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The new winter thread - 2018-19

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Old Jan 4th 2019, 12:54 am
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Originally Posted by dbd33
Slide off a laneway tonight. Sheet ice base, too slippery to stand on, six inches of fresh snow on top. Curve left with steep slope to the outside. Only going 10mph so not a deep stuckage. Still a pain in the arse to have to bump the car out of the snow and back on to the road.

Only another five months of it.
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Old Jan 4th 2019, 9:26 pm
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I broke out my garden hosepipe and cleaned my car this afternoon. Unbelievable weather.
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Old Jan 4th 2019, 11:32 pm
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I went out into the back garden earlier for a bit of fresh air and discovered dandelions in flower, the maple tree in bud and the honeysuckle sending out new shoots... in January ... something weird with this weather this year.
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Old Jan 5th 2019, 1:37 pm
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I'm trying to teach myself not to throw my arm in the air when my feet slide from under me. I accept that falling over is part of life in Canada and I'm fine with bruised arse but it irks me that my shoulder hurts from throwing my arm out.

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Old Jan 6th 2019, 12:11 pm
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Overnight snow has created Julie Christie in Dr Zhivago on a couple of the deck posts this morning
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I'm trying to teach myself not to throw my arm in the air when my feet slide from under me. I accept that falling over is part of life in Canada and I'm fine with bruised arse but it irks me that my shoulder hurts from throwing my arm out.
I tore my rotator cuff like that, and it took 2 years before I got it fixed. A smashed leg/ankle and several more ops were also a result of ice. If you don't have cleats on, (and even with them you can fall), all you can do is squat a little to lower your centre of gravity, and try to keep your balance without flinging your arms out. Whatever it takes to keep from splitting your head open is worth doing.
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That was interesting, thanks. However, for the barn we have good boots and tend not to slip, it's shoes that are acceptable in an office that lack traction on the driveway. I know I could carry a change of shoes but I'm reluctant to end up like the women one sees in lifts; computer bag, shoe bag, lunch bag, handbag, gym bag all dangling off a puffy coat - the result is too wide for the door.
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Slide off a laneway tonight. Sheet ice base, too slippery to stand on, six inches of fresh snow on top. Curve left with steep slope to the outside. Only going 10mph so not a deep stuckage. Still a pain in the arse to have to bump the car out of the snow and back on to the road.

Only another five months of it.
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Sunny and 6c, then back to rain Tues to Fri with possible sun Sat.
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Wednesday's 25cm has been cancelled.
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Old Jan 9th 2019, 2:31 pm
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We got the snowstorm today after all. A rare occasion I had to be out in it.

One of the deck post knobs now looks like Jeannie. I wonder if she'll grant me a wish or three.

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Tweeted by Colton Praill of Global Regina, this morning's sunrise:
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Cloudy and 9 degrees.

Not looking like much of a winter this year, if this trend keeps up for the next month, we may just see an early spring and blooms.
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Old Jan 10th 2019, 12:42 am
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Super windy here today, some ice particles dropping from the sky.. it's not winter as we know it though - hope this doesn't mean spring will be delayed til May.
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