[13:24] <dgroos> Good Morning!
[13:25] <vmlintu> good afternoon
[13:26] <dgroos> I hope the sun is as bright on the afternoon side of the world as it is on this morning side right now :)
[13:39] <vmlintu> it's sunny right now, it snowed a bit earlier
[13:50] <dgroos> I'm extra-appreciating the sun today since it snowed the last 2.  Not many winters that I remember that have had this much snow.  But spring is coming one of these days...  When does spring come in Finland?
[13:53] <vmlintu> It's been quite snowy here too this winter. It's been now above 0C for a couple days now, but spring should be here within a month or so.
[13:57] <dgroos> Quite similar to here!  We lost a lot of the snow in the last 10 days (lots of flooding has started) but it just dropped below 0 these last few days so it's dry at the moment.
[13:59] <vmlintu> I just remember that there was barely any snow in MN the winter I lived there
[14:58] <dgroos_> vmlintu: When did you live in Minnesota? Studying?
[15:17] <vmlintu> yup, back in the '90s
[15:19] <dgroos_> cool. U of M?
[15:20] <vmlintu> that was before university
[15:21] <dgroos_> (well after, for me :))
[15:26] <vmlintu> did you go to U of M?
[15:28] <dgroos_> I graduated from Carleton--south of Minneapolis by ~30 miles, but am working to finish my PhD in Science Ed from the U of MN right now.
[15:29] <dgroos_> Were you an exchange student in HS?  Which?
[15:30] <vmlintu> yep, in roseville
[15:32] <dgroos_> That's very cool.  Cross cultural stuff in HS is very informative/formative.
[15:42] <dgroos_> But then I guess cross-cultural experiences are quite common in Europe as different countries are relatively near each other.
[16:07] <dgroos_> bbl
[18:27] <doctormo> highvoltage: Everything going ok?
[18:27] <highvoltage> doctormo: more or less, yes