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Re: Ok, so it's pretty warm...
« Reply #15 on: 18 July 2013, 21:42:44 »

Aye twas hot in 76 , remember throwing straw bales onto a trailer all day for £10 a week  :( Those were the days when blisters healed on top of blisters . Then we slept in a shoe box  ;D
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Re: Ok, so it's pretty warm...
« Reply #16 on: 18 July 2013, 23:58:58 »

I remember 76 had a Red Mini which me and a mate painted black, added the LCB exhaust and 6" wide steel 10" wheels and wide tyres, that's what you did in those days....... :y :y :y

I remember '76 well. I had a Triton 650, which decided to shear the crankshaft. So I ended up cycling to work and back for most of the summer, while I completely rebuilt and resprayed the bike. I just got it back on the road as it started to hiss it down with rain.
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Re: Ok, so it's pretty warm...
« Reply #17 on: 19 July 2013, 00:16:02 »

I remember 76 had a Red Mini which me and a mate painted black, added the LCB exhaust and 6" wide steel 10" wheels and wide tyres, that's what you did in those days....... :y :y :y

I remember '76 well. I had a Triton 650, which decided to shear the crankshaft. So I ended up cycling to work and back for most of the summer, while I completely rebuilt and resprayed the bike. I just got it back on the road as it started to hiss it down with rain.

Yes, I seem to remember all the concerns about lack of water in reserve yet all the reservoirs soon filled up once the rain started...... :D :D

I also remember 1995 when HGV were used to move water from the north to the south, working that year, but moving back North and going to Uni in 96 (Mature Student) hoped for a repeat as I have an HGV1 but not to be repeated, my visions of instant wealth were well and truly squashed.... :'( :'( ::)
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Re: Ok, so it's pretty warm...
« Reply #18 on: 19 July 2013, 00:19:42 »

I remember 76.Spent most of it thrashing round on motorbikes. Ended up in hospital and go out just before Christmas. ::)
Havent really been right since. ;D
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Re: Ok, so it's pretty warm...
« Reply #19 on: 19 July 2013, 09:04:31 »

I remember Grandma setting fire to the hay in the orchard, and then having 3 fire engines turn up to deal with it.


It must be genetic ;D
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Re: Ok, so it's pretty warm...
« Reply #20 on: 19 July 2013, 09:13:53 »

I remember Grandma setting fire to the hay in the orchard, and then having 3 fire engines turn up to deal with it.


It must be genetic ;D

I bet she didn't have the big bang though :D :D ;)
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Re: Ok, so it's pretty warm...
« Reply #21 on: 19 July 2013, 10:37:23 »

Lost my cherry during the long hot summer of '76'..... :y :y

1983 was another hot summer if memory serves. :y :y

anyone we know - male/female?


It was deffo a girl, I think. ;D ;D
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« Reply #22 on: 19 July 2013, 14:06:50 »

Well , the weather girlie said its going to be 32deg on monday  :o We are so lucky to have decent weather for a change  :-X
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Re: Ok, so it's pretty warm...
« Reply #23 on: 19 July 2013, 15:26:53 »

Well , the weather girlie said its going to be 32deg on monday  :o We are so lucky to have decent weather for a change  :-X

Watch out if you have ti lickt road clean wit tongue on Monday. It might stick to it. Best not venture out of your shoebox. Iphone in sick. ;D ;D
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Re: Ok, so it's pretty warm...
« Reply #24 on: 19 July 2013, 16:00:13 »

Lost my cherry during the long hot summer of '76'..... :y :y

1983 was another hot summer if memory serves. :y :y

anyone we know - male/female?


It was deffo a girl, I think. ;D ;D

Yes I lost my cherry in a field in the open air in the country - her mother saw us and what did the mother have to say about that?????

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Re: Ok, so it's pretty warm...
« Reply #25 on: 19 July 2013, 21:31:50 »

Well , the weather girlie said its going to be 32deg on monday  :o We are so lucky to have decent weather for a change  :-X

Watch out if you have ti lickt road clean wit tongue on Monday. It might stick to it. Best not venture out of your shoebox. Iphone in sick. ;D ;D

Correction , its going to reach 35deg on wed  :o Just like being in spain  :-[
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Re: Ok, so it's pretty warm...
« Reply #26 on: 19 July 2013, 22:09:34 »

Well , the weather girlie said its going to be 32deg on monday  :o We are so lucky to have decent weather for a change  :-X

Watch out if you have ti lickt road clean wit tongue on Monday. It might stick to it. Best not venture out of your shoebox. Iphone in sick. ;D ;D

Correction , its going to reach 35deg on wed  :o Just like being in spain  :-[
38 in Murcia on weds.
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Re: Ok, so it's pretty warm...
« Reply #27 on: 20 July 2013, 01:00:04 »

In Southern Europe it is normal to have 30-40degC in the summer, so I can't see what the fuss is about. I guess a bunch of jobworths who are having a day off from H&S, outreach working or counting how many portions of fruit and veg you have a day and have decided to tell us what is best with our current weather to justify their unjustifiable jobs.

In May when I was in the Ukraine in was 30-34degC virtually every day, but that did not stop me building a bathroom and porch extension, just put on suntan cream for the hottest part of the day and drank plenty of water. After a few days of hard work and plenty of vitamin D production I felt much better than I had in months after last years summer washout and our prolonged cold winter.

On Thursday I was in London for a meeting and rather than get a taxi or the tube, I have very enjoyable 1.5 mile walk from Waterloo station along the Southbank enjoying the views, especially all the women in their summer finary.  :) :) :) There was a free bar at the meeting / presentation, which worked very well in quenching my thirst from the brisk walk, followed by a wine tasting session.  :) :) :) :) I then went and had a curry with the person that invited me and then walked back to Waterloo station, this along with walking to my local station, walking for our branch line station Farnborough North to Farnborough main line station meant I walked about 7 miles all in all. It might have been 32degC but what is the problem, natures cooling mechanism is that you sweat.
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