The new winter thread - 2018-19
Dec 7th 2018, 3:00 pm
#166
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
I had to look up the word greige because of you. It's -20 here but that's great because it'll produce good ice for driving on for ice fishing, and it's going to be really nice in a few days. In the meantime I'm loving the remote start and the heated seats. I'd better check the temperature in the office right now.
Dec 7th 2018, 3:12 pm
#167
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
I had to look up the word greige because of you. It's -20 here but that's great because it'll produce good ice for driving on for ice fishing, and it's going to be really nice in a few days. In the meantime I'm loving the remote start and the heated seats. I'd better check the temperature in the office right now.
Griege is a good word, I don't suppose the inventors had Mississauga in mind but it describes the place exactly.
Dec 7th 2018, 4:15 pm
#168
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
-7c this morning and still no snow! This is turning out to be the best winter I have had so far.
Dec 7th 2018, 5:01 pm
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
“Why do we go on?” a woman I know slightly asked last evening. It’s a common theme in this desolate place.
There was fresh snow overnight and flurries this morning. We drove to work, passing a pick up that had gone into the ditch. It had stopped with a tree embedded in the front centre. “Easy pickings” I thought, the driver wouldn’t have been able to run away “leave road not in safety, probably a charge of no insurance too”.
The windowless room is cold today. One never knows with office buildings, the technology to give them consistent warmth doesn’t yet exist so it’s usual for people to keep jumpers and coats to wear at their desk. Ms. Winter Lover complains that the mitts that match her hat are too thick to type in so she has to wear gloves and the gloves ruin the look. She had the same complaint in the summer when the frigidity was due to unregulated air conditioning.
I’ve just been outside, on an errand invented in order to see daylight, otherwise winter daylight is a weekend thing. In the lift there was a woman I didn’t know. “What’s the point?” she said unprompted.
Car crashes, darkness, angst in lieu of greetings. Just five more months to go.
There was fresh snow overnight and flurries this morning. We drove to work, passing a pick up that had gone into the ditch. It had stopped with a tree embedded in the front centre. “Easy pickings” I thought, the driver wouldn’t have been able to run away “leave road not in safety, probably a charge of no insurance too”.
The windowless room is cold today. One never knows with office buildings, the technology to give them consistent warmth doesn’t yet exist so it’s usual for people to keep jumpers and coats to wear at their desk. Ms. Winter Lover complains that the mitts that match her hat are too thick to type in so she has to wear gloves and the gloves ruin the look. She had the same complaint in the summer when the frigidity was due to unregulated air conditioning.
I’ve just been outside, on an errand invented in order to see daylight, otherwise winter daylight is a weekend thing. In the lift there was a woman I didn’t know. “What’s the point?” she said unprompted.
Car crashes, darkness, angst in lieu of greetings. Just five more months to go.
Dec 7th 2018, 5:01 pm
#170
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
First indoor recess yesterday for the season at school - was only -23 but the wind chill of - 34 kept them all indoors until the afternoon. Think that is the latest in the year for an indoor recess since we got here 5 winters ago.
Today it has warmed up to a (toasty) -17 and gloriously sunny. � ���� Love when the sun sparkles on the snow.
Might go out on the river for a skate later.
Today it has warmed up to a (toasty) -17 and gloriously sunny. � ���� Love when the sun sparkles on the snow.
Might go out on the river for a skate later.
Dec 7th 2018, 5:27 pm
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
Standing outside in the crisp morning air, sunshine streaming down, wearing a tshirt, drinking coffee, looking out towards the snow-capped peaks... it's apparently dipping below freezing overnight but comfortable single digits all daytime long at sea level.
Gods bless BC, I am literally never going back to Winterpeg
Gods bless BC, I am literally never going back to Winterpeg
Dec 7th 2018, 5:46 pm
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
“Why do we go on?” a woman I know slightly asked last evening. It’s a common theme in this desolate place...The windowless room is cold today...I’ve just been outside...to see daylight...there was a woman I didn’t know. “What’s the point?” she said unprompted...darkness, angst...five more months to go...When the wind blows being outside calls to mind Lindisfarne's homeless tramp. There's no thermometer in here, I'm wearing gloves but not a coat or hat and it's enough, in other rooms it's frigid; no doubt somewhere in the building there are people in their underwear sweating buckets
(Ah, Friday evenings watching The Tube)
Dec 7th 2018, 6:24 pm
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
A wife of mine used to refer to Toronto as "****ing chicken town" in reference to Mr. Clarke. I was trying to commute by GO train, the idea being that she'd pick me up from the station and we'd go from there to a regular appointment. In winter I was often ****ing late and she had to ****ing wait. Our use of "****ing chicken town" has long outlasted his career.
I did meet him once. He was performing in Toronto and slept on a mutual friend's floor. The friend and I were both new to Toronto. Winter came and the friend became agoraphobic, he stayed indoors until the spring when he caught a flight to Manchester, kissed the tarmac, and was cured. I don't recall the punk poet's view of winter in the wasteland.
On edit: I kid you not, on the board in this room, among the glossary of English terms: "fortnightly", "forthcoming", "butcher's" and so on, is written "the rats have all got rickets".
I did meet him once. He was performing in Toronto and slept on a mutual friend's floor. The friend and I were both new to Toronto. Winter came and the friend became agoraphobic, he stayed indoors until the spring when he caught a flight to Manchester, kissed the tarmac, and was cured. I don't recall the punk poet's view of winter in the wasteland.
On edit: I kid you not, on the board in this room, among the glossary of English terms: "fortnightly", "forthcoming", "butcher's" and so on, is written "the rats have all got rickets".
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Dec 8th 2018, 12:57 am
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
Got you first!
Dec 10th 2018, 1:00 am
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
We passed another car in the ditch this weekend. A deep ditch. The roof of the car was at the height of the dashboard. I thought of that driver later when I swerved for a raccoon in the road and got a-slithering.
Meanwhile, on the horse care boards everyone wants to know which horse feeds don't freeze - something that, oddly, isn't mentioned on the labels.
Meanwhile, on the horse care boards everyone wants to know which horse feeds don't freeze - something that, oddly, isn't mentioned on the labels.
Dec 11th 2018, 5:22 am
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
"A Pacific frontal system will approach the South Coast tonight. Ahead of the front, southeasterly winds of 60 to 80 km/h will develop early Tuesday morning over Sunshine Coast, the north and central sections of East Vancouver Island, Southern Gulf Islands, Greater Victoria near Haro Strait and the southern part of Metro Vancouver. The southeasterly winds are expected to ease Tuesday afternoon as the front moves inland. "
Rain expected through next Sunday at least, this past Sunday it rained all day, rained so much by the end of the day my rain gear was wet on the inside and was no longer working......
Hate to be passenger arriving in Vancouver during a down pour with a checked bag.
Rain expected through next Sunday at least, this past Sunday it rained all day, rained so much by the end of the day my rain gear was wet on the inside and was no longer working......
Hate to be passenger arriving in Vancouver during a down pour with a checked bag.
Dec 11th 2018, 3:15 pm
#178
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
Still nuffing in Kamloops.
Dec 12th 2018, 4:22 pm
#179
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Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19
I could get used to this. Still no snow in Kamloops.
Dec 12th 2018, 5:58 pm
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