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Post by Power Ranger on Jan 6, 2022 16:09:48 GMT
We used to get them all free as my old man was a printer, haven't bought one in about 4 years though, not sure they are even much interested in "News" these days. Was stunned to see the cost of one recently £2.50! I always get the Evening Standard. It is rubbish, but free and will start a bonfire as well as the Guardian.
Talking of which, I have pruned six hazel nut trees in the last month and yesterday piled up everything I didn't want and set it alight. And my neighbour came over and threw the prunings from her apple, pear and whatever onto the fire. And we had a roaring fire and standing two yards away could not feel a thing.
I tell you, this last week has been cold.
You should have invited the neighbour in to get warm and sample your nuts. |
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Post by yggdrasil on Jan 6, 2022 16:10:32 GMT
How cold it was - I just said. What were you thinking when you entered the plane to fly to Canada?  |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jan 6, 2022 16:35:18 GMT
How cold it was - I just said. What were you thinking when you entered the plane to fly to Canada? Goodbye, Cape Town. |
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Post by mowlick on Jan 6, 2022 16:35:40 GMT
I always get the Evening Standard. It is rubbish, but free and will start a bonfire as well as the Guardian.
Talking of which, I have pruned six hazel nut trees in the last month and yesterday piled up everything I didn't want and set it alight. And my neighbour came over and threw the prunings from her apple, pear and whatever onto the fire. And we had a roaring fire and standing two yards away could not feel a thing.
I tell you, this last week has been cold.
You should have invited the neighbour in to get warm and sample your nuts. She is gay, although what she has to be cheerful about in this weather is beyond me. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2022 16:40:33 GMT
What were you thinking when you entered the plane to fly to Canada? Goodbye, Cape Town. You are not telling me you had no idea how cold it was in Canada? Were you drunk? |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jan 7, 2022 6:24:24 GMT
You are not telling me you had no idea how cold it was in Canada? Were you drunk? I didn't expect it to be that cold. I'd been to Vancouver in winter and it was fine. Here in Britain, there's not that much of a temperature difference between east and west coast. And no. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2022 6:29:52 GMT
You are not telling me you had no idea how cold it was in Canada? Were you drunk? I didn't expect it to be that cold. I'd been to Vancouver in winter and it was fine. Here in Britain, there's not that much of a temperature difference between east and west coast. And no. You didn't know Vancouver had a soft climate to begin with? There is no gulf stream in Vancouver. Anyway, you landed in your shorts and flipflops. When did you change your clothes? |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jan 7, 2022 6:37:17 GMT
What were you thinking when you entered the plane to fly to Canada? Pretty much - I'd been travelling the world for over a year by then and was quite weathered and didn't really give a flying monkey's. |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jan 7, 2022 6:41:58 GMT
I didn't expect it to be that cold. I'd been to Vancouver in winter and it was fine. Here in Britain, there's not that much of a temperature difference between east and west coast. And no. You didn't know Vancouver had a soft climate to begin with? There is no gulf stream in Vancouver. Anyway, you landed in your shorts and flipflops. When did you change your clothes? My view of weather is this: ![[shrug]](http://storage.proboards.com/6870873/images/GNdzQKpfkkHBBwUPdCiE.gif) So you get cold for a while - who cares? It doesn't matter. 10 minutes in a taxi queue - so what? When I got to the hotel. Horrible, dry ducted air which caused all of the skin on the palms of my hands to dry out and flake off over the next few days. Not good on the eyes, either. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2022 6:45:33 GMT
You didn't know Vancouver had a soft climate to begin with? There is no gulf stream in Vancouver. Anyway, you landed in your shorts and flipflops. When did you change your clothes? My view of weather is this: ![[shrug]](http://storage2.proboards.com/6870873/images/GNdzQKpfkkHBBwUPdCiE.gif) So you get cold for a while - who cares? It doesn't matter. 10 minutes in a taxi queue - so what? When I got to the hotel. Horrible, dry ducted air which caused all of the skin on the palms of my hands to dry out and flake off over the next few days. Not good on the eyes, either. I believe that. Hot bath is the best thing against hypothermia. |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jan 7, 2022 7:03:14 GMT
My view of weather is this: So you get cold for a while - who cares? It doesn't matter. 10 minutes in a taxi queue - so what? When I got to the hotel. Horrible, dry ducted air which caused all of the skin on the palms of my hands to dry out and flake off over the next few days. Not good on the eyes, either. I believe that. Hot bath is the best thing against hypothermia. I'm sure but no-one's getting hypothermia standing in a taxi queue. It's quite simple: when you're going somewhere, you know what the stages are going to be and roughly how long each one is going to take. So getting on a plane to a cold country, you know you are going to be outside for a few minutes in the taxi queue and then again getting out of the taxi to go inside. None of which adds up to much so why bother making plans for it? I just don't care about being cold for short periods. Never have, still don't. The city I come from in the north has a reputation for people going on nights out in the depth of winter in t-shirts or small tops. You know why? Because everyone knows the time you will be outside going from one venue to another is very small but the time it takes to fanny around putting jackets into cloak rooms is longer, so why bother with a jacket? It's just a hindrance. I don't even own a coat. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2022 7:16:29 GMT
I believe that. Hot bath is the best thing against hypothermia. I'm sure but no-one's getting hypothermia standing in a taxi queue. It's quite simple: when you're going somewhere, you know what the stages are going to be and roughly how long each one is going to take. So getting on a plane to a cold country, you know you are going to be outside for a few minutes in the taxi queue and then again getting out of the taxi to go inside. None of which adds up to much so why bother making plans for it? I just don't care about being cold for short periods. Never have, still don't. The city I come from in the north has a reputation for people going on nights out in the depth of winter in t-shirts or small tops. You know why? Because everyone knows the time you will be outside going from one venue to another is very small but the time it takes to fanny around putting jackets into cloak rooms is longer, so why bother with a jacket? It's just a hindrance. I don't even own a coat. You should be proud of being a perfect reprensentator of your city. I personally prefer not freezing my ass off. But each to his own. |
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Post by yggdrasil on Jan 7, 2022 9:22:03 GMT
Pretty much - I'd been travelling the world for over a year by then and was quite weathered and didn't really give a flying monkey's. Morning Monkeys, was it one of those "gap years" that all the spoilt students go on to put off working for a living? |
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Post by yggdrasil on Jan 7, 2022 9:24:18 GMT
I believe that. Hot bath is the best thing against hypothermia. I'm sure but no-one's getting hypothermia standing in a taxi queue. It's quite simple: when you're going somewhere, you know what the stages are going to be and roughly how long each one is going to take. So getting on a plane to a cold country, you know you are going to be outside for a few minutes in the taxi queue and then again getting out of the taxi to go inside. None of which adds up to much so why bother making plans for it? I just don't care about being cold for short periods. Never have, still don't. The city I come from in the north has a reputation for people going on nights out in the depth of winter in t-shirts or small tops. You know why? Because everyone knows the time you will be outside going from one venue to another is very small but the time it takes to fanny around putting jackets into cloak rooms is longer, so why bother with a jacket? It's just a hindrance. I don't even own a coat. No, it's cos Geordies are twats. They are famous for thinking they're hard doing that, you see them at football grounds down south standing like that in the depth of winter to look hard. cigarettes tucked up their t shirt sleeves. |
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jan 7, 2022 9:31:01 GMT
Pretty much - I'd been travelling the world for over a year by then and was quite weathered and didn't really give a flying monkey's. Morning Monkeys, was it one of those "gap years" that all the spoilt students go on to put off working for a living? No, it was 2007 when I got fed up with work and life and everything, sold my flat and buggered off to find something interesting. In my gap year, I stayed at school for an extra term (3rd year sixth form) then got a job with an engineering company for 6 months (which was awful). |
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