# We come from the land of the ice and snow..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318 "2012-11-17T16:38:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318/21 "2012-11-19T05:58:23Z")
It has been pretty warm by local standards (so I’m told). I’m hoping to catch up with Gukamatz at some stage, although our schedules don’t seem to match. Anyway, today we’re on the scenic rail tour to Flam. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318/22 "2012-11-19T20:33:46Z")
Why does that sound so much like a line from a fiction story? 🙂 (Say Hi to **Gukumatz** for me if you can!) ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318/23 "2012-11-19T22:14:46Z")
Note to self: It is fun throwing snowballs at unsuspecting partner with back turned. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318/24 "2012-11-20T04:51:25Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Note to self: It is fun throwing snowballs at unsuspecting partner with back turned. 😃 It works well on siblings and good friends too. But don’t do it in public if you are in England. I was told it would be taken the wrong way. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318/25 "2012-11-20T06:12:48Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Note to self: It is fun throwing snowballs at unsuspecting partner with back turned. Snowballs are just plain fun. Until your snowball rivals attack and wash your face with snow. At that point, all bets are off. Be prepared. Just saying, is all. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318/26 "2012-11-20T21:47:02Z")
Ah yes, the traditional “facewash.” If you are indeed in the land of ice and snow, you have to experience a facewash to have the full effect. So, is it cold enough to experience the magic of how wonderful metal tastes outside in cold weather? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318/27 "2012-11-20T22:34:41Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > So, is it cold enough to experience the magic of how wonderful metal tastes outside in cold weather? 😃 Now that’s just mean! ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318/28 "2012-11-20T22:44:38Z")
I had never seen a snowball in my life before this. I missed out on a lot. Had beers with Gukumatz. It was tremendous- I have now met two Dopers IRL. (Three if you count my sister). ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318/29 "2012-11-21T02:14:41Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Us Canadians go a different route - we prefer cuddling for warmth. (It’s a little surprising our birth rate isn’t higher.) 🙂 We’re too far apart. Canada is 7000 km long and 4000 km wide\*. \*Maximum dimensions. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318/30 "2012-11-21T07:19:02Z")
However, you do have plastic bank notes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318/31 "2012-11-21T12:52:20Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Us Canadians go a different route - we prefer cuddling for warmth. (It’s a little surprising our birth rate isn’t higher.) 🙂 > > I have to admit, though, I can brag about cold weather, but I _die_ in the heat. Australia would kill me. Government supported contraception. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318/32 "2012-11-21T19:11:30Z")
A little further north and you could have called this thread “we come from the land of tundra.” ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318/33 "2012-11-21T19:33:11Z")
Well, I am now in Tromso where it has been dark since 2 PM. Does that count? (Good weather to stay indoors and drink Heineken. That stuff they call Arctic Beer would, fair dinkum, grow tits on a blackboard.) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318/34 "2012-11-22T00:30:59Z")
^^^ This one talks funny. 😃 It’s snowing and cold in Calgary - good weather to stay inside, indeed! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318/35 "2012-11-22T00:39:29Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > However, you do have plastic bank notes. 🙂 What? Since when? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318/36 "2012-11-22T16:14:53Z")
I think I am getting used to Tromso. It is a fun place but it is difficult to spot. During the day there is a very limited window to go and see something (usually snow but sometimes ice as well. Well, normally, ice as well). You can’t drink when the sun is over the yardarm as it starts to get dark not long after 1 pm and a lot of places don’t open until 11 am. There is a place here called “Bastard Bar”. I posted a picture on FB. On thing I can’t work out is the cafes. There seem to be none selling traditional Norwegian food- plenty selling hamburgers and that sort of crap. Maybe that is far preferable to Lutefisk. Tomorrow night we hope to go on a cruise chasing the Northern Lights. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318/37 "2012-11-22T16:20:03Z")
Oh, fer the luv of - I thought you wrote “Toronto”! I will indeed try to read for comprehension! (I started to catch on when you mentioned them selling traditional Norwegian food. ) :smack: Your northern light chasing cruise sounds lovely - I don’t know if I should warn you not to get your hopes up, though. I’ve only seen them a handful of times, and I’ve lived 46 years in the north. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318/38 "2012-11-22T16:24:27Z")
I think it is like fishing- we should have been here last week. It has been a bit cloudy so it may be hit and miss. Oh well, if we don’t see them, it is a good excuse to come back. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318/39 "2012-11-22T21:37:14Z")
Did you see any donated [African radiators](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJLqyuxm96k)? ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318/40 "2012-11-23T11:10:25Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > … (usually snow but sometimes ice as well. Well, normally, ice as well) … I can’t see any snow: [http://weather.cs.uit.no/](http://weather.cs.uit.no/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-come-from-the-land-of-the-ice-and-snow/641318.md?page=3)