Das sollte den Leuten, die gegen SUVs wettern, einigen Schneesturm aus den Segeln nehmen ;-)

@ Christian, not only those people, but also the "global whiners" like that moron Al Gore.

Yeah I heard he is stuck somewhere on a slope with his bike because he refused to drive his hummer.

What does Al Gore have to do with all this white crap? (I am drowning in snow here too)

well, this is kind of proof that a SUV is not necessarily helping you in the snow!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMzeiMJQrvk

(if you don't want to click links, go to youtube and search for portland drivers snow - it is well worth it!)

:-)

Supi vero!! Scheint aber dort auch ganz schön bergab zu gehen und einige haben auch noch Gas gegeben.

@ holger, if you haven't heard that moron was nominated for an Oscar for some loopy "global warming" movie.

@Helmi --- I haven't seen the film, but still don't see what you are up to. Global warming does not contradict regional and temporal cold and snow. It is winter after all. And there is evidence that overall temperature rise leads to more extreme weather phenomena, like this goddamned blizzard over here.

http://www.google.com/search?q=Global+warming... ;)


quote: If that figure is accurate, it could mean that cow farts were causing more global warming than pollution from cars in that region, as millions of cows live ...

Pete, das ist an sich bekannt, wird aber selten deutlich gesagt. Die landwirtschaftliche "Veredelung" ist ein bedeutender Klimafaktor, weil Methan etwa 25 mal so klimawirksam ist wie CO2. Letztlich sind die Hamburger (fast) ebenso gefährlich, wie die SUV.

Chicago is my favorite American city. My haunt was Kedzie: falafel, Lebanese sweets and buying spices by the pound at the arab markets.

My first and last encounter with Chicago and snow was arriving back in the States from Germany - my car was in long term parking, which is a gigantic lot. So imagine upon my arrival finding over 1 meter of snow covering all cars... I spent a good hour digging down to reveal the color of hundreds of cars. It gets worse... when I finally did find my car it had a flat and when I finally managed to get the tire changed all the highways had been shut down and remained closed for an additional 2 days.

But have fun Pete - it's great if you don't have to travel.

Here in Mainz am Rhein we're already having April weather.

In a recent House hearing on global warming one scientist confirmed that in New Zeeland methane produced by the millions of sheep is a bigger factor wrt green house gases than is CO2. However, for the vast majority of industrialized countries that is not so. The same scientist also mentioned that New Zeeland is trying to address the issue of animal methane by adjusting the feed. As holger points out, global warming is consistent with certain places getting colder (such as the center of Antartica).

Selbstverständlich gibt es weltweit auch viel zu viele Rindviecher. Neben dem Methanproblem wird in Südamerika auch der Regenwald abgeholzt und Gras geplanzt um die blöden Viecher zu züchten. Und dann beklagen sich die Leute, daß sich Vampire vermehren und sogar Menschen beißen. Ich verstehe aber trotzdem nicht, daß die von den Menschen verursachte Erderwärmung geleugnet wird.

@KellySue
Mainz? Da kann ich hinspucken (und hingucken) :-)

@Holger, I am not denying global warming and I know it is a fact! The average temp here in Chicago has been higher in the past few years. We had around 110 degrees fahrenheit in July's. However, this winter it dropped down to -34 degrees fahrenheit but the average temp still being higher than usual.

@KellySue, how can you talk about Chicago food without even mentioning the deep dish pizza and our chicago style hot dogs? :P
Hopefully next time you are visiting Chicagoland you won't have to spend your days digging out your car! I know that's what I will be doing in 2 hours...

@Pete -- alright. But you'd better take the snow shovel with you. I already hat to rescue a fellow who got stuck on the parking lot of our deserted building.

@holger: Vampire?

Natürlich wpr, sie sind überall. Pass bloß auf heute Nacht. Viel Knoblauch soll helfen. Aber Holger meint die Echten, die Blut lecken von Tieren, die sie zuvor angeschlizt haben.
http://bss.sfsu.edu/geog/bholzman/courses/fal...

LOL Danke, judex, für die Erklärung.
Aber Chicago ist doch bekannt für viel Schnee, auch vor 30 Jahren. Typisch Mittlerer Westen halt.

Also ich weiß nicht, was ihr immer mit dem Schnee habt. Ich hab Winterreifen an meinem frontgetriebenen Kleinwagen und wenn ihr bitte jetzt endlich aus dem Weg gehen würdet, dann könnt ihr mal in meinen Auspuff gucken!

Höhö, bluesky, hier stehen geparkte Autos bis zur Motorhaube in Schneeverwehungen.

I'm in Kansas, we have about 1 inch and everybody is talking about it. Today, a woman asked me how I as a foreigner would cope with this cold weather and a professor apologized for the snow.
I really love just to hear people talk and see how these biiiiig strooooong look-at-me-trucks struggle to move on. The only one I met who is not at all impressed (guys, it is snowing for the third time this winter!) is a friend from North Dakota.

@ Pete[Chicago]:

Sorry Pete for the omission of deep dish pizza and chicago style hot dogs. I could go on for pages about how fantastic Chicago is, ahh the shoe shops on State... except for that one time, I brought a group of German exchange students downtown (we were at the old water tower that serves as tourist info) and some guy jumps out of his car with a semi-automatic weapon and shoots a cab driver. The German students, of course, thought it was the coolest thing they'd ever seen, something "typical" American they could talk about back home. All I could see were lawsuits from the parents - but thank goodness Germans differ from Americans when it comes to this.


@ judex:

Bitte spuck nicht auf uns! ;-) Are you in Wiesbaden? I've noticed around this time of the year (5. Jahreszeit) there are two types of people: those who go on holiday to get as far away as possible to avoid the sheer stupidity of Fassenacht and those revel in the permission to be wild. Any thoughts?


Re: global warming

It is my sincere conviction that my ex-boyfriend is single-handedly responsible for global warming... the hairs in my nose have yet to grow back.

Helau! (DREIFACH U. DONNERND)

Kelly, wenn ich gucken kann, dann ist es nicht Wiesbaden. Von wo aus kann man auf die "eepsch Seit" gucken ?
And I am not a Fassenachter but relaxed in either way.

@KellySue: Re "around this time of the year (5. Jahreszeit) there are two types of people: those who go on holiday to get as far away as possible to avoid the sheer stupidity of Fassenacht"

The same is true for the Cologne carneval. Twenty five years ago this inspired the BAP song 'Nit för Kooche'.

Oh dear! Is "Vun drinne noh drusse" really already 25 years old?

Oh boy, what the heck are you guys talking about? I see strange words being used!! :P

Don't worry Pete, am Aschermittwoch (Ash Wednesday) ist alles vorbei :-))

@ holger # 26 - et is halt verdamp lang her. ;-)

@ judex:

Ok, I admit I had to google "eepsch Seit"... you must be from the right side of the Rhein ;-) Ingelheim, Bingen?

@ Norbert:

I'm not sure if I'll get around to attempting to understand Koelsch in my lifetime... I've managed Hochdeutsch fairly well, and can come pretty far with Rheinhessisch, but I'm afraid Google will have to be my friend in this case.

Kelly, ich vermute, dass die "eepsch Seit" jeweils die andere ist :-)
Ich sitze rechts des Rheines an den Hängen des Taunus (Rheingau) und kann Mainz wirklich sehen, zumindest teilweise.

@judex:

Oh a sensitive and hotly debated issue, which side of the Rhein is the "eepsch Seit"... I've lived on both sides, but I'll hold my tongue... each side has its unique flavor and advantages.

I'm outside on my balcony, can you see me waving? :-)))

Do you know the restaurant "Tannenburg"?


@ Pete [Chicago]:

What about the Chicago River? Is there a better side? Or a rivalry between people who live on one side or the other?

"Nit för Kooche" [phonetic spelling of Cologne dialect] --> "Nicht für Kuchen", i.e. "Selbst wenn Du mir Kuchen geben würdest [bliebe ich Karneval nicht hier]". If I recall correctly, the liner notes for BAP records always glossed the most difficult dialect words. Since I have relatives from the Rhineland I understand most of the Cologne dialect pretty well.

Ist die "eepsch Seit" das gleiche Konzept wie die "scheel Sig/Sick" in Köln?

The group's official website (http://www.bap.de) has the complete lyrics for this song (and many others) including a translation into "Hochdeutsch". Apparently the spelling used by BAP is "Nit für Kooche".

We have a similar concept in Frankfurt called "hibbdebach" and "dribbdebach" ('de Bach' being the river Main).
Just that we're not having a dispute about it: "hibbdebach" is the old part of the town and the city center and "dribbdebach" is Sachsenhausen.

@KellySue
Meinst Du die Tannenburg bei TS-Hahn? Kenn' ich nur dem Namen nach. Wir gehen in den Rheingau.
@Norbert Juffa
Ja, das ist genau das gleiche (wie auch in Frankfurt).