On Wednesday, 3 December 2014 21:03:02 UTC, wrote:
"John Hall" wrote in message
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In message , Metman2012
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And when I started, you had one biro issued and had to hand that one in
when it ran out before getting a replacement. Hard to use a biro when it's
got a padlock and chain on it!

You had biros? Cue someone to come in and say that you had it lucky, and
that when they started you still had to use a quill pen.

A quill pen, luxury, when I was on the bench we used our fingernails ....
We also had four candles to read by :-)

Will
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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I didn't know fork handles were luminous. It's the way I tell 'em.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

"Weatherlawyer" wrote in message
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What an excellent thread. It just goes to show that this newsgroup can still deliver the goods on 'weather'.

On Friday, 5 December 2014 12:38:49 UTC, Scott W wrote:

What an excellent thread. It just goes to show that this newsgroup can still deliver the goods on 'weather'.

And more.
Pity some of the founding fathers became apostate.
Sic pereant flos calculis.