Tales of Home [3]

if it makes u feel any better the englishmen aren't mentioned either.

A very apt description. And you're right, it's not something you hear very much about culturally because we're a hybrid zone.  Very much Northeastern in the Baltimore-DC metro area, very much Southern once you get east of the Bay or south of Richmond, and pretty much Appalachian west of Sideling Hill.

Just some pics.

Cold, frosty but clear day today- I like Autumn days like this-













This time of the year is a bugger for sunglare on roads, you get a lot of accidents from it about now as the sun is always low on the horizon-



Took this a few days ago, everyone loves a rainbow!-

Very nice, Petty, the second one reminds me of home

Rather a lovely sky this evening-











I do like a good sky.  

nice.  

apart from the frost brrrrrrrrrr!

Yes, it's certainly very pretty.

Particularily in that weather, though I guess it's not like that at all times. I remember reading a story of a dutch businessman who bought one of those chalet style places in the Highlands and moved there with his family. It proceded to rain for 90 days straight and he ended up selling up and moving back to the Netherlands to save his marriage. Apparently his wife told him it was her or Scotland.

Though it's probably a bit more dry in your neck of the woods. (I hope:) )

Figg; I actually prefer winter with the snow, it's the darkness and the rain I find tiresome.

this picture is from middle of october. i had a video of my dog acting all stupid which i thougt i|de share, but i have been too lazy to edit it, so i just thought i'de share the picture it was about -12, not sure.. actually kinda unusual that it would snow that much that early, but yeah.. funny thing is, the snow actually stayed, which it seldom does early in winter, but this one stayed so we basically were like BOOM! winter in one day it's getting darker and darker though.. daylight between 10 in the morning and 3 in the afternoon.. yey.. looking forward -.-"

daylight between 10 in the morning and 3 in the afternoon- Norc

Scenery looks amazing (if cold) as always Norc. We get about an hour either side of daylight over you Fjordians in the depths of winter.

yeah.. cold  and colder  but u're lucky bastards, at least u have some daylight in the depths of winter.

Except when its really cloudy and overcast (which it is often)- then its basically just a sort of grey twilight all day.

  Winter sucks. I tried liking it but I cant.

Winter can be nice. I love coming in from the freezing cold and sitting in front of an open fire trying to warm up. Shame I don't have one any more!!

Pettytyrant101 wrote:Except when its really cloudy and overcast (which it is often)- then its basically just a sort of grey twilight all day.

at least it's not pitch black.

I can always drink until it is  

some prefer to stay sober once in a while.

I like to be sober once in a while.
Why I remember once I was sober for nearly a whole day, must have been about 1981.  
I dont like to think about it though  

Norc wrote:

You have actually had proper winter since mid October?

That's wonderfull. Down here in Oslo it's still just wet, cold and dark.

Know what your saying about the darkness, that's the part that bothers me and you have it so much worse than us on that part. The snow is great, though -12 is a bit on the cold side for October.

  I warned everyone (possibly) that the others were just the vanguard!!  Once a Viking always a Viking!

{{{Isn't Norc always going on about Oslo- how they get all the money and the good stuff? Maybe we can put the invasion off by getting them to fight among themselves- worked in the past  }}}}

 

Yeah, I guess I should be happy we got away with "The place where everything fucking happens." Not that I mind, I'm certainly not a patriot of any kind.

But Petty. Didn't you know that they carried out quite extensive dna testing in Great Brittain some years ago and found that a large percentage of the population in both Scotland and northern England shared a Viking heritage. So we should probably claim you as one of our own.

Us Brits have just about every bit of European DNA in us. Not sure you pointy hatted war mongers should have any exclusive claim!

Bluebottle wrote:


That's wonderfull. Down here in Oslo it's still just wet, cold and dark.

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Whaaaaaat????  Hæ?! Flere norskinga åsså sa du ingenting  Omg,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Bluebottle wrote: 

Yeah, I guess I should be happy we got away with "The place where everything fucking happens." Not that I mind, I'm certainly not a patriot of any kind.

But Petty. Didn't you know that they carried out quite extensive dna testing in Great Brittain some years ago and found that a large percentage of the population in both Scotland and northern England shared a Viking heritage. So we should probably claim you as one of our own.

Sssssshh no, don't u dare!! 

Also, i was angry because i don't think the winter olympics or the world cup of whatever it was, should've been in oslo,.. I do like oslo though, i just feel sometimes it can be a bit too much focus " down there " .