I've been glued to MSNBC watching the Democratic Convention. No life you say? True. Anyway I just saw Mayor Hickenlooper (yes that is his real name) talk about Denver's "perfect climate." Mayor Hickenlooper might be forgetting the six blizzards that hit the city from December 2006 to March 2007. The first one dropped 36 inches of snow in our back garden, closed the uncloseable airport and brought the city to a standstill. This street in front of our house was frozen solid for four months until they brought in ice breaking equipment from Canada! Oh Mayor Hickenlooper, the not quite as fantastically named Willy Wonka is more credible than you.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Denver Redux
I've been glued to MSNBC watching the Democratic Convention. No life you say? True. Anyway I just saw Mayor Hickenlooper (yes that is his real name) talk about Denver's "perfect climate." Mayor Hickenlooper might be forgetting the six blizzards that hit the city from December 2006 to March 2007. The first one dropped 36 inches of snow in our back garden, closed the uncloseable airport and brought the city to a standstill. This street in front of our house was frozen solid for four months until they brought in ice breaking equipment from Canada! Oh Mayor Hickenlooper, the not quite as fantastically named Willy Wonka is more credible than you.
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So what you're telling me is that I can expect somewhere in the range of 1 to 6 blizzards gracing the dry Laramie air this year? I'm gonna have to walk my my hind parts around in that muck trying to make it to my classes? Stu-friggin-pendous.
You catch the Hilary speech? Pretty powerful.
hahaha
it's all about perspective though you know, to me, as a Minnesotan who experiences some of the most varied fluctuations in weather there is, Denver might seem rather tame.
ahhhh walking to class in -40 degree weather...so many memories, so many frost bitten ears...
Yup. Minnesota. I worked in Ely, MN for awhile one winter teaching winter camping. Cold. Oh so cold. Coldest in the lower 48. Yum. Snow. However, the Minnesotans understand the importance of the sauna. God bless the swedes.
Liam,
Its gotta be worse in Laramie. At least in Denver you cant get that drifting snow effect.
You're in trouble mate.
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Roisin
I spent two January days in St. Paul once and that was enough for me. I remember thinking I've got to keep my mouth closed or else my tongue will freeze solid.
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Sam,
Ah the sauna. Love the sauna. Hate the freezing cold plunge pool, but love the sauna.
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Who are the folks? Wife and child or two random strangers?
Seandra
Seandra
Wife and youngest daughter. (Oldest daughter far too sensible to come out in cold for photo.)
BTW Seandra, I gathered from Gerald Brennan that you are a big Colin Bateman fan. You might be interested in a comment Mr Bateman left on the Wikipedia! entry below.
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Well, that's one way to learn how to appreciate the shite weather over here. We'd enough rain last week to flood the new Broadway underpass. 20 metres at one point! Typical Belfast humour; a guy was photographed fishing from it.
gb
Gerard
(Notice I called you Gerald above? I suppose its better than Nigel, but only marginally. (No offence if you're called Gerald or Nigel.))
Yeah my mum was saying that the centre of Carrick was flooded.
Hey did you ever see that disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow? At one point the mentioned that Banbridge had been evacuated, which cracked me up in the cinema.
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Adrian - Aye, that happens as often as you'd think. No worries.
I haven't seen TDAT, but I might have to give it a look just for that line. I've some odd memories of Banbridge. Like when I was 17 and I played in a band. We'd a gig at a christian drop-in centre called The Hang Out. They wouldn't let us play War Pigs by Black Sabbath because of the "witches at black masses" line. But we were so rock 'n' roll, we played it anyway.
That anecdote seemed more interesting in my head...
gb
Ger,
I was watching it with my little brother and at one point during the world disaster they inform us that Banbridge has been safely evacuated. Tears of laughter! Tears! Couldnt take it seriously after that.
No, any anecdote that mentions Sabbath is a good anecdote. I remember braving a DUP protest to go see Ozzy at the Ulster Hall. He began his concert with the suggestion that he was going to perform an unlikely sexual act on an (unwilling?) Ian Paisley.
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Ah, man. DUP protests. Slightly less rock 'n' roll, but I took the missus to Jesus Christ, Superstar at the Royal Opera House, back when I was still trying to convince her to be the missus (2001?), and that was the last time I remember having to brave them and their off-key singing. They were great for publicity.
Would have loved to have seen Sabbath back then.
I really have to see that Banbridge scene now.
gb
Oh, kept meaning to send you this link from Dave Torrans' facebook. Pity he missed my good side.
Cheers
gb
yeah once my eyes froze shut when I was walking down to the store. That was fun.
The Day After Tomorrow, the movie that made me believe when that giant storm came by, us Minnesotans would be snow blowing our driveways, skiing, ice fishing, and saying to each other "its a bit nippy out don't ya know?" while everyone else freezes to death.
Hi Adrian
My wife and I are artists living in NYC and we listen in our studio to Gerard Doyle bring your words to life while we work on our paintings. (So many passages of my paintings are associated in my mind with Michael Forsythe visciously dispatching his enemies -- it's a little weird). Anyway, my experience with Denver has been limited to passing through en route to the mountains ("wealthy ski towns" for our bourgeois past-time) or to visit my brother in Boulder. Sushi Den. Cool airport. Liked seeing bald eagles from my car 15 minutes out of the city. Not so down with the republicants.
Looking forward to your next novel! Sorry you had to move half way around the world.
Roisin
You survived Jesse Ventura so I imagine the ice age will be easy.
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Ger,
Nice link.
It was only Ozzy not Sabbath. Still it was a pretty good show.
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Adhoc
What a fantastic image!
Yeah old Gerard Doyle does a pretty good job doesnt he? I hope you reviewed me on Audible and mentioned the whole art/murder thing, thats just hilarious.
Wildlife is pretty amazing. On our street in Capitol Hill right in the heart of the city I've seen foxes, raccoons, skunks, red hawks and something that may have been a badger.
Pretty cool
Thanks for the comment
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Mayor Hickenlooper is obviously a tool of the ski-area and snowshoeing lobbies.
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Peter
Whatever you do, just dont eat or drink in his brew pub.
Yikes
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I read your review on Audible.com, adhoc
Good Work!
Art and audio books united together at last!
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