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The Doctor Member Since: 09 Jul 2010 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 4615 ![]() ![]() |
So I go and regenerate into a mere mortal with the Fiesta (albeit with plans to get winter tyres next winter) and we have the coldest March since 62 and the worst snowfalls in some parts of the country since 79 or for 50 years in the peak district.
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Kal-El Member Since: 08 Aug 2012 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 204 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Interesting one. I reckon colder and even with the odd mild winter here and there I think severe winters could be the norm. The jet stream chuffed off south last summer hence the rain. Look what happens when it does it in winter! 60 plate SD4 XS, Stornoway Grey, Arm rest pack
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Steve D Member Since: 19 Jan 2013 Location: Essexshire Posts: 4109 ![]() ![]() |
The planet's been progressively getting warmer since the last ice-age hasn't it? Why the |
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ccsnet Member Since: 05 Jan 2013 Location: Lancs Posts: 881 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I cant but help think 1962 at the moment and no one shouted "the ice age is coming".....
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Steve D Member Since: 19 Jan 2013 Location: Essexshire Posts: 4109 ![]() ![]() |
Yep, snowed at Christmas and still on the ground at Easter or thereabouts. I was there! Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
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landy19840 Member Since: 13 Mar 2011 Location: Non Posts: 1817 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Dr.... It's all these people driving round in the 4x4s I blamed or global warming, I am sure you agree now you are driving an Eco boost fez!!!
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The Doctor Member Since: 09 Jul 2010 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 4615 ![]() ![]() |
Yeah, free to tax too |
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Stevie5tapes Member Since: 10 Jun 2012 Location: Brighouse, YORKSHIRE Posts: 1370 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I reckon the weather is all in a cycle pattern. 20 years or so of milder winters now its going to be a good few years of colder winters. There has been lots of news items recently about global warming or the lack of it, flooding is on the increase but is that because houses are being built on flood plains and a lack of money being invested in proper drainage schemes?
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chrisdeeming Member Since: 29 Dec 2011 Location: Sutton Coldfield Posts: 828 ![]() ![]() |
cant you tell us doc after all you are a time lord When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car |
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Stevie5tapes Member Since: 10 Jun 2012 Location: Brighouse, YORKSHIRE Posts: 1370 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Never thought of that! Can the Doctor tell me when my clutch will burn out aswell? |
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The Doctor Member Since: 09 Jul 2010 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 4615 ![]() ![]() |
I couldn't possibly give the game away |
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pab Member Since: 28 Aug 2012 Location: Now in Mid-Wales Posts: 2007 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I don't want to sound like an old fart (I'm not - not yet anyway!) but I think we've lost track of what a cold winter is! Winters were colder when I was growing up, with more snow than we typically have these days and villages often cut off. It caused fewer problems, though, as there were fewer cars on the roads and people were more used to it and more accepting of it. And if we go back to the early part of last century I've seen photographs from around here of drifts 10-15 feet and more deep. Not only that, they'd been cleared so the road beneath it was open again. (I can't find it now, but somewhere I've seen a picture of someone standing on the roof of a car with the snow still as high as he is!)
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richardk Member Since: 11 Jan 2009 Location: Norwich Posts: 909 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I see no sign of climate change whatsoever
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Pegleg Member Since: 15 Apr 2010 Location: Deep in mid Wales Posts: 3114 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Think most of the big freeze was in '63. It started in Dec '62 and went on until March '63. I was a little boy then who battled from my village to school only to find it was closed! Now they stay at home with their x box if there is a slightest hint of snow. The snow was so deep that i walked on top of hedges as a short cut. Our village was cut off for several weeks, yet the local slopes used for sledging by us young 'uns, became the socal hub of the village with trestle tables of hot soup, mince pies etc on offer. At the time, i wished it could go on forever. Everyone seemed so happy. At least to me.
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