General Discussion Thread

[Róisín]

Somewhere around the 10 to 20C range seems good to me. It was 39C here today, which is hotter than I like. But we get extremes, which is part of why gardening is so hard. Well, that and lack of water! Hottest we've had since I've lived here was 47.something C, coldest was a bit below -12C, cold enough to burst water pipes. Because we're up toward where the desert starts, we get extremes.

[Gwenno]

Hmm... I joined the forum on April 15th last year, so two more months and I'll be a one year old member! Yay! \o\
I actually started reading aRTD on March 4th in 2013 (I know that because I wrote on my journal how I was neglecting my studies over an awesome webcomic that I couldn't stop reading), and I lurked the comment section for a looooong time.

*high fives fellow lurker veteran Gwenno*

*belatedly high fives back!

Also good to see you back Fimby ^_^ I was happy enough to see your return that you got a Fimby-Yes vote from me two days in a row (Don't expect it to happen again any time in the near future however)

Hahah, wow some of you guys have ridiculous weather! Weather is pretty decent over here, around the 10C maybe, probably a bit lower? The thing about winters in Japan is not the temperature (remaining around 0 at it's lowest) but the moisture level, which is ridiculously dry in comparison to the UK (where moisture has never been a problem ). It gets so bad that people have constantly running humidifiers in their houses and workplaces to stop them from getting nosebleeds and having their skin dry out! I always thought that the anime trope of 'ridiculously easy nosebleeds at any provocation' was just that - a trope, but it appear that there may be some truth to it  I am continuously humbled by these new discoveries........

Also OMG LAUFEY THAT CAT IS LOVELY!!!!!!!!!!!!
(leaves slowly with any remaining dignity)

[Yuuago]

Looks like I've got plenty of options if I ever decide to do something crazy and leave this frozen wasteland. Excellent.

please try not to die.

Don't worry mate, I got this. Layers and layers and a beaver fur hat (it is so warm oh my god). I won't die, I promise. ;p

On that note, I think I caught my friend's cold... why now. Why. I managed to stay cold-free this entire winter. Why now. *mumbles something about taking a water boiler to the library to nurse tea after tea*
*furiously ignores the tell-tale itch in the throat*

Oh, eew. Tea and more tea sounds like a good plan. With honey in it, yes. < 3

[Laufey]

Also OMG LAUFEY THAT CAT IS LOVELY!!!!!!!!!!!!
(leaves slowly with any remaining dignity)

Oh you have some dignity left? I hope this picture helps with that!

(No really, this cat is so friendly and cute and curious and and and!)

[Helia]

Oh you have some dignity left? I hope this picture helps with that!

(No really, this cat is so friendly and cute and curious and and and!)

Aww, what a cutie!
Keep the kitty close, you never know when you'll need a good troll detector

[cati]

Oh you have some dignity left? I hope this picture helps with that!

(No really, this cat is so friendly and cute and curious and and and!)

ha ha i tried to suppress myself yesterday but

What a cat. What a magnificent cat.

Please do continue sharing if/when there are future visits

[urbicande]

Holding steady at 1C here in Jackson.

[viola]

We are around -10c right now but it's supposed to go down to -25 later this week. *is happy*

[Athena]

We are around -10c right now but it's supposed to go down to -25 later this week. *is happy*

It's -10˚C here too, but apparently its going to go up to 0 later in the week...

[Curry]

22°C here. What winter, where?

[Sc0ut]

Apparently there's this nice language/linguistics museum in Paris http://blog.linguisten.de/post/139342496736/whosaprettypolyglot-mundolingua-the-world-of Has anyone been here?

[Mélusine]

Apparently there's this nice language/linguistics museum in Paris http://blog.linguisten.de/post/139342496736/whosaprettypolyglot-mundolingua-the-world-of Has anyone been here?

I never heard anything about this museum before, thank you

[LooNEY_DAC]

Hahah, wow some of you guys have ridiculous weather! Weather is pretty decent over here, around the 10C maybe, probably a bit lower? The thing about winters in Japan is not the temperature (remaining around 0 at it's lowest) but the moisture level, which is ridiculously dry in comparison to the UK (where moisture has never been a problem ). It gets so bad that people have constantly running humidifiers in their houses and workplaces to stop them from getting nosebleeds and having their skin dry out! I always thought that the anime trope of 'ridiculously easy nosebleeds at any provocation' was just that - a trope, but it appear that there may be some truth to it  I am continuously humbled by these new discoveries........

As to that, there's this little place at the northern tip of Honshu called Misawa-shi, in Aomori-ken. It's at the same latitude as NYC and has a very similar climate - 40C+ summers with 90% humidity (and no a/c because "the local power grid is too fragile") and winters with 4 - 5 meters of snowfall average. I lived there for 2 years, so I remember it well.

[IKEA]

Apparently there's this nice language/linguistics museum in Paris http://blog.linguisten.de/post/139342496736/whosaprettypolyglot-mundolingua-the-world-of Has anyone been here?

Ooh, I'll have to check that out.

[DancingRanger]

I was reminded that Fimby.no exists, and I thought I'd share the state it was in after pushing a button.

Yey! Someone finally noticed what I've done. *getting it to 50/50 was my pet project for a couple of months*


In other news I have started watching D.Gray-man and I'm nearly finished. . . oops.