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I'm still feeling the cold. Thermals are warming by the radiator for work!According to metcheck no snow... Again
its that most wonderful time of the year......
Or so the song goes. Am I the only one who is wishing for snow?
We might get snow this year , just in time for christmas ....I know this because I have made a wish and sent it to Santa x
Awww Robbity! I would have knocked on your door!Say NO to sNOw! I love it in theory now, but hate it in practice!
Last time we had snow a couple of years back - the local roads weren't gritted or cleared, we (and others) were just about out of oil and the oil company refused to deliver to our village, we had power cuts - so I've learned to invest my annual fuel allowance in more thermal underwear. The local baker ran out of yeast so wasn't able to bake any bread. We don't live out in the wilds, we are less than 5 mins from A34/M4 junction, and the amount of snow that fell was quite trivial compared to some falls we've had previously!
And...
Nobody came knocking on the door to see if we were OK - my husband's the one who ends up checking up on people in our road!
Robbity
I remember '63 too, the millpond outside the house was frozen over right the way across -it usually didn't freeze in the middle as there was a river which ran out to the harbour - so we could skate from one side to the other. I don't remeber he buses or trains stopping and I certainly didn't get out of going to school . Mind you there was no health & safety then to stop us going or stop us from having snowball fights in the playground.On another thread people were reminiscing about the old days. For me 1963 was the worst type of weather that I have experienced. Continually freezing for two months. Icicles everywhere, really cold all the time! I hated it as we couldn't afford to keep fire going, only Lino in the bedroom, coats and extra blankets on the bed. Thin clothes. All six of us in living room trying to make the best as parents couldn't get to work, not enough money coming in.
Snow and cold temperatures ideal on a postcard and on holiday with appropriate clothing etc.
But even in modern Britain an awful lot of elderly and disadvantaged really suffer.
The country comes to a standstill with a heavy frost!!!
Sorry @Scandichic I do like snow but there is more cons than pros!
A friend has spent his winter fuel allowance on a portable gas heater and a couple of gas canisters just in case we have power cuts and he cant use the gas central heating (I must admit I didn't think of the pump needeng electricity). He and his wife are both in their 80"s so they don't want to risk getting cold.Say NO to sNOw! I love it in theory now, but hate it in practice!
Last time we had snow a couple of years back - the local roads weren't gritted or cleared, we (and others) were just about out of oil and the oil company refused to deliver to our village, we had power cuts - so I've learned to invest my annual fuel allowance in more thermal underwear. The local baker ran out of yeast so wasn't able to bake any bread. We don't live out in the wilds, we are less than 5 mins from A34/M4 junction, and the amount of snow that fell was quite trivial compared to some falls we've had previously!
And...
Nobody came knocking on the door to see if we were OK - my husband's the one who ends up checking up on people in our road!
Robbity
It is the only time in my life that I have seen ice going out on the tide down the Mersey!!I remember '63 too, the millpond outside the house was frozen over right the way across -it usually didn't freeze in the middle as there was a river which ran out to the harbour - so we could skate from one side to the other. I don't remeber he buses or trains stopping and I certainly didn't get out of going to school . Mind you there was no health & safety then to stop us going or stop us from having snowball fights in the playground.