It's a-snowing in Ottineau
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Re: It's a-snowing in Ottineau
It 'should' be a-snowing here in Fredericton, and like Bats, we were mobilised and ready for action....but instead it's 12!!! Degrees and we are due 100mm of rain and 80 mile an hour wind gusts....I wish I had bought a canoe instead on my jolly electric shovel. It doesnt look at all pleasant in Ontario, my warmest hugs to you all out there
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Re: It's a-snowing in Ottineau
Thanks for the Hugs Millie
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Re: It's a-snowing in Ottineau
I suppose this would be a bad moment to remark that it is a-snowing not in Richmond Hill?
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#50
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Re: It's a-snowing in Ottineau
I do believe, and not erroneously, that your phrase was "it is not a-snowing..." Souvy used a contraction and so his phrase is completely different..
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Re: It's a-snowing in Ottineau
[QUOTE=Novocastrian;11011144]I suppose this would be a bad moment to remark that it is a-snowing not in Richmond Hill?
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Richmond Hill sounds like a bloody magical spot, can't help just-a-saying!
Souvy: my people will be in touch with your people on the copyright issue.[/
Richmond Hill sounds like a bloody magical spot, can't help just-a-saying!
#52
Re: It's a-snowing in Ottineau
I think Madame Counsel that you should commission one or more of your legal clerks to check the records.
#54
Re: It's a-snowing in Ottineau
We have to get the generator and the gen link next year. It's bloody expensive. We were thinking of just running a cable to hook the appliances up but realised that the furnace wouldn't be working. So we'll have to fork out the $1300 to get it fixed next year. Still better than a generator that switches on automatically $6000+
Our logic for spending the money on the hook up and all is that the power usually goes out for a week each winter, three days here, four days there. Long enough that the value of the frozen food lost each year is greater than the cost of the generator and gubbins. We also lose power once a week for shorter periods but can live with that.
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Re: It's a-snowing in Ottineau
At that price, $6000, you could look at running a propane generator instead of using Ontario Hydro. We're tempted by that idea.
Our logic for spending the money on the hook up and all is that the power usually goes out for a week each winter, three days here, four days there. Long enough that the value of the frozen food lost each year is greater than the cost of the generator and gubbins. We also lose power once a week for shorter periods but can live with that.
Our logic for spending the money on the hook up and all is that the power usually goes out for a week each winter, three days here, four days there. Long enough that the value of the frozen food lost each year is greater than the cost of the generator and gubbins. We also lose power once a week for shorter periods but can live with that.
#56
Re: It's a-snowing in Ottineau
I find that quite amusing seeing as how Orly has been here for only a couple of years and lives nowhere near Ottineau - yet you berate another poster for being a 'newb' and therefore obviously (in your opinion) can't have any idea what is the 'norm' when they have lived there for 9 years, because they disagree with you.
Yawn.
Yawn.
"Really....it's snowing in Ottawa/Gatineau? You don't don't see that this time of the year"
"At this time of year, no, you generally don't."
"Snow is fairly common in November surely."
And...it is fairly common if you look at the weather records. Snow in November is to expected in fact. Just like torrential thunderstorms in August.
If people are arguing over the amount of said snow then they're running a sideshow as it's pretty irrelevant.
I contend that, as usual, I'm accurate
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Re: It's a-snowing in Ottineau
To be fair the flow of the conversation went like this:
"Really....it's snowing in Ottawa/Gatineau? You don't don't see that this time of the year"
"At this time of year, no, you generally don't."
"Snow is fairly common in November surely."
And...it is fairly common if you look at the weather records. Snow in November is to expected in fact. Just like torrential thunderstorms in August.
If people are arguing over the amount of said snow then they're running a sideshow as it's pretty irrelevant.
I contend that, as usual, I'm accurate
"Really....it's snowing in Ottawa/Gatineau? You don't don't see that this time of the year"
"At this time of year, no, you generally don't."
"Snow is fairly common in November surely."
And...it is fairly common if you look at the weather records. Snow in November is to expected in fact. Just like torrential thunderstorms in August.
If people are arguing over the amount of said snow then they're running a sideshow as it's pretty irrelevant.
I contend that, as usual, I'm accurate
#58
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Re: It's a-snowing in Ottineau
Hardly the November norm here in Edmonton, either. In the past 10 days we've had 50cm, that's 50% of our usual winter's worth. Now there's another major storm with blizzard conditions forecast for Sunday night. Good here, innit?
But stiff upper lip and all that. Funny how we Brits, when we go back to the UK, brag up the cold and snow here, and laugh about how an inch of snow over there brings the country to a standstill.
But stiff upper lip and all that. Funny how we Brits, when we go back to the UK, brag up the cold and snow here, and laugh about how an inch of snow over there brings the country to a standstill.
#59
Re: It's a-snowing in Ottineau
Forecast high of +10C here today in St John's.
(Blowing a hoolie though)
(Blowing a hoolie though)