Re: Fjordlandia Viking bar & kaffistove, main str. 221B, Needlehole [2]

by Mrs Figg Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:41 pm

the weather is freaking me out.

by **Orwell** Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:50 pm

We're having 41C days and fires all over the place among the eucalypts. Funny in a way that while we keep an eye of our Fire Apps on the mobile, and some fires are only 5 K's away, I go about our business as if they are in another country (or world). Mind you, we're not having the huge conflagions like the bushfire that killed in excess of two hundred people in my State five or six years ago. The death of real people (unless you know them personally) is in some ways like the death of characters in Game of Thrones, fictional. (For all that, no deaths to bushfire this year Downunder and hope it stays that way!)

by Mrs Figg Sat Feb 01, 2014 11:21 pm

41c sucks. It gets that hot here in August and its sweaty heat. But I prefer heat to miserable cold. Mind you 41c is too damn hot. I suppose if its dry heat its better though?

by David H Sat Feb 01, 2014 11:29 pm

I think 41 and wet heat is called sauna, which isn't necessarily such a bad thing!

by Mrs Figg Sat Feb 01, 2014 11:37 pm

yep its a sauna alright. nasty fungus growing environment

by Norc Sat Feb 01, 2014 11:48 pm

what the hell?! 41C in FEBRURARY?! whaaat?!

by Ringdrotten Sun Feb 02, 2014 10:14 am

Well, these are strange times - wildfires everywhere in Trøndelag, and now grass fires where Amarië lives scratch

Thinking what the winters (not to mention the summers) will be like in 10-20 years fills me with an eerie feeling pale

by azriel Sun Feb 02, 2014 10:43 am

Same here in the UK ! We seem to have more rising water ( which scares the shit out of me ! pale

) & flooding these last few years. dont forget we are SURROUNDED by water, being a teeny weeny island, & THAT scares me like hell ! pale

I sometimes have nightmares that it will all end like "WaterWorld" in this hemisphere & be a total baron waste in the other . *shudder*

by Pettytyrant101 Sun Feb 02, 2014 3:44 pm

Sorry Azriel its just England that's sinking, Scotland is rising out of the sea, several inches a year in fact- about by the same amount England sinks every year, and we've shaped all our hills so all the run off goes across the border Nod

(either that or the UKIP guys right and its punishment for all the gays! not quite sue how mind you, I reckon if it rains for long enough all that will happen to the gay people is they will come up with a rather natty line in designer umbrellas and matching welly boots)

by Mrs Figg Sun Feb 02, 2014 4:01 pm

by Pettytyrant101 Sun Feb 02, 2014 4:14 pm

Are you shocked that Scotland is rising Figg, or that we run the rain off into England, or that UKIP think its the fault of gay people?

by Mrs Figg Sun Feb 02, 2014 4:32 pm

well when Scotland gets too high dont come running for our oxygen. Suspect

by azriel Sun Feb 02, 2014 5:04 pm

The gays will rise from the depths
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And laugh at all the Scotty's floundering for air..
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That'l wipe the grin off old Farage wont it ?
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by azriel Sun Feb 02, 2014 5:08 pm

Mind you I think Petty might be on to something pale

The Scot's could throw their huge boulders back towards Scanilandinandiland & be ok, Us ? well, learn how to speak French ! We could use The isle of Wright as a raft & paddle away ??

by Bluebottle Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:10 am

All this talk reminded me of a Goon Show tidbit I just saw on my facebook.

Quote of the day:
Seagoon: I entered a room 4 foot deep in water. Up to his neck in it Grytpype-Thynne was sitting on a rubber dinghy, smoking a gin-filled hookah.
Grytpype-Thynne: Ah Neddie! Have a glass of water.
Seagoon: [Gulps] Ah, thank you.
Grytpype-Thynne: Have another. Drink as much as you can.
Seagoon: Why?
Grytpype-Thynne: The basement's flooded.

by **Orwell** Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:36 am

I remember the one about the Atomic Dustbin.

One Goon: Is that the prototype?

Other Goon: That's the dustbin.

Sorry can't remember much, it was a long time ago, but I thought that was funny. Very Happy

by Bluebottle Mon Feb 03, 2014 11:13 am

Yeah, Spike Milligan had a real gift for poignant lines like that. Nod

They do like a daily quote and sometimes they're just meh, but mostly they are wonderful.

Seagoon: Captain Hairy Seagoon at your service sir
Crun: Yes captain service, now here is a photo of the Russian master spy Igor Blimey. He's escaped from every prison camp in Europe
Seagoon: There's nothing on this photograph
Crun: He's escaped again!

by **Orwell** Mon Feb 03, 2014 11:24 am

Pettytyrant101 wrote:Are you shocked that Scotland is rising Figg, or that we run the rain off into England, or that UKIP think its the fault of gay people?

Is Scotland getting lighter because the English are moving out all of their capital and infrasructure ahead of the divorce? scratch

by **Orwell** Mon Feb 03, 2014 11:25 am

Bluebottle wrote:Yeah, Spike Milligan had a real gift for poignant lines like that.

They do like a daily quote and sometimes they're just meh, but mostly they are wonderful.

Seagoon: Captain Hairy Seagoon at your service sir
Crun: Yes captain service, now here is a photo of the Russian master spy Igor Blimey. He's escaped from every prison camp in Europe
Seagoon: There's nothing on this photograph
Crun: He's escaped again!

Spike was plain silly really.

by Bluebottle Mon Feb 03, 2014 11:35 am

Yes, wonderfully so. Nod

by Pettytyrant101 Mon Feb 03, 2014 3:27 pm

Is Scotland getting lighter because the English are moving out all of their capital and infrasructure ahead of the divorce?-= Orwell

The truth is more wonderous Orwell- we are still riding slowly back up after being compressed under a few miles of ice in the Last Ice Age, the countries been slowly rising back up for about 10,000 years.
Basically think of the UK like a seesaw, as it rises at the Scottish end it falls at the other end.

by Norc Mon Feb 03, 2014 3:36 pm

same here

by Bluebottle Tue Feb 04, 2014 2:36 pm

A bit interesting to see how opinions vary in different parts of the country. (One area certainly seems to have made up it's mind. Laughing

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Det er spurt i overkant av 1000 personer i forbindelse med gallupen.

Spørsmålet som er stilt er: «Bør Norge søke om å få arrangere vinter-OL i Oslo 2022?»

Undesøkelsen er utført av Norstat.
Tallene fra gallupen

Tallene fra NRKs måling i november 2013 står i parentes.

Totalt:
Ja: 38 (40) prosent
Nei: 55 (53) prosent
Vet ikke: 7 (7) prosent

Oslo:
Ja: 45 (48) prosent
Nei: 49 (48) prosent
Vet ikke: 7 (4) prosent

Nord-Norge:
Ja: 15 (20) prosent
Nei: 79 (73) prosent
Vet ikke: 6 (7) prosent

Midt-Norge:
Ja: 38 (32) prosent
Nei: 54 (59) prosent
Vet ikke: 9 (9) prosent

Vestlandet:
Ja: 32 (34) prosent
Nei: 58 (61) prosent
Vet ikke: 11 (5) prosent

Østlandet:
Ja: 46(48) prosent
Nei: 48 (43) prosent
Vet ikke: 6 (9) prosent

Sørlandet inkl Telemark:
Ja: 41 (44) prosent
Nei: 57 (51) prosent
Vet ikke: 2 (5) prosent

Menn:
Ja: 42 (41) prosent
Nei: 51 (53) prosent
Vet ikke: 7 (6) prosent

Kvinner:
Ja: 35 (39) prosent
Nei: 58 (53) prosent
Vet ikke: 7 (8 ) prosent

http://www.nrk.no/sport/fortsatt-stor-motstand-mot-oslo-ol-1.11381809

by Norc Tue Feb 04, 2014 3:16 pm

so, most of the country votes no... only on Østlandet is it a yes, and in oslo it is a tie? this is stupid.

by Bluebottle Tue Feb 04, 2014 6:15 pm

Yeah, it's getting a bit silly isn't it. Laughing

Though if you look at the numbers there is actually a majority against it everywhere, though it's still close in Oslo and Østlandet. The slight majorities for was from November last year.

The thing is though Sporting Norway (Idrettsnorge) seem to really want it, and Oslo kommune is not adverse to the idea. And that's kind of two of the three yes'es they need. So they'll probably be hoping poeple will change their opnion. Shrugging