Is it snowing near you?
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We're only getting hailstones over here but it's extremely cold so far.....brrrr
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Yep. Yesterday too.
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Some snow on the ground this morning! 
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Bet you're a die hard fan....
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I got two main memories of Gatwick.
1) about 1969/1970, evening, 4 or 5 of us on our way to Brighton.
One of the guys farted. It was really really smelly. I mean, like noxious turn the air purple smelly.
So Roy pulled over onto the slip road into Gatwick and we all leapt out gasping and retching and drew in lungfuls of welcome fresh air.
Police car pulled up behind us, officer got out, walked up to us and said 'No stopping here lads, this is a busy slip road, please get in the car and move on'
We chorused something like 'No way, you want to move the car, you drive it, but we ain't getting in there for at least five minutes, gotta let the air clear. Go on, stick your head in the motor and breathe in'
And to our amazement, this fine specimen of the Sussex Constabulary did just that. And promptly turned green.
He said to us 'Ok, you got ten minutes then you have to drive off. And whoever done that should seek mediical help'.
Second story.
About 1980 I'm x-raying an airplane fuel pipeline circling Gatwick. It's rainy and muddy.
Whilst I was waiting for some butt-welds to be completed to x-ray, one of the welders asked me to fetch his gloves and goggles on a trestle in the middle of this big muddy area.
'Sure' I said and set off in me wellies to do the guy a favour.
When I'm about 3 metres from the trestle I sink in very soft mud up to my thighs. My wellies fill up, I cannot move. I am well and truly stuck.
I look over my shoulder and see about twenty geezers laughing their heads off saying 'We got another one, ha ha ha'
I shouted at them a rather good selection of profane abuse but I still stayed stuck.
I was there for a good ten minutes and in the end a crane came came over, lowered a leather circle, I put that under my arms and it pulled me out and swung me back to terra firma.
Bastids
So there ya go, that's my Gatwick stories
Just don't ask me about Heathrow...
1) about 1969/1970, evening, 4 or 5 of us on our way to Brighton.
One of the guys farted. It was really really smelly. I mean, like noxious turn the air purple smelly.
So Roy pulled over onto the slip road into Gatwick and we all leapt out gasping and retching and drew in lungfuls of welcome fresh air.
Police car pulled up behind us, officer got out, walked up to us and said 'No stopping here lads, this is a busy slip road, please get in the car and move on'
We chorused something like 'No way, you want to move the car, you drive it, but we ain't getting in there for at least five minutes, gotta let the air clear. Go on, stick your head in the motor and breathe in'
And to our amazement, this fine specimen of the Sussex Constabulary did just that. And promptly turned green.
He said to us 'Ok, you got ten minutes then you have to drive off. And whoever done that should seek mediical help'.
Second story.
About 1980 I'm x-raying an airplane fuel pipeline circling Gatwick. It's rainy and muddy.
Whilst I was waiting for some butt-welds to be completed to x-ray, one of the welders asked me to fetch his gloves and goggles on a trestle in the middle of this big muddy area.
'Sure' I said and set off in me wellies to do the guy a favour.
When I'm about 3 metres from the trestle I sink in very soft mud up to my thighs. My wellies fill up, I cannot move. I am well and truly stuck.
I look over my shoulder and see about twenty geezers laughing their heads off saying 'We got another one, ha ha ha'
I shouted at them a rather good selection of profane abuse but I still stayed stuck.
I was there for a good ten minutes and in the end a crane came came over, lowered a leather circle, I put that under my arms and it pulled me out and swung me back to terra firma.
Bastids
So there ya go, that's my Gatwick stories
Just don't ask me about Heathrow...
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Just cos you said it Flopp's...whats the craic with Heathrow,lol.
It has been snowing for 2 days now where i live we have 18cm so far and are expecting more tonight! DDD Yesterday the last day of school was canceled which was a good start to the christmas break all buses were canceled so my brother and my mates couldn't get to work, the roads have just been awful. It was like a blizzard outside, couldn't even stay out there for 5 minutes. Buh it's all good i took my 14 year old neice out in the snow in her coat,hat & gloves nd she loved it so much that when i took her inside she screamed. I love it x
DDD Yesterday the last day of school was canceled which was a good start to the christmas break all buses were canceled so my brother and my mates couldn't get to work, the roads have just been awful. It was like a blizzard outside, couldn't even stay out there for 5 minutes. Buh it's all good i took my 14 year old neice out in the snow in her coat,hat & gloves nd she loved it so much that when i took her inside she screamed. I love it x
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Had a flurry or two yesterday and the day before, and it settled for a while.But today nothing ,it`s been sunny but very cold.
My sister in law on the other hand,she lives in a village the other side of Tunbridge Wells,had over 8 inches of snow.So much that there were no papers delivered. Still global warming should put a stop to it all I`ve no dought
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My sister in law on the other hand,she lives in a village the other side of Tunbridge Wells,had over 8 inches of snow.So much that there were no papers delivered. Still global warming should put a stop to it all I`ve no dought
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