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[cem_devecioglu]

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..

[omega3000]

2ft of snow and still got to work on my RD250 when i was 20 

[05omegav6]

Don't panic Cem, it's only 50 miles each way

[Terbs]

Swmbo been out doing the normal weekly shop, and said its manic. Everyone shopping today instead of tomorrow/weekend. Balmy

[Lazydocker]

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

[cem_devecioglu]

Don't panic Cem, it's only 50 miles each way

2 years ago I have passed 20 miles in 11 hours
 
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

[cem_devecioglu]

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   seriously, you may think I'm exaggerating but life tought me not to take any unnecessary risks.. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

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!! 

[omega3000]

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 ! 

[cem_devecioglu]

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!! 

    I was never be able to install any of those chain thingies properly in those conditions..  so I always use winter tyres..

[OOMV6]

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.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

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 ! 

Glad I did a big shop at Sainsbury's yesterday!

[albitz]

Don't panic Cem, it's only 50 miles each way

2 years ago I have passed 20 miles in 11 hours
 
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

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.

[Taxi_Driver]

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 

[omegod]

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