Bruce, my difficulty was that I was going away and had no idea whether or when power would be restored. It's all in the bin now, I'm afraid.

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Yeah, that's why I said, "if means are available", I realize in your case it's not.
Just throwing out some wisdom many people aren't aware of.

Limey throws out food.
Bruce throws out wisdom.

I still love them both. But Limey has some Indian meals in her cupboard.
So it looks like food wins.

Sorry limey. I don't know squat about soccer, but I hope Arsenal at least wins the game so you two can have something to boost your spirits.

If you think this is going to be happening again......

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pack-Mountai..._sbs_grocery_3

80 meals, 25 year shelf life, £430.00:eek:

Of course, just rotating a large supply of dried beans, fruits, rice would also do the job much cheaper. Add some dried or jerky meats for you and the cats.


Being snowed in requires that you:

1) Have a large supply of wood or an uninterrupted supply of gas for heating and cooking.
2) Have a good supply of water. Melted and boiled snow is fine. White, not yellow.
3) Have an adequate supply of food. Cold items like granola are fine, but heatable foods are more comfortable.
4) Fuck like bunnies.

Check.
Check.
Check.
Check.
:D


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I don't think limey lacked for food, surplus was the problem. :haha:

Perfect prescription (from a Canuck who spent lots of time in the snow belts of northern Ontario). :D

Ianto.

Just made me laugh (even though Limey still had a landline.)
Because you just gotta love a bit of Ianto., right?
Or a lot of Gareth David-Lloyd if JB is to be believed.


Ah shoot, thought this was also the clip where Owen [the character, not the actor Burn] suggested they all had sex. Y'know. Just to pass the time.

Still, it never happened anyway. Not on TV.

Wow.

Is it usual to have that kind of weather this late in the year?

Just for the sake of the contrast, I'll mention here that last Wednesday, as I was helping put a new roof on the first aid post at a festival in south-central New South Wales, it was 41 bloody degrees, with evening thundery showers.

That weather belongs in Darwin in December. WTF?

Zengum, it's not usual to have that kind of weather on Arran at any time of year! We only get snow every couple of years and even then it's a few inches which is gone in a couple of days.
That snowdrift is still there today, 10 days later. It's only half the height now, but any other year a three-foot snowdrift would be considered ma-hoo-sive :eek:

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We usually dont get it so late here. Though there've been a few early March snowfalls.

Apparently it was a lot more common during the first half of the 20th century.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...lands-21999542

:eyebrow:

I dinna ken how ta gang fra the braes to yon Arran, but, fook me.

Okay, Brits, WTF?


*stifles giggles*

To be fair, it's all about what you're used to and equipped for. My town would be paralysed by two inches of snow on the ground.

Unprecedented for that area of the country :p We get much bigger wildfires onthe moors near us.

Plus, you know, that whole 1666 thing.