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Still cold, and the highs in minus temperaturs, like today, despite sunshine it only warmed up to -3°C. Thpugh it is supposed to warm up over the coming days.
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 11:11:50 AM EST
It is 4°C here today but the wind is cold.  I've been trying out my new 600 down jacket and it does the job really well in keeping me warm.

I went out wandering through some of our industrial estates. Grim and the light was poor so I didn't get any good shots. I know the area better now though.  Time for a cup of tea and to hope my fingers warm up soon.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 11:25:16 AM EST
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Wild and wet up here in Linlithgow today with North Westerly gales now backing South West and temperatures rising towards 10 to 12°C apparently.

This recent long, calm, fairly sunny, and quite cold (nothing like as cold as Southern England has had, strange to say) spell has been the first I have experienced, and this is my fourth winter up here now.

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by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 01:46:51 PM EST
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Was out sledding (well, inner-tubing) this afternoon with my brother-in-law, his child and some of their neighbors. Cold but sunny!

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 11:38:07 AM EST
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That sounds like fun!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 12:04:43 PM EST
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Oh yeah!

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 12:39:46 PM EST
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I agree with In Wales, it sounds like fun, however, what is inner-tubing. I assume as you did this with children it does not involve warming the inner tubes with some wishkey or something similar. :-)
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 12:29:27 PM EST
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No, unfortunately :).

Inflated inner tubes of car or (even better for lots of people) truck tires go down a snow-covered hill quite rapidly, once the snow is a little packed.

Wheeee!

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 12:39:25 PM EST
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We had a bit of snow here in Colorado yesterday, but it's sunny and clear this morning with a predicted high in the 5 to 8 C range... I think I will go on a walk.
by asdf on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 11:47:15 AM EST
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It's been a weird winter here so far.  Cold but almost no snow. :(  A lot of rain, though, which is not fun, as the drainage in my neighborhood is teh suck.

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by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 02:05:29 PM EST
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It's a bit warmer than yesterday, but cos the air is damper, it actually feels much colder.

I've been at the "France show 2009". I've enjoyed these a lot more in the past cos I was actually looking at property, so could happily spend afew hours going around the estate agents and then retire to the wine stalls for "tasting". Now I've got no money and I'm not drinking, so those two planks of enjoyment were taken away.

I got some food, but it was horrendously expensive.

Still, it got me out of the house for a few hours.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 04:12:42 PM EST
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And it was also the most walking i've done for weeks. I'm really tired. I need more exercise.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 04:24:30 PM EST
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Santa Ana winds in Southern California. The next two days are supposed to be in the low 80s (F)/mid-to-upper 20s (C) downtown, which is by the coast. That may sound wonderful to those of you near freezing, but when ya live in a boxy, southwest-corner apartment with no air conditioning or ceiling fan....
by lychee on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 09:24:23 PM EST
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