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-3?! We stop going out under 10!!!
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Meanwhile in Italy[^] (sorry, it's only in Italian)
Rome, Italy capital. The city of the Pope (although technically He resides in its own state at the center of Rome), capital of one of G7 countries, for 10 centimeters (4 inches for you former barbarian tribes, now you're no longer tribes) of snow is in complete lock-down. A fast train from Reggio Calabria to Turin (1300 km) took 27 hours to complete its journey because Rome, one of the stops on the way, was completely kaputt.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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That's typical Italian, even touristic websites are only available in the Italian language.
Fantastic country, but the websites 
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Only the websites? Any public service ever.
Also, in Italy nobody knows technology and wants to pay for it. When getting a quotation for a websites the standard response is "I have a cousin who understands computers who can do it for me for 100€". And they follow through! When they don't directly propose payment in visibility.
This[^] is our broadband penetration in the best cities. More than half the territory still has 640k and someone not even that (my parents cannot get a land line because the telephone exchange is fully utilized in their area).
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Still waiting for it here - haven't seen snow for 5 years now.
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I very nearly had to put a jacket on today.
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I grew up in Canada, in Northern Ontario, so I am used to snow and ice.
Now, I reside in South Carolina, where they can't deal with ice and snow.
So... what's the difference?
Well, in Canada, when the weather gets cold, the ground freezes. So, snow is snow.. it doesn't melt on contact and form a layer of black ice.
South Carolina, on the other hand, never gets cold enough long enough to freeze the ground. So, snow may stick if there is a volume of it (think many inches), but the bottom layer will melt and become a layer of ice. The roads become a sheet of ice, and, as my wife says: 4 wheel drive doesn't help on ice.
In terms of weather, it was 37 degrees F this morning when I met my group of men for an outdoor, any-weather work-out. I had running shorts and a t-shirt; the people who grew up in the South were wearing sweat pant and sweat shirt.
As much as anything, it is what you are used to.
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You would think Denver Colorado would know about snow, Don't you believe it.
Oh dear me. Denver is a mile high. Oh my! - Well were up in the rockies to the west of Denver at 2 miles up in the sky where all the ski resorts are. We get buckets of snow and no amount, not even 2 feet will do more than start the rumble of the snow plows and purr of the two stage snow blowers in Summit County suburbia. And the sounds of "Hoo Wah, Hoo Wah" as the residents head to the slopes 2 miles away for fresh tracks.
Denver? 3 inches of freshie and there is mayhem on the roads and the local news is in a panic.
Snow flakes.
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Ron Anders wrote: You would think Denver Colorado would know about snow, Don't you believe it.
Was out visiting my little brother in Denver a couple weeks back (Feb 2nd-5th) and they got an ice storm the morning of the 4th. By 3pm that day it was nearly 50 degrees out and everything had melted and evaporated.
How can you learn to drive on the stuff when it is gone in under 12 hours?
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I thought by the title, you'd be talking about my ex-wife. 
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Please help me out here. Last time I was in San Antonio, the only thing to the east was...
the Gulf of Mexico...
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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Technically, anything not in a given location can be considered to be east of said location, unless of course you prefer one of the other cardinal points on the compass.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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For practical reasons I would prefer to take the shortest route to determine if something lies to the east or to the west.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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I'm too much of a rebel to be constrained by compass directions.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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The Dixie flag sort, Rebel Alliance or one of those without a cause?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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All of the above.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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But do you have other parts of the country snickering at your area saying "Those idiots! They don't know how to drive in snow. Look at the poor fools having to shut down roads and school over a little snow."?
And Yankees wonder why we don't like them.
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glennPattonWork wrote: in Canada they run trains at -15 (on time),
As a Canadian...I'm reading this and thinking, why wouldn't they...?
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I spent an hour on the platform this morning at a temp of -3 and the train was delayed.
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At -3, I'd be thinking what a great day to be outdoors, considering it's still not March. I'm not even joking.
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OK, your live in Canada you probably have acclimatised (spelling be hard) over the years, after all there is whole Discovery series tracking people that drive on a frozen lake with trucks(!). I live in the UK which gets paralysed by sigle flake! (  it's a joke but not much of one)
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I'm acclimatized because I just don't know any better. I've come to know what to expect at this time of year in this region. Right now we've had a week of steady near-0 temperatures, and every day I'm finding excuses to try to spend some time outdoors because it's so nice.
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Hi,
I've been reading the Daily News email for many years - because it's great - and I often tweet the articles it highlights.
However, I rarely give credit to CodeProject for this, but I'd like to, so how should I do that? With a #CodeProject hashtag? Use the link that goes through CodeProject's servers (from the email with redirect)? Or is there a CodeProject page you have for each article mentioned (i.e. that may contain additional advertising?)
Mat
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Each article has a 1 to 5 star rating at the top, which is a way to say "this is good" (5 stars) or "this is rubbish" (1 star).
Each article also has a forum at the bottom which lets you talk directly to the author and that means you can given personal thanks (or criticism) as you wish.
To thank the people who run it, put an atsign in front of the text "Chris-maunder" and say what you think of the site in this forum! The atsign acts as a "Person reference" and send them an email to indicate you directed it at them.
Like this: @Akademy
Sent you an email.
Be aware he may not respond too quickly, he is renowned for taking his time to work through his emails: I think he's up to 2007 already! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I fear you greatly misunderstand how voting works in the real world.
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