Hibou:
> Le 22/04/2024 à 12:33, Bertel Lund Hansen a écrit :
>>
>> [...]
>> [sig]
>> Bertel
>> Kolt, Denmark
>
> Sounds like a one-horse town.

Twinned with Philadelphia, though.

--
John

Le 23/04/2024 à 01:35, Sam Plusnet a écrit :
> On 22-Apr-24 21:18, Snidely wrote:
>>
>> But it's a metric country!
>
> Which gave me a brief mental image of a country which has been trimmed
> to some exact multiple of one metre.
> What do they do with the offcuts?

Belgium is made of offcuts.

Den 22-04-2024 kl. 15:08 skrev Sn!pe:
> Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Le 22/04/2024 à 12:33, Bertel Lund Hansen a écrit :
>>>
>>> [...]
>>> [sig]
>>> Bertel
>>> Kolt, Denmark
>>
>> Sounds like a one-horse town.
>
> Or 45 revolvers, perhaps.

Actually, the obvious association to a Dane is that it must be frigid.
Should work (though less perfectly) for Anglophones too.

/Anders, Denmark

On 03/05/24 01:43, Anders D. Nygaard wrote:
> Den 22-04-2024 kl. 15:08 skrev Sn!pe:
>> Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Le 22/04/2024 à 12:33, Bertel Lund Hansen a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> [...]
>>>> [sig]
>>>> Bertel
>>>> Kolt, Denmark
>>>
>>> Sounds like a one-horse town.
>>
>> Or 45 revolvers, perhaps.
>
> Actually, the obvious association to a Dane is that it must be frigid.
> Should work (though less perfectly) for Anglophones too.

From my point of view, the whole of Denmark is a brass monkey zone.

--
Peter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW

Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:

> On 03/05/24 01:43, Anders D. Nygaard wrote:
> > Den 22-04-2024 kl. 15:08 skrev Sn!pe:
> >> Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Le 22/04/2024 à 12:33, Bertel Lund Hansen a écrit :
> >>>>
> >>>> [...]
> >>>> [sig]
> >>>> Bertel
> >>>> Kolt, Denmark
> >>>
> >>> Sounds like a one-horse town.
> >>
> >> Or 45 revolvers, perhaps.
> >
> > Actually, the obvious association to a Dane is that it must be frigid.
> > Should work (though less perfectly) for Anglophones too.
>
> From my point of view, the whole of Denmark is a brass monkey zone.

I can confirm from my own experience that København in January is
bloomin' cold. It's on a similar latitude to Edinburgh and doesn't have
the benefit of the North Atlantic Drift current of warm water that the
UK is blessed with.

If the Gulf Stream ever fails dear old Blighty will be pretty cold too;
we're on roughly the same latitude as Newfoundland where they have
ice storms and the like:

<https://duckduckgo.com/?q=newfoundland+ice+storm>

--
^Ï^. Sn!pe, PA, FIBS - Professional Crastinator

My pet rock Gordon just is.

Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:

> On 03/05/24 01:43, Anders D. Nygaard wrote:
> > Den 22-04-2024 kl. 15:08 skrev Sn!pe:
> >> Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Le 22/04/2024 à 12:33, Bertel Lund Hansen a écrit :
> >>>>
> >>>> [...]
> >>>> [sig]
> >>>> Bertel
> >>>> Kolt, Denmark
> >>>
> >>> Sounds like a one-horse town.
> >>
> >> Or 45 revolvers, perhaps.
> >
> > Actually, the obvious association to a Dane is that it must be frigid.
> > Should work (though less perfectly) for Anglophones too.
>
> From my point of view, the whole of Denmark is a brass monkey zone.

As is all of Scotland.
(Copenhagen is at about the same latitude as Glasgow)

Jan

Sn!pe wrote:

> Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:

>> On 03/05/24 01:43, Anders D. Nygaard wrote:
>> > Den 22-04-2024 kl. 15:08 skrev Sn!pe:
>> >> Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Le 22/04/2024 à 12:33, Bertel Lund Hansen a écrit :
>> >>>>
>> >>>> [...]
>> >>>> [sig]
>> >>>> Bertel
>> >>>> Kolt, Denmark
>> >>>
>> >>> Sounds like a one-horse town.
>> >>
>> >> Or 45 revolvers, perhaps.
>> >
>> > Actually, the obvious association to a Dane is that it must be
frigid.
>> > Should work (though less perfectly) for Anglophones too.
>>
>> From my point of view, the whole of Denmark is a brass monkey zone.

> I can confirm from my own experience that København in January is
> bloomin' cold. It's on a similar latitude to Edinburgh and doesn't have
> the benefit of the North Atlantic Drift current of warm water that the
> UK is blessed with.

Oh, come on. Web sources disagree, but the average January low in
Copenhagen seems to be near -2 C, which is about where brass
monkeys start to notice. I went to grad school in Champaign-Urbana,
Illinois, where the average January low (1981-2010) is 16.7 F (-8.5 C).

https://www.isws.illinois.edu/statecli/cuweather/cu-averages.htm

That counts as a cold winter, though it's not like Minnesota.

> If the Gulf Stream ever fails dear old Blighty will be pretty cold too;
> we're on roughly the same latitude as Newfoundland where they have
> ice storms and the like:

> <https://duckduckgo.com/?q=newfoundland+ice+storm>

Ice storms (freezing rain, defined by the U.S National Weather Service
as causing a layer of ice at least 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) thick) are a
phenomenon
of chilly weather. Don't you have them in England too?

--
Jerry Fredman

Den 03-05-2024 kl. 15:46 skrev Sn!pe:
> I can confirm from my own experience that København in January is
> bloomin' cold.

Depends - usually it's just cold. But at least it is possible to dress
appropriately for cold weather regardless how bloomin' it is.

Unlike the friggin' hot weather of some of the correspondents here:
There is a limit to how much it is possible to undress.

/Anders, Denmark.

Anders D. Nygaard wrote:

> Unlike the friggin' hot weather of some of the correspondents here:
> There is a limit to how much it is possible to undress.

And unpleasant consequences if you do (sunburn).

--
Bertel
Kolt, Denmark

Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:

> Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:
>
> > On 03/05/24 01:43, Anders D. Nygaard wrote:
> > > Den 22-04-2024 kl. 15:08 skrev Sn!pe:
> > >> Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Le 22/04/2024 à 12:33, Bertel Lund Hansen a écrit :
> > >>>>
> > >>>> [...]
> > >>>> [sig]
> > >>>> Bertel
> > >>>> Kolt, Denmark
> > >>>
> > >>> Sounds like a one-horse town.
> > >>
> > >> Or 45 revolvers, perhaps.
> > >
> > > Actually, the obvious association to a Dane is that it must be frigid.
> > > Should work (though less perfectly) for Anglophones too.
> >
> > From my point of view, the whole of Denmark is a brass monkey zone.
>
> I can confirm from my own experience that København in January is
> bloomin' cold. It's on a similar latitude to Edinburgh and doesn't have
> the benefit of the North Atlantic Drift current of warm water that the
> UK is blessed with.

You shouldn't allow yourself to be misled by those schematic maps
in which ocean currents behave like marching regiments in a battle.
Water surface temperature maps, like
<https://seos-project.eu/oceancurrents/images/c03_occamsst.jpg>
for example, give a much better idea of what is really happening.
As you can see, all of the North Sea, from Ostend to Oslo,
and Edinburgh to Copenhaven is almost at the same temperature.
This is not surprising when you know that there is a strong
resonant tidal circulation.

> If the Gulf Stream ever fails dear old Blighty will be pretty cold too;
> we're on roughly the same latitude as Newfoundland where they have
> ice storms and the like:
>
> <https://duckduckgo.com/?q=newfoundland+ice+storm>

Yes, unknown like that in Western Europe,

Jan

jerryfriedman <jerry.friedman99@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sn!pe wrote:
>
> > Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:
>
> >> On 03/05/24 01:43, Anders D. Nygaard wrote:
> >> > Den 22-04-2024 kl. 15:08 skrev Sn!pe:
> >> >> Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Le 22/04/2024 à 12:33, Bertel Lund Hansen a écrit :
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> [...]
> >> >>>> [sig]
> >> >>>> Bertel
> >> >>>> Kolt, Denmark
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Sounds like a one-horse town.
> >> >>
> >> >> Or 45 revolvers, perhaps.
> >> >
> >> > Actually, the obvious association to a Dane is that it must be
> frigid.
> >> > Should work (though less perfectly) for Anglophones too.
> >>
> >> From my point of view, the whole of Denmark is a brass monkey zone.
>
> > I can confirm from my own experience that København in January is
> > bloomin' cold. It's on a similar latitude to Edinburgh and doesn't have
> > the benefit of the North Atlantic Drift current of warm water that the
> > UK is blessed with.
>
> Oh, come on. Web sources disagree, but the average January low in
> Copenhagen seems to be near -2 C, which is about where brass
> monkeys start to notice. I went to grad school in Champaign-Urbana,
> Illinois, where the average January low (1981-2010) is 16.7 F (-8.5 C).

Indeed. Those Copenhagians count themselves lucky
when they can skate on real natural ice in their parks.
(rather than an ice rink)

> https://www.isws.illinois.edu/statecli/cuweather/cu-averages.htm
>
> That counts as a cold winter, though it's not like Minnesota.

Don't use such strange terms, like 'fall frost'.

> > If the Gulf Stream ever fails dear old Blighty will be pretty cold too;
> > we're on roughly the same latitude as Newfoundland where they have
> > ice storms and the like:
>
> > <https://duckduckgo.com/?q=newfoundland+ice+storm>
>
> Ice storms (freezing rain, defined by the U.S National Weather Service
> as causing a layer of ice at least 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) thick) are a
> phenomenon
> of chilly weather. Don't you have them in England too?

Freezing rain is not unknown, but 1/4" of it is extremely rare.
OTOH just one mm of it will bring trafic to a standstil,

Jan

On 2024-05-04 15:54:12 +0000, J. J. Lodder said:

> Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On 03/05/24 01:43, Anders D. Nygaard wrote:
>>>> Den 22-04-2024 kl. 15:08 skrev Sn!pe:
>>>>> Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Le 22/04/2024 à 12:33, Bertel Lund Hansen a écrit :
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>> [sig]
>>>>>>> Bertel
>>>>>>> Kolt, Denmark
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds like a one-horse town.
>>>>>
>>>>> Or 45 revolvers, perhaps.
>>>>
>>>> Actually, the obvious association to a Dane is that it must be frigid.
>>>> Should work (though less perfectly) for Anglophones too.
>>>
>>> From my point of view, the whole of Denmark is a brass monkey zone.
>>
>> I can confirm from my own experience that København in January is
>> bloomin' cold. It's on a similar latitude to Edinburgh and doesn't have
>> the benefit of the North Atlantic Drift current of warm water that the
>> UK is blessed with.
>
> You shouldn't allow yourself to be misled by those schematic maps
> in which ocean currents behave like marching regiments in a battle.
> Water surface temperature maps, like
> <https://seos-project.eu/oceancurrents/images/c03_occamsst.jpg>
> for example, give a much better idea of what is really happening.
> As you can see, all of the North Sea, from Ostend to Oslo,
> and Edinburgh to Copenhaven is almost at the same temperature.
> This is not surprising when you know that there is a strong
> resonant tidal circulation.

OK, but Glasgow, only a little south of Edinburgh, is less cold and
much wetter.
>> If the Gulf Stream ever fails dear old Blighty will be pretty cold too;
>> we're on roughly the same latitude as Newfoundland where they have
>> ice storms and the like:
>>
>> <https://duckduckgo.com/?q=newfoundland+ice+storm>
>
> Yes, unknown like that in Western Europe,
>
> Jan

--
Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly
in England until 1987.