Winter 2017-18
#271
Re: Winter 2017-18
Air temp or that 'real feel' temp I keep on hearing about?
I went to Tremblant yesterday - 11 c at the top and reasonably pleasant to ski.. Today is supposed to be -25 at the top and lots of wind. I guess that is one way to have the crowds to thin out.
I went to Tremblant yesterday - 11 c at the top and reasonably pleasant to ski.. Today is supposed to be -25 at the top and lots of wind. I guess that is one way to have the crowds to thin out.
#272
Re: Winter 2017-18
It is extremely cold here (see previous post) with lots of snow. The car is stuck in the snow. The tractor battery is dead and the truck heater has packed up. Tractor and car have to be sorted before the coming storm which means working in the dark. I believe that my right ear, never a particularly attractive ear, is frostbitten, certainly it looks as if I have pursued an unsuccessful career in boxing.
I could have gone to Australia.
I could have gone to Australia.
It's been a nightmare here too: we were without central heating for three days largely due to my rather poor eyesight and that fact the asshole we bought our flat from thought it best to throw away all the manuals for the various appliances.
On the other hand it wasn't colder than a £20 2Kw electric heater couldn't handle.
#273
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Re: Winter 2017-18
It is extremely cold here (see previous post) with lots of snow. The car is stuck in the snow. The tractor battery is dead and the truck heater has packed up. Tractor and car have to be sorted before the coming storm which means working in the dark. I believe that my right ear, never a particularly attractive ear, is frostbitten, certainly it looks as if I have pursued an unsuccessful career in boxing.
I could have gone to Australia.
I could have gone to Australia.
#274
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Re: Winter 2017-18
It is extremely cold here (see previous post) with lots of snow. The car is stuck in the snow. The tractor battery is dead and the truck heater has packed up. Tractor and car have to be sorted before the coming storm which means working in the dark. I believe that my right ear, never a particularly attractive ear, is frostbitten, certainly it looks as if I have pursued an unsuccessful career in boxing.
I could have gone to Australia.
I could have gone to Australia.
Sounds like you are having somewhat of a crap day... hope it improves!
There's a storm coming? Thankfully neither car is stuck in the snow, the truck and the tractor are snug in the garage (with manually operated doors) and the ducks are still alive but did seem a little pee'd off this morning and one has stopped laying in protest. It's effing cold.
Are your ducks under cover with something to snuggle into? I always feel so bad for wildlife when it's this damn cold (not that your ducks are wildlife, but you know what I mean!)
Last edited by Siouxie; Jan 5th 2018 at 8:53 pm.
#275
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Re: Winter 2017-18
Or home. I hope your ear and your tractor battery and all the other aspects recover in due course.
It's been a nightmare here too: we were without central heating for three days largely due to my rather poor eyesight and that fact the asshole we bought our flat from thought it best to throw away all the manuals for the various appliances.
On the other hand it wasn't colder than a £20 2Kw electric heater couldn't handle.
It's been a nightmare here too: we were without central heating for three days largely due to my rather poor eyesight and that fact the asshole we bought our flat from thought it best to throw away all the manuals for the various appliances.
On the other hand it wasn't colder than a £20 2Kw electric heater couldn't handle.
#276
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Re: Winter 2017-18
Bloody hell! Get a hat on man and be damned with vanity!
Sounds like you are having somewhat of a crap day... hope it improves!
https://www.google.org/publicalerts/...=CA&source=web
Are your ducks under cover with something to snuggle into? I always feel so bad for wildlife when it's this damn cold (not that your ducks are wildlife, but you know what I mean!)
Sounds like you are having somewhat of a crap day... hope it improves!
https://www.google.org/publicalerts/...=CA&source=web
Are your ducks under cover with something to snuggle into? I always feel so bad for wildlife when it's this damn cold (not that your ducks are wildlife, but you know what I mean!)
#277
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Re: Winter 2017-18
Bloody hell! Get a hat on man and be damned with vanity!
Sounds like you are having somewhat of a crap day... hope it improves!
https://www.google.org/publicalerts/...=CA&source=web
Are your ducks under cover with something to snuggle into? I always feel so bad for wildlife when it's this damn cold (not that your ducks are wildlife, but you know what I mean!)
Sounds like you are having somewhat of a crap day... hope it improves!
https://www.google.org/publicalerts/...=CA&source=web
Are your ducks under cover with something to snuggle into? I always feel so bad for wildlife when it's this damn cold (not that your ducks are wildlife, but you know what I mean!)
Last edited by HGerchikov; Jan 5th 2018 at 10:06 pm.
#278
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Re: Winter 2017-18
Today, not so much, the wind was quite vicious: the only part of me exposed to the elements when I went on a 5 minute milk run to the dépanneur was my eyes. There were icicles on my lashes when I got there :/. My thermometer says -32, but I think it’s frozen.
I’m not amused either.
I could have stayed in Hong Kong...
#279
Re: Winter 2017-18
There's a storm coming? Thankfully neither car is stuck in the snow, the truck and the tractor are snug in the garage (with manually operated doors) and the ducks are still alive but did seem a little pee'd off this morning and one has stopped laying in protest. It's effing cold.
New tractor battery awaits daylight for fitting. Once the tractor is running all will be well.
#280
Re: Winter 2017-18
Look. If I'm going to work and I spend 25 minutes sculpting my comb over, I am not going to flatten that work with some bobble hat just because I have some shoveling to do. It's better to look good than to feel good.
#282
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Re: Winter 2017-18
Heavy snow in the forecast. Sunday, Monday, next Wednesday fortnight, Accuweather knows as well as we do. The chickens are on strike which is just as well as their eggs freeze before they can be collected and go to waste.
New tractor battery awaits daylight for fitting. Once the tractor is running all will be well.
New tractor battery awaits daylight for fitting. Once the tractor is running all will be well.
#283
Re: Winter 2017-18
Now they say Sunday but I haven't forgotten all that "mainly cloudy" that had to be cleared last week. I don't trust them at all. I hope it doesn't fall tomorrow. Apart from the pain and suffering involved in the weather there's the inconvenience; we took the kitchen cupboards to the dump and need time indoors to patch and paint before the new lot come. Tractor fiddling eats into the drywalling time.
#284
Re: Winter 2017-18
I don't what you lot are moaning about, it's been drizzling on and off all day here.