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We had snow yesterday in Holland and as usual the roads were in chaos!! I walked it home from just outside the airport Schiphol to where i live about 5 miles because the buses stopped running.My ears nearly dropped off!! Halfway i was forced for sanitary reasons to stop under a bridge.Cold!!! I thought of Frank Zappa when he said never eat yellow snow.

Rob wrote:We had snow yesterday in Holland and as usual the roads were in chaos!! I walked it home from just outside the airport Schiphol to where i live about 5 miles because the buses stopped running.My ears nearly dropped off!! Halfway i was forced for sanitary reasons to stop under a bridge.Cold!!! I thought of Frank Zappa when he said never eat yellow snow.

I once went to a lecture at Birmingham Uni by Polar explorer Robert Swan - one of his most important words of wisdom to his male colleagues was to never "spend a penny" outside the tent, unless you want to see how quickly icicles can form.

I hope you relieved yourself in a bottle.

And i always have a bottle in my pocket in case ???

It's like the ARTIC here at the moment, Winter has arrived with a vegeance.

Linell.

It is here in Yorkshire very Artic and snowing like mad.

Annie

We had over an inch last night but it's nearly all gone now.

Friday night was down to -18.5 celcius and that was at 11pm, so it would've probably got colder. They said it was the coldest february night in 26 years.. brrrr!!
It didn't get above -8 all yesterday, and they say next week'll be the same.
Funny thing is when it's wind still, I can't tell the difference between -8 and -18! But my new thermally insulated winter boots do help a bit!!
The sun has shone almost all week, so really I haven't minded it too much, just dreading what it'll do to the plants that were well on their way to thinking spring had arrived - hopefully the snow is insulating them!

We had about 2" of snow and all our little snowdrops and crocus all out in flower are now buried poor things.

Annie

Rob wrote:We had snow yesterday in Holland and as usual the roads were in chaos!! I walked it home from just outside the airport Schiphol to where i live about 5 miles because the buses stopped running.My ears nearly dropped off!! Halfway i was forced for sanitary reasons to stop under a bridge.Cold!!! I thought of Frank Zappa when he said never eat yellow snow.

Who is Frank Zappa and why did he say never eat yellow snow?

Frank Zappa lived at number 14 Eel Street,Oldbury back in the day.
He used to breed huskies and he noticed whilst on his sledge being pulled by his 6 black and 6 white huskies how the snow would now and again turn yellow.
Being a good citizen he decided to warn everyone in Oldbury Town never to eat yellow snow.

Rob wrote:Frank Zappa lived at number 14 Eel Street,Oldbury back in the day.
He used to breed huskies and he noticed whilst on his sledge being pulled by his 6 black and 6 white huskies how the snow would now and again turn yellow.
Being a good citizen he decided to warn everyone in Oldbury Town never to eat yellow snow.

Oh so that is what that means I see now.
Are you familiar with the area Rob?

Where are you at this moment in time Smokey?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnO0pFPd ... re=related

Rob wrote::lol: Where are you at this moment in time Smokey?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnO0pFPd ... re=related

Ha! Ha!