Things are bad in old Blighty
Dec 2nd 2010, 6:50 am
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Re: Things are bad in old Blighty
I've got the heating running in my UK house 24/7 
...heating an empty house is better than burst pipes. Been there...done that...got the tee shirt.
...heating an empty house is better than burst pipes. Been there...done that...got the tee shirt.
Dec 2nd 2010, 8:58 am
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Dec 2nd 2010, 10:18 am
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I saved this pic yesterday as I love it, it's on the road just before where my Mum lives and it's usually warmer than the rest of the country there.
Dec 2nd 2010, 2:07 pm
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I need to start taking snowblowers and shovels over there next time, I could make a fortune
so that's how our bastard workmen who said it would be a "few" hundred ended up charging us 14 hundred!
Dec 3rd 2010, 12:28 am
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My dad says he's not seen snow like it in 40 years and to be honest, I don't remember that much snow falling, apart from over last Christmas where we had it bad for 3 weeks. Here's a picture of my parents back garden. They are in Bishopbriggs, just north of Glasgow and their schools have been open but the ones not that far away in a different council region have all been closed, much to the annoyance of my kids who have been harping on about "how come when we leave they get all the snow!!" and "Why don't we have snow!!" and "it's so unfair!!" and blah blah blah!!!!
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Dec 3rd 2010, 12:36 am
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Of course he also unplugged every plug in the house, and defrosted the refrigerator so that going away for holidays was a military operation, especially since it always involved leaving home at the crack of dawn!
Dec 3rd 2010, 2:37 am
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Re: Things are bad in old Blighty
My dad says he's not seen snow like it in 40 years and to be honest, I don't remember that much snow falling, apart from over last Christmas where we had it bad for 3 weeks. Here's a picture of my parents back garden. They are in Bishopbriggs, just north of Glasgow and their schools have been open but the ones not that far away in a different council region have all been closed, much to the annoyance of my kids who have been harping on about "how come when we leave they get all the snow!!" and "Why don't we have snow!!" and "it's so unfair!!" and blah blah blah!!!!
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Dec 3rd 2010, 2:44 am
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Here's a couple of pictures of my little cuties in their back garden in Harrogate..... Snow is a lot of fun when you have a trampoline and your a kid....
Dec 3rd 2010, 2:51 am
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Funny how times have changed.. I remember back in the 50s & 60s, if we ever went away during the winter, my father would meticulously drain the pipes to prevent burst pipes. Of course heating was not an option in those days when you were out of the house, since it was mostly coal fires and electric plug-in heaters.
Of course he also unplugged every plug in the house, and defrosted the refrigerator so that going away for holidays was a military operation, especially since it always involved leaving home at the crack of dawn!
Of course he also unplugged every plug in the house, and defrosted the refrigerator so that going away for holidays was a military operation, especially since it always involved leaving home at the crack of dawn!
We still switch the water off and drain the hot and cold when we go away! I guess that comes with being married to a plumber!
Dec 3rd 2010, 4:31 am
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Dec 3rd 2010, 4:39 am
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Meanwhile, in Buffalo
On the plus side my daughter is chuffed as she built her first ever, unaided-by-parent, snowman. In case you are mad enough to be interested, his name is Al.
Dec 3rd 2010, 4:42 am
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Dec 3rd 2010, 4:47 am
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Thanks. Al sits (slumps) in our yard. I learned quickly to avoid the Thruway even in summer, so travel via the back roads. Which, even through areas where up to 3 feet fell, are quite passable.
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