Winter has come early to Britain this year - snow almost everywhere, thick and heavy and reducing whole regions to a standstill.
How's it affecting your sessions ?
I know people from Canada and the Northern US of A laugh at our helplessness in the face of these conditions, but we just don't get enough of it normally to justify shelling out on all the public vehicles to clear the roads and the traintracks, and the snowchains and stuff for our own vehicles.
We had a guy from Vermont listening to our session this week, playing down our embarrassement at the inadequacies of the British winter infrastructure. Meanwhile one of our Sacred-Harp-singing friends isn't going to try to get from South Croydon to our North London sing on Sunday, and has already had to miss a Maddy Prior and Carnival Band concert in Tunbridge Wells because there was no hope of getting there, let alone returning.
Also a charity gig I would have been depping in a friends band for on Saturday, also South near the M25, has been cancelled.
Is this why we are always talking about the weather ?
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Back in 1947 we had a winter far worse than any we have had since. We got snow and freezing temperatures from mid November through until early June. Sheffeild transport stuck snow ploughs on front of their tramcars and all the routes were kept clear. I was a young boy at the time and enjoyed every minute of it but sadly none of the schools closed and I never missed a day. The worst that happened was a few power cuts due to the new fangled electric fires being turned on in an effort fo keep warm. If they could cope then 63 years ago just a couple of years after world war 2 why for Gods sake can't they cope now.
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Bernie, I wasn't there so I can't say, but do you suppose it might be that after having been through a war of that magnitude, people might have felt like stopping things for the snow would have been letting down the side a little?
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Our sessions last night was very small and the pub was pretty quiet. Had some lovely tunes though, which you could actually hear, unlike a normal Wednesday. More snow please.
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I think they coped then because nobody relied on motor vehicles to get around. That's the problem now, I think: everyone needs a car to get to work. Schools close because the roads are blocked and the teachers can't get in; it's not the kids. I was born in 1947 so I missed the fun; but I know used to walk to school in the snow, later to college and then to work, and whenever there was a session I walked to that (a little bit further coming back, usually.)
I'll tell you what the cold weather is affecting now mind: my fiddle is freezing and so are my fingers.
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I went for an 8-mile walk on Sunday, wrapped in as many layers as I could get on. Within half an hour of walking, I was cooking. I called in at a friends house en route, where I was given a bowl of hot soup and got to sit by the fire and thaw my snow-caked trouser cuffs. By the time I left, the light was fading and the temperature plummeting. I could feel my breath freezing onto by facial hair - and my wet trouser cuffs were rigid within minutes.
Back home, a quick change of clothes and I was off to a session. I suppose the weather did affect the session, inasmuch as a few people from out of town didn't turn up because they were either unable to get there or nervous to drive on the icy roads.
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>>Schools close because the roads are blocked and the teachers can't get in; it's not the kids.
Yep, that's part of it. Tomorrow will be the fourth day we have been closed. On Tuesday, my usual 30 miles to school took almost two treacherous hours, and just before I arrived they sent a text saying it was closed, so I had to turn round and come home again. Blame it on house prices in the South East. But it's also down to having enough teachers to supervise the pupils and indeed enough pupils to make it worth teaching them - plenty of parents just keep their kids off anyway these days. In the past, they just coralled us all in the hall and we did nothing useful all day in any case.
So in between getting a lot of work done at home, I've been making some new recordings, learning some new tunes and getting ready for Sunday's house session - always assuming that anyone will make it through the snow... So highly productive I would say.
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Nah. Bernie's right. People give up too easily these days. People have basically got lazy. We could do with something like a war. But without the bloodshed. I've been wondering if, when people get used to the idea that the phoney economic bananza of the first decade of the new century is not coming back, they'll knuckle down and get a bit more spirit and life into them. There's been a culture of taking 'sickies', of having 'duvet days' and generally of not making an effort. It's time for all that to stop.
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Certainly, without cars, people worked much more locally. My partner now has an 8-mile drive or thereabouts across North London to get to her school; public transport would take at least 50% longer, on crowded tubes and the North London Line, plus she'd have to carry any prepared work with her, instead of popping it in the boot.
Meanwhile, my daughter, after two preplanned days off work, returned to her job at The Open University; in front of the offices is a large swathe of grass, currently snow-covered, all morning she was staring at it, thinking "Snowman, snowman, snowman." "No, I can't everybody will be watching me. "
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Haven't tried a session but got stuck at a country House hotel gig on saturday night. Heavy snow came on during the ceilidh. Got pulled out by accordionist's dad in a 4wd and got home about 5am
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My plane was an hour late due to heavy snowfall, then I got into a taxi and we dug through the heaps of snow (we had a 30 cm snowfall within 5 hours). I was really worried that nobody would be there; I arrived almost two hours into the session just to find it fine and bustling, and hot beer with raspberry syrup flowing. It seems like the funny weather did not affect my session.
As to making snowmen, I made one in the morning just before going to work, in plain view of all my neighbours. I wouldn't dare it at work, though, my tough blue-collar-and-proud-of-it macho homophobic work mates would never cease to ridicule me. It's bad enough that I wear a tie and don't shave my head.
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GIve me -30 F. and dry snow any time, rather than the wet slop that stymies movement in warmer climes. I've lived where freezing rain and wet cement (snow) is the norm, and I won't complain about the relative chill and powder here in Montana, USA.
Regardless of work and school, I hope you all stick to your priorities and keep the sessions and tunes cooking!
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I won't complain. Chicago has had really mild weather. They are only alking about a bit of now this upcoming weekend.
Interesting question about why the folks could deal with a heavy snow after WWII and don't seem to be able to handle it today. We have a parallel in the Great storm of 1967 that is legendary in Chicago.
My read is that society as a group of individuals were less dependent-people had fewer expectations about what government and non-neighbor resources would do 'forthem', and just whent out and did things.
We were less dependent (in an addiction sense) to digital and electronics. Since both were non-existent after WWII and really not a force in Chicago in 67, people had more time and were accustomed to using their time for something other than vegging with an electronic distraction
That's one of the problems with digital music. So many things are done for people. Why take the time and effort to learn to play, find people to play with when you can download digital stuff and be amused. Or worse yet, synthesize all those things that took technique.
A culture of non-Technical, non-Resourcefull digital potatoes.
I hate to make disparaging remarks comparing laziness to a potato. Potatoes have had a very important role in society keeping folks alive. Can't saay the same for the people sitting up half the night surfing the web.
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it's been a cool start to the season here, it won't go above about 25 celsius, what's that, around 77 F or something? The problem is we've had a lot of rain and it's pretty humid now, around 80% today, which is a bit grim if you're doing a marathon or something. It plays a bit of havoc with pipes reeds and bodhran skins and strings and stuff. The biggest problem though is having to sit there just in a pair of shorts when the mando back sticks to your skin and your cold beer gets heaps of condensation on the glass because you have to dry your hands then before you play a tune.. Yuck. Ah well, another summer to get through! Anyway, with all that global warming, why is it so cold there?
This guy reckons he's got is sorted. I hope he's wrong: http://climatechange.imva.info/cooling/telling-colder
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Mmmm... Florida sounds nice. Sun...warm....
That's totally why I am leaving for the Highlands this evening to spend the weekend freezing on a snowy mountainside whilst attempting to avoid burial in an avalanche.
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The local weather here hasn't affected our sessions yet but all we have had so far is some rain occasionally (no snow yet). Today the weather is sunny with a high temperature in the fifties (approximately 12.7 degrees Celsius).
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>>There's been a culture of taking 'sickies', of having 'duvet days' and generally of not making an effort. It's time for all that to stop
Well if you're right, EB, maybe we need to examine the reason why. The stakes have been raised so high these days in terms of litigation, "consequences" for failure etc. that everyone spends their entire time watching their backs. Certainly happens in schools from my experience - more effort goes into ensuring we can't be pilloried for anything than actually teaching children.
Likewise, people won't own up to failure if they know they are going to get shafted for just being human.
And yet look at how much work goes into things like playing music *purely for the love of it* People aren't generally lazy - they just dislike Big Sticks - and they look for opportunities to get one back where they can. This term is Stress City for most teachers and the chance for a few days' impromptu breather is only too welcome.
I am getting quite interested in the Economics of Happiness - about time that thosour betters realised that cash and beatings aren't always the greatest motivators. Now if someone wanted to pay me for playing music all day...
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I put that there waiting for someone to take the bait...I should have known it would be you boat!
The first few seconds were the only part worth watching?? You wish.
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Yup, I love vintage cartoons.
To us 65 degrees is like an oven.
Think I'll paddle out for a surf it's gotta be at least 55 today.
Got friends (yes I do actually have one or two) coming out from the city for a house sessoin tomorrow so we're having a positive effect out here.
See yas I'm goin for a surf.
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Ahahaha it was 30 ft a few weeks ago. It finally came down to 6-8ft today. Out here we have to wait for the surf to come down before paddling out. Standing here in my wetsuit getting too warm, gotta go cool off. I'll be back later.
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yeah? you're a scream, boatpiper. (yeah, wetsuits do that, especially in hot weather!!). Hey boat, is this you in the boat here then?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVgtXL5sHos
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Not much surf, but it's so easy to get away from people and monolithic beach condo towers, just stay away from the east coast altogether.
I'm an Everglades kinda guy anyway, long meandering hiking paths with nothing but weird birds from Canada for company. They're always around this time of year, eating early specials at the worm buffet, etc.
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Yeah man Skull that's me in the back of the boat!
How'd ya know. It's a group of tourist's I was guiding.
Thought I'd showem the what fer and givem a good wipe out to tell their friends about when they get back to their TV, couch, and potato chips!
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Ian
The fabled Herself is a teacher. I can appreciate your comment. Problem is there's no support anywhere- neither adminstration or parents. And some parents are just plain goofy.
There are days I feel like the Teacher's Husband in the bar in 'It's a wonderful life'. After Herselfs returns to some kind of reasonable after a bizarro incident, there are days I would like to find the cuplprit and pop them....figuratively speaking of course.
Few people realize what a tough way teaching is to make a living.
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"It doesn't snow everywhere in Canada. It's a pretty big spot of land so you can't assume it has one weather pattern because of stereotypes."
That's interesting, Tasia. I know it's a big country and all that, and I'm aware that, for example, the Vancouver area is much wetter and milder than other parts; but I would have assumed, because of its latitude, that there would be some snow everywhere in Canada. In the places where it doesn't snow, is it because it's too warm, too cold or too dry, or (almost) any combination thereof?
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The weather this year is nothing compared to the 'night of the big snow' in 1876. I walked all the way in a blizzard from Glenties to Carrick to play at a session. I, myself was none the worse for wear, but had leave my fiddle beside the fire for 37 minuted to defrost it. I remember well the great session that was in it on the the night of the big snow. Unfortunately when the session finished at eight o'clock the following morning, there were snow drifts up to twice the height of yearling heifer, preventing my returning to the Glenties. Fortunately I found solace in the arms of the publican's daughter for the following week until the snow thawed. It is well I remember the fine setting she had at her of the sporting paddy. That is the time that was in it then, even if it was long ago.
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"This term is Stress City for most teachers and the chance for a few days' impromptu breather is only too welcome."
All of your post, Ian Stock, was typical modern whingeing and exactly what I'm talking about. People don't see any problem with trying to find any way they can to get out of doing what they're paid to do. Anyway, teaching's only a part-time job in any case.
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How's the funny weather affecting your session ?
Winter has come early to Britain this year - snow almost everywhere, thick and heavy and reducing whole regions to a standstill.
How's it affecting your sessions ?
I know people from Canada and the Northern US of A laugh at our helplessness in the face of these conditions, but we just don't get enough of it normally to justify shelling out on all the public vehicles to clear the roads and the traintracks, and the snowchains and stuff for our own vehicles.
We had a guy from Vermont listening to our session this week, playing down our embarrassement at the inadequacies of the British winter infrastructure. Meanwhile one of our Sacred-Harp-singing friends isn't going to try to get from South Croydon to our North London sing on Sunday, and has already had to miss a Maddy Prior and Carnival Band concert in Tunbridge Wells because there was no hope of getting there, let alone returning.
Also a charity gig I would have been depping in a friends band for on Saturday, also South near the M25, has been cancelled.
Is this why we are always talking about the weather ?
# Posted on December 2nd 2010 by Guernsey Pete
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Back in 1947 we had a winter far worse than any we have had since. We got snow and freezing temperatures from mid November through until early June. Sheffeild transport stuck snow ploughs on front of their tramcars and all the routes were kept clear. I was a young boy at the time and enjoyed every minute of it but sadly none of the schools closed and I never missed a day. The worst that happened was a few power cuts due to the new fangled electric fires being turned on in an effort fo keep warm. If they could cope then 63 years ago just a couple of years after world war 2 why for Gods sake can't they cope now.
# Posted on December 2nd 2010 by Bernie
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Bernie, I wasn't there so I can't say, but do you suppose it might be that after having been through a war of that magnitude, people might have felt like stopping things for the snow would have been letting down the side a little?
# Posted on December 2nd 2010 by Jon Kiparsky
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Our sessions last night was very small and the pub was pretty quiet. Had some lovely tunes though, which you could actually hear, unlike a normal Wednesday. More snow please.
# Posted on December 2nd 2010 by DrSilverSpear
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I think they coped then because nobody relied on motor vehicles to get around. That's the problem now, I think: everyone needs a car to get to work. Schools close because the roads are blocked and the teachers can't get in; it's not the kids. I was born in 1947 so I missed the fun; but I know used to walk to school in the snow, later to college and then to work, and whenever there was a session I walked to that (a little bit further coming back, usually.)
I'll tell you what the cold weather is affecting now mind: my fiddle is freezing and so are my fingers.
# Posted on December 2nd 2010 by gam
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Snowed in for my favourite session of the month :( !!!
# Posted on December 2nd 2010 by Derek_22
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I went for an 8-mile walk on Sunday, wrapped in as many layers as I could get on. Within half an hour of walking, I was cooking. I called in at a friends house en route, where I was given a bowl of hot soup and got to sit by the fire and thaw my snow-caked trouser cuffs. By the time I left, the light was fading and the temperature plummeting. I could feel my breath freezing onto by facial hair - and my wet trouser cuffs were rigid within minutes.
Back home, a quick change of clothes and I was off to a session. I suppose the weather did affect the session, inasmuch as a few people from out of town didn't turn up because they were either unable to get there or nervous to drive on the icy roads.
# Posted on December 2nd 2010 by CreadurMawnOrganig
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>>Schools close because the roads are blocked and the teachers can't get in; it's not the kids.
Yep, that's part of it. Tomorrow will be the fourth day we have been closed. On Tuesday, my usual 30 miles to school took almost two treacherous hours, and just before I arrived they sent a text saying it was closed, so I had to turn round and come home again. Blame it on house prices in the South East. But it's also down to having enough teachers to supervise the pupils and indeed enough pupils to make it worth teaching them - plenty of parents just keep their kids off anyway these days. In the past, they just coralled us all in the hall and we did nothing useful all day in any case.
So in between getting a lot of work done at home, I've been making some new recordings, learning some new tunes and getting ready for Sunday's house session - always assuming that anyone will make it through the snow... So highly productive I would say.
Ian
# Posted on December 2nd 2010 by ian stock
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Nah. Bernie's right. People give up too easily these days. People have basically got lazy. We could do with something like a war. But without the bloodshed. I've been wondering if, when people get used to the idea that the phoney economic bananza of the first decade of the new century is not coming back, they'll knuckle down and get a bit more spirit and life into them. There's been a culture of taking 'sickies', of having 'duvet days' and generally of not making an effort. It's time for all that to stop.
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by ethical blend
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I live in Phoenix, Arizona. I'm sure the average person from the Isles would laugh at our inability to deal with a little rain.
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by Jimmy B
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Jimmy B
I live in North East US and admire your ability to deal with the heat. Anything over 55 degrees is too hot for me! I Love the cold.
Mary
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by Antikhntr
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Certainly, without cars, people worked much more locally. My partner now has an 8-mile drive or thereabouts across North London to get to her school; public transport would take at least 50% longer, on crowded tubes and the North London Line, plus she'd have to carry any prepared work with her, instead of popping it in the boot.
Meanwhile, my daughter, after two preplanned days off work, returned to her job at The Open University; in front of the offices is a large swathe of grass, currently snow-covered, all morning she was staring at it, thinking "Snowman, snowman, snowman." "No, I can't everybody will be watching me. "
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by Guernsey Pete
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We laugh at the weather all the time at our sessions.
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by Phantom Button
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Jack - you can't fool me. You don't have weather. You laugh at other people's weather!
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by Jon Kiparsky
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Haven't tried a session but got stuck at a country House hotel gig on saturday night. Heavy snow came on during the ceilidh. Got pulled out by accordionist's dad in a 4wd and got home about 5am
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by Bren
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My plane was an hour late due to heavy snowfall, then I got into a taxi and we dug through the heaps of snow (we had a 30 cm snowfall within 5 hours). I was really worried that nobody would be there; I arrived almost two hours into the session just to find it fine and bustling, and hot beer with raspberry syrup flowing. It seems like the funny weather did not affect my session.
As to making snowmen, I made one in the morning just before going to work, in plain view of all my neighbours. I wouldn't dare it at work, though, my tough blue-collar-and-proud-of-it macho homophobic work mates would never cease to ridicule me. It's bad enough that I wear a tie and don't shave my head.
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by Janek
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GIve me -30 F. and dry snow any time, rather than the wet slop that stymies movement in warmer climes. I've lived where freezing rain and wet cement (snow) is the norm, and I won't complain about the relative chill and powder here in Montana, USA.
Regardless of work and school, I hope you all stick to your priorities and keep the sessions and tunes cooking!
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by Will Harmon
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I won't complain. Chicago has had really mild weather. They are only alking about a bit of now this upcoming weekend.
Interesting question about why the folks could deal with a heavy snow after WWII and don't seem to be able to handle it today. We have a parallel in the Great storm of 1967 that is legendary in Chicago.
My read is that society as a group of individuals were less dependent-people had fewer expectations about what government and non-neighbor resources would do 'forthem', and just whent out and did things.
We were less dependent (in an addiction sense) to digital and electronics. Since both were non-existent after WWII and really not a force in Chicago in 67, people had more time and were accustomed to using their time for something other than vegging with an electronic distraction
That's one of the problems with digital music. So many things are done for people. Why take the time and effort to learn to play, find people to play with when you can download digital stuff and be amused. Or worse yet, synthesize all those things that took technique.
A culture of non-Technical, non-Resourcefull digital potatoes.
I hate to make disparaging remarks comparing laziness to a potato. Potatoes have had a very important role in society keeping folks alive. Can't saay the same for the people sitting up half the night surfing the web.
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by zippydw
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it's been a cool start to the season here, it won't go above about 25 celsius, what's that, around 77 F or something? The problem is we've had a lot of rain and it's pretty humid now, around 80% today, which is a bit grim if you're doing a marathon or something. It plays a bit of havoc with pipes reeds and bodhran skins and strings and stuff. The biggest problem though is having to sit there just in a pair of shorts when the mando back sticks to your skin and your cold beer gets heaps of condensation on the glass because you have to dry your hands then before you play a tune.. Yuck. Ah well, another summer to get through! Anyway, with all that global warming, why is it so cold there?
This guy reckons he's got is sorted. I hope he's wrong:
http://climatechange.imva.info/cooling/telling-colder
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
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anyway, this should warm you up a bit...
the Sydney Summer National Anthem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=659BB5W838I
(forget about the first few seconds)
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
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It's effecting it very positively. Best time of the year to be in Florida!
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by SWFL Fiddler
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Mmmm... Florida sounds nice. Sun...warm....
That's totally why I am leaving for the Highlands this evening to spend the weekend freezing on a snowy mountainside whilst attempting to avoid burial in an avalanche.
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by DrSilverSpear
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nah, no surf to speak of in Florida; and too many people and high rise.
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
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The local weather here hasn't affected our sessions yet but all we have had so far is some rain occasionally (no snow yet). Today the weather is sunny with a high temperature in the fifties (approximately 12.7 degrees Celsius).
Laurence
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by fauxcelt
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>>There's been a culture of taking 'sickies', of having 'duvet days' and generally of not making an effort. It's time for all that to stop
Well if you're right, EB, maybe we need to examine the reason why. The stakes have been raised so high these days in terms of litigation, "consequences" for failure etc. that everyone spends their entire time watching their backs. Certainly happens in schools from my experience - more effort goes into ensuring we can't be pilloried for anything than actually teaching children.
Likewise, people won't own up to failure if they know they are going to get shafted for just being human.
And yet look at how much work goes into things like playing music *purely for the love of it* People aren't generally lazy - they just dislike Big Sticks - and they look for opportunities to get one back where they can. This term is Stress City for most teachers and the chance for a few days' impromptu breather is only too welcome.
I am getting quite interested in the Economics of Happiness - about time that thosour betters realised that cash and beatings aren't always the greatest motivators. Now if someone wanted to pay me for playing music all day...
Ian
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by ian stock
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Skull Dugger, The first few seconds of that were the pnly part worth watching
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by Gone to work
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It's georgeous out here on the NW Coast today. Sunny crisp fall morning with nary a hint of wind. It's a good day to be outside.
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by Gone to work
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I put that there waiting for someone to take the bait...I should have known it would be you boat!
The first few seconds were the only part worth watching?? You wish.
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
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The NW Coast?? What, British Columbia? Nice and warm there!
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
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'It's georgeous out here on the NW Coast today.'
Who's George?
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by MacCruiskeen
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Yup, I love vintage cartoons.
To us 65 degrees is like an oven.
Think I'll paddle out for a surf it's gotta be at least 55 today.
Got friends (yes I do actually have one or two) coming out from the city for a house sessoin tomorrow so we're having a positive effect out here.
See yas I'm goin for a surf.
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by Gone to work
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...there's no surf there, dude, it's like a millpond.
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
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Ahahaha it was 30 ft a few weeks ago. It finally came down to 6-8ft today. Out here we have to wait for the surf to come down before paddling out. Standing here in my wetsuit getting too warm, gotta go cool off. I'll be back later.
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by Gone to work
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yeah? you're a scream, boatpiper. (yeah, wetsuits do that, especially in hot weather!!). Hey boat, is this you in the boat here then?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVgtXL5sHos
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by Skull Duggeraigh Dubh
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Not much surf, but it's so easy to get away from people and monolithic beach condo towers, just stay away from the east coast altogether.
I'm an Everglades kinda guy anyway, long meandering hiking paths with nothing but weird birds from Canada for company. They're always around this time of year, eating early specials at the worm buffet, etc.
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by SWFL Fiddler
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Yeah man Skull that's me in the back of the boat!
How'd ya know. It's a group of tourist's I was guiding.
Thought I'd showem the what fer and givem a good wipe out to tell their friends about when they get back to their TV, couch, and potato chips!
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by Gone to work
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It doesn't snow everywhere in Canada. It's a pretty big spot of land so you can't assume it has one weather pattern because of stereotypes.
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by Glass of Beer
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Ian
The fabled Herself is a teacher. I can appreciate your comment. Problem is there's no support anywhere- neither adminstration or parents. And some parents are just plain goofy.
There are days I feel like the Teacher's Husband in the bar in 'It's a wonderful life'. After Herselfs returns to some kind of reasonable after a bizarro incident, there are days I would like to find the cuplprit and pop them....figuratively speaking of course.
Few people realize what a tough way teaching is to make a living.
# Posted on December 3rd 2010 by zippydw
Re: How's the funny weather affecting your session ?
"It doesn't snow everywhere in Canada. It's a pretty big spot of land so you can't assume it has one weather pattern because of stereotypes."
That's interesting, Tasia. I know it's a big country and all that, and I'm aware that, for example, the Vancouver area is much wetter and milder than other parts; but I would have assumed, because of its latitude, that there would be some snow everywhere in Canada. In the places where it doesn't snow, is it because it's too warm, too cold or too dry, or (almost) any combination thereof?
# Posted on December 4th 2010 by CreadurMawnOrganig
Re: How's the funny weather affecting your session ?
The weather this year is nothing compared to the 'night of the big snow' in 1876. I walked all the way in a blizzard from Glenties to Carrick to play at a session. I, myself was none the worse for wear, but had leave my fiddle beside the fire for 37 minuted to defrost it. I remember well the great session that was in it on the the night of the big snow. Unfortunately when the session finished at eight o'clock the following morning, there were snow drifts up to twice the height of yearling heifer, preventing my returning to the Glenties. Fortunately I found solace in the arms of the publican's daughter for the following week until the snow thawed. It is well I remember the fine setting she had at her of the sporting paddy. That is the time that was in it then, even if it was long ago.
# Posted on December 4th 2010 by Sinocal
Re: How's the funny weather affecting your session ?
"This term is Stress City for most teachers and the chance for a few days' impromptu breather is only too welcome."
All of your post, Ian Stock, was typical modern whingeing and exactly what I'm talking about. People don't see any problem with trying to find any way they can to get out of doing what they're paid to do. Anyway, teaching's only a part-time job in any case.
# Posted on December 5th 2010 by ethical blend
Re: How's the funny weather affecting your session ?
I can't get out, just stay at home and practice!
# Posted on December 6th 2010 by The Archivist
Re: How's the funny weather affecting your session ?
Oh? And what's your instrument, Sharon the Flute?
# Posted on December 6th 2010 by ethical blend