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Lawrence Jenkins writes:
and me gas boiler stops working :-( typical.



In that case we know that the cold spell is no longer a probability but
a certainty.
--
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"