Better be careful about shooting at this missionary, I shoot back....I AM from Tennessee ya know.................

When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, and his goods are in peace....Luke 11:21

The last time I checked, your Finnish ancestors in World War II did a good job shooting at the Communists! I admire Finnish courage during WWII.

Isn't slinging a primitive form of shooting?

Shooting communists: good (in a way).  Siding with fascists: bad.
  Unfortunately, the closest we have so far come to snow is a few sleet-filled rain storms and so very cold, dry days.  It's quite annoying.  Anyways, happy winter slinging Bored-Lyron, but I can't want 'til spring.

Ice is a little light but it will do in a pinch! I was visiting my brother out west. He had 2 feet of snow on his house roof and 5 feet stacked up on both sides of his driveway. I slung a few snowballs but my hands got cold before I was ready to stop.

David T





Quite the contrary Terry.  Matthew 23: 32--46

Tervetuola! Wlecome Bored_Lyron!  

Our Polish winter is also vrey odd  this year. There was only a few days when snow was staying on the ground, and a little bit of the sun.  A few days ago we have strong frosts, -20-30C in nights, without snow. Now there is typically english weather, wet, windy and gloomily So it isn't a good time for slinging at all.

I like to sling snow-balls very much. It can be a great fun, but only when snow is wet. Otherwise, it is very difficult or impossible to make good snow-ball. No matter how hard you work on them, anyway, almost every time, they fall to pieces just before release. Fresh, "warm" or melting snow seem to be the best. Then snow-balls can be made very quickly, are solid and heavy enough, besides the hands don't feel cold. On a snowfight, I would only use fresh and light snow. Otherwise it would be a dangerous play.

Snow-balls are pretty good ammo for short range accuracy practices. When target is 20-30 m away, they work quite exactly. It is nice to see when they hit a wall, tree or something like that. Well, there is a problem with making snow-balls with loose snow. Then a good idea is to moisten snow a little bit in the hands with water. Last winter I was producing hard and heavy snow-balls by moistening them, and next letting them to freeze up outdoor. The balls could reach over 100 m rages.

This winter I also experimented with ice-balls frozen inside splited tennis balls. I filled them with water by sinking in a basin. They keep water, because of the underpreasure inside, and can be used many times. If one have a few broken tennis-balls and strong frost outdoors or free place in a freezer, could make them productively.

Well, if the winter is snowy, I couldn't complain of the season.

I think it's global warming.  Normally we get one snow shower, which quickly turns to mud, but at least it's a little wintry.

  Average summer time temperature... hmm... well, it's been very odd the past few years. We had a very hot summer in 2003 (people in France died due to the heat, and that is not normal.)  Last year it was pretty normal, lots of rain, overcast skies, a couple of reasonably hot days.  I wouldn't be surprised if the average temperature was around 20 C.