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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Colonol Dekker on December 18, 2009, 04:19:12 am
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As some of you already know, there was quite a bit of snowfall last night, and where I am right now it's still falling albeit lightly. I'm pretty hardy some might even say robust and have been known to brave the elements for two minutes in order to have a cheeky smoke while the boss and or corporal is looking the other way. But i'm not as dense as the twat I saw who obviously jogged to the station without a change of clothes or at least a jacket. He was shivering away in short shorts and a sporty vest top. A wooly hat and gloves.
He looked in shape but lo and behold after five minutes of looking proud of himself (at this point I mentioned the constant train ETA extensions due to adverse weather conditions.) He went into severe shock (shivering stopped and cyanosis had already set in) due to exposure and I had to get the station attendant to call paramedics.
So in short. When it's cold. . . Dress WARMLY.
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Heh, reminds me of New Years outside Glasgow Central station, girls standing around in miniskirts shivering and complaining that they are cold. The two important words here are 'Glasgow' and 'New Year', anyone expecting miniskirt weather is seriously going to get exactly what they deserve.
I might be a soft southern git in 4 layers of clothing, but I'm a warm southern git too ;)
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That is synonymous with new years ;) just gives us singletons an excuse to give them a hug.
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:lol:
I'm just trying to figure out what on Earth possessed this guy to jog to the station in snow, and why on Earth he didn't consider that the train would be delayed, considering that is, as it were, the standard condition of trains in London :(
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All I got out of him was his name. Steve. He should be ok. I did call him a ****ing plank to his face trying to stir a reaction out of him to get some adrenalin but he just looked hurt instead.
City twats are twats even when they're out of the city I guess. :)
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HEEEEE, over here in Washington DC we just got a blizzard warning. 12 to 20 inches in the next 48 hours. :eek2:
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:lol: I looked at the title and immediatly thought of this (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/Muppets-FullCast.jpg). talk about misunderstanding
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snow here turned to ice during the last day.
****ing dangerous going out riding a bike here XD
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that... had nothing to do with muppets...
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What the heck is someone doing walking around in shorts when it's cold outside? I guess Canadians accept that once October arrives the possibility for cold weather is just how it's going to be and you better darn well dress appropriately or you're not going to do so well.
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Most British think the same way to be honest Ice, but you always get the occasional idiot.
And, for language clarification, muppet, in the UK is another word for 'idiot', it means, basically, someone operating without any self-regard, and yes, the word is based on the show itself.
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But i'm not as dense as the twat I saw who obviously jogged to the station without a change of clothes or at least a jacket. He was shivering away in short shorts and a sporty vest top. A wooly hat and gloves.
He looked in shape but lo and behold after five minutes of looking proud of himself (at this point I mentioned the constant train ETA extensions due to adverse weather conditions.) He went into severe shock (shivering stopped and cyanosis had already set in) due to exposure and I had to get the station attendant to call paramedics.
So in short. When it's cold. . . Dress WARMLY.
I second dressing warmly when it is cold.
Then, I know some people around here can run wearing just shorts, jogging shoes, woolly cap and gloves in -15 to -20 degrees of Celsius - without any t-shirt or jacket. Doing this requires conditioning and good advice from the people already can run in such light equipment.
The old saying goes, if you didn't take enough clothes, DON'T stop moving until you do have enough or are in some place warm.
Still, 5 minutes is quite a short time for such an effect. But that depends on what the guy had just done before. And, temperature usually is not such a big deal, the wind chill is.
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most of our cross country team still runs 2 miles a day after school with just an extra hat and gloves. :P
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It's hot where I am. HOT HOT HOT. And sweaty and there are flies everywhere.
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5 minutes is quite a short time for such an effect. But that depends on what the guy had just done before. And, temperature usually is not such a big deal, the wind chill is.
He was at the station when i arrived to be honest. I didn't notice him right away either till i thought.......Hmmmm, he's turning into a smurf.
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heh. I've gone out in shorts and sandals when it's -7C here, just because it's warm after -32C.
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It's a heatwave here.... 19F above!
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minus ****ing 21°C -.-
the coldest in 5 years here...
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minus ****ing 21°C -.-
the coldest in 5 years here...
Oh you poor little baby. :p I don't even bother zipping up my hoodie until it hits -25C. Then again, I'm both a Calgarian and a competitive skier, so without a decent furnace I probably wouldn't last. I don't even have it that bad either. Talk to MP-Ryan about Edmonton's lovely -58C day a while back. (Windchill Included)
heh. I've gone out in shorts and sandals when it's -7C here, just because it's warm after -32C.
Me too. You go pleasantly numb after a while.
Anyway, didn't that moron realize that sweat plus cold equals less than toasty coating of ice?
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Gotta admit that Steve sounded like a real idiot to be under dressed in such a weather. Lucky him though that he got help.
There's lots and lots of snow here too, which is nice if ya ask me. Haven't seen any muppets here on this year... if ya don't count the ones driving cars like they haven't seen snow ever in their life (it's Finland for crying out loud).
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well he could have been from Iceland or other northern areas of Scandinavia, thus what seems cold to us, is warm to him