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Old Mar 4th 2019, 7:31 pm
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I'm sick of winter. Yesterday was the first time I've felt the warmth of the sun in four months.

I hear you...
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Old Mar 4th 2019, 8:58 pm
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Kootenay Pass summit has been sunny the last few days... are those people carrying skis?


and this:
https://globalnews.ca/news/5017394/n..._campaign=2014

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Old Mar 4th 2019, 9:55 pm
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Lots today...I went to work when it was starting...but when I left it was still snowing and I couldn't get out of City Hall's car park...because no snow plough had been...I drove home and couldn't get into my road...because no snow plough had been! I had to shovel to my own house! I've just finished shoveling...can we all join forces for a rebellion please? Somewhere warm for the first meeting...how about a BE breakaway discussion ... Mexico/Dominican Republic/Tunisia?

It's well beyond a joke now...it's over the top of my hanging bird feeder
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Today a chicken died. That's one of the joys of chickens, they're alive and then they're dead. Simple. The chicken was alive this morning but, by afternoon, was frozen to the floor of the coop and needed peeling off.
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Today a chicken died. That's one of the joys of chickens, they're alive and then they're dead. Simple. The chicken was alive this morning but, by afternoon, was frozen to the floor of the coop and needed peeling off.
you should have got ducks...
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you should have got ducks...
Or chicken socks or a heater.

I had four chickens growing up and I came home from school (grade 4) one afternoon and they were all dead and strewn across my back lawn. A couple of neighbours dogs killed them. The neighbours paid my Dad some money, it didn't make up for the chickens as they were really warm, sweet and cuddly and they gave you eggs.
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Originally Posted by Oink
Or chicken socks or a heater.

I had four chickens growing up and I came home from school (grade 4) one afternoon and they were all dead and strewn across my back lawn. A couple of neighbours dogs killed them. The neighbours paid my Dad some money, it didn't make up for the chickens as they were really warm, sweet and cuddly and they gave you eggs.
Big Hugs Oink that’s horrid! We had ‘the spice girls’ just before coming to Canada, five big English Sussex ladies, warm affectionate and great characters. I brought the Eglu here with us, but I just won’t get chickens in this climate - horried in winter and summer - I feel bad enough having a dog and cat...they look bored stiff, very like myself...
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..the chickens were really warm, sweet and cuddly and they gave you eggs.
And now HID does all that for you.

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Sigh... -17c and -24c with windchill tonight not as cold as it has been but the cold has permeated my lounge/office (which is a converted garage without insulation but with 2 hot air ducts that don't do a lot) and it's not pleasant more snow forecast for the weekend too
Roll on spring...........

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Thursday we saw snow, rain, hail more rain, snow and now more rain.

A bit of everything the last couple of days.
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-25 Snow

Only another five years of it.
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Old Mar 8th 2019, 11:41 am
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Only another five years of it.
And then...? Florida? Bahamas? Eastbourne?
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And then...? Florida? Bahamas? Eastbourne?
I should live so long.
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I should live so long.
Elon might have figured out his neural link by then and you can be uploaded into the cloud. Heaven at last.
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-25 Snow

Only another five years of it.

Be careful what you wish for.. it may not happen quite in the way you expect!


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