"Paul Hyett" wrote in message ...
Can anyone here manage it?
There was a corking thunderstorm in progress last night when I went to bed -
I counted 14 flashes in a single minute. Despite the near-continuous muted
rumblings (muted that is by the rain drumming on the roof) I had no trouble
at all falling asleep... whereas the usual noises of early autumn (car doors
slamming, kids yelling etc) cause much more of a problem!

Then again I did spend a good 10 minutes watching the show before I tried
sleeping, it was fascinating to watch!

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Can anyone here manage it?

I never can, though that might be partly because they generally occur on
muggy nights where it's hard to drop off anyway.

I find it difficult, but mainly because of the child in me, you remember
when you was a kid and it was snowing outside, you just had to keep getting
up and looking out of the curtains.

As I recall, it was far more often a case of looking out of the window
and wondering 'where is that snow they forecast?'
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

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"Paul Hyett" wrote in message
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Can anyone here manage it?

I never can, though that might be partly because they generally occur on
muggy nights where it's hard to drop off anyway.

I find it difficult, but mainly because of the child in me, you remember
when you was a kid and it was snowing outside, you just had to keep
getting
up and looking out of the curtains.

As I recall, it was far more often a case of looking out of the window and
wondering 'where is that snow they forecast?'


Both of the above!
My missus gets very intolerant of my "is it snowing yet" bedroom antics!

--
James
www.puffle.co.uk

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"Paul Hyett" wrote in message
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Can anyone here manage it?

I never can, though that might be partly because they generally occur on
muggy nights where it's hard to drop off anyway.

I find it difficult, but mainly because of the child in me, you remember
when you was a kid and it was snowing outside, you just had to keep
getting
up and looking out of the curtains.

As I recall, it was far more often a case of looking out of the window and
wondering 'where is that snow they forecast?'
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

Did you experience December 1981, I lived in Featherstone then and we bore
the brunt, no school for a week after that one! I remember walking out in
the back garden snow drifts upto to my neck in snow, I was 13 at the time an
probably about 5'3"

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"Paul Hyett" wrote in message
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Can anyone here manage it?

I never can, though that might be partly because they generally occur on
muggy nights where it's hard to drop off anyway.

I find it difficult, but mainly because of the child in me, you remember
when you was a kid and it was snowing outside, you just had to keep getting
up and looking out of the curtains.

As I recall, it was far more often a case of looking out of the window
and wondering 'where is that snow they forecast?'

Yep. I can remember many disappointments, notably that Saturday night in
February 1978 when the great West Country snowstorm failed to spread
across into SE England as had been forecast.
--
John Hall

"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."
Oscar Wilde

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"Paul Hyett" wrote in message
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Can anyone here manage it?

I never can, though that might be partly because they generally occur on
muggy nights where it's hard to drop off anyway.

I find it difficult, but mainly because of the child in me, you remember
when you was a kid and it was snowing outside, you just had to keep
getting
up and looking out of the curtains.

As I recall, it was far more often a case of looking out of the window and
wondering 'where is that snow they forecast?'
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)


Did you experience December 1981, I lived in Featherstone then and we bore
the brunt, no school for a week after that one! I remember walking out in
the back garden snow drifts upto to my neck in snow, I was 13 at the time an
probably about 5'3"




Are you talking about Featherstone, Staffs ?

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As I recall, it was far more often a case of looking out of the window and
wondering 'where is that snow they forecast?'

Did you experience December 1981

Yes, I was 16 then.

, I lived in Featherstone then and we bore
the brunt, no school for a week after that one! I remember walking out in
the back garden snow drifts upto to my neck in snow, I was 13 at the time an
probably about 5'3"

The level snow was about 15-18 inches deep - the most I've ever seen in
Cheltenham.

The drifts were deeper, obviously.

Then there was January 1982, when the temperature fell to -20C here!
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

seems hot at night still


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"Paul Hyett" wrote in message
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Can anyone here manage it?

I never can, though that might be partly because they generally occur
on
muggy nights where it's hard to drop off anyway.

I find it difficult, but mainly because of the child in me, you remember
when you was a kid and it was snowing outside, you just had to keep
getting
up and looking out of the curtains.

As I recall, it was far more often a case of looking out of the window
and wondering 'where is that snow they forecast?'

Yep. I can remember many disappointments, notably that Saturday night in
February 1978 when the great West Country snowstorm failed to spread
across into SE England as had been forecast.
--
John Hall

"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."
Oscar Wilde

In uk.sci.weather on Wed, 10 Oct 2007, flybywire wrote :

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"Paul Hyett" wrote in message
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Can anyone here manage it?

I never can, though that might be partly because they generally occur
on
muggy nights where it's hard to drop off anyway.

I find it difficult, but mainly because of the child in me, you remember
when you was a kid and it was snowing outside, you just had to keep
getting
up and looking out of the curtains.

As I recall, it was far more often a case of looking out of the window
and wondering 'where is that snow they forecast?'

Yep. I can remember many disappointments, notably that Saturday night in
February 1978 when the great West Country snowstorm failed to spread
across into SE England as had been forecast.

seems hot at night still

Boy, this is an old thread - I started it 13 months ago!
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)