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"Keith(Southend)" writes:
Mind you, a real winter is such a thing from the distant past I do
wonder if I have already seen my last :-(

Last winter got pretty real for a while in many parts of the country, if
only briefly. I still feel hard done by that we only had about 3 inches
of snow here, when less than ten miles north they had ten inches!
--
John Hall "[It was] so steep that at intervals the street broke into steps,
like a person breaking into giggles or hiccups, and then resumed
its sober climb, until it had another fit of steps."
Ursula K Le Guin "The Beginning Place"