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Re: The most common subject of discussions, weather

Post by sven360 » 25 Nov 2010 07:13 pm

I always pack a hotwater bottle and teddy bear for bed.

Good for minus 60.

Suggest you try it,Jani.

Ernest Shackleton told me but keep it under your hat :wink:
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Re: The most common subject of discussions, weather

Post by jtbo » 25 Nov 2010 08:07 pm

sven360 wrote:I always pack a hotwater bottle and teddy bear for bed.

Good for minus 60.

Suggest you try it,Jani.

Ernest Shackleton told me but keep it under your hat :wink:
It is no good for outside however and inside of house is warm, problem comes when one must go outside, like into car that is 4 meters from door :lol:

Got 8m^3 of firewood so cold weather should not be a problem,for 2-3 months, then again need to get firewood or burn electricity.

At workplace, I need to walk 200 meters to and from the car, it is not fun when clothing is designed for +5C to +10C range, should buy new ones, but hard to find any nearly as good as I had before, so I'm freezing to death everytime when I go outside.

Cats are odd creatures, they manage just fine on that weather and they don't have even socks, just barefoot, weird creatures.
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Re: The most common subject of discussions, weather

Post by mat_91 » 25 Nov 2010 09:10 pm

well i feel ashamed to so we have no snow :evil: but -0.5 outside at moment not codl by your standards but its dam freezing in my mind
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Re: The most common subject of discussions, weather

Post by jtbo » 25 Nov 2010 09:38 pm

mat_91 wrote:well i feel ashamed to so we have no snow :evil: but -0.5 outside at moment not codl by your standards but its dam freezing in my mind
If temp is negative, then it is freezing, we just need to add more adjectives to ahead of freezing to describe proper level of freezing :lol:

You all remember to lubricate your locks this year, remember how it was last winter when it was bastardly freezing and you could not get into car, trying to heat key in your palm etc. ? Nobody for sure enjoys from that, well VND might be exception, but anyway get your gunoil ready, it is common practise to lubricate locks before the cold weather starts, much easier that way :D
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Re: The most common subject of discussions, weather

Post by Hell Driver » 25 Nov 2010 10:41 pm

No snow here yet, just a couple of flurries today. Was going to cash in the tax disk for the 340, but will keep on for a bit yet just in case we get some snow on the ground :wink: Feels very cold (for here) though, log fire burning for a few days now!
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Re: The most common subject of discussions, weather

Post by sven360 » 25 Nov 2010 10:56 pm

Donny is too near the Equator for real weather.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11836715

My burner's been running since first week of October sm35

Nothing makes me smile more than the annual lack of preperation for winter by UK motorists.

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Re: The most common subject of discussions, weather

Post by mat_91 » 25 Nov 2010 11:03 pm

yer we do seem to fail when it comes to snow but ive going to use snow chains well rope this year see if that helps and cram teh boot full of weight not that a 520 weights as much as the earth thou
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Re: The most common subject of discussions, weather

Post by Speedy88 » 25 Nov 2010 11:25 pm

Pfft real cars don't need snow chains :mrgreen:
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Re: The most common subject of discussions, weather

Post by mat_91 » 25 Nov 2010 11:31 pm

tell me about i cant wait to finish volvo need a proper car back in my life
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Re: The most common subject of discussions, weather

Post by jtbo » 25 Nov 2010 11:35 pm

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Re: The most common subject of discussions, weather

Post by sven360 » 25 Nov 2010 11:45 pm

Should've had some o' them studs on this baby.........
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11843907

Oops a diddle,bring out the tractor :lol:
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Re: The most common subject of discussions, weather

Post by kaarel » 26 Nov 2010 01:27 pm

In Tallinn -7 and it has been snowing last four days.

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Re: The most common subject of discussions, weather

Post by filthyjohn » 26 Nov 2010 05:14 pm

^^^ :lol:

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Re: The most common subject of discussions, weather

Post by Chris_C » 26 Nov 2010 07:27 pm

jtbo wrote:Rember how it was last winter when it was bastardly freezing and you could not get into car, trying to heat key in your palm etc. ? Nobody for sure enjoys from that, well VND might be exception, but anyway get your gunoil ready, it is common practise to lubricate locks before the cold weather starts, much easier that way :D
Flipping good idea, I'd forgotten about that. Cheers Jani
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Re: The most common subject of discussions, weather

Post by garth » 26 Nov 2010 09:48 pm

Times like these I really miss my Volvo. Or any Volvo for that matter.
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