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February 24th 05, 05:55 PM
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Feeblest excuse heard for closing a school?
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:19:03 +0000, John Hall
wrote: My school never closed for a single day during the winter of 1962-3, Similarly, for me, in 1947, and we had outside toilets. -- Alan White Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Loch Goil and Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland. Web cam, http://www.windycroft.gt-britain.co....her/kabcam.htm Web site, http://www.alan.lesley.ukgateway.net |
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February 24th 05, 07:55 PM
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Feeblest excuse heard for closing a school?
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:55:45 +0000, Alan White
wrote: On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:19:03 +0000, John Hall wrote: My school never closed for a single day during the winter of 1962-3, Similarly, for me, in 1947, and we had outside toilets. Outside toilets .. We used to dream of outside toilets.... Enough of that.... Missed two days because I was stuck in a Somerset village during the Feb 1978 incident.. Still the best snowfall I have experienced while not being 600m up in Norway... Richard Webb |
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February 24th 05, 08:02 PM
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Feeblest excuse heard for closing a school?
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RJ Webb writes: Missed two days because I was stuck in a Somerset village during the Feb 1978 incident.. Still the best snowfall I have experienced while not being 600m up in Norway... I still remember how disappointed I was on waking up on the Sunday morning to find that the forecast spread of the snow into the SE of England had not in fact occurred. -- John Hall "If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties." Francis Bacon (1561-1626) |
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February 24th 05, 08:02 PM
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Feeblest excuse heard for closing a school?
In article ,
RJ Webb writes: Missed two days because I was stuck in a Somerset village during the Feb 1978 incident.. Still the best snowfall I have experienced while not being 600m up in Norway... I still remember how disappointed I was on waking up on the Sunday morning to find that the forecast spread of the snow into the SE of England had not in fact occurred. -- John Hall "If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties." Francis Bacon (1561-1626) |
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February 24th 05, 08:02 PM
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Feeblest excuse heard for closing a school?
In article ,
RJ Webb writes: Missed two days because I was stuck in a Somerset village during the Feb 1978 incident.. Still the best snowfall I have experienced while not being 600m up in Norway... I still remember how disappointed I was on waking up on the Sunday morning to find that the forecast spread of the snow into the SE of England had not in fact occurred. -- John Hall "If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties." Francis Bacon (1561-1626) |
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February 24th 05, 08:02 PM
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Feeblest excuse heard for closing a school?
In article ,
RJ Webb writes: Missed two days because I was stuck in a Somerset village during the Feb 1978 incident.. Still the best snowfall I have experienced while not being 600m up in Norway... I still remember how disappointed I was on waking up on the Sunday morning to find that the forecast spread of the snow into the SE of England had not in fact occurred. -- John Hall "If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties." Francis Bacon (1561-1626) |
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February 24th 05, 07:55 PM
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Feeblest excuse heard for closing a school?
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:55:45 +0000, Alan White
wrote: On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:19:03 +0000, John Hall wrote: My school never closed for a single day during the winter of 1962-3, Similarly, for me, in 1947, and we had outside toilets. Outside toilets .. We used to dream of outside toilets.... Enough of that.... Missed two days because I was stuck in a Somerset village during the Feb 1978 incident.. Still the best snowfall I have experienced while not being 600m up in Norway... Richard Webb |
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February 24th 05, 07:55 PM
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Feeblest excuse heard for closing a school?
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:55:45 +0000, Alan White
wrote: On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:19:03 +0000, John Hall wrote: My school never closed for a single day during the winter of 1962-3, Similarly, for me, in 1947, and we had outside toilets. Outside toilets .. We used to dream of outside toilets.... Enough of that.... Missed two days because I was stuck in a Somerset village during the Feb 1978 incident.. Still the best snowfall I have experienced while not being 600m up in Norway... Richard Webb |
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February 24th 05, 07:55 PM
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Feeblest excuse heard for closing a school?
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:55:45 +0000, Alan White
wrote: On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:19:03 +0000, John Hall wrote: My school never closed for a single day during the winter of 1962-3, Similarly, for me, in 1947, and we had outside toilets. Outside toilets .. We used to dream of outside toilets.... Enough of that.... Missed two days because I was stuck in a Somerset village during the Feb 1978 incident.. Still the best snowfall I have experienced while not being 600m up in Norway... Richard Webb |
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