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snobb

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Posted: December 21 2009 at 07:31

Wow, I spend in Holland almost three years and have never seen more than just snow traces on land!

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Posted: December 21 2009 at 07:38

mystic fred wrote:

rpe9p wrote:

I'm glad I live in the US where government workers have to sign a contract saying that they wont strike

I hate it when i read comments like this - every privilege you take for granted in your comfortable working life has been fought for by the Unions going on strike without pay long before you were born - Holidays, Pensions, safe working conditions, maternity leave, sicknes benefit, cost of living rise - all hard earned by the Unions, the Union movement in the USA is very strong and they have worked hard to earn your benefits.... think about it...

Sorry Martin

I agree with you Fred, unions are a neccessary balance in a democracy and just now the French governement tries to bring the unions on their knees, BTW the cultural budget (1% of the global budget) has just been reduced by 50%, mainly by not renewing employes that will go on retreat. For this reason The Centre Pompidou is on strike for over a week now and the effects on smaller cultural institutions is a catastrophee. One well known AvantJazz club Les Instants Chavirées had to stop their programmation until further notice, because their vital state subvention got cut. Other places especially with a non-commercial approach have more and more difficulties to survive without subventions and IMO it's a good thing that bigger structures like the Centre Pompidou go on strike to alert the public.

....and I just heard theat another Parisian train station (Gare d'Austerlitz) is closed due to technical problemes, with the transport strike still going on and the bad weather I declare therefore Paris a disaster area...

one positive note, on saturday I walked through Les Tuleries under the snow, which was marvellous!

here are some beautiful recent Paris snow pics:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/karolfranks/galleries/72157623021674366#photo_4193945846

Edited by Alucard - December 21 2009 at 07:49

Tadpoles keep screaming in my ear
"Hey there! Rotter's Club!
Explain the meaning of this song and share it"

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Posted: December 21 2009 at 07:41

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snobb wrote:

Wow, I spend in Holland almost three years and have never seen more than just snow traces on land!

It's really unusual indeed.

I remember when I was a kid that I had to be lucky to be able to throw snowballs with my friends.

Some years there was so little snow, and it melted in only a few hours. The snowfall now is fantastic.

Edited by floydispink - December 21 2009 at 07:41

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Posted: December 21 2009 at 07:56

Yes, but you know - I prefer Dutch or British winter,to be honest. Only thing I heavily survived during West Europen winters it was problem with under-ice fishing: there we started yet, small lakes are frozen ( abouit 5 + cm), so you can drill ice and catch fishes. I like this, but no chance of this entertainment in Holland or UK!

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Posted: December 21 2009 at 08:23

floydispink wrote:

There's over 30 centimeters of snow here now. In my 17 years of living I've never experienced this much snow, but it's really pretty. Yesterday evening it was about -10C, which I also have never experienced in my entire life. Also, no trains left yesterday, forcing hundreds of people to move into hotels. I live next to a park, and the view from the windows of my house is very pretty.

I remember bicycling to my work when it was -16C (+3F), about 13 years ago. We had quite a lot of snow early March 2005 and early March 2006, but it was less than it is now. This morning I measured 21,6 cm (8.6 in) in my garden.