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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Off Topic Chat

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    #15512
    BK5
    Registered Users Posts: 898 ✭✭✭BK5


    Thawed out the windscreen of the car this morning and when I went to go home from work 9 hours later the windscreen had frozen over again.

    Everyone in work had the same idea as me, park somewhere where the sun can get on the car and if your slow like me your car ends up in the shade :)



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    #15513
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,268 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Just back from the NCT, car reading it as -3!!

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #15514
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,820 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121631676#Comment_121631676

    Yeah it’s -3 here now as well. Madness.



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    #15515
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,268 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121631736#Comment_121631736

    Just saw the weather on.the RTE news, saying its reading as -4 across the weather stations and expected to get colder overnight... driving could be fun in the morning.

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #15516
    BK5
    Registered Users Posts: 898 ✭✭✭BK5


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121631676#Comment_121631676

    Hope the car passed.



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    #15517
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,268 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121631764#Comment_121631764

    It did indeed, thankfully. Funds tight at the moment so the last thing I needed was work on a car.

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #15518
    Cork Lass
    Registered Users Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Cork Lass


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121631238#Comment_121631238

    That deserves a lifetime achievement award 😂.



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    #15519
    A cup of te
    Registered Users Posts: 178 ✭✭A cup of te


    @BK5 I got one of those thermal windscreen covers in Lidl just before Christmas and it works wonders. absolutely no frost on my windscreen. Just had to put De-icer on the back window and the driver and passenger windows. The rest was perfect. It covers your wing mirrors too.Wish I'd bought one years ago. It was really cheap too. Can't remember the price but it was cheap. Recommend it!

    Would've loved this weather over the Christmas. Not fun when you're driving to work and other events in it!



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    #15520
    BK5
    Registered Users Posts: 898 ✭✭✭BK5


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121631970#Comment_121631970

    Thanks for the tip on this, just looked them up and they are cheap. Even if I can't get the Lidl one you can get them online for around the €10 mark. Will order one today. 👍️



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    #15521
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,268 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121632559#Comment_121632559

    I bought one about 2 years ago, and as it turned out last winter I didnt need it once as it was so mild, left it in the shed & now I cant find the thing!!

    Looking like the frosty weather will be gone by the weekend though with milder & much wetter conditions coming back. i.e. more rain!!

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #15522
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,820 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Waking up this morning certainly reminded me of winter days of my youth it was so frosty out.



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    #15523
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,820 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Still -3 out there now!!



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    #15524
    pigtail33
    Registered Users Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭pigtail33


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121632762#Comment_121632762

    Me too. It brings back memories of when the net curtains used to freeze to the inside of the window! I can't imagine how cold it would have been in the house for that to happen. Myself and my sister used to peel them off the bottom of the window so we could look out hoping that it would start snowing.



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    #15525
    Aisling(",)
    Registered Users Posts: 6,400 ✭✭✭Aisling(",)


    It's minus 4 in meath. The house is toasty though so I'm not complainaing.It'll be nice for a walk while its still bright.



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    #15526
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,268 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    -4 here currently. Even with the heating on and being behind triple glazed windows you can still feel the cold!

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #15527
    Princess Calla
    Registered Users Posts: 5,872 ✭✭✭Princess Calla


    -2 with real feel -7, again triple glaze and heating on.



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    #15528
    Andrew93
    Registered Users Posts: 201 ✭✭Andrew93


    -4 here in Meath. Have unfortunately seen 2 people fall walking outside my house this morning.

    Nothing serious thankfully!



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    #15529
    Norrie Rugger Head
    Registered Users Posts: 759 ✭✭✭Norrie Rugger Head


    Was -6 here this morning (07:00) up to -1 to 0 now

    ⛥ ̸̱̼̞͛̀̓̈́͘#C̶̼̭͕̎̿͝R̶̦̮̜̃̓͌O̶̬͙̓͝W̸̜̥͈̐̾͐Ṋ̵̲͔̫̽̎̚͠ͅT̸͓͒͐H̵͔͠È̶̖̳̘͍͓̂W̴̢̋̈͒͛̋I̶͕͑͠T̵̻͈̜͂̇Č̵̤̟̑̾̂̽H̸̰̺̏̓ ̴̜̗̝̱̹͛́̊̒͝⛥



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    #15530
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,820 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    2 degrees out here now and compared to this morning it feels closer to 20 degrees as this morning was so cold!



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    #15531
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,559 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121633061#Comment_121633061

    Where are the RTE news crew when you need them?!



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    #15532
    Princess Calla
    Registered Users Posts: 5,872 ✭✭✭Princess Calla


    2 degrees here with real feel -3.

    Frost didn't clear from the garden at all, which is a surprise as we get "the sun", the car was grand by about 11....in contrast to the neighbours across the road that still had frost on theirs at 1:40. They don't get the sun until the afternoon!



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    #15533
    gidget
    Registered Users Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭gidget


    Have to keep changing the water bowls on my bird feeder through the day, literally changed it first thing this morning and brought my dog for a walk, when I returned the water was already beginning to freeze over again.

    Sad & sickened to say I saw two posts from animal rescues today about puppies being found abandoned. DSPCA got called out when 4 puppies were found abandoned in a park yesterday morning & Dogs Aid had a post today about 3 puppies found abandoned outside a building site, all left out in those temperatures for who knows how long - these are the types of folk that deserve every bit of bad luck in their lives cause they are truly soulless.



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    #15534
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,559 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    That's so awful. 😞 Any time I see something like this I then wonder where the mammy dog is. The people who work in those rescues are heroes.



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    #15535
    BK5
    Registered Users Posts: 898 ✭✭✭BK5


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121632726#Comment_121632726

    I said that to my son, as soon as I order this we won't see a hint of frost for the rest of the year.



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    #15536
    BK5
    Registered Users Posts: 898 ✭✭✭BK5


    Very frosty again this morning so be careful folks. It's supposed to warm up this afternoon and not freeze tonight and by Sunday it will free like summer compared to the last 4 or 5 days.

    Happy and safe Friday everyone.



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    #15537
    Princess Calla
    Registered Users Posts: 5,872 ✭✭✭Princess Calla


    According to the weather forum there's a storm brewing this weekend.

    2 degrees here, real feel -3.

    The sky is lovely.



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    #15538
    DvB
    Registered Users Posts: 10,268 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    We're meant to have our first friendly match of the season tomorrow, but given how hard the ground is at the moment I cant see the pitches being playable, even with the expected rain overnight exposed ground is rock hard and a bit of rain wont help it either I suspect.

    Is the fact I'm now hoping its cancelled obvious? 😆

    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #15539
    Norrie Rugger Head
    Registered Users Posts: 759 ✭✭✭Norrie Rugger Head


    Think that the prolonged cold has broken my car.

    Was reading -9 in the car this morning

    ⛥ ̸̱̼̞͛̀̓̈́͘#C̶̼̭͕̎̿͝R̶̦̮̜̃̓͌O̶̬͙̓͝W̸̜̥͈̐̾͐Ṋ̵̲͔̫̽̎̚͠ͅT̸͓͒͐H̵͔͠È̶̖̳̘͍͓̂W̴̢̋̈͒͛̋I̶͕͑͠T̵̻͈̜͂̇Č̵̤̟̑̾̂̽H̸̰̺̏̓ ̴̜̗̝̱̹͛́̊̒͝⛥



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    #15540
    miamee
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional East Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 12,153 Mod ✭✭✭✭miamee


    Still frozen jere today, lots of schools.closed again and buses not running until the afternoon provided the weather improves. There was a lovely pink sky out there earlier, I can only assume that means more ice 😄

    My pilates class was cancelled last night - it's never been cancelled before in snow, ice, thick fog so it must be bad in other areas, not too bad here (says she who works from home 😆)

    Pray for me, I have to go and put the bins out 🥶



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    #15541
    tscul32
    Registered Users Posts: 2,555 ✭✭✭tscul32


    Just walked the dog. I love when the frost is thick enough to crunch.



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