snow on the roof of the bldg, but 30 feet below on the car, there was no snow on it or the ground. Where we were driving out to Aberfeldy, the snow line was clearly visible along the edge of the road. It was the only time I'd ever seen the snow line that clearly edged in my life.
Quote from: Barthheart on December 05, 2012, 08:13:10 AM
Pffft! That's not a blizzard! I can still see the 1st floor windows on those buildings....
Come over here in Feb. when the snow bank around my driveway is 4 ft tall.... :P
LOL - I'm sure what we get is nothing like the stuff that you do.
Its been snowing on-and-off for the last few hours and we have about 2" on the ground. Can get a bit nasty if it goes on for a few days, as the local council seem incapable of keeping the roads clear, so all grinds to a halt.
I love winter and pictures of snow covered ground. Thanks for sharing bob.
Looks like end of May around here.
Its actually coming down quite heavy now. Maybe it'll be too bad to get to work tomorrow :-)
Have been off on holiday for last 3 days to do Christmas shopping, plus its Mrs Bob's B/D to day (I should have got her a new frying pan to replace the one that I ruined by having it 'Gloiiinnngg'd' off my nut so many times)....
Anyway, I'm glad we went out early or we would have been in the thick of it now.
She took this one while we were on our way back from shopping:
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^LOL
Last winter was mild, but the year before that the combined ice and snow almost crushed my roof. It would snow, then warm up, then rain, then get cold again, and the ice slab on my roof was almost impossible to get rid of. I still love winter though :)
The snow ain't your problem.
You are driving on the wrong side of the road.
Quote from: Gusington on December 05, 2012, 10:35:25 AM
Last winter was mild, but the year before that the combined ice and snow almost crushed my roof. It would snow, then warm up, then rain, then get cold again, and the ice slab on my roof was almost impossible to get rid of. I still love winter though :)
We got it easier around here last winter. However, this winter come the new year they are predicting it will be pretty bad.
I'm ready for a bad winter, since it magically got up to nearly 70 a few days ago here in Illinois. I hope it snows a lot like a few years ago (21 inches) because I want one last winter out with my 4x4 Dakota before I sell it.
Quote from: Longdan on December 05, 2012, 11:35:06 AM
The snow ain't your problem.
You are driving on the wrong side of the road.
lol -as it happens, it proved not to be a problem since everyone else was doing the same thing :-)
Quote from: Barthheart on December 05, 2012, 08:13:10 AM
Pffft! That's not a blizzard! I can still see the 1st floor windows on those buildings....
Come over here in Feb. when the snow bank around my driveway is 4 ft tall.... :P
That's what we call "drinkin' weather"!
Quote from: Centurion40 on December 05, 2012, 02:50:19 PM
Quote from: Barthheart on December 05, 2012, 08:13:10 AM
Pffft! That's not a blizzard! I can still see the 1st floor windows on those buildings....
Come over here in Feb. when the snow bank around my driveway is 4 ft tall.... :P
That's what we call "drinkin' weather"!
Heck it's still bikini weather! 8)
Aye, but you know what softies we are, not like you rugged lumberjack types ;)
I'm okay.
hehe - now don't you start me off on the Python stuff or I'll be singing it all night.
Quote from: bob48 on December 05, 2012, 04:09:29 PM
hehe - now don't you start me off on the Python stuff or I'll be singing it all night.
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Bob, you are a madman in the finest GrogHeads tradition.
Thats the finest compliment I've ever had...............
..........mind you, its the ONLY compliment I've ever had...... :)
^You're purty.
yup.... its winter and Im suffering a stormfront of Canadistanians and NooYourkers.
whooopeeeee
why cant you people friking drive down here.
Because EVERYONE is old in Florida!
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on December 05, 2012, 07:21:34 PM
yup.... its winter and Im suffering a stormfront of Canadistanians and NooYourkers.
whooopeeeee
why cant you people friking drive down here.
Then come summer we get all the snowbirds up here so I feel your pain.
Bob, I'm sure that Mrs. Bob would be happy to erase the pain and suffering with a "GLOINGG" moment.
you get the snow birds up there.
its the morons that come down here going HOME!
I notice with much glee that Mt. Baker in Washington just received 36 inches of snow over the last two days. The skiing forecast calls for totally legit with a slight chance of Awesome. You may or may not hear from me ever again, after this weekend.
Quote from: Jack Nastyface on December 05, 2012, 10:30:08 PM
I notice with much glee that Mt. Baker in Washington just received 36 inches of snow over the last two days. The skiing forecast calls for totally legit with a slight chance of Awesome. You may or may not hear from me ever again, after this weekend.
If not, we'll think of you when it snows :)
Quote from: Jack Nastyface on December 05, 2012, 10:30:08 PM
I notice with much glee that Mt. Baker in Washington just received 36 inches of snow over the last two days. The skiing forecast calls for totally legit with a slight chance of Awesome. You may or may not hear from me ever again, after this weekend.
If not, at least we'll know you died happy!
I ain't planning on getting dead...I'm planning on retiring and becoming a permanent ski-bum. Powder snow, back-country skiing, hot rum toddies, and Aussie liftees. What more could a man want? Don't tell my wife.
Quote from: besilarius on December 05, 2012, 09:01:19 PM
Bob, I'm sure that Mrs. Bob would be happy to erase the pain and suffering with a "GLOINGG" moment.
Another clout round the lug-hole with a skillet whilst
drooling, updating my apprecition of some of our more, um, choice threads may well prove to be the end of my pain and suffering.
Quote from: Jack Nastyface on December 06, 2012, 01:05:01 PM
I ain't planning on getting dead...I'm planning on retiring and becoming a permanent ski-bum. Powder snow, back-country skiing, hot rum toddies, and Aussie liftees. What more could a man want? Don't tell my wife.
you're safe.... until i see pics of you in a hot tub with one.
Quote from: bob48 on December 06, 2012, 01:49:07 PM
Quote from: besilarius on December 05, 2012, 09:01:19 PM
Bob, I'm sure that Mrs. Bob would be happy to erase the pain and suffering with a "GLOINGG" moment.
Another clout round the lug-hole with a skillet whilst drooling, updating my apprecition of some of our more, um, choice threads may well prove to be the end of my pain and suffering.
LOL
I wish I could have seen you on the highway, or the ditch rather,
around Edmonton yestiday. That was snowfall. It sucked.
It is great to be on a six lane highway at 2 PM and not be able
to see the road. Good ole GPS.
Did you get the day off you wanted, bob? I expect the snow wasn't too bad, but I hope you got a chance to take one more day off :-)
You will send us a pic or three won't you Jack?
Quote from: MetalDog on December 06, 2012, 08:10:43 PM
Did you get the day off you wanted, bob? I expect the snow wasn't too bad, but I hope you got a chance to take one more day off :-)
Nope. I knew the place would fall apart without my expertise, so I bravely struggled in - took an extra 30 mins to get there, but get there I did!
Actually, most of the snow had gone overnight, and the only reason I got held up was due to a traffic accident on the motorway. There is more forcast over the next few days though ;-((
i didnt know this until today, but did you know the government will pay and subsidise volunteers with 4 x 4s to work as emergency people in times of snow - very admirable you might think, but private business can also hire them to come and get you if youre snowed in!
Fk that!!! Some jobsworth asshat knocks on my door with a big self satisfied beam on his face and says hes come to take me to work is going to get a snow shovel to the face
Glooooooiiiiiiiing indeed
^I didn't know that. Geek, those tablets your on, they aint making you halucinate again are they?
So I could of used my li'l 4 x 4 to make some cash? And today I've just had 2 new rear tires put on. The dosh would 'ave come in a bit handy.
exactly Bob, you could become the Mr Plow of the Tyne region!
Well f*ck me sideways!
errr ok, and then you can become the Mr Plow of the Tyne region?
Its a good plan, with only one flaw.
The snows gone, innit.
You two owe me some Warlock together. Then you can teach me the secret to Steam voice chat three way.
Sounds good. We just need to poke geek with a sharp stick and get him in. Be interesting to see if you can add another player into an existing MP game.
I would say probably not. Unless there was already an existing Human slot taken by the A.I. at the start. Just a guess.
a warlock 3 way....
sounds kinky
^I'm in. Bob I'll be by with my Subaru to pick you up. Holster the shovel :)
^Gus, you are a STAR!
5 stars to be exact...it's a Subaru!
lol - I can't afford to even look at one of those - too good for a peasent such as I ;)
^Nonsense! Unless they are more pricey in the UK. Here in NY they are pretty reasonably priced.
Over there Bob could probably buy five Suzuki Jimnys for the price of a single Subaru Wagon.
Depends on the model Gus, but they are expensive in the UK. The WRX STI is around £33,000 which is $53,000 so I would need a substantial Lotto win for one. Although if I did come into that sort of dosh, I would most likely go for a Range Rover or a Jeep.
Quote from: Staggerwing on December 08, 2012, 02:30:05 PM
Over there Bob could probably buy five Suzuki Jimnys for the price of a single Subaru Wagon.
Aye, more like 2.5/8 Jimneys.......
$53,000??? That's crazytalk. But it is a WRX. Same car can be had here in NY for between $28,000 and $33,000. Mine isn't a WRX though and I got it for $21,000 three years ago. See - very affordable unless you get all extra fancy/sporty.
I could get a Jeep Cherokee cheaper. If I had the money, of course. Stuff like that is expensive in the UK, although there are enough of 'em running about, so some folk have plenty of dosh.......b'stards!!!!
Mind you, I'm philosophical about it. I have a car, and that's more'n some folk, so I should be greatful....who am I kidding....
Bob, you could always order them to Stand and Deliver, and nick all their lupins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbtVaTWs6II
Oh joy! Its been ages since I saw that one. Thanks for the link! :)
So normally it takes me about 10 minutes to drive between work and home. However, the fluffy white shit started falling yesterday.
When I drove to work last night, it took me almost 30 minutes. 10 minutes of that were spent just getting out of the damn driveway (it goes up a hill).
When I drove home this morning, it took me over 40. Almost 10 minutes of that was spent just getting the last 200 yards to my house (it too goes up a hill).
Apparently we're at 9 inches so far, and it's going to snow all day yet. Ugh.
so you had to go uphill both ways in the snow....
you are so ready to be an old man ranting at kids.
"when I was your age we didnt have 4 wheel drive or hover cars! I had a bobsled team of hamsters that I had to eat when I was trapped at the end of the driveway and couldnt get home!"
[laughs]
Yeah, I realized how that sounded after I posted it. "When I was your age..."
Quote from: Martok on December 09, 2012, 01:29:59 PM
So normally it takes me about 10 minutes to drive between work and home. However, the fluffy white shit started falling yesterday.
When I drove to work last night, it took me almost 30 minutes. 10 minutes of that were spent just getting out of the damn driveway (it goes up a hill).
When I drove home this morning, it took me over 40. Almost 10 minutes of that was spent just getting the last 200 yards to my house (it too goes up a hill).
Apparently we're at 9 inches so far, and it's going to snow all day yet. Ugh.
Dude, you're so lucky. I'm still waiting for our first significant snowfall of the year over here. My speciality is car skating and if I don't mind saying so I'm pretty good at it. But yes, commuting to work in the snow is no picnic.