So you thought you had biggest stalactite crystals?

toon_mad · 8 Jan 2010 at 14:32

check these bad boys out hanging above my window

Origin · 8 Jan 2010 at 14:58

<Pedant>
A stalactite (from the Greek stalasso, (σταλάσσω), "to drip" and meaning "that which drips") is a type of speleothem (secondary mineral) that hangs from the ceiling of limestone caves. It is a type of dripstone. Sauce.
Those are Icicles </Pedant>
Impressive none the less.

Cosimo · 8 Jan 2010 at 15:01

Origin said:
<Pedant>

What nice icicles you have.

Greenlizard0 · 8 Jan 2010 at 15:02

There was something hanging out by my window this morning. Police told me stop though.

Ciphon · 8 Jan 2010 at 15:06

Those are pretty large... could probably kill a man :eek:

Don't think I've had any on my house!

jas72 · 8 Jan 2010 at 15:15

Greenlizard0 said:
There was something hanging out by my window this morning. Police told me stop though.

saw that on passing thought it was an acorn

Greenlizard0 · 8 Jan 2010 at 15:18

jas72 said:
saw that on passing thought it was an acorn

All the way from Belgium?

Pervert.

apatia77 · 8 Jan 2010 at 15:19

Quite big I have to say but I have seen bigger.

Guerrilla · 8 Jan 2010 at 15:20

Greenlizard0 said:
All the way from Belgium?

Pervert.

If it looked like an acorn from Belgium that's bloody impressive mate

Greenlizard0 · 8 Jan 2010 at 15:24

Jph said:
If it looked like an acorn from Belgium that's bloody impressive mate

Oh yes yes yes, and it was cold as well. :cool:

G-MAN2004 · 8 Jan 2010 at 15:26

apatia77 said:
Quite big I have to say but I have seen bigger.

I bet you have.

Ahleckz · 8 Jan 2010 at 16:20

When I was in the Ukraine over Christmas, there were many buildings that were blocked off with that red and white tape. When asking why it was, my father explained it was to prevent people walking under them and subsequently getting killed by falling ice.
Ice blocks are heavy, and don't make an awful lot of noise when they come crushing down.
Seemingly there are lots of deaths in Moscow (where he lives) every winter because of this as it's seen as too costly to install metal awnings to catch the buggers.
I didn't even consider the dangers, wonder if we can purify the gene pool a bit in Britain this winter...

PermaBanned · 8 Jan 2010 at 16:22

There's some worryingly large ones in my street, not too many on my house though. Just tons on a pipe...

Morgoth · 8 Jan 2010 at 16:23

Think mine are probably larger.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=15658683#post15658683

The largest one now goes past the bottom edge of glass, so about 5 feet.

gillywibble · 8 Jan 2010 at 19:34

You could kill someone with one of those, and then have a nice cup of tea to destroy the evidence.

tuffty747 · 8 Jan 2010 at 19:46

I love the way this thread has quickly turned into a sexually charged innuendo fest

Only on OcUK

toon_mad · 8 Jan 2010 at 22:09

just looked out the back of mine, and my neighbour has some pretty big ones (crystals that is!) hanging off ledge, would take a photo but might be seem dodgee or something.

gord · 8 Jan 2010 at 22:12

tuffty747 said:
I love the way this thread has quickly turned into a sexually charged innuendo fest

Only on OcUK

No, any thread titled about size soon becomes a sausage in your endo thread.

Vigoro · 8 Jan 2010 at 22:13

That is a bit small really

_Gizka_ · 8 Jan 2010 at 22:20

Theres some beauties hanging off my local, not quite as big as those though