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« Reply #30 on: January 08, 2010, 20:30:36 pm »

Can't say I share your enthusiasm for the white stuff Eric... Haven't taken any pictures for you, but you get the the idea when you look at the other Norwegian pics.. Oh, and by the way, it's -31C/-23F outside at the moment..

Brrrr - that's chilly! It's unseasonably cold here in Texas now (highs ~30°F/-1°C and lows ~15°F/-10°C), but with plenty of sun and no snow or ice.

Althought it was taken while I was in Finland last Spring (late April), I thought that this photo would fit well in this thread:

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« Reply #31 on: January 08, 2010, 22:19:03 pm »

-21°C at outside my place as I type, found something at the Norwegian vw forum today...  Cheesy


Norwegians on Weather.

+15°C / 59°F
This is as warm as it gets in Norway, so we'll start here. People in Spain wear winter-coats and gloves. The Norwegians are out in the sun, getting a tan.

+10°C / 50°F
The French are trying in vain to start their central heating. The Norwegians plant flowers in their gardens.

+5°C / 41°F
Italian cars won't start. The Norwegians are cruising in cabriolets.

0°C / 32°F
Distilled water freezes. The water in the Oslo Fjord gets a little thicker.

-5°C / 23°F
People in California almost freeze to death. The Norwegians have their final barbecue before winter.

-10°C / 14°F
The Brits start the heat in their houses. The Norwegians start using long sleeves.

-20°C / -4°F
The Aussies flee from Mallorca. The Norwegians end their Midsummer celebrations. Autumn is here.

-30°C / -22°F
People in Greece die from the cold and disappear from the face of the earth. The Norwegians start drying their laundry indoors.

-40°C / -40°F
Paris start cracking in the cold. The Norwegians stand in line at the hotdog stands.

-50°C / -58°F
Polar bears start evacuating the North Pole. The Norwegian army postpones their winter survival training awaiting real winter weather.

-70°C / -94°F
The false Santa moves south. The Norwegian army goes out on winter survival training.

-183°C / -297.4°F
Microbes in food don't survive. The Norwegian cows complain that the farmers' hands are cold.

-273°C / -459.4°F
ALL atom-based movent halts. The Norwegians start saying "****, det er kaldt i dag! (Damn, it's cold outside today!)"

-300°C / -508°F
Hell freezes over, Norway wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
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« Reply #32 on: January 08, 2010, 22:25:34 pm »

norvegians are the best  Roll Eyes Roll Eyes............................ Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #33 on: January 08, 2010, 23:51:14 pm »

-21°C at outside my place as I type, found something at the Norwegian vw forum today...  Cheesy


Norwegians on Weather.

+15°C / 59°F
This is as warm as it gets in Norway, so we'll start here. People in Spain wear winter-coats and gloves. The Norwegians are out in the sun, getting a tan.

+10°C / 50°F
The French are trying in vain to start their central heating. The Norwegians plant flowers in their gardens.

+5°C / 41°F
Italian cars won't start. The Norwegians are cruising in cabriolets.

0°C / 32°F
Distilled water freezes. The water in the Oslo Fjord gets a little thicker.

-5°C / 23°F
People in California almost freeze to death. The Norwegians have their final barbecue before winter.

-10°C / 14°F
The Brits start the heat in their houses. The Norwegians start using long sleeves.

-20°C / -4°F
The Aussies flee from Mallorca. The Norwegians end their Midsummer celebrations. Autumn is here.

-30°C / -22°F
People in Greece die from the cold and disappear from the face of the earth. The Norwegians start drying their laundry indoors.

-40°C / -40°F
Paris start cracking in the cold. The Norwegians stand in line at the hotdog stands.

-50°C / -58°F
Polar bears start evacuating the North Pole. The Norwegian army postpones their winter survival training awaiting real winter weather.

-70°C / -94°F
The false Santa moves south. The Norwegian army goes out on winter survival training.

-183°C / -297.4°F
Microbes in food don't survive. The Norwegian cows complain that the farmers' hands are cold.

-273°C / -459.4°F
ALL atom-based movent halts. The Norwegians start saying "****, det er kaldt i dag! (Damn, it's cold outside today!)"

-300°C / -508°F
Hell freezes over, Norway wins the Eurovision Song Contest.

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« Reply #34 on: January 09, 2010, 01:11:40 am »

 Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked
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« Reply #35 on: January 09, 2010, 01:28:28 am »

Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked


He He He  funny.... that is probably a sign from Norway...

http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell
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« Reply #36 on: January 09, 2010, 01:37:10 am »

"Hell is a village in Lånke, Stjørdal, Norway with a population of 352. It has become a minor tourist attraction because of its name, as visitors often have their photograph taken in front of the station sign. The station sign reads "Gods-expedition", an archaic Norwegian (but current Danish) spelling of the word for "cargo handling" - godsekspedisjon would be the current spelling."

Make no mistake - Hell exists! A friend of mine even lives there...  Cheesy
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« Reply #37 on: January 10, 2010, 02:12:34 am »

Make no mistake - Hell exists! A friend of mine even lives there...  Cheesy


Are you talking about Tom Roger?
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« Reply #38 on: January 10, 2010, 05:09:26 am »

So it gets chilly in norway HUH ?
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« Reply #39 on: February 07, 2010, 21:06:07 pm »

Classic winter storm here this weekend.  About 14" fell.

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« Reply #40 on: February 07, 2010, 21:07:14 pm »

Haven't seen this much in about seven years.
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« Reply #41 on: February 08, 2010, 11:31:40 am »

heres a couple from the last few weeks,first is the beginning of our real snow,driving towing trailer was not fun Shocked

cheers richie,uk
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« Reply #42 on: February 08, 2010, 11:40:03 am »

These are on my drive from work few days after the worst had gone,ironically it just started snowing here again Shocked

cheers richie,uk
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« Reply #43 on: February 11, 2010, 15:18:32 pm »

There's more white stuff falling from the sky again in Texas today!

We had ~2 inches on the ground this morning at 6:00am when I left for work, and the snow is supposed to continue throughout the day for possible accumulations of up to 5-6 inches. I better fire up the snow plow and get out the emergency rations  Wink

I stopped by Wal-Mart this morning to buy my daughters some gloves for an after school snowball fight, and found that they didn't have a winter glove, hat, or jacket anywhere in the store (!) - they did have plenty of shorts and tank tops though.... Grin


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« Reply #44 on: February 11, 2010, 16:30:52 pm »

Winternationals this weekend -- -- Scott Kelly will be driving his fastback in SS -- Oh, it will be in the high 70's, possibly 80's for the finals on Sunday

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« Reply #45 on: February 11, 2010, 17:00:17 pm »

An update after an additional 12"+ yesterday.  The white block is a Jetta.   Tongue
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« Reply #46 on: February 16, 2010, 21:22:20 pm »

We had record setting snow fall in the Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) last last week.

It snowed all day and most of the night on Thursday. The DFW airport recorded 12.5 inches (~32cm) of snow in 24 hours, which is more snow than has fallen in a single day since they started keeping track over 110 years ago.

Area schools were closed on Friday, so we had plenty of fun playing in the snow. It warmed up over the weekend, so much of the snow was gone by Monday morning and Frosty the Snowman was looking a little wimpy... Cry

Here are some before, during, and after pics from my house/neighborhood:


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...and last but not least - the SCC snow angel! Grin

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« Reply #47 on: February 17, 2010, 22:50:39 pm »

"Hell is a village in Lånke, Stjørdal, Norway with a population of 352. It has become a minor tourist attraction because of its name, as visitors often have their photograph taken in front of the station sign. The station sign reads "Gods-expedition", an archaic Norwegian (but current Danish) spelling of the word for "cargo handling" - godsekspedisjon would be the current spelling."

Make no mistake - Hell exists! A friend of mine even lives there...  Cheesy


During the military recruit training at Værnes outside Trondheim, we all had to do guard duty at the different gates into the facility. One of those gates were facing Hell, so I can truly say I have guarded the gates to Hell.... Smiley

Eric, 12.5 inches of snow in 24 hours  Shocked Shocked That is alot even by Norwegian standards! We better speed up that global warming....
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« Reply #48 on: February 18, 2010, 06:43:07 am »

Eric, hah! that looks cool! :-D we had 50-80cm of snow over our roofs of sauna and our over house, but past weekend i took them off :-) though over 1 meter of snow throughout our yard, gotta post few pics later :-)
you should have done this to your snowman. more here.
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« Reply #49 on: February 18, 2010, 08:06:43 am »

Cool pics Eric!

SCC`s Angles!! Fighting for the right to have fun! Like it a lot  Grin
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« Reply #50 on: February 18, 2010, 15:49:36 pm »

Everything is big in Texas... even the snowmen! Shocked

Thumbs up Eric! Smiley

 
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« Reply #51 on: November 29, 2010, 03:44:33 am »

No snow in Texas so far this winter, but we broke out the sleds for some fun while at my Mom's house with the family last weekend Grin











This sled was mine when I was a kid, but I remember it being larger. The hot Texas summers must have shrunk it... Wink



If you've got snow in your part of the world, let's see some pics!
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« Reply #52 on: November 29, 2010, 18:10:33 pm »

snow is falling today in belgium , no pictures sorry,
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« Reply #53 on: November 29, 2010, 19:13:02 pm »

30cm since the middle of last week, snow again during the past weekend, and snow again for wednesday...
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« Reply #54 on: November 29, 2010, 19:55:49 pm »

5 to 10cm of snow around here and it is a mess on the road! It's not cold by the way, -2°c.
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« Reply #55 on: December 01, 2010, 23:12:01 pm »

Tuesday afternoon : 30cm of fresh snow, stops snowing during the evening, freezing, then start snowing again during the past night until this evening : 50cm more in my mountains. Hopefully I had the great idea to get 4 studded tires for my daily driver.
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« Reply #56 on: December 02, 2010, 09:46:10 am »

Last night it was -17.5 ºC or 0.5 ºF below and the snow made creaking noises.  Didn't feel like taking the bug out for a drive.
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« Reply #57 on: December 02, 2010, 10:07:58 am »

Bugger I thought we'd get away with it again  Roll Eyes
We don't usually get snow down on the south coast here in Bournemouth , when the rest of the country's struggling we're fine .
So it was a bit of a supprise to see this out of my kitchen widow this morning

Looks to be 5 to 6" and guess what no bloody gritter's so i'm going no place  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #58 on: December 02, 2010, 11:16:26 am »

Funny how i still got into work GLENN. Roll Eyes Grin
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« Reply #59 on: December 02, 2010, 13:27:09 pm »

We've got a bit in the Midlands, not really any more than an inch or so, but it's hanging around and not going anywhere! Sad
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