Fucking Things.

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  1. rosenshyne

    rosenshyne New Member

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    The Fucking Weather gave me the giggles.

    "Where's a tauntaun when you need one?" :lol:

    27C isn't that fucking hot, though. The bloke who wrote that page would DIE here in Australia.
     
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    It gave 32F/0C for my location and said it was cold. That's actually pretty damn nice for this time of year.
     
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    As long as by in Australia you're not including Tassie. It's only ever hit 30 here once from what I can remember and even that was too bloody hot.
     
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    You obviously don't remember much of last summer then! We spent pretty much the whole of December at 32-35 degrees!

    I hate summer...
     
  7. Dark Elf

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    I personally can't wait for temperatures to creep down to the lower thirties, if only to regain some sense of regularity in this crazy world where people keep telling me of a land where they spend Christmas on the beach.

    Nice? I think that it's bloody awful. It wasn't long ago that winters used to start in October. I hate this pansy weather we have now.
     
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    Hrm, I suppose living in a hole and all it might actually be a couple degrees warmer up your way.

    Honestly though, I spend most of last summer camping and on an average day it was 25-28 or so. I'm pretty sure it only ever hit 30 once.

    Not disagreeing with you, I hate summer and anything over 22 degrees or so.
     
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    I'm a mid-spring/mid-autumn kind of gal. I like the weather where jeans and a T-shirt are perfectly appropriate. So, of course, something like 90% of the year shits me right off.
     
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    Last few years it's been a lot colder around this time. I hate sky poo. It's white, cold, wet, slippery, the harbinger of endless twilight, and an assortment of other nasty things. Its only positive side is that it preserves the drunks until spring when their bodies thaw out and are finally discovered by the newest generation of pedigree monsters on their first walk in the outside world. However, it has a similar effect on dog droppings. Spring comes, all those hidden turd piles melt, mix with the run off of the giant snow mountains, and form into putrid puddles of noxious stench.
     
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    So despite the fact that winter around here is basically one hell of a long night briefly interrupted by a few hours of dusky daylight each day, you would rather be without snow? It's the only thing that keeps things from becoming pitch black and depressing.

    Besides, without snow, how on earth would you go snow racing?
     
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    Really? I figure jeans and a T-shirt are approrpriate all year round down here anyway - hell, I don't even own shorts or a jacket. That is unless it's raining o'course, which would be near enough to 90% of this year anyway. -.-

    God help us all. Well, unless it's a mormon god.
     
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    It's the lack of a car, and more accurately, the lack of a reliable public transportation system in this city. I most likely despise snow due to having walked countless kilometers in it. It's pretty until it wiggles its way into your boots. It's Scandinavian sand. The most common sign I see during this time is "no winter maintenance", that just happens to be on my way to work.
    What's this "snow racing" you doth speaketh of? Volunteery exercise? I banish the notion.
     
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    The crazy English-speakers apparently call this a snow racer.
     
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    that looks like a snow go-kart. I'm a crazy English speaker and I've never heard that term before. Unless you're talking about snowmobiles.
     
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    The kids where I work all call it a snow racer - and verify the name by racing down the complex's drive every chance they get.
     
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    It's called "rattkjelke" in Norwegian, literally "[steering] wheel sledge".
     
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    You could call the two-ton beast I drive a snow-racer...that is, if you don't mind the lack of front wheel drive. Honestly, it makes no sense...why the hell would you mount a 400 cubic inch engine block in the front of a rear-wheel drive car?
    I do like the word, "rattkjelke," though.
    How's it pronounced? I said ," raht-kyelka," a few times.
     
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    Oh, those. I always called them 'overpriced natural selection device'.
     
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