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Well, I´d say I´m more of a realist.

The optimist says the glass is half full, the pessimist says half empty, but the realist says ´Which one of you has been drinking my beer?´

I find crap weather depressing.

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Regret to inform my daughters flat has no central heating, no double glazing (which I am about to pay for to be put in) and hard wood floors throughout. In Spain, even in the coldest weather, I can fire up the wood burner and we are cosy! Lowest temps in Spain generally around 8, which I can cope with. When we've had -4, and constant temps under freezing since we got here, its a little more difficult to bear! :D

Steady now! :)

Walk in the snow!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why would I want to do that????? :eek::eek:

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cos it's deep & crisp & even?

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... are we talking about Mitzy's hair here?

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I thought of you when I read this! :)
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/1...261643396.html

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Well, I look at the geology round here and the countryside is the poster child for erosion. I see the fissures and landslips as soon as the soil gets wet, I look at the raging torrents after a rain storm, and I wonder just how long it will be before the Cadiz region is washed into the sea......

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I wasn't convinced Ryanair was as bad as I'd heard until yesterday.

Spanish friends arrived with Easyjet on 24/12, no problems.

Returning yesterday with Ryanair, they did online check in, go through security and all the checks, no problems.

Then as 2 sit on the plane the third with an Argie passport gets stopped from entering the plane.

So the others leave as well, the plane then leaves with the three sat in departures with no explanation.

Then Ryanair staff explain that the surname is different to the passport.

Apparently they wrote the middle name as the surname and should have wrote the both names in the surname box.

But they did the same for the 2 other passengers who are Spanish, but that wasn't an issue, even though her DNI was shown as a Extranjero with Spanish residency, she was singled out as a non EU passport holder and so refused travel.

So three people stuck in the airport without Ryanair able to offer a solution.

So they had to pay £968.00 to fly with Easyjet, that flew in 4 hours, so we had to help pay, as they didn't have money.

Then the Easyjet flight got delayed 7hrs.

Funny thing though, the Easyjet ticket they had to come to the UK was identically done and not even immigration had an issue.

Also Ryanir offer a name change at £150, why did they allow the flight to leave and not pick up on the difference before boarding, could the useful cockputer amend or add a simple name.

Its not as if Terrorist get tickets wrong now is it and with all the security they still manage to enter planes with bombs.

Its a mad pathetic world full of jobs worths and monkeys now unwilling to help people.:frown::frown::frown::frown::frown::frown:

Although now these 3 want to live in the UK and spent all Christmas in delight of how much better the UK is compared to Spain.

Go figure.:unsure:

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That's not bad, I would have thought there would be maybe eight or ten closed! :D
I forgot about the snow chains when I lived in France and wrote off a very nice Discovery :o

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Thats how its been here, and still is, in the N.E countryside,a lovely white Christmas,,enjoyed many fine walks in bright,clear and calm weather conditions......:thumbup:
Reckon Mitzy is a couch potato.
He probably stopped in to watch the Royal family or maybe the Royle Family,..ho,ho,ho........:rofl:

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On the contrary, I love to get out. Walked to Moseley from our flat today and nearly froze to death along the way! :D I liked the walk but just didnt enjoy the cold

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Oh dear,not another softy Southerner.
Just had a lovely walk out with the Mut in the moonlight,...minus a few degrees,very crisp and maybe a foot of snow here, 1000ft up in the N.E.hills.

As they say at my Swedish location,there aint no such thing as bad weather,...only bad clothes!
Seen minus 35c up there, and it was actually quite pleasant.

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I'm so happy for you :)
And dont call me a Southerner :eek:

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Birmingham Moseley? Our daughter is at the Uni and rents near there.

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So I take it you dont mind the softy bit?...;)

Well anywhere South of Middlesbro is South to us,..now if you were somewhere South of the Midlands in the deep South, we would have even less complimentary terms for you.......:rofl: