What type of place have I landed in ???

I was watching the DVD "The Day After" yesterday (A movie about global warming causing a new ice age and after went out and made the following observation if a new ice age came none here would notice

At sub zero temperatures (well they felt like it to me) there where little girls (i.e. teenagers) dressed in tank tops mini skirts and sandals this was while "GRITTERS" where going around (gritters are trucks that sprinkle a mixture of salt and sand on the roads to stop cars skidding out of control - what type of country has things like that - am starting to feel afraid.

An interesting link to the WW1 service records of British servicemen (including the Royal Flying Corps, check out Winston Churchill.

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