My trusty steed

Lots of closings/delays in the area today because of a winter storm
warning or something like that. Blah, humbug! Went out to go to work
this morning and scraped a little ice off of my trusty steed and we
were ready for the 35 mile commute in to work!
http://www.employees.org/~travist/steed1.jpg
Got to work and... Hey, where's all the fancy 4wd trucks and schmancy
Lexus, BMW, Mercedes, etc that are normally here?!?!
http://www.employees.org/~travist/steed2.jpg
http://www.employees.org/~travist/steed3.jpg
HO HO HO! My left foot is toasty warm! :-)

Shag wrote:
> Lots of closings/delays in the area today because of a winter storm
> warning or something like that. Blah, humbug! Went out to go to work
> this morning and scraped a little ice off of my trusty steed and we
> were ready for the 35 mile commute in to work!
> http://www.employees.org/~travist/steed1.jpg
> Got to work and... Hey, where's all the fancy 4wd trucks and schmancy
> Lexus, BMW, Mercedes, etc that are normally here?!?!
> http://www.employees.org/~travist/steed2.jpg
> http://www.employees.org/~travist/steed3.jpg
> HO HO HO! My left foot is toasty warm! :-)
>

Do you always go to work in the middle of the night?

One foot warm is better than no feet, right? :0]

Any news/pics on/of the garage?

Two days ago we had 51,5 deg Fahrenheit during the day. This is Oslo in
mid. January!!

Some of us quite like the prospect of climate change..

J.

On Jan 17, 6:48 am, Berg > wrote:
> Shag wrote:
> > Lots of closings/delays in the area today because of a winter storm
> > warning or something like that. Blah, humbug! Went out to go to work
> > this morning and scraped a little ice off of my trusty steed and we
> > were ready for the 35 mile commute in to work!
> >http://www.employees.org/~travist/steed1.jpg
> > Got to work and... Hey, where's all the fancy 4wd trucks and schmancy
> > Lexus, BMW, Mercedes, etc that are normally here?!?!
> >http://www.employees.org/~travist/steed2.jpg
> >http://www.employees.org/~travist/steed3.jpg
> > HO HO HO! My left foot is toasty warm! :-)
>
> Do you always go to work in the middle of the night?
>
> One foot warm is better than no feet, right? :0]
>
> Any news/pics on/of the garage?
>
> Two days ago we had 51,5 deg Fahrenheit during the day. This is Oslo in
> mid. January!!
>
> Some of us quite like the prospect of climate change..
>
> J.

I just like to go to work early so I can go home early. I get here
around 6:30 and leave around 3-3:30pm. I beat the traffic coming and
going. Yes, one warm foot was better than nothing. :-) On the
garage... I covered the roof with a tarp and the sides are covered in
plastic for now. I'm waiting on a weekend with decent weather to get
started on the tar paper and shingles. Looks like that might not
happen this weekend coming up.

Shag wrote:
>
> I'm waiting on a weekend with decent weather to get
> started on the tar paper and shingles.

Just for curiosity, what are the shingles in construction terms.
My english dictionary between my ears translate this to
Herpes Zoster - a late aftercondition of having chicken pox
one time in a life.

---
Olli

"Olli Lammi" A> wrote in
message ti.fi...
> Shag wrote:
>>
>> I'm waiting on a weekend with decent weather to get
>> started on the tar paper and shingles.
>
> Just for curiosity, what are the shingles in construction terms.
> My english dictionary between my ears translate this to
> Herpes Zoster - a late aftercondition of having chicken pox
> one time in a life.
>

roofing material.....
http://www.owenscorning.com/around/roofing/roofhome.asp

Olli Lammi wrote:
> Shag wrote:
>>
>> I'm waiting on a weekend with decent weather to get
>> started on the tar paper and shingles.
>
> Just for curiosity, what are the shingles in construction terms.
> My english dictionary between my ears translate this to
> Herpes Zoster - a late aftercondition of having chicken pox
> one time in a life.
>
> ---
> Olli


Mikahan olis suomenkielinen vastine.. ei ihan kattotiili, vaan semmoinen
terva"pahvi"laatta mista kattopeite tehdaan. Ne on taallapain ainakin
sellaisia ehka vajaan metrin pituisia suikaleita jotka sitten ladotaan
limittain.

Jan

Jan Andersson wrote:
> Olli Lammi wrote:
>> Shag wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm waiting on a weekend with decent weather to get
>>> started on the tar paper and shingles.
>>
>> Just for curiosity, what are the shingles in construction terms.
>> My english dictionary between my ears translate this to
>> Herpes Zoster - a late aftercondition of having chicken pox
>> one time in a life.
>
> Mikahan olis suomenkielinen vastine.. ei ihan kattotiili, vaan semmoinen
> terva"pahvi"laatta mista kattopeite tehdaan. Ne on taallapain ainakin
> sellaisia ehka vajaan metrin pituisia suikaleita jotka sitten ladotaan
> limittain.

How about "vyöruusu" Well, "kumibitumikattolaatta" maybe would be
one translation. For example Katepal products
(http://www.katepal.fi/katot.htm). I would call them also "huopakatto".

How about kattotiilet (tiles made out of clay or coloured concrete)? Are
they called shingles? Or roof tiles as I would translate?

---
Olli

"Olli Lammi" A> wrote in
message ti.fi...
>
> How about kattotiilet (tiles made out of clay or coloured concrete)? Are
> they called shingles? Or roof tiles as I would translate?
terracotta?
http://www.tgh.com.au/tshingles.html
http://www.boral.com.au/Article/Clay..._Colo urs.asp

Joey Tribiani wrote:
> "Olli Lammi" A> wrote in
> message ti.fi...
> >
>> How about kattotiilet (tiles made out of clay or coloured concrete)? Are
>> they called shingles? Or roof tiles as I would translate?
> terracotta?
> http://www.tgh.com.au/tshingles.html
> http://www.boral.com.au/Article/Clay..._Colo urs.asp
>
>


Hmmm.
When I think Shingles, I always visualise thick tarboard tiles coated
with fine stone granulate, as in flexible.

The ceramics translates into something quite different over here, think
I saw it mentioned on one of the sites, roof pans?

J.

Berg wrote:
> Joey Tribiani wrote:
>> "Olli Lammi" A> wrote
>> in message ti.fi...
>> >
>>> How about kattotiilet (tiles made out of clay or coloured concrete)? Are
>>> they called shingles? Or roof tiles as I would translate?
>> terracotta?
>> http://www.tgh.com.au/tshingles.html
>> http://www.boral.com.au/Article/Clay..._Colo urs.asp
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Hmmm.
> When I think Shingles, I always visualise thick tarboard tiles coated
> with fine stone granulate, as in flexible.
>
> The ceramics translates into something quite different over here, think
> I saw it mentioned on one of the sites, roof pans?
>
> J.

Ps.

Translated from Norwegian, Swedish and Danish to English it would simply
be: Roof stone. Simple eh? }

J.