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Friday, January 27, 2017
View from Your Conference Room: deer in the distance edition
Credit: Alex Goldberg, Edmonton, Alberta
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They aren't THAT bad: I'll definitely take the powdery snow Edmonton has at 5 ºF over the wet bullshit that we get here on the east coast. Plus Edmonton has never had an ice storm that I can remember.
Can't really do anything about the sun, I'll give you that. On the plus side, you can look forward to enjoying twilight at midnight at the other solstice; certainly a unique experience.
I think that you're onto something with the weather complaint: there will always be something that is particularly unpleasant. I've even tried living in places where winter weather per-se doesn't exist and found myself missing it...c'est la vie!
The winter days are short but sunny! Back in Ontario, I'd definitely get the grey sky blues, but here, even when it's blistering cold, the skies are blue.
looks like Blogger doesn't work with anonymous comments from Chrome browsers at the moment - works in Microsoft Edge, or from Chrome with a Blogger account - sorry! CJ 3/21/20
Pretty, but I don't know that it's worth living with Edmonton winters.
ReplyDeleteThey aren't THAT bad: I'll definitely take the powdery snow Edmonton has at 5 ºF over the wet bullshit that we get here on the east coast. Plus Edmonton has never had an ice storm that I can remember.
DeleteThe sunlight is a problem for me, too.
DeleteI haven't been anywhere where winter weather is competently dealt with.
Can't really do anything about the sun, I'll give you that. On the plus side, you can look forward to enjoying twilight at midnight at the other solstice; certainly a unique experience.
DeleteI think that you're onto something with the weather complaint: there will always be something that is particularly unpleasant. I've even tried living in places where winter weather per-se doesn't exist and found myself missing it...c'est la vie!
I can see that - I don't have the money to live in places without a winter but I think I would miss winter if it weren't there.
DeleteThe winter days are short but sunny! Back in Ontario, I'd definitely get the grey sky blues, but here, even when it's blistering cold, the skies are blue.
Deleteyeeeeee!!!!!!! It's Edmonton!!!!.
ReplyDeleteAt IBM Almaden I could sometimes see domestic cows from my office. But deer takes the cake. Bravo
ReplyDeleteDeer #1: Death by PowerPoint. Too gruesome too watch!
ReplyDeleteDeer #2: What does "core competencies" mean?
I hate cold (originally from AZ) and I hate winter, but as an American, Canada doesn't seem that bad right now :|
ReplyDeleteSaskatoon, Saskatchewan is possibly a shade colder...but the summers are nice. Consider us for grad school in Chemistry or Physics!
ReplyDeletePlenty of deer and the people are chill.
http://grad.usask.ca/programs/chemistry.php
http://artsandscience.usask.ca/physics/graduate/
-Mike Bradley, PhD (MIT), P.Eng.
Associate Professor, Physics & Engineering Physics
University of Saskatchewan
Can vouch for USask being the chillest, drama-free chemistry department I've had the pleasure to visit. Downright collegial.
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