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Not so bad here.

The Met Office is threatening that the entire south of England will be blanketed by thick snow by this time tomorrow, but I think they're being a little dramatic.

Then again I did an emergency shop today, and at least some of the heating here is off-grid, so I'm ready for almost anything, as long as it doesn't last more than a week or so.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Jan 5th, 2010 at 11:57:50 AM EST
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We are on holiday again tomorrow with Loppiainen or Epiphany. Time take take down the decorations and say goodbye to Jul. Next up the Egg Celebrations.

Got 3 big bags of of split birch logs in the porch - just in case. And if the ice does really hit the windmill, I've got lots of huge oak Bilnås furniture from the Finnish Fifties. That'll burn nicely. Plus, I won't ever have to move it again. One 2 m upright cupboard with rolltop 'doors' is a 3 man job on it's own.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Tue Jan 5th, 2010 at 12:06:46 PM EST
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You could always burn the Fifties Finnish Furniture of Alliteration anyway.

Why wait for an excuse?

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Jan 5th, 2010 at 12:50:40 PM EST
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Sadly a great deal of 'design' was destroyed in the Fifities by Finns who'd had enough of dismal austerity and formal tradition and suddenly wanted colour (hence Marimekko) and lightness.

When the Swedish language daily Hufvudstadsbladet finally refurbished its offices a few years back, a treasure trove of 30's furniture found its way into the backs of vans and cars.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Tue Jan 5th, 2010 at 02:34:40 PM EST
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Well one weather site is predicting 10 days of similar, then a few days warmer, before another patch of ten days of cold weather, this time even colder.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jan 5th, 2010 at 01:25:18 PM EST
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