Arran Snowed In - Page 4

limey · 03-28-2013, 06:12 PM

Bruce, my difficulty was that I was going away and had no idea whether or when power would be restored. It's all in the bin now, I'm afraid.

Sent by thought transference

xoxoxoBruce · 03-29-2013, 12:51 AM

Yeah, that's why I said, "if means are available", I realize in your case it's not.
Just throwing out some wisdom many people aren't aware of.

Sundae · 03-29-2013, 04:32 AM

Limey throws out food.
Bruce throws out wisdom.

I still love them both. But Limey has some Indian meals in her cupboard.
So it looks like food wins.

Clodfobble · 03-29-2013, 11:06 PM

Sorry limey. I don't know squat about soccer, but I hope Arsenal at least wins the game so you two can have something to boost your spirits.

richlevy · 03-30-2013, 04:08 PM

If you think this is going to be happening again......

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pack-Mountai..._sbs_grocery_3

80 meals, 25 year shelf life, £430.00

Of course, just rotating a large supply of dried beans, fruits, rice would also do the job much cheaper. Add some dried or jerky meats for you and the cats.

Being snowed in requires that you:

1) Have a large supply of wood or an uninterrupted supply of gas for heating and cooking.
2) Have a good supply of water. Melted and boiled snow is fine. White, not yellow.
3) Have an adequate supply of food. Cold items like granola are fine, but heatable foods are more comfortable.
4) Fuck like bunnies.

limey · 03-30-2013, 05:05 PM

Check.
Check.
Check.
Check.

Sent by thought transference

xoxoxoBruce · 03-30-2013, 05:43 PM

I don't think limey lacked for food, surplus was the problem.

orthodoc · 03-30-2013, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by richlevy

Being snowed in requires that you:

1) Have a large supply of wood or an uninterrupted supply of gas for heating and cooking.
2) Have a good supply of water. Melted and boiled snow is fine. White, not yellow.
3) Have an adequate supply of food. Cold items like granola are fine, but heatable foods are more comfortable.
4) Fuck like bunnies.

Perfect prescription (from a Canuck who spent lots of time in the snow belts of northern Ontario).

Sundae · 04-01-2013, 03:31 PM

Ianto.

Just made me laugh (even though Limey still had a landline.)
Because you just gotta love a bit of Ianto., right?
Or a lot of Gareth David-Lloyd if JB is to be believed.

Ah shoot, thought this was also the clip where Owen [the character, not the actor Burn] suggested they all had sex. Y'know. Just to pass the time.

Still, it never happened anyway. Not on TV.

ZenGum · 04-02-2013, 02:58 AM

Wow.

Is it usual to have that kind of weather this late in the year?

Just for the sake of the contrast, I'll mention here that last Wednesday, as I was helping put a new roof on the first aid post at a festival in south-central New South Wales, it was 41 bloody degrees, with evening thundery showers.

That weather belongs in Darwin in December. WTF?

limey · 04-02-2013, 04:13 AM

Zengum, it's not usual to have that kind of weather on Arran at any time of year! We only get snow every couple of years and even then it's a few inches which is gone in a couple of days.
That snowdrift is still there today, 10 days later. It's only half the height now, but any other year a three-foot snowdrift would be considered ma-hoo-sive

Sent by thought transference

DanaC · 04-02-2013, 04:21 AM

We usually dont get it so late here. Though there've been a few early March snowfalls.

Apparently it was a lot more common during the first half of the 20th century.

ZenGum · 04-03-2013, 02:28 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...lands-21999542

I dinna ken how ta gang fra the braes to yon Arran, but, fook me.

Quote:

A helicopter has been deployed and fire crews remain on standby to guard properties as wildfires continue to burn across the Scottish Highlands.

Crews are holding a watching brief over a significant fire in the hills north of Gairloch, on the north-west coast, to ensure no properties are at risk.

Okay, Brits, WTF?

Quote:

A large fire near Fort William, which local MP Charles Kennedy described as unprecedented, has been extinguished.

The blaze broke out between Corpach and Banavie on Monday.

At one point the fire stretched for a distance of about three miles, covering an area of 650 hectares.

*stifles giggles*

To be fair, it's all about what you're used to and equipped for. My town would be paralysed by two inches of snow on the ground.

DanaC · 04-03-2013, 03:29 AM

Unprecedented for that area of the country :p We get much bigger wildfires onthe moors near us.

Clodfobble · 04-03-2013, 07:36 AM

Plus, you know, that whole 1666 thing.

03-28-2013, 06:12 PM	#46
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Bruce, my difficulty was that I was going away and had no idea whether or when power would be restored. It's all in the bin now, I'm afraid. Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

03-29-2013, 12:51 AM	#47
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah, that's why I said, "if means are available", I realize in your case it's not. Just throwing out some wisdom many people aren't aware of. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-29-2013, 04:32 AM	#48
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Limey throws out food. Bruce throws out wisdom. I still love them both. But Limey has some Indian meals in her cupboard. So it looks like food wins. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

03-29-2013, 11:06 PM	#49
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Sorry limey. I don't know squat about soccer, but I hope Arsenal at least wins the game so you two can have something to boost your spirits. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

03-30-2013, 04:08 PM	#50
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	If you think this is going to be happening again...... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pack-Mountai..._sbs_grocery_3 80 meals, 25 year shelf life, £430.00 Of course, just rotating a large supply of dried beans, fruits, rice would also do the job much cheaper. Add some dried or jerky meats for you and the cats. Being snowed in requires that you: 1) Have a large supply of wood or an uninterrupted supply of gas for heating and cooking. 2) Have a good supply of water. Melted and boiled snow is fine. White, not yellow. 3) Have an adequate supply of food. Cold items like granola are fine, but heatable foods are more comfortable. 4) Fuck like bunnies. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama Last edited by richlevy; 03-30-2013 at 04:18 PM.

03-30-2013, 05:05 PM	#51
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Check. Check. Check. Check. Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

03-30-2013, 05:43 PM	#52
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I don't think limey lacked for food, surplus was the problem. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-01-2013, 03:31 PM	#54
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Ianto. Just made me laugh (even though Limey still had a landline.) Because you just gotta love a bit of Ianto., right? Or a lot of Gareth David-Lloyd if JB is to be believed. Ah shoot, thought this was also the clip where Owen [the character, not the actor Burn] suggested they all had sex. Y'know. Just to pass the time. Still, it never happened anyway. Not on TV. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac Last edited by Sundae; 04-01-2013 at 03:39 PM.

04-02-2013, 02:58 AM	#55
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Wow. Is it usual to have that kind of weather this late in the year? Just for the sake of the contrast, I'll mention here that last Wednesday, as I was helping put a new roof on the first aid post at a festival in south-central New South Wales, it was 41 bloody degrees, with evening thundery showers. That weather belongs in Darwin in December. WTF? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

04-02-2013, 04:13 AM	#56
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Zengum, it's not usual to have that kind of weather on Arran at any time of year! We only get snow every couple of years and even then it's a few inches which is gone in a couple of days. That snowdrift is still there today, 10 days later. It's only half the height now, but any other year a three-foot snowdrift would be considered ma-hoo-sive Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

04-03-2013, 07:36 AM	#60
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Plus, you know, that whole 1666 thing. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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