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Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 04 Jan 2010, 17:16
by grim_tales
I had to sing Christmas songs again today but it felt a bit odd doing that after Xmas :D Also I didnt know all of the words :(

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 04 Jan 2010, 18:36
by Markgway
grim_tales wrote:Also I didnt know all of the words :(
You haven't made it to boot camp.

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 04 Jan 2010, 19:03
by grim_tales
Noooooo! This was my dream....

:D

Everyone seemed to enjoy it though and said I had a good voice :)

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 11:51
by grim_tales
It's very cold today :o

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 12:14
by saltysam
grim_tales wrote:It's very cold today :o
it's the phenomenon known as Winter.

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 12:28
by HungFist
-21 here

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 12:51
by Yi-Long
It's snowy here in Holland. :) Looks gorgeous, but obviously annoying once you have to go somewhere :)

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 12:59
by saltysam
Had to walk home from work yesterday,buses were taken off, day off today luckily,our shitty council has run out of grit WTF :P

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 13:04
by grim_tales
saltysam wrote:
grim_tales wrote:It's very cold today :o
it's the phenomenon known as Winter.
I know but not usually as snowy as this in the UK.

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 13:05
by grim_tales
HungFist wrote:-21 here
You in Finland or Japan, Hung?
Looks pretty outside my window :)

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 13:09
by HungFist
FI

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 14:03
by gasteropod
It took me over an hour to get to work this morning.

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 14:07
by HungFist
gasteropod wrote:It took me over an hour to get to work this morning.
It's gonna take me over 24 hours to get to school on Tuesday :D

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 14:13
by gasteropod
Ah, so desu ka :)

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 18:48
by Markgway
Due to hit -5 up here on Friday. I think it was even colder than that last week.

Apparently the lowest ever Scot temp was in Jan 1982 at -27.2 (Aberdeen).

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 19:41
by grim_tales
:o Bloody hell!
Forecast says the temp could get down to -20 in Scotland by Friday (I think). :o We had quite a bit of snow today, some heavy (for the South) :P

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 19:46
by HungFist
it was -36 in Finland a few days ago.

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 19:56
by Markgway
Apparently the lowest recorded temp in Finland (Kittilä) ever was in 1999 at a ball-shatteringly freezing -51.5. Fuck me, that's cauld! :o

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 20:00
by Markgway
Coldest ever on earth:

Vostok Station, Antarctica
−89.2 °C
1983-07-21

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 20:04
by romerojpg
Markgway wrote:Coldest ever on earth:
Coldest Recorded in modern times. Nothing even close compared to the real low down temps in the past.

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 20:28
by thelostdragon
It was about -20 °C over here in December.

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 06 Jan 2010, 22:50
by Markgway
romerojpg wrote:
Markgway wrote:Coldest ever on earth:
Coldest Recorded in modern times. Nothing even close compared to the real low down temps in the past.
Natch.

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 09 Jan 2010, 19:26
by Yi-Long
Almost lost my girlfriend today :(

Just got a call from her that she and her family are in the hospital, after a pretty serious car-crash. Luckily, she is quite shaken and beaten up, but OK. Mother has some facial injuries but also nothing to serious it seems. Sister also nothing REALLY serious, it seems. Her aunt though, who was also in the car, is strapped in completely, probably seriously injured :(

Accident was caused by the bad weather we're having, obviously. Everywhere it's snowing and ice, so it's slippery, but you would think the highways would be OK to drive on. Anyway, they slipped and crashed off the highway with about 100-120 km's per hour, into a ditch.

Will visit her tomorrow.

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 09 Jan 2010, 19:36
by saltysam
Sorry to hear that Yi :( hope everything turns out ok.sounds awful :|

Re: The off-topic topic

Posted: 09 Jan 2010, 19:42
by Yi-Long
saltysam wrote:Sorry to hear that Yi :( hope everything turns out ok.sounds awful :|
Thanks Sam.

Yeah, it's kinda scary to hear how close it can get to losing someone you love.

On the other hand, I'm just very very happy they are (mostly) OK. Apart from their aunt, who will hopefully make a quick recovery but I know little/nothing about her actual injuries, they all seem to walk away from it relatively unharmed, while it was a very serious accident (car totalled, big crash).

They were driving behind their niece/nephew and kids, so also happy they didnt crash, cause you absolutely don't want kids to go through this, or worse.