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Re: Spring has been postponed in the UK
« Reply #30 on: 01.03. 2018 10:47 »

 
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....... I'm having trouble getting such post to actually post, just get a white screen, think it might be something holding things up,.................

 Maybe just snowed under  *bright idea*...........*whistle*
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Re: Spring has been postponed in the UK
« Reply #31 on: 01.03. 2018 11:15 »
I see that Bramble, (good name by the way) is a Border Terrier. Our previous dog, Dixie was one of them, also kept one of her pups, Jack, (until his kidneys failed). Our present woof is Bridie, an Irish Terrier as seen here: https://youtu.be/j7oUwWA9ERo
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Re: Spring has been postponed in the UK
« Reply #32 on: 01.03. 2018 11:17 »
To think that I was out on the B31 this time last week. Picture taken on my rounds 30 minutes ago.
I feel sorry for any animals under that lot. *sad2*
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Re: Spring has been postponed in the UK
« Reply #33 on: 01.03. 2018 11:31 »
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woof is Bridie, an Irish Terrier

Did I see Bridie elsewhere( was it here )  chancing her luck with a grey tabby cat

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I feel sorry for any animals under that lot. *sad2*

Generally there fine Blacksheep, plenty to nibble underneath and snow is an excellent insulator (ask an Eskimo) *smile*
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Re: Spring has been postponed in the UK
« Reply #34 on: 01.03. 2018 11:53 »

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woof is Bridie, an Irish Terrier

Did I see Bridie elsewhere( was it here )  chancing her luck with a grey tabby cat

Indeed. Our male Bengal cat really enjoyed the dog, despite that she would regularly mount him; very strange, (probably an attempt to dominate him)! Sadly the old boy had a stroke so is no longer with us.

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Re: Spring has been postponed in the UK
« Reply #35 on: 01.03. 2018 13:11 »
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Sadly the old boy had a stroke so is no longer with us.

Sorry been through that four times, their a big miss
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Re: Spring has been postponed in the UK
« Reply #36 on: 01.03. 2018 13:34 »
tried to post this 2 days ago and got sidetracked ,so unusual to have snow over here on merseyside , grandkids loved it ,sign of the times first time ever I refused a snowball fight  *sad* ,was sensible  boring  *problem*
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Re: Spring has been postponed in the UK
« Reply #37 on: 01.03. 2018 14:25 »
Using my Sherlock Holmes-like powers of reasoning Watson, (Topdad) I deduce that there is a strong possibility, nae, a probability, but not a conclusive certainty, that you may, or may not, live at a house that has the street number twelve, being numbered in the the decimal numeral system (also called base-ten positional numeral system, and occasionally called denary).
In making this assumption, and given the normal method in the UK of labeling even numbered dwellings on one side of the road and odd numbered houses on the other, it may be assumed that your house is approximately the sixth one on that side of the road, unless unconventional numbering has been used in your street; in which case your abode may well be the twelfth of such dwellings in that road.

On the other hand, you might have knicked wheely-bins from somewhere else!

Cool barbecue/oven/fireplace by the way!
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Re: Spring has been postponed in the UK
« Reply #38 on: 01.03. 2018 15:20 »
Bob I'm blaming you for all this snow, you have more than your share of Christmas trees in that garden and they attract snow.
although as GB has noted you may have nicked them with the bins  ;)
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Re: Spring has been postponed in the UK
« Reply #39 on: 01.03. 2018 15:46 »
Eek!

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Re: Spring has been postponed in the UK
« Reply #40 on: 01.03. 2018 16:58 »
nice bit of fencing there  *smile*
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Re: Spring has been postponed in the UK
« Reply #41 on: 01.03. 2018 17:06 »
First targetted train to get home has been binned. 40 mins before I get to try for the next one.
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Re: Spring has been postponed in the UK
« Reply #42 on: 01.03. 2018 21:53 »
BBC 4 23.00 cet, "the big freeze 1963" may be interesting to watch.


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Re: Spring has been postponed in the UK
« Reply #43 on: 01.03. 2018 22:13 »
BBC 4 23.00 cet, "the big freeze 1963" may be interesting to watch.
It is; I watched it recently. It's on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pMXxRcqmrkQ
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Re: Spring has been postponed in the UK
« Reply #44 on: 02.03. 2018 00:34 »
Could not resist cheering you all up with this pic taken this morning of my house temp. 19C *beer*

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