Britains big chill from space

[Danny]

Apparently, due to a lack of the gulf stream that normally keeps our merry little island more temperate than it should be given our location in the world, the united kingdom has gone from its usual verdant self to this:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/khazrak/GreatBritain-thumb-633x819-29136.jpg

the day after tomorrow much?, eerie to see from space that you live in the center of THAT.

[Tricky]

Im loving this weather, even with my 25 mile commute to work! Its refreshing to be getting a proper winter as opposed to the mild wet crap ones we've had since my mid teens! Im not one of these who gets into a panic over it though, I havent been stripping the supermarket shelves or not daring to go outside like far too many people have been :rolleyes:
We've had deep snow on the ground since the week before xmas, although my parents keep going on about it not being as bad as the winter 0f '63

[AcesandEights]

the day after tomorrow much?

If frozen helicopters start falling from the sky, Hells, run--do NOT walk--run, to you're nearest tanning salon, get in tanning booth, turn to 11 and call your agent to ask about starring in a better apocalypse.

Beautiful picture, by the way. Fascinating to see so much white covering your green and pleasant land.

[Danny]

Im loving this weather, even with my 25 mile commute to work! Its refreshing to be getting a proper winter as opposed to the mild wet crap ones we've had since my mid teens! Im not one of these who gets into a panic over it though, I havent been stripping the supermarket shelves or not daring to go outside like far too many people have been :rolleyes:
We've had deep snow on the ground since the week before xmas, although my parents keep going on about it not being as bad as the winter 0f '63

i blame a lot of peoples reactions on the idiot news reporters. first day of that big blizzard last week the retards on my local "central news" who make every story twisted to terrify people was all "THE TRAINS HAVE STOPPED. IS THIS THE END OF BUSINESS?, WILL MONEY LOSE ITS VALUE NEXT?!?"
i wish i was fucking joking. They actually said "these students have no heating and are wrapping up in space blankets to stay alive?!!11oneone11!!" fuck. that. to save money on the heating if im not doing shit i will sit under a blanket or something on the sofa whilst i do my work. its not dying weather if your in your early fucking twenties, but the news peddles it this way. i mean sure i love the cold compared to hot weather but really? people live comfortably in colder climates than this year round its not the end of the world.
but the end of the world gets such good ratings.:rolleyes:

[Craig]

Where I live it's been quite icy all week and it snowed a small amount Wednesday morning I think, though while it's been cold enough for untouched places to stay dusted white from Wednesday, we haven't had any more fall...

[Danny]

Where I live it's been quite icy all week and it snowed a small amount Wednesday morning I think, though while it's been cold enough for untouched places to stay dusted white from Wednesday, we haven't had any more fall...

it snowed here for a full day 4 days ago, clear skys since, but the snow is all still there.

[blind2d]

You know what would be a great song for this? London's Burning by the Clash!

[Philly_SWAT]

It is forecast for sleet and snow here Friday night and Saturday morning.

Here in DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA that is!!

[Danny]

You know what would be a great song for this? London's Burning by the Clash!

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/khazrak/no-country-for-old-men-4.jpg

[Philly_SWAT]

Was Tommy Lee Jones in the Clash?

[Danny]

Was Tommy Lee Jones in the Clash?

its a general sign of internet disapproval, much akin to "son i am dissapoint" to let the kids know what the dilly-o is, to quote the modern vernacular.

[Philly_SWAT]

its a general sign of internet disapproval, much akin to "son i am dissapoint" to let the kids know what the dilly-o is, to quote the modern vernacular.

Thats what I figured, I was going for sarcasm with my remark....:)

BTW, its "whats the dilly, yo" not " whats the dilly-o"

[Danny]

Thats what I figured, I was going for sarcasm with my remark....:)

BTW, its "whats the dilly, yo" not " whats the dilly-o"

and i took jeffrey rowland at his cartoon word.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/khazrak/20090630.png

[EvilNed]

We'll let it pass this time... But just this once.

[capncnut]

Don't worry, Danny. I got you covered.


Dilly-o. Slang or a shortening of "What's the deal, yo?".

[bassman]

My area got a nice little blanket of snow over the night and people are LOSING THEIR MINDS. We don't get snow much, but when we do it's sad. First they hear about a little bit of snow and then buy out the bread and milk in every store in town. Really, people? You think you're going to be snowed in by 1-2 inches?:rolleyes:

Then there's the morons who think it's impossible to drive on snow and ice but for some idiotic fuckin reason decide to try it anyway! Hello ditch on the side of the road....meet car.

And the people smart enough to know how to handle driving in the weather are ultimately stuck behind these morons that go 10 mph(max) on main streets. My drive to the office normally takes about 10 minutes. It took over an hour this morning because of these people. Fuck I hate people.:mad:

That's my rant about snow in places that don't have it often.:lol:

[Tricky]

And the people smart enough to know how to handle driving in the weather are ultimately stuck behind these morons that go 10 mph(max) on main streets. My drive to the office normally takes about 10 minutes. It took over an hour this morning because of these people. Fuck I hate people.:mad:


Thats the thing that really boils my piss, on my way home tonight there was some guy in front going 10 mph with his hazard lights flashing on the dual carriageway :mad::rant: yes it was icy & the snow was fairly deep, but damn 25 - 30 mph would have been just fine!

[Philly_SWAT]

Originally Posted by Urban Dictionary
Dilly-o. Slang or a shortening of "What's the deal, yo?".

Don't worry, Danny. I got you covered.

Also from the Urban Dictionary


dilly yo

some one asking how the a situation ended or is coming along..

It is friday night and one friend turns to anther:

Adrien what's the dilly yo?



and another from Urban Dictionary




what the dilly yo

It means wtf, what the hell, etc. It came out in 1996.

person#1:Ima throw yo ball.
person#1:I just throw yo ball.
person#2:What the dilly yo.




In any event, go ask an African American and they can tell you.

[blind2d]

That's not racist.
Hey, at least I thought of a song! No one else had done that! Tommy Lee is a poser, anyhow.

[clanglee]

Man, screw yall and yer snow. I am pissed. Each time snow has been called for in my area it has blithely passed us by. I won't stand for it anymore. . . I just won't. . . . .won't.:(

[deadpunk]

That's not racist.
Hey, at least I thought of a song! No one else had done that! Tommy Lee is a poser, anyhow.

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc284/thebeergoblin/5e6ebm.gif

The End :)

[blind2d]

Ha, you fell for my attention-getting trap! Ha!
PS: Ow, my face!

[Tricky]

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc284/thebeergoblin/5e6ebm.gif

The End :)

ha ha man whats that from? I recognise James Mcavoy but dont know the film/program

[clanglee]

ha ha man whats that from? I recognise James Mcavoy but dont know the film/program

Wanted. Pretty decent movie IMO

[SRP76]

Well, that'll be the end for most of the posters here. Archaeologists a thousand years from now will find perfectly-preserved deep-frozen remains of people propped in front of now-ancient computers.

[shootemindehead]

"It's amazing...It's like they couldn't break away from 'Homepage of the Dead'. They just stayed at their computers arguing about the 'Dawn of the Dead' remake, until they froze."

"Hmmmm...110 reasons why I'd rather Freeze to death, than watch 'Yawn04' by someone called MinionZombie. These 21st century people sure had a lot of time on their hands."

[MinionZombie]

"It's amazing...It's like they couldn't break away from 'Homepage of the Dead'. They just stayed at their computers arguing about the 'Dawn of the Dead' remake, until they froze."

"Hmmmm...110 reasons why I'd rather Freeze to death, than watch 'Yawn04' by someone called MinionZombie. These 21st century people sure had a lot of time on their hands."

:lol::lol::lol:

"Man alive, these internet obsessed people sure had a lot of porn..."

[SymphonicX]

Hmm, I flew down through maybe 50 foot of clouds to reach heathrow. You'd be amazed at just how low the clouds are, and right above it is a perfectly blue sky with an amazingly bright sun, it looks amazing.

Makes me wonder how they got this picture though, what with the clouds being barely half a mile above ground level. When we broke through them, we were way too close to the ground to allow a decent view of an aerial photograph....

thoughts?

[Mike70]

Makes me wonder how they got this picture though, what with the clouds being barely half a mile above ground level. When we broke through them, we were way too close to the ground to allow a decent view of an aerial photograph....

thoughts?

just to hazard a guess: this photo could have originally been taken in a wavelength that clouds are transparent to and then converted to an image we can see. that is how the surface of venus was imaged by magellan.

or perhaps it was just a fortuitous break in the clouds.

[krakenslayer]

Hmm, I flew down through maybe 50 foot of clouds to reach heathrow. You'd be amazed at just how low the clouds are, and right above it is a perfectly blue sky with an amazingly bright sun, it looks amazing.

Makes me wonder how they got this picture though, what with the clouds being barely half a mile above ground level. When we broke through them, we were way too close to the ground to allow a decent view of an aerial photograph....

thoughts?

Well, a big contributing factor to the cold spell was the general lack of cloud cover. In the UK we are used to having large swathes of the country covered by cloud and/or humid air at any one time. The clouds, which are caused by most winds coming up on the North Atlantic Drift from the Gulf Stream, give the island insulation against the cold. However, the North Atlantic Drift was bringing us bugger all a few weeks ago and there were a lot of clear skies with very low humidity, through which all our warmth haemorraged off into space.

At the same time, there was just enough cloud cover coming in from the north to pound us with snow - but the snow came in waves that swept down the country, the country was not blanketed all at once.

So I reckon the image was taken either in a small window of opportunity when there were briefly no clouds over the landmass, or was composed of several photographs taken at different times when different parts of the country were covered.

[capncnut]

It's not over either, according to the radio. Got another month of it sporadically.

[Mike70]

the cold spell finally broke here and now we have a heatwave going. it's going to be 43 F here today. almost beach weather compared to the last 6 weeks or so.

[capncnut]

Lucky you, man. Just heard a report from the met office saying that southern UK will have a flurry tomorrow afternoon with heavy snow predicted in the evening...

...bollocks! :mad:

[DjfunkmasterG]

My area got a nice little blanket of snow over the night and people are LOSING THEIR MINDS. We don't get snow much, but when we do it's sad. First they hear about a little bit of snow and then buy out the bread and milk in every store in town. Really, people? You think you're going to be snowed in by 1-2 inches?:rolleyes:

Then there's the morons who think it's impossible to drive on snow and ice but for some idiotic fuckin reason decide to try it anyway! Hello ditch on the side of the road....meet car.

And the people smart enough to know how to handle driving in the weather are ultimately stuck behind these morons that go 10 mph(max) on main streets. My drive to the office normally takes about 10 minutes. It took over an hour this morning because of these people. Fuck I hate people.:mad:

That's my rant about snow in places that don't have it often.:lol:


Aren't you in georgia?

If so, snow is unusual for you guys and that is why people go into a freaking panic.

In Maryland they close school for too much rain. :lol: RAIN! yes that wet stuff that turns into snow at freezing temperatures

[MinionZombie]

Lucky you, man. Just heard a report from the met office saying that southern UK will have a flurry tomorrow afternoon with heavy snow predicted in the evening...

...bollocks! :mad:
Aye, it's nicely over my territory too... :rolleyes: