warpus
Sommerswerd asked me to change this
Why do you think they're so miserable all the time
Weather talks
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stfoskey12
Emperor of Foskania
We got 2" of ice pellets on Friday and school is still closed, despite the fact that the temperature has hit 45 F (8 C) every day since Sunday.
Here's a picture from Saturday.
Here's a picture from Saturday.
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MagisterCultuum
Great Sage
How am I supposed to possibly read that name of the place near Cardigan? It has 7 consonants and only 2 vowels there! How is anyone supposed to read anything like that anyway?
It is Welsh. You are not supposed to be able to pronounce it.
Actually it has 5 vowels and only 4 consonants though. W is typically a vowel in Welsh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_orthography
http://forvo.com/word/eglwyswrw/
Leifmk
Deity
We're seeing the third unusually mild winter in a row, here. Second year in a row with no snow until after Christmas. Granted, we have had a couple of weeks of proper cold weather earlier in January (down below -20 Celsius on some days; but nowhere near the -30 which is not unheard of in a normal year) but as of today we have above-freezing weather and freakin' rain. This would have been normal and expected on the coast where I grew up but not this far inland.
warpus
Sommerswerd asked me to change this
Are they forecasting a late spring and summer again, Leifmk? Last summer in Norway came laaaate.
Leifmk
Deity
No useful forecasts go so far into the future, it's basically anyone's guess.
Yeah, last summer did come late although the spring was mostly quite mild -- there was a hell of a finale, though (around Easter when all the snow was quite thoroughly gone, we had a bonus snow day when it came in so fast and in such amounts that all traffic ground to a halt -- it was all gone again a couple of days later, though).
Yeah, last summer did come late although the spring was mostly quite mild -- there was a hell of a finale, though (around Easter when all the snow was quite thoroughly gone, we had a bonus snow day when it came in so fast and in such amounts that all traffic ground to a halt -- it was all gone again a couple of days later, though).
I live a few miles outside of DC, where the storm was very strong. We got nearly two feet of snow, which is massive, seeing as the region struggles with only a few inches. Here's a picture of when we tried to take my daughter for a walk:
BenitoChavez
What business is it of yours?
Your daughter is adorable. 
In Michigan, the Midwestern US, it has been a very warm winter. In November and December we had some days with temperatures around 60F (15C) and above freezing most days. It started to get cold around late December but now it is above freezing again and the snow is melting.
I put it into google translate and it sounds like future robot aliens are saying hello
https://translate.google.com/#cy/en/Eglwyswrw
In Michigan, the Midwestern US, it has been a very warm winter. In November and December we had some days with temperatures around 60F (15C) and above freezing most days. It started to get cold around late December but now it is above freezing again and the snow is melting.
I put it into google translate and it sounds like future robot aliens are saying hello
https://translate.google.com/#cy/en/Eglwyswrw
warpus
Sommerswerd asked me to change this
I was about to ask if you were using your daughter as a chair, in order to save that parking spot, but then I read what you actually wrote and it turns out I forgot you're in DC now, and I assume this joke doesn't work in DC.
@ Magister: Thanks 
@Arakhor: And that's why it's called "double U" in the first place, right? [bing.mp3] [lightbulb.jpg]
@downtown: extra-cute babe!
Doesn't look particularly happy at the moment 
Why so? Doesn't like snow?
@Benito: It does sound like that, indeed. Sounds much nicer in the Magister's link.
@Arakhor: And that's why it's called "double U" in the first place, right? [bing.mp3] [lightbulb.jpg]
@downtown: extra-cute babe!
Doesn't look particularly happy at the moment Why so? Doesn't like snow?@Benito: It does sound like that, indeed. Sounds much nicer in the Magister's link.
I get it that it's bad for morning jogging.
Is it common in winter in Georgia? Do drivers use winter tires there?
I came across this summary, but it is about studded tires, which is IMO an overkill solution: of my 17 winters I've driven through, I was on studs for only 2 seasons and it was not very much different from studless winter tires experience. Although I live in a city where ice is hard to see, it's asphalt, fresh snow, slush or water, while studs are intended for ice ideally.
But winter tires are a must unless you want your car to glide and slide on any type of frozen water (snow, ice, slush, or any combination of them) like a piece of soap in a wet bowl.
Wearing these boots my car, while being nothing like a 4x4 SUV, still crawls through snow like a tank until if firmly settles belly-landed on it.
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You mean, legally or practically? Practically, it looks like they do.
Link to video.
Legally, strange as it may seem, we in Russia also don't. But practically not using them is considered suicidal.
That said, no tires will help when you're facing breast-tall snow wall when you open your garage:
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Thorgalaeg
Deity
If i have learnt something from Asseto Corsa is that braking when you lose it dont turn things better.
Searching youtube for snowy weather similarities/differences, I found the difference in approach to having fun.
Americans:
Russ... err... Ukrainian number plates, a Russian-speaking Armenian operator... yeah, will go for Russians:
Okay this one has Russian number plates. Although the car is dug out from the top, I still can't identify the car with so much snow camouflage left on it to say if it is 4x4 or not, but anyway there's no need for a tractor or a shovel:
Americans:
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Russ... err... Ukrainian number plates, a Russian-speaking Armenian operator... yeah, will go for Russians:
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Okay this one has Russian number plates. Although the car is dug out from the top, I still can't identify the car with so much snow camouflage left on it to say if it is 4x4 or not, but anyway there's no need for a tractor or a shovel:
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