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Offline GREENI

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« on: December 10, 2007, 19:48:58 »
It's a term used by us at work for..."it's freezing"...

Went out for a couple of hours tonight on my mountain bike, it is hellishly cold...
Even at 6pm there were signs of frost on the roads....

So get up early tomorrow, and make sure you defrost ALL your windows,
There's nothing worse than being pulled out on, by a turd who can't see through his car glass for frost!!!!!!!!!!

MINUS 4.brrrrrrrrrrr :(bigshock):
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« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2007, 19:50:51 »
Thanks for the reminder .... will set the auto defrost to 7.30am ;-)
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« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2007, 19:57:17 »
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Thanks for the reminder .... will set the auto defrost to 7.30am ;-)


guess i will be getting up earlier to scrap the ice of the inside and outside of the windows  :oops:  :lol:
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« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2007, 20:06:03 »
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Thanks for the reminder .... will set the auto defrost to 7.30am ;-)


guess i will be getting up earlier to scrap the ice of the inside and outside of the windows  :oops:  :lol:


I'll get the missus to start my car when she goes to work  :twisted:  :lol:
We use the term 'taters' for it's cold!  i.e..It's 'taters' outside... :lol:
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« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2007, 20:11:33 »
the term i use and im sure a few other people on here is its BALTIC............. :wink:
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« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2007, 20:13:19 »
Its a bit nesh here   :)
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« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2007, 20:14:05 »
Of course, there's always the old favourite :

Cold enough to the freeze the balls of a brass monkey :)

Of course the brass monkey is in fact the triangular thing the cannon balls are stacked on...so it does actually make some sense ;-)
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« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2007, 20:17:25 »
Yeah, nesh, taters...as in "i'm freezing my taters off !!!"
All good stuff......
Ill be scraping the ice off the Wifes car first thing, and warm it up for her...good lad I am  :wink:
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« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2007, 20:36:36 »
Of course, being from the Landed Gentry, one doesn't have to de-ice one's car. The staff do it for me. :wink:
As for expression of the current climate, one could say a 'tad chilly, what?'
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« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2007, 20:38:04 »
Air conditioning's a bit too effective...
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« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2007, 20:46:49 »
This is what you need even thinking of putting one in the garage :P  :P  :P
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« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2007, 21:22:17 »
In my neck of the woods.......it's getting a tad "parky"...and if it's gone beyond parky, then it's become fair "nithering"!!.... :shock:  :D
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« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2007, 21:48:52 »
It's not too bad here. Most of the cars are frozen over. If it gets proper cold I might go indoors and get a jumper or something to put over my T-shirt.  :wink:
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« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2007, 22:19:29 »
Yer this isn't cold infact far from it, its just mild  :wink:
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« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2007, 23:30:38 »
yep its a nice temperature, been going round in a t-shirt, no probs, but you could just say its flaming freezing :lol:
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« Reply #15 on: December 12, 2007, 20:30:59 »
The phrase "its a bit nipply outside", for obvious reasons! :wink:
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« Reply #16 on: December 12, 2007, 20:36:38 »
Quote from: "Lord Shagg-Pyle"
The phrase "its a bit nipply outside", for obvious reasons! :wink:


Somewhere to hang your hat, though!   :oops:
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« Reply #17 on: December 12, 2007, 20:36:38 »
Quote from: "GREENI"
It's a term used by us at work for..."it's freezing"...

Went out for a couple of hours tonight on my mountain bike, it is hellishly cold...
Even at 6pm there were signs of frost on the roads....

So get up early tomorrow, and make sure you defrost ALL your windows,
There's nothing worse than being pulled out on, by a turd who can't see through his car glass for frost!!!!!!!!!!

MINUS 4.brrrrrrrrrrr :(bigshock):


i,m gonna ask :?  why spiders and whats the connection with being cold?

why not "its penguins out there" :lol:
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« Reply #18 on: December 12, 2007, 20:41:36 »
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Quote from: "GREENI"
It's a term used by us at work for..."it's freezing"...

Went out for a couple of hours tonight on my mountain bike, it is hellishly cold...
Even at 6pm there were signs of frost on the roads....

So get up early tomorrow, and make sure you defrost ALL your windows,
There's nothing worse than being pulled out on, by a turd who can't see through his car glass for frost!!!!!!!!!!

MINUS 4.brrrrrrrrrrr :(bigshock):


i,m gonna ask :?  why spiders and whats the connection with being cold?

why not "its penguins out there" :lol:


I have absolutely no idea.....it's a term I always use aswell....know i'm confused  :?  :shock:
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« Reply #19 on: December 12, 2007, 22:23:36 »
Maybe it's a reference to how well spider webs show up in frost? I agree penguins (or polar bears) would make more sense.
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« Reply #20 on: December 12, 2007, 23:08:53 »
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The phrase "its a bit nipply outside", for obvious reasons! :wink:


Somewhere to hang your hat, though!   :oops:


What if its a top hat?
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« Reply #21 on: December 13, 2007, 00:16:14 »
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Quote from: "biodiesel-queen"
Quote from: "Lord Shagg-Pyle"
The phrase "its a bit nipply outside", for obvious reasons! :wink:


Somewhere to hang your hat, though!   :oops:


What if its a top hat?


Well Depends on how chilly it is!
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« Reply #22 on: December 13, 2007, 00:27:15 »
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Of course the brass monkey is in fact the triangular thing the cannon balls are stacked on...so it does actually make some sense ;-)


No it int. it's another myth. if you stacked cannon balls like that the first time the ship heeled over there'd be cannon balls rolling all over the gun deck.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/cold%20enough%20to%20freeze%20the%20balls%20off%20a%20brass%20monkey.html
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« Reply #23 on: December 13, 2007, 00:37:42 »
its that cold here the local flasher jumped out and described himself :lol:
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« Reply #24 on: December 13, 2007, 01:01:49 »
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its that cold here the local flasher jumped out and described himself :lol:


 :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
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« Reply #25 on: December 13, 2007, 01:10:24 »
I have a system that I put the Landy in the back garden.Run a fan heater to it there is a timer plug in the shed.Its great the car is clear and lovely and warm. :lol:
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« Reply #26 on: December 13, 2007, 08:49:36 »
I went to pick the wife up at Wakefield WestGate station last night (off a 10:35 train) after a business trip to London, & I'd swear there were small piles of snow on the platform in places!!
(nothing in the rest of the citythough)
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« Reply #27 on: December 13, 2007, 09:07:34 »
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Of course the brass monkey is in fact the triangular thing the cannon balls are stacked on...so it does actually make some sense ;-)


No it int. it's another myth. if you stacked cannon balls like that the first time the ship heeled over there'd be cannon balls rolling all over the gun deck.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/cold%20enough%20to%20freeze%20the%20balls%20off%20a%20brass%20monkey.html


I always though the phrase was from land based artillery, not from trade and war ships.
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« Reply #28 on: December 13, 2007, 09:20:24 »
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its that cold here the local flasher jumped out and described himself :lol:


Most amusing :wink:
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« Reply #29 on: December 13, 2007, 11:30:50 »
Just come back, after a ride on the bike  & came across a road-closure.

Two separate 'Road Traffics', due to ice, on a lane that's less than a mile long.
It's fairly exposed, but has a couple of quite sunken corners, almost like hollow-ways.

Needless to say I went the long way round
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