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Post by flatin5th - Knight of the NC on Nov 30, 2010 11:06:03 GMT
watching silly people getting stuck on the hill outside my house - with coffee in my hand, from the warmth of my living room!
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Post by lew on Nov 30, 2010 11:08:59 GMT
You naughty man ;D....well as I said no going out to work, just staying in to work.....which has been rather hard, so I'll be working till midnight, better post that on the other thread ;D
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Post by brycegold on Nov 30, 2010 11:10:57 GMT
Going for a walk and taking some ace pictures.
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Post by flatin5th - Knight of the NC on Nov 30, 2010 11:16:14 GMT
Going for a walk and taking some ace pictures. where is the 'Like' button? I hope Santa calls in at the camera shop on his way to my house! He should also pick up a copy of 'Taking photos for dummies' and wrap them both together! ;D |
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Post by pie on Nov 30, 2010 11:40:11 GMT
where is the 'Like' button? I hope Santa calls in at the camera shop on his way to my house! He should also pick up a copy of 'Taking photos for dummies' and wrap them both together! ;D I hope so too! I've been contemplating buying a new camera and am doing my best to let everyone around me know about it ;D *grabs empty coffee jar* *scrawls "Camera Fund" with texta* *places in middle of kitchen floor*Now the snow I can't really comment on as I don't live anywhere near it, but I agree, it's a brilliant forum for photography. |
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Post by brycegold on Nov 30, 2010 11:41:27 GMT
Those camera manufacturers are annoying at times, the 'like' button is disguised as 'Program mode'. And here's one I did earlier, that's my Christmas card sorted.  |
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Post by xjsarah on Nov 30, 2010 13:00:35 GMT
The best thing about snow days is when the landscape looks white and pretty after a snowfall, and the way it always seems so peaceful and quiet while it is snowing. I love that.  |
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Post by Wyvern on Nov 30, 2010 19:55:34 GMT
Watching the snow fall when it starts to get dark. There's something really special about the way the snowflakes look in the lights of streetlamps and passing cars - and I get exactly what XJ means about the way the snow makes everything seem quiet. I just love it. It makes me feel five years old all over again.
(and yes, I know, I am pretty much an overgrown five year old... )
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Post by eshalda on Nov 30, 2010 20:17:59 GMT
I feel exactly the same way Wy. Our house looks out on woodlandand and over the last few days I keep reciting Robert Frost's 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.'It makes me feel happy.
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Post by chariset on Nov 30, 2010 21:49:51 GMT
In the US, a "snow day" is a day when school is canceled because of bad (usually snowy or icy) weather. Does it mean the same thing in the UK?
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Post by devil-may-care on Nov 30, 2010 21:58:44 GMT
In the US, a "snow day" is a day when school is canceled because of bad (usually snowy or icy) weather. Does it mean the same thing in the UK? And rarely is work canceled, unless you work for the school system or some forms of government. Do they generally shut down businesses for snow? |
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Post by chariset on Nov 30, 2010 22:12:17 GMT
Do they generally shut down businesses for snow? Typically no, unless there are extenuating circumstances. Once when I was in Kansas City there was a massive ice storm that cut power to half the city. A lot of businesses had to close because they had no electricity. |
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Post by Wyvern on Nov 30, 2010 22:26:24 GMT
In the US, a "snow day" is a day when school is canceled because of bad (usually snowy or icy) weather. Does it mean the same thing in the UK? Yes, but it also includes workplaces. It might sound strange but although the UK gets snow every winter, much of the country doesn't get a lot of snow, and when it does it rarely lasts long. This means that much of the country is barely equipped to deal with it and it's not really financially viable for a lot of local authorities to put severe weather infrastructure in place... so everything pretty much stops. |
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Post by xjsarah on Nov 30, 2010 22:33:02 GMT
Still not much snow here in west London.  All this talk on the news about snow and the resulting disruption, but only a light dusting here. I live in hope that we'll still get a decent snowfall at some point. |
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Post by eshalda on Nov 30, 2010 22:41:32 GMT
You can have some of ours xj. It has been snowing heavily again for most of the evening.
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Post by xjsarah on Nov 30, 2010 23:05:28 GMT
Send it this way! ;D
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Post by dit on Nov 30, 2010 23:25:36 GMT
I love snow - as long as I don't actually have to do anything or go anywhere in it!
I used to say that the only time it should be allowed to snow is by starting at 6pm on Christmas Eve, snowing through the night so that Christmas Day and Boxing day are beautiful, then all gone when we wake up the day after Boxing Day.
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Post by nobody on Dec 1, 2010 19:39:24 GMT
Our garden looks has nice has our neighbours for once. ;D
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Post by lew on Dec 1, 2010 19:42:31 GMT
Sorry nobody.....I'm crying with that comment ;D
Right another day at home, the longest I've been in it for an age or indeed having more time for this forum.
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Post by nobody on Dec 1, 2010 20:52:33 GMT
Sorry nobody.....I'm crying with that comment ;D Right another day at home, the longest I been in it for an age or indeed having more time for this forum. Don't worry we don't have old cars on the back, but nothing much grows , I think its down to the dog and my youngest brother killing the lawn. ;D |
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Post by lew on Dec 1, 2010 21:02:58 GMT
Nobody I'm sure it's a paradise really, a paradise for dogs and brothers ;D  |
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Post by lymaze on Dec 2, 2010 19:16:52 GMT
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Post by Maid of Astolat on Dec 2, 2010 20:06:23 GMT
Yeh! no work again tomorrow - a lovely long weekend.
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Post by eshalda on Dec 2, 2010 22:19:16 GMT
This may sound daft but I've justy returned from a two mile 'snow walk,' and it was fabulous. Everything was peaceful and quiet, there were very few people about, and no cars.
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Post by dit on Dec 2, 2010 22:54:21 GMT
It still hasn't snowed here yet. Bl**dy cold, though.
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Post by xjsarah on Dec 3, 2010 1:28:55 GMT
There is now about a centimetre of snow on the ground here in west London, which finally fell on Wednesday evening. It's better than nothing but, compared to other parts of the UK, it's still a somewhat pitiful effort. Oh well...  |
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Post by lymaze on Dec 3, 2010 14:27:56 GMT
I have a 32 inch long icicle hanging from my roof. ;D   |
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Post by inky on Dec 3, 2010 15:05:24 GMT
Crikey, that's a whopper! |
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Post by lew on Dec 3, 2010 15:13:17 GMT
It is rather large ;D
One good thing that's been rather joyous is I've spent hardy anything on petrol, a result ;D
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Post by jacqui on Dec 3, 2010 15:28:11 GMT
All i saw for a second was Inky's comment  imagine my disappointment.... nothing against your icicle Ly ;D |
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All this talk on the news about snow and the resulting disruption, but only a light dusting here. I live in hope that we'll still get a decent snowfall at some point.
I held you, you felt me, I touched you, you kissed me.......
imagine my disappointment.... 
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