On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 19:48:14 +0000, John Hall wrote:


No stamina, the youth of today. You should have tried living through
1962-3.

Wonderful, wonderful winter! I had my own skate blades by then, attached
to my cricket boots (the best use for cricket boots I could possibly think
of -- indeed the only sensible use for ...). No more skating on ponds or
canals: the town council allowed us to skate on the big lake in the
Arboretum!

Haven't skated much since though :-(((

Nor have I asked my mum & dad what their fuel bill was like that winter.


Mike