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Offline Diane CBPFC

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Brrr - it's cold
« on: March 10, 2009, 03:40:02 PM »
We had a "bus day" today - that means it was too cold for the busses to run at -36C + windchill. The bus driver was on the road when she heard the news as busses usually don't get cancelled when it is warmer than -40C.

But it's March and I have had enough.

Let's all think of warm things to cheer me up.
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Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: Brrr - it's cold
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2009, 05:06:09 PM »
Quote from: Diane CBPFC on March 10, 2009, 03:40:02 PM

The bus driver was on the road when she heard the news


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That was a typo, wasn't it, Diane?
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Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: Brrr - it's cold
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2009, 05:34:32 PM »
Thanks Peeps - nothing like a little sexism to get the blood boiling. I feel warmer already.
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Re: Brrr - it's cold
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2009, 05:54:22 PM »
Burning effigies of sexist pigs may also help, Diane...plus you get the great smell of good old-fashioned bacon into the bargain.
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Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: Brrr - it's cold
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2009, 06:02:50 PM »
Actually, when I used to be a bus-conductor, they were just starting to have women bus-drivers.

It was great seeing the reactions of passengers as they got on!

Then one became Prime Minister.  ..0
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Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: Brrr - it's cold
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2009, 07:19:52 PM »
That is a cool story Peeps. Maggie Thatcher was so inspired by your bus conducting under a woman driver she went on to rule the country.

Just imagine what she could have done with her life if she had met you during your Lollipop Man years!
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Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: Brrr - it's cold
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2009, 07:26:14 PM »
I was never a REAL Lollipop man, Diane!  ..0

I loved my Bus Conducting year or so. I had my own ticket machine and fare guide. (Also a uniform of course). I did it after leaving school for a couple of Summer holidays, and also for much of a year when I finished a college course early, before commencing another one. Birds used to love seeing me in uniform, and I got asked out by one excited young passenger.
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Re: Brrr - it's cold
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2009, 08:20:26 PM »
Quote from: The Peepmaster on March 10, 2009, 07:26:14 PM
I was never a REAL Lollipop man, Diane!  ..0

I loved my Bus Conducting year or so. I had my own ticket machine and fare guide. (Also a uniform of course). I did it after leaving school for a couple of Summer holidays, and also for much of a year when I finished a college course early, before commencing another one. Birds used to love seeing me in uniform, and I got asked out by one excited young passenger.

Gosh! These three-year-olds are very forward.
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Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: Brrr - it's cold
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2009, 08:52:43 PM »
What a disappointment that is Peeps - like many women - I have certain fantasies about Lollipop men.
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Re: Brrr - it's cold
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2009, 05:53:35 AM »
Peeps, all that last post needed was a guffaw from Reg Varney and a "right li'l rayvah" from the bloke who looks like Tom Petty's lecherous older brother.
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Offline Roger Kettle

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Re: Brrr - it's cold
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2009, 08:50:15 PM »
Diane, I forgot to ask how my moose was doing. Has the cold weather brought it back to your garden? On a slightly different note, I was reading recently about another Bigfoot sighting in Canada. Apparently, this timid creature has a rather pungent odour so I thought I'd warn you. If you're standing at your back door, enjoying the view, and your nostrils are suddenly filled with a strange, strong perfume, move back indoors slowly and slide the bolt into place.
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Offline Max

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Re: Brrr - it's cold
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2009, 09:24:53 PM »
"Apparently, this timid creature has a rather pungent odour so I thought I'd warn you. If you're standing at your back door, enjoying the view, and your nostrils are suddenly filled with a strange, strong perfume, move back indoors slowly and slide the bolt into place."

Because Mince may have found out your address.  :o
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Offline Roger Kettle

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Re: Brrr - it's cold
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2009, 10:04:55 PM »
Excellent, Max! Peeps will be jealous.
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Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: Brrr - it's cold
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2009, 10:43:46 PM »
Quote from: Roger Kettle on March 11, 2009, 10:04:55 PM
Excellent, Max! Peeps will be jealous.

It was already running through my brain... An excellent post none-the-less. Not sure how rancid haddock can venture so far inland mind, but let's not let that spoil the vision.
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