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« on: December 15, 2008, 10:38:47 PM » |
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kbmum
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« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2008, 03:29:47 PM » |
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Hi Mike! It's nice to see you back.  Did you make snowballs? Some of my favorite childhood memories are of my brother and I each making a snow fort, stockpiling snowballs, then having a mega snowball fight.  Of course, that's a bit more difficult with only three inches of snow.  We had three or so inches of snow a week and a half ago. My son was at a friend's birthday party, but my daughter wanted to sled down the hill our house is built on, so I took some pictures. Cranberry bogs next to our house -- it was eerie how the sky and ground were so gray while it was snowing.  Backyard  My daughter flying down the hill.  |
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MuggleMum
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« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2008, 06:32:04 PM » |
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Wow....all that snow is making me jealous  That hill looks like great fun...my boys would love it! When i was younger(alot) it snowed often at Christmas in London...... but things have changed and I can't remember the last time we had a truly White Christmas  It's usually a Wet Christmas now! Fingers crossed though...they have had plenty in the North of England and Scotland so a bit may find its way South! As I am sure we will all be busy , Merry Christmas to everyone for next week  |
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« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2008, 09:20:50 PM » |
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Those are all beautiful pictures! We have a Winter Wonderland coming our way--6 to 10 inches tomorrow, Sunday, and maybe snow on Christmas Eve! Just please no more ice!!!!!!!! |
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Mike
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« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2008, 12:06:04 AM » |
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Did you make snowballs?
Yes, and had snowball fights! I got thrown in the snow and got all wet though |
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« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2008, 02:08:35 PM » |
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It's still fun, even if you get soaked. Then, you go back in the house, change, and have a cup of hot chocolate to warm up! My area is expecting to get 8 to 12 inches of snow this afternoon and evening, a few more inches on Sunday (should make for an interesting New England Patriots game), and even more on Wednesday.  |
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« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2008, 11:08:49 PM » |
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pouts it never snows here would love to see smow for the first time
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« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2008, 01:21:40 PM » |
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Great pics guys and as Nugglemum says we very rarely get snow here in London but we can wish LOL when I was a kid in Wales then we had good snow  |
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« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2009, 06:31:17 PM » |
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Did anyone see the news where it snowed 3 inches here in Houston on the 10th?
Clearly my mental map is wrong... how can it SNOW in Texas?? What altitude do you live at Mike? My formative years were spent in Cheshire & Warwickshire where it snowed quite a bit - woo hoo! |
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« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2009, 12:14:33 AM » |
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What altitude do you live at Mike?
No one has ever asked me this so after a look around the web I discovered are altitude is 33 (I'm guessing that's in feet, but I'm not sure). |
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« Reply #10 on: January 02, 2009, 01:13:53 PM » |
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Yeah I'd guess feet. You could always look at the contours on a map to check I'm just astonished that you have had snow in Texas - I was reckoning that height had something to do with it but apparently not! Did you ask some locals how often they've experienced this? Very odd - but a lot of fun We don't get much snow in the South of England these days as MuggleMum mentioned - but when we do get snow we ensure to stop EVERYTHING that we are doing so as to make the most of it |
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« Reply #11 on: January 02, 2009, 10:35:25 PM » |
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In his part of Texas, the is no such thing as "altitude." Officially Houston sits at a whopping 55 feet above average sea level, so you can see why everybody gets concerned if a hurricane is on the way. I used to live in the "holiday highlands" of Florida. Ask Kelly, she's nearby, but in the foothills at only about 40 feet. Somewhat closer to the angels than Mike. The high point in the state is 345 feet, but that's almost on the 'mainland." |
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« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2009, 12:45:39 AM » |
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Did you ask some locals how often they've experienced this?
Mémé told me it snowed here about 6 years ago. Just about like it did last month. |
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Roz
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« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2009, 01:53:13 PM » |
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Wow - cheers Jeff so it's a rather expansive flatness - a bit like Cambridgeshire perhaps only on a larger scale - in flat East Anglia we worry about storm surges, though we see them rather less frequently than you see surges/hurricanes etc. Well, how interesting I really wouldn't have expected that - ahh the weird & wonderful meteorological happenings of new climes... |
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« Reply #14 on: January 05, 2009, 06:11:51 AM » |
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Yay We got some of the white stuff this morning, only a light covering but it's there! My kids go back to school tomorrow but at least we will get today to have some fun in it |
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« Reply #15 on: January 05, 2009, 07:40:48 PM » |
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Yay - me too! After wearing fab outdoor type trekking shoes all Christmas whilst it was dry, sunny and relatively warm guess who slipped and slided all over the place in heels on the way to work this morning he hee! More snow predicted for Wednesday night (woo) - apparently it's -10 in the Midlands tonight - poor Jules & Angie (they're probably all tucked up in front of fires in dressing gowns & slippers reading the Classics and pondering taking up pipe smoking  ) |
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« Reply #16 on: February 02, 2009, 01:47:38 PM » |
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At last a decent amount of the white stuff We 've got a few inches now in bedfordshire and more on the way woohooo I'm off outside now to get a store of snow balls made so I can splatter my kids with them as they walk down the drive on way from school haha  payback for all the time they've got me in the past, aint it great being a parent Theirs seems to be one of the few schools open today in Beds, much to their annoyance this morning How is everyone else enjoying the snow in the UK and elsewhere?? |
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« Reply #17 on: February 02, 2009, 03:26:51 PM » |
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The snow here is great! 7 inches of the wonderful stuff and still falling. I was planning a trip up to the East Anglian coast today but the M25 wouldn't allow it... no trains running into work either, so a good snowball fight was in order. Followed by making my second snow man in 24 hours (the first was pretty good... the second looked like one of those Icelandic stone piles (Djupalonsandur) ) |
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« Reply #18 on: February 03, 2009, 11:32:01 AM » |
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Couldn't resist putting a pic of Chilly on here!  2 of my boys outside enjoying a snow ball fight(note I took photo through glass!)  |
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« Reply #19 on: February 03, 2009, 01:42:17 PM » |
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Cute! But I have to say...I'M SICK OF SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's snowing again today and we're probably going to get eight inches. I'm expecting the kids to be released early from school, since it's supposed to bad by mid-afternoon. |
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