S.A.A - Snow Addicts Anonymous cold turkey thread

chrisjdoran · 10-01-2012 1:35am

God bless you MT :eek:

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

GFS is your friend today, all three runs show winter patterns developing in about ten days to two weeks time. The 18z run is especially friendly. Will be looking for more agreement with the other main models overnight.

Reiketsu · 10-01-2012 2:31am

Dear Snow God,
Please make it snow in time for my birthday on January 20th. There's nothing I'd like more than to spend my 24th birthday building snowmen whilst my wee rum and coke is sitting outside chilling and doesn't need ice.

Also if you make it snow enough to barricade me in the bar that night that'd be great.

Snow dancer for life! ;D

Mairead.

dsmythy · 10-01-2012 2:37am

Jaysus lads think I'll open my bedroom window here

BBC showing Plymouth staying between 10-11c day and night over next 48 hours. Madness.

Snowmaker · 10-01-2012 10:21am

Reiketsu wrote: »

my wee rum and coke

:eek: holy shoite! is that what you folk be drinkin' up there? that's gross.....

patneve2 · 10-01-2012 2:31pm

Welcome to the Japanese alps, probably the snowiest place in the world...

Elmer Blooker · 10-01-2012 2:39pm

Are you sure? I think that might be the Sally Gap in Wickla?

Reiketsu · 10-01-2012 3:01pm

Snowmaker wrote: »

Reiketsu wrote: »

my wee rum and coke

:eek: holy shoite! is that what you folk be drinkin' up there? that's gross.....

Ah but it's lovely

. The sweet Morgan's Spiced kind. None of this stinky Sailor Jerry business for me, blergh

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Snowmaker · 10-01-2012 3:59pm

Reiketsu wrote: »

Ah but it's lovely . The sweet Morgan's Spiced kind. None of this stinky Sailor Jerry business for me, blergh .

Ah, yeh, that's what I was talking about too, the addition of a specific rum into your little cocktail... aha... ehe.. he...ehe...he..hh.. :rolleyes:

Reiketsu · 10-01-2012 5:04pm

Snowmaker wrote: »

Reiketsu wrote: »

Ah but it's lovely . The sweet Morgan's Spiced kind. None of this stinky Sailor Jerry business for me, blergh .

Ah, yeh, that's what I was talking about too, the addition of a specific rum into your little cocktail... aha... ehe.. he...ehe...he..hh.. :rolleyes:

Not sure what your problem is, but alright :rolleyes:

Snowmaker · 10-01-2012 5:19pm

Reiketsu wrote: »

Not sure what your problem is, but alright :rolleyes:

I really didn't want to do this... but reading your post it looked like your cocktail was made up of "my wee, rum, and coke" .... :rolleyes: make sense now?? sorry!

OK back on topic... snow, glorious snow... let's all hope, pray, and dance for snowmageddon about two weeks from now!! rejoice, salvation is coming! :cool:

Reiketsu · 10-01-2012 6:15pm

LOL oh I see. I'm all for mixing drinks and experimenting but that is one I would give a miss

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Last night was the second night in a row were I couldn't sleep as it was too warm. Where's me fupping snow!

ednwireland · 11-01-2012 12:43pm

you lot need to head over to europe

St. Anton am Arlberg - Austria - 545cm

Stuben - Austria - 545cm

Engelberg - Switzerland - 405cm

Crans-Montana - Switzerland - 390cm

Gstaad - Switzerland - 380cm

Gstaad Mountain Rides - Switzerland - 380cm

Saas-Fee - Switzerland - 375cm

Lötschental - Switzerland - 374cm

Zürs - Austria - 370cm

Flims-Laax-Falera - Switzerland - 350cm

European ski resorts in 'lockdown' after freak snowfalls cut road, rail and air links

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2084917/European-ski-resorts-lockdown-freak-snowfalls-cut-road-rail-air-links.html#ixzz1j9JZ3FTQ

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2084917/European-ski-resorts-lockdown-freak-snowfalls-cut-road-rail-air-links.html

Snowmaker · 11-01-2012 2:41pm

Reiketsu wrote: »

Where's me fupping snow!

It's on the way, not sure when, but just to clarify something to everyone... I/Snowmaker just makes the snow, I'm just in charge of manufacturing, I have nothing to do with distribution - that's a whole other department.

eskimocat · 11-01-2012 11:09pm

Snowmaker wrote: »

It's on the way, not sure when, but just to clarify something to everyone... I/Snowmaker just makes the snow, I'm just in charge of manufacturing, I have nothing to do with distribution - that's a whole other department.

It's talk like that, that got this country weather into the state that its in now... you need those Depts working together for the common man snowbie...

Some of us are still dancing and quite frankly its wearing out me shoes...

Snowmaker · 12-01-2012 10:22am

eskimocat wrote: »

It's talk like that, that got this country weather into the state that its in now... you need those Depts working together for the common man snowbie...

Some of us are still dancing and quite frankly its wearing out me shoes...

Hey go easy, Snowmaker is not the authority you need to be speaking to, I have superiors too, the only other vacant position within this organisation is that of 'meh'weathermaker and that's not a position I would proudly hold. Manufacturing is running as efficient as you can imagine, it's the lads over in dispatch who are slacking....look at all that snow I made over the past few months and what do they do? dump it all in one spot around the Austrian/Swiss Alps, Alaska, etc... Look, I'll have a word with them and see if they can get the finger out on Ireland's long overdue snow-dump. I'm just as peeved off as anyone else here about the lack of white fluffy goodness arriving to our shores. No promises though.

Irish Steve · 14-01-2012 3:22pm

Snowmaker wrote: »

No promises though.

You sound like you work for a semi state:D Which would you like us to give as your excuse.;)

The budget for precipitation transportation has been reduced.
The fuel for transporting the precipitation was in the wrong place
The equipment for moving the precipitation was the wrong sort, and unable to carry it.
The deparment responsible for moving the precipitation has too many trainees who are uncertain of where and how to deliver it

Or the usual one

We appreciate your feedback and response, but while we have a responsibility for the manufacture and storage of precipitation, and have used our budget to good effect in providing information about our services, he distribution and placing of precipitation is outside of our remit, and all comments or requests in respect of this aspect of precipitation should be sent to the the Department with Responsibility for Internal Factors and Tasks (DRIFT) at the Internal Communications and Efforts facility (ICE)

The last time we were in contact with that organisation was some time ago, at that time, the person responsible was Mr Snow,

You should therefore contact

Mr SNOW
DRIFT
ICE
Frost Road
Dublin

Sponge Bob · 15-01-2012 3:50pm

Don't know whether people remember the winter of 2009/2010 but in November 2009 the country was drownded and Galway City near cut off from every point east south and north by floods. Then it stopped raining at the end fo November bar a few days near the christmas followed by the big freeze.

One the thaw kicked in in earlyish January it was cold and dry for the next 2 and a half months more or less, not raining significantly until the week coming up to easter in early April.

Today reminds me of that cold crisp episode which lasted over 2 months, great drying weather.

Sponge Bob · 15-01-2012 3:50pm

Don't know whether people remember the winter of 2009/2010 but in November 2009 the country was drownded and Galway City near cut off from every point east south and north by floods. Then it stopped raining at the end of November bar a few days near the christmas followed by then by the big freeze from around teh 20th Dec to the 7th or 8th of January.

One the thaw kicked in in earlyish January it remained cold and dry for the next 2 and a half months more or less, not raining significantly until the week coming up to easter in early April.

Today reminds me of that cold crisp episode which lasted well over 2 months, great drying weather.

sunbabe08 · 15-01-2012 4:39pm

well in the states there only really getting their winter now. there maybe hope yet for a late cold snap.

Snowmaker · 15-01-2012 4:54pm

@Irish Steve... Hahaha, very good! I like that response. I'll be doing a similar themed update to my winter 2011/12 outlook soon. :-)

Reiketsu · 16-01-2012 3:16am

sunbabe08 wrote: »

well in the states there only really getting their winter now. there maybe hope yet for a late cold snap.

Yep. My friend lives in Missouri in the Midwest and they only got the first real taste of winter a few days ago. There may be hope yet!

(Straws. Grasping at them).

Wild Bill · 16-01-2012 8:54am

Hope you're all braced for next Friday's blizzard? :eek:

sunbabe08 · 16-01-2012 10:03am

Wild Bill wrote: »

Hope you're all braced for next Friday's blizzard? :eek:

for the north maybe. i'll believe it when i see it

Wine Goddess · 16-01-2012 6:56pm

You can tell when everyone has given up as the threads get really quiet......like now.......

(Tumbleweed rolls slowly across the thread)

Ah'm a hopin' for some blizzardy conditions like the good cowboy says......

but I'm not even doing my snow dances anymore.:(

aurora 527 · 16-01-2012 7:07pm

Wine Goddess wrote: »

but I'm not even doing my snow dances anymore.:(

So thats what the problem is..
Get your dancing shoes on woman and start dancing!!!;):)

jimmy.d · 16-01-2012 11:12pm

aurora 527 wrote: »

So thats what the problem is..
Get your dancing shoes on woman and start dancing!!!;):)

Snowmaker · 17-01-2012 1:30am

Wine Goddess wrote: »

but I'm not even doing my snow dances anymore.:(

May not be the worst idea...if you've been dancing all winter and we haven't got any snow... Sure you've got the moves right...?
On a more serious note, that little penguin there, Happy Feet, was dancing for fish, not snow... Oh dear, we're all doomed - someone with the wrong moves, another dancing for fish, and I can't get hold of dispatch for western Europe to ask them to dump/deliver all this snow piling up in the factory! :-(

Nabber · 17-01-2012 2:05pm

Wont be any widespead sea level snow this year. Which in a whole is not a bad thing.

We will have the perfect winter set up in May true to November. Our weather system follows the southern hemisphere's

chrisjdoran · 17-01-2012 2:12pm

Fear not my good people, keep the faith, it IS coming.... :cool:

pistolpetes11 · 17-01-2012 2:34pm

Nabber wrote: »

Wont be any widespead sea level snow this year. Which in a whole is not a bad thing.

We will have the perfect winter set up in May true to November. Our weather system follows the southern hemisphere's

Getting a bit ahead of yourself there , Granted it does not look great for this side of the year but we dont know what November and December has in store for us yet , Anything would be better than what we have just had /having

desolate sun · 17-01-2012 7:37pm

I can't stand this

I can't go through Winter without snow - I just can't!
I can't believe we are heading into Spring after already having Spring. I am not much of a fan of the sun - frosty sunlight days, yes, but hot skin cancer sunlight, no. So I really don't care for Summer, much prefer Winter.

Please can we have some snow/frosty weather soon, Snow Gods? I just can't bear it anymore

:(:(:(

PS If we don't get snow or frost or anything resembling winter, where can I go for a snow-filled holiday, preferably the latest this side of Summer (as in around April or later)?

gbee · 18-01-2012 10:54am

My local morning DJ chat show host mentioned the weather this am, he said it would be getting cold, well colder but not freezing.

Mind you some are saying we'll get snow next week, it would need to be much colder to get snow, so I think it's a vicious rumour and I'm not taking it seriously, then again ....

sunbabe08 · 18-01-2012 6:04pm

ha!!!:(

Elmer Blooker · 19-01-2012 10:17am

I'm living in the wrong country. :mad:
A live blizzard in Northern Sweden.

http://85.194.140.111/cgi-bin/guestimage.html

Reiketsu · 20-01-2012 2:59am

No birthday blizzard for me- all I hear is rain! Why?! WHHHHYYYY?!

chrisjdoran · 20-01-2012 11:47am

Happy B-Day Reiketsu

sorry for the lack of b-day blizzards, that's just cruel to a winter baby.

Thank God for M.T Cranium's hope forecasts...

"FURTHER OUTLOOK ... There is a somewhat higher chance now that conditions will turn cold or even very cold late in the week, and snow may enter the picture"

Like every other winter, I remain hopeful until at least St Paddy's day lol

Wild Bill · 20-01-2012 11:20pm

Bah! No blizzard today :mad:

The snow bunny in me feels crushed

But I just know we are heading into some cold weather.

fizzycyst · 20-01-2012 11:29pm

I hope you're right Wild Bill

Wild Bill · 21-01-2012 12:51am

fizzycyst wrote: »

I hope you're right Wild Bill

O my gawd - so do I!

gbee · 21-01-2012 12:49pm

I happened to be listening to C103FM this am as as I woke, the presenter is an avid weather fan, I think he is John Foott, he mentioned about the charts going one way etc, etc. And mentioned that we probably are not getting snow this year.

Then the Farm Talk show came one. Fascinating to listen to to from time to time they mentioned about the Blue tags for CD [a cow disease] and how they were making good progress before a compulsory scheme was introduced next year.

They then mentioned the cattle trade and how the factories are short 6,000 a week so farmers are advised to hold out for the best prices. "The cattle have been very healthy for the last two years, we won't have the benefit of the snow this year unfortunately, and we are worried about the midges that had dies off in the snow last year and the year before.

These are coming back now after an exceptionally mild winter, we are hoping to keep the dreaded Blue Tongue and other midget diseases that are decimating the French and German cattle herds at bay, but this mild winter is a worry."

And it comes just as we were making progress and our beef being accepted in other markets blocked to us for diseases [in our heard] which are now almost eliminated. Still if we get a good snow next year we'll be back with a fighting chance.

chrisjdoran · 21-01-2012 1:16pm

Wow talk about posting in the wrong thread gbee lol this is a thread for people that love snow not cows :rolleyes:

gbee · 21-01-2012 1:18pm

chrisjdoran wrote: »

Wow talk about posting in the wrong thread gbee lol this is a thread for people that love snow not cows :rolleyes:

But think [scripture like] if the Snow Goddess looks after cows so much, how much more will she look after humans?

And for the non veggies, if we have healthy cattle we have healthier meat.

And a nice thick blanket of snow IS the good medicine. "the cattle loved it" I forget to mention that, and we love cattle who love snow. OK

chrisjdoran · 21-01-2012 5:56pm

Only yanking your chain gbee

Never thought about how the snow can be good for cows, glad they like the white stuff lol

Our man in Havana · 21-01-2012 5:58pm

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Loads of fresh snow today in Bulgaria.

chrisjdoran · 21-01-2012 6:10pm

Our man in Havana wrote: »

Loads of fresh snow today in Bulgaria.

Oh yeah baby! that's the stuff :P

Our man in Havana · 21-01-2012 6:14pm

chrisjdoran wrote: »

Oh yeah baby! that's the stuff :P

6 inches down in 7 hours today.

chrisjdoran · 21-01-2012 6:49pm

Our man in Havana wrote: »

6 inches down in 7 hours today.

Seriously? that's unreal.. Bulgaria, probably get great summers too right? lol
Come on Ireland!!!!

Our man in Havana · 21-01-2012 7:08pm

It goes from -20 in the winter to 35+ in the summer. Winter lasts about 2 to 3 months after that it is great for the rest of the year.

chrisjdoran · 21-01-2012 7:15pm

Ah I see, so not really that different to Ireland then, around +10 in winter for three months and around +10 in the summer lol

I'm going to listen to my snow music for a few hours and look at that pic you posted, I'll leave the fridge door open

Tom Cruises Left Nut · 21-01-2012 7:48pm

chrisjdoran wrote: »

Ah I see, so not really that different to Ireland then, around +10 in winter for three months and around +10 in the summer lol

I'm going to listen to my snow music for a few hours and look at that pic you posted, I'll leave the fridge door open

What is this snow music you speak of !

S.A.A - Snow Addicts Anonymous cold turkey thread

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