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Paul_finch (Paul_finch) Username: Paul_finch
Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 195.93.21.74
| Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 11:51 am: | |
Any of my fellow Brit writers being inspired to write ultra-wintry stuff by these polar conditions? Very fortunate in my case, as I've been working on a lengthy Christmas-themed project since mid-December. That was roughly when the first snow started to fall. We had a monumental snowfall on Christmas Eve itself, and that snow was still covering our garden until yesterday, when we had another incredible cascade. Well over a foot deep outside now, and it's still teeming down. The temperature hasn't risen above freezing since two weeks before Christmas, last night it was -6 and the night before that an amazing -11. Not particularly impressive to our Canadian and US pals, but pretty good for England, even up here in the bleak north. I can't imagine it's too much fun for those who have to get in to work, of course, but as my office is in our spare bedroom I can afford to relax and take inspiration. And now a belated apology, in case my relaxed tone is pissing anyone off who's marooned in the white-out. |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 12:02 pm: | |
We are all snowed in - up here, near the South Yorkshire moors, but my office is next to where the telly is on (daughter watching wildlife programmes) - so I'll probably just edit my novel today. The book is full of frost and snow already so I'll add a little more :>) Just pissed off that I haven't any peace and quiet. |
Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243
| Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 12:05 pm: | |
Here in the real world it's treacherous as hell driving to work. If this doesn't let up, I'm leaving the office at lunchtime and picking up the boy from school. No way am I risking our lives driving in heavy snow, in the dark, during rush hour. |
Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56
| Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 12:07 pm: | |
Days like this I wish I didn't live 20 minutes walk from work. There's only 4 people on this floor of the office made it today. I'm just going to run the weekly reports and email my boss to get permission to go home -if everyone else is getting a free day's holiday I'm having one as well. |
Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243
| Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 12:23 pm: | |
I live 5 mins walk from work, mate. But I have a 3-mile round trip before that to drop off the boy at Fun Club. Tok me almost an hour this morning, and I almost lost control of the car twice! |
Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec
Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85
| Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 01:47 pm: | |
Hubby made it into work early this morning - but now he's not sure he'll be able to get back. I'm not leaving the house. Me and the cat are tucked up warm and snug inside, while the snow is still coming down outside. I'm old enough to remember the winter of 62/63 (though I was only 5 at the time and it was all good fun for me at that age). I read something on the internet today which made it sound like we could have another similar winter - snow and sub-zero temperatures until March. Hell, I hope not. I might have to revert to earlier, more childlike behaviours and start building snowmen! |
Mick Curtis (Mick)
Username: Mick
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.179.207.45
| Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 01:56 pm: | |
I'm old enough to remember the winter of 62/63(though I was only 5 at the time and it was all good fun for me at that age) Ah, see, I knew I was older than you, Caroline, for all your talk! Mind you, it's a fair bet I'm less mature though, being a chap and all that. |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 02:26 pm: | |
Over a foot deep here and the snow is still falling. Daughter making a snowman and I've got no wellies. |
Craig (Craig) Username: Craig
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.238.158
| Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 04:32 pm: | |
It's not cold out, people. Didn't you get the message? The world is heating up - heating up - getting warmer - just keep telling yourself that everything is too hot, and you'll be fine. There was a "Twilight Episode" like this, I seem to recall - hysterical delusions of a burning world as the world actually freezes - oh how deliciously analogous that seems to be, now.... |
Steve Bacon (Stevebacon)
Username: Stevebacon
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.204.111.196
| Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 04:36 pm: | |
I was sent home from work at 2pm. The office was dead - most people didn't make it in. The snow's quite bad here in South Yorkshire. Still, an afternoon of watching Jackson's King Kong with the kids beckons. |
Stephen Walsh (Stephenw)
Username: Stephenw
Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1
| Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 04:55 pm: | |
By a strange coincidence what should I pick up second hand at the weekend but 'The World In Winter' by John Christopher. Someone is taking the piss up there... |
Mick Curtis (Mick)
Username: Mick
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.179.207.45
| Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 05:03 pm: | |
There was a "Twilight Episode" like this, I seem to recall - hysterical delusions of a burning world as the world actually freezes - oh how deliciously analogous that seems to be, now.... I recall that episode - a good'un too, although (even with every episode of The Twilight Zone on DVD) I'm unable to recall which one it was. Or was it The Outer Limits? Nope, pretty sure it was TZ. |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 05:04 pm: | |
Been out to push and help a few people up the road - except for the solicitor :>)Bastard left the handbrake off and dashed in to watch the cricket, last summer. Of course it ran away and backed into my tree. Insult to add to injury - he never apologised. So - Stevie B how deep is your snow then? |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 05:09 pm: | |
Talk about timing. I say the above and go to the other thread which - I hadn't seen. |
Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec
Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85
| Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 06:07 pm: | |
>>There was a "Twilight Episode" like this, I seem to recall - hysterical delusions of a burning world as the world actually freezes - oh how deliciously analogous that seems to be, now.... I recall that episode - a good'un too, although (even with every episode of The Twilight Zone on DVD) I'm unable to recall which one it was. Or was it The Outer Limits? Nope, pretty sure it was TZ.<< "Midnight Sun", I think - an original TZ episode (possibly penned by Serling or Matheson? Off the top of my head). Mick - you're not really older than me, surely? No-one is! Well, hubby made it home from work - got sent home early. It looks like our local Council has actually done a good job with the roads - the only bit he struggled with was getting to the house from the main road (we don't usually see a gritter here till it's all over). Snow's stopped falling too - maybe it won't be as bad as 62/63. |
Mick Curtis (Mick)
Username: Mick
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.179.207.45
| Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 06:14 pm: | |
Caroline - you're quite right - "The Midnight Sun", written by Rod Serling. I think I'll have to have a watch of that later! |
Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec
Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85
| Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 06:36 pm: | |
It's not one of my favourite Serlings, Mick. It's a good story - but it goes on a bit, for want of a better phrase. The acting seems a bit OTT for my liking too - I didn't really take to the characters. But if you can see past that, it is worth a watch. |
Mick Curtis (Mick)
Username: Mick
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.179.207.45
| Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 07:44 pm: | |
Very true - loved it first time I saw it though; I didn't see the end coming at all. For all its faults it's better than some of his Night Gallery offerings - giant mouse on the moon? No thanks! |
Skunsworth (Skunsworth) Username: Skunsworth
Registered: 05-2009 Posted From: 92.28.43.77
| Posted on Wednesday, January 06, 2010 - 09:34 am: | |
I came back from Lapland with couple of new story ideas related to winter. One's a bleak snowman story... S |
Mick Curtis (Mick)
Username: Mick
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.176.5.66
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 02:05 pm: | |
Snow everywhere:-
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Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 02:12 pm: | |
Did you take that picture yourself? |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 02:17 pm: | |
Ha! |
Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.10.7.83
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 02:25 pm: | |
A genuinely good joke by Weber! A collector's item! |
Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 02:42 pm: | |
Joke? er...oh yeah... ahhahahaha... |
Mick Curtis (Mick)
Username: Mick
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.176.5.66
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 03:14 pm: | |
I did indeed take that - right foot in Normandy and the left hovering ominously over Jersey! |
Stephen Walsh (Stephenw)
Username: Stephenw
Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 03:18 pm: | |
Having read Ramsey's 'Midnight Sun' so recently I'm finding that pic quite frightening! |
Des (Des)
Username: Des
Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.169.218.245
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 04:04 pm: | |
Great photo. Great joke. I wrote a short short todayat least partially inspired by the weather: http://www.ligotti.net/showthread.php?t=3796 |
Stephen Theaker (Stephen_theaker)
Username: Stephen_theaker
Registered: 12-2009 Posted From: 62.30.117.235
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 05:20 pm: | |
BBC Audio sent Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors for review this week, all about scientists trying to hold back a new ice age... |
Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 05:55 pm: | |
I took this picture myself and this one
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Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 06:02 pm: | |
Where is the first one Weber? Near Salford? |
Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 06:06 pm: | |
Bangor - North Wales |
Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 06:11 pm: | |
5 points to the first person who correctly names where the second one was taken... |
Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.10.7.83
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 06:13 pm: | |
Snowdonia. Like, Snowdonia. |
Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 06:18 pm: | |
wrong country wrong continent as it happens |
Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.10.7.83
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 06:39 pm: | |
Right planet, Weber? |
Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 06:42 pm: | |
I think so. |
Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 06:53 pm: | |
It's the only place on that continent where you see snow. |
Stephen Walsh (Stephenw)
Username: Stephenw
Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.17.252.126
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 06:56 pm: | |
Mt Kilimanjaro. |
Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec
Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 08:18 pm: | |
>>5 points to the first person who correctly names where the second one was taken...<< Near Salford? (sorry, guys, I'm still in a silly mood today for some reason ) |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 08:27 pm: | |
Weber lives near Salford - Caroline.1st photo - I said. Contrary to belief, people who live in cities do have a scrap of grass close by :>) |
Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec
Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 09:30 pm: | |
I know, Ally - that wasn't what I meant. I was trying to make a joke about the 2nd one being near Salford too (ie. another continent, another planet). Ah well, jokes aren't very good when you need to explain them! |
Steve Bacon (Stevebacon)
Username: Stevebacon
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.204.111.196
| Posted on Friday, January 08, 2010 - 11:23 pm: | |
Ally, we've had a good few inches. Nothing too extreme, but the kids are lovin' it. The roads are poor, though. I imagine it's bad up on t'moors where you are. |
Joel (Joel) Username: Joel
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.173.45
| Posted on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 01:13 am: | |
Been years since I've had a good few inches. |
Steve Bacon (Stevebacon)
Username: Stevebacon
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.204.111.196
| Posted on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 09:41 am: | |
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Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 09:52 am: | |
Steve. Well - we've got about eighteen inches up here. I wonder how much more snow we'll get. |
Steve Bacon (Stevebacon)
Username: Stevebacon
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.204.111.196
| Posted on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 10:00 am: | |
Ally, eighteen inches is impressive. Five inches, max, for me. |
Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.10.7.83
| Posted on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 11:11 am: | |
Ally had 18 inches in Penistone. It's hardly worth seeking a pun there. It kind of serves itself. |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.43.214.156
| Posted on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 11:18 am: | |
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Des (Des)
Username: Des
Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.169.218.245
| Posted on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 02:13 pm: | |
We had thundersnow & lightning on the Tendring Peninsula coast here last night (about Midnight) and a weirdly pervasive pink light for about five minutes. has anyone come across this phenomenon before? Or heard of it? It's blizzarding at the moment. We seem to be exposed to the bad weather here at the moment. A bit much for South East England namby-pambies! |
Mick Curtis (Mick)
Username: Mick
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.176.5.66
| Posted on Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 10:44 pm: | |
A bit much for South East England namby-pambies! It's all relative, Des - from where we live you're in the North! |
Ian Alexander Martin (Iam)
Username: Iam
Registered: 10-2009 Posted From: 64.180.64.74
| Posted on Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 02:40 am: | |
quote:We had thundersnow & lightning
Very very frightening! |
Mick Curtis (Mick)
Username: Mick
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.176.5.66
| Posted on Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 03:02 am: | |
Me! |
Des (Des)
Username: Des
Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.169.218.245
| Posted on Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 09:58 am: | |
(Galileo) Galileo (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro |
Steve Bacon (Stevebacon)
Username: Stevebacon
Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.204.111.196
| Posted on Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 11:43 am: | |
Manifico-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-0. |
Hubert (Hubert) Username: Hubert
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.21.22.50
| Posted on Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 12:16 pm: | |
I'm just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told - hang on, wrong song. |
Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.56
| Posted on Monday, January 11, 2010 - 10:43 am: | |
5 points to Mr Walsh |
Stephen Walsh (Stephenw)
Username: Stephenw
Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1
| Posted on Monday, January 11, 2010 - 03:50 pm: | |
Yay!!!! |