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jtbo
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by jtbo » 02 Jan 2010 09:07 pm
Update:
If it keeps up this cold very long, then I might need to increase the pace I shovel wood to fireplace
Those wise mens of NASA have told how it is 30 years of warmer, which is followed 30 years of colder. If cold keeps getting worse at this rate, then this country soon might be in a big trouble, Vodka will freeze at these temps
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by Chris_C » 03 Jan 2010 06:05 pm
Dude! Extra fluffy duvet/blonde bed warmers required!
Really can't imagine what that must be like
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by volvosneverdie » 03 Jan 2010 06:09 pm
Chris_C wrote:Dude! Extra fluffy duvet/blonde bed warmers required!
Really can't imagine what that must be like
its -3 here tonight.
I cant imagine that temperatures below this even exist.......
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by nomead » 03 Jan 2010 06:26 pm
Going in the right direction today...
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by jtbo » 03 Jan 2010 06:47 pm
Around -15C here, so it is more human, more snow falling from sky, soon it will be over and temps will go down again.
VND, there was something in that Telegraph that there would be -7C coming to you
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by volvosneverdie » 03 Jan 2010 06:51 pm
jtbo wrote:
VND, there was something in that Telegraph that there would be -7C coming to you
Wont all animal and plantlife within a thousand kilometers be killed??
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by nomead » 03 Jan 2010 07:03 pm
volvosneverdie wrote: Wont all animal and plantlife within a thousand kilometers be killed??
No.
And even if they do, all Volvolife will still roll on, even in much harder frost.
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by volvosneverdie » 03 Jan 2010 07:07 pm
nomead wrote:volvosneverdie wrote: Wont all animal and plantlife within a thousand kilometers be killed??
No.
And even if they do, all Volvolife will still roll on, even in much harder frost.
I dunno man, mine cut out the other day. I didnt like that feeling. I think it was protesting about the temperature. Which reminds me.................... thread jack ends.
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by OapEM » 04 Jan 2010 12:12 pm
-5/6 here at 8:15am. The locks were frozen and my flasher relay didn't work until the car was coming up to temp!
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by MCHUDD » 04 Jan 2010 01:17 pm
Hi all.
Its that bloody cold here,i have contracted a dose of the flue.
Confind to bed.Its my first day of work,sick,in many years.
What a time of the year to get it.
Cheers Mark.
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by volvosneverdie » 04 Jan 2010 01:28 pm
MCHUDD wrote:Hi all.
Its that bloody cold here,i have contracted a dose of the flue.
Confind to bed.Its my first day of work,sick,in many years.
What a time of the year to get it.
Cheers Mark.
I had Gammon flu.
It started as swine flu, but the doctor 'cured' me.
Get well soon mate.
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by Ian Mac » 04 Jan 2010 02:27 pm
volvosneverdie wrote:
I had Gammon flu.
It started as swine flu, but the doctor 'cured' me.
Good job it wasn't bird flu - you might have ended-up being stuffed.....
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by Speedy88 » 04 Jan 2010 02:29 pm
My friend had swine flu, he said he couldn't stop coming out in rashers
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by volvosneverdie » 04 Jan 2010 02:31 pm
I rang the Swine Flu Helpline.
All I got was crackling though.
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by nomead » 05 Jan 2010 10:28 pm
I have to admit, driving in temperatures below -15°C the Roulunds belts squeal a lot. They never seem to get into working temperature and slip a bit all the time. And it's worst at 20-40 km/h which is most of my trip to work. Naturally it doesn't help that I currently don't have the gearbox protective tray fitted. It's the only bad thing about the cold though. Oh and the constant fiddling with the choke for the first two kilometers or so. And scraping the windows clear of frost. And... oh well.
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