And a chance to see the remarkable training facility that the Chinese Winter Sports Department built in preparation for the event/ This image above is of the facility in Yunnaan, and features at 91% scale model of San Ciascian, the Italian village considered most suitable for the chinese athletes. The facility was built inside a disused airship hangar, and that mountain in the background....is a painted backdrop. Rather than snow, that's shredded iMac casings. Recycling !
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Or maybe it isn't.
But, probably the ski-jumping venue.
Bonus - People are weird. ‘Penisgate’ at the Olympics: why inject acid into your penis, and what are the health risks?
Or maybe, they are recreating the Donner Party's expedition, and thinking about who to have for lunch.
Incidentally, snow in Florida is not as unusual as some might expect.
Bonus - A police officer called the station…
A police officer called the station on his radio.
"I need back up here. An old lady shot her husband for stepping on the floor she just mopped."
"Have you arrested the woman?"
"Not yet. The floor's still wet!"
The image shows two snow-covered brick houses, likely a country house, during the winter.
The houses feature gabled roofs, chimneys, and traditional architectural styles.
Snow covers the roofs, the ground, and the surrounding trees and bushes.
A low hedge and a white picket fence line the front of the properties.
The scene suggests a cold, quiet, and picturesque winter day.
Bonus - Yule cat (Jólakötturinn)
So, here's an image which could be from the southern hemisphere.
Hope that helps cool you.
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| StoneHenge say the usual bunch of Solstice Loonies today. |
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Here, Sophie and Catherine model some ponchos that mummy made for them.
I could be wrong, but that does look like Sheringham, Norfolk. View
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In this case, it would appear to be in Timbuktu.
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It's from a set of slides seemingly documenting a university department's trip to the Lake District to do some sampling of water n stuff from teh various areas. And some nice picturescque slides... like this.
Slide Number 5900, in this collection.
Bonus - How MTV’s First Rival Became Cable TV’s Biggest Flop
Every November, Colin would find a cave in the Norfolk Alps, and settle down to sleep there for the winter, emerging usually in March.
Not only did he avoid the winter coal prices that crippled his neighbours, but I also slept through Nativity Services, Boxing Day Television, and his wife's affair with the milk-man.
Bonus - Justin Trudeau trolled Donald Trump with framed photo of his grandfather’s Canadian brothel
But this little lad seems suitable wrapped up for a walk on the boardwalk.
Bonus - Thoughts you have when you control the mightiest of Mighty Organs.
Alas, the scale chosen was 1:1, and the water meter charges were monstrous, and the fund-raiser turned out to be a fund-reduced.
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But, at least I should have few Christmas-time slides to choose from.
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It's sometimes about find rather pleasing slides.
A crisp morning, while out walking the dog, and luckily the unknown photographer sees this view and thinks "I like that!" Well, I like it too.
Bonus - Beach bums: Bondi bares all for Spencer Tunick’s art installation
Bonus 2 - Reality TV star retires from selling farts after heart attack scare.
You know the stories.
Bonus - Duelling Balloons.
However, that soon stopped to be replaced by snow. and wild winds.
This being Derbyshire, it was rather wet snow, and it didn't lie on the ground for long...unlike this slide from ... somewher.
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Bonus 1 - Sri Lanka's health minister, who endorsed herbal syrup to prevent Covid, has tested positive for the virus
Bonus 2 - It's hideous, but I want it.
