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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Marie on 17 January 2013, 14:48:24
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its going to SNOW and BAD
its BAD enough we are even being givin time off work to travel home even with the risk we might not make it back sunday night. :y :
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Time off for snow? ;D
The local train service here has already cancelled tomorrows trains and folks working here were told to make arrangements with colleagues to travel via alternative means if they rely on the trains (e.g. drive, someone who lives in the same town as the office, etc)..
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My misses has been told that if they don't get to work, they don't get paid ;D
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My misses has been told that if they don't get to work, they don't get paid ;D
not good :'(
normally they wait until its too late and we are stuck at work and they order us we cant travel duty of care and all.
thank god i have my snow kit in the car. :y
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My misses has been told that if they don't get to work, they don't get paid ;D
Thanks to the wonders of the interwebs, I can work from anywhere.. but if A doesn't go to work then the shop doesn't open and she won't get paid; so I'll probably be on the roads regardless (assuming the winter tyres still have some grip, I may well have left most of the rear rubber on the tarmac a couple of nights ago :-[ )
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Time off for snow? ;D
The local train service here has already cancelled tomorrows trains and folks working here were told to make arrangements with colleagues to travel via alternative means if they rely on the trains (e.g. drive, someone who lives in the same town as the office, etc)..
WTF? Not a single snowflake has fallen yet. :o
So, a mass transport system that ought to be able to cope (rail) just gives up, leaving more traffic on another mass transport system that doesn't cope (road). >:(
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WTF? Not a single snowflake has fallen yet. :o
So, a mass transport system that ought to be able to cope (rail) just gives up, leaving more traffic on another mass transport system that doesn't cope (road). >:(
You couldn't make it up, could you?
http://nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/sa0f0de421c246aea4659fc6527bd1ee/details.html
Work is serviced by Chertsey station (see list of closures in the link above) - sometimes I have to side with all the folks at work from properly snowy countries in going 'WTF, England?'..
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I am so sick of this pathetic nation. It is, or might be, snow. That's all. Have a look back at the old news items about when we really did get snow. I used to walk two miles to school, it was never closed because of snow and I never missed a day because of snow
Pathetic wimps.
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My missus is a headteachr in Sheffield. We live in Wakefield. She has never missed a day because of snow.
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WTF? Not a single snowflake has fallen yet. :o
So, a mass transport system that ought to be able to cope (rail) just gives up, leaving more traffic on another mass transport system that doesn't cope (road). >:(
You couldn't make it up, could you?
http://nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/sa0f0de421c246aea4659fc6527bd1ee/details.html
Work is serviced by Chertsey station (see list of closures in the link above) - sometimes I have to side with all the folks at work from properly snowy countries in going 'WTF, England?'..
No doubt they don't pay as large a penalty if they cancel services in advance as opposed to running them late or cancelling on the day. In addition, I guess they've forced their staff to take the day off as leave. Pathetic! >:(
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The problems with the railway (scalextric country excluded) is the staff not getting to work, not the infrastructure.
I will still be doing my 100 miles round trip commute tomorrow as usual (never missed a days work ever due to snow and dont intend to start now)
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In other words number 10 or 11 on my snow gauge scale. ::) ::) ::)
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=111004.0 (http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=111004.0)
In the Ukraine in the last month they have had two 1m+ dumps of snow. Okay the first one cause a bit of disruption for 24 hours as they don't normally get it so bad so early, so the snowploughs were a bit slow reacting, but the last one a week a go, life carried on as normal.
In 1962-63 schools, public transport and life carried on as normal for me and most others. How would the modern wimps have coped?
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In other words number 10 or 11 on my snow gauge scale. ::) ::) ::)
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=111004.0 (http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=111004.0)
In the Ukraine in the last month they have had two 1m+ dumps of snow. Okay the first one cause a bit of disruption for 24 hours as they don't normally get it so bad so early, so the snowploughs were a bit slow reacting, but the last one a week a go, life carried on as normal.
In 1962-63 schools, public transport and life carried on as normal for me and most others. How would the modern wimps have coped?
Men went to work and we went to school, even when people had to dig a path to the pavement and then clear the pavements to walk if the buses didn't run but that wasn't often.
Today people see a snow flake and go back to bed :(
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I am so sick of this pathetic nation. It is, or might be, snow. That's all. Have a look back at the old news items about when we really did get snow. I used to walk two miles to school, it was never closed because of snow and I never missed a day because of snow
Pathetic wimps.
hear hear didn't miss my driving test because of snow :y :y
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And I've got Autogrip Tyres that are past their best on the back of the car until tomorrow afternoon :-X ::)
I'll still be getting around though ;) :y
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The problems with the railway (scalextric country excluded) is the staff not getting to work, not the infrastructure.
I will still be doing my 100 miles round trip commute tomorrow as usual (never missed a days work ever due to snow and dont intend to start now)
??? Mr DTM, in the morning check the weather and if it really snows this time stay at home.. I have experienced days under snow that you travel even a mile in hours because of blocking traffic.. 100 miles is really a tall order..
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2ft of snow and still got to work on my RD250 when i was 20 ;D
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Don't panic Cem, it's only 50 miles each way ::)
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Swmbo been out doing the normal weekly shop, and said its manic. Everyone shopping today instead of tomorrow/weekend. Balmy ::)
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The problems with the railway (scalextric country excluded) is the staff not getting to work, not the infrastructure.
I will still be doing my 100 miles round trip commute tomorrow as usual (never missed a days work ever due to snow and dont intend to start now)
??? Mr DTM, in the morning check the weather and if it really snows this time stay at home.. I have experienced days under snow that you travel even a mile in hours because of blocking traffic.. 100 miles is really a tall order..
I think, like me, MDTM tends to prefer the untreated back roads when the weather is bad ::) That way you keep moving because there aren't a million idiots getting in the way ;)
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Don't panic Cem, it's only 50 miles each way ::)
2 years ago I have passed 20 miles in 11 hours ;D
if you are not a surgeon or an ambulance driver or an emergency service worker, not worth travelling all that distance under snow and taking unnnecessary risks.. there are other days you have to live :y
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The problems with the railway (scalextric country excluded) is the staff not getting to work, not the infrastructure.
I will still be doing my 100 miles round trip commute tomorrow as usual (never missed a days work ever due to snow and dont intend to start now)
??? Mr DTM, in the morning check the weather and if it really snows this time stay at home.. I have experienced days under snow that you travel even a mile in hours because of blocking traffic.. 100 miles is really a tall order..
I think, like me, MDTM tends to prefer the untreated back roads when the weather is bad ::) That way you keep moving because there aren't a million idiots getting in the way ;)
so when you are stuck no one helps you ;D seriously, you may think I'm exaggerating but life tought me not to take any unnecessary risks..
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I bought a set of Lidl's snow chains this afternoon. :)
I took them out to look at them and read the instructions and now I can't get them back in the case.... :-[
God knows what they'll be like to fit, so I'll be quite happy if I never use them and I've wasted my £19.99!! ;D
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Swmbo been out doing the normal weekly shop, and said its manic. Everyone shopping today instead of tomorrow/weekend. Balmy ::)
Thats just been on the news that many shops have ran out of milk and bread ::) Dont panic ! Dont panic ! ;D
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I bought a set of Lidl's snow chains this afternoon. :)
I took them out to look at them and read the instructions and now I can't get them back in the case.... :-[
God knows what they'll be like to fit, so I'll be quite happy if I never use them and I've wasted my £19.99!! ;D
;D I was never be able to install any of those chain thingies properly in those conditions.. so I always use winter tyres.. ;D :y
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Oh my, what a drama. The thing is, IME, there is really no need to struggle to work unless you are emergency services. If there is immense snow, then there will be so many absentees a lot of businesses will not be operating as normal anyway, if at all. Shopkeepers and the like should not stress if staff cannot make. Customers won't either.
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Swmbo been out doing the normal weekly shop, and said its manic. Everyone shopping today instead of tomorrow/weekend. Balmy ::)
Thats just been on the news that many shops have ran out of milk and bread ::) Dont panic ! Dont panic ! ;D
Glad I did a big shop at Sainsbury's yesterday! :D :D :D :y
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Don't panic Cem, it's only 50 miles each way ::)
2 years ago I have passed 20 miles in 11 hours ;D
if you are not a surgeon or an ambulance driver or an emergency service worker, not worth travelling all that distance under snow and taking unnnecessary risks.. there are other days you have to live :y
Cem,the immense snowfall we are being warned about will likely be around 6 - 8cms.The biggest part of the problem is that we now have 24 hour news media who have to fill the programmes with something,so they fill hours of airtime with scare stories about the impending "blizzard".
Everyone then panics and the country shuts down.I havent yet got badly stuck snow in the U.K. so will carry on regardless until I do. ;)
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My contract job has decided not to travel tomorrow, even tho' i tried to persuade them otherwise.
Its only a 50 mile run down the M4.....its alright for them, they will still get paid......but i'll be 150 squid worse off :(
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It's getting right on my tit's all this nonsense. Not 15 yrs ago I walked miles through thigh deep snow to get to the train station, got a train to town, crossed town through deep snow,got anther train then waded through it again to the Hopsital I worked in. Trains worked, I worked ...end of.
Emails from work today, it's going to snow.....weather warning.....don't travel unless nescessary..We run a drug treatment service, if the homeless,vulnerable and desperate of society can make it to our sites then the least I can do is get my arse out of my comfy warm bed and deal with them as they expect.
Country has turned into a pile of shitty wussie lilly livered pansies who can't be arsed putting the effort in.
P.s anyone fancy doing a snow chain guide tonight by torchlight as I haven't a clue and can't be arsed in the morning :)
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It is rather pathetic how this country reacts to a little bit of snow. With a little preparation you can overcome many of the difficulties you will encounter. I studied in Sheffield and I hate travelling by bus, I cycled everywhere regardless of the weather. Yes I had a few scrapes but you just get up, dust yourself off and carry on. I do remember unclipping my bike once to help push a bus up a hill on Eccleshall road ;D
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As for schools closing down when theres a inch or two of snow - words fail me.What happened to snowball fights in the playground ?
We used to go early when it was snowing so we could pelt each other with snowballs before morning assembly. ;D
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As for schools closing down when theres a inch or two of snow - words fail me.What happened to snowball fights in the playground ?We used to go early when it was snowing so we could pelt each other with snowballs before morning assembly. ;D
Banned under health and safety......no really, they are!!!! >:(
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As for schools closing down when theres a inch or two of snow - words fail me.What happened to snowball fights in the playground ?
We used to go early when it was snowing so we could pelt each other with snowballs before morning assembly. ;D
Did a few hit you on the head, Albs?
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It's two inches deep here and coming down in a torrent.
I'm self-employed and if there's still snow tomorrow, I'm giving myself the day off, and I'm going out cycling - might do 50-100 miles
For fun
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It's two inches deep here and coming down in a torrent.
I'm self-employed and if there's still snow tomorrow, I'm giving myself the day off, and I'm going out cycling - might do 50-100 miles
For fun
Cycling? Tour de France in the summer mate. So Christa and Harry have just been saying.....for a full half hour. :(
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I fall off a lot.
Better in the snow, it hurts less.
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I fall off a lot.
Better in the snow, it hurts less.
Bigegg..falls down...I've heard a story about that somewhere. ::)
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I fall off a lot.
Better in the snow, it hurts less.
Bigegg..falls down...I've heard a story about that somewhere. ::)
".......and they couldn't put him back together again" ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
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As for schools closing down when theres a inch or two of snow - words fail me.What happened to snowball fights in the playground ?
We used to go early when it was snowing so we could pelt each other with snowballs before morning assembly. ;D
Did a few hit you on the head, Albs?
Yes.Why do you ask ? ::) ;D ;D
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meteorology report: tonight STMO storms from the west , keep your heads down ;D
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1962- now that was a proper winter.I was only 4 years old ,but I can still just about remember it.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/17/uk-weather-winter-1963_n_2495334.html#slide=1994997
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I fall off a lot.
Better in the snow, it hurts less.
Bigegg..falls down...I've heard a story about that somewhere. ::)
".......and they couldn't put him back together again" ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
I have the scars to prove otherwise...
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It's getting right on my tit's all this nonsense. Not 15 yrs ago I walked miles through thigh deep snow to get to the train station, got a train to town, crossed town through deep snow,got anther train then waded through it again to the Hopsital I worked in. Trains worked, I worked ...end of.
Emails from work today, it's going to snow.....weather warning.....don't travel unless nescessary..We run a drug treatment service, if the homeless,vulnerable and desperate of society can make it to our sites then the least I can do is get my arse out of my comfy warm bed and deal with them as they expect.
Country has turned into a pile of shitty wussie lilly livered pansies who can't be arsed putting the effort in.
P.s anyone fancy doing a snow chain guide tonight by torchlight as I haven't a clue and can't be arsed in the morning :)
I never missed a day at school due to bad weather. No bus, no problem WALK. Did the three miles in deep drifts (one year the snow was so deep it was over peoples six foot high hedges) to the main road then wait for a pay bus. I remember once getting to school at 10.12 a.m. Got such a bo11ocking and the cane for "being late".
I think it was 1974. We had really, really bad snow, My brother was home on leave from the army (in Germany) and set off in his Capri. He abandoned it stuck in a drift 20 miles away. It was over a week before the road was re opened. and I could recover it. He got jankers (posh word for days scrubbing dustbins till the bosses boots could be seen in it) for arriving back 50 minutes late. Two days later my Mother had to abandon her Mini in snow despite having knobbly tyres and being a very capable driver. The next day, my Dad had an accident on a tractor when a towing chain came loose and knocked him off when it hit his his nose. The doctor walked FOUR miles across the fields and reset his face/nose in our kitchen.
It makes me laugh when I see a Sky News presenter at Watford (the North) saying how bad it is with half a cm on the ground.
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I bought a set of Lidl's snow chains this afternoon. :)
I took them out to look at them and read the instructions and now I can't get them back in the case.... :-[
God knows what they'll be like to fit, so I'll be quite happy if I never use them and I've wasted my £19.99!! ;D
I did similar 2 years ago, took one look and thought how the heck do you put then on in the snow........... ::) ::) ::)
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It's getting right on my tit's all this nonsense. Not 15 yrs ago I walked miles through thigh deep snow to get to the train station, got a train to town, crossed town through deep snow,got anther train then waded through it again to the Hopsital I worked in. Trains worked, I worked ...end of.
Emails from work today, it's going to snow.....weather warning.....don't travel unless nescessary..We run a drug treatment service, if the homeless,vulnerable and desperate of society can make it to our sites then the least I can do is get my arse out of my comfy warm bed and deal with them as they expect.
Country has turned into a pile of shitty wussie lilly livered pansies who can't be arsed putting the effort in.
P.s anyone fancy doing a snow chain guide tonight by torchlight as I haven't a clue and can't be arsed in the morning :)
I never missed a day at school due to bad weather. No bus, no problem WALK. Did the three miles in deep drifts (one year the snow was so deep it was over peoples six foot high hedges) to the main road then wait for a pay bus. I remember once getting to school at 10.12 a.m. Got such a bo11ocking and the cane for "being late".
I think it was 1974. We had really, really bad snow, My brother was home on leave from the army (in Germany) and set off in his Capri. He abandoned it stuck in a drift 20 miles away. It was over a week before the road was re opened. and I could recover it. He got jankers (posh word for days scrubbing dustbins till the bosses boots could be seen in it) for arriving back 50 minutes late. Two days later my Mother had to abandon her Mini in snow despite having knobbly tyres and being a very capable driver. The next day, my Dad had an accident on a tractor when a towing chain came loose and knocked him off when it hit his his nose. The doctor walked FOUR miles across the fields and reset his face/nose in our kitchen.
It makes me laugh when I see a Sky News presenter at Watford (the North) saying how bad it is with half a cm on the ground.
I never missed a day at school either. But that was probably in the days when the teachers also lived in the community. Nowadays teachers are so highly paid they can afford to live miles away and when the snow arrives they cannot make it to work so they close the school, simples.
Our school at the time had 1200 pupils, and I knew where at least 4 of my teachers lived, and if necessary could find out where the rest lived by talking to friends etc.
Heck some days I walked to school with my geography teacher as he lived in the same road as me.
And no teachers houses where ever attacked, and no teachers where ever attacked. I am talking about secondary school 11-16, and that was 1976-1981 for me.
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Oh my, what a drama. The thing is, IME, there is really no need to struggle to work unless you are emergency services. If there is immense snow, then there will be so many absentees a lot of businesses will not be operating as normal anyway, if at all. Shopkeepers and the like should not stress if staff cannot make. Customers won't either.
That falls down when you start thinking of international service industries, though .. just because it's snowing here, our customers from the rest of the world from Germany to China will still be calling, so we need the support staff here to answer them.
Granted if it's really apocalyptic we've been known to have Singapore, Tokyo, Beijing & Shanghai stay online into their night and then Seattle & Spokane come in early (the latter two usually through a lot more snow than we have! ;D)