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[Tattac]

Rimmer said:

I think mic is from Switzerland . btw, Tattac, where do you live in Russia?

R.

I live in Moscow. What about you? You are from Croatia, aren't you? Sorry if I am wrong

[Rimmer]

yes, I was born and raised (and hope to spend the rest of my life) in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.

so Moscow, you say? I know you sent some tapes of Kastitsyn to montreal but I was wondering if you get to see him play live? are you even a CSKA fan?

R.

[Tattac]

Croatia (mainly Zagreb and Dubrovnik) is on my travelling list. Hopefully, I'll be able to go there this year or next.

I haven't seen Kostitsyn play live. I'm not a big fan of the modern Russian hockey. But if I have to chose my favorite team, it is definitely the CSKA.

[mic]

Rimmer said:

I think mic is from Switzerland . btw, Tattac, where do you live in Russia?

R.

Absolutly right. I live near Geneva. So, three Habsrus members on this side of the sea ?
Le soleil ne se couche (presque) jamais sur Habsrus

[blaise]

I intend revisiting St. Petersburg in a few months (late May or June), but I assume the hockey season will be over by then. On the other hand, the weather there is so miserable during the height of the hockey season, I can't think of why anyone would want to visit that city then. even to see Kastsitsyn.

[HabbaDasher]

Blaise said:

I intend revisiting St. Petersburg in a few months (late May or June), but I assume the hockey season will be over by then. On the other hand, the weather there is so miserable during the height of the hockey season, I can't think of why anyone would want to visit that city then. even to see Kastsitsyn.

Worse than the current weather in Montréal?

[Tattac]

Blaise said:

I intend revisiting St. Petersburg in a few months (late May or June), but I assume the hockey season will be over by then. On the other hand, the weather there is so miserable during the height of the hockey season, I can't think of why anyone would want to visit that city then. even to see Kastsitsyn.

I assume you have been to St. Petersburg before. What month was it?

But can you imagine what a great adventure it would be to try to catch Kastitsyn in St. Pete in winter?

[NWTHabsFan]

mic said:

Le soleil ne se couche (presque) jamais sur Habsrus

Especially up here in the NWT in the summer...in the land of the midnight sun. Although not today, I am staring out of my office on the 10th floor into "ice fog". That is a weird weather phenomenon that occurs from exhaust, etc. when the temp gets colder than -40 celcius.

[Montrealer]

When you sit back and reflect on the fact we're able to communicate on this wonderful board with people on another continent, you know the world's coming along pretty well.

Especially when I think back to when I was a kid and the idea of talking to people in Moscow and Zagreb was about as likely as me becoming a Leafs fan...

[Tattac]

Montrealer said:

Especially when I think back to when I was a kid and the idea of talking to people in Moscow and Zagreb was about as likely as me becoming a Leafs fan...

I hope it doesn't mean that the idea of you becoming a Leafs fan is closer

[blny]

HabsAddict said:

(BTW, yes, I do have a severe case of multiple personality disoder........at least that is what one of myself's says!)

"personality disoder"

.... huh? Do you stink when you get in a bad mood? ;D

[blaise]

Tattac said:

I assume you have been to St. Petersburg before. What month was it?

But can you imagine what a great adventure it would be to try to catch Kastitsyn in St. Pete in winter?

I was there in August of 1998. St. Petersburg is the northernmost city in the world with a population >1 million. To appreciate how far north it is, consider that Montréal is only about 400 miles north of New York, which in turn is about on same latitude as Rome! I was once in Stockholm in the winter (and once in the summer), and Stockholm doesn't get as cold as St. Pete. Both cities have very long daylight periods in the summer. In St. Pete they call it the White Nights.

[Vinna]

NWTHabsFan said:

Especially up here in the NWT in the summer...in the land of the midnight sun. Although not today, I am staring out of my office on the 10th floor into "ice fog". That is a weird weather phenomenon that occurs from exhaust, etc. when the temp gets colder than -40 celcius.

It isn't much warmer to the south today. I live in southwest Saskatchewan and it is -34 today before we factor in the windchill, which we always have because there are no trees or anything to shelter us from the wind.

[Montrealer]

Blaise said:

I was there in August of 1998. St. Petersburg is the northernmost city in the world with a population >1 million. To appreciate how far north it is, consider that Montréal is only about 400 miles north of New York, which in turn is about on same latitude as Rome! I was once in Stockholm in the winter (and once in the summer), and Stockholm doesn't get as cold as St. Pete. Both cities have very long daylight periods in the summer. In St. Pete they call it the White Nights.

Unfortunately (for us) the way the jet stream and general climatic patterns work means that northern North America is much colder than northern Europe at the same latitude. Milan (which isn't even northern Europe, now that I think about it) and Montreal, for example, are the same latitude!

[M. Beaux-Eaux]

Todat Toronto is enjoying a bona fide blizzard, much like those I remember having experienced in Montréal when the NHL only had 6 teams.

[franko]

Vinna said:

It isn't much warmer to the south today. I live in southwest Saskatchewan and it is -34 today before we factor in the windchill, which we always have because there are no trees or anything to shelter us from the wind.

Went to U in Winnipeg with some folks from Yellowknife--they missed the winters "up there" because they were warmer ;D

Those who have never lived in Manitoba or Saskatchewan don't know what winter is!

edit: or Moscow, I guess.

[Tattac]

Blaise said:

Both cities have very long daylight periods in the summer. In St. Pete they call it the White Nights.

Do you want to see the White Nights this time? I was there in July last year and I remember that it the daylight was much longer than in Moscow at that time. Unfortunately, they have something like 15 sunny days a year there.

[Tattac]

franko said:

edit: or Moscow, I guess.

For some reason, a lot of people abroad think that Moscow winters are very cold. Guys, it's much warmer here than in Montreal It's been only about -5 C during the last month. And it's the coldest winter since...a very long time ago, like 10 or 15 years. Providing my memory serves me right

[Vinna]

Tattac said:

For some reason, a lot of people abroad think that Moscow winters are very cold. Guys, it's much warmer here than in Montreal It's been only about -5 C during the last month. And it's the coldest winter since...a very long time ago, like 10 or 15 years. Providing my memory serves me right

Funny how people asume things like that. I went to California and had people beliving that I had never seen the ground, lived in an igloo and my job was to chip ice from a glacier and bag it for resale at the Circle K. ;D When I tried to come clean and let them know I actually had indoor plumbing and knew how it worked, they didn't believe me. ;D All in all it was probably the funniest vacation I have ever been on.

[NWTHabsFan]

franko said:

Went to U in Winnipeg with some folks from Yellowknife--they missed the winters "up there" because they were warmer ;D

It's the "dry" cold up here I guess ;D

The cold weather you can dress for, but I find the extreme cold, the dark days of winter, and the fact that the snow is on the ground for 7 months really takes some getting used to when you first move north of 60. That is why the local school boards instituted 2 weeks off for spring break, to allow families and their staff some time to get away during the heart of winter.

Even though I plug my vehicle in every night now and I have a block heater, battery blanket and an oil pan heater, it still drives like it is on square wheels on the way to work in the morning. Today, the town's water and sewage infrastructure is really messed up and there are tons of pipes frozen downtown. I had that problem in my house a week ago.

Don't get me wrong, I love this place. The people are great, the economy is booming and work is just great. You just tend to take all that extreme cold weather stuff to be part of the charm of living in the north of Canada. After all, the days are getting longer by 6 minutes a day, so pretty soon we will be golfing at midnight (yeah, I know that is 5 months away, but don't ruin it for me!!).

[blaise]

Tattac said:

Do you want to see the White Nights this time? I was there in July last year and I remember that it the daylight was much longer than in Moscow at that time. Unfortunately, they have something like 15 sunny days a year there.

Yes, there's a lot of rain in St. Pete (when it isn't too cold for rain). It's situated on the east end of the Baltic and it has lakes nearby, so the cold is really chilly. I've been told by natives that in early May the ice breaks up and huge slabs flow along the Neva river and the canals, and the melting ice contributes to the dank, cold atmosphere. That's why I'm choosing late May or June.

[HFTO]

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[franko]

Tattac said:

For some reason, a lot of people abroad think that Moscow winters are very cold. Guys, it's much warmer here than in Montreal It's been only about -5 C during the last month. And it's the coldest winter since...a very long time ago, like 10 or 15 years. Providing my memory serves me right

Sorry . . . didn't mean to insult anyone's intelligence. Should I have said Yakutsk, or gone even further North? I'd actually heard about Moscow's weather in the past . . . in fact, I'd rather be in tropic-like Moscow right now than in our deep freeze. In fact, I'd rather be just about anywhere than here. Almost.

[Rimmer]

after hearing all these cold weather stories, I guess I should stop complaining about the weather here. yesterday, we had the first real snow of the season (enough to make snowballs) in Zagreb and the temperature hasn't drop below -10 C this year. it's been mostly around zero, although, this winter is considered to be warmer than usual. but since I don't like cold or snow, I can't wait for spring to come. it's really beautiful here in spring.

R.

[cousin nark]

Meadow Lake Saskatchewan

January 27, 2004 low -49.7 celcius
January 28, 2004 low -50.0 celcius daytime high -34.7 celcius

actual temp no windchill included....wind was a maximum of 14 km/h during the day giving windchill of -58 celcius. Pretty cold for the prairies

www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/forecast/city_e.html?ylj link good until Thursday midnight...low is recorded near bottom left corner

[Tattac]

Does anyone really live there? Don't tell me you even play hockey outside...

[cousin nark]

Tattac said:

Does anyone really live there? Don't tell me you even play hockey outside...

Only 1 million people (hasnt changed in 30 years). Indeed we do play hockey outside, just not in this (-30 is about the limit) weather.
My wife is from Guadalajara, Mexico so just imagine how impressed she is with this type of weather.