RE: The Weather

I really hope this weather will change for the better soon! Its messing up with my water changes; water temperature and plans of visits to get livestock/food

AAArrrgh!

Hopefully all will be well by the weekend and this daft weather does not reoccur again?

Hopefully all will be well by the weekend and this daft weather does not reoccur again?

I hope so too!!! Im having trouble keeping the pond clear!

This just happened few hrs ago cus of the snow... Just missed the car.

Yes the weather is messing with the water quality in the mains and the lack of pressure makes it longer to get water for water changes.
I spent the whole day just getting enough water to do some water changes tomorrow.

but i think the little bit of snow we get is great. Stick on a hat/gloves and go for a walk. Its so peaceful out. Its a nice break from the normal hustle and bustle.
It's even great to see kids out playing that are normally stuck in doors with a game controller stuck to there hands.

I watched a neighbor today driving a bit fast in his new car. He drove up the road, straight in to his driveway and bang straight in to his house.

That was a close call Alex.

To keep the pond clear you can place a deflated football in it. Just remove the ball every day and use this as a starting point to clear come of the ice.

I have a tank outside that i have to take an axe to each day to clear the ice.

platty252 wrote:

Yes the weather is messing with the water quality in the mains and the lack of pressure makes it longer to get water for water changes.
I spent the whole day just getting enough water to do some water changes tomorrow.

but i think the little bit of snow we get is great. Stick on a hat/gloves and go for a walk. Its so peaceful out. Its a nice break from the normal hustle and bustle.
It's even great to see kids out playing that are normally stuck in doors with a game controller stuck to there hands.

I watched a neighbor today driving a bit fast in his new car. He drove up the road, straight in to his driveway and bang straight in to his house.

Please make my week and tell me it was the prat with the black BMW?


Daragh

Daragh_Owens wrote:
Please make my week and tell me it was the prat with the black BMW?


Daragh[/quote]

No such luck. It was another prat.
What made it funnier (for me) is his daughter is getting married tomorrow. I would say that is why he got the new car.
He must have entered his driveway at about 20MPH. and hit his house at about 18MPH.

@platty you are right- just have to look at the brighter side of things i suppose; or rather the funny side

I cant help it Andrew, i just like the snow.
I usually have to pay to go away to the snow but not this year.

I think it's strange how it effects people. Kids out playing, neighbors out talking to neighbours.
It seems to bring a touch of tranquility to the place.

I Hate the snow ..........Its getting beyond a joke now............Roll on green Christmas......

platty252 wrote:

I think it's strange how it effects people. Kids out playing, neighbors out talking to neighbours.
It seems to bring a touch of tranquility to the place.

spot on Darren, i was only commenting to a neighbour in the next estate as me and her cleared the way for a girl to get her car out that trough out the year you would be lucky to get a glance off folk but yet a bit of snow and we're all out digging each other out, which is one of many things that is wrong with society, no sense of community, i'm living in my estate around six years and i only know one family that i could and do knock in for a bowl of sugar, lets say some one asked me do you know brian brown? i'd say no but yet it could be the family facing me less than 20 metres away that lived there the six years i'm here. the kids are not allowed socialise because the parents isolate them away and then complain as young johney sharpens his "family" engraved axe while watching hard core internet pornography, sure the neighbours kid came in and he is allowed on the computer 24/7 this lad has nervous twitching and screams at the computer "DIE DIE DIE" i wouldn't mind if he was playing a shootem up or an action packed game but he wasn't and then he repeats the same to his mother and grandmother if that's the way things are going i say let it snow all year long, it's the least of our worries

I am enjoying this weather, its a decent change from the wet rainy usual december. Expect this for a few winters people. It is great to take out all the rugs and freeze em to remove any dust critters ect. Just feels healthier this weather, cleansing almost, apart from the snotty noses:) If you drive for a living it has gotta be hell. I was in work yesterday in the airport, not good seeing 1000s of people being told all flights cancelled, and Ryan Air have cancelled all flights till the 29th, a few people went POP!


I am wondering if all the summers massive forest fires and the volcanic activity has anything to do with all this.. Apart from higher heating costs it hasn't affected my fishtivities at all.


MArk

Well the weather certainly looks to be on the up; pity tho there is a forecast of much much rain after the bitter cold

Mark. wrote:

Air have cancelled all flights till the 29th, a few people went POP!


MArk

Sorry, what?! Tell me they havent! I'm supposed to be on a plane at 6 tomorrow morning to go see the in-laws... Well, I suppose it might not be the worst thing if the filght was cancelled...

-Brian

I had a wonderful night in Amsterdam courtesy of KLM and the Seasonal Weather, arrived in Deliciously Snowy Canada yesterday, no one talks about the 8 foot drifts or the cold, no Flight cancellations or Salt shortages. It hits the News because that's what it is, News, but the people get on with it, you won't see Girls walking through 6 inches of Snow/Ice in 6 inch heels or Men wearing flat leather soled Shoes, skidding all over the place, they dress for the weather, I've seen students in work wearing Clothes more suitable for may or June, slipping all over the place, snapping Heels etc.

Amazing how quickly people remember not to put their Fingers in the Fire having burned them before but we had this Snow/cold situation last January and lo and behold, it turns into a crisis. You'll hear, "but this isn't the usual Weather" BS ! If it happens once it can happen again.

The amazing thing about Ireland is we are satisfied to moan and when the worst passes it's forgotten and then bitched about when it repeats it's self.

Every time we get the slightest hint of a decent summer HOSE BANS !

No pre-emptive attempts are made to ensure sufficient Water is available to stave off these shortages, no Water containment plans are decided upon, no extra Reservoirs etc are planned.

The Snow, imo, isn't gone, it's only late December, there's a few Months left and winter will return and we'll be caught on the hop again.

Kev.

sparky wrote:

Mark. wrote:

Air have cancelled all flights till the 29th, a few people went POP!


MArk

Sorry, what?! Tell me they havent! I'm supposed to be on a plane at 6 tomorrow morning to go see the in-laws... Well, I suppose it might not be the worst thing if the filght was cancelled...

-Brian

I'd check with the airline, but that is what they did on the 21st, haven't been at work since then. It may have changed.

@Kev
Missus is in Helsinki -25 in the city, colder outside, not a word of complaint either, ducks to water eh hoser:)


Mark

Be very careful breaking holes in the Ice, the shockwaves in a pond can and do kill Fish, the easiest way to deal with these conditions is to drop the depth of Water by an inch or two by pumping it out via hole in the Ice, the resulting gap / Air pocket will act like an insulator and allows toxic gas buildup from decaying plant matter and waste to escape and Oxygen to get to the Fish. A second layer of Ice rarely forms and the hole in the Ice only needs any snow removed from it. I've had Ponds over 20 years and worked every time.

Kev.

Merry Christmas to all.

stretnik wrote:

Be very careful breaking holes in the Ice, the shockwaves in a pond can and do kill Fish, the easiest way to deal with these conditions is to drop the depth of Water by an inch or two by pumping it out via hole in the Ice, the resulting gap / Air pocket will act like an insulator and allows toxic gas buildup from decaying plant matter and waste to escape and Oxygen to get to the Fish. A second layer of Ice rarely forms and the hole in the Ice only needs any snow removed from it. I've had Ponds over 20 years and worked every time.

Kev.

Merry Christmas to all.

that sounds a great idea kev. my neighbourhood heron saved me the trouble of worrying about my fish for this particular freeze up. but i will remember this tip for when i restock.