Since it\'s about to snow in the UK...

[ParthianBow]

This sketch is quite funny:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgmXrARr6aI
:mrgreen:

[Peroni]

Yep! snowing here in East Anglia!

I have the Simon's Cat book - Very funny if you know cats!

[Virilis]

Yeah, we had 33.9 below zero (celsius) last night in northern Finland !

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Arrived here in Alberta and it is warming up. :roll:
i think it was up to 0' in Calgary, -8 out here, and snow everywhere!
It always snows when I leave the UK in winter..... :?
Looks like a white christmas is in the books.....

[PhilusEstilius]

I find now that I am older I only like to see snow on Christmass Cards

[Praefectusclassis]

Cycling in the snow is pretty cold, I can tell you!

[PhilusEstilius]

Jasper.
It would be a bit warmer if you put your gloves on and also a hat for you can loose 40% of your body heat out of the top of your head, why don't you just stay home like me put the bike in the shed sit by the fire with a Wisky of course and look at the snow on your Christmass cards.

[D B Campbell]

Arrived here in Alberta and it is warming up. :roll:

So you weren't flying Globespan, Byron. :wink:

[ParthianBow]

Jasper.
It would be a bit warmer if you put your gloves on and also a hat for you can loose 40% of your body heat out of the top of your head, why don't you just stay home like me put the bike in the shed sit by the fire with a Wisky of course and look at the snow on your Christmass cards.

Errr, Brian, while I agree with staying at home, drinking whiskey by the fire and looking at Christmas cards shock: :?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7789302.stm

or read it here:
"HATS AND THE COLD
We've all been told to put a hat on in winter because most heat is lost through the head.
The researchers even found that the US Army Field manual for survival recommends covering your head in cold weather because around 40-45% of body heat is lost through the head.
A recent study, however, showed there is nothing special about heat loss from the head - any uncovered part of the body would lose heat.
Scrutiny of the literature shows this myth probably originated with an old military study in which scientists put individuals in arctic survival suits (but with no hat) and measured their body temperature in extreme conditions.
If the experiment had been done with the participants wearing only swimsuits they would not have lost more than 10% of their body heat through their heads, the researchers said."

Merry Christmas everyone - and I'm so glad it's not -34 C here!

[PhilusEstilius]

Ben.

I think that so called evidence must have come out of a Christmass Cracker, think I will keep my hat on when I clear the snow off the garden path. Anyway once again happy humbug.

[Matthew Amt]

We're looking at 10 to 20 inches of snow in the Washington DC area starting tonight. Yuck. I heard long ago that you lose body heat badly though the head, because it is hollow and works like a chimney! Makes sense to me...

Support global warming!

Matthew

[Ron Andrea]

Virginia, too. We got six inches last night with as much more forecast for today. Not your typical Virginia weather. hock:

[Matthew Amt]

Oof, I really hate this stuff. Spent 2 hours shoveling the first 10 or 11 inches, and before I could get my wet clothes changed there's already half an inch covering what I just finished. But tonight or tomorrow morning I'll only have another foot to shovel instead of 2... Yuck again.

Matthew

[Virilis]

Oof, I really hate this stuff. Spent 2 hours shoveling the first 10 or 11 inches, and before I could get my wet clothes changed there's already half an inch covering what I just finished. But tonight or tomorrow morning I'll only have another foot to shovel instead of 2... Yuck again.

Matt, now you know how it is to live in Finland :wink: !

[Iagoba]

Cycling in the snow is pretty cold, I can tell you!

I've to cycle 20 minutes to go to work...Just 2 or 3 inches here in my town. But I love it! With my soviet pilot helmet and googles I´m warm and cool 8)
Fresh virginal snow, not that crusty thing that you may find in the streets. It's more dangerous and easy to slip walking than on bike... :roll: