> > From: Don Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/11/28 Mon AM 06:32:07 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: A walk around the house > > 002 is a picture of three small pines > that I'm turning into larger sized > bonsais. I remove the main growth point > periodically and trim them down > constantly. I decided not to pull them > out when they were small (they´re right > outside the sitting room window) for > some strange reason. These pictures are > not meant to be judged > 'photographically' they're all very > mediocre snapshots just to try the > camera out as a normal piece of > equipment. It's back on the microscope > now and will stay there for a while. But > since most of us are concerned with the > weather these days I thought I'd post them. > > Its interesting that if a few inches of > snow fall on the UK everything grinds to > a halt. They are simply not prepared. I > don't think that winter tyres are to be > found south of the Scottish Highlands. > Perhaps they have them in Wales? Driving > without them in Finland would be > impossible and even to try -- illegal.
Not a legal neccessity here because for most of the time they are simply not neccessary. The only thing that is required is a modicum of driving sense. Guess what's missing? > Four German business men came to Finland > in a huge Mercedes some years back. > Foreign cars are not subject to the > 'winter wheel rule' (or weren't at that > time) they were warned. Four bodies were > shipped back to Germany a few days later. > > Here a metre of snow on the ground is > normal and temperatures can go way down. > In 1983 it was ~ -45C to -48C in > Toivakka for a week and we have -20C ~ > -30C regularly each winter. *But* for > the last few years it's been much > warmer. Perhaps I should tell some of > the oil GOPs about this? > > What a lot of OT rambling. I apologize. > > Don > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 11/27/2005 5:49:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/homepix/index.htm > > > > for anyone who wants to know what the > > weather is like in Finland now. > > > > Don W > > -- > Dr E D F Williams > _______________________________ > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams > See feature: The Cement Company from Hell > Updated: Print Gallery -- 16 11 2005 > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
