h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

i for one think it is

Calvin and Hobbes cartoons? Danger remember what they used to say about opening Pandora's box.
It might even include a 'Toledo Strip'

There are strippers in Toledo?

yep. just go to hooters and ask for vod kanockers. tell 'em i sent you

So then, who *is* snowed in today?

by the way, I am back in the rainy season here. It poured down in the night, and I have to go to the beach later and take some photos at low tide. The sand always moves about quite a lot in the winter, but last night when I walked along it in the dark the tide was right out and the whole beach looked like a different place. Rocks had been uncovered, and the sand swept away by the storms that must have happened whilst I was away. I'd like to capture this effect, as I presume the sand will be re-deposited in its normal place over the next few weeks.

Minus 13°C here, and everything is still white...

i'm busy but sitting here because it's so cold outside the car won't start

i'll just have a while the engine heater takes care of my problem - hopefully

Mother Nature is letting us have sunshine this week in Boston. No new snow, but the old snow is haning on because the temperatures hover around the freezing point without getting above it much.

Hovering around 0 to -1 or -2 here in bristol mostly. The slush is starting to crisp up again as evening sets in. A few inches of snow...

Biggest danger? Children throwing snowballs at vehicles as they drive past. Even with their parents watching. It's not a good idea to throw things at moving cars, even 'harmless' stuff like snowballs. Bloody idiots

I should say not! That would make you take your concentration off driving at the very least.

I guess we could snowbalss Weapons of Mass Distraction. -)

nah, s are weapons of mass distraction

whereas s are weapons of math destruction - i can never figure out my tab

If you have tabs, Pierce, your weight battles are more serious than I feared. yikes>

Not exactly snowed in but at -12C my car battery doesn't want to work
so I am chilled in

And that temperature is probably too cold for walking very far, so you may be stranded for a while. Here, have some and .

put those under your car battery and give it another try, pal

If it is that cold outside, I can't see any reason for going far, unless you have no food or other essential supplies. Keep warm!

I tend to worry about people going hungry. Edward Gorey wrote a book about some people who were stranded in a cottage by heavy snow. There was nothing to eat except some saltine crackers and some flour, so they made white sauce and poured it over the saltines. On the fifth day, one of them died. So, do not try to survive on crackers and white sauce. it could eb deadly.

on the other hand, who knows how many would have died had they *not* eaten saltines covered in white sauce