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Title: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: aaronjb on 04 December 2010, 01:43:22
Good old fashioned dodgems!

No.. really.. good old fashioned sparks-from-the-ceiling dodgems.

So much fun!
Title: Re: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 04 December 2010, 09:13:54
I would have said (after attending to the necessary weekend chores) having a brisk walk along the 'B' road at the front of my house taking pleasure in seeing the frost rimed hedgerows disappear into a distance shrouded in fog and all the while relishing the silence that cold weather seems to bring.

At walk’s end, the anticipation of a good lunch always keens the experience.



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Title: Re: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: Omega_Dan on 04 December 2010, 09:21:24
having my girlfriend start my van up and defrost the windows ready to go whilst handing me a flask of hot coffee :y
Title: Re: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: Del Boy on 04 December 2010, 10:29:43
All of your cars being quicker  :)
Title: Re: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 04 December 2010, 11:29:11
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What's the greatest thing in cold weather?

mmm, watchinh all the ladies in town on a Friday or Saturday night in thier skimpy clubbing gear.   ::)  (well, you did ask)
Title: Re: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: millwall on 04 December 2010, 11:31:42
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What's the greatest thing in cold weather?

mmm, watchinh all the ladies in town on a Friday or Saturday night in thier skimpy clubbing gear.   ::)  (well, you did ask)
now your talking   your avatar pic says it all ;D ;D
Title: Re: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: Amigo on 04 December 2010, 18:44:47
SOUP!!! :P
Title: Re: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: SMD on 04 December 2010, 18:51:06
days off work!
Title: Re: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 04 December 2010, 19:01:06
Wrapping up in a warm blanket, on the settee, with a hot chocolate watching a romantic film like My Fair Lady 8-) 8-) 8-) ;)
Title: Re: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 04 December 2010, 19:10:39
Rumpo.....in front of a roaring log fire....beware of carpet  burns girls.... ::) ::) ::) ::) ;)
Title: Re: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: vauxfan2k on 04 December 2010, 19:32:24
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What's the greatest thing in cold weather?

the ability to find your johnson in this cold when you need to go for a pee.  ;D ;D
Title: Re: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: hercules on 04 December 2010, 19:50:31
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the ability to find your johnson in this cold when you need to go for a pee.  ;D ;D


 ;D
Title: Re: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 04 December 2010, 21:22:45
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Rumpo.....in front of a roaring log fire....beware of carpet  burns girls.... ::) ::) ::) ::) ;)

Was an excellent idea.   :-[ :y
Title: Re: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: Paul T. on 05 December 2010, 03:15:21
Whatever the weather, I always find a cold beer and a hot Sheila is a lovely idea.  ;)
Title: Re: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 05 December 2010, 08:51:02
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Wrapping up in a warm blanket, on the settee, with a hot chocolate watching a romantic film like My Fair Lady 8-) 8-) 8-) ;)

Mmmmmm - cosy. 8-) :-* :-*

Or - for me at least - on a cold wet winter’s day watching a classic B&W film like Key Largo and luxuriating in the warmth of the fire while looking out through a rain streaked window on the miserable scene outside.

Also works with a favourite radio station.
Title: Re: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: Banjax on 05 December 2010, 09:19:31
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I would have said (after attending to the necessary weekend chores) having a brisk walk along the 'B' road at the front of my house taking pleasure in seeing the frost rimed hedgerows disappear into a distance shrouded in fog and all the while relishing the silence that cold weather seems to bring.

At walk’s end, the anticipation of a good lunch always keens the experience.



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you're a poet Zulu  :y


I like the crisp clear silence of a snow covered early morning  :y

used to love playing on the frozen Forth & Clyde canal as a kid growing up outside glasgow.....rarely freezes these days i'd imagine  :(
Title: Re: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: feeutfo on 05 December 2010, 10:20:17
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Good old fashioned dodgems!

No.. really.. good old fashioned sparks-from-the-ceiling dodgems.

So much fun!

Dodgems?  I take it the fair is in town?   If only they made rear wheel drive Dodgems.
Title: Re: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 05 December 2010, 11:55:23
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Good old fashioned dodgems!

No.. really.. good old fashioned sparks-from-the-ceiling dodgems.

So much fun!

Dodgems?  I take it the fair is in town?   If only they made rear wheel drive Dodgems.

Methinks they'd understeer a little. :(

Went to a Christmas ball once. It was in a huge marquee with a corridor off the side to a dodgem zone, all free. Was great fun after a few bevvies. The ladies were having issues ramming their ball gowns under the dashboard though. ::)

Kevin
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Post by: Dishevelled Den on 05 December 2010, 12:18:35
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Good old fashioned dodgems!

No.. really.. good old fashioned sparks-from-the-ceiling dodgems.

So much fun!

Dodgems?  I take it the fair is in town?   If only they made rear wheel drive Dodgems.

Methinks they'd understeer a little. :(

Went to a Christmas ball once. It was in a huge marquee with a corridor off the side to a dodgem zone, all free. Was great fun after a few bevvies. The ladies were having issues ramming their ball gowns under the dashboard though. ::)

Kevin




That would be one occasion when one could quite legitimately ram a lady from behind. :y :y
Title: Re: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: Richie London on 05 December 2010, 12:36:21
best thing about the cold weather is coming home to a nice warm flat. nice cup of oxo and some bread to dip in it.
Title: Re: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: bigegg on 05 December 2010, 19:34:41
driving the transit (complete with 1500kgs of books weighing the back end down and snow tyres) up a bl**dy steep hill in bradford, past :
 a LWB land rover
2! range rovers
scubidu imprezza
umpteen fwd go karts

all stuck in the snow.

(I dropped lucky and managed to get in RH lane before the car at the front bogged down, leaving no-one else anywhere to go)
Title: Re: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: Vamps on 05 December 2010, 20:36:47
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driving the transit (complete with 1500kgs of books weighing the back end down and snow tyres) up a bl**dy steep hill in bradford, past :
 a LWB land rover
2! range rovers
scubidu imprezza
umpteen fwd go karts

all stuck in the snow.

(I dropped lucky and managed to get in RH lane before the car at the front bogged down, leaving no-one else anywhere to go)

Great isn't it.... :y in 1978 when we had a bad snowfall one weekend I had a Mk 2 Transit twin wheel pick up with 2 tonne ish of 47KG Propane gas on board for a delivery.  The delivery never got made as the A1 was closed, blocked with abandoned cars, but on semi cleared roads nothing stopped that transit  :y :y getting around
Title: Re: What's the greatest thing in cold weather?
Post by: bigegg on 05 December 2010, 21:07:11
I won't mention the twenty minutes with the booster pack to get the f**ing thing started every day this week.

still - it's a diesel so it still goes when it's up to the bonnet in water [1]

[1] snorkel fitted.