[19:44] <ibeardslee> morning
[20:01] <ajmitch> morning
[20:07] <ibeardslee> get some snow?
[20:08] <thumper> morning
[20:08] <thumper> ibeardslee: yup
[20:09] <thumper> all schools closed here
[20:09] <thumper> so kids at home
[20:09] <thumper> I foresee not a lot of work getting done
[20:14] <ibeardslee> still had snow on the lawn this morning
[20:15] <snail> thumper: let me introduce you to the concept of 'child labour'
[20:26] <ojwb> morning
[20:27] <Atamira> morning !
[20:27] <Atamira> what a beautiful morning
[20:27] <Atamira> mother nature is howling and no one is listening
[20:31] <ibeardslee> mother nature needs to do something about her dandruff ..
[20:36] <Atamira> lol
[20:36] <Atamira> thats her cheap inexpensive sparkles
[20:36] <Atamira> well they sparkle in the sunlight
[20:36] <ibeardslee> ohh my bad
[20:37] <Atamira> and it disappears cause she doesnt want ppl to get greedy
[20:38] <ajmitch> it's not disappearing very fast
[20:38] <Atamira> it will if you try to collect it
[20:38] <ajmitch> too cold for that
[20:39] <Atamira> and its cheating if you keep it in the fridge
[20:50] <chilts> morning
[20:50] <chilts> we had _massive_ snowflakes in Upper Hutt
[20:50] <chilts> it was pretty cool!
[20:53] <snail> http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/5442507/Agencies-told-to-open-up-databases looking good
[21:10] <ojwb> chilts: we were driving back from kapiti coast and wondering if we'd make it...
[21:13] <chilts> yeah, we left Porirua at about mid-afternoon and it got pretty heavy once we got home - pretty lucky
[21:13] <chilts> but you got through ok?
[21:14] <ojwb> yes - the worst moment was the wheels skidding as we drove up the shared drive to the house!
[21:14] <chilts> wowser, yeah, your drive is pretty steep
[21:15] <ojwb> i knew there were chains in the garage at least
[23:03] <ibeardslee> light snow falling outside my window at work
[23:04] <chilts> yeah, it's started again :)
[23:13] <chilts> BLIZZARD!
[23:13] <chilts> well, not quite
[23:13] <chilts> but very nice
[23:18] <chilts> outside my window: http://wixcam.citylink.co.nz/courtenay/
[23:23] <chrismsnz> morning
[23:23] <ojwb> flurries here too
[23:24] <ajmitch> nothing much here today
[23:24] <chrismsnz> snow in auckland, please :o
[23:24] <ojwb> apparently turoa has had 60cm
[23:25] <chrismsnz> ojwb: awesome
[23:26] <chrismsnz> I was in ohakune last weekend when it was snowing
[23:26] <chrismsnz> must have a 2.5m base by now eh
[23:26] <ojwb> we drove up to whakapapa last sunday, and struggled on drifts on one corner
[23:27] <ojwb> (2wd with chains)
[23:27] <ojwb> made it eventually though
[23:29] <snail> snowballs being made on the kelburn campus
[23:31] <chrismsnz> just read the snow report, turoa is looking to be >3m by the end of the day
[23:33] <ojwb> the first time I skied there was the epic snow year - the next year there were a lot more rocks and cliffs than I remembered...
[23:33] <ojwb> that was more than 5m IIRC
[23:36] <chrismsnz> _b
[23:42] <snail> no longer about to see willis street from kelbern parade