The General Chat Thread (2016-2022)

[rascal]

Every last flake, by hand.

We spent eight winters in Minnesota, where 40" snowfalls weren't out of the question, and even though I owned a heavy-duty snowblower, I nearly always did it by hand.

You are a legend. Give yourself the night off, order Mrs t to put a pizza in the oven.

Russ

 

[TastyReuben]

You are a legend. Give yourself the night off, order Mrs t to put a pizza in the oven.

Russ

We did have pizza (it's National Pizza Day, after all), but I made it.

I'm getting old, though...no pics.

...and yes, my knee is stiffening up a bit.

 

[caseydog]

It is 28F here -- a few degrees below 0C. I am in my annual February funk. Don't feel like doing anything, and certainly not leaving the house. No cooking today, just grazing.

CD

 

[ThatDude]

Yeah, cooling down here as well...saying 9 inches of snow over tomorrow night and through to Friday. I am going to stop on the way home from a DMV appointment tomorrow for provision, so I have some food to play with.

 

[rascal]

Hose is on the garden it's about 25 deg c. Still painting doors. You guys can tease me in a few months about the weather.

 

[medtran49]

You guys are going to hate us. Lows in the high 60s F, highs are high 70s to low 80s F.

 

[Yorky]

I thought our winter was over but yesterday it rained most of the day and today, albeit sunny, we have low 16°C (61°F); high 29°C (84°F). Midday and I still have a jacket on.

[Edit (13:15): I took the jacket off 15 minutes ago but it wasn't because I was sweating!]

 

[Yorky]

Tom and Jerry are 81 years old today.

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[MypinchofItaly]

Bad weather’s back. It’s raining cats and dogs at the moment, countryside roads looks like mud rivers, strong wind which is quite odd in this area. Luckily I’m not going anywhere today apart from a bit of shopping later, if I have the feeling

 

[Lullabelle]

More snow this is getting a bit silly now.

 

[caseydog]

We have freezing rain in the forecast overnight. It probably won't do much to surface roads, but bridges and overpasses will probably ice over. Temperatures are supposed to be in the 20s and 30s for about a week. That's below to just above 0C.

For some perspective, I live at about the same latitude as Marrakesh, Morocco.

CD

 

[Duck59]

Going outside this morning was a necessity rather than something to be desired. I had prescription medicine to collect and there was the minor detail of needing some food. We had heavy snow last night which is lying thickly.

One very noticeable thing was that our local entrepreneurs were quick off the mark. Two shops in the High Street were selling snow shovels. People were buying them as well. We saw one chap walking off with two of them. It all seems a bit pointless to me. As Catherine observed, it's not like we're going to get this for weeks on end. The forecasts suggest that today should see the last of the snow.

Still, one bright spot - we've reached today's maximum temperature of -1C, so we're warming up.

 

[Burt Blank]

..and yes, my knee is stiffening up a bit.

At my age I am happy with anything stiffening,,,,,,,,,coat please

 

[Burt Blank]

Really freaky weather here. Looking forward to the sun putting it hat on on Friday! Split - BBC Weather

 

[Duck59]

Really freaky weather here. Looking forward to the sun putting it hat on on Friday! Split - BBC Weather

You seem to get it quite windy in that part of the world. I recall a very bumpy descent into Dubrovnik a few years ago. At one stage, the captain told us we might have to be diverted to Split. When you're on a plane that's shaking about all over the place, "Split" is not a word you want to hear...