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Title: How cold? where you are?
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 20 December 2006, 19:07:48
I went out this morning at 5am....meega was saying -3.5C  :o

Drove to Ipswich today.....temp didnt get above -1C  :o

Got home at midday and popped round to co-op at 6pm and had to scrape the frost off it and was showing -2.5C......bbc website is showing highest temp for the next 3 days as 1C.....but prob wrong as it says lowest temp tonight in Swindon is -2C.....its already -2.5C according to my meega  :o

Brrrrrrr......i like cold weather.... :y but not sure about the gas bill afterwards  ;D
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Post by: Gwilym on 20 December 2006, 19:12:15
Bridgwater, Somerset -2.5 at 7.30 this morning
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Post by: tunnie on 20 December 2006, 19:13:36
only -1.5 so far here, although last winter when comming home from Brunel it reached -7.5 just outside Banbury :o
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Post by: Iain on 20 December 2006, 19:14:23
A very warm 3.5 deg C in the west of Scotland today!! ::) 8-)










Now that makes a change for up here!
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Post by: TheBoy on 20 December 2006, 19:17:01
-4 when I got to Milton Keynes this morning....
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Post by: Taxi_Driver on 20 December 2006, 19:20:25
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only -1.5 so far here, although last winter when comming home from Brunel it reached -7.5 just outside Banbury :o

Whats the temp in the morning Tunnie  ;) ;D

Tho lowest temp ive ever seen on the comp....not in my omega tho...in a v6 vectra i once had was -10C....in the morning and backed up by others with temp guage in their cars
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Post by: Taxi_Driver on 20 December 2006, 19:23:47
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A very warm 3.5 deg C in the west of Scotland today!! ::) 8-)











Now that makes a change for up here!



Blimey  :o thought scottish guys waz gonna say -50C and 12' snow  ;D

Its wierd its warmer up north at the mo then  :-/
Title: Re: How cold? where you are?
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 20 December 2006, 19:33:35
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-4 when I got to Milton Keynes this morning....

Your the winner so far TB   ;D
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Post by: TheBoy on 20 December 2006, 19:36:34
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-4 when I got to Milton Keynes this morning....

Your the winner so far TB   ;D
Felt colder than it really was as well, I suspect as we've had really mild weather up until yesterday...
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Post by: STMO123 on 20 December 2006, 19:41:54
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A very warm 3.5 deg C in the west of Scotland today!! ::) 8-)










Now that makes a change for up here!

Poitively tropical!



-2.5 here this morning
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Post by: Bo Bo on 20 December 2006, 19:49:33
Zero on my drive into work tonight, suspect it will be a few lower on my way home in the morning....
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Post by: Taxi_Driver on 20 December 2006, 19:49:53
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-4 when I got to Milton Keynes this morning....

Your the winner so far TB   ;D
Felt colder than it really was as well, I suspect as we've had really mild weather up until yesterday...

Try taking a dog for a walk this morning at 4am.....i had padded duvet timberland coat on....thermal hat/gloves....i lasted 15 mins b4 going home  :o
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Post by: Admin on 20 December 2006, 19:50:42
Mius 2 at 7.15 this morning. Never got above 2 degrees today.

Coldest I ever read in the car was Aviemore last year, minus 12.5c!  :o
Over the 3 days we were there (28th - 30th Dec) it never rose above minus 5!

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Post by: Markie on 20 December 2006, 19:52:30
I dont know you bunch of softies - 3 degrees here 2 degrees there.....i stripped to vest and boxers this morning cost it rose above 1degree  ;D

Okay no not really! ::)
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Post by: Bo Bo on 20 December 2006, 19:54:51
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-4 when I got to Milton Keynes this morning....

Your the winner so far TB   ;D
Felt colder than it really was as well, I suspect as we've had really mild weather up until yesterday...

Try taking a dog for a walk this morning at 4am.....i had padded duvet timberland coat on....thermal hat/gloves....i lasted 15 mins b4 going home  :o
Did the dog last any longer?  :D
Title: Re: How cold? where you are?
Post by: STMO123 on 20 December 2006, 19:55:58
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I dont know you bunch of softies - 3 degrees here 2 degrees there.....i stripped to vest and boxers this morning cost it rose above 1degree  ;D


Superbrew doesn't freeze :D
Title: Re: How cold? where you are?
Post by: Markie on 20 December 2006, 20:00:26
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I dont know you bunch of softies - 3 degrees here 2 degrees there.....i stripped to vest and boxers this morning cost it rose above 1degree  ;D


Superbrew doesn't freeze :D


are you speculating or speaking from experience? ? ?  ;D
Title: Re: How cold? where you are?
Post by: STMO123 on 20 December 2006, 20:05:26
Experience, dear boy, experience ;D
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Post by: Markie on 20 December 2006, 20:11:19
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Experience, dear boy, experience ;D

Aye nothing beats experience  :y Drop some whiskey into that and your laughing  ;)
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Post by: STMO123 on 20 December 2006, 20:13:45
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Experience, dear boy, experience ;D

Aye nothing beats experience  :y Drop some whiskey into that and your laughing  ;)

Yes, I know. Non-stop. And a bit of gibbering as well ;D
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Post by: Timbuk on 20 December 2006, 20:51:02
Heat wave here, still 6 degrees 8-)
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Post by: MikeDundee on 20 December 2006, 21:19:32
1.5 t 8.45 this mornin according to meega :) supposedly -3 tonight in costa peckham, have to have some talisker mee thinks :) :y
Title: Re: How cold? where you are?
Post by: Iain on 20 December 2006, 21:44:19
Ok ive just been out and Oscar says its 4.5 deg!

So the temps going up!!!

were having a heat wave now!! ::) ::)


B.A. cancelled all flights today from Glasgow to London due to freezing fog down South! :o
Its usually the other way around!!!


I dont know...... :-? us hardy Jocks think it warm til about -10deg then we think its getting a bit 'nippy'!! ::) ;D
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Post by: theolodian on 20 December 2006, 21:51:00
25 degrees C, water 25 too.  Just came in from windsurfing for 2 hours in t-shirt and shorts!  ;D

edit: Florida Keys  8-)
Title: Re: How cold? where you are?
Post by: MikeDundee on 20 December 2006, 21:52:14
I can confirm that it has been very foggy am and pm in London for past 2 days, and I do not have a coal fire either ;D :)
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Post by: Chopsdad on 20 December 2006, 22:48:32
-4 Yesterdau but no wind so felt ok - back to -1 today.

Coldest I've been in was -25 on top of a French Glacier last year , -40 when skiing with the windchill!


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Post by: VXmega on 20 December 2006, 23:30:38
1.5 here today, but then i'm not that far from Chopsdad in Carlisle


Coldest i got was in -20's in Gemany a few years back, the diesel froze up as we drove along the autobahn
Then the recovery crew set fire to the truck while they were trying to thaw it out
Title: Re: How cold? where you are?
Post by: Chopsdad on 20 December 2006, 23:32:34
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1.5 here today, but then i'm not that far from Chopsdad in Carlisle


Coldest i got was in -20's in Gemany a few years back, the diesel froze up as we drove along the autobahn
Then the recovery crew set fire to the truck while they were trying to thaw it out

That's a bit drastic - couldn't they just have turned the heaters up a bit  ;D
Title: Re: How cold? where you are?
Post by: CaptainZok on 20 December 2006, 23:34:50
-20 by heck whats the MID do at that temp flash "polar bears dick"?
 ;D ;D
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Post by: Chopsdad on 20 December 2006, 23:36:59
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-20 by heck whats the MID do at that temp flash "polar bears dick"?
 ;D ;D

Polar Bears never flash their dicks - its to ffffin cold.  Thank you and goodnight  ;D
Title: Re: How cold? where you are?
Post by: Markjay on 20 December 2006, 23:39:39
Lowest I saw today on mine was -0.5. But it was 0.0 at midday....

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Post by: VXmega on 20 December 2006, 23:44:31
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1.5 here today, but then i'm not that far from Chopsdad in Carlisle


Coldest i got was in -20's in Gemany a few years back, the diesel froze up as we drove along the autobahn
Then the recovery crew set fire to the truck while they were trying to thaw it out

That's a bit drastic - couldn't they just have turned the heaters up a bit  ;D



They did just that ....... moved the space heater to close to the diesel tank and set fire to a rubber/plastic fuel line
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Post by: Markjay on 20 December 2006, 23:46:34
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1.5 here today, but then i'm not that far from Chopsdad in Carlisle


Coldest i got was in -20's in Gemany a few years back, the diesel froze up as we drove along the autobahn
Then the recovery crew set fire to the truck while they were trying to thaw it out

That's a bit drastic - couldn't they just have turned the heaters up a bit  ;D



They did just that ....... moved the space heater to close to the diesel tank and set fire to a rubber/plastic fuel line


Sounds like 'Mr. Bean's Recovery Services'....  ;D


Title: Re: How cold? where you are?
Post by: MikeDundee on 20 December 2006, 23:51:01
If it gets any colder?..I am scared that my hands might stick to the ali steering wheel in the mornin...nice lookin, but cold to touch in this weather :-?..hope it does'nt melt in the summer ;D
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Post by: Andy B on 21 December 2006, 00:06:57
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-4 Yesterdau but no wind so felt ok - back to -1 today.

Coldest I've been in was -25 on top of a French Glacier last year , -40 when skiing with the windchill!


With the exception of a certain parade ground in the land of horizontal rain and 2" frosts ie HMS Caledonia in Rosyth  ;) the coldest I've witnessed was -45 inc wind chill was Trondheim Fjiord (sp?) in Norway
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Post by: MikeDundee on 21 December 2006, 00:15:43
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-4 Yesterdau but no wind so felt ok - back to -1 today.

Coldest I've been in was -25 on top of a French Glacier last year , -40 when skiing with the windchill!


With the exception of a certain parade ground in the land of horizontal rain and 2" frosts ie HMS Caledonia in Rosyth  ;) the coldest I've witnessed was -45 inc wind chill was Trondheim Fjiord (sp?) in Norway

The old german sub base?...now a marina and still standing
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Post by: Andy B on 21 December 2006, 00:21:51
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The old german sub base?...now a marina and still standing
Actually in the fjiord. I was on HMS Fearless waiting for the Booties who were playing war in the snow!  ::)

Title: Re: How cold? where you are?
Post by: bob.dent on 21 December 2006, 10:07:46
One of the regulars in my local reckons we're all a bunch of softies - he's a big lad (6' 6") and works outside all the time. He came in the pub the night before last when the temp outside was about 0 degrees and he's wearing shorts!! :o :o
Title: Re: How cold? where you are?
Post by: Bo Bo on 21 December 2006, 15:24:17
Warmed up here 2.5 at the mo & the fog's lifting which is a relief, got my parents flying out to Malta in the morning & my brother flying in from Belfast Int’l, two trips to Birmingham airport in one day!
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Post by: Timbuk on 21 December 2006, 15:26:29
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Warmed up here 2.5 at the mo & the fog's lifting which is a relief, got my parents flying out to Malta in the morning & my brother flying in from Belfast Int’l, two trips to Birmingham airport in one day!


Two trips to Birmingham airport and then one trip to the Hollyhead more like ::)
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Post by: Elite Pete on 21 December 2006, 15:33:41
Ive just come back from Chester and its +6 and sunny 8-)
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Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 21 December 2006, 15:38:41
2 degrees outside and I can barely see the ground (on the 6th floor at work)......the heating is on (building has one thermostat and its in the lobby on the ground floor!) so we have the windows open.....
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Post by: Elite Pete on 21 December 2006, 15:44:20
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Ive just come back from Chester and its +6 and sunny 8-)

Suns going in now so its getting a bit cold............ Time to put the deck chair away ;D
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Post by: Bo Bo on 21 December 2006, 15:47:25
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Warmed up here 2.5 at the mo & the fog's lifting which is a relief, got my parents flying out to Malta in the morning & my brother flying in from Belfast Int’l, two trips to Birmingham airport in one day!


Two trips to Birmingham airport and then one trip to the Hollyhead more like ::)
Naa, not me  ::)
Title: Re: How cold? where you are?
Post by: Andy B on 21 December 2006, 15:47:46
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One of the regulars in my local reckons we're all a bunch of softies - he's a big lad (6' 6") and works outside all the time. He came in the pub the night before last when the temp outside was about 0 degrees and he's wearing shorts!! :o :o
Sense & feeling springs to mind!!  ;D