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Winter is here

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We had snow yesterday in Holland and as usual the roads were in chaos!! I walked it home from just outside the airport Schiphol to where i live about 5 miles because the buses stopped running.My ears nearly dropped off!! Halfway i was forced for sanitary reasons to stop under a bridge.Cold!!! I thought of Frank Zappa when he said never eat yellow snow.
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Rob wrote:We had snow yesterday in Holland and as usual the roads were in chaos!! I walked it home from just outside the airport Schiphol to where i live about 5 miles because the buses stopped running.My ears nearly dropped off!! Halfway i was forced for sanitary reasons to stop under a bridge.Cold!!! I thought of Frank Zappa when he said never eat yellow snow.


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:o :o :o I hope you relieved yourself in a bottle.
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:roll: And i always have a bottle in my pocket in case ???
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It's like the ARTIC here at the moment, Winter has arrived with a vegeance. :(

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It is here in Yorkshire very Artic and snowing like mad. :cry:

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We had over an inch last night but it's nearly all gone now.
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Friday night was down to -18.5 celcius and that was at 11pm, so it would've probably got colder. They said it was the coldest february night in 26 years.. brrrr!!
It didn't get above -8 all yesterday, and they say next week'll be the same.
Funny thing is when it's wind still, I can't tell the difference between -8 and -18! But my new thermally insulated winter boots do help a bit!!
The sun has shone almost all week, so really I haven't minded it too much, just dreading what it'll do to the plants that were well on their way to thinking spring had arrived - hopefully the snow is insulating them!
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We had about 2" of snow and all our little snowdrops and crocus all out in flower are now buried poor things.

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Rob wrote:We had snow yesterday in Holland and as usual the roads were in chaos!! I walked it home from just outside the airport Schiphol to where i live about 5 miles because the buses stopped running.My ears nearly dropped off!! Halfway i was forced for sanitary reasons to stop under a bridge.Cold!!! I thought of Frank Zappa when he said never eat yellow snow.


Who is Frank Zappa and why did he say never eat yellow snow? :?
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Frank Zappa lived at number 14 Eel Street,Oldbury back in the day.
He used to breed huskies and he noticed whilst on his sledge being pulled by his 6 black and 6 white huskies how the snow would now and again turn yellow.
Being a good citizen he decided to warn everyone in Oldbury Town never to eat yellow snow.
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Rob wrote:Frank Zappa lived at number 14 Eel Street,Oldbury back in the day.
He used to breed huskies and he noticed whilst on his sledge being pulled by his 6 black and 6 white huskies how the snow would now and again turn yellow.
Being a good citizen he decided to warn everyone in Oldbury Town never to eat yellow snow.


Oh so that is what that means I see now.
Are you familiar with the area Rob?
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:lol: :lol: Where are you at this moment in time Smokey?

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Rob wrote::lol: :lol: Where are you at this moment in time Smokey?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnO0pFPd ... re=related


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