Local lass
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I really hope.....That we get a huge snowfall again this winter like we did last year.
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Peter Dolman
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why?
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Local lass
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Because we hadnt seen snow like that in a long time,and it was fantastic to see familys dads included playing wuith there kids in the snows.every one you met was happy.
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Peter Dolman
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Although our children have long gone my wife and I enjoyed the snow but to many people it caused considerable problems. The elderly in particularly were hard hit.
In balance we would have been better off without it.
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Local lass
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naw we wouldnt it was great to see all the kids have fun ,my son who is nearly ten was his first time where there was atticute snow to go sleding and make a proper snowman,something which the older generation would have fond memorys of when they were a kids its nice to know that the kids will have there memorys of that snowfall.
yes it did cause caous for older generation and work but your talking 5 days worth out of over 300.
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Peter Dolman
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It was not a problem for us but if you consider the population as a whole it was.
I enjoyed the snow but thats a selfish point of view.
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daffy
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peter you BAAHH humbug !
the snow was great ,its the first time my children have seen what i call proper snow and there 14 and 12 .
I have fond memories of the snow we used to get in the 80s the schools shutting my dad taking us out sledging ,building the biggest snowman we could .
But i guess it does cause hassle if you have to drive ,or for the elderly ,so i guess i can see your point also ! 
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jolou39
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A couple of days of snow a year won't do any harm - we used to cope with a fair bit in the 1970s and early 80s. It is a shame the kids don't get to see it as much as we did.
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Chris P Bacon
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Re: I really hope..... | Local lass wrote: | | That we get a huge snowfall again this winter like we did last year. |
You might think differently if you had to drive from Calne to Stratford upon Avon like i had to last February.
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Peter Dolman
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I was driving up to heathrow every day without a problem. yes we did have snow in the 70's but it was never that much.
memory does suffer as you get older, summers were always hotter and winters always colder!
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GTB
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I think once the novelty of actually having snow has worn off you soon get pretty tired of it. Not only was the roads blocked but most of the schools closed down. I'm happy for it to snow heavily on a Friday and be gone by the Monday. 
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daffy
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the summers i can remember from the early 80s did seem hotter to what we are getting now ,every day we would be in our paddling pool ,or is it just because we was kids and didnt feel the cold like we do now ? 
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kathy27
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No i think your right daffy, the summers are not as hot as they used to be, this year our pool was only used once (alot of money for just one dip)
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Biggles
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I agree the summers arent as hot as when i was a lad
proves this global warming myth is a ploy just to tax us more
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catuk
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| kathy27 wrote: | | No i think your right daffy, the summers are not as hot as they used to be, this year our pool was only used once (alot of money for just one dip) |
Every generation says that. My mum used to say in the 80s that the summers were better and always hot in the 60s. Yet the record say we are hotter today.
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Peter Dolman
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my perception is that the 60's, 70's & 80's were hotter/drier and the winters were colder.
there were the occassional high spots like the summer of 76 which was blindingly hot with hose pipe bans all over the country.
the winter of 63 was incredible with snow lying around for at least 2 months.
as far a global warming you have to look at the trends say over a minimum of 30 years or more.
it make sense to restrict pollution global warming or not. it make economic sense to reduce your power consumption.
we need to do these things.
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pimpdriver
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| Peter Dolman wrote: | I was driving up to heathrow every day without a problem. yes we did have snow in the 70's but it was never that much.
memory does suffer as you get older, summers were always hotter and winters always colder! |
How were you getting from Calne to the M4??? Some of my neighbours took an hour to get to Wootton Bassett then turned round. I got as far as SIlbury Hill then lorries blocked the hills.
I hope we get more snow this year, my 4wd car will cope admirably again like it did last February, and this year I will have all season (summer and winter) tyres, rather than just purely summer tyres like 99.9% of the population.
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Chepfer
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Bring it on .... memories of snow last forever !
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Peter Dolman
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I access the M4 either by going to the chippenhan junction via east tytherton or via hungerford. I drive the company vehilce which is a VW caravelle (no 4 wheel drive).
with snow on the road you just have to drive with caution and be sensible, I have never had a problem (thank goodness) so far.
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catuk
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| Peter Dolman wrote: | my perception is that the 60's, 70's & 80's were hotter/drier and the winters were colder.
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Winter 2008/9 was 0.5 degC below the 1971-2000 average. With rainfall 81% of the 1971-2000 average.
Summer 2009 was 0.6 °C above the 1971-2000 average with rainfall 140% of the 1971-2000 average. Sunshine was 106% of the 1971-2000 average.
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