Jack Frost

My fault... I mentioned Jersey and this is what I get instead of people commenting my photo. Oh my, I sprinkled a lot of egoism all over that sentence.

Maybe it was me. But again I do not come from god f**king Jersey. <3

*bumps* As usual, I don't smile.

All I can say the weather is cruel here. For two days, it was about 40F/5C and honestly, I felt too warm even with a light coat and was wishing to get colder. Now it's 14F/-10C. So much for a thaw.

All I can say the weather is cruel here. For two days, it was about 40F/5C and honestly, I felt too warm even with a light coat and was wishing to get colder. Now it's 14F/-10C. Now I don't feel so warm.

Ice would still melt at -2C if the sun is out and strong enough. The resulting liquid would dry up due to low humidity of the cold air. But it's a different story when it's -15C and sunny. Ice would be so frozen by then.

If you must know, traditional breakfast in the USA (and as well as Canada) are heavily based on full English breakfast with mixes from other European traditions. I rarely eat a full breakfast anyway. Only once or twice per year. I usually eat light to start my morning with cereal or oatmeal or bagel or croissant. Then I leave for school, picking up coffee on the way.

Erm, I just bang it on something and crack it open with my fingers.

They'll know why once they get into a ditch and mechanic shop. Local taxes don't protect them from stupidity. Yes, snowchain can cause unneeded damages to the roads if you use it too much. We keep it in the trunk in case if you're unlucky enough to run into a storm or worsing conditions, we put them on and think about getting home. Salt and plows are also very taxing on the pavement (not sidewalk... the blacktop), so that's why we have to repair or even repave the roads once every few years. If you show a photo of a town, everyone could tell whether the town is in Canada or not just by looking at the quality of the pavement. lol I doubt I heard about them, but I did hear about strikers actually making it to the spot to strike during the storm. Eh? Let's just call it typical human stupidity. Not truely just a British thing. Perhaps I should take photos. Maybe tomorrow. Just because everyone is showing them off. I won't do it today. I've been outside long enough today and it's -20 C at this moment.

un trip... ehhhh... nothing else.

That is why I am wondering if they're overhyping it or not. But my impression is that they go into chaos over a few centimetres of snow (not over a long-term, but when it falls). It still doesn't explain why... conductors operating a train weighing thousands of tonnes freak out over a "dusting" on the railway tracks. I figured the signalling system is not cold-resistant. It does go below freezing in southeastern England a few years per year, so it's a normal thing. Getting signallings to be slightly more resistance by a few more degrees C isn't much of an extra expense. But as you've said, privatization may be a factor getting silly railway services. An investment in snow chains might be better than spending a few hundreds of pounds getting your car towed out of a ditch after slipping on a patch of ice. And if you're unlucky enough, a few more hundreds of pounds to get your bent-tire realigned. I know your snow ends up as slush (mix of wate and ice) and it seems not to uncommon. Black ice (clear ice on wet black road not not easy to be visible), especially at night. I hit one of those at 25 mph and slammed my car to the curb. Bent the tire. What seemed to be a minor repair turned out to be a $2000 one because the metal frame under the engine got bent as well. Sadly, my dad deemed the car unworthy to fix and dumped it at a mechanic shop. I was very pissed off because he had no right to give up the car under my name and so on. He lied to me about it too. I'm still bitter because even after four years, I'm still without my own car. I would've had it fixed myself if it means to preserve my mobility not restricted by my parents (when they let me use their cars, conditions apply... ). I heard many arguments, several of which seem plausiable. Weather-predicting is still an inexact science and it's sometimes a pain to know whether if the forcasters are talking out of their ass or not. I know it's sweet to justify a day off from work and enjoy a day of rest, but it might not look for those working at a company undergoing a workforce reduction in this time of economic difficulty. Showing up to work when 1/4 of the employees didn't do so give you character and putting work as one of your priorities. I'll have to say, hopefully those companies won't have to look at "*Blizzard* of 2008 Attendence List" as a factor whether to lay off an employee or not. Even public workers from Whitehall refused to walk a couple blocks to the House of Commons for work. Now c'mon... :s +++++ Since everyone is showing off snowtrucks... Montreal's snow-removal equipements. Sidewalk plowers. It's my dream to drive one of those babies. Baddest of all snowblowers. Then we have graders, snow plows with salting capacity, salthing trucks, bulldozers, and dump trucks going up to 50 feet long and 10-12 feet high.

I made this a few years ago in French as an joke between my ex and me. But it's too dirty. Erm, yeah... *coughs* I raped up the "O Canada!" song very well.

You got 1.5 feet of snow? I'm only seeing on the news that London only got about 8 inches. Actually, that may be snow drifts where his niece got in. Wind tends to pile up snow quite well.

I wouldn't suggest spending billions of pounds on snowplows and salting trucks, but it's winter and the southeastern UK gets snow and freezing moments every year. I would've expected some measures to prevent a few centimetres of snow from shutting down a metro system, effectively preventing shutting down most of the city itself. That's where you could learn at least from other European countries that don't see as much snow as Canada. It's also basic economics to prevent a city from losing millions of pounds per day of productivity into the economy. So I can't imagine it being so costy to make the signals and railway tracks to be more resistant to temperatures down to at least -10C. Skipping a school day might not be too costy, but it means giving the teachers and workers a day of salaries for nothing. It is also not expensive to have a set of snowchains to keep in your car's trunk in case it gets too slippery for the tires. Snow tires are a plus as well though you wouldn't need it more than a few times per season. I know it's unusual for you Londoners this year... But this time I am talking about hearing the same thing every year on the BBC website. Now don't you think it's a little silly to let a few centimetres of snow cause such chaos? Unless BBC is overhyping everything every year. Of course, enjoy the snow while you have it anyway. O,o I wear my converse every day regardless of the weather. Just avoid the puddles and put in two socks if you think you'll be walking for quite a while.

Here in Montreal, only snow from a nuclear winter from nuke bombings will justify giving students a snow day. I never had a snow day in this country. Hence I went to school whatever Mumma Nature throws at me... Be it -25C with -40C wind chill... Be it a blizzard with blowing snow... Be it an ice storm... Be it a 30cm snowstorm... Been there... Survived those... You Brits could learn a lot from the Canadians. We still go to work, school, shopping, eating out, movies during snowstorms worse than what London just had. And the busses and metro will work almost perfectly. As I said... A snowstorm may cripple the city to some degree due to the traffic slowing down, but it doesn't completely shut it down. A 5 mins bus delay doesn't bother me. Plus, we're very smart enough to put the metro trains completely underground because the railway tracks will be nothing but frozen for five months a year. When I found out on the news about what happened in London. I couldn't help not laughing that a few centimetres would shut the whole freaking city down. A Brit showed me this yesterday. So true.

Yellow and brown... Ew.

2008 Goodies: I travalled so much... I went to New Brunswick-Nova Scotia-Prince Edward Island. So awesome. Also went to Gasp

I watched Milk as soon as it came out and managed to find a cinema out of a few dozens in the city that presents it. Oh. My. God. I learnt a lot about the beginning the gay movement in the USA and the world starting with Milk. It's a little surprising that many of the gay movements have their roots in the USA...

hehe I knew its existence for almost a year. But I wasn't going to pay $35 for the French version. It's hard to find gay books in English - not that I am complaining, but I'm not going to spend $35 for a 200-300 page book. So I ordered it online for $11 from Barnes and Noble and had it shipped to Canada. Problem solved. I just started reading it yesterday. Slowly. I usually read in the metro to kill time. I always do that.

Les Feux de Mon Coeur is quite feu-y.

https://www.gayauthors.org/forums/index.php...si&img=1041 *bleepsbleepsbleeps*

according to me, "tit" is gender neutral. it doesn't have to be big, round, and plump. it can be flat and... well, i better stop or i'll get turned on picturing chests again.

Nice tit.

Which should includes the Brazilian one.