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Title: Winter
Post by: AMC258 on February 05, 2007, 03:38:48 AM
'Tis -22C(-8F) here right now.  Why do I have Spring Fever?
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: InTheSand on February 05, 2007, 04:37:56 AM
Winter? Pah!

It got to 31.1°C here outside today (summer, no wind, no clouds!)

I'll trade you some of the heat here for some of your cooler temperatures! EDIT: but not too much, -22 is REALLY cold!!!

 - Ali
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: adz on February 05, 2007, 06:58:34 AM
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InTheSand wrote:
Winter? Pah!

It got to 31.1°C here outside today (summer, no wind, no clouds!)


Bah, got to 38°C in Melbourne today and my cars ambient temp gauge read 41°C further north, I'm looking forward to winter...
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: InTheSand on February 05, 2007, 07:34:37 PM
Heh! Anything above 30°C is too hot for me!

Then again, I come from the UK where summers are grey and wet!   :lol:

 - Ali
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: AMC258 on February 06, 2007, 02:06:20 AM
Any time it's anything between 4C and 44C I am very content.  Except of course, it's always windy when it's cold, and there's never a breeze when it's hot.

It was -30C this morning..  It's not to where I'm hurting, but I'm not exactly enjoying it either.  Can't complain too much.  We've been spoiled with a few mild winters.
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: CannonFodder on February 06, 2007, 03:24:13 AM
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AMC258 wrote:
'Tis -22C(-8F) here right now.  Why do I have Spring Fever?


Pregnant? ;-)
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: AMC258 on February 06, 2007, 11:49:38 PM
Umm...  I've always believed that to be highly unlikely.  I hope that's true!
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Sums_ on February 06, 2007, 11:56:55 PM
It got to -6C here earlier, and we're due snow overnight for the first time this winter....
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: InTheSand on February 07, 2007, 03:53:37 AM
Snooow! I like snow!!! We don't get it in Nelson but plenty usually falls on the nearby mountains. Last year's winter minimum was either 0°C or -1°C, but due to NZ's draughty old houses with no central heating or double glazing, and some with no insulation, it can feel more like -20°C!

31.3°C here today, another hot one! 28.8°C in my home office at the moment... One of the PCs doesn't like it and the BIOS temperature alarm keeps going off!

 - Ali
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: NoFastMem on February 07, 2007, 06:41:27 AM
Looking out the window, it must've snowed overnight here. It's that or a really heavy frost, and therein lies the rub. If it's going to snow, it should really snow. All this half-arsed "snowfall" does is have me bricking it riding into work.
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: PMC on February 07, 2007, 09:28:45 AM
I used to love snow, not the horrible gritty grey mush we seem to get now.  

The merest sniff of snow in the UK brings chaos as no-one here can drive in the stuff.  If it snows tonight I'm cycling tomorrow!
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: jkirk on February 07, 2007, 01:38:22 PM
all we need is a milimeter of snow here and the whole county shuts down. reason being nobody in georgia seems to know how to drive when it snows. snow is such a rarity here where i am.
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: AMC258 on February 07, 2007, 09:51:10 PM
By me, when it snows 2cm, they pour down 4cm of salt, long political story.  The result is that plant life on the sides of the road dies, my cars rot, and the roads are sloppy and slippery.
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Karlos on February 07, 2007, 10:12:02 PM
We're supposed to get a good blast of snow tonight. That'll be tomorrows journey into work totally ballsed up :-D
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: adz on February 07, 2007, 10:19:55 PM
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Karlos wrote:
We're supposed to get a good blast of snow tonight. That'll be tomorrows journey into work totally ballsed up :-D


Time to break out the thick warm wooly socks ey? :lol:
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Karlos on February 07, 2007, 10:40:48 PM
Back to the simple pleasures in life...

In fact, that's just how that particular topic started, IIRC!
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: CannonFodder on February 07, 2007, 10:50:18 PM
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adz wrote:
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Karlos wrote:
We're supposed to get a good blast of snow tonight. That'll be tomorrows journey into work totally ballsed up :-D


Time to break out the thick warm wooly socks ey? :lol:


Not you as well!?!?!? :-o

Matthew Parsons has a *lot* to answer for! ;-)

/Admittedly it´s a cheap(thrill?) way of warming oneself up. :lol:
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: adz on February 07, 2007, 11:32:19 PM
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CannonFodder wrote:

Not you as well!?!?!? :-o

Matthew Parsons has a *lot* to answer for! ;-)

/Admittedly it´s a cheap(thrill?) way of warming oneself up. :lol:


Don't make me dig up my sock avatar :lol:
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: adz on February 07, 2007, 11:33:06 PM
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Karlos wrote:
Back to the simple pleasures in life...

In fact, that's just how that particular topic started, IIRC!


Indeed, thats why I made the reference ;-)
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: jkirk on February 08, 2007, 11:08:25 AM
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AMC258 wrote:
By me, when it snows 2cm, they pour down 4cm of salt, long political story.  The result is that plant life on the sides of the road dies, my cars rot, and the roads are sloppy and slippery.


they only do that on bridges here. though not nearly as much as you are talking about.
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Agafaster on February 08, 2007, 12:00:05 PM
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jkirk wrote:
all we need is a milimeter of snow here and the whole county shuts down. reason being nobody in georgia seems to know how to drive when it snows. snow is such a rarity here where i am.


so its not just the UK then !

yesterday we had a letter through the kids that Dudley MBC were shutting all the schools today cos of a 90% CHANCE of snow ! expected 6" got about err a twelfth that ! schools are still shut though.
-oh - its just about stopped snowing in the black country...
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: mick_aka on February 08, 2007, 04:34:39 PM
God I love Snow!

Here's what greeted me this morning:

(http://mysite.orange.co.uk/mickstuff/snow001.jpg)

...and when I arrived at the University:

(http://mysite.orange.co.uk/mickstuff/snow002.jpg)

Much fun was had doing reverse handbrake turns on an empty bit of the uni car park (http://www.ridingarizona.com/forum/uploaded/flipper/2006714122910_thumbs_up_smiley.gif)

I did of course also have to drive through every single bit of untouched snow on the entire campus  ;-)
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: CannonFodder on February 08, 2007, 04:39:22 PM
You drive a Dolly! Cool! :lol:
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: mick_aka on February 08, 2007, 04:42:15 PM
I drive a 2CV6, a Dolly is a different model ;)
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: mel_zoom on February 08, 2007, 07:51:26 PM
Karlos:

"We're supposed to get a good blast of snow tonight. That'll be tomorrows journey into work totally ballsed up"

Well there was no snow in the end but I noticed you were still late this morning :-P

Still also I noticed that everybody seemed to be driving as if there was a blizzard!
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: mel_zoom on February 08, 2007, 07:52:47 PM
all:

Socks? :-?
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: CannonFodder on February 08, 2007, 08:03:34 PM
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mel_zoom wrote:
all:

Socks? :-?


Hmmm... how to put this delicately?

You know what all boys do, that thing that some girls pretend they don´t do?

Well, for a certain member here it involves recycling an old sock for ¨storage¨ purposes. ;-)
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: mel_zoom on February 08, 2007, 08:05:59 PM
CannonFodder:
"You know what all boys do, that thing that some girls pretend they don´t do?"

Break wind? How do you store that in a sock?
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: CannonFodder on February 08, 2007, 08:27:02 PM
Wank
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: motorollin on February 08, 2007, 08:38:22 PM
Bluntest Post Award nomination:

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CannonFodder wrote:
Wank


;-)

--
moto
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: mel_zoom on February 08, 2007, 08:43:53 PM
:-?
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: motorollin on February 08, 2007, 09:17:19 PM
Not sure how to put this delicately Mel... er.... pleasuring oneself into a sock.

--
moto
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: InTheSand on February 08, 2007, 09:35:06 PM
Hopefully not one of these (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sock_puppet)!  :-o
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Doobrey on February 08, 2007, 10:39:46 PM
@InTheSand
Nah, I think these (http://hockeyamerica.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=H&Product_Code=Mens-Extra-Long-Socks) are more suitable

BTW, just noticed on that page there's a section called 'Performance Socks'..:-?
Maybe it's a spin off from the latest crap from MTV , 'Pimp my socks' :idea:
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Doobrey on February 08, 2007, 10:53:03 PM
Getting back on topic...

What a let down, I was looking forward to 6" of snow and having the day off.
The news kept on and on about it all yesterday, I'd even planned what to do for the day.(Yes, I should know by now that if it's hyped on the news then it aint gonna happen)
 Woke up, looked outta the window.. little bit of snow, and the roads were fine :cry:
 Said a few words of anglo-saxon origin, realised I had 10 mins to do the 20 mile journey to work and said a few more. Got to work 15 mins late, my boss' first words were  "I tried to call you on your mobile to say not to bother coming in today" :madashell:
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: CannonFodder on February 08, 2007, 11:04:30 PM
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mel_zoom wrote:
:-?


A pernicious habit.
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: mick_aka on February 09, 2007, 10:52:51 AM
How the hell did a thread about winter descend into talking about wanking into socks?!?

 :lol:
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: jkirk on February 09, 2007, 11:00:50 AM
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mick_aka wrote:
How the hell did a thread about winter descend into talking about wanking into socks?!?

 :lol:


winter shut in pastime? :lol:
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: motorollin on February 09, 2007, 12:06:06 PM
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mick_aka wrote:
How the hell did a thread about winter descend into talking about wanking into socks?!?

 :lol:

Anything to keep warm  :evilgrin:

--
moto
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Speelgoedmannetje on February 09, 2007, 06:06:27 PM
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mick_aka wrote:
How the hell did a thread about winter descend into talking about wanking into socks?!?

 :lol:

AGAIN???

Well, I guess it's tradition.
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Speelgoedmannetje on February 09, 2007, 06:08:29 PM
And bloodline hasn't posted here yet? :-o :-?
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: motorollin on February 09, 2007, 07:34:04 PM
Too busy wanking... :-P

--
moto
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: mel_zoom on February 09, 2007, 07:39:31 PM
Oh.

The only time I heard the word used was when some of the web guys were talking about replacing the ASP based intranet because "ASP is wank".
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: mel_zoom on February 09, 2007, 07:40:43 PM
So are you saying that someone here has a passion for socks?
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Speelgoedmannetje on February 09, 2007, 09:01:22 PM
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mel_zoom wrote:
So are you saying that someone here has a passion for socks?
:roflmao:
:roflmao:
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Karlos on February 09, 2007, 09:45:47 PM
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motorollin wrote:
Too busy wanking... :-P

--
moto


I wonder if he's added a pair of these (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/6346423.stm) to his wooly winterwear yet?
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Karlos on February 09, 2007, 09:46:46 PM
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mel_zoom wrote:
So are you saying that someone here has a passion for socks?


You could put it that way, yes.

DISCLAIMER: And it isn't me, by the way.
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Speelgoedmannetje on February 09, 2007, 09:52:59 PM
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Karlos wrote:
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motorollin wrote:
Too busy wanking... :-P

--
moto


I wonder if he's added a pair of these (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/6346423.stm) to his wooly winterwear yet?
:roflmao:
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Speelgoedmannetje on February 09, 2007, 09:54:50 PM
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Karlos wrote:
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mel_zoom wrote:
So are you saying that someone here has a passion for socks?


You could put it that way, yes.

DISCLAIMER: And it isn't me, by the way.
Nooo of course not....


DISCLAIMER: And it also wasn't me.
I've got other....
things...
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: mick_aka on February 09, 2007, 09:58:30 PM
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
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mick_aka wrote:
How the hell did a thread about winter descend into talking about wanking into socks?!?

 :lol:

AGAIN???

Well, I guess it's tradition.


Maybe in your country buddy!!!!  ;-)
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: odin on February 10, 2007, 01:13:11 AM
Clickety-click. (http://www.nerfherder.net/nerf_hallow.php)
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: CannonFodder on February 10, 2007, 02:01:05 AM
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odin wrote:
Clickety-click. (http://www.nerfherder.net/nerf_hallow.php)


:roflmao:

So thats what Matt has been getting up to with his new MacBook and LogicPro is it?  :lol:
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Karlos on February 11, 2007, 09:15:30 PM
I wonder if that's scared her off for good? :lol:
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Doobrey on February 12, 2007, 09:26:38 PM
Nah, I think she's just vegging out listening to some music
(http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/4/46/200px-Rhcp4.jpg)

Sorry Mel, couldn't resist
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Speelgoedmannetje on February 13, 2007, 09:23:50 PM
I think she couldn't either :-D
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: CannonFodder on February 13, 2007, 09:26:03 PM
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
I think she couldn't either :-D


She's a Muslim isn't she?

I think she could very well be offended at seeing naked men on a family web forum. ;-)
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: odin on February 13, 2007, 09:29:58 PM
That's the point, they're not naked! Some are even wearing not just one but *three* socks!
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: mel_zoom on February 13, 2007, 09:33:02 PM
Speelgoedmannetje:

Im not that sort of girl :-o
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: cecilia on February 13, 2007, 11:24:50 PM
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mick_aka wrote:
How the hell did a thread about winter descend into talking about wanking into socks?!?

 :lol:
it's an amiga.org tradition :roflmao:

they stiffen more socks than starch
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Speelgoedmannetje on February 14, 2007, 08:01:33 PM
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mel_zoom wrote:
Speelgoedmannetje:

Im not that sort of girl :-o
Don't tell me you ain't got an Amygdala :-S
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Speelgoedmannetje on February 14, 2007, 08:05:55 PM
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CannonFodder wrote:
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
I think she couldn't either :-D


She's a Muslim isn't she?

I think she could very well be offended at seeing naked men on a family web forum. ;-)
I think it'd be an impact like a meteor if all those billion muslims would have been fallen from the sky. ;-)
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Karlos on February 14, 2007, 09:11:06 PM
Is it me, or did that lose something in translation?

:-D
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Doobrey on February 14, 2007, 09:31:52 PM
@Karlos,
 Just saw your new avatar, and thought to myself "Why has he changed it to a piccy of Michael Schumacher having a fag?"  :shrug:
..and then the penny dropped!
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Karlos on February 14, 2007, 09:40:52 PM
Well I lampooned Blair and Bush to death, why not Cameron?
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Speelgoedmannetje on February 14, 2007, 09:42:34 PM
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Karlos wrote:
Is it me, or did that lose something in translation?

:-D
Nope, but I was a thought too far.
As usual...
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Karlos on February 14, 2007, 09:45:15 PM
Was it the implication of "not all muslims are angels" or something? :-D
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Speelgoedmannetje on February 14, 2007, 09:50:39 PM
something along those lines indeed :-D
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: PMC on February 14, 2007, 10:19:10 PM
Ahem

I hate to think we've burst a bubble of innocence with our debased and corrupting ways...  I mean, come on chaps.

@Odin

Your post had me ROTFL - cheers for that pal!

@Everyone (save poor Mel zoom)

One is staggered at the ability to pay homage to the "sock" in every thread.

Title: Re: Winter
Post by: PMC on February 14, 2007, 10:22:27 PM
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Doobrey wrote:

 Just saw your new avatar, and thought to myself "Why has he changed it to a piccy of Michael Schumacher having a fag?"  


"For sure, I had a werry quick lap and it's all due to the mechanics, for sure, so I rolled into the pits and er, rolled one up. For sure.  Maaaaaaaaaan".

Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Doobrey on February 14, 2007, 10:53:54 PM
 :lol:

"Michael, 24mins is quite a slow laptime for Silverstone, did you have transmission problems?"
"No, I was half way down hangar straight when I got ze munchies und had to pop to ze nearest Esso garage, then I sat there watching all ze pretty little lights on my steerink wheel"
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Karlos on February 15, 2007, 12:10:53 PM
So, Schumacher is Cameron hopped up on weed, eh? :lol:

There is a certain resemblance, I must say...
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Karlos on February 15, 2007, 12:13:59 PM
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mick_aka wrote:
How the hell did a thread about winter descend into talking about wanking into socks?!?


I'm guessing you weren't here the first time ;-)
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: mick_aka on February 16, 2007, 07:04:35 PM
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Karlos wrote:
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mick_aka wrote:
How the hell did a thread about winter descend into talking about wanking into socks?!?


I'm guessing you weren't here the first time ;-)


What? the first time you wanked into a sock?

No I wasnt! im quite glad I wasnt lol
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: Karlos on February 16, 2007, 09:37:46 PM
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mick_aka wrote:
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Karlos wrote:
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mick_aka wrote:
How the hell did a thread about winter descend into talking about wanking into socks?!?


I'm guessing you weren't here the first time ;-)


What? the first time you wanked into a sock?

No I wasnt! im quite glad I wasnt lol


Not me, another well known gentlemen member of the board. He revealed how one day he rediscovered a sock he'd abused relentlessly in his adolescence.

Suffice to say, it triggered a cascade of jokes, thread hijacking and generally gave many of us injuries from laughter.
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: X-ray on February 16, 2007, 09:41:48 PM
Indeed, a legend was born.
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: bloodline on February 16, 2007, 11:44:39 PM
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Karlos wrote:
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mick_aka wrote:
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Karlos wrote:
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mick_aka wrote:
How the hell did a thread about winter descend into talking about wanking into socks?!?


I'm guessing you weren't here the first time ;-)


What? the first time you wanked into a sock?

No I wasnt! im quite glad I wasnt lol


Not me, another well known gentlemen member of the board. He revealed how one day he rediscovered a sock he'd abused relentlessly in his adolescence.

Suffice to say, it triggered a cascade of jokes, thread hijacking and generally gave many of us injuries from laughter.


What a dirty fecker... oh, hang on...
Title: Re: Winter
Post by: CannonFodder on February 17, 2007, 12:02:13 AM
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What a dirty fecker... oh, hang on...


:roflmao: