Y2Kyoto: Daily Driver

Time for some enterprising fellow to open up an F150 dealership in Upper Ippswich.

As I sit here freezing, I can't stop thinking how delicious this is only a few weeks after Copenhagen. We can always pile on more clothes, but in a warming climate, there's a limit to how many clothes one can take off. The thought of us 60+ year old grandmothers running around naked is too frightening to contemplate. I speak only for myself, of course.

There's always a cold front sitting over Siberia during the winter, but the current one is rather spectacular:

http://www.findlocalweather.com/weather_maps/temperature_north_asia.html

I met a fellow over the holidays from Australia. He had come to Canada to visit some friends and he thought he would be very cold.

He was amazed at the "little thing on the wall" that keeps our houses warm.

He was referring to a thermostat.

and the airport scanners won't care how much clothes ya got on Louise!

another Not Fly moment by Al. K. Duh!

Ahh....the modern Brit. Its hard to believe they are descended from a people that once colonized the world from frigid N.America to scorching hot Africa. Maybe that's the problem, the least hardy and resilient were the ones that stayed behind.

A commenter on another blog, can't remember where, asked if the storm was headed towards East Anglia.

Has the Thames frozen over yet?

Fred, time for some enterprising fellow to sell a truck load of those 'little things on the wall' to keep their houses warm.

Ken 67,oh yeah . A picture of East Anglia all snowed in would be so sweet.

Another thought. A white flag being waved on the end of a hockey stick would even be sweeter.

JDN,Al Gore would be the right man for that job.

I've told you before: these people haven't seen Winter since Dickens (and not really even then).

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

All the climate change fanatics over there should have their faces shoved in it until they get frostbite.

Betcha those Hijabs & Arabian robes are a little chilly around the cheeks and nads.

Just sayin

Now that is funny!

When I told my Australian cousins that in May temperatures could dip to fourteen degrees Celsius, they said that was cold.
In Canada, we eat our dead.

I remember blizzards so wild and blinding that when I was about six I had to stay overnight at my friend's house.... a block away from my home. Call me a wuss, but it's why I no longer live in Saskatchewan, nor Manitoba nor Alberta. Chill-factor!

TimesUk reports:

"Britain threatens to freeze Iceland out of EU"

How does that work? Prince Chuck, or Moonbat, must have written that.

I remember blizzards so wild and blinding that when I was about six I had to stay overnight at my friend's house.... a block away from my home. Call me a wuss, but it's why I no longer live in Saskatchewan, nor Manitoba nor Alberta. Chill-factor!

Posted by: chutzpahticular at January 5, 2010 7:10 PM
Chutzybabe,your mum and I just needed some time away from you,and that's why you are not an only child.

Prince Chuckles of the Ears is standing in a UK snowbank proclaiming there are only a few months left to save the planet from AGW.

Dear Great Britain;

Don't forget to wear your woolies and keep the kettle on the boil.A cuppa always hits the spot when you've had a hard day in the snow.

Please send snaps of East Anglia after the townsfolk have finished assaulting the CRU with torches and pitchforks.

Remember: layers, layers, layers..

best wishes,
Canada

You can watch a live streaming cam of the snow in Leicester Square in London.

http://www.camvista.com/england/london/leicestersquare.php3

Webcams at CRU are down, but I found this place near by.

http://www.norfolkcottages.co.uk/information/web-cam.html

looks like snowbanks . . morning will tell.

Osumashi Kinyobe 7:09 - "In Canada, we eat our dead."

Yikes, girl! But that's the spirit (I think)!

But, Black Mamba, they're so yummy!
South Korea also has been hammered by snow.
Having lived in various parts of Canada (including Saskatchewan), I scoffed at South Korea's winter temperatures and snowfall when I lived there. Looking at it now, I wonder how people are coping.
There's global warming for you.

Mr.G: All the climate change fanatics over there should have their faces shoved in it until they get frostbite.
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I'd like to see them stick their tongues on a frozen metal pole. Those of us hunkered down in our warm and toasty homes can check on them in the spring.

Anything's better than what the Limeys are used to, weather-wise. Literally anything. I mean salt mines, sun-stroke, anything.

(p.s. I've got friends in Oz too (Adelaide). What were the Brits thinking, sending their convicts to paradise? Australia is like Canada, but warm, with parrots.

Crocodile tastes like chicken.)

Obiwan Kenobi:

One of the biggest shocks I got in my life was getting on a plane in Manila just after Christmas, and landing in Seoul a few hours later. As soon as we arrived at our hotel, we scurried out to the night markets to buy gloves, scarves, hats, etc. It was freakin' COLD.

But, it was a dry cold..

from The Telegraph...
"The Met Office claimed the amount of snow forecast could be the biggest single fall since the notorious winter of 1962-63, when some areas of the country were blighted by snow and ice for more than three months".

snow is a blight? Sometimes the english are so funny. I wish I had friends in Oz to visit with, near Adelaide's "grape fields" ;)

a foot of snow in London? ... "pity"

I remember that winter as I visited Cowes in the Isle of Wight over Christmas and the New Year. The sea in the harbour froze. Pipes were burst all over the place.

Was in Italy in December 2008 and people were just bundled up in plus 15C - I was shedding my jacket - as far as I was concerned that was a lovely spring day. When our driver mentioned that sometimes it goes down to 0 in Rome in January, I responded that often in SK it goes down to -40 in January, his only response was 'That's just not right!' - while I tend to agree with him, I'm glad we are tough enough to last in -40C - that's something to be proud of.

a super cooper with chains and a snow blade

now that would be funny:-))

marc - it's lovely. Beaches. Diving. Opals. Drive-through booze. Blonds of all sexes who want you to be happy you came.

I live in Halifax why?

KevinB, it often was a dry cold.

Across the Chunnel: AGW say, Veni, Vidi, Vici.

AGW/Gaia's "Daisy" chain: EUrope, UK, France, Germany, Belgiummm, Copenhopenchangen, etc.

BTW, Liberal Iffy is in Provence, France, sipping ice whine.

"And with a new low-pressure system -- rather incongruously dubbed "Daisy" -- set to move in".
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"Brrrrr!

More Snow Coming for Already Frigid Europe

It has already been an unusually cold winter across much of Europe. But more snow is on the way in the coming days, and there's no end to the big chill in sight.

The irony was difficult to ignore. As world leaders gathered in Copenhagen in early December for what turned out to be a failed attempt to agree on a worldwide plan to combat global warming, temperatures outside the conference were bitterly cold. Delegates from equatorial countries were shivering under multiple layers, and even those from northern Europe had a hard time staying warm.

Now, almost three weeks after the conference ended in fiasco, Europe continues to be in the grips of frosty and snowy weather. And with a new low-pressure system -- rather incongruously dubbed "Daisy" -- set to move in over the weekend, much of Central Europe could soon be buried in a new layer of snow."

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,670188,00.html

Kevin, I once flew from Manila to Seoul (Kimpo) in January. I was wearing a T-shirt when I boarded the plane in Manila, assuming that the plane would arrive at a gate. When we got there it turned out that no gates were available and they parked the plane about a mile from the terminal and sent out a bus to get us. As I was walking down the ramp to the runway the Korean steward commented on my flimsy T-shirt and said 'It is minus 20 degrees today', to which I replied 'That's OK. I'm from Canada'. His reply, 'Ah, I see', said it all. We had a 15 minute wait on the tarmac before the bus arrived to take us to the terminal, but, as you say, it's a dry cold :-)

Mamba: gotta get me there! Blonds of all sexes??
Kinky.

Snagglepuss - and opals.

But beware of LAX.

Black Mamba @ 9:54 "it's lovely. Beaches. Diving. Opals. Drive-through booze. Blonds of all sexes who want you to be happy you came."

But is the wine VQA?

Does all this snowfall and cold across Europe and Asia give the world a few more months or should I forget about servicing the lawnmower?

What's VQA? There's alcohol in it, fair dinkum!

I say, forget the lawnmower! Life is short, and the cane-toads are hopping this way!

(I think I might be off topic, so I'll stop.)

To quote obi wan kenobi in Trainspotting: "we were colonized by wankers"

Bad people always attract big snowfalls. There is no other logical explanation.

Okay, look, just stop bashing the English, awright!?

It's hard enough being English, without you being mean about it.

Being Scottish also probably sucks.

p.s. this is on topic.

Black Mamba, VQA is Canadian wine with 100% Canadian content grapes. That means no foreign percentages added.

And servicing the lawnmower is not off topic...just seeing what the consensus was re Prince Chuck's prognostication.

Sgt Lejaune, I'm trying to be good this winter.

black mamba: check out this (contains some profanity)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtIDVL-mF_E

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22british+miss+universe+winners%22&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=

Gord Tulk - New Labour = Scottish Wankers.

Who will liberate the English? Not Mel Gibson (I hope)?

(marc - couldn't make it work.)

* google "british miss universe winners"
... no results found for ... ;)

http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&safe=off&um=1&sa=1&q=%22british+teeth%22&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&start=0

albertaclipper
I can top that....an involuntary transfer from Indonesia to Eastern siberia in December....
The Russians have long mastered the art of dressing for the weather.....and central heating....I was good...