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First of the year, it's like a Winter Wonderland out there!
As in "I Wonder when that white cr@p is going to bugger off?" 
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Saw a documentary about a Belgian couple that emigrated to Norway, they discovered a bit too late that the region they were in was notorious for the amount of snow falling. Only a few months of the year they did not have to shovel snow.
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We had a couple move in next door to us one fall. In the spring they sold the house because they couldn't handle the snow. They were from Wisconsin and I'm in Denver.
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And they didn't enjoy riding a one-horse open sleigh?
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So do you prefer rain and mud?
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I am sure he prefers drought and famine. 
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Well ... it isn't cold and slippery, and it doesn't have to be chipped off the car windows with a pneumatic drill ...
Snow was easier when I rode motorcycles all the time: wipe it off the seat, turn on the heated grips, and ride away - no need to worry about the speedo, you weren't going to be going fast enough to exceed speed limits anyway ...
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OriginalGriff wrote: it doesn't have to be chipped off the car windows with a pneumatic drill ...
Concentrated washer fluid in a spray bottle. (CalciumChloride is the most efficient solution, but it will corrode your car)
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Dry and frosty over here when I got up. But it started snowing about half an hour ago. It looks like it has been gradually moving east.
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Snow started about 10am in Watford, Herts. 2" - 3" by noon. Easing off now (1pm)
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We had a bit more here in Woking, but stopped now, and the sky is actually a bit brighter.
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Looling outside now Richard I think it'll be mostly gone by the morning - I'm only a coulpe of miles away from you.
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More than likely, but it depends whether it freezes tonight. I must have driven past your house on more than one occasion over the past 10 or so years.
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You probably have Richard it's down a side road opposite St Paul's Church in Addlestone
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Yes that was a shortcut I used to go home quite often; but the centre up Rudge Rise closed a couple of years ago, they are now based in Walton-on-Thames.
BTW Pete, the snow is still thick on the ground here.
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There are only two centres in the Rudge Rise area that I know of, Hare Hill Club ( to be avoided ) and The Samaritans
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It's The Samaritans that moved.
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I always thought it was an odd place for them - smack in the middle of redneck Addlestone 
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Cheap rent. 
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Operating out of a Car Park of a dubious working mans club is a high price to pay for cheap rent Rumour has it the club may be closing - which would be bad as the customers will start drinking elsewhere { shudder }
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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We actually had a few meetings in the back room of the club; it wasn't too frightening. 
We moved because there was a rumour that the council were going to build in that plot. When we made enquiries they would not confirm, but also would not give us security of tenure longer than six months. It seemed a good idea to move, and the new centre is in a more modern building with slightly better facilities.
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Yes I remember the rumours ( which is why the club may be closing ) - I take it you are a Samaritan ? my wife ( before she met me ) had a go at being one ( if that's the correct term ) you / they do very good work
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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pkfox wrote: I take it you are a Samaritan
I was, but stopped being active a year ago, after 23 years of it. I do a little bit of tech support and admin for them these days.
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Same here in Surrey ( UK ) - really sizeable flakes with little or no traffic to stop it settling.
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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