<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Sir ReGiN:
Welcome back then, Yorick [img]smile.gif[/img]

And you just be glad you didn't have to go to the swedish winter ;) <hr></blockquote>

Thanks Regin. I have been to Stockholm in the winter, so yes I'm most appreciative. It was about minus 40 degrees centigrade I believe..... [img]redface.gif[/img]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Reeka:
Hugh, Hun!

Been missing you! Byt don't you know that only crazy people live in New York in the winter. ;) . Call me if you get a chance. You still have the number,don't you? Are you here for good now? DETAILS!!<hr></blockquote>

Well, that's the intention. Came back and hit the ground running. Had work on the afternoon I arrived (two fridays ago), and have been flat chat (busy) since.

I still have your number Reeka, I'll give you a bell.

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Galadria1:
Hi, Yorick. It's clear but chilly (45 degrees F.) in Texas. You can laugh at us come August. Stay well.<hr></blockquote>

O.k. I'll laugh at you in August. [img]smile.gif[/img] ;)

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Yorick:
I came up from equatorial Singapore to the New York winter. Freezing!! Snow, wind. Brrrrrrrr.
Pretty, but brrrrrrr.<hr></blockquote>

Coldest I've ever been was Prague, Jan 5th, 1995, -15 Celsius. I was on my way home from Egypt, on a cheap flight with transfers at Prague - and a 9 hour wait in the airport. So the 4 of us booked a 'transit tour' of the centre of Prague, to while away the time. I had images of sitting in a heated minibus, driving round and seeing the sites - but no, they dropped us in the town centre and it was a walking tour. My camera shutter froze, and so did I. I was dressed for Egypt - thin cotton trousers, canvas shoes, no socks, cotton shirt, light sweater. I'm not kidding, I didn't even have a jacket. I was pulling dead, frostbitten skin off my legs for a week (yuk)....

Hey, Yorick! Yes, what Galadria says is true: Texas in the summer is bleedin' hot, mate! 105+ F in the shade (40 C or above). Perhaps you'll come see us in Texas in the summer? :D

Cheers,

Yorick!

Good to see you,mate. Its warm today (Monday) A mater of fact I was outside most of the day, in JANURARY! Sad, I know ;)

Oi! The NYC winter is just eight or nine inches total of snow on the ground, and temperatures around 30 F. I know this seems unpleasant (and particularly cold when that wind whips around the skyscrapers), but take pleasure in the fact that winters have been pretty light in the MidAtlantic states for the last few years, Yorick! :D I remember 'em more than forty years ago, before all the asphalt from population centers surrounding NYC and across NY and NJ raised the daily temperature. We had snowfalls of two to three feet regularly within a period of a couple of days, and the snow stayed throughout the winter. What we've got now is luxury compared to the stuff they had back then--or still have, up in the Albany-Buffalo-Rochester area.

Small satisfaction, I suppose. But give it another month of temperatures hovering around freezing, and things will begin to pick up, climate-wise. Downside is, the MidAtlantic states have become among the worst places to be during spring. Warm, wet winters have made the climate a bronchial sufferer's disaster zone. :rolleyes:

By the way, Yorick, did you get a chance to see the giant Christmas tree in front of Radio City Music Hall, while it was still beautifully decorated? This is an NYC tradition dating back more than three quarter's of a century (not much by European standards, I know, but still...), and they do a fabulous job on that tree in front of the outdoor ice skating rink. [img]smile.gif[/img]

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<font color"green">Well actually this years winter in NY is saddly, weak :( . I expected snow when it was needed, Christmas, New Years... And now it all of a sudden snows, the only thing that really keeps the winter in NY cold is the ocean breeze. So dont worry, snow or now snow, it will be cold here [img]smile.gif[/img] , but its so much better than snow... Sad thing is its starting to melt :( .</font>

Agreed, Durwyn. NY winters once were snow-packed: they hit in mid-December, and the snow finally vanished around the beginning of March. But changes in climate have made 'em generally pretty light, except when a storm blows through, usually off the Great Lakes or from the Midwest.

Yorick, are you trying to say that it's colder than a Brass toliet on the shaddy side of an iceburg?