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Tree Bee
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
In the evenings here we have to close the windows to keep out the bugs [must make flyscreening a priority sometime soon] so have to have the fans on to keep cool.
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You can go off people. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Sergius-Melli
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Sleet today!
I have rather disliked this recent spate of snow over the UK, it has stuck in this tiny patch of Wales!
On the up side I'm off to see a dog that needs rehoming this evening (I am sure that I will make the back roads of Wales safetly!) with the hope that we are compatible and that they are willing to take me as their pet.
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Bright and sunny today. Most of the snow has gone but it's still cold. I just hope we have seen the last of it (not that it stayed long).
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It's fine here, with just a bit of rain. My mum's house, however, might as well be n a different ecosystem. She lives half a mile away but her road is covered i. snow again, having only thawed earlier today.
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I've just spent 45 minutes shattering impacted ice with a spade in the car park, to try to get the car out, only to realize that the area around the car is like glass (the ovenproof, specially toughened sort) and seriously hard going, so have given up. And now it's just started snowing again. Apparently we're going to have hours of it.
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St. Gwladys
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Originally posted by Sergius-Melli:
I have rather disliked this recent spate of snow over the UK, it has stuck in this tiny patch of Wales!
Not sure which part of Wales you are in, but this part of South Wales is getting more snow - again. I'm getting fed up of snow days.
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Two inches of the stuff already and we have only just entered the forecast period for the really heavy stuff. Getting to w*rk tomorrow may prove rather more exciting than I would prefer.
On the other hand, I haven't taken any time off yet thanks to the weather and there is the square root of squat to do - my fellow Engineer and myself have obviously been doing our jobs too well!
If the trains aren't running tomorrow, it will be a snow day for me - there is no way that I am walking 5 miles to w*rk with the prospect of having to walk the same 5 miles back. It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the height difference; about 850 feet here and a bit above 300 where I w*rk. 10 miles walking in 6 inches of snow with a 550 foot height difference - not my idea of fun.
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Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
... I'm getting fed up of snow days.
I don't mind snow-days; the novelty of a day when I don't have to w*rk but still get paid hasn't yet worn off. ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
What I can't be bothered with is days like today when it waits until lunch-time (when I finish w*rk anyway) before it starts to snow, and then dumps another six inches on top of the 2 or 3 feet we've already got. Then it'll stop in time for them to plough the roads before w*rk tomorrow, negating the need for a snow-day, but leaving a four-foot bank of packed snow in front of the house which has to be shovelled before we can get anywhere.
PS For those of you needing Inner Warmth, I've just made a pot of veggie soup.
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Originally posted by Angloid:
Strange phenomenon of considerably thicker snow on the railway bridge: my theory is that it's prevented from melting by the frosty air underneath, whereas the solid ground is comparatively warm.
I think your theory is right. Every bridge in the USA has a sign on it saying "Bridge ices before road".
Sat here watching endless versions of The Wheels on the Bus with my 2-yr-old (who knew there were so many on YouTube?) but will wrap up and venture out into the snow shortly.
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After a great deal of soul-searching went out as planned with some friends last night. If either of them had cancelled I wouldn't have minded but an element of 'you can't just hibernate from November onwards' came into play and we all had a lovely evening in a pub with a log fire ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
I was glad I didn't have to drive, as on my way home from w*rk through the sleet a full-size deer suddenly appeared on my near-side wing ![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif) Mercifully she seemed to have turned back straight away - most of the time they just dash across regardless - so we both survived albeit a little chastened.
Now at w*rk, looking out of a north-facing window and thinking 'if the snow settles at least I can see it'. I've loathed snow ever since I spun 180 degrees in my little sports car with wide wheels, and was so panicked I just drove off again in the wrong direction ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
Mrs. S, still blushing and that was >30 years ago
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It hasn't snowed since Monday here but none of it has melted. The weather forecast says it should be slightly warmer today (1 degree at lunchtime!) but it still feels bitter. I'm off for a trundle to Waitrose before settling in to writing Saturday's tutorial and doing a moderators training course for work.
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Snow has got to the horrid-looking sort, and most of it is impacted anyway into ice. Hard-going for me on the paths, and even harder-going trudging through thick snow on uneven grass.
Being, as we are, backing onto, and with a gate opening into, a pitch and putt course, you have to keep a careful watch where you are going as it is easy to fall into a bunker!
Our dog has suddenly discovered he rather likes snow (think he must be a late developer, as he is 10 now!) and took off in the park yesterday, meeting me with a silly grin on his face much nearer home!
On another track - how come we've reached 8 pages of chat, and its only the 23 January??
Could it be the weather? ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Originally posted by St Everild:
It's either the weather or cake!
mmmmmmm .... cake .....
Mrs. S, channelling Homer Simpson
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Originally posted by Nicodemia:
Snow has got to the horrid-looking sort, and most of it is impacted anyway into ice. Hard-going for me on the paths, and even harder-going trudging through thick snow on uneven grass.
Same here, the paths are lethal and there's ice hiding under the snow. I've been dragging a shopping trolley through it and it was like pulling it uphill whilst on skates.
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A lot of dogs seem to like snow. We often see dog walkers on our lunchtime run in the park behind the office, but normally the dogs don't take much notice of us. The last couple of days though many dogs have run up to us in a very playful mood wanting us to join in their fun.
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Yay for t'interweb!
For the third time I'm stuck at home. While some buses are running I didn't want to get stuck four miles away to traipse home, mostly on icy pavements.
The good news is that I have work to do. The less good news is that assessing Enterprise Architecture tools makes ones eyes glaze over after about an hour and a half, so it's a routine of drink coffee, read & make notes for about an hour, pee, Host and post a bit, get another coffee, read & make notes ..... You get the idea.
I'm on water now, as I'm getting buzzy.
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Nenya
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Originally posted by Tree Bee:
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
In the evenings here we have to close the windows to keep out the bugs [must make flyscreening a priority sometime soon] so have to have the fans on to keep cool.
You can go off people.
I don't know... I'm not good with heat or bugs and would rather be here in Blighty, for all its ice and snow.
So, for those bored of weather discussions let's talk Cake. Our office manager had a big birthday last week and as he's a personal friend as well I've been involved in both work and family celebrations. At work last week we had home made madeira cake. At home group last night we had lemon sponge with lemon curd filling. No chocolate cake. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif) If you could have your choice, which cake would you choose for your birthday celebrations?
Nen - enjoying a lifetime of confectionery.
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We have banana bread with blueberries on the go at the moment.
I don't really like fruitcake but like most others. I love carrot cake with vanilla frosting but on the whole I'd prefer a soft flapjack.
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Originally posted by Nenya:
If you could have your choice, which cake would you choose for your birthday celebrations?
I sometimes make a rich dark sort of ginger cake with chopped stem ginger, treacle, brown sugar, etc etc. It has lemon drizzle icing. I made that for my last birthday.
Am now very sick of compacted ice on pavements. My boots have split, as well, which is annoying as the soles are really good for walking quickly on snow and ice.
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St. Gwladys
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You might like Torfaen's ice warning video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6UerjFCLdI&sns=fb
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Ariel
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I did, thanks! If only ours were like that... don't think I've even seen any gritters this year.
Anyway, I'm now a happy sprite. I just found a Christmas pudding I'd set aside in case we had a spell of really cold winter weather, and then forgot about until now. Nothing like a helping of hot Christmas pud to brighten up a dreary January evening and bring back a little of that Christmas feeling.
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Originally posted by Ariel:
Am now very sick of compacted ice on pavements. My boots have split, as well, which is annoying as the soles are really good for walking quickly on snow and ice.
Sorry to hear about the boots ![[Frown]](frown.gif) I have been a bit of an evangelist for these which are brilliant on compacted snow/ice (although they're not good when you suddenly get on a bit of bare concrete, that will wear them out sooner than they should).
As for cake, I'm quite happy to relieve Heavenly Anarchist of the fruit cake she doesn't want. You're welcome
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Yum!
I take a cake to school every Thursday. I am now into making up my own recipes. Tomorrow's cake is a tropical fruit cake. I soaked the fruit in scotch before mixing it in.
The cake is goooood!
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St. Gwladys
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Wnderful! Just had a look at the met office forecast - no yellow warnings for snow on the weekend but then we get a yellow warning for rain! At least it's easier to get around in than snow.
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Sioni Sais
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Today was a sn*w day indoors too. Mrs Sioni made rolls, cheese scones and for right now this very moment, proper chocolate mousse made of nothing more than chocolate and eggs.
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Snow suddenly fell...choir cancelled. (Snow fell too late to tell people not to go but people decided to go home having got there.)
An unexpected evening in...
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Piglet
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Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
... no yellow warnings for snow ...
I read that as "warnings for yellow snow" - your Elfin Safety boffins really are getting silly ... ![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif)
We've got Patches of Frozen Treachery hiding under our snow now - D actually slipped and fell while digging out yesterday's additions. Hurrah for Bill across the road who came over tonight and re-dug the path that got ploughed in this morning. ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
I'm in for a busy couple of days: we've got an Ordination and the installation of an archdeacon on Friday evening, which will require the production of many orders of service (which we wouldn't need if they'd use the Prayer Book, but the Bishop will insist on using the horrid modern book ![[Mad]](angryfire.gif) ).
Then we heard today that one of the regulars at D's Wednedsay organ recitals died on Monday, and his funeral is on Friday afternoon; D. is thinking of contacting his church to offer to play Wachet auf - he was a huge fan of Bach.
As I'm typing this, there's a bloke in a huge snow-plough going back and forth shifting snow from the pavement outside the house; when I looked out he'd blocked our newly-dug-out path with a snow-boulder the size of a small sofa. If it's still there in the morning there will be Much Cursing.
Did someone mention CAKE?
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Welease Woderwick
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I'm feeling cake deprived as I seemto be surrounded by diabetics so there is no call for me to make any any more and I can't be bothered to make it just for me - so sad!
![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
eta: I love that little video, St G.
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I'm rubbish at making cakes - they never rise. Unlike Mr Bug, who makes a wonderful Victoria Sponge and also made our Christmas cakes. One was iced and the other was covered in Cadburys chocolate.
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I'm feeling cake deprived as I seemto be surrounded by diabetics so there is no call for me to make any any more and I can't be bothered to make it just for me - so sad!
That's why I make them for school, nobody eats them here and I'm on a diet.
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Pooh! Wodders!
That's why God gave us sugar substitute for the occasional treat!
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Welease Woderwick
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Yes, but there is no jaggery substitute - I'll see what I can do after 13th February.
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
Today was a sn*w day indoors too. Mrs Sioni made rolls, cheese scones and for right now this very moment, proper chocolate mousse made of nothing more than chocolate and eggs.
I thought this was going to be a reference to the state of the kitchen after Mrs Sioni's baking - icing sugar everywhere.
Nen - feeling the call to work at Boogie's school on a Thursday.
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The snow's finally begun to melt here and the paths are less treacherous, even the chickens' water wasn't entirely frozen. There are occasional patches of blue sky appearing and I can see the chaffinch hopping around on the table.
I'm spending most of the day sorting through emails so that dh can get my tax form submitted. The excitement of my life....
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Allowed extra time this morning for the walk to the station, came out of the flat and the pavement was solid ice while the road was a mixture of visible ice and black ice. One step and you risk being flat on your back. I eventually managed by walking on the 2" of snow left in the shade of a wall and holding on to various fences, posts etc., nearly fell over three times, and had the pleasure of waving goodbye to my train as I arrived at the station.
At my destination all the pavements are clear and the place is well thawed, hard to believe that conditions are the way they are elsewhere. Nice to have a break from it but I'm not looking forward to the walk home from the station tonight.
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I went to a shop in town to enquire about those rubber and metal grip things you put over your shoes to stop slipping on ice and snow. And was told they cost £20, which seemed rather a lot. Perhaps I'll go back to the original idea where you put old socks on over your shoes.
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Originally posted by Chorister:
I went to a shop in town to enquire about those rubber and metal grip things you put over your shoes to stop slipping on ice and snow. And was told they cost £20, which seemed rather a lot. Perhaps I'll go back to the original idea where you put old socks on over your shoes.
Branches of The Works are selling cutprice versions for about a fiver, although no guarentees abput the quality.
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Originally posted by Chorister:
... those rubber and metal grip things you put over your shoes ...
According to one of my (British) Facebook friends, you can order them from Amazon for £2.50.
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I have just ordered some! £3.99 and free postage. Here they are, they get good reviews - I'll let you know.
Great idea for when I need to be in my posh boots which are totally unsuited to icy pavements (like today, for example)
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My daughter was singing their praises the other day. But I think the snow will have gone by the time I get round to getting a pair. I keep forgetting to do anything about it.
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Originally posted by Thyme:
My daughter was singing their praises the other day. But I think the snow will have gone by the time I get round to getting a pair. I keep forgetting to do anything about it.
If it doesn't snow again put them in a safe place and, unlike me, remember what that safe place was.
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I have just ordered some! £3.99 and free postage. Here they are, they get good reviews - I'll let you know.
Right, ordered. They won't arrive until the snow's over but it'll probably snow some other time during my lifetime.
Threw a few handfuls of rock salt onto the compacted ice this evening. A very pleasing sound of fizzing and cracking as it landed. But hasn't made much difference to the ice otherwise.
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Give it time, Ariel - I'm always pleasantly surprised at how effective road salt is (we buy it in 10kg bags and keep a bucket of it by the door). There's a sort of "temperature window" when salt will be effective; if it's much below -10°C it's too cold for it to work, but I'd be surprised if you're getting sustained temperatures as low as that.
While you're all feeling cold, spare a thought for people in some parts of The Rest Of Canada™ where it was -40°C with a wind-chill of -50 today.
When I see temperatures like that, I begin to understand why Pete goes to Sunny Climes in the winter.
**brrrrr**
Memo to self: don't forget to do the cream-cheese/red-pepper-jelly thing for the post-ordination bun-fight tomorrow.
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Gave it overnight and found that rock salt has made virtually no difference, but maybe I should have used more. Anyway, it's supposed to be the last day of snow and ice today with one last deluge of snow before it starts to rain. I'll be really glad to see the back of it.
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Thyme
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
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Originally posted by Thyme:
My daughter was singing their praises the other day. But I think the snow will have gone by the time I get round to getting a pair. I keep forgetting to do anything about it.
If it doesn't snow again put them in a safe place and, unlike me, remember what that safe place was.
This is why I don't buy Christmas presents early!
I've ordered them and Amazon says they have been dispatched. So I am sure the snow and ice will disappear soon.
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Heavenly Anarchist
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Snow still on the ground here, patches of path are clear but lots of ice still around. Some snow and sleet expected tonight and I'm supposed to be teaching tomorrow ( the OU hires rooms at local colleges), there's no problem getting there for me as it isn't far but I hope they don't close the college!
Need to do some more work on my taxes today and finish the course I've been sent on. I also want to make some salmon filo pastries to eat for a late lunch tomorrow when I've finished teaching.
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Jack the Lass
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I ended up cancelling tomorrow's OU tutorial, I think the weather in Glasgow (where the tutorial is) isn't too bad, but here in Stirling it's (finally) been snowing all day, and there's an amber warning for much of the central belt tomorrow, so the powers that be made an executive decision that we should cancel. I'm still going to have to go over to Glasgow as we have the gasman coming over to inspect the meter (I have such a rock and roll lifestyle, clearly), but at least I don't have to hare over there for the tutorial and can go by train instead.
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