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Eric · 02-02-2015, 14:42

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Originally Posted by Accyexplorer

....No chance of more of your extreme weather pics is there E?

I think the old batteries in my camera rebelled against the cold ... best I can do is a selfie. Maybe it's that selfie that [deleted] up my camera.

Accyexplorer · 02-02-2015, 14:58

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Originally Posted by Eric

I think the old batteries in my camera rebelled against the cold ... best I can do is a selfie. Maybe it's that selfie that [deleted] up my camera.

Very photogenic E,What a delight for all the ladies of Accrington web (and the world)

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...bet you've got a selfie stick hiding in your house

ossy kid · 02-02-2015, 15:56

Sorry Eric, can't handle this spine chilling 10deg any longer, off to Mexico, they say it's going to be 85 this week, pain doctor.

Eric · 02-02-2015, 16:24

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Originally Posted by Accyexplorer

Very photogenic E,What a delight for all the ladies of Accrington web (and the world)

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Are we looking at the same picture

Accyexplorer · 02-02-2015, 16:52

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Originally Posted by Eric

Are we looking at the same picture

Yes,"selfies" are usually done by those young urchins trying to look pretty,you however have broken that cycle by showing folk "selfies" are for all generations,I'll spare you the part about how you look well for your age and how your radiant appearance really shows in photo's..

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...Let's face it, any picture which portrays oneself tends to be infinitely more interesting too

Eric · 02-02-2015, 18:13

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Originally Posted by Accyexplorer

Yes,"selfies" are usually done by those young urchins trying to look pretty,you however have broken that cycle by showing folk "selfies" are for all generations,I'll spare you the part about how you look well for your age and how your radiant appearance really shows in photo's..

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...Let's face it, any picture which portrays oneself tends to be infinitely more interesting too

And here's me thinking it was the eyebrows

Restless · 02-02-2015, 18:39

I started doing a photocron at the new year. I have a good app for it. Started off with number 2 on top and clean shaven... A selfie every day... growing the hair and beard...

a few months, perhaps a year down the line the app makes creates a video

Turtle · 02-02-2015, 20:08

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Originally Posted by Eric

I think the old batteries in my camera rebelled against the cold ... best I can do is a selfie. Maybe it's that selfie that [deleted] up my camera.

You're braver than I am! I wouldn't dare to post a selfie of myself shovelling snow this morning - my grim countenance scared off all the wildlife (and the neighbours)

Eric · 03-02-2015, 13:56

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Originally Posted by Turtle

You're braver than I am! I wouldn't dare to post a selfie of myself shovelling snow this morning - my grim countenance scared off all the wildlife (and the neighbours)

Hi hon, check this out ... don't you feel sorry for those poor folks ... awww, -9

Snow blankets much of Britain after coldest night of the year | UK news | The Guardian

Eric · 03-02-2015, 16:05

Great news ... the temperature has surged upwards to a bearable -19

Bad news ... it's snowing again.

Accyexplorer · 03-02-2015, 17:13

Why is it some folk seem not to be effected by the cold at all??
I see lads (and some girls) walking around town without a jacket sometimes in just a Tshirt ,some of them even wearing shorts......in this weather

Ive got to admit,Im envious in a way, I'm a lover of layers when it comes to clothes and I like to stay warm.

Im not "trolling" , I'm genuinely curious as to why some folk dont seem to feel the cold at all,is it folk just putting on a hard front or is it possible to build resistance to the cold ?

Turtle · 03-02-2015, 18:20

I once had a theory that people from England came over to Canada with a kind of resistance to the cold winters over here. I, like many, grew up in Brit houses with no central heating, and with one coal fired fireplace to heat the whole house. I found my first couple of Canadian winters to be no trouble at all (I came over in 1966). The Canadian

homes I lived in had central heating and were well insulated. Then after a couple of years I started to notice the cold. My child's mind saw this as my blood having become 'thinner'. Now I think that maybe my reliance on central heating lowered my resistance to cold temps.

Turtle · 03-02-2015, 18:21

Oops! Ever the turtle, me. My

smilie ended up in the wrong place.

Eric · 03-02-2015, 18:53

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Originally Posted by Accyexplorer

Why is it some folk seem not to be effected by the cold at all??
I see lads (and some girls) walking around town without a jacket sometimes in just a Tshirt ,some of them even wearing shorts......in this weather

Ive got to admit,Im envious in a way, I'm a lover of layers when it comes to clothes and I like to stay warm.

Im not "trolling" , I'm genuinely curious as to why some folk dont seem to feel the cold at all,is it folk just putting on a hard front or is it possible to build resistance to the cold ?

Don't think it's too much of the "hard front" or "resistance" ... it's just that, whatever the weather, shiite has to get done. Folks have to go to work, school, shopping, dog walking ... all the normal everyday kinda stuff. And snow has to be shoveled ... Snow and cold come ... the sanders, plows, and shovels come out, and, bingo, it's all sorted out until the next blast hits. And those wearing shorts and tees ... either they are Canadian (after all, -9 is a pleasant winter temperature

) or just trying to show off how "tough" they are. All they really are is dumb.

I spent almost 20yrs in Saskatchewan, and have seen, and lived thru, temps in the minus 50s, without the windchill. You get used to it. Never learn to like it, but you just shrug your shoulders, put on your long johns, pick up your shovel, and get on with your life.

Accyexplorer · 03-02-2015, 19:12

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Originally Posted by Turtle

I once had a theory that people from England came over to Canada with a kind of resistance to the cold winters over here. I, like many, grew up in Brit houses with no central heating, and with one coal fired fireplace to heat the whole house. I found my first couple of Canadian winters to be no trouble at all (I came over in 1966). The Canadian

homes I lived in had central heating and were well insulated. Then after a couple of years I started to notice the cold. My child's mind saw this as my blood having become 'thinner'. Now I think that maybe my reliance on central heating lowered my resistance to cold temps.

Growing up in a similar environment, I thought I was hardy to the cold T,after seeing the youth of Accrington in shorts and Tshirts ,I've reassessed that opinion.
On the other hand Mother grew up in the same house and she can happily sit there with the logs burning and thata in the middle of the UK's hottest days (I'm not keen on being too hot either).
I guess I'm just mard when it comes to the weather

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Originally Posted by Eric

Don't think it's too much of the "hard front" or "resistance" ... it's just that, whatever the weather, shiite has to get done. Folks have to go to work, school, shopping, dog walking ... all the normal everyday kinda stuff. And snow has to be shoveled ... Snow and cold come ... the sanders, plows, and shovels come out, and, bingo, it's all sorted out until the next blast hits. And those wearing shorts and tees ... either they are Canadian (after all, -9 is a pleasant winter temperature

) or just trying to show off how "tough" they are. All they really are is dumb.

I spent almost 20yrs in Saskatchewan, and have seen, and lived thru, temps in the minus 50s, without the windchill. You get used to it. Never learn to like it, but you just shrug your shoulders, put on your long johns, pick up your shovel, and get on with your life.

Is it how our brains process temperature change then?

Or perhaps today's urchins are so dumb they don't feel the cold?

We use to get 'real snow' in winters back in the day (-10 max) and like you say life went on now it's more like:-

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