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    #51
    Having gone quite late I was quite concerned to see that a lot of his head seemed to have gone but, having checked, he didn't have much of a head in the first place (though bigger than most of his ilk). If he falls over it might make determining the precise date of extinction difficult, especially if some of him falls into the shelter of those trees at the back. I hope you realise the responsibility you have taken on, ah.

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      #52
      We went out for dinner with a Slovenian friend the other night and she was showing us photos of her scenically snowbound home village. "So, ah, how quickly does snow like that tend to melt?" I asked. She looked slightly nonplussed, while giving a ballpark timescale, but I didn't think that revealing the reason for the question would necessarily make it seem any less odd.

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        #53
        Originally posted by Capybara View Post
        I hope you realise the responsibility you have taken on, ah.
        I thought that was a Fall tribute for a second.

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          #54
          "The snowman whose head...diminished-ah!"

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            #55
            *chortle*

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              #56
              Originally posted by Capybara View Post
              *chortle*
              He's built an empire on chortles like that...

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                #57
                *Sigh* I wish...

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                  #58
                  As it's March, photo update :

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                    #59
                    I've still nearly two weeks, so still confident

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                      #60
                      Originally posted by Gangster Octopus View Post
                      Originally posted by ad hoc View Post
                      Actually there has been a decided rise in temperatures the last two days. We're above zero at the moment. But I suspect 28th Feb is optimistic.
                      I'll bite: 25th of February. It would've been my grandfather's 115th birthday...
                      I fell for that one, didn't I...

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                        #61
                        Originally posted by Gangster Octopus View Post
                        I fell for that one, didn't I...
                        As an early March ticket holder, I'm consoling myself with the thought that we didn't specify which year, so all is not lost yet.

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                          #62
                          I'm feeling confident

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                            #63
                            Originally posted by EIM View Post
                            I'm feeling confident
                            The people who laughed, who called you a fool and mocked your childlike optimism, well, you should probably tell them that you have entered the competition.

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                              #64
                              I was wondering how the big European freeze was going to affect this. I was actually going to find the thread and ask, had ad hoc not already updated it.

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                                #65
                                So after a week of warm temperatures and two days of torrential rain I decided I ought to check our friend out.

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                                  #66
                                  And to be honest I was somewhat surprised at what I found

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                                    #67
                                    And? Come on, this is important.

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                                      #68
                                      Lost a fair bit of weight but frankly he's holding up well. You'll note that the snow has gone (more or less) from the ground...


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                                        #69
                                        Bah. I mean, well done, indomitable snowman.

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                                          #70
                                          I'm feeling good about my prediction.

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                                            #71
                                            My prediction was yesterday 😠,though that is one tough snowman

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                                              #72
                                              Yeah, the bids are falling thick and fast now.

                                              Gangster Octopus - 25th February
                                              Gerontophile - 28th February
                                              tee rex - 1st March
                                              Benjm - 6th March
                                              Felicity, I guess so - 11th March
                                              elguapo4 - 13th March
                                              MsD - 15th March
                                              Ek weet nie - 17th March
                                              Satchmo Distel - 19th March
                                              nmrfox - 22nd March
                                              Toby Gymshorts 26th March
                                              Antepli Erdejha - 27th March
                                              Incandenza - 28th March
                                              Various Artist - 29th March
                                              Guy Profumo - 30th March
                                              pebblethefish - 1st April
                                              Patrick Thistle - 2nd April
                                              Auntie Beryl - 4th April (free at last)
                                              Femme Folle - 5th April
                                              G-Man - 6th April
                                              Southport Zeb - 9th April
                                              hobbes - 10th April
                                              Sam - 11th April
                                              Sits - 13th April
                                              blameless - 15th April
                                              Wouter - 16th April
                                              Lang Spoon - 18th April
                                              wiblfibl - 19th April
                                              diggedy derek - 20th April
                                              3 Colours Red - 22nd April
                                              ursus arctos 24th April
                                              delicatemoth - 27th April
                                              San Bernardhinault - 30th April
                                              Kevin S - 4th May
                                              Capybara - 5th May
                                              Jah Womble - 14th May
                                              WOM - 24th May
                                              Janik - 28th May
                                              Hot Pepsi - 1st June
                                              Duncan Gardner - 11th July
                                              EIM -11th February, 2019

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                                                #73
                                                Thanks for the update!

                                                I just hope that no one takes things too far and goes to the town to find where the snowman was and starts waving a hair dryer over it so they can have it completely melted on the day they picked.

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                                                  #74
                                                  I've used a hairdryer to help defrost a small freezer once or twice... that takes long enough...

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                                                    #75
                                                    Originally posted by Incandenza View Post
                                                    Thanks for the update!

                                                    I just hope that no one takes things too far and goes to the town to find where the snowman was and starts waving a hair dryer over it so they can have it completely melted on the day they picked.
                                                    I resent that accusation.

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