Shock, horror, it's winter

galraen · Post by **galraen** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:23 am

In it's annual seasonal ritual the British once more get taken completely by surprise by the arrival of winter!

Why is it that a nation that is obsessed with talking about the weather, is never, ever, prepared for it?:laugh:

Darth Gavinius · Post by **Darth Gavinius** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:45 am

I think it is because we like to moan more than we like to talk about the weather... and being able to moan about the weather - and the disruption it causes - it's like Christmas has come! Suddenly complete strangers are talking to each other about how the transportation network has come to a halt.

Stworca · Post by **Stworca** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 9:52 am

I got struck by blizzard when i was on my way from Poland to Holland. Between Dresden and Hannover (both in Germany in case someone does not know) it was quite a show. everyone (except me..) drove at 70km/h, and still each 5km there was a crashed car.

Three days ago or so.

QuenGalad · Post by **QuenGalad** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 9:55 am

In Poland, the phrase "Winter has taken the road services by surprise yet again" is reprinted every year in every newspaper. We suppose the paper manufacturers, around november, sell reels of paper with this already printed on.

Stworca · Post by **Stworca** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 9:56 am

QuenGalad wrote:In Poland, the phrase "Winter has taken the road services by surprise yet again" is reprinted every year in every newspaper. We suppose the paper manufacturers, around november, sell reels of paper with this already printed on.

Wait a minute. I was about to edit/write that into my post. My guess would be that you're Polish aswell.

endboss · Post by **endboss** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 3:01 pm

I hope winter hurries up and gets here. The southern US is so freaking hot. You guys are so lucky.

Stworca · Post by **Stworca** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 3:14 pm

endboss wrote:I hope winter hurries up and gets here. The southern US is so freaking hot. You guys are so lucky.

Depends. Since i was driving faster than other cars i was pulled over by the german polizei. They did a major search in my car, over 90 minutes long. Snow, freezing cold, and me walking on a line to see if im drunk.

Then i was the target of quite a few german jokes about polish beign thieves, until i informed them that i do, in fact, speak german, but i'd r.. well, i can't tell you EXACTLY what i've said in case there are some forums members from germany

Toss in couple of dozen crashed cars, and.. remember the flooding that took place in Poland just this year? Around May? The thousands of people that lost their homes to it now live in steel containers, without heating. I bet everyone is as happy about winter as you are.

It's funny tho, our government wondered what to do about flood victims during winter.. just two weeks ago. Way to go. "Hi, my name is xxx, im starting for a deputy in sejm. A monkey can do my job better. Vote for me."

Curry · Post by **Curry** » Sun Nov 28, 2010 10:04 am

galraen wrote:In it's annual seasonal ritual the British once more get taken completely by surprise by the arrival of winter!

Same here.

and you know how often it snows here ?

Fljotsdale · Post by **Fljotsdale** » Sun Nov 28, 2010 12:36 pm

Gosh, you Polish people sound SO English! :laugh: Or is that cos I was married to a Pole and I'm used to it?

QuenGalad · Post by **QuenGalad** » Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:07 pm

Funny, it's pretty common for foreign men to marry polish women, but the other way around is much rarer. I have my theory on that, but shh!

As for the winter, I saw this wonderful cartoon once... Unfortunately couldn't find it, so description will have to do. Two men were standing on a street and snow was falling. One had a look of complete shock. He said, "Dear God, snow!" The other asked "- Have you been abroad too long or something? - No, I work with roadkeeping services." :laugh:

@Stworca, you guessed it

Kaer · Post by **Kaer** » Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:15 pm

I live a few hundred kilometers into Canada from the US border. We were shocked it took until November for the snow to keep this year. :laugh:

It's the first time in a very, very long time that Halloween did not involve most kids being bundled up with a mask or a wand or something to show that underneath the sixteen layers they did indeed have a costume on.

It's excellent that we're having more mild winters. The trade off is more mild summers, but that's tolerable for me. Everyone is bracing for the typical December "holy crap I spilled my coffee and it froze before it hit the ground" three weeks of frozen hell to come swinging around though.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 1:36 am

galraen wrote:In it's annual seasonal ritual the British once more get taken completely by surprise by the arrival of winter!

Why is it that a nation that is obsessed with talking about the weather, is never, ever, prepared for it?:laugh:

It is exactly the same here in Denmark. The country shuts down in snow, despite it not being terrible uncommon.

Fortunately I was ready - I have just moved out of the city and found myself having to drive a larger distance so I rely on my car and therefore I was ready. But many weren't despite a lot of media warnings.

I was only on work a few hours Friday; but I did manage to find my car:
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I usually have a 30-45 minutes drive home depending on traffic. It took me 1 hour to get the first 8-9 km and I only drifted twice

I hate snow - I want warm summer again.

galraen · Post by **galraen** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:58 am

I'm shocked, I thought it was just us! I guess I should have known better,after all we didn't win so many wars because we were so good at them, not with our army officers, but that the other side was so bad!:laugh:

Pekka · Post by **Pekka** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:29 am

Winter shows its stunningly beautiful side if you care to get away from the bustle of big cities and highways. When you see a silent pine forest on a high ridge muffled in snow, you feel like you're getting close to understanding the meaning of perfection.
Sorry for offtopic.