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Hoooooow cold?

JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,901 Posts
edited December 2010 in Strut Central
Was -17C this morning. This was unusually cold for us. I am rocking a Ushanka. YES.

What you got?

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  • fejmelbafejmelba 1,139 Posts
    not to bad now with -4C
    you can go skating on the streets

    multiple layers works for me
  • nzshadownzshadow 5,518 Posts
    Insane, i saw 5 people fall off their bikes this morning while dropping the kids off at school. one poor kid slid along and fell in the harbour.

    these last few days have been insane, an icy mist hangs over the city:











    This kids are loving it

  • fejmelbafejmelba 1,139 Posts
    nzshadow said:


    these last few days have been insane, an icy mist hangs over the country:


    i woke up in a sneeuwstorm in leiden last weekend
  • djwaxondjwaxon 411 Posts
    J i m s t e r said:
    Was -17C this morning. This was unusually cold for us. I am rocking a Ushanka. YES.

    What you got?

    Rough innit...i've been walking to work all this week and last cos of the weather, and i think my thumbs are gonna just fall off sometime soon.
  • nzshadownzshadow 5,518 Posts
    fejmelba said:
    nzshadow said:


    these last few days have been insane, an icy mist hangs over the country:


    i woke up in a sneeuwstorm in leiden last weekend

    Which was worse, the fact you were in a snowstorm, or the fact you were in Leiden?
  • fejmelbafejmelba 1,139 Posts
    the fact i was in leiden yes.
    you to busy with the kids?
  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,901 Posts
    nzshadow said:
    an icy mist hangs over the city

    Freal.



    10AM This morning.

    Warmed up a bit now... Sorry about the wobble (wrong hand, wobbly suspension on the truck but you can glimpse my ushanka... :oh_my: )
  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
    nzshadow said:




    Loving these photos Alan. 5*s

    What is going on in bottom one?
  • nzshadownzshadow 5,518 Posts
    Okem said:

    Loving these photos Alan. 5*s

    What is going on in bottom one?

    Crossing the big red bridge, looking down on the harbour. they are wooden poles where boats 'park-up' while waiting for their turn to pass under. the combined wind, snow and ice froze them in time.

    I do realise there is a much more fitting nautical term for 'wooden poles boats park up on' but im a landlubber.



  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
    'Parking up' with boats is called mooring, which rather appropriately comes from the Dutch verb meren.
    Not sure what the wooden things are called tho, bollards or poles??. Great photos either way.
  • fejmelbafejmelba 1,139 Posts
    its called a dukdalf
    http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dukdalf
  • nzshadownzshadow 5,518 Posts
    I thought mooring was longterm, yiou are only useing the poles temporarily, so i didnt think 'moor' was the word.

    then again, who cares.

    i just cycled to pick the oldest up from school and dinked my leg in an attempt to stay upright whilst gliding across the black ice. About as gracefull as a walrus in tapshoes, but at least i stayed upright.

    fucking great bruise on my leg though.
  • minimini 879 Posts
    Helsinki this morning.

    (Picture from local newspaper)
  • dj_cityboydj_cityboy 1,461 Posts
    4??C here today.....we have had maybe 1cm of snow this year so far...

    nuthin bad at all...
  • covecove 1,566 Posts
    10 inches of snow here yesterday.
    good thing we know how to deal with it.
  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,537 Posts
    -8 with a windchill of -14 in toronto. enough to get the canada goose trench out of the attic.

    we haven't caught our december snowshit yet, but that doesn't mean it's not coming. hopefully our new mayor won't embarass us by calling in the military again when things get hairy.
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