Snow gates in Scotland (2023 Update)

[The Natural Philosopher]

No wonder you believe in the EU, and ClimateChange...

[Commander Kinsey]

It would be funny if they admitted they'd got it all wrong because they confused mills and millimetres.

[Ian Jackson]

One is real. One appears to be real. One is, on the whole, a Good Thing. One is almost certainly a Bad Thing, but why it's happening is debatable. Need I say more?

[Commander Kinsey]

One is real, one appears to be real in as much as god appears to be real. One is a bad thing, the other doesn't exist so can't be a bad thing. No idea how you found either to be a good thing.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Except you believe the EU is a good thing, and climate change is a bad thing. That's the wrong way round

[Commander Kinsey]

Indeed.

"NASA declares carbon dioxide is GREENING the Earth"

"In direct contradiction to the scare stories about carbon dioxide being relentlessly pushed by the climate change alarmists, a scientific study published in Nature Climate Change and highlighted by NASA reveals that rising carbon dioxide levels are having a tremendously positive impact on the re-greening of planet Earth over the last three decades, with some regions experiencing over a 50% increase in plant life."

[Rod Speed]

It is far from clear that what climate change is happening is actually a bad thing.

Yep.

[Commander Kinsey]

Do you shovel snow like this?

[Commander Kinsey]

Ooooh! Snob! Only your group is the real group?

[rbowman]

The 'ergonomic' shovel is similar but that's where the resemblance ends. On nice days I might get down to a t-shirt.

[Commander Kinsey]

I don't get that shovel. You wouldn't get leverage. There's a reason for the straight shaft.

[rbowman]

I was skeptical but it works. 1" to 3" are more common here than heavy snowfalls so I can push the shovel the width of the driveway and only pick it up to throw the accumulated snow over the berm. I've got a couple with straight handles that I rarely use anymore.

[Commander Kinsey]

So it's basically a normal shovel with the middle part of the shaft moved up a bit so you can reach it easier. I guess it might work as long as the shaft isn't too flexible.

Why the hell would you bother moving that small amount of snow?

[Clare Snyder]

Snip

What use has a sheep shagger for a woman???

[rbowman]

It's rigid aluminum tubing. I can't feel any flex.

Habit? I grew up in an area with a lot more snow. You didn't let it get ahead of you and when you shoveled you threw it well back at the start of the season, knowing that the berm would keep growing.

There's about a foot total now. Shoveling a path to the shed would be a pain in the ass, but clearing out a few inches is not problem. As I said I can push the shovel about 5 feet before there's enough on the blade to throw to the side.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Plus, it packs down to ice when you walk and drive on it. If the temperature stays below freezing through multiple small snowfalls, you can end up with a lot of ice on sidewalks and driveways. That's heavy, wet, Michigan snow. YMMV may vary if you usually get dry snow.

We've had under 10 inches (25 cm) of snow thus far. If we're going to get our usual 36 inches (90 cm), February is going to be a busy month.

[Commander Kinsey]

Surprising, I'd never use the word rigid along with the word aluminium.

Berm? I say pile, is that what you mean?

Pah, your footprints squish it plenty, as do your tyres. Just drive the car up and down the drive after each fall (that's snowfall not autumn).

[rbowman]

I put the 2012 series on the queue, but the first DVD is 'very long wait' which in Netflix speak means 'when hell freezes over'. Is there an ongoing story arc or are the episodes mostly standalone? Some of the US cop shows like 'The Wire' and 'The Shield' were designed as a multi-year story and would be difficult if you got into the middle.

[Rod Speed]

Trivially torrentable from piratebay.

I can put S1-5 and S6 on a transfer site if you prefer.

Mostly stand alone but with a real thread with the principals.

Yep.

[rbowman]

I'll probably watch the second DVD first if there isn't a big pilot that sets up the whole series. Midsomer Murders Series 5 disk 1 is a very long wait too, so I'll move on to disk 2. They're all stand alone.

One of these days I'll move to Netflix streaming. I've got enough bandwidth and 100 GB / month now. They haven't announced it but the rumor is they're wrapping up the DVD side this year. It's been fun and with a

5GB cap on my previous plan streaming wasn't a real option.

Many shows like Arrow only have 6 seasons available on DVD and all 8 on streaming. Even with Blacklist I had to stream season 8 to find out how it ended (before the reboot).