Tag: snow

Snow and Slush

Too warm to settle, too cold to melt. Admin1 read Don’t Look Back by Karin Fossum (pretty good) and is now reading The Human Flies by Hans Olav Lahlum, which is like reading a very extended Logic Problem. Admin2 was reading The Torment of Others and is now reading A Place of Execution, both by Val McDermid and both pretty good.

Kahawa ya siku: Blake — dried fruit and earthy, not so strong.

Dark Skies and Light Snow

But no photo. Venus and Mercury are hiding in the trees, Lovejoy is still a blob, and the snow is slushy and patchy. Admin1 has been reading The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh (creepy) and Fatal Frost by James Henry (feeble plot and boring characters). We are watching The Fall series 2, which is somewhat uncomfortable viewing (“Why are you watching this, you fucking pervert?”). We scored 7 in the Guardian Weekend quiz.

Phenomenom of the Day: Vibrating phone wire

There have been occasional reports of a lone icy cable incomprehensibly oscillating on a snowy day. Admin1 observed one such from the roof at his work, and yesterday we saw the same thing outside our house. Despite all the strobing on the video, only one cable is wobbling: the second one from the top. It trembled for at least twelve hours and only stopped when the snow melted. It is anchored to the same building as the static one above, about 30cm lower down, and does not pass over any heat sources. There was no wind, and the birds singing in the background were not sitting on it.

The videos offered at the end share the honour of being derived from a file called MVI5177…