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Hi Everyone
just a bit of info

Age Concern and Help the Aged urge people to be good neighbours during cold snap
05 January 2010
The Charity is calling on everyone to keep an eye out for older family, friends and neighbours amidst concerns that extreme temperatures could result in a repeat of last year’s excess winter mortality 10-year high.

Age Concern and Help the Aged is urging people to keep the festive spirit alive a little longer by making an extra effort to check on older people during the current cold snap.

For many older people protection against the cold can be a matter of life and death, with around three quarters of last year’s excess winter deaths recorded among people aged 75 or older.

Andrew Harrop, Head of Policy at Age Concern and Help the Aged said: ‘'With around 2.5 million older households living in fuel poverty, many pensioners will be struggling with high energy bills this winter.’

Anyone who is cutting back on basics such as food or heating because they are concerned about high energy bills should call our free helpline on 0800 00 99 66 or contact a local Age Concern for advice on the extra benefits they are entitled to

If you know of anyone who is housebound or elderley
check to see if they need any shopping bread milk ect
Help if you can it only takes a few mins to show you care x

Hi Everyone
Well its snowing heavily here again
A good couple of inches have fallen just when i thought it was clearing up

You're stealing all our snow, leave a bit for us.
Is it snowing in Aldingbourne Nicky?
Heather in Switzerland

Morning Everyone
Well a good few inches of snow has fallen overnight and its icy cold
And it doesnt look like any chance of this lot going any time soon
stay warm wherever you are and if you have to go out take care

Get your butt over to the panto thread Polly - stop messing about in the snow.

Regards to Alice.

Perse xx

Throws snowball at Perse >>>>>>>>>>>> splat xx
PMSL

Hi Everyone
well had more snow through the night its bitterley cold and icy
take care wherever you are and stay safe and warm

Will you get out of that snow and get to the easter egg hunt your name has been mentioned -
and will you stop clogging up my keyboard with snow drops - I am never sure whether they are snow or the other variety.

Persey

No snow here in Adelaide .. just 41deg today and 43 forecast for Sunday & Monday. Great for sitting in the air coditioning and watching tennis. Unfortunately, just seen the British doubles pair lose to Spain ..

Hello Franjipannee

I had to reread that so I could spell it right.
I love Adelaide but don't like the heat prefer to be there around September - spent time at your market place. It is a really nice city.

Persey from NZ

Received some lovely photos of the snow down there in Kent .. made me feel much cooler. It is now 8.50 pm here and still 33 deg.

I have a cousin in Adelaide - she keeps me updated on your weather and vice versa - so it's baking hot there and freezing cold here in Cardiff, UK - donlt know how large a city Adelaide is but she works for the police - firearms department

Its started here again in Monmouth S Wales !!!!!

jude :o)

ooer - is it coming my way? I'm off to see Les Miserables this afternoon

It's the turn of our south east corner now..Can't complain because we haven't done too bad up to now.........
Coming down thick and fast, mixed with gritty hail, all blowing in on a stiff easterly wind.
We are near the south coast, but 'round the corner' the other side of Dover, there are road closures because of the amount of snow.

Keep warm everyone.

Gwyn

No snow here Jude so keep it over your way wont you?

We had some more small hard snow for about an hour this afternoon here in Chelmsford.

I had to deliver something to someone about half a mile or so away so walked the dogs (labrabors) round there.
They loved it and when we got back it was cold enough to just brush the snow off their backs with by hand, it hadn't melted on them at all so they were almost perfectly dry underneath .
The pavements have snow which hasn't melted on them, so perfectly safe for walking so long as you've got a decent tread on your boots.
The roads are another matter, though !

Just went down the shed and got the sledge out, it's ancient with steel runners, so should go well down the road tomorrow. I might indulge in a second childhood.

We appear to have more children about than I knew of in our street! I know of only three old enough to be out sledging, but I counted seven and an unknown Dad out the field at the end of my garden! I should explain there are only 21 homes here, so we know everyone. There is a good slope and they are coming down ata terrific speed. The 93 yr old next door is panicing in case they cause damage to her hedge, but then she always gets in that sort of panic if children are playing. I tell her they are doing no harm, just enjoying themselves.

back from seeing Les Mis - terrific!!! and thanks to some people from Monmouth who failed to make it to the show we got our tickets upgraded!! an ill wind an all that - a lady runs a club called Culture Vultures and had organised a whole coach party for the show - they go all over the place apparently. Well at least half a dozen failed to make it so she was selling the tickets off and charging £10 a ticket - so we upgraded our £15 tickets to £45 ones!!! our £15 tickets were all we could get as it has been a total sell-out and we had "restricted view" written on them, so had no idea how bad they would be - now we'll never know, so we were sorry for the people who failed to make it, but happy to take their place

There just isn't any snow around here. I have checked the freezer but that is a frost free model. I wish it was winter!!! This is our second heatwave in about two months. There is only so much clothing you can take off before they arrest you for indecent exposure.


For Anne of GG. Courtesy of the WWW.

Adelaide (pronounced /ˈædəleɪd/[3]) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million.[4] It is a coastal city situated on the eastern shores of Gulf St. Vincent, on the Adelaide Plains, north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St. Vincent and the low-lying Mount Lofty Ranges. It is roughly 20 km (12 mi) from the coast to the foothills but sprawls 90 km (56 mi) from Gawler at its northern extent to Sellicks Beach in the south.

Named in honour of Queen Adelaide who was born in Germany, the consort of King William IV, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for the only freely settled British province in Australia. Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's founding fathers, designed the city and chose its location close to the River Torrens in the area originally inhabited by Indigenous Australians of the Kaurna tribe. Light's design set out Adelaide in a grid layout, interspaced by wide boulevards and large public squares, and entirely surrounded by parkland. Early Adelaide was shaped by religious freedom and a commitment to political progressivism and civil liberties, which led to world-first reforms.

As South Australia's seat of government and commercial centre, Adelaide is the site of many governmental and financial institutions. Most of these are concentrated in the city centre along the cultural boulevard of North Terrace, King William Street and in various districts of the metropolitan area.

Today, Adelaide is noted for its many festivals and sporting events, its food, wine and culture, its long beachfronts, and its large defence and manufacturing sectors. It continues to rank highly as a livable city, being in the Top 10 in The Economist's World's Most Livable Cities index.[