UPDATED: Snow in March? No, you're not seeing things - but look how bad it could have been (From Bournemouth Echo)
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UPDATED: Snow in March? No, you're not seeing things - but look how bad it could have been
12:10pm Monday 11th March 2013 in News By Will Frampton
UPDATED: Snow and gale force winds to hit Dorset
SNOW has hit Dorset overnight with more expected throughout today accompanied by icy gale force winds.
Transport and schools were unaffected, but drivers are warned to take care, especially on minor roads wherre gritters may not have been. Bournemouth pier has been closed due to ice.
Light snow is expected to continue until around 3pm but the main problem is likely to be ice overnight.
A yellow weather warning is valid until 9am on Tuesday for Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset, with the Met Office advising that 2-5cm of snow may still fall over large areas of southern England causing disruption to travel.
Overnight temperatures of minus two degrees are predicted, which will feel like minus ten degrees until 6am on Tuesday morning.
Condor Ferries have cancelled their high speed sailings from Poole to the Channel Islands on Monday due to the adverse weather conditions.
Snow at Sturminster Marshall.
The Sandbanks Ferry is still running as normal.
Honey the labrador in the snow
The chief forecaster said the incoming weather, following on from a relatively mild week, is caused by a low pressure system from the Atlantic meeting cold air from the north.
He said: "There remains uncertainty about how far north the snow will spread, along with the extent of snow showers in the east."
But Dorset has been let off lightly so far compared with the storm that was orginally heading our way.
Channel Four weather forecaster Liam Dutton has blogged today about how much worse it COULD have been in a piece called "The snowstorm that missed Southern England by 100 miles." Until Saturday afternoon forecasters believed the south soast would be hit the hardest.
In the Channel Islands, which has borne the brunt of the storm, a red weather warning is in still place. Forecasters are saying it's the worst snow since 1979 and roads, airports and schools have all been closed. This picture, by Mark Stephenson, on Flickr, shows how heavy the snow has been.
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Comments(69)
awsokend
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1:26pm Sun 10 Mar 13
Its Sunday today
sea poole
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1:30pm Sun 10 Mar 13
upyourpipe
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1:56pm Sun 10 Mar 13
awsokend wrote:How very jovial.
all of them
Its Sunday today
upyourpipe
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1:57pm Sun 10 Mar 13
sea poole wrote:Cynical no, nanny state yes.
upyour pipe- Cynical? Think the following post was certainly 'upyourpipe!'
Turtlebay
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2:08pm Sun 10 Mar 13
That's a very precise time, since they usually can't get any forecasts right.
What happens if the gusts start before or after 9PM?
sea poole
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2:16pm Sun 10 Mar 13
upyourpipe
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2:28pm Sun 10 Mar 13
sea poole wrote:Funny, I was of school age during the big freeze of 1963 and our school didn't close once, but then we were made of stronger fiber back then, not like the nanny state wossies of today.
upyourpipe -Didn't realise that the 'nanny state' was in force when schools closed on a regular basis pre WW2 due to snow, rain and village/community events...
We fought our way through 4 foot snow drifts to schools with roaring coal fires, now a half inch of snow closes the whole country, what a sorry state for a once great country.
awsokend
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2:39pm Sun 10 Mar 13
he might get knocked down by a snow plough
he needs to wear all black and be seen.
Oakdale12
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2:53pm Sun 10 Mar 13
upyourpipe
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2:54pm Sun 10 Mar 13
awsokend wrote:Nothing more dull and boring than people who cant, wont or are not allowed to think or take control of their own lives without being told what to do.
Will somebody please tell dull upyourpipe not to wear anything white if he goes up the pub to night
he might get knocked down by a snow plough
he needs to wear all black and be seen.
sea poole
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3:09pm Sun 10 Mar 13
upyourpipe
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3:31pm Sun 10 Mar 13
sea poole wrote:Throwing insults will not alter the way I lived in 1963, just shows that intelligence in some people has also got worse over the last 40 years.
upyourpipe -Guess you must have been made of stronger 'fiber' (or is it 'fibre?') Your school staying open really improved your spelling in 1963. It must have been amazing to see you fighting your way through 4 'foot' (or is it 'feet?') snow drifts armed with roaring coal fires...! By the way pre WW2 was prior to 1963 -guess that year also improved your knowledge of history...
SeafaringMan
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4:04pm Sun 10 Mar 13
Happy Mothers' Day to all mothers - and their families.
Tictock
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4:16pm Sun 10 Mar 13
SeafaringMan wrote:Bravo!!
After all the miserable posts on this item I thought that it was time to introduce a nicer touch.
Happy Mothers' Day to all mothers - and their families.
cazzia
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4:24pm Sun 10 Mar 13
fastwalker
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4:26pm Sun 10 Mar 13
Not to forget Empire Day, a quick burst of "Land of Hope and Glory" at school assembly and then off out to terrorise the local population.
awsokend
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4:28pm Sun 10 Mar 13
you might get snow up your pipe..
djd
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4:35pm Sun 10 Mar 13
We all went school or work. If the bus didn't come along, you walked.
If you didn't get to school you would have to have a good reason, and snow drifts weren't good enough.
Teachers got in somehow or other.
And we didn't have Health & Safety then.
oversixty
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4:58pm Sun 10 Mar 13
djd wrote:You must have a poor memory then!
Like 'upyourpipe' I can remember the drifts of 1963.
We all went school or work. If the bus didn't come along, you walked.
If you didn't get to school you would have to have a good reason, and snow drifts weren't good enough.
Teachers got in somehow or other.
And we didn't have Health & Safety then.
Recent TV programmes have highlighted the big freeze of 1963.Started on Boxing Day!
My wife can remember not going back to school until the end of February and that was in Kinson! Her school was across the road from where she lived!
Selective memories methinks!
upyourpipe
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5:04pm Sun 10 Mar 13
oversixty wrote:Yea well we lived in London at the time and never had a day off and our school like so many others in London never shut, guess we were made of sterner stuff in London than Kinson.
djd wrote:You must have a poor memory then!
Like 'upyourpipe' I can remember the drifts of 1963.
We all went school or work. If the bus didn't come along, you walked.
If you didn't get to school you would have to have a good reason, and snow drifts weren't good enough.
Teachers got in somehow or other.
And we didn't have Health & Safety then.
Recent TV programmes have highlighted the big freeze of 1963.Started on Boxing Day!
My wife can remember not going back to school until the end of February and that was in Kinson! Her school was across the road from where she lived!
Selective memories methinks!
Holes Bay Curve
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5:05pm Sun 10 Mar 13
Hessenford
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5:12pm Sun 10 Mar 13
oversixty wrote:I also watched this recent tv programme as I was at school during this really cold weather.
djd wrote:You must have a poor memory then!
Like 'upyourpipe' I can remember the drifts of 1963.
We all went school or work. If the bus didn't come along, you walked.
If you didn't get to school you would have to have a good reason, and snow drifts weren't good enough.
Teachers got in somehow or other.
And we didn't have Health & Safety then.
Recent TV programmes have highlighted the big freeze of 1963.Started on Boxing Day!
My wife can remember not going back to school until the end of February and that was in Kinson! Her school was across the road from where she lived!
Selective memories methinks!
It did show school children battling their way through some horrendous snowdrifts to get to school, something that wouldn't happen today.
Many of my work mates also remember the big freeze and also commented that they also went to school through the whole six weeks so if you cant remember this happening I would say that the selective memory lays solely with yourself.
Ebb Tide
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5:13pm Sun 10 Mar 13
Holes Bay Curve wrote:You've read the writing ? !!
'Yellow' snow warnings give me the willies !
mysticalshoelace
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5:30pm Sun 10 Mar 13
upyourpipe wrote:School! You were lucky to have a school! We used to get taught in one room, all a hundred and twenty-six of us, no furniture, 'alf the floor was missing, and we were all 'uddled together in one corner for fear of falling.
sea poole wrote:Funny, I was of school age during the big freeze of 1963 and our school didn't close once, but then we were made of stronger fiber back then, not like the nanny state wossies of today.
upyourpipe -Didn't realise that the 'nanny state' was in force when schools closed on a regular basis pre WW2 due to snow, rain and village/community events...
We fought our way through 4 foot snow drifts to schools with roaring coal fires, now a half inch of snow closes the whole country, what a sorry state for a once great country.
Ebb Tide
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5:39pm Sun 10 Mar 13
mysticalshoelace wrote:Ah. Luxury !!
upyourpipe wrote:School! You were lucky to have a school! We used to get taught in one room, all a hundred and twenty-six of us, no furniture, 'alf the floor was missing, and we were all 'uddled together in one corner for fear of falling.
sea poole wrote:Funny, I was of school age during the big freeze of 1963 and our school didn't close once, but then we were made of stronger fiber back then, not like the nanny state wossies of today.
upyourpipe -Didn't realise that the 'nanny state' was in force when schools closed on a regular basis pre WW2 due to snow, rain and village/community events...
We fought our way through 4 foot snow drifts to schools with roaring coal fires, now a half inch of snow closes the whole country, what a sorry state for a once great country.
electric7
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5:53pm Sun 10 Mar 13
agp1337
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6:09pm Sun 10 Mar 13
oversixty
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6:13pm Sun 10 Mar 13
Hessenford wrote:Sorry but in my wife's case the school closed due to lack of fuel which was in short supply!
oversixty wrote:I also watched this recent tv programme as I was at school during this really cold weather.
djd wrote:You must have a poor memory then!
Like 'upyourpipe' I can remember the drifts of 1963.
We all went school or work. If the bus didn't come along, you walked.
If you didn't get to school you would have to have a good reason, and snow drifts weren't good enough.
Teachers got in somehow or other.
And we didn't have Health & Safety then.
Recent TV programmes have highlighted the big freeze of 1963.Started on Boxing Day!
My wife can remember not going back to school until the end of February and that was in Kinson! Her school was across the road from where she lived!
Selective memories methinks!
It did show school children battling their way through some horrendous snowdrifts to get to school, something that wouldn't happen today.
Many of my work mates also remember the big freeze and also commented that they also went to school through the whole six weeks so if you cant remember this happening I would say that the selective memory lays solely with yourself.
Hessenford
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6:27pm Sun 10 Mar 13
I have found a couple of references to this which were as follows, in 1963 approx 900 schools were shut across the U.K during the period from December 26th till March 23rd. Blizzards caused snowdrifts up to six metres deep, telephone lines were brought down and temperatures fell so low the sea froze over.
2013 over 10,000 schools were shut by snow only a couple of inches deep and lasting a couple of days, I would say that we have become a nation of health and safety fanatics instead of the bulldog breed we were once known for.
spooki
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6:42pm Sun 10 Mar 13
sea poole
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6:54pm Sun 10 Mar 13
MikeGB
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7:12pm Sun 10 Mar 13
a.g.o.g.
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8:17pm Sun 10 Mar 13
MikeGB wrote:Sure, but most of the other Weather Reporting Agencies were warning of the return of cold and snow tomorrow near a week ago!
For once the Echo is simply quoting a Met Office warning. That means, for those babies wanting to be cynical and bore the rest of us with their miserable little unwise-cracks, that people may want to make plans in case severe weather materialises. It might be worth covering the windscreen, making sure you have the right clothing, even making sure your mobile phone is charged in case you are delayed. It also means those who work outside in the early hours can prepare. If it comes to nothing, no matter, but who would be the first to criticise if no warning was issued and it actually did snow? I think we all know.
Hessenford
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9:04pm Sun 10 Mar 13
sea poole wrote:Or....no health and safety, no human rights act, no council tax, cheap fuel, no junk mail, no high vis jackets, no European dictatorship, no double yellow lines, no speed cameras, the list is endless, ah yes the good old days.
Ah, how the nostalgia brings tears to eyes, thinking of the good old days...when schools never shut (not even on Sundays or Christmas Day), people battled through 50 ft snowdrifts and mother was still mangling the washing whilst digging coal out of the frozen ground...yes, the good old days...
Nicolajade
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9:19pm Sun 10 Mar 13
O'Reilly
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9:19pm Sun 10 Mar 13
Hessenford wrote:And definitely not a high-viz vest in sight.............Bl
sea poole wrote:Or....no health and safety, no human rights act, no council tax, cheap fuel, no junk mail, no high vis jackets, no European dictatorship, no double yellow lines, no speed cameras, the list is endless, ah yes the good old days.
Ah, how the nostalgia brings tears to eyes, thinking of the good old days...when schools never shut (not even on Sundays or Christmas Day), people battled through 50 ft snowdrifts and mother was still mangling the washing whilst digging coal out of the frozen ground...yes, the good old days...
iss!
mysticalshoelace
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10:50pm Sun 10 Mar 13
Nicolajade wrote:Sort of, it's been like a very light drizzle of snow for the last couple of hours.
Is it snowing yet?
chris100
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11:06pm Sun 10 Mar 13
tricky1007
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6:48am Mon 11 Mar 13
fletch for manager
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9:24am Mon 11 Mar 13
scrumpyjack
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9:28am Mon 11 Mar 13
sea poole wrote:Nostalgia? Not as good as it used to be.
Ah, how the nostalgia brings tears to eyes, thinking of the good old days...when schools never shut (not even on Sundays or Christmas Day), people battled through 50 ft snowdrifts and mother was still mangling the washing whilst digging coal out of the frozen ground...yes, the good old days...
goatty
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9:37am Mon 11 Mar 13
mysticalshoelace
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9:55am Mon 11 Mar 13
BournemouthMum
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9:58am Mon 11 Mar 13
sea poole
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10:00am Mon 11 Mar 13
sea poole
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10:02am Mon 11 Mar 13
John T
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10:03am Mon 11 Mar 13
fletch for manager wrote:And there is not even enough snow on the pier for a peer to write his yellow warning in the snow!
Pathetic looks like someone's chucked icing sugar over the car!
upyourpipe
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10:29am Mon 11 Mar 13
sea poole wrote:I think you'll find I posed a question not a prophesy, learn the difference.
upyourpipe- Can almost hear your audible sigh of disappointment as your immediate prophesy of schools closed hasn't come to fruition. Guess there's nothing to write about then...?
Ebb Tide
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10:30am Mon 11 Mar 13
Afcbpete
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10:33am Mon 11 Mar 13
upyourpipe wrote:I totally agree with you "upyourpipe", I've not read many of the posts I have to say, but I was surprised to see the little dears going to school this morning. Like you, I was at school in 1963, I think our school was closed for a couple of days due to burst pipes, but I remember a path dugout across the playground to get from one of the classes to the main school. I had to travel by bus, making 2 changes, I only mention that, because today, most kids wouldn't do that. People may not like to hear it, because often the truth hurts, but WE ARE a Nanny State!!!
sea poole wrote:Funny, I was of school age during the big freeze of 1963 and our school didn't close once, but then we were made of stronger fiber back then, not like the nanny state wossies of today.
upyourpipe -Didn't realise that the 'nanny state' was in force when schools closed on a regular basis pre WW2 due to snow, rain and village/community events...
We fought our way through 4 foot snow drifts to schools with roaring coal fires, now a half inch of snow closes the whole country, what a sorry state for a once great country.
Bournesouthmouth Downpokes
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11:32am Mon 11 Mar 13
Bournesouthmouth Downpokes
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12:25pm Mon 11 Mar 13
radical
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12:52pm Mon 11 Mar 13
andydixon
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1:48pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Bournesouthmouth Downpokes
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2:44pm Mon 11 Mar 13
ol'bag lady
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3:55pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Not grown up much then.
Upyors'n'all.
Phixer
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4:03pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Hessenford wrote:Think you've been looking in the wrong place. We didn't have 'metres' in 1963.
Out of curiosity I have been trying to find out the actual numbers to compare school closures in 1963 compared to this year.
I have found a couple of references to this which were as follows, in 1963 approx 900 schools were shut across the U.K during the period from December 26th till March 23rd. Blizzards caused snowdrifts up to six metres deep, telephone lines were brought down and temperatures fell so low the sea froze over.
2013 over 10,000 schools were shut by snow only a couple of inches deep and lasting a couple of days, I would say that we have become a nation of health and safety fanatics instead of the bulldog breed we were once known for.
Phixer
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4:05pm Mon 11 Mar 13
sea poole wrote:How deep were the snow drifts? Maybe a stray zero in there somewhere.
Ah, how the nostalgia brings tears to eyes, thinking of the good old days...when schools never shut (not even on Sundays or Christmas Day), people battled through 50 ft snowdrifts and mother was still mangling the washing whilst digging coal out of the frozen ground...yes, the good old days...
I built an igloo in the garden 1963. Don't think we've come anywhere close to that since then.
oversixty
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4:17pm Mon 11 Mar 13
It seems the ones complaining were the parents who then had the responsibility of looking after their kids for that day!
If those kids had gone to school and got injured, no doubt they would be the ones to claim compensation!
upyourpipe
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4:25pm Mon 11 Mar 13
ol'bag lady wrote:Shorten your name, get rid of the "lady"
Upyerpipe - School age in 1963?
Not grown up much then.
Upyors'n'all.
ol'bag lady
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5:43pm Mon 11 Mar 13
upyourpipe wrote:Like I said - Not grown up much then.
ol'bag lady wrote:Shorten your name, get rid of the "lady"
Upyerpipe - School age in 1963?
Not grown up much then.
Upyors'n'all.
MikeGB
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6:15pm Mon 11 Mar 13
awsokend
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6:45pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Another snowflake expected at 5 past nine.
portia6
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2:57am Tue 12 Mar 13
SeafaringMan wrote:Thanks SeafaringMan my son and his
After all the miserable posts on this item I thought that it was time to introduce a nicer touch.
Happy Mothers' Day to all mothers - and their families.
lovely girlfriend sent me lovely flowers
courtesy of Interflora! Happy Mother's
Day to all and my mum, whom we lost
5 years ago.
portia6
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3:00am Tue 12 Mar 13
Oakdale12 wrote:Very accurate weather report Oakdale
BBC say "Rain will readily turn to snow and will fall across many southern areas overnight, giving some accumulations. Drier elsewhere but with isolated snow showers. Bitterly cold with frost and ice."
12 lets hope the weekend improves!
elfinia
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6:45pm Tue 12 Mar 13
I lived with "The Millers" in a private childrens home , next to the dentist's. We had to play out, freezing or not. It seemed normal then but now I think the sixties and seventies must have been a mini ice age ! Anyhow, the big freeze ended and The Beatles brightened up our days.
lookingonthebrightside
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12:22am Wed 13 Mar 13
The Timelord
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9:17pm Thu 14 Mar 13
ol'bag lady wrote:hand bag waving again? S'now passe!
upyourpipe wrote:Like I said - Not grown up much then.
ol'bag lady wrote:Shorten your name, get rid of the "lady"
Upyerpipe - School age in 1963?
Not grown up much then.
Upyors'n'all.
upyourpipe says...
12:46pm Sun 10 Mar 13