Tico, you must be in Kansas, then. We got the snow instead. I measured 12" of snow in my yard, but the official total was 10". I'm just holding on til Springtime comes.
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Sat 8 Jan, 2005 08:34 pm
We had a nice amount of snow today. Just enough to have to shovel, not enough to be annoyed.
We had freezing drizzle and snow on Thursday. Our neighbourhood lost power a couple of times. I was glad I was within reach of the candles and matches the first time and could get myself sorted out fairly rapidly - and lots of batteries for the transistor (based on my summer blackout lesson).
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Misti26
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Sat 8 Jan, 2005 10:33 pm
We had beautiful weather today, in the 80's, sunny and mild!
Sorry, I don't miss snow and ice and cold, at all!
LONDON, England -- A fierce winter storm packing hurricane force winds that swept across northern Europe has left 11 dead two people missing, officials said Sunday.
Phew - there you are McTag - thank goodness! Can we send towels?
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McTag
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Sun 9 Jan, 2005 03:07 pm
ehBeth wrote:
Phew - there you are McTag - thank goodness! Can we send towels?
Thank you kindly. It wouldn't be the first time parcels were sent to me from America...my father's maiden aunt used to look after the children of an American family in New York, and during the 1950s while there was still food and clothing rationing here after WWII we used to get parcels from her, secondhand children's clothes and such. Such unusual clothes, we had nothing like them here. I remember a checked (plaid?) jerkin I used to wear, maybe you would call it a windcheater. It had a big brass zipper- uncommon here at that time.
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Joe Nation
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Sun 9 Jan, 2005 03:13 pm
windbreaker. One of those anomalies of American is that you can wear a windbreaker but we would prefer if you did not break wind.
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hamburger
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Sun 9 Jan, 2005 03:21 pm
weather or not ...
"a checkered jerkin" ? better watch your language mctag or you'll have similar problems as our friend who visited in britain looking for A RESTROOM
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Walter Hinteler
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Mon 10 Jan, 2005 10:17 am
16° Celsius (60°F) today here - I can't remember having had such temperatures in our part of Germany in (early) January!
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JoanneDorel
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Mon 10 Jan, 2005 02:57 pm
Warm enough but rain, rain, and more rain in San Diego.
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Misti26
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Sun 16 Jan, 2005 12:12 am
Overcast and dreary, in the 50's, miserable!
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urs53
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Sun 16 Jan, 2005 02:42 am
Sunny and very cold. I want to go to he gym soon but my poor little car is completely frozen....
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Walter Hinteler
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Sun 16 Jan, 2005 02:44 am
urs53 wrote:
... my poor little car is completely frozen....
Used only to be driven in "native" meditarranean weather, huh?
Weather is the same here, btw, and my car slept very well and warm in the garage (plus, it has got a "German-weather-related" 'quick-heat' system :wink: ).
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Francis
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Sun 16 Jan, 2005 02:46 am
Here as well!
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urs53
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Sun 16 Jan, 2005 02:55 am
Oh yes, Walter. The little Alfa does not like winter! But I have heated seats! I should have parked it in the public garage last night...
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Walter Hinteler
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Sun 16 Jan, 2005 02:57 am
Hmm, we get a warm arsch as well, I mena, have heated seats
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urs53
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Sun 16 Jan, 2005 03:00 am
Gebratene Schinken! I gave a guy from Sri Lanka a ride recently and asked me how to turn of the 'Sitzhitze'. I like that!
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hamburger
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Sun 16 Jan, 2005 02:37 pm
the arctic high is moving in the direction of eastern ontario. today a high of minus 8 C with a bit of sunshine. we bundled up and went for a walk on the lakefront, very bracing and enjoyable - the ducks are still on the lake, seem to be having a good time. by end of the week the high is expected to be around minus15-20 c with a low of about minus 25 c. thunder bay (lake superior) shows a high of minus 24 and a low of minus 32 C - and it's moving our way. time to plug the car in overnight ! hbg
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hamburger
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Mon 17 Jan, 2005 08:52 pm
the arctic high has arrived. it's 9 pm and minus 15 C (windchill minus 22 C). forecast low for tomorrow morning minus 25 C (windchill minus 36 C) and a promise that it will continue for about another ten days like this ! we did have sunshine today, that makes it bearable. better plug in the car before going to bed. hbg
