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4 Dec 08 - Arctic winds, snow and frosts have come in such a blast this
winter that the bookmakers report record numbers of bets on a white
Christmas so early in December. The Met Office has issued a blizzard of
severe weather warnings, telling us to wrap up warm, take care on the
roads, generally scaring the living daylights out of everyone about the
perils of cold.
Suddenly we seem to be facing a Siberian freeze, which may come as shock
because, yes, winter can be cold. This is what a British winter is
supposed to be like, but for many years autumn has almost slipped
seamlessly into springtime with hardly a pause for winter. But we should
be more chilled out about the cold because it actually does a power of
good.
Read entire article by Paul Simons entitled “Nothing's bleak about a
cold midwinter”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5282176.ece
Thanks to Marc Morano for this link
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