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Whingeing Poms is about right. Canada, Scandinavia, Switzerland, Austria, the States and even parts of - God help us - France, get heavier falls every year. We get a cold spell and a comparitively light fall of snow here and everything grinds to a halt. The responsible government minister has told the local transport authorities to cut down road gritting by 25% to reduce the demand for salt. We dig this stuff out of the ground in Cheshire for the cost of the labour, bye the way, there is no shortage!
Now, when I were a lad, we had no central heating and no double glazing. The roads were gritted and people cleared the pavement in front of their houses and laid ash to stop others from slipping. We woke up to beautiful frost 'flowers' on the inside of the windows, toasted bread in front of an open fire and roasted chestnuts the same way. We were wrapped up warmly by our mamas, played in the snow and never, ever whinged.
Now we've gone soft and even though South Africa was not a problem, we'll probably get creamed by the Aussies in the next Test. It's all the fault of our namby-pamby governments!
Incidentally, I like your moose. It bears a passing resemblance to Robert.
Cheers
Bill
Hi Bill.
Although I recon we have all got alittle soft. When I think of people living in northen Sweden etc in 1500´s crazy.
Or the famous explores into the cold and crazy places only 60-70 years ago. Lots of them English ( seems the cold works for the saying mad dogs and English men)
Think Mallory, Scott, Hillary, Shackleton, Mawson and Amundson I think what they put up with and what they went thru. I think they would call us all soft.
As for the up comming Ashes ,I think that you have a big upper hand. We are missing an out and out strike bowler, Mitchell has become the worlds best 1st change, Siddles down on form and luck at the min and Hillfanhus is injuried . Our number 6 North is about to be dropped and as you may have read getting the big hundred seems to be out of fashion at the min getting 50 and getting out is the way forward. Watson like the 90out 4 times this aust summer.
We dig this stuff out of the ground in Cheshire for the cost of the labour, bye the way, there is no shortage!
I saw that on the news the other night Bill 60 massive trucks queuing to get the salt, ONE Digger loading them
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Now, when I were a lad, we had no central heating and no double glazing. The roads were gritted and people cleared the pavement in front of their houses and laid ash to stop others from slipping. We woke up to beautiful frost 'flowers' on the inside of the windows, toasted bread in front of an open fire and roasted chestnuts the same way. We were wrapped up warmly by our mamas, played in the snow and never, ever whinged.
I remember those days as well Bill and the icicles off the inside of bedroom windows, (breaking them off the garage roofs on the way to school and eating them as lollies) and seeing your breath when you got out of bed and all congregating in the kitchen where the kettle was on, the warmest place in the house !!
Dont forget the dripping that went on the toast !!
"Political Correctness" is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end
Old crittle metal windows Rob, used to warp in the cold weather crack the glass at times but leave great big gaps in the seals. Condensation froze into little icicles in the wind blowing through the gaps and the ice flowers on the inside of the windows formed.
No big deal just a memory for us olduns
"Political Correctness" is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end
"Political Correctness" is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end
"Political Correctness" is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end
With you on the presents all yeah around thing! Christmas is just not what it used to be.
I had a student flat once with a single glazed sash window in the shower room, which was on a different floor to my room. There was ice in the bath a few times over one jan. Does that count ?
"Political Correctness" is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end
"Political Correctness" is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end
"Political Correctness" is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end
Re: Let it snow. (actually stop it now)
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