In message ,
Graham Easterling writes


Actually John I too hate to see snow retreat like a defeated army. It must be something to do with our age group both being born 51/52. I do realise that at
that point Will will be eager to dismiss intensely any other similarities.

There seem to have been a lot of USWers born at that time, in my case
1951.
snip musical memories

1948 for me.
--
I'm not paid to implement the recognition of irony.
(Taken, with the author's permission, from a LiveJournal post)

Set of old buggers! 😃😃😃�

Actually John I too hate to see snow retreat like a defeated army. It must
be something to do with our age group both being born 51/52. I do realise
that at that point Will will be eager to dismiss intensely any other
similarities.

There seem to have been a lot of USWers born at that time, in my case 1951.

WE were, of course, lucky enough to age during a musical revolution, and at
a time when top bands would play outside the major cities.

Genesis, Yes, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull (a personal favourite and possibly
still the loudest band I've ever seen) Fairport Convention (before Sandy
Denny died) Queen (twice!) Elvis Costello, The Ramones all played the
"Wints" in Penzance. The place is now a restaurant, now doubt run by a
celebrity chef.

1953 for me.

I remember seeing Black Sabbath, Family, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Wishbone
Ash (3 times) all in the 1970s. I really wanted to see Jethro Tull & Yes but
never got the chance, great bands.
Ah those were the days, weather wasn't bad either. The fantastic summer of
1976 followed by the snowiest winter I've ever lived through in 1979
Met my Mrs in 1981 so it was more Dave Essex (4 times), Japan (3 times),
Siouxsie & the Banshees, Soft Cell, Tina Turner, Sting and Suzanne Vega in
the 80s.
Seen Coldplay twice more recently at Old Trafford Cricket ground and the
Etihad stadium, both times they were excellent.

Graham (Weston Coyney)

On 14/02/2015 21:50, Dawlish wrote:
Set of old buggers! 😃😃😃�


More like old communists, dreaming of the Soviet Union coming back.
They may get there wish with Putin and his bullying tactics.

On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 20:31:05 +0000, John Hall
wrote:

In message ,
Graham Easterling writes


Actually John I too hate to see snow retreat like a defeated army. It must be something to do with our age group both being born 51/52. I do realise that at
that point Will will be eager to dismiss intensely any other similarities.

There seem to have been a lot of USWers born at that time, in my case
1951.
snip musical memories

1948 for me.

Me, 1937.

--
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By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland.
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On Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 12:25:04 AM UTC, Whitehaven wrote:
On 14/02/2015 21:50, Dawlish wrote:
Set of old buggers! 😃😃😃�


More like old communists, dreaming of the Soviet Union coming back.
They may get there wish with Putin and his bullying tactics.

Idiot.

On Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 11:02:09 AM UTC, John Hall wrote:
In message ,
writes

You do realise that this argument is 3 years old, don't you?

Col

It seems to have been Jim Cannon who first revived the thread. I suspect
that he didn't realise that he was responding to a post from 2012, at
any rate I'd like to think so. Those using Google Groups often seem to
be caught like that. (Having said that, I originally didn't notice that
the thread was three years old either.)

I'm not so sure about that. The Loose Cannon has something of a history of dragging up years old threads. Perhaps it's an attempt to defect attention from his lord and master's woeful forecasts?

Col

On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 20:31:05 +0000
John Hall wrote:

In message ,
Graham Easterling writes


Actually John I too hate to see snow retreat like a defeated army.
It must be something to do with our age group both being born
51/52. I do realise that at
that point Will will be eager to dismiss intensely any other
similarities.

There seem to have been a lot of USWers born at that time, in my
case 1951.
snip musical memories

1948 for me.

June 1944. Makes me just able to remember an event from the
1947 winter.

A survey done nearly fifty years ago - for Weather? - found that the
number of applications to join the Met Office was higher amongst people
who'd experienced notably severe winters during their early childhood.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. [Retd meteorologist/programmer]
The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get
up and does not stop until you get into the office. – ROBERT FROST
Posted with Claws: http://www.claws-mail.org/

Very true in my case. The careers master laughed when I said that I wanted to join the Met Office, he had me marked down for the gas board. I often wonder if I made the right choice.

On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 01:02:35 -0800 (PST)
wrote:

Very true in my case. The careers master laughed when I said that I
wanted to join the Met Office, he had me marked down for the gas
board. I often wonder if I made the right choice.

My headmaster said, "there aren't many jobs worse-paid than teaching but
you've managed to find one!"

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. [Retd meteorologist/programmer]
The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get
up and does not stop until you get into the office. – ROBERT FROST
Posted with Claws: http://www.claws-mail.org/