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Couldn't help posting this (sorry for the format, FWD'd email I got this morning) "OUR FIRST WINTER" DEC 20th It's Starting to Snow. > > The first of the season, & the first we've seen for > > years. The wife & I took our hot toddies & sat on > > the porch watching the fluffy soft flakes drift gently down, > > clinging to the trees & covering the ground. It's so > > beautiful & peaceful. DEC24th We awoke to a lovely > > blanket of crystal white glistening snow covering as far as > > the eye could see. What a fantastic sight, every tree & > > bush covered with a beautiful white mantle. I shovelled snow > > for the first time ever, & I loved it. I did both our > > driveway & the pavement. Later that day a snowplough > > came along and accidentally covered up our driveway with > > compacted snow from the street. The driver smiled & > > waved. I waved back and shovelled it away again. The > > children next door built a snowman with coal for eyes and a > > carrot for a nose, & had a snowball fight, a couple just > > missed me & hit the car, so I threw a few back & > > joined in their fun. DEC > > 26th It snowed an additional 5 inches last night & the > > temperature dropped to around minus 8 degrees. Several > > branches on our trees & bushes snapped due to the weight > > of the snow. I shovelled our driveway again. Shortly > > afterwards the snowplough came by & did his trick again. > > Much of the snow is now a brownish grey. JAN 1st Warmed up > > enough during the day to create some slush which soon became > > ice when the temperature dropped again. Bought snow tyres > > for both our cars. Fell on my erse in the driveway. Went to > > doctor but nothing was broken. JAN 5th Still cold. Sold the > > wife's car & bought her a 4 x 4 to get her to work. > > She slid into a wall & did considerable damage to the > > right wing. Had another 8 inches of white sheitee last > > night. Both vehicles are covered in salt & iced up > > slush. That barsteward snowplough came by twice today. > > Where's that bloody shovel.? JAN 9th More flucking snow. > > Not a tree or bush on our property that hasn't been > > damaged. > > Power was off most of the night. Tried to keep from > > freezing to death with candles & a paraffin heater that > > tipped over & nearly torched the house. I managed to put > > the flames out but suffered 2nd degree burns to my hands. > > Lost my eyebrows & eyelashes. Car hit a flucking deer on > > the way to casualty & was written off. JAN 13th flucking > > barsteward white sheitee just keeps on coming down. Have to > > put on every article of clothing just to go to the post box. > > The little sheites next door ambushed me with snowballs on > > the way back. I'll shove that carrot so far up the little > > guys' erse; It'll take a good surgeon hours to find it. > > If I ever catch the ersehole that drives that snowplough > > I'll chew open his chest & rip out his heart with my > > teeth. I think the barsteward hides round the corner & > > waits for me to finish shovelling & then he accelerates > > down the street like Michael "flucking" Schumacher & > > buries the flucking drive again. JAN 17th 16 more > > sodding inches of flucking snow & flucking ice & > > flucking sleet & god knows what other white sheitee fell > > last night. I am in court in 3 months time for assaulting > > the snowplough driver with an ice pick. Cant move my > > flucking toes. Haven't seen the sun for 5 weeks. Minus 20 > > & more barsteward snow is forecast. This place really is > > the erse end of nowhere; I'm moving back to civilisation.!

Same here And a 32" LCD in bedroom. Interesting to see the various viewpoints, but I do agree that size is an issue as regards whether to go for LCD or plasma.

If you didn't see this on the Tonight show, I hope you're sitting down when you read it. This is probably the funniest date story ever, first date or not!!! We have all had bad dates but this takes the cake. Jay Leno went into the audience to find the most embarrassing first date that a woman ever had. The winner described her worst first date experience. There was absolutely no question as to why her tale took the prize! She said it was midwinter...Snowing and quite cold... and the guy had taken her skiing in the mountains outside Salt Lake City , Utah . It was a day trip (no overnight). They were strangers, after all, and had never met before. The outing was fun but relatively uneventful until they were headed home late that afternoon. They were driving back down the mountain, when she gradually began to realize that she should not have had that extra latte. They were about an hour away from anywhere with a rest room and in the middle of nowhere! Her companion suggested she try to hold it, which she did for a while. Unfortunately, because of the heavy snow and slow going, there came a point where she told him that he had better stop and let her go beside the road, or it would be the front seat of his car. They stopped and she quickly crawled out beside the car, yanked her pants down and started. In the deep snow she didn't have good footing, so she let her butt rest against the rear fender to steady herself. Her companion stood on the side of the car watching for traffic and indeed was a real gentleman and refrained from peeking. All she could think about was the relief she felt despite the rather embarrassing nature of the situation. Upon finishing however, she soon became aware of another sensation. As she bent to pull up her pants, the young lady discovered her buttocks were firmly glued against the car's fender. Thoughts of tongues frozen to poles immediately came to mind as she attempted to disengage her flesh from the icy metal. It was quickly apparent that she had a brand new problem, due to the extreme cold. Horrified by her plight and yet aware of the humor of the moment, she answered her date's concerns about' what is taking so long' with a reply that indeed, she was 'freezing her butt off' and in need of some assistance! He came around the car as she tried to cover herself with her sweater and then, as she looked imploringly into his eyes, he burst out laughing. She too, got the giggles and when they finally managed to compose themselves, they assessed her dilemma. Obviously, as hysterical as the situation was, they also were faced with a real problem. Both agreed it would take something hot to free her chilly cheeks from the grip of the icy metal! Thinking about what had gotten her into the predicament in the first place, both quickly realized that there was only one way to get her free. So, as she looked the other way, her first time date proceeded to unzip his pants and pee her butt off the fender. As the audience screamed in laughter, she took the Tonight Show prize hands down. Or perhaps that should be 'pants down. 'And you thought your first date was embarrassing. Jay Leno's comment...'This gives a whole new meaning to being pi**ed off.' Oh and how did the first date turn out? He became her husband and was sitting next to her on the Leno show.

Ouch! Attractive....

Do you have to travel far? I actually have thought about a scooter - I just keep thinking I'm going to be laughed at Thought about going for bike licence too, but I'm scared, i'm a wimp That and the dreaded 'hat hair'

As in Winnie the Pooh. You'd need to have a sense of humour to live there

Vin Diesel and Jay (Zedrush) arent that disimilar, both built like brick outhouses! (couldn't resist )

Scary, no wonder you were aware of every little noise after that. Druggies (or kids) more than likely.... My office in Bon Accord Square got broken into last week. No doubt there is absolutely no chance of catching the thieving scum

Well this is true and a very good point. I suppose I should say that I'd just be glad to be able to drive anything to work rather than the crappy bus service

Fantastic photos, I am green (excuse the pun) with envy The housing area looks exactly like the one I stayed in when last in Florida Re the numberplate thing, I believe that rear plates are not actually required there so effectively, yes, you could have anything you want on the rear. It's only on the front that the legal numberplate has to be displayed. No doubt someone can correct me if that's wrong.

Thanks. It's crap! I don't like to walk in the winter though seeing as it's dark and bad weather more often than not. I'd love to use the Z to commute, I'm jealous of those who do

Aww bless

I'm not that surprised. I loved my Cooper S, great car, and as others have said so easily tuned. Funnily enough I was only just saying in conversation this morning that I wouldn't hesitate to buy another one in the future (I of course have no qualms and don't have to worry about the 'girly' comments, seeing as i am a girl ) The competence of the driver (well, not just competence, but how far they are willing to push it/risk it on that particular day and time) also comes into it along with the weight issues too.

I quite like the look of these. Pink alfa in the new TV advert drew my eye Having had a Mini (Cooper S) before and loved it, this looks interesting. As has been said though, price fairly seems to shoot up for the decent stuff (as with everything in life I suppose)!

Gone from chav vandalism to BDSM Entertaining however, being the nosey person I am, do go on

+1000000000000000000 Damn right and ME. Failing that, Vin Diesel will do

+1

Neither Doesn't seem like I'm missing much. Decided to give it a miss seeing as neither sounded very promising, and ended up borrowing a bunch of DVDs from my bro's collection (my own personal blockbuster )

Im with you on this one. Unfortunately my office is in the centre of town with no parking, so I'm stuck with public transport. £2 for a 3.5ish mile journey which takes about 45 mins all in when I can do it in the car in 10 (traffic) To sit with a load of chavs, coughing and spluttering ill people, screaming babies, etc. Lovely That's not to mention the weird people who try to talk to me (hence having my headphones glued to my ears). In the summer, I walk!!!!

Shame, poor kid.............. but I like it

Wouldn't have been surprised if he had a 'Watch Out, Baby on Board' sticker too

Thinking of going to see one of these over the weekend. Anyone seen either? Thoughts?

Overdone the St Tropez a tad

Nooooo, don't do it!! Separately- And that is because....?

Might while away a few mins at work www.whereisnudedude.com.au/