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Post by jbailey on Nov 15, 2014 12:57:23 GMT -7
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2014 15:24:06 GMT -7
I went and put socks on just looking at the pic, sorry for you mate, i can not understand these people who go out searching for this stuff. thinking-hard-smiley-emoticon
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2014 16:12:58 GMT -7
It's getting cold down here also but we don't see snow every year. When we do it melts before the day ends and throughout the time it is on the roads people forget how to drive. Accidents at every corner.
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Post by jmccann630 on Nov 15, 2014 16:37:59 GMT -7
No snow in Phila. yet, but its getting very cold here.
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Post by Skip-O-Matic on Nov 15, 2014 17:25:13 GMT -7
At first I thought that was a pic of a Tasmanian UFO flying over your street, but then I realized it was about the snow. (the hanging basket)
Yeah, the chilly air has hit us about a month early here in my part of Floriduh. We're supposed to see it get just to freezing overnight in a couple days from now.
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Post by CoyoteCrunch on Nov 15, 2014 18:21:52 GMT -7
I feel ya JB - a lot of my wife's family is in Iowa. We go there yearly - plus my daughter lives in Dubuque. Even though we have lived here in Oklahoma for years now - it has been so dam cold this week - coldest on record. Normally we are in the 60's here - but we are to get a dusting of the white crappers ourselves tomorrow. And Skip is right, LOOK OUT MAN!!! THERE IS A SPACESHIP RIGHT ABOVE YOU!!! |
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Post by jbailey on Nov 15, 2014 18:41:36 GMT -7
Oh Skip, that cracked me up bud! Its been in the 20's for a little over a week now. One day it was 64° then by 6pm that night it was 30° and hasn't warmed up since. This is the first real snow so far, and supposed to be back up to 40° by the end of the week!
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Post by Big D on Nov 15, 2014 20:00:55 GMT -7
I've been in Houston 30 yrs now but I was born and raised in Quincy, Illinois on the Mississippi river. The river is over a mile wide there. Magnificent thing to see. We had snow and ice all winter long. My kids used to razz me when I would talk about life on the farm [we owned a 350 acre farm] and they would say "yeau and I bet you walked 2 miles to school every day in the snow". Well after we moved into town, 1500 population, by God I did walk 2 miles to school every day in the snow. They don't believe me.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2014 21:14:38 GMT -7
I've been in Houston 30 yrs now but I was born and raised in Quincy, Illinois on the Mississippi river. The river is over a mile wide there. Magnificent thing to see. We had snow and ice all winter long. My kids used to razz me when I would talk about life on the farm [we owned a 350 acre farm] and they would say "yeau and I bet you walked 2 miles to school every day in the snow". Well after we moved into town, 1500 population, by God I did walk 2 miles to school every day in the snow. They don't believe me. You must have gone to the same school as my dad,  was it up hill both ways too??  Skip, the only aliens Tasmania see mate, are American Tourists. shhhhh-smiley-emoticon |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2014 23:12:12 GMT -7
OMG. I'm in New England a FEW locals might not agree but I have had yet to see snow this season! BUT its damn cold out so.. its coming....................And then once here, won't know how to freakin leave!
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Post by stitchdup on Nov 16, 2014 4:01:12 GMT -7
here in Orkeny its a toasty 52f but then we have the wind chill blowing off the sea. Its the wind chill that thats the temperature killer here. It blows in from the north sea and the atlantic and the first thing to slow it is Orkney. Snow rarely lies for long though since the air is so salty but the ice likes to hang about til feb. Its not too bad if you stay inside (the walls are 4foot thick on the older houses)
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Post by CoyoteCrunch on Nov 16, 2014 11:55:19 GMT -7
Right there with ya JB!! (Though I would bet you got / are getting WAY more than us) - It's freakin snowing in Oklahoma!!!!!
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Post by Big D on Nov 16, 2014 11:59:00 GMT -7
Stitch, did you say the walls on the older houses are 4 foot thick??? What are they made of???
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Post by jbailey on Nov 16, 2014 12:11:02 GMT -7
Uh oh CC lol. We got about 3-4 inches. Even though its cold out its still melting well! I hate snow and the cold lol. Its just gonna get colder though and I'm not ready yet!
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Post by islandrods on Nov 16, 2014 13:55:42 GMT -7
JB if we had 3 or 4 inches of snow here in the UK things would not be running , we are never ready for that stuff.
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Post by stitchdup on Nov 16, 2014 14:23:25 GMT -7
The older houses up here are built from stone. Pretty much the same way as castles Big D. My mums house is about 200 years old but has been modernised quite a lot over the years. The houses in the pic of the post office on my truck thread are a little younger, but that stone building is an old salt store and is about the same age as my mums. They have to be strong due to the wind in winter, At some point there will be winds of a constant 80mph for at least a month and the front door will be sandbagged as the sea is only 2 road lanes away. You get used to it but its not good for swimming, lol. I'll get some pics when the wind starts as its only about 40 now (a breeze). The rain is about 1 and half inch a day just now.
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Post by Big D on Nov 16, 2014 14:55:43 GMT -7
I looked you up Stitch. Lot of islands there. Interesting country, formations like Stonehenge, fur seals and penguins, very rugged country but beautiful at the same time. Which island are you on and close to what town?
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Post by stitchdup on Nov 16, 2014 15:09:06 GMT -7
I live in Kirkwall, but most of the time I'm in a village called St Marys. I haven't seen any penguins though it is cold enough. There's two lots of Islands called the orkneys. You must have seen the ones in the South Atlantic, they have penguins. And a lot of the same place names.
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Post by stitchdup on Nov 16, 2014 15:10:41 GMT -7
They do say about Orkney that you scratch the ground and find another piece of history. Archeologists love it here and are always digging somewhere in the summer
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2014 16:51:21 GMT -7
WOW!
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Post by CoyoteCrunch on Nov 16, 2014 19:12:22 GMT -7
Uh oh CC lol. We got about 3-4 inches. Even though its cold out its still melting well! I hate snow and the cold lol. Its just gonna get colder though and I'm not ready yet! Just now stopped freakin snowing! Had to clean off the Pilot and Ram, shovel the driveway and porch. THIS IS SO UNREAL - I moved to Oklahoma about 15 years ago to escape long, cold winters, would seem the S#*T followed me! We must have got about 4-5 inches!! I never remember us getting winter so fast here. Hey Ice - you need to hook me up with your realtor - I just may tell Steve to let me run our Brady, TX terminal from down your way!!! LOL - But this is so insane!!!
Stay warm JB - I hate the cold as well - but I think we may be headed for a long hard winter!!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2014 9:01:52 GMT -7
For Gods sake you guys, and talkin' 'bout snow and long hard winters..... SSSSHHHH help-smiley-emoticon New England will take you guys serious!!!! And I'll be SLAMMED the whole season! shhhhh-smiley-emoticon shhhhh-smiley-emoticon shhhhh-smiley-emoticon
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2014 13:39:32 GMT -7
-OK you guys its freakin snowing here like............. coming down in sheets! I bet we got 4 inches since BARE ground this morning!
WELCOME to "New England" USA! Will get pics in a bit!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2014 14:13:34 GMT -7
Well , Originally coming form Chicago , I can remember what Snow was like..
Thankfully Here in Florida I don't see any..LOL
Tom
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Post by Big D on Nov 26, 2014 16:06:09 GMT -7
Well , Originally coming form Chicago , I can remember what Snow was like.. Thankfully Here in Florida I don't see any..LOL Tom I was born and raised in Quincy, Illinois and I sure remember snow. Don't get any here in Houston but once in a great while and when it does snow people here don't know how to drive in it and wipe each other out like flies on the freeways. I've been in Chicago and the thing I remember the most is the wind coming off that lake. They don't call it the "windy City" for nuthin'. |
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Post by jbailey on Nov 26, 2014 16:33:57 GMT -7
John, that's funny. When I went to bed at 10:30 last night, nothing, when I went to leave for work at 5:25 this morning, 3 inches of snow on the ground and still snowing. I bet we got another inch before it finally quit. Luckily it should allelt this weekend, supposed to be 50-60°.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2014 18:13:12 GMT -7
-LUCKY you man! I bet this crap remains till January now.... if not June! LOL
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was it up hill both ways too?? 
