The Brits are bitching
 

I am in Quebec, and we have been down to -55 a few nights this last month.
The temp is supposed to be going up to the -20's this week, and on the radio
and TV they are calling this a heatwave!

It has been so cold here, that I am getting sick of it. The locks on the
cars tend to get stiff and just wanting to do some activity is hard to cope
with.

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"Scum Toes" wrote in message
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Looks like our friends across the Atlantic are complaining about freezing
temperatures and a little light snow. I believe it's supposed to be 4
celcius (37) tomorrow with a few snow showers. I would love to see the
average Englishman try to survive winter in northern Minnesota. Where
temperatures often dip to -40 and snow can pile up by the foot.

The Brits are bitching
 

Looks like our friends across the Atlantic are complaining about freezing
temperatures and a little light snow. I believe it's supposed to be 4
celcius (37) tomorrow with a few snow showers. I would love to see the
average Englishman try to survive winter in northern Minnesota. Where
temperatures often dip to -40 and snow can pile up by the foot.

The Brits are bitching
 

"Scum Toes" wrote:

Looks like our friends across the Atlantic are complaining about freezing
temperatures and a little light snow. I believe it's supposed to be 4
celcius (37) tomorrow with a few snow showers. I would love to see the
average Englishman try to survive winter in northern Minnesota. Where
temperatures often dip to -40 and snow can pile up by the foot.

I would love to see the average flannel-shirted furry-capped
Minnesotan survive anywhere in England for more then five days. More
'n likely he'd end up on some country gent's mantle to prove he bagged
that strange critter.

Eh? Ya' think?

The Brits are bitching
 

"Jerry G." wrote in message
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I am in Quebec, and we have been down to -55 a few nights this last month.
The temp is supposed to be going up to the -20's this week, and on the
radio
and TV they are calling this a heatwave!

It has been so cold here, that I am getting sick of it. The locks on the
cars tend to get stiff and just wanting to do some activity is hard to
cope
with.

Quebec is normally not that cold during the winter. It is certainly capable
of being very cold, as you mentioned. Perhaps possibly this is a cold
winter for much of southern Canada. I remember what -59 felt like. Several
years ago I was on a snowmobile trip in northern Minnesota and the
temperature reached -59 at Tower. I also remember what a windchill of -110
feels like. I don't feel bad at all for the Brits, I hope they have a harsh
winter.

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Greetings,

Jerry Greenberg GLG Technologies GLG
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WebPage http://www.zoom-one.com
Electronics http://www.zoom-one.com/electron.htm
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"Scum Toes" wrote in message
...
Looks like our friends across the Atlantic are complaining about freezing
temperatures and a little light snow. I believe it's supposed to be 4
celcius (37) tomorrow with a few snow showers. I would love to see the
average Englishman try to survive winter in northern Minnesota. Where
temperatures often dip to -40 and snow can pile up by the foot.

The Brits are bitching
 

-40 C in England? That would be an all out disaster (and also in The
Netherlands, where I live.).

Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota all have all time lows below -50 C.
In Europe this is only possible in Northern Scandinavia and NW Russia.

I would like "a nice pile of snow" in front of my house, thick enough
to enable me to go to my work (at Shell in Amsterdam) on langlauf
ski's. Last time such a thing happened was on January 2nd 1979.
After 1987 the temperature in The Netherlands made a 1 C jump upwards,
so I think I can forget about that one.

Mazzel & broge / kind regards, Evert Wesker
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://come.to/wesker (redirect URL, no adv's), or
http://www.euronet.nl/users/e_wesker/

PS: My "out in the open all time low" is -38 C with a 15 - 20 km/h
breeze (so windchill some -50 C). That was on Nussuaq Peninsula on
Greenland during a solo langlauf tour in March-April 1996. Then I
slept in a tent.

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On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 22:40:38 -0600, "Scum Toes"
wrote:

Looks like our friends across the Atlantic are complaining about freezing
temperatures and a little light snow. I believe it's supposed to be 4
celcius (37) tomorrow with a few snow showers. I would love to see the
average Englishman try to survive winter in northern Minnesota. Where
temperatures often dip to -40 and snow can pile up by the foot.

The Brits are bitching
 

That's really rough .. this January in San Jose Ca, we had one 32 degree (F)
low and one day with 70 degree max.

It's no wonder there are so many people from Michigan and Minnesota that
live in California.


"Scum Toes" wrote in message
...
Looks like our friends across the Atlantic are complaining about freezing
temperatures and a little light snow. I believe it's supposed to be 4
celcius (37) tomorrow with a few snow showers. I would love to see the
average Englishman try to survive winter in northern Minnesota. Where
temperatures often dip to -40 and snow can pile up by the foot.

The Brits are bitching
 

Wookie wrote:
That's really rough .. this January in San Jose Ca, we had one 32
degree (F) low and one day with 70 degree max.

It's no wonder there are so many people from Michigan and Minnesota
that live in California.

So then... why do so many folks from California move up here to Seattle?
We've had a range of about 20°F to 55°F this month, ~5 inches of rain,
and 5 inches of snow on the 6th - followed by only the second ice storm
I've seen in my 40 years here.

Bob ^,,^



"Scum Toes" wrote in message
...
Looks like our friends across the Atlantic are complaining about
freezing temperatures and a little light snow. I believe it's
supposed to be 4 celcius (37) tomorrow with a few snow showers. I
would love to see the average Englishman try to survive winter in
northern Minnesota. Where temperatures often dip to -40 and snow
can pile up by the foot.

The Brits are bitching
 

"Lucky" wrote in message
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"Scum Toes" wrote:

Looks like our friends across the Atlantic are complaining about freezing
temperatures and a little light snow. I believe it's supposed to be 4
celcius (37) tomorrow with a few snow showers. I would love to see the
average Englishman try to survive winter in northern Minnesota. Where
temperatures often dip to -40 and snow can pile up by the foot.

I would love to see the average flannel-shirted furry-capped
Minnesotan survive anywhere in England for more then five days. More
'n likely he'd end up on some country gent's mantle to prove he bagged
that strange critter.

Eh? Ya' think?

I think you need switch to a different brand of tea there Mr. Codswallope.

Just so you know, I spent 6 weeks in England several years ago and even
attended a *football* game and came away unscathed. Somehow the Brits don't
strike me as threatening or dangerous! Heh heh

Most of them are very kind hearted people, present company excluded of
coarse.

The Brits are bitching
 

PsYcAdOzIeNtRaL wrote:
"Bob Harrington" wrote in message
news:ur_Rb.46780$U%5.248662@attbi_s03...
Wookie wrote:
That's really rough .. this January in San Jose Ca, we had one 32
degree (F) low and one day with 70 degree max.

It's no wonder there are so many people from Michigan and Minnesota
that live in California.

So then... why do so many folks from California move up here to
Seattle? We've had a range of about 20°F to 55°F this month, ~5
inches of rain, and 5 inches of snow on the 6th - followed by only
the second ice storm I've seen in my 40 years here.

Bob ^,,^

It seems to me that Seattle would be a miserable place to live during
the winter. I would rather live someplace where there is some
snowfall. Although I could live without the below zero weather. Warm
climtates are for the elderly.

Many folks here spend a lot of time complaining about the weather - most
of them the CA transplants... I don't mind, though - I'm not one for
warm and muggy weather. Our winters are just fine - maybe a little more
snow would be nice, but only for looking at - Seattle drivers who
normally can't even handle dry weather panic at the mere forcast of a
dusting of snow... =)

Bob ^,,^

The Brits are bitching
 

"Bob Harrington" wrote in message
news:ur_Rb.46780$U%5.248662@attbi_s03...
Wookie wrote:
That's really rough .. this January in San Jose Ca, we had one 32
degree (F) low and one day with 70 degree max.

It's no wonder there are so many people from Michigan and Minnesota
that live in California.

So then... why do so many folks from California move up here to Seattle?
We've had a range of about 20°F to 55°F this month, ~5 inches of rain,
and 5 inches of snow on the 6th - followed by only the second ice storm
I've seen in my 40 years here.

Bob ^,,^

It seems to me that Seattle would be a miserable place to live during the
winter. I would rather live someplace where there is some snowfall.
Although I could live without the below zero weather. Warm climtates are
for the elderly.



"Scum Toes" wrote in message
...
Looks like our friends across the Atlantic are complaining about
freezing temperatures and a little light snow. I believe it's
supposed to be 4 celcius (37) tomorrow with a few snow showers. I
would love to see the average Englishman try to survive winter in
northern Minnesota. Where temperatures often dip to -40 and snow
can pile up by the foot.