After we've built our snow figure, we Brits go sledging. At least we
used to. There were remarkably few people in our nearest park, so
unless our population has forgotten how to play with snow there must be
a better place nearby.

Many sledges are home-made, often in a hurry:








--
Sue ]

"MadCow" wrote in message
...

After we've built our snow figure, we Brits go sledging. At least we
used to. There were remarkably few people in our nearest park, so
unless our population has forgotten how to play with snow there must be
a better place nearby.

Many sledges are home-made, often in a hurry:
--
Sue ]

Quite the wilderness you've got there. Looks like a great place to get
outside and have fun. And take pictures of course.
jim

On 1/9/2010 7:43 PM, MadCow wrote:

After we've built our snow figure, we Brits go sledging. At least we
used to. There were remarkably few people in our nearest park, so unless
our population has forgotten how to play with snow there must be a
better place nearby.

Many sledges are home-made, often in a hurry:



A nice round piece of plastic makes a hell of a sled...brakes are optional.

;]

On 1/9/2010 7:43 PM, MadCow wrote:

After we've built our snow figure, we Brits go sledging. At least we
used to. There were remarkably few people in our nearest park, so unless
our population has forgotten how to play with snow there must be a
better place nearby.

Many sledges are home-made, often in a hurry:



There's a great picture of the UK covered in snow on spaceweather right now:

http://www.spaceweather.com/

:]

"MadCow" wrote:


After we've built our snow figure, we Brits go sledging. At least we
used to. There were remarkably few people in our nearest park, so
unless our population has forgotten how to play with snow there must be
a better place nearby.

Many sledges are home-made, often in a hurry:


Introduce them to Truck Inner tubes. They slide easier than Metal or
Wood and when you're done with'em, simply deflate it and it packs away in a
very small space. Great Fun.

Crazy Ed

In message , cloud
dreamer writes

There's a great picture of the UK covered in snow on spaceweather right now:

http://www.spaceweather.com/


Welcome to Usenet! By the time your post propagates to Yokels.net or
wherever ISP, Spaceweather says there's a huge sunspot forming, which
is news because we're just pulling out of a sunspot recession.

Apparently one good coronal mass ejection could be the end of
civilisation as we know it, because we're so dependant on electricity
and large networks just explode if a space storm hits them!

--
Sue ]8(

In message , Edward Erbeck
writes

Introduce them to Truck Inner tubes. They slide easier than Metal or
Wood and when you're done with'em, simply deflate it and it packs away in a
very small space. Great Fun.


I'm not convinced, the large surface area could mean too much friction
on shallow park slopes and warm UK snow. But if we get any more snow
I'll blag a defective one off a tyre dealer, patch it and have a go.
Especially if I can't get my left runner straightened.


cloud dreamer writes

A nice round piece of plastic makes a hell of a sled...brakes are
optional.

A friend has a circular plastic thing like a dustbin lid with two
handles, which spins as you go down and dumps you backwards into a
bramble patch. It's fun.

Under British law brakes are not permitted.
A "toboggan" may be bought from a toyshop but may not be thrown away
unless it can't be repaired with permitted materials, which means scrap
or stolen ones. A "sledge" must be made by a blood relative using only
such materials.

Little kids slide on tiny plastic trays meant for toddlers: they're the
modern equivalent of the tin tea-trays of my childhood. I saw three
teenagers trying to slide in a sort of conga line. It fell apart and
teenagers went everywhere. It looked like fun.

--
Sue ];(

On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:02:58 +0000, MadCow wrote:

In message , cloud
dreamer writes

There's a great picture of the UK covered in snow on spaceweather right now:

http://www.spaceweather.com/


Welcome to Usenet! By the time your post propagates to Yokels.net or
wherever ISP, Spaceweather says there's a huge sunspot forming, which
is news because we're just pulling out of a sunspot recession.

Apparently one good coronal mass ejection could be the end of
civilisation as we know it, because we're so dependant on electricity
and large networks just explode if a space storm hits them!

Here's the "Iceberg England" image for any that missed it:

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/g...7.1150.1km.jpg

And it does look like ol' Sol finally got the memo - there have been
some rather impressive sunspots in the last few weeks.

Here's one I photographed last month using thin clouds as a solar
filter. Really need to go buy some welder's glass... The currently
visible sunspot appears to be the same one I photographed, one solar
rotation later.

Bob ^,,^

"MadCow" wrote:

Crazy Ed writes

Introduce them to Truck Inner tubes. They slide easier than Metal or
Wood and when you're done with'em, simply deflate it and it packs away in a
very small space. Great Fun.


I'm not convinced, the large surface area could mean too much friction
on shallow park slopes and warm UK snow. But if we get any more snow
I'll blag a defective one off a tyre dealer, patch it and have a go.
Especially if I can't get my left runner straightened.


Lower coefficient of friction. They work Very Well. But if you're
really into basic grass roots minimum cost Snow sliding, heavy duty
cardboard boxes have served sliders for YEARS.


A nice round piece of plastic makes a hell of a sled...brakes are
optional.

A friend has a circular plastic thing like a dustbin lid with two
handles, which spins as you go down and dumps you backwards into a
bramble patch. It's fun.


Those have been around since............ Well a long time. I never
lived anywhere that that the cost could be justified.

Under British law brakes are not permitted.
A "toboggan" may be bought from a toyshop but may not be thrown away
unless it can't be repaired with permitted materials, which means scrap
or stolen ones. A "sledge" must be made by a blood relative using only
such materials.

You ARE kidding about the British laws ........... Arn't you?


Little kids slide on tiny plastic trays meant for toddlers: they're the
modern equivalent of the tin tea-trays of my childhood. I saw three
teenagers trying to slide in a sort of conga line. It fell apart and
teenagers went everywhere. It looked like fun.

The best fun is the kind that has zero supervision and less preplanning
;-). One tends to learn from their mistakes and really learn from those
mistakes that involve pain ;-)

Crazy Ed

In message , "Bob (not my
real pseudonym)" writes

And it does look like ol' Sol finally got the memo - there have been
some rather impressive sunspots in the last few weeks.

Here's one I photographed last month using thin clouds as a solar
filter. Really need to go buy some welder's glass... The currently
visible sunspot appears to be the same one I photographed, one solar
rotation later.

Bob ^,,^


[ A UUEncoded file (2009-12-17 Sunspot 1035.jpg) was included here. ]


I'm impressed - you either had perfect conditions or you're really good
at it. Or both. Post more sunspots!

--
Sue ]