Rabbit stew cooked on a wood fire in Balclutha.

[terbang]

I have been watching the weather lately and it looks a bit grim down there in Balclutha with power cuts and closed roads and all. I am sure that if Scumdog had a minute to himself he could tell us all about riding with chains (if it is possible) and dealing with snow covered roads in NZ. Take care down there old fella.

[merv]

Yeah keep warm Scummy. Looks like I got out of Dunedin at the right time on the 4.50pm flight on Monday - those that stayed for the 7pm got stuck overnight due to air craft maintenance issues - if we were still there now I guess we'd be rather cold whereas here in Welly the sun is shining brightly.

[scumdog]

Thanks guy, yeah pretty chilly down here, luckily I have one of those old blue great-coats to keep me warm when out and about at work.

Roof has sprung a leak and our dining table has a large plastic bin on it to catch the drips. (Bloody snow!)

Our modern car (CBs 84 Laser) now needs a new abttery due to the cold.

Can't go riding, bike does not have chain, only belt...mwahahaha (sorry!)

No power cuts at Chez Scumdog -yet.

Still, sitting on front of 'puter with warm cuppa (or whisky later on) is not too bad:yes:

[pritch]

Stay warm.

Just at the moment it's sunny here, but I think that's a cunning plot on the part of the weather Gods. They want to suck me into going outside and washing the bike so they can dump on it. Again!

[Swoop]

It is nice to see mother nature finally doing her "winter" thing. Hopefully the leak in the roof freezes over and you end up with a wonderful talking point!

Stay safe Scummy!

[scumdog]

It is nice to see mother nature finally doing her "winter" thing. Hopefully the leak in the roof freezes over and you end up with a wonderful talking point!

Stay safe Scummy!

Got as high as 3 degrees today - woohoo!!

[98tls]

Yea stay warm down there SD......in the great scheme of things i am only just up the road and although chilly at night the days have been great.....they keep promising rain but it doesnt show up.

[NighthawkNZ]

Global warming my ferkin arse... been freezin my butt off all ferkin day :shit: :angry:

[miSTa]

Been a fabulous day here...

[scumdog]

Been a fabulous day here...


Same here - if you're a penguin!

Today is A1 - sunny, no wind and the only snow is on the hills, having a go at getting a section of the roof 'snow-proof' at the moment. (Flat roof and snow don't always work)

Shitty weather means 'tinkering-time' but got caught measuring up and making a template for a scumdog designed free-breathing air cleaner for the T-Sport, her wot buys the wine wanted to know why I wasn't working on her '62 Fairlane instead.....:dodge:

[Skyryder]

Shit this thread made my mouth water. Stew and a wood fire? Bring on the power cuts??

Skyryder

[MD]

You Guys and Gals still freezing your butts of down south I see on the News...:cold:

If it makes you feel better it is mildly cool in Wellington..:sunny:
I went for a late arvo ride at 3.30pm over to Featherston and back. yeah a bit windy but sunny, sunny, sunny and dry roads. Man those Beemer heated grips worked well- the Hutt valley is permanently trying to imitate Siberia, so I switch them on through the chill valley. Atleast I finally get to use them somewhere.
Anyone been riding around the deep south today? :whistle:
Totally off topic but after 6 months & 13000km on the beemer I found out this week it has self cancelling indicators! :woohoo: :bleh: They rock! I reckon they add another 5kph to the bikes average speed and improve fuel economy. Such a clever gimick. How do they grow people small enough to live inside my handlebars? And who feeds them?
Sorry, I'm on my 5th Bourbon & coke

[JimO]

dont worry wonce global warming kicks in we will be nice and warm here

[Kinje]

Yeah, hope you guys and gals down there got the fires cranking and keeping yourselves warm.

[Jantar]

dont worry wonce global warming kicks in we will be nice and warm here
The trouble is that even NIWA admit that their climate predictions are only 48% right, and they claim to be among the best in the world. http://nzclimatescience.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=1
This means that there is a 52% chance that it won't get warmer.

[Jim]

I got hailed on fairly solidly today. Like tiny needles piercing my face. Lovely! Now of course it's having a go at blowing a gale.

At least if it snows we'll have something to show for all the cold crap.

[rwh]

The trouble is that even NIWA admit that their climate predictions are only 48% right, and they claim to be among the best in the world. http://nzclimatescience.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=1
This means that there is a 52% chance that it won't get warmer.

I have trouble believing that. The weather is not like a coin toss, so false doesn't mean the opposite is true. They could be predicting 50% warming and only get 45%, and still be 'wrong' .

Otherwise, having observed this, why don't they just reverse all their predictions for a 4% improvement?

Need much more info than that excessive simplification.

Richard

[Deviant Esq]

Hey Scummy, how does having the roads liberally coated in ice and snow affect your work? Do you end up having to do a lot more work because there are many more accidents due to the slick conditions? Or is there less work because more people are staying at home, but still have to go out yourself?
Do you leave the car at home and go out on foot... or just stay at home? Just curious how the snow and ice affects the police's ability to carry on working in places where it snows regularly... like Queenstown at the moment - haven't heard how bad or otherwise it is in Balclutha. Keep warm regardless :)

[terbang]

Absolutely hideous weather here in jaffa, pi$$ing down and blowing. I'd rather a crisp cold than this damn wet. Oh yeah and the hare stew too...

[scumdog]

Hey Scummy, how does having the roads liberally coated in ice and snow affect your work? Do you end up having to do a lot more work because there are many more accidents due to the slick conditions? Or is there less work because more people are staying at home, but still have to go out yourself?
Do you leave the car at home and go out on foot... or just stay at home? Just curious how the snow and ice affects the police's ability to carry on working in places where it snows regularly... like Queenstown at the moment - haven't heard how bad or otherwise it is in Balclutha. Keep warm regardless :)

Last night was not too bad - only one 4 car pile up and a couple off the road.

And the guy with a three-year-old heading from Gore to Dunedin who ended up skidding off the road twice due to snow and ice and was last heard of 'somewhere' heading to Clinton 'in the middle or the road in low gear' with his cell-phone battery dying....sheesh!

But we have 4X4s which helps - but we have big long uphill sections that tend to ice up and then even the 4X4 is no use.

Generally people stay at home (well the ones with brains do) but you do get the odd brainless ones who don't - and then want us to bail them out.

Snow is bad enough, it makes people slow down but people in their nice warm a/c equiped cars (4X4s on street tyres often) have NO idea how cold it is and anything about black ice and whoops, over they go into the ditch......

"But I've got four-wheel drive" seems to be their line of thought and then they get all surprised when it doesn't stay on the road....