Nowt so queer as folk!!

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  1. Val..

    Val.. Confessed snail lover

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    A middle aged chap I see most mornings walking to get his paper, very well spoken articulate man (in case you think he's the village idiot) this morning he was wearing a thick padded coat!!! and the strange thing was he didn't even seem hot!!! :ouch1::phew:

    Val
     
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      Perhaps all the padding was there to accommodate all the pipework for his liquid cooling system. If its good enough for NASA...
       
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        Perhaps he lives at the top of one of those mountains near you Val?
         
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          It dose keep you cooler, the sun's rays don't get through, in hot countrys you will see people wearing coats
          I wear coats on very hot days
           
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          I can assure you in hot countries you often see them wearing black ... :phew: :thud:
           
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          That's because he was naked underneath.
           
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            How do you know? Was it you Zigs?
             
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              I used to work with an old farmer and he used to wear the same winter and summer,what keeps the heat in keeps it out he used to say.He was in his 70's I was a young teenager at the time and he was still going when I was dead on my feet.
               
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                Val , are you sure he wasn't in the spot the village idiot competition ?
                 
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