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[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Meanwhile, down here, the forecasted temperature for today is 35 degrees celsius, that's in the high 90s for the Americans.

[Enzo]

Hum hum :clear throat: here in Miami, Florida its 75 F a nice 24 C. What me worry?

[Carlos]

Gretchen wrote: "Nope but I only use Chrome as a web browser. IE and Firefox make me irritated."

Good call!

[Allison]

Gretchen wrote: "It's going to get to -40 here tonight. Schools are closing tomorrow. I have a very bummed out six year old since it means dance is canceled for her tomorrow too. We might have to bake some cookies ..."

Brrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!! But yummmmmmmmmm cookies ;)

[Simona]

Here in the north of Italy we have a round 0°C.(At 8.00 am). Don't know what it is in Fahrenheit, but it's a low figure. Brrrrr.

[happy]

Cold :)

Afer our cold snap last week - it feels down right warm. The lows are just below freezing ( 28-30 F, -1 -2 C) at night and the highs are 43-45 F (7-8 C) in the afternoon. Almost shorts and shirt sleeves weather :)

[Simona]

under a very fat feather jacket maybe....I don't care if I look like the Michelin man. brrrrrr!!!!!

[happy]

It's funny what you get used to and how fast you get used to it :)

[Andy]

Simona wrote: "under a very fat feather jacket maybe....I don't care if I look like the Michelin man. brrrrrr!!!!!"

I thought Italians were more fur coats & less of the michelin look! ;D

[Simona]

please. furs are soooooo 80. (and they weigh a ton...)

[Linda]

Thank you all for the weather reports told with such humor! We are still at 42 ℉ which is not that cold for an overnight low. The sun is even shining. The wintry blast of arctic air must have stalled in northern states. Keep cool and keep warm!

[Dawn]

We're finally warming up here. It's 2°C this morning at 8am.

We're hoping it warms up more to thaw all the ice. We had the worst ice storm in over 25 years over the last 3 days. The poor trees look like they've been bombed, I'm hoping that once the ice melts off it won't look so bad!

[Bobby]

Dare I mention our 73 F day here? Ok, I won't!!

[Jane]

Bobby wrote: "Dare I mention our 73 F day here? Ok, I won't!!"

You just did! :)

[happy]

Dawn wrote: "We're finally warming up here. It's 2°C this morning at 8am.

We're hoping it warms up more to thaw all the ice. We had the worst ice storm in over 25 years over the last 3 days. The poor trees lo..."

I hate Ice Storms, much worse than a blizzard IMO.

Hope the trees come out of it and are not to broken up!

[Dawn]

I agree

Snow has nothing on ice. All the roads were closed and I had to take the back way into work. The power was off for 2 days and now the ice is falling...it's been interesting to say the least.

[Lariela]

It was icy on my road this week. I slipped a couple times when I went to collect the post.

[Gretchen]

Our "snow" day was a success! Elizabeth and I made cookies, mini muffins, and soup. It looks like I am going to have to venture out tomorrow for supplies. Apparently there's a nasty blizzard coming our way on Thursday night. Lucky for us we made enough soup to feed a village.

[Allison]

Its freezing up here in Michigan too. Low teens to single digits with that real biting wind/chill factor. Only a light dusting of snow though... we had a crazy day the other day. It rained, then snowed, then rained, then sleet, then rain again. Everything is VERY icy :/

[Andy]

'Je Suis Charlie'

[Linda]

I love the weather stories! 9℉ here. Those ice storms are bad, especially black ice because everything appears normal on the road.

[happy]

One thing about warm weather here in the mountians is that we get tempature inversions - the temps up at the ski resorts are actually warmer than in the valleys. The result is all the gunk that goes into the air is trapped in the valleys. After a couple of weeks of an inversion you practically have to cut the air with a knife to breath - not good!

Were supposed to have a storm come in the weekend a scour everythink out.

[Bobby]

Andy wrote: "'Je Suis Charlie'"

What a horrible happening....I'm saddened beyond tears.

[Andy]

Anglos will always have there tete-de-tete with the French but really feel for them of late as theres been a series of attacks culminating in the murders yesterday. very :( for mes amis

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

It's a dreadful thing to happen. After what happened in Sydney before Christmas, Australians are also feeling very close to, and supportive of, the French.

[Simona]

Bobby wrote: "Andy wrote: "'Je Suis Charlie'"

What a horrible happening....I'm saddened beyond tears."

I'm saddened, and enraged, and positively mad for all the people that died and for all the perfectly decent people of islamic faith that get slimed by this madness

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

That's odd. The page numbers (the number of pages wedged between the words previous and next) are on the left side. It's now very cluttered on the left side of the thread. It should have stayed on the right near 'date' and 'comment'.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

The Paris attack is just awful. Like the attack over here in Sydney recently, I am left wondering..how do these people slip through the system?? Those Paris guys had so many red flags in their history.

[Histolicious]

Terri wrote: "The Paris attack is just awful.

the first time in many years I couldnt stop crying after I saw the news that evening.

[Andy]

Well its all ended in 2 shoot-outs in the last 90mins, sadley hostages have died at the market & potentially police casualties at the Ind Est I believe as a fleet of ambulances went flying across after the shooting of the two terrorists - no word as yet. All very sad.

[Gretchen]

I had heard on CNN this morning that both suspects were killed during the stand off.

[Andy]

They were, however a fleet of ambulances went flying across after the shooting of the two terrorists which may indicate police casulaties. Now apprently 1 got away from the market, 1 killed & the g/f who they thought was inside is whereabouts unknown..... :( More to play out in the next few hours I fear, lets hope they get them soonest.

[Gretchen]

I can't pay too much attention to what's going on via television. I won't watch that kind of news coverage when my twins are running around. The whole situation is just unbelievably sad.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Did you say girlfriend, Andy? I didn't realise the two guys had hooked up with a fourth person.
The whole thing is a bloody mess.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I watched the whackiest, craziest most hilarious (because it was so awful) movie the other night.
Flash Gordon. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080745/

Were we really so dumb and simple in 1980? I can hardly believe it. How can they make such crap when at the same time Star Wars was around?

I remember seeing it when I was little kid. Not when it came out in 1980. Too young then. But some time in the mid 80's. I remember thinking it was not very good back then too.

It was good for a laugh though. Hubby and I were kind of glued to it the other night. So bad it was good for a laugh.

EDIT: What the heck? When getting the link from IMDB I see it was nominated for a bunch of BAFTA awards and won one! How can this be?? Obviously we were that dumb and simple in 1980. LOL! ...or maybe it was just the British who were. ;)

[Andy]

Have been out & jus got back in but originally they said the 2 suspects, who were shot dead by police, were at the industrial estate North of Paris. Then at the market they kept saying it was the suspect who killed the policewoamn yesterdays AND his g/f but then after they stormed that & shot him dead they said a second accomplice (male) had got away from there & that his g/f who was originally suspected of been at the market & with him yesterday at the shooting was place unknown...... so there's five..... such an envolving story, that was at 17:00 approx UK time (4.5hrs ago)

[Mark]

Best bits about flash is brian blessed and the queen sound track.

[Allison]

Hahaha, that's the ONLY queen song I don't like!

[Andy]

Mark wrote: "Best bits about flash is brian blessed and the queen sound track."

Concur, mind Timmy Dalton was in it as well..... kinda Robin Hood plus the Princess showing all the flesh... talking of which Flesh Gordon was bttr

[Gretchen]

I feel like there was maybe a Flash Gordon television show in the States but I could be wrong. I was kind of a tiny person for a large majority of the 80's but ask me almost anything about boy bands from the 90's!

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Was a surprise to see Timothy Dalton in it. Dressed up like Robin Hood. hehe. :D So weird.
Hubby and I keep using lame lines from the movie now. Can't help ourselves. Like Mungo Meantime when you ask what time it is. Its 9..Mungo Meantime.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Gretchen wrote: "I was kind of a tiny person for a large majority of the 80's but ask me almost anything about boy band..."

I will not ask you about boy bands from the 90s. nooooo way. :)

[Kimber]

Flash is one of those movies that is so bad you have to love it. It was like Spaceballs or Scary Movie but even cheesier because I think a few people on set were actually trying to be serious. Classic Bad Movie stuff. Love it.

[Carlos]

I finished reading the new book from Jo Walton and I was bored to tears.

So sorry, her prior book: Among Others is one of the best I have read in the last three years but this one, My Real Children, is simply a brick.

So sorry. Has It happened to You with another author/book?

[Leland]

Kimber wrote: "Flash is one of those movies that is so bad you have to love it. It was like Spaceballs or Scary Movie but even cheesier because I think a few people on set were actually trying to be serious. Clas..."

Whaaaaaaat? Spaceballs is golden cinema. Golden! :) Best movie ever!! (well, I really do love it, actually)

hee

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Spaceballs was great. At least, I remember it being great fun...maybe it was bad like Flash Gordon too. :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Carlos wrote: "I finished reading the new book from Jo Walton and I was bored to tears.

So sorry, her prior book: Among Others is one of the best I have read in the last three yea..."


Oh yes, definitely. I've had this happen a few times. The most memorable one for me would be the first two books in the Michael Arnold Stryker series.

I LOVED Traitor's Blood. A top adventure, in my opinion.
Bought the next book expecting more of it and found book two was a disaster. Devil's Charge

I will still go on and try the third book. I don't know when, but I want to give it a chance.

[Bobby]

Just finished this one....ouch...is my review!!

[Simona]

short and to the point, Bobby! :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Bobby wrote: "
Just finished this one....ouch...is my review!!"

Hopefully you'll have a better time with your next read, mate.