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Bulldog

#60
February 02, 2009, 12:55:54 PM
No snow in Albuquerque; about 60 degrees and not a cloud to be seen.  I'm sitting on a lounge chair on my back patio, enjoying this gorgeous weather.

knight66

#61
February 02, 2009, 12:57:19 PM
Someone; delete that smug post wouldya?

Mike
DavidW: Yeah Mike doesn't get angry, he gets even.
I wasted time: and time wasted me.

vandermolen

#62
February 02, 2009, 12:58:35 PM
SNOW IN ENGLAND SO COUNTRY COMES TO COMPLETE STANDSTILL  ::)

Why is this? I don't expect that it happens in the USA, Canada, Germany, Holland etc etc.

Spent the day going back and forward to Gatwick Airport to collect my stranded daughter. The countryside did look beautiful however and as we drove through it Sibelius's 5th Symphony was on the radio - so there was a moment of peace and tranquility amidst the chaos.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Lethevich

#63
February 02, 2009, 01:02:02 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on February 02, 2009, 12:58:35 PM
SNOW IN ENGLAND SO COUNTRY COMES TO COMPLETE STANDSTILL  ::)

Why is this? I don't expect that it happens in the USA, Canada, Germany, Holland etc etc.

Presumably because investing in the infrastructure to deal with it would be monumentally wasteful when it would only be used once every year or two... $:) Canada can't help but be good at dealing with snow ;) Still, I'm holding out for the gulf stream failing due to non-salt water dilution from the ice caps - that way we'll have nice Scandanavian weather, permenently, and a fleet of snow ploughs to match.
Peanut butter, flour and sugar do not make cookies. They make FIRE.

Bulldog

#64
February 02, 2009, 01:06:54 PM
Quote from: knight on February 02, 2009, 12:57:19 PM
Someone; delete that smug post wouldya?

Mike

Yeah, I was laying it on pretty thick.  But please understand that New Mexico's claim to good living is all based on its weather and outdoor activities.  That's why so many Hollywood stars buy properties out here.  Of course, that leads to huge property price increases and higher property taxes (basic reason why many natives hate those immigrants from tinsletown.

vandermolen

#65
February 02, 2009, 01:10:10 PM
Quote from: Lethe on February 02, 2009, 01:02:02 PM
Presumably because investing in the infrastructure to deal with it would be monumentally wasteful when it would only be used once every year or two... $:) Canada can't help but be good at dealing with snow ;) Still, I'm holding out for the gulf stream failing due to non-salt water dilution from the ice caps - that way we'll have nice Scandanavian weather, permenently, and a fleet of snow ploughs to match.

Yes, I'm sure you're right. An MP was on the TV news explaining that the tax-paying public would be displeased if there were fleets of snow-ploughs being mothballed as they are only used every 18 years. Still, it annoys me that it is like the movies 'Deep Impact' or 'Armageddon' whenever it snows here. No trains, no planes, no buses etc etc.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Coopmv

#66
February 02, 2009, 07:28:04 PM
I heard that London got some rare snow today which brought its traffic to a standstill.  I was shocked when I heard it was only about 15 cm, which is about 6".  This is not much snow by our standard.

marvinbrown

#67
February 03, 2009, 08:34:22 AM
Quote from: Bulldog on February 02, 2009, 12:55:54 PM
No snow in Albuquerque; about 60 degrees and not a cloud to be seen.  I'm sitting on a lounge chair on my back patio, enjoying this gorgeous weather.

 
Quote from: knight on February 02, 2009, 12:57:19 PM
Someone; delete that smug post wouldya?

Mike

  Yes Don (bless him  0:)) sure is rubbing it in isn't he.....I tell you after yesterday's snowstorm I wish I were in Albuquerque now !

  marvin

Bulldog

#68
February 03, 2009, 10:41:05 AM
Quote from: marvinbrown on February 03, 2009, 08:34:22 AM
 
  Yes Don (bless him  0:)) sure is rubbing it in isn't he.....I tell you after yesterday's snowstorm I wish I were in Albuquerque now !

  marvin

And it's another warmish and cloudless day here in the land of enchantment.   >:D

SonicMan46

#69
February 03, 2009, 03:23:27 PM
Quote from: Bulldog on February 03, 2009, 10:41:05 AM
And it's another warmish and cloudless day here in the land of enchantment.   >:D

Don - I've been up the Sandia Mtns near your fine city - must be some snow on those peaks this time of the year?   ;D

BTW - just got a couple of inches of snow in Piedmont, NC - our second 'dusting' of the season - won't stick to the roads, but may be slick in the morning (will be below freezing) - guess what?  I'm OFF tomorrow -  0:)

knight66

#70
February 03, 2009, 09:48:06 PM
Quote from: Bulldog on February 03, 2009, 10:41:05 AM
And it's another warmish and cloudless day here in the land of enchantment.   >:D

I guess we are just going to have to take a contract out on him... 8)...Rob, his address please!

Mike
DavidW: Yeah Mike doesn't get angry, he gets even.
I wasted time: and time wasted me.

Coopmv

#71
February 04, 2009, 05:56:01 PM
More snow in London today ...



http://news.aol.com/?feature=324945

Lethevich

#72
February 05, 2009, 02:12:13 AM
I had a lot of fun on the day when the news said the snow would move up north, but it ended up that my area got the heaviest fall. I was out for 4 hours taking snow pictures :P I came across possibly the wordiest gravestone ever (click for full size):



I like to imagine that the text carries on several feet into the ground... Snow makes even the crappest photos look good :D
Peanut butter, flour and sugar do not make cookies. They make FIRE.

Bulldog

#73
February 05, 2009, 06:43:13 AM
Quote from: knight on February 03, 2009, 09:48:06 PM
I guess we are just going to have to take a contract out on him... 8)...Rob, his address please!

Mike

Guess I'll have to climb to the top of the Sandia Mountains to avoid the platoon you've sent to dispatch me.

bwv 1080

#74
February 05, 2009, 07:09:59 AM
Quote from: Lethe on February 05, 2009, 02:12:13 AM
I had a lot of fun on the day when the news said the snow would move up north, but it ended up that my area got the heaviest fall. I was out for 4 hours taking snow pictures :P I came across possibly the wordiest gravestone ever (click for full size):



I like to imagine that the text carries on several feet into the ground... Snow makes even the crappest photos look good :D

Interesting, he married a woman 11 years his senior

Lethevich

#75
February 05, 2009, 09:02:31 AM
Quote from: bwv 1080 on February 05, 2009, 07:09:59 AM
Interesting, he married a woman 11 years his senior

That is a neat thing about graveyards - the voyeurism. Families buried together, rich and poor, forgotten individuals, dead children: the works.
Peanut butter, flour and sugar do not make cookies. They make FIRE.

vandermolen

#76
February 06, 2009, 07:49:16 AM
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Dundonnell

#77
February 06, 2009, 07:53:50 AM
NO SNOW in Perth(Scotland) :( We don't seem to get snow any more these days :(

Send me some from the sunny, warm, tropics of southern England please ;D ;D

karlhenning

#78
February 06, 2009, 08:01:35 AM
Very cold in Boston these past couple of days; so that 21°F right now, feels warm. High temp of 42°F will seem like T-shirt weather.

springrite

#79
February 06, 2009, 08:13:19 AM
Not a single snowflake in Beijing this winter, which is weird. Now it is too warm to snow. I saw the first bud on trees this morning.
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.
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