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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread . #56777 02/13/2002 8:50 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Newfie photos #56778 02/13/2002 8:54 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York "Beanscenes" ... love it [hurrying off to look] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Newfie photos #56779 02/13/2002 9:31 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Pauvre Bean. I'm sure she's freezing her doohickies off at this time of the year. With wind coming off the north Altlantic I am sure it is even colder. Bean, I'm sending you warm vibes as we speak. Don't worry, your two-weeks of summer will be on you soon Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Newfie photos #56780 02/13/2002 11:32 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 I shall do a little plain rain dance for you, Bean, to the tune of Tiddly Pom! I shall never complain about water again, at least ours moves... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Newfie photos #56781 02/13/2002 11:40 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Tiddly Pom??? You know you'll have to explain that to us - or at least find a site where we can go to hear it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Newfie photos #56782 02/13/2002 11:54 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 The more it snows (Tiddly Pom), the more it goes (Tiddly Pom)... maybe GallantTed can get one of his forebears to help us out here? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Newfie photos #56783 02/14/2002 12:16 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia Whoa Bean - I've had the words - and now the pix. Life is just about complete. One thing however......It'd be fair to say that your mob expect snow - right? So, why is the pitch of your roof so shallow? I thought we'd be looking at +30 degrees at least - right up to Cape Cod style. Crikey, even here in Perth +30 is common. (Anything less is usually just to save upon roofing materials. Is it a heat loss minimising thing (small roof cavity = less heat loss)? stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Newfie photos #56784 02/14/2002 1:58 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Great pics. Thanks Bean and Max. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Newfie photos #56785 02/14/2002 2:28 AM Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 Angel addict Angel addict Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 Love the pics! Wish I had taken some when we got hit at Christmas! But who wants to see Buffalo under seven feet of snow...again! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Newfie photos #56786 02/14/2002 2:28 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky AUGH!! That's it--goodbye, family, I'm moving North!!! [jealous as all get-out e] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Newfie photos #56787 02/14/2002 1:40 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 Bean old hand Bean old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 Well, I'm glad you guys are enjoying the photos. The original motivation was so that people in very warm places (such as Perth, Australia! hi stales!) would get an idea of what life is like in the winter here. Regarding the roof pitch: I agree that our shallow roofs are totally weird. But from what I understand, the snow in St. John's usually melts periodically throughout the winter, so there isn't that much accumulation. These pictures are from last winter (although the snow this year looks pretty much exactly the same), when, much to everyone's surprise, the snow didn't melt at all. Until mid-May. (We actually had flurries in June, but we don't often admit that to mainlanders. You guys are a privileged bunch!) We had problems with the ice build-up on the roof causing leakage by the eaves. Dag and our landlord traipsed around on the roof one day pushing the snow and ice off. And regarding insulation - I think everyone's roof is poorly insulated - we all have crazy icicles hanging off our houses. What a mess! The traditional Newfoundland house design is known as a "saltbox" house. Here is a link to some photos: http://www.avalon.nf.ca/~janetmcn/saltboxhouse.html. You can see their roofs have a bit more slope. Another typical design - I don't know what it's called - has just one part to the roof, sloping in only one direction (rather than a peak). And it's usually quite a shallow slope. Looks kind of like half a house. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Newfie photos #56788 02/14/2002 2:19 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 Bean old hand Bean old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 The more it snows (Tiddly Pom), the more it goes (Tiddly Pom)... The more it goes (Tiddly Pom) on snowing. (That's just from memory, the whole thing is at http://www.winniethepooh.co.uk/storiesandpoems.html.) Thanks mav! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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