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Started 2 years ago by Phlegm
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Phlegm

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Bloody typical ain't it? Every year Scotland and the North of England get a small flurry of snow and they're off and whinging about how bloody cold it is, how they can't get to work or school, how they can't get down to the shops for their daily ration of deep fried mutton burgers.

Just because you have one week of cold weather, the odd -20 degrees, a few measly feet of snow, don't think you're the only ones suffering. My bloody milkman was late today. He didn't show up til 5.30am, he's usually here by 4.30am. The fact that I don't get up til 7am is neither here nor there.

We've had nearly 2cm here in Hertfordshire and we're not banging on. I manfully struggled the 20 miles to work this morning, took me nearly 30 minutes. And that included a stop at the petrol station for a wild bean coffee and smoked salmon and goat's cheese wholemeal bap.

So for goodness sake, northerners. Stop your bloody whining.

Posted 2 years ago #
StoopyDeGunt

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I know, it's all me me me with those northern types

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Doylem

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Hi from rural Cumbria. Too cold to laugh. But I would. If I could...

Posted 2 years ago #
curry muncher

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Survival skills advice from the north Bedfordshire tundra - Find some weak excuse to fanny around indoors just as it is time to leave the house and, with luck, your wife will have scraped the windscreen by the time you eventually emerge.

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The All New Jeni B

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I'm not complaining in the slightest.
Being a real Scot, (that is, one with a healthy dose of Viking ancestry), I'm coping womanfully with the weather.

I have my Lab trained to pull my sledge, generally under one of the few vehicles on the road, a house stuffed to the gunnel's with food-none of which is deep-fried. Yet- and around about 3 and a half tonnes of logs piled up.

Uni classes cancelled for the rest of the week, YM's school closed, probably also for the rest of the week, and Mr B still out at work every day.

The deer having been eating the apples that are still on the tree, the Buzzard is taking the raw mince I'm leaving out, and the fox ate the leftover chicken.

I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

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rikkor

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Jeni, you have a buzzard? Those are awfully big and unattractive in the US. Are yours smaller and cuter?

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shitsu_tonka

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I misread it as "a horse stuffed to the gunnels" and was thinking 'why', and also, 'poor horse'.

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The All New Jeni B

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Our buzzards are really rather beautiful Rikkor. A little like a smaller (relatively speaking) Golden Eagle.

We have maybe 4 or 5 around here, but for this one to be swooping so low over our garden, food supplies must be low.

Shitsu, I wish I did have a horse. One of my most favourite things in the world to do is go for a horse trek through the snow.

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rikkor

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My grandmother (Irish-American) used to use the word "jessy". Never heard anyone else use it. Didn't think she used it in the context of an effeminate man, though. (I just looked it up.)

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The All New Jeni B

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It's pretty much used to mean a wuss nowadays Rikkor. Although you'll now understand the tendency Brits have to snigger at the American's named 'Jesse'.

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MC One R

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In the UK, it's usually with the words "big southern" as a prefix.

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Doylem

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In the UK, it's usually with the words "big southern" as a prefix.

Usually said by Geordies wearing T-shirts in sub-zero temperatures...

Posted 2 years ago #
MC One R

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Things have been a bit dicey here in West Berkshire - at least 2cm of snow night before last and my local Waitrose is out of the discounted £10 champagne.

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rikkor

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L10 champagne? Look-shury. In my day, blah, blah, blah.

I once made mimosas on a Sunday with a bottle of champagne a guest had brought previously. They were so good! Turns out the champagne cost a packet.

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Sinnick

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@rikkor, for "buzzard" read "red-tailed hawk" which are very similar

@jeni, why are the deer up a tree eating apples?

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The All New Jeni B

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Because they're a rare Scottish tree-climbing breed.
Obviously.

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IABP

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You're more likely to see a Buzzard than a Geordie wearing a T- shirt.
In fact, you're more likely to a see a Buzzard wearing a T-shirt.
Strange but true fact: Geordies expand every day until they burst.

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The All New Jeni B

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for "buzzard" read "red-tailed hawk" which are very similar

Not according to my RSPB bird book, nor the RSPB site.

Very definitely a Buzzard.

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Sinnick

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@Jeni, that was "@rikkor", but if I'd said "@Jeni, for red-tailed hawk read buzzard" you'd have it.

They're similar species. West of the Pond they're hawks, east of the pond they're buzzards. Different species, but closely related. Your friend is a buzzard. If rikkor has friends, they're hawks. (no offence)

Shouldn't you be studying up there ?

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The All New Jeni B

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I'm with you now Sinnick.

Yes, I should be studying, especially as I've got two presentations, an exam and 5 essays due in within the next few weeks, but it's not ideal when there is a nearly 11yr old constantly pleading with me to abandon my books and go sledging.
Plus, I need to visit the Uni law library, but can't get there this week, and I've run out of printer ink.

There, I think that should cover my excuse list.

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Not to be confused with Red Kites, which are more common than sparrows round here.
The Tail is the giveaway, when you see them soaring high overhead, kites have a forked tail, but buzzards, seen 15 miles north ,don't.
Anyway, Jeni, shouldn't you be out protesting?
Or have you sent the guards from Evil Island to do it for you....

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The All New Jeni B

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Again, I should be out protesting, but it's difficult to do when both local Unis are closed, I can't actually get beyond my drive, and I would have to have the YM in tow.
Plus, the Scottish Govt have pledged that our tuition fee free education will continue.
And we all believe them....

But I'm glad you brought up the Evil Island guards. It's been a while since I've been to NB Evil Island, and I left Quaz in charge.
I hope he's taking good care of the grass crop.
(Has anyone seen Quaz lately come to think of it?)

Posted 2 years ago #
riesler

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It's so cold here that a squirrel has stuck to my tongue.

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Doylem

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It's so cold here that a squirrel has stuck to my tongue.

Ah... 'squirrel tongue'... bit of an epidemic up here. People just can't help themselves...

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Scroat

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Lots of red kites here in South Oxon too. Little snow alas - or luckily as the case may be.

Not like the Monday before Christmas last year, when we were clobbered and nobody else was. Drove down from Birmingham in about an hour and a half, then took six hours to drive the last ten miles. Nightmare.

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Sinnick

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Now, would that be grey or red squirrels? If it's west of the pond you'd be talking about grey squirrels, but east of the pond it'd be red. Except that the greys have come over here with their fast cars and so-on and displaced the reds to Scotland.

Anyone still awake?

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Doylem

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Apartheid is alive and well and living in Cumbria. Red Squirrels are cute and cuddly... and English. Beatrix bleedin’ Potter wrote about them. Grey squirrels, on the other hand, are foreign interlopers (“they come over ‘ere, eat our nuts...”) and are demonised just for being successful at adapting to their surroundings. They have a public relations problem; cue Max Clifford...

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