Batten Down The Hatches 2017/18

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Yup winter "wonderland"

This was at 9am its even worst now and snow predicted till 5am.

Sigh.
 

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aceb said:
Now the vis is improving I can see these are all C-Band(?) mesh dishes. Nothing obvious on the rooftops above the BBC and Virgin media pins on Google Maps.
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I am assuming these are in the 8-10' range, judging by the actuator gearbox size, and so the feedhorn assembly is around 14-18" in diameter, a bit on the large size for the usual C band feed covers.
 
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Snows started to fall quite heavily in Sheffield, not affecting the dish's too much at the moment still watching the football.
 
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I managed to leave to washing outside when I packed up the satellite gear at sunset, Now its frozen solid :-rofl2
 
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Minus 10 for us tonight, R.

At least you've saved on Starch.
 
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Minus 10 for us tonight, R.

At least you've saved on Starch.
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@A/S
But only if you if you spray the washing with hair lacquer before they thaw out! :D
OTOH, whether you can actually wear the garments after that is TBD :D
 
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I am incredulous at the gross over-reaction these days to what, all things considered, is minor snowfall.

In the winter of 63 we had sub-zero temperatures predominating for several months plus five or six feet of snow, plus blizzards. No plague of locusts, though. And the schools did not close. Markets did not close. Life carried on.
 
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Lazarus said:
In the winter of 63 we had sub-zero temperatures predominating for several months plus five or six feet of snow, plus blizzards. No plague of locusts, though. And the schools did not close.
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Don't I bloody know it. My primary school stayed resolutely open. What did annoy me was that the trains bringing me my comics didn't get to the north of England.
 
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People today are just abject cowards, simple as that... :)
 
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Analoguesat said:
I managed to leave to washing outside when I packed up the satellite gear at sunset, Now its frozen solid :-rofl2
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Standard drying practice north of 60. Let it freeze then beat it to remove ice.
 
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Don't I bloody know it. My primary school stayed resolutely open. What did annoy me was that the trains bringing me my comics didn't get to the north of England.
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:-lmao
 
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PaulR said:
What did annoy me was that the trains bringing me my comics didn't get to the north of England.
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Thought 'The Beano' didn't publish until Wednesday.....
 
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Lazarus said:
I am incredulous at the gross over-reaction these days to what, all things considered, is minor snowfall.

In the winter of 63 we had sub-zero temperatures predominating for several months plus five or six feet of snow, plus blizzards. No plague of locusts, though. And the schools did not close. Markets did not close. Life carried on.
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Have to agree - if the 1963 Winter is the one I remember, we "only" had about 3ft in the back garden in W. Oxfordshire :)
PS: the Winter of 1968/69 was "quite" severe as well IIRC!
 
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Freaking freezing - especially with the dead boiler :( Brrrr
 
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