"p.k." wrote in message
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Phil L wrote:
Malcolm wrote:
In article , Draven
writes
It's just happened.

How big is a marble?

about the same size as a hailstone.

Isn't it funny how no one ever says, "we've just had hailstones the
size of lentils"s

That's because the big ones can cause serious damage - our Company car
needed a new roof after being caught in an overnight hail storm in France
last summer. The nice shiny roof had the texture an appearance of
hammerite!


Back in the 1970s, my car needed a new bonnet and bootlid, and repairs to
the roof, after a hailstorm. The cold frames in the garden were also smashed
by the hailstones, which were much bigger than marbles - some of them seemed
to be a couple of inches in diameter.