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That must take up a helluva lot of room...all those tables. :rofl:

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Do you spread the pitch out on something grippy? We used to have rucks in the pitch otherwise - hence the carpet. I always dreamt of having the pitch mounted on a padded mounted board. But my Dad ran off with the guy fixing the boiler and my Mum was always too of her tits on Thunderbird and we only had a penknife as a tool kit.

But they were good times.
p.s. our teams were all 80's too.

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32F and snowing.

Snowing all the way Whistler to Squamish, and not one plow or salt truck on the highway. Nice to see BC as incompetent as ever when it snows.

Luckily once about 25 minutes south of Whistler it was not sticking anymore, but the first 25 minutes was hazardous, could not see the road markings at all, hard a times to judge where your lane was.

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-32, high today -25

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Looks like we've bottomed out at -34 with a windchill of -46, cold as part of a brass monkey.

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Same here but at least its a dry cold and sunny :rofl:
Its winter FFS did you expect swaying palm trees and drinking pina coladas on the deck/patio.

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I get it, that's sarcasm. :thumbup: British humour, ha ha. Cold as part of a well digger - of course, it can get much colder. The only difference between today and yesterday when I suit up to go catch the bus to work is the addition of a scarf.

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-1C at the moment and snowing.

Looks like this as of 10 minutes ago....

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Just pissing down here on the Island. Doesn't look like we're going to get snow here yet.

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I am actually surprised we are getting as much as we are, last night and early this morning it was just around 0 and light snow and wasn't sticking, and then the temp dropped to -2 and it's been snowing pretty heavily since.

Seems to have caught the town off guard as well, or they just don't want to pay the overtime for Sunday which wouldn't surprise me as I haven't seen a plow yet (we live on a major road) and I was out and about doing errands, and none of the streets have been plowed, even the highway which is provincial and not town's responsibility hasn't from what I can tell really been cleared.

I am not sure why BC (maybe Canada in general?) has such issues clearing snow, or just ignoring it and not plowing at all.

Granted I have only lived in 2 places in the US where snow was part of winter life, but they did a good job at keeping roads and highways clear, plows every 10 minutes or so on the highway's, never really had time for the snow to build.

Is BC so cheap they just prefer to make driving a miserable and unsafe situation in snow? They could do a lot better and probably reduce the accidents in winter by keeping the roads clear and salted.

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Jsmith does Squamish usually get a lot of snow? I know in Vancouver and on Vancouver Island they don't have many plows because they don't need them. Everywhere else you go in BC: full of plows - in some places in the interior the sole occupation is the plowing of snow.

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Historically it has, more recently winters have become more mild and less snow.

I am just surprised they don't clear a major provincial highway such as the Sea to Sky considering it goes to a ski resort, and so far in my commutes plows are not a common sight on the highway. Whistler doesn't appear to spend much time plowing their streets either, driving up there is interesting at times.

It's already a tricky highway to navigate north of Squamish, add in snow covered roads and no ability to see land markings, snow covered and slippery + tourists not experience in snow using all seasons and its just a bad mix.

They changed the tire requirements this year, and chains are no longer required for passenger vehicles, and proper snow tires are not required either, all seasons with M + S marking is sufficient, but really not suitable for the highway.

It is what it is, part of life in the lower mainland, although Hwy 1 through the canyon a few winters ago wasn't being plowed very well either, but not sure if that is a norm or not.

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You'd think they'd make the effort for the ski traffic even if it costs them overtime. It's probably like the mass exodus from Fernie to Calgary every Sunday evening.

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Nice pic.

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It's still coming down to. The temp hasn't moved as expected, been steady at -1. The forecast had called for a high of +2 today, but it's not looking like that is going to happen unless there is a warm front behind this cold front.

I had expected it to turn into rain by now, that is usually how it rolls around here, snows at night, turns to rain and slush by noon...lol

Leaving Whistler during the mass exit after the lifts close is a miserable experience. Even though they did improve the highway overall for the olympics, they failed to add additional lanes actually leaving Whistler, so it's 1 lane for the first 10-12 km's, and your lucky to go above 50/km if that.

Overall it's a crappy highway, and the company contracted to do the clearing sucks. You'd think in a 60km commute, there would be a plow in at least one direction passing you...

I think the province contracting out to private companies just screws everything up, the companies probably under bid to get the work, and then skimp and cut to eek out a profit.

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I'm dead impressed with snow clearing here. We're supposed to be one of the snowiest cities in Canada and most of the roads are cleared really quickly.

I actually complain of excessive plowing. Our road gets plowed to its full width, as per the targets, but it's a quiet road. It doesn't need to go to its full width.

Consequently the plow still passes when there's plenty of cleared surface and we get even more stuff across the drive when we've already cleared it a few times. :thumbdown:

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Our city snow removal budget for 2014 was $6.8 million. We sometimes use the whole thing before the year is up and go way over budget, but it has to be plowed.
City Snow Removal

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We have gotten close to a foot of snow now according to the radio. Roads are a mess, the town sent a tractor down a couple times on the street we live on, but none of the side streets have been plowed at all, almost got stuck a few times, the snow in parts is taller then the car is high, but the little car got through it.

We have winter tires this year, but they don't seem to make much difference overall from what I can tell so far, but the roads do have a boat load of snow.

The highway through town has less snow on it, but no effort to clear both lanes, they just kind of went down the middle to clear just a space wide enough for single lane traffic.

The highway further north towards Whistler has apparently been a complete cluster and barely moving.

I think those who decide things underestimated this storm and got caught off guard again, they rely too much on "oh it will start to rain and melt it, so we can ignore it." and poof before you know it, there is a foot of snow.

Its raining now 20 minutes south of here, so appears it may turn into freezing rain or just rain, but this is a boat load of snow.

Probably got more snow today, then all of last winter.

Photo taken about 10 minutes ago. You can see my tire tracks, I did get stuck initially, but managed to get the car through it with a bit of work, and putting it into 2nd gear.

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Good example today.
Due to plowing over the last couple of days the street was clear, save for a little slush in a few lines from where traffic had gone up and down.

So, of course, the city plow makes another pass shunting a very small ridge across the drive. Just a foot and a half across and a foot or so high. Easily got rid of.

If you get to it quickly.

Fortunately I was in the front of the house, heard the plow and, disbelievingly, looked out as it passed.

I went straight out and cleared it. If I'd not heard it and discovered it, say, tomorrow morning, it would have been solid and would have blocked driveway access.

There must be many people getting home from work today and finding a nasty shock. :thumbdown:

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-20 ... Feels like -28 with wind chill. Also under snow squall watch this afternoon with a good few cms predicted today and then again tomorrow.

We've only just cleared the pathways around the house from the last two foot of snow on Saturday! Grr!

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warm & sunny -10 here right now & almost no snow

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Around 4 degrees above zero here (Comox, Vancouver Island) and no snow at all this winter. Some of the bulbs are already up and thinking about flowering. I expect to see at least a few snowdrops in a couple of weeks. Anybody else got any signs of spring?

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Cold as cock here today and will be for some time.

We came back from Quebec City on Saturday after ten days of basically no weather. It started snowing about 50km from home. Then it kept snowing. Then the freezing rain started. I'm bloody glad we came home on Saturday. Yesterday involved smashing ice off the snow before I could shovel it. Then it warmed-up and rained. Then it froze again. Horrible. Moving around outside on foot is actually dangerous. I have a dental appointment tomorrow morning. I could get there by bus but I doubt I'd make it to the bus stop. I have booked a taxi and asked that it back all the way up my drive so I have a fighting chance of getting to the taxi without adding a visit to ER.

Trees covered in ice and glistening in the sunshine are very very pretty, seen through a window.......

I got somewhat nervous last light when the freezing shit was coming down and the lights started flickering. Freezing rain and power lines are not friends.

All heating thermostats were immediately switched to Warp 9.

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6 degrees here in Nanaimo (Vancouver Island) today. I even turned the heating down;)

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Had a large variation of temps today, but was traveling all day, left home at +3 saw a high of of +14 at one point, and now back home it's +1.

The town is still a bit of a mess because of the snow, we got a lot of snow, made a mess this morning since it rained all night and most stores/businesses didn't plow their parking lots, and the snow the city piled into the middle of the streets made left turns near impossible.

But I saw tractors out clearing the snow off the roads, so tomorrow should be better, and I saw the city cleared most of the side walks as well. Sunday and Monday morning pedestrians were walking in the road as there was nowhere else for them to walk.

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Currently around -23.
Coldest so far this winter was Sunday morning at -36, wind chill of -46.

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Its 11c today, not raining and much more like winter should be.

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+7 here currently, a little mist, but no significant rain.

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Foggy as anything here....

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-15 this morning, dropping to -28 (-36 chill) by tonight.

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Forgive me for asking a dumb question but I'm a 'light the woodburner, it's down to 19 degrees C' person, but what do you wear when going to work in those really low temps? I honestly can't imagine ever getting out of bed. :unsure:

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-29 in Regina.

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Well it won't be debuting on the runways of Milan this year I can assure you of that.

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Oh you never know ! Catwalk collections are quite wide ranging these days. :lol:

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:lol: Thanks for that. I had visions of everyone looking like michelin man. I try not to think about being cold so strangely I'd not really thought about it before. Now I'm off to bed with the temp at a lovely cool 22 degrees C. :lol:

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It's currently -12 with a windchill of -24 where I'm sitting. When I go out in about 20 minutes I will be wearing wool socks, boots, jeans, a down filled coat, scarf, down filled mittens, and a hat. That outfit is to get me from the house to the car and from the car to my appointment. Can hardly wait to gt home where it is currently 34.

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What's the dark thing at the top?

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You don't need to look like the Michelin Man. The warmest coat I've got is a snowboarding jacket. It's very thin and light but with all sorts of snazzy insulation and sweat layers. It is utterly windproof, which is really important.

Good footwear is crucial. If I went out today, which I won't, I'd wear my knee-length boots with felt lining and a serious tread. Probably also lined ski pants.

I'd probably also skip the toque and slap on the full-face balaclava. Frostbite warning today!

Gloves would my Auclair Racing gloves. Similar to the mogul ones here. Best purchase I ever made.

Auclair Gloves

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A scarf, I could not get the picture right side up.

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Ah, silly me.

I tend to dismiss a scarf or anything like a balaclava/ski mask. Anything up to my nose and my breath steams up my glasses. Especially dangerous if cycling but irritating even if on foot. I like to breathe and see at the same time. :lol: