"Jim Webster" wrote in message
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isn't there a joke which runs something along the lines of the chief of a
tribe of Indians phones the local met office and asks what the weather
will
be like for winter. Eventually the guy admits he doesn't know but suspects
it might be cold.
The chief then tells his people that it might be sensible to get more wood
in than normal
Over the next few weeks the predictions for the following winter grow
worse,
so the chief spurs his people into greater efforts.
Finally one of the elders of the tribe points out that they now have more
fire wood available than ever before, so just how bad will the winter be?
The chief phones the met office and asks, getting the answer, "It's going
to
be real bad, have you seen how much wood the Indians have got in their
winter stock piles?"


Yup, that's what it's based on
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Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl