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American snow

PostPosted: 09 Feb 2013 22:03
by Adrian Worman
The news reports here say your snow is very bad, how's it affecting you? We've had a couple of weeks of it now, hammered down again today and more tomorrow :shock:
Dogs love it tho........... so do I :oops: :D

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 09 Feb 2013 22:31
by botari123
we got a foot or so of sonow friday here in stevensvile ontario canada
got a chance to go for a rip in the sled- been awhile snow last year very light

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 10 Feb 2013 0:01
by drewcrane
Been one of the warmest and driest winters I can remember, back east....different story they are getting hammered............barely a skiff here today :wink:

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 10 Feb 2013 3:21
by Jon
Three inches and melting nicely in the sun right now. Ice overnight for sure though.

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 11 Feb 2013 9:14
by Adrian Worman
Just woke up to see at least 3" snow covering every thing......... don't sound much but enough to stop the UK from behaving normally :roll:

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 11 Feb 2013 10:27
by dave-r
Up here in the Horth East UK we had a little bit of light rain yesterday Ade. Dry this morning. Ha ha! :mrgreen:

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 11 Feb 2013 13:27
by Adrian Worman
I weren't bothered till I went out to work and the poxy Ranm van didn't start again ffs :x
So I went back in and forced ginge, herms and lily out in the garden for a snowball fight :D
Feel better already, some more due for the next 2 days but sunny by the weekend.
Bloody hope so cos I got a bike ride planned and I took it home while it was belting down with snow on Friday and it was an, er...... interesting ride :mrgreen:

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 11 Feb 2013 13:40
by dave-r
You are not supposed to "drift" bikes around corners Ade.

But I bet you do you mad bugger. :lol:

Wait until I pass my bike test next month. I will show you how slow it is possible to go. :s004:

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 11 Feb 2013 14:08
by drewcrane
You guys need these bad boys

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 11 Feb 2013 17:27
by christer
drewcrane wrote:You guys need these bad boys


This weekend, the Swedish rally ended. It is part of the World rally championship ( http://www.wrc.com ). The required tyre setup is 400 studs (1/4" long) on each tyre. Maybe something to consider? Don´t blame me if the coppers gets angry at you. :s005: :s006:

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 11 Feb 2013 22:20
by Adrian Worman
dave-r wrote:You are not supposed to "drift" bikes around corners Ade.

But I bet you do you mad bugger. :lol:

Wait until I pass my bike test next month. I will show you how slow it is possible to go. :s004:


With a bit of careful throttle control you can spin up the rear while cranked over just as you leave the apex of a corner. It's very easy really, in fact you can't feel it actually go sideways like you can in a car, you're more likely to have whoever is following you tell you how extreme it looked :wink:

Good luck with the test mate, if ginge can get a bike license you certainly can :mrgreen:

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 12 Feb 2013 4:11
by Jon
christer wrote:
drewcrane wrote:You guys need these bad boys


This weekend, the Swedish rally ended. It is part of the World rally championship ( http://www.wrc.com ). The required tyre setup is 400 studs (1/4" long) on each tyre. Maybe something to consider? Don´t blame me if the coppers gets angry at you. :s005: :s006:


Man, I wish we could run those around here. The ones on my truck are way sparse only on the outside and just above the tread. Those would even get the wife's 2wd Tahoe back on the road! We had almost a foot of snow in December and the Wagon's been parked ever since.

That's my daughter going back out to retrieve her school books and I Pod. It was hilarious when she finally got the door open. :roll:

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 12 Feb 2013 9:31
by Adrian Worman
Jon wrote:
That's my daughter going back out to retrieve her school books and I Pod. It was hilarious when she finally got the door open. :roll:


I wish I had an excuse like that every time i couldnt be arsed to do my school homework :mrgreen:

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 13 Feb 2013 1:14
by drewcrane
now that is some snow .nice pic :lol:

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 13 Feb 2013 8:42
by dave-r
Bit of snow/sleet/rain today for me but then the next few days look really promising. I might even get back on the pushbike. :D

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 13 Feb 2013 9:28
by Adrian Worman
Suns comin Daveman!! According to my mate who is a weather controller at a local airfield we got a very warm and dry spring and early summer comin our way 8)
........where have I heard that before :roll: :lol:

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 13 Feb 2013 14:14
by dave-r
Be fair. We did have lovely unusually warm, sunny, weather early last year.

It was from the begining of "summer" that it all went downhill fast and horribly wrong.

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 14 Feb 2013 2:18
by drewcrane
I just took this today :D nice day :s002:

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 14 Feb 2013 3:07
by Jon
Got the Challenger out today huh? That's cool Drew. 8)

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 14 Feb 2013 9:00
by dave-r
Got hit by a snow storm and high winds yesterday afternoon. Only a half inch of snow but then it rained and froze as it hit the ground.It compressed down and we had freezing temps all night so this morning the ground was a nice solid 1/4 inch of solid ice everywhere. That was "interesting" to drive on this morning. :D

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 14 Feb 2013 12:34
by drewcrane
Jon wrote:Got the Challenger out today huh? That's cool Drew. 8)


Yea I have driven it just abut every week this summ......I mean winter :wink:

We are in a bit trouble ,very big trouble if we dont get some sort of moisture ,it will be a burn summer worse than last one ,I am very concerned :!:

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 15 Feb 2013 3:42
by Jon
Summers can be unnerving when it's so dry. I stay awake at night when there is dry lightening flashing through the windows. Not really much one can do except be ready to leave quickly.

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 15 Feb 2013 4:31
by drewcrane
Jon wrote:Summers can be unnerving when it's so dry. I stay awake at night when there is dry lightening flashing through the windows. Not really much one can do except be ready to leave quickly.

Yea and the smell of smoke the whole summer :s001:

We need a blizzard.from California to Colorado :!:

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 15 Feb 2013 8:42
by dave-r
Over here it is the heather on the moorland that tends to catch fire if it has been very dry. But on a lot of moorland the "soil" is actually peat which of course burns like coal and it actually burns underground. Very hard to put out.

Fortunately we don't usually get dry spells lasting more than a couple of weeks.

Re: American snow

PostPosted: 15 Feb 2013 12:32
by drewcrane
Yea Dave I have heard of those peat fires they are very hard to extinguish,

kind of like the coal seam fires up in the hills they have been burning for years(50 plus) under ground and are still burning as we speak :roll: