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Local lass Calnetalk Mayor

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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:21 pm Post subject: Better wrap up warm |
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ment to get a real cold spell this coming week and snow is forcast on thursday .spare a thought for people in the midlands where the temperture is expected to be -17 :shock:
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GTB Harris's Sausage Supremo


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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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Just checked the met office website who reckon we might get about three hours of light snow. That's Wiltshire gridlocked then! Plus I expect all the old people to decide that it's time to go and get their pensions or yet another tin of cat food and risk breacking a hip. :lol: _________________
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pimpdriver Born and Bred Local

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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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| good job I got a 4WD car then..... |
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Clunk Ejected
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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| For the past few years, I have had rear wheel drive cars when we have had snow. This year, I have front wheel drive. Not looking forward to it, now. :evil: |
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Local lass Calnetalk Mayor

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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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| GTB wrote: | Just checked the met office website who reckon we might get about three hours of light snow. That's Wiltshire gridlocked then! Plus I expect all the old people to decide that it's time to go and get their pensions or yet another tin of cat food and risk breacking a hip. :lol: |
thats the problem with england every thing is grid locked when it comes to snow.
going back a few years we drove to austria and there was tons of the stuff every where and the place ran like clock work :lol: |
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Clunk Ejected
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Because the uk does not get much snow, people are not used to it. Some countrys have snow frequently, and they are used to it. When it snows, the met office says stay inside. I say blocks. Go and drive in it, have some careful fun in it. One day, you maybe miles from home and come across heavy snow. If you never driven in it, then you will come unstuck. But if you drive in it while you can, then it wont be so daunting. I once got caught near glasgow in heavy snow while driving a lorry. I was sat still for 8 hours. There was a young mum with child in the car next to me, so I did the gentlemanly thing and brought her in my lorry, with the nice cab heater, water and food. |
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kathy27 Born and Bred Local

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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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oh yeah clunk, i was brought up with lorry drivers :wink: :wink: |
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Clunk Ejected
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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lol
Had to do something to stay warm. :wink: |
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pimpdriver Born and Bred Local

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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Clunk wrote: | | For the past few years, I have had rear wheel drive cars when we have had snow. This year, I have front wheel drive. Not looking forward to it, now. :evil: |
4wd with Torsen central diff and rear diff lock. Useful for getting up past Bremhill when the road has turned to sheet ice past Whistledown cottage. |
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kathy27 Born and Bred Local

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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Im ready for the snow, ive got a roaring open fire, just got more logs in for the morning, ive turned my electric blanket on, dont need to go shopping..... so bring it on :lol: |
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