[Andorion]

Its really quite cold here. Nothing to compare you the sub-zero antarctic people up thread, but today I was feeling cold while wearing a warm jacket.

[QuickTidal]

The cold that everyone in my family got over Christmas and I thought I'd avoided? Blerg. I got it. Most likely from my daughter who can't seem to completely kick her runny nose and cough...Sigh.

I hate being sick.

[Mentalist]

Twinged my right wrist somehow. @ the bus statio yest I was going up the stairs with my hand up the rail and hit the rail support between my pinky and ring fingers. Had some pain in the pinky (since it got knocked back by the impact), but it didn't feel like much.

This morning, somehow, it's the base of my thumb that ends up feeling bruised. It's annoying, because grabbing anything, or any pinching motion sends pain down to the wrist- nothing major, but a 3/10 is still irritating. And I'm completely mystified how the hell my thumb ended up hurt out of that.

Also, wet snow outside my window. It's not encouraging.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 08 January 2018 - 04:26 PM

[Tsundoku]

QuickTidal, on 08 January 2018 - 02:17 PM, said:

The cold that everyone in my family got over Christmas and I thought I'd avoided? Blerg. I got it. Most likely from my daughter who can't seem to completely kick her runny nose and cough...Sigh.I hate being sick.

You are so going to love sending her to childcare. The goddamn places are petri dishes.

Mentalist, on 08 January 2018 - 04:25 PM, said:

Twinged my right wrist somehow. @ the bus statio yest I was going up the stairs with my hand up the rail and hit the rail support between my pinky and ring fingers. Had some pain in the pinky (since it got knocked back by the impact), but it didn't feel like much. This morning, somehow, it's the base of my thumb that ends up feeling bruised. It's annoying, because grabbing anything, or any pinching motion sends pain down to the wrist- nothing major, but a 3/10 is still irritating. And I'm completely mystified how the hell my thumb ended up hurt out of that. Also, wet snow outside my window. It's not encouraging.

That took longer than I expected. NOW it feels like 2018.

Probably referred wanker's cramp.

Also, isn't snow already wet?

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 08 January 2018 - 06:33 PM

[Mentalist]

Tsundoku, on 08 January 2018 - 06:32 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 08 January 2018 - 02:17 PM, said:

The cold that everyone in my family got over Christmas and I thought I'd avoided? Blerg. I got it. Most likely from my daughter who can't seem to completely kick her runny nose and cough...Sigh.I hate being sick.

You are so going to love sending her to childcare. The goddamn places are petri dishes.

Mentalist, on 08 January 2018 - 04:25 PM, said:

Twinged my right wrist somehow. @ the bus statio yest I was going up the stairs with my hand up the rail and hit the rail support between my pinky and ring fingers. Had some pain in the pinky (since it got knocked back by the impact), but it didn't feel like much. This morning, somehow, it's the base of my thumb that ends up feeling bruised. It's annoying, because grabbing anything, or any pinching motion sends pain down to the wrist- nothing major, but a 3/10 is still irritating. And I'm completely mystified how the hell my thumb ended up hurt out of that. Also, wet snow outside my window. It's not encouraging.

That took longer than I expected. NOW it feels like 2018.

Probably referred wanker's cramp.

Also, isn't snow already wet?

Thinking on it, I DID stop a few shots with my right hand during warmup before our game... could be that, I suppose.

QT, Abyss, wanna fill in the ignorant Southerner on the differences between the many types of snow we have here in the True North?

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 08 January 2018 - 06:48 PM

[Abyss]

Mentalist, on 08 January 2018 - 06:46 PM, said:

...

QT, Abyss, wanna fill in the ignorant Southerner on the differences between the many types of snow we have here in the True North?

Sure... there's 'snow', 'fucking snow', 'wet fucking snow', 'cold and wet fucking snow', and 'good skiing'.

[QuickTidal]

Briar King, on 08 January 2018 - 07:54 PM, said:

Abyss, on 08 January 2018 - 06:49 PM, said:

Mentalist, on 08 January 2018 - 06:46 PM, said:

...

QT, Abyss, wanna fill in the ignorant Southerner on the differences between the many types of snow we have here in the True North?

Sure... there's 'snow', 'fucking snow', 'wet fucking snow', 'cold and wet fucking snow', and 'good skiing'.

I don’t get it

Also corn-snow as a result of "snow-making machines" on ski hills....which is a particularly egregious form of snow.

But yeah, there are tonnes of "types" of snow in the cold, unyielding north.

[Tiste Simeon]

In England we just have "pathetic snow that nonetheless seems to shut the whole country down and turns everyone in a car into a gibbering moron".

[Andorion]

I often hear about people attaching chains to tyres in winter. What exactly is that? You wrap chains around them? How does that help?

[worry]

They're chains specifically made for tires, and the point is to maximize traction.

[amphibian]

Sometimes that's the only way to get around, especially if going uphill or on curves.

[Tsundoku]

Sorcery!

BTW what is this "winter" thing of which you speak?

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 09 January 2018 - 03:28 AM

[Morgoth]

Tiste Simeon, on 08 January 2018 - 11:06 PM, said:

In England we just have "pathetic snow that nonetheless seems to shut the whole country down and turns everyone in a car into a gibbering moron".

Whenever that happens the news here air segments making fun of you lot. Video snippets of English cars stuck in half an inch of snow, people in panic, schools closed. It's a good way to laugh away an evening.

[Tsundoku]

Morgoth, on 09 January 2018 - 01:12 PM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 08 January 2018 - 11:06 PM, said:

In England we just have "pathetic snow that nonetheless seems to shut the whole country down and turns everyone in a car into a gibbering moron".

Whenever that happens the news here air segments making fun of you lot. Video snippets of English cars stuck in half an inch of snow, people in panic, schools closed. It's a good way to laugh away an evening.

Funny, we do the same on the rare occasions they get over 20 degrees for two days in a row and call it a heatwave.

We have a thing here for the third day of the Sydney Test cricket match - it's called the "Pink test". For 10 years now people wear pink in support of breast cancer awareness (a former player's wife died from it) and they raise heaps of money.
This year the commentators were calling it the pinkest test of all because we had the Pommy Barmy Army and because it was over 20 degrees most of them had their shirts off. Not a pretty sight at any time. This year though there would have been quite a few with ghastly sunburns - worse than usual - judging by how they looked when the cameras panned around the crowds.
The thing is, I think day 3 or 4 was the hottest day in Sydney for decades - 47 degrees in some places. Even us natives call that fucking hot. Not having a shirt or hat on is dead set barking mad.

Oh well, mad dogs and Englishmen and all that ...

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 09 January 2018 - 01:52 PM

[Tiste Simeon]

Tsundoku, on 09 January 2018 - 01:45 PM, said:

Morgoth, on 09 January 2018 - 01:12 PM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 08 January 2018 - 11:06 PM, said:

In England we just have "pathetic snow that nonetheless seems to shut the whole country down and turns everyone in a car into a gibbering moron".

Whenever that happens the news here air segments making fun of you lot. Video snippets of English cars stuck in half an inch of snow, people in panic, schools closed. It's a good way to laugh away an evening.

Funny, we do the same on the rare occasions they get over 20 degrees for two days in a row and call it a heatwave.

That's funny cos your countries are never mentioned in the news here...

[Tsundoku]

Tiste Simeon, on 09 January 2018 - 01:48 PM, said:

Tsundoku, on 09 January 2018 - 01:45 PM, said:

Morgoth, on 09 January 2018 - 01:12 PM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 08 January 2018 - 11:06 PM, said:

In England we just have "pathetic snow that nonetheless seems to shut the whole country down and turns everyone in a car into a gibbering moron".

Whenever that happens the news here air segments making fun of you lot. Video snippets of English cars stuck in half an inch of snow, people in panic, schools closed. It's a good way to laugh away an evening.

Funny, we do the same on the rare occasions they get over 20 degrees for two days in a row and call it a heatwave.

That's funny cos your countries are never mentioned in the news here...

In that case with no Ashes cricket to report on, did Fleet Street decide to shut down for 6 weeks? Since that would leave precisely 2 pages each issue. 3 if it's The Sun.
Think of all those poor former players who wouldn't earn any cash writing vicious articles about how bad the current team is, completely glossing over how shite they themselves were.

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 09 January 2018 - 01:56 PM

[Tiste Simeon]

Sorry you started talking about cricket and I almost died from boredom.

[Morgoth]

A physicist spent the better part of a meeting lecturing me about tax law. Being a physicist means he can intuitively grasp all other fields of study. And then he left before I could explain to him just what I thought of his imaginative interpretation of the law. He had a more important meeting.

I am an arrogant man. Or so I thought. Jesus christ.

[amphibian]

Morgoth, on 10 January 2018 - 10:21 PM, said:

A physicist spent the better part of a meeting lecturing me about tax law. Being a physicist means he can intuitively grasp all other fields of study. And then he left before I could explain to him just what I thought of his imaginative interpretation of the law. He had a more important meeting.

I am an arrogant man. Or so I thought. Jesus christ.

This is extremely funny because an accountant spent twenty minutes yesterday evening telling me the moon landing was fake due to human inability to go beyond the Van Allen radiation belts.

Wish we'd been able to switch conversations from them to us to them to them and you and me.

[Nicodimas]

amphibian, on 10 January 2018 - 10:50 PM, said:

Morgoth, on 10 January 2018 - 10:21 PM, said:

A physicist spent the better part of a meeting lecturing me about tax law. Being a physicist means he can intuitively grasp all other fields of study. And then he left before I could explain to him just what I thought of his imaginative interpretation of the law. He had a more important meeting.

I am an arrogant man. Or so I thought. Jesus christ.

This is extremely funny because an accountant spent twenty minutes yesterday evening telling me the moon landing was fake due to human inability to go beyond the Van Allen radiation belts.

Wish we'd been able to switch conversations from them to us to them to them and you and me.

We totally went to the moon, didn’t you point out the video on TV of it happening..