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Post by Moose on Nov 27, 2023 23:54:01 GMT
Col bought me a fluffy heating mat - it is awesome (the cats think so too  . I bought him a wearable fleecy blanket. Between the two of them we are able to have the heating only for a bare minimum time and level. |
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Post by tangent on Nov 28, 2023 10:29:21 GMT
I hope it's a comfort while you're not well.
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Post by kingedmund on Nov 28, 2023 16:11:12 GMT
Stay warm. I put a blanket in my dryer. I was colder than normal this morning.
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Post by Moose on Nov 29, 2023 0:04:37 GMT
Nearly December  |
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Post by tangent on Nov 29, 2023 0:12:33 GMT
Not quite, we have over a day to go. I hope December brings you warmth and comfort.
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Post by Moose on Nov 29, 2023 0:28:11 GMT
Heh and you too |
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Post by kingedmund on Nov 29, 2023 4:28:59 GMT
I’m am glad the heat from summer is gone. I don’t really mind being chilly to be honest.
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Post by tangent on Nov 29, 2023 14:27:58 GMT
I’m am glad the heat from summer is gone. I don’t really mind being chilly to be honest. You don't mind being chilly?  |
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Post by kingedmund on Nov 29, 2023 19:52:20 GMT
Lol I meant chilly not popsicles. 😂 That is hilarious!.
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Post by Moose on Nov 30, 2023 1:02:29 GMT
It was exactly freezing this morning when we woke up
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Post by Kye on Nov 30, 2023 1:49:20 GMT
Ugg. I hate being chilled  |
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Post by Moose on Nov 30, 2023 2:03:47 GMT
Have you had any snow yet?
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Post by Kye on Nov 30, 2023 2:36:28 GMT
A few flakes, but nothing on the ground yet. It looks like there will be rain for the next couple of days and some snow on the weekend.
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Post by Moose on Nov 30, 2023 3:21:34 GMT
Do you find snow easier to deal with in that climate?
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Post by JoeP on Nov 30, 2023 9:39:57 GMT
They're probably prepared for it in Canada to. Here, snow is easier to deal with when you have, as we do:
- snow ploughs coming round at 05:30 (or sometime, at least) clearing the roads and pavements and apartment block driveways
- grit on the roads and pavements
- winter tyres
- proper boots, trousers, coat, hat, scarf and gloves
- in extreme cold, thermal underwear, regular trousers, waterproof and insulated overtrousers, mittens on top of your gloves, and a balaclava under your fur hat
When it's freshly fallen and the ploughs haven't got to it yet, it's more difficult to drive or walk in. When it's slushy ... as it is endlessly during spring ... it's pretty unpleasant. The worst is when the packed snow melts and refreezes into smooth ice, and then gets fresh snow on top so you can't see where the treacherous bits are.
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Post by Kye on Nov 30, 2023 10:52:23 GMT
Yep, that sounds familiar, Joe.
Here's a clip of snow clearing about 2 blocks from my daughter's apartment:
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Post by JoeP on Nov 30, 2023 14:11:27 GMT
That seems to be mostly hassle with parked cars - and narrow pavements / sidewalks.
I imagine it's like that in the central parts of the older cities in Finland, but since where we live is mostly more recently built and more spacious, there's almost never anyone parked in the way. All the paved pathways and cycleways are wide enough to take a plough.
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Post by Moose on Dec 1, 2023 0:38:40 GMT
We haven't had any snow to speak of in years here in Cumbria. I miss it.
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Post by kingedmund on Dec 1, 2023 1:31:25 GMT
Hassle trying to get into the cars after snow plow. 😂
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Post by Kye on Dec 1, 2023 2:45:51 GMT
So true!
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Post by JoeP on Dec 1, 2023 10:28:13 GMT
Oh yes. Especially if there's a bit of a thaw after the snowplough has left a bank behind your car, then refrozen overnight. Now you have a slippery speed bump in the way.
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Post by Moose on Dec 6, 2023 0:26:56 GMT
The papers say it got down to minus twelve in some parts of the county this week
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Post by JoeP on Dec 6, 2023 8:13:54 GMT
 Do you remember which parts? A few days recently, it only got UP to -12 here |
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Post by Kye on Dec 6, 2023 10:33:55 GMT
Very cold, for people who don't heat their houses!
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Post by tangent on Dec 6, 2023 13:09:57 GMT
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Post by JoeP on Dec 6, 2023 21:57:12 GMT
Very cold, for people who don't heat their houses! Who would those people be? |
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Post by Kye on Dec 7, 2023 0:59:56 GMT
People in the UK --at least they don't heat them up to Canadian standards ...  |
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Post by Moose on Dec 7, 2023 1:33:16 GMT
It was supposed to have been in Cumbria but I dunno whether it really was or which bit.
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Post by tangent on Dec 7, 2023 6:14:20 GMT
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Post by JoeP on Dec 7, 2023 7:24:13 GMT
People in the UK --at least they don't heat them up to Canadian standards ... Or Finnish standards! |
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. I bought him a wearable fleecy blanket. Between the two of them we are able to have the heating only for a bare minimum time and level. 
