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Snowy pictures
Dec. 26th, 2010 01:02 pmFinally got some of the photos uploaded!
( Snow! )
The thaw started today; there's water dripping everywhere.
( Snow! )
The thaw started today; there's water dripping everywhere.
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Dec. 23rd, 2010 06:29 pmSo, the snow I was talking about earlier thawed before I could take pictures...
But then, on 13 December, it snowed again! And snowed and snowed, and then froze and kept freezing...
Basically Britain/Ireland/a whole chunk of Europe is buried in snow and the coldest weather I have EVER experienced. The lowest I noticed on my car temperature gauge was -15.5 degrees Celsius - which, for all you folks working in Fahrenheit, is 4.1 degrees (at least, according to the internet convertor I just found on Google. Our house is dripping with icicles. ICICLES - a couple of feet long. I have never seen icicles of any length in real life before. Our dogs and cats are being kept inside the house at night.
I have pictures this time. Unfortunately, they can only be uploaded to one PC in the house - which is currently refusing to connect to the internet *cries* (There is only one PC in the house - the rest are Apple Macs and the software for the camera is not compatible with Macs *sighs*) Don't worry, I'm getting my more computer-savvy brothers on the problem.
So, CHRISTMAS! :D This was my last day of work before Christmas. We have tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday off as public holidays, I'm back in for Wednesday through to Friday, 3rd of January is another public holiday and then I'm off from the 4th to 7th January.
The office Christmas party got cancelled because of the snow. There was supposed to be over twenty going; only nine made it to the venue. I was one of the absentees. From the chat of the others about last year's party, it could have been fun. But they've promised to rescheduled for January/February time.
I have bought all the presents I'm giving (I hope - I'm relying on other people getting stuff on my behalf). And... that's pretty much all I have to say right now...
But then, on 13 December, it snowed again! And snowed and snowed, and then froze and kept freezing...
Basically Britain/Ireland/a whole chunk of Europe is buried in snow and the coldest weather I have EVER experienced. The lowest I noticed on my car temperature gauge was -15.5 degrees Celsius - which, for all you folks working in Fahrenheit, is 4.1 degrees (at least, according to the internet convertor I just found on Google. Our house is dripping with icicles. ICICLES - a couple of feet long. I have never seen icicles of any length in real life before. Our dogs and cats are being kept inside the house at night.
I have pictures this time. Unfortunately, they can only be uploaded to one PC in the house - which is currently refusing to connect to the internet *cries* (There is only one PC in the house - the rest are Apple Macs and the software for the camera is not compatible with Macs *sighs*) Don't worry, I'm getting my more computer-savvy brothers on the problem.
So, CHRISTMAS! :D This was my last day of work before Christmas. We have tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday off as public holidays, I'm back in for Wednesday through to Friday, 3rd of January is another public holiday and then I'm off from the 4th to 7th January.
The office Christmas party got cancelled because of the snow. There was supposed to be over twenty going; only nine made it to the venue. I was one of the absentees. From the chat of the others about last year's party, it could have been fun. But they've promised to rescheduled for January/February time.
I have bought all the presents I'm giving (I hope - I'm relying on other people getting stuff on my behalf). And... that's pretty much all I have to say right now...
It snooooooooooowwwed
Dec. 6th, 2010 08:16 pmAnd snowed and snowed and snowed... Proper, puffy, powdery, sparkly, deep deep deep snow! Well, ok, it's maybe not that deep in comparison to, say, Alaska, but it is deep for around here. I came out to find a whole foot-and-a-bit of snow sitting in a square block on my car roof.
...Problem is, it snowed all last week too, on and off. And then it froze. And then it sleeted a bit. And then Saturday and yesterday, it turned to solid ice. So now there is snow on top of ice. Not the greatest of driving condition. By the time I got home from work, my back ached from the tension.
But kicking it around the yard and tossing handfuls into the air is fun :D The world looks beautiful, buried in pure glittering whiteness, the dark lines of the trees and the soft rounded humps of snow. (You're gonna have to imagine this cos I haven't taken any pictures... yet.)
...Problem is, it snowed all last week too, on and off. And then it froze. And then it sleeted a bit. And then Saturday and yesterday, it turned to solid ice. So now there is snow on top of ice. Not the greatest of driving condition. By the time I got home from work, my back ached from the tension.
But kicking it around the yard and tossing handfuls into the air is fun :D The world looks beautiful, buried in pure glittering whiteness, the dark lines of the trees and the soft rounded humps of snow. (You're gonna have to imagine this cos I haven't taken any pictures... yet.)
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Nov. 25th, 2005 02:38 pmIT SNOWED!!!
It shouldn't snow. It's only November, for crying out loud. That'll make it three winters in a row that it has snowed. Why didn't this happen when I was 5 or 6?! WHY!?!?!?
I notice a big change in weather patterns from when I was a kid (yes, I'm going to be boring and British and discuss the weather :P). Snow was a very rare event when I was a kid. So was a warm, dry summer, though they were less rare than the snow. I think that between the ages of about 4 and 18, it snowed about twice, maybe three times (I'm talking about snow which lies). Our year-round weather was rain. Some frost and ice, occasional fog on the autumn mornings and sometimes sleet, but mostly rain. Since starting university in 1998, the summers have definitely become warmer, and as I said, this will the third winter in a row that it's snowed.
So, are we heading for a Big Heat, or that Ice Age we're apparently overdue?
What do you call that thing you do when you rap your fingernails on the table one after the other, like you're doing a Mexican wave with your fingers?... DRUMMING! Yes, drumming your fingers *had a![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
daisydayes moment* Yes, well, drumming my fingers sounds very loud in here.
It shouldn't snow. It's only November, for crying out loud. That'll make it three winters in a row that it has snowed. Why didn't this happen when I was 5 or 6?! WHY!?!?!?
I notice a big change in weather patterns from when I was a kid (yes, I'm going to be boring and British and discuss the weather :P). Snow was a very rare event when I was a kid. So was a warm, dry summer, though they were less rare than the snow. I think that between the ages of about 4 and 18, it snowed about twice, maybe three times (I'm talking about snow which lies). Our year-round weather was rain. Some frost and ice, occasional fog on the autumn mornings and sometimes sleet, but mostly rain. Since starting university in 1998, the summers have definitely become warmer, and as I said, this will the third winter in a row that it's snowed.
So, are we heading for a Big Heat, or that Ice Age we're apparently overdue?
What do you call that thing you do when you rap your fingernails on the table one after the other, like you're doing a Mexican wave with your fingers?... DRUMMING! Yes, drumming your fingers *had a
daisydayes moment* Yes, well, drumming my fingers sounds very loud in here.(no subject)
Feb. 26th, 2004 04:20 pmIt snowed overnight, and this time, it did lie. I went out this morning and built a miniature snowman. He's so cute! He's still surviving (minus one eye, which fell out), but only because I was able to move him about and get him out of the sun. It is supposed to snow more tonight, so maybe that'll save him for another day.
This week has been... bad. Not "bad" as in "I've had a terrible time," but "bad" as in "I didn't do things the way I was supposed to." Namely, I have slept in every day this week, stayed away from the university library, started work late, gave it up early, and tended to want to avoid company and get pissed off when people interrupted my stuff. (I wish someone would invent remote headphone for the tv. Then you could just put the headphones on and listen to your programme in peace, while everyone around you jabbers on.) I mean, even right now? I should probably be doing work, writing more of my PhD piece, I mean Leon wants over 25 pages for the middle of March; but here I am, on LJ again, cos I'm not gonna go out to the university in the snow and cold, and it's too late to go now anyway, and the disc I have my work on won't run on James' computer here at home, and I've got bored with the work which I was doing.
On an up side, however: ponies have FINALLY landed locally. When I say "ponies," I mean the 03 Rainbow ponies and season ponies, as well as some of the new 04 ponies (up till now, the only 03 ponies I could find were the Glitter sets and the castle/salon/shop playsets), and when I say "locally," I mean at the toyshop which is closest to my home-home, that toyshop being Walkers in Ballymoney. And on an upper side: Philip has a dentist's appointment in Ballymoney tomorrow, so I'll be taking the train to Ballymoney rather than Ballymena, and might just get the chance to go see what I want :DDDDDD
James had his visa interview on Tuesday. He says it was the shortest interview he has ever had. They asked two questions:
1. Do you intend to come home again?
2. Do you plan to deal in drugs while in America?
...They expect people to ever answer, "yes," to that last question?
But he's got his visa, so soon he shall be departing, and we shall be joined by Dee, which means we shall probably have Clive round here a lot. Now, I like Clive. He is a great guy; he knows a lot on some very esoteric subjects and he can be interesting. He just doesn't know when a topic is dead and done with. And he doesn't know when it's a good time to leave. And, to make it worse, Joanna and Pamela then have to moan about it. *rolls eyes*
[Edit: Hmm, SO not seeing how this icon means "apathetic." "Apathetic" does not conjure up images of palm beaches for me. It conjures up images of shoe-scuffing and shoulder-shrugging.]
[Edit 2: And the "bored" one is worse! People don't cry when they are bored; they're too bored to cry.]
[Edit 3: *Throws hands up at "listless"* I give up!]
This week has been... bad. Not "bad" as in "I've had a terrible time," but "bad" as in "I didn't do things the way I was supposed to." Namely, I have slept in every day this week, stayed away from the university library, started work late, gave it up early, and tended to want to avoid company and get pissed off when people interrupted my stuff. (I wish someone would invent remote headphone for the tv. Then you could just put the headphones on and listen to your programme in peace, while everyone around you jabbers on.) I mean, even right now? I should probably be doing work, writing more of my PhD piece, I mean Leon wants over 25 pages for the middle of March; but here I am, on LJ again, cos I'm not gonna go out to the university in the snow and cold, and it's too late to go now anyway, and the disc I have my work on won't run on James' computer here at home, and I've got bored with the work which I was doing.
On an up side, however: ponies have FINALLY landed locally. When I say "ponies," I mean the 03 Rainbow ponies and season ponies, as well as some of the new 04 ponies (up till now, the only 03 ponies I could find were the Glitter sets and the castle/salon/shop playsets), and when I say "locally," I mean at the toyshop which is closest to my home-home, that toyshop being Walkers in Ballymoney. And on an upper side: Philip has a dentist's appointment in Ballymoney tomorrow, so I'll be taking the train to Ballymoney rather than Ballymena, and might just get the chance to go see what I want :DDDDDD
James had his visa interview on Tuesday. He says it was the shortest interview he has ever had. They asked two questions:
1. Do you intend to come home again?
2. Do you plan to deal in drugs while in America?
...They expect people to ever answer, "yes," to that last question?
But he's got his visa, so soon he shall be departing, and we shall be joined by Dee, which means we shall probably have Clive round here a lot. Now, I like Clive. He is a great guy; he knows a lot on some very esoteric subjects and he can be interesting. He just doesn't know when a topic is dead and done with. And he doesn't know when it's a good time to leave. And, to make it worse, Joanna and Pamela then have to moan about it. *rolls eyes*
[Edit: Hmm, SO not seeing how this icon means "apathetic." "Apathetic" does not conjure up images of palm beaches for me. It conjures up images of shoe-scuffing and shoulder-shrugging.]
[Edit 2: And the "bored" one is worse! People don't cry when they are bored; they're too bored to cry.]
[Edit 3: *Throws hands up at "listless"* I give up!]
It's snowing
Feb. 25th, 2004 11:14 amIt won't lie - it's too wet - but it looks very pretty, twisting and twirling about in the air. The academic staff picked a good day for striking: no going out in the cold for work :) But I do need to go out. I haven't been to the library for about a week and I need to get writing again.
Happy Ash Wednesday!
Edit:
Austria
Which country is your country?
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Lol, how appropriate to get this when it's snowing!
Happy Ash Wednesday!
Edit:
Austria
Which country is your country?
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Lol, how appropriate to get this when it's snowing!
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Feb. 7th, 2004 04:35 pmIt's raining. REALLY raining. It was hailing not so long ago as well. I heard the hailstones come down the chimney. And it's cold too. I need to go back up to the living room, where it's WARM.
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Jan. 27th, 2004 09:48 amHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! Joanna got her fake baby thing yesterday for her sex education group. Good grief, that thing is ugly. It looks like it's got permanent trapped wind. And it's heavy. Alright, so I know babies are heavy. But they're not heavy in a big-square-brick-of-a-battery-unit-in-the-back way.
Joanna's threatening to make us babysit it. *shudders* I find baby dolls unnerving at the best of times, but the moving, talking ones are especially evil. I get the creeps every time a Zaphff Creations ad comes on. Baby Annabel is the spawn of Satan, I tell you!
Speaking of Satan, I think the bit of Hell on the Greenwich Meridian just froze over. It is soooo cold out there! Damn hunger for making me get out of bed!
American actors need to learn not to mumble. Or talk so fast.
Joanna's threatening to make us babysit it. *shudders* I find baby dolls unnerving at the best of times, but the moving, talking ones are especially evil. I get the creeps every time a Zaphff Creations ad comes on. Baby Annabel is the spawn of Satan, I tell you!
Speaking of Satan, I think the bit of Hell on the Greenwich Meridian just froze over. It is soooo cold out there! Damn hunger for making me get out of bed!
American actors need to learn not to mumble. Or talk so fast.
