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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: STEMO on 27 February 2018, 07:09:42
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So.........we've had our usual two inches and the BBC are obsessing over it, as always. Mo swept it off her car and went off to work, no problem. But, apparently, trains and planes can't cope with these 'arctic conditions'. ;D
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I had the usual BMW retard pulling straight out in front of me on a snow covered road
Colchester has had far more snow than Maldon area so far.......
Keith ABS
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No snow here in the tropical south west 8)
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No snow here in the tropical south west 8)
Give it time :D
Two inches at work since 2am, barely half an inch at home, but soft fluffy stuff, so got the drive and road in front of the house cleared and gritted before putting the car onto the drive. Just started snowing again here, so expect a further inch or so before the end of the day.
Have contracted TBs manflu, so shall retire to bed to die slowly and loudly instead of working tonight ::)
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Im about to fly home from Muscat. Presumably LHR is closed if there is more than a mm of snow. >:(
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Nothing here. Just a normal day.
I hate snow, can't find the sheep, well only the black ones
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Plenty here today , just got in from walking the dog over the farmland nearby the 4x4 was useful plenty stuck in the village.
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Yes we have had a good covering overnight and it is still snowing. First heavy snow for some time for us. :y
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A lovely brisk sunny day here today! :y
I about to depart for Wales for a couple of days though and am taking the Disco. ;)
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A lovely brisk sunny day here today! :y
I about to depart for Wales for a couple of days though and am taking the Disco. ;)
You might make it halfway to Bristol then. ;D
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So.........we've had our usual two inches and the BBC are obsessing over it, as always. Mo swept it off her car and went off to work, no problem. But, apparently, trains and planes can't cope with these 'arctic conditions'. ;D
Why?
There will be no 'headmistressing' duty for your young wife today.
The first snowflake means all the 'little snowflakes' get the day off school. It is possible they could slip and graze their knee. :'( :'(
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A lovely brisk sunny day here today! :y
I about to depart for Wales for a couple of days though and am taking the Disco. ;)
Don't forget your passport ::)
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So.........we've had our usual two inches and the BBC are obsessing over it, as always. Mo swept it off her car and went off to work, no problem. But, apparently, trains and planes can't cope with these 'arctic conditions'. ;D
The general public must be well and truly f*cked if they live in Northern Canada or Siberia. :)
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Fair amount of snow here in Newcastle , although everything seems to be working ok , I took the dog out first thing and she loved it ! , just been to the shops to get some milk and found no sign of "panic buying" (although the ciabatta rolls were a bit on the short side ) when the sun comes out it's quite warm hence lots of thawing , going to be a bugger tonight if it freezes though .
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So.........we've had our usual two inches and the BBC are obsessing over it, as always. Mo swept it off her car and went off to work, no problem. But, apparently, trains and planes can't cope with these 'arctic conditions'. ;D
The general public must be well and truly f*cked if they live in Northern Canada or Siberia. :)
No Opti. because they have skis or snowboards welded to their feet from birth and are well used to such conditions. Remember the weather, and Red Army on skis in Russia even defeated the mighty German 6th Army! :D :y
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Fair amount of snow here in Newcastle , although everything seems to be working ok , I took the dog out first thing and she loved it ! , just been to the shops to get some milk and found no sign of "panic buying" (although the ciabatta rolls were a bit on the short side ) when the sun comes out it's quite warm hence lots of thawing , going to be a bugger tonight if it freezes though .
. . . . . I know I had such a problem getting any Foie Gras this morning, and don't even ask about smoked salmon ! ;) ;D
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an Inch here and Liverpool airport is closed ::)
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an Inch here and Liverpool airport is closed ::)
Fixed.
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an Inch here and Liverpool airport is closed ::)
Did they find the snowplough standing on 4 piles of bricks? ;D ;D ;D
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Fair amount of snow here in Newcastle , although everything seems to be working ok , I took the dog out first thing and she loved it ! , just been to the shops to get some milk and found no sign of "panic buying" (although the ciabatta rolls were a bit on the short side ) when the sun comes out it's quite warm hence lots of thawing , going to be a bugger tonight if it freezes though .
. . . . . I know I had such a problem getting any Foie Gras this morning, and don't even ask about smoked salmon ! ;) ;D
Nightmare ! the things we have to endure in this country ;)
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Here in Saleignes, it's a lovely winter day: clear blue sky, gentle breeze, 0°, with cold beer, chocolate and the stove putting out plenty of heat. And, for the first time ever, a mobile signal :y
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No troubles getting to Londonium and back. Well, not weather related..
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Medway towns ground to a stand still this morning and no doudt tomorrow will be similar >:(
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A lorry hit the gates, the side barriers and the barriers at the back at work earlier.
But nothing to do with the weather, just sheer incompetence.
Shame, it was a shiny looking 67 plate rigid. Now with many dents.
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A lorry hit the gates, the side barriers and the barriers at the back at work earlier.
But nothing to do with the weather, just sheer incompetence.
Shame, it was a shiny looking 67 plate rigid. Now with many dents.
We have staff like that...
One chap even drove one of these €250k beasties...
(https://goo.gl/images/qqM9V5)
... straight into a concrete support pillar because he wasn't paying any attention... ::)
Apparently that doesn't even get you sacked* :o
*correct as of this morning, incident was over three weeks ago and he's been back at work since, albeit not driving :-X
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Been pretty decent here,we've had the odd bit of snow-but nowt to scare the horses-but the sun's been out a fair bit too.
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Dumped like mad at work so sloped off early. ;) Half of my 20 mile commute was a nightmare, for the rest, and back home, there was no sign of any snow whatsoever. :o
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Dumped like mad at work so sloped off early. ;) Half of my 20 mile commute was a nightmare, for the rest, and back home, there was no sign of any snow whatsoever. :o
It was hammering with snow here at 6:45am. Got out of town, and it was bright sunshine :o. Looked in mirror, and all I could see was this small, really dark cloud hanging over Brackley ;D
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Second walk of the day with the dog had to pull a Skoda estate off the field with the Jeep , why they ventured onto it Lord alone knows 2nd good deed of the day, Focus this morning.
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Second walk of the day with the dog had to pull a Skoda estate off the field with the Jeep , why they ventured onto it Lord alone knows 2nd good deed of the day, Focus this morning.
A bit too cold for alfresco sex, surely? :-[
Ron.
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Just been out to pick the daughter up from work , freezing now and the roads were a nightmare , seen a car spin in front of me but luckily there was plenty of distance between us , the only people not affected by the freeze seemed to be van drivers who just carried on as normal ! going to be chaos in the morning :o
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Apart from a few snow showers there nothing to else to mention.
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A few flurries, car said -2.5 C Looked up & a mob of sea gulls were thermalling upwards ???
So warm air is rising in sub zero temps :-\ & the gulls were lovin it, the noisy boogers ;D
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Been out to defrost Mo's car for her, -7° according to the super accurate Renault gauge in there.
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Oh.........and, in case you're worried about me, I'm back in bed with a cup of coffee now. :)
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Set out at 5am this morning heading for North London . . . 6" of snow here . . .took me an hour to do 9 miles . . . motors slip sliding all over the place . .turned round and back home now .
Getting a bit worried about my flight to sunny Benidorm from Southend Airport on friday morning :-\
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According to this mornings forecast we're no longer in the amber warning zone and we've got the heaviest snowfall we've had in years :o :o
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A bit more snow last night, but still only a light covering and the min on my max and min thermometer went down to -9oC last night, now a warm sunny -7oC but a tad cold for an early season sunbathing session on the patio. ::) :o ;D
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Not much snow here, but what little we had has frozen on roads that were not gritted.
So I'm working from home today. 8)
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This will have to be sorted before I take doggie out:
(https://preview.ibb.co/fQnPfx/F0_CDC5_A6_A065_4896_8998_A78_B8652_C519.jpg) (https://ibb.co/fXVMSc)
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Dumped like mad at work so sloped off early. ;) Half of my 20 mile commute was a nightmare, for the rest, and back home, there was no sign of any snow whatsoever. :o
It was hammering with snow here at 6:45am. Got out of town, and it was bright sunshine :o. Looked in mirror, and all I could see was this small, really dark cloud hanging over Brackley ;D
Cloud or smoke from a garage? :-X
No problems for me yesterday either - in fact, traffic was significantly better than normal. So if all the people who stayed home out of sheer panic could do that permanently, that would be awesome.
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Several inches of the stuff has fallen here overnight. >:(
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Cleared the cars last night and this morning both buried again.Temperature on garden thermometer showing -9 last night and has creapt up to -5 now so heading in right direction ;D
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Cloud or smoke from a garage? :-X
"Hmm. Did I leave the Iron on?" ;D
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Cloud or smoke from a garage? :-X
"Hmm. Did I leave the kettle on the hob?" ;D
Fixed. For our man in Barnsley ::)
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Attempted to get into work. had some daft bint in a Kia in front insisted in driving in the middle of the road making all oncoming traffic have to pull over or stop.
got as far as Heckford Bridge, for thse who know this bit of Essex, and white van man was stuck on the hill. Insignia driver attempted to go round him and got stuck alongside. 30 minutes for them to sort themselves out and a artic came the other way, graduale slope up but he had to stop for a car suddenly turning round. Blocked that way as well then.
After another 30 minutes, the traffic behind me got out the way so I U turned and went home.Got to Tiptrees mini roundabout to have another daft bint just not attempt to stop and came right out in front of me. Then she starts shouting at me for being there. Dont know what she would have told her insurance if we had made contact. I saw him coming with the right of way but went anyway.
Keith ABS
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Dont know what she would have told her insurance if we had made contact. I saw him coming with the right of way but went anyway.
"The man wasn't looking and drove straight into me," probably. I doubt "right of way" means anything to her..
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Well I had a great time out with the dog, she loved it. After about half an hour we had to head back, her legs were twice the usual size and solid blocks of snow, and she had one of them arctic explorer beards. ;D
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Wifey has just arrived back home, closed the school and sent everyone home. Wussies.
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Loads here today took the Grandkids out on their sledge , went out into the middle of nowhere in the 4x4 nobody else about had enough of helping folk yesterday in vehicles that aren't capable of coping with the conditions.
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Left home at 7am yesterday morning to a couple of inches, possibly 3, but not too bad. Got to the A12 and it was a bit slippery but nothing too severe. By the time I got to Hoddesdon at about 09:20 it was as if there hadn’t been any snow :-X ::)
By midday the 3 of us who were there for some practice and training (lock picking) were pulled off to go to a large transport company in Manor Park to drain as many vehicles as possible. There were 26 varying from Vito Vans up to 73 seat coaches - incorrect fuel delivered into their bulk tank. One guy left at about 19:30 to drive back to Stoke, having left at 5am. Myself and another stayed until 02:30 this morning and drained the 23 vehicles that were on site!
The drive home was a bit more eventful... Started snowing as we left to go our separate ways. Then eased as I headed up the M11 and across the A120, until Braintree. As soon as I got To Braintree it was like a wall of snow - complete whiteout and blizzard conditions! Followed an artic along an approximation of where the road went at the dizzying speeds of 20-30mph as the dumping of snow grew and grew and grew. Got to the A12 and there was no sign of where the road or lanes were so continued at the dizzying pace. Had to pass the artic as he was struggling for grip (but the snowfall had eased slightly) but suddenly hit an even stronger downpour! Completely lost sight of everything - couldn’t even see the barrier a few feet away! I suddenly became aware that what I was actually driving on (at about 10mph) was in fact a grass junction devider when the terrain got a bit bumpy 🙄
Continued on home and had to dodge numerous vehicles stuck due to lack of traction and divert off the main routes down some lanes to avoid an hour delay to arrive home at 05:15 this morning! What a mammoth day andrather cold to boot, having been out in it for 12 hours solid!!
Anyway... The evidence today is almost gone but now off until Saturday so enjoying some respite from “The Beast from the East”!!
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Its arrived down here now and quite a lot of it :-X
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Set out at 5am this morning heading for North London . . . 6" of snow here . . .took me an hour to do 9 miles . . . motors slip sliding all over the place . .turned round and back home now .
Getting a bit worried about my flight to sunny Benidorm from Southend Airport on friday morning :-\
You should be OK Al, dont think they have much snow in Benidorm. ;) :D
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Set out at 5am this morning heading for North London . . . 6" of snow here . . .took me an hour to do 9 miles . . . motors slip sliding all over the place . .turned round and back home now .
Getting a bit worried about my flight to sunny Benidorm from Southend Airport on friday morning :-\
You should be OK Al, dont think they have much snow in Benidorm. ;) :D
F1 testing cancelled in Barcelona due to snow on the track !
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Set out at 5am this morning heading for North London . . . 6" of snow here . . .took me an hour to do 9 miles . . . motors slip sliding all over the place . .turned round and back home now .
Getting a bit worried about my flight to sunny Benidorm from Southend Airport on friday morning :-\
You should be OK Al, dont think they have much snow in Benidorm. ;) :D
F1 testing cancelled in Barcelona due to snow on the track !
Nope, still officially on .. just no-one going around the track !!- (@ 16:28 UK time anyway !!)
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400 stranded on A1M between Peterborough and Stamford last night according to the Beeb.
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This morning saw a fairly new Mercedes saloon[possible E-class]waiting to pull out of a side road onto the main road he was on a very slight uphill incline and although not using too many revs you could see his rear wheels just "windmilling" round with him going nowhere due to lack of grip.He couldn't drop back for a run at it or to turn round as there were another 3 cars queueing up behind him :-[
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This morning saw a fairly new Mercedes saloon[possible E-class]waiting to pull out of a side road onto the main road he was on a very slight uphill incline and although not using too many revs you could see his rear wheels just "windmilling" round with him going nowhere due to lack of grip.He couldn't drop back for a run at it or to turn round as there were another 3 cars queueing up behind him :-[
Strange you should say that, as I walked past one of the schools, and E class estate was getting nowhere... ...and there was no snow (but a fair bit of ice). I assume his TC was disabled (due to not getting anywhere) or was broken.
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Was having a bit of a struggle getting the Omega uphill off my drive this morning. Switched the TC off, and reversed straight out.
TC is officially shite. ::)
Sounds like Lazydocker had one hell of a day, but a hell of a good earner too I should imagine. :y
Was going to say "should have called in for a cuppa half way, but then looked at the times mentioned. Might have struggled to wake me. ;D
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Was having a bit of a struggle getting the Omega uphill off my drive this morning. Switched the TC off, and reversed straight out.
TC is officially shite. ::)
Sounds like Lazydocker had one hell of a day, but a hell of a good earner too I should imagine. :y
Was going to say "should have called in for a cuppa half way, but then looked at the times mentioned. Might have struggled to wake me. ;D
The way the snow was coming down I’m not sure I could of found your place anyway!! 😂
It was a very long day and having only had 2 x 1 hour sleeps I’m a bit tired tonight and on my own with the kids but it’ll prove to be pretty lucrative 😉👍
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Nice one. :y :y
Yes, I would imagine the road from the A120 to here would have been an impossibility.
Slightly different, but a couple of years ago one of my colleagues was seriously ill and the other one was on holiday. This meant me doing 13 nightshifts, (9 @ 15 hours and 4 @ 12 hours) followed by two days off when the ill colleague returned too early and then went sick again so then another 5x 15 hour nightshifts.
I was like the walking dead at the end of it, but my wage slip the next month definitely put the spring back in my step. :)
We will be too old to earn dosh one day, so might as well earn it when the opportunity is there.
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(http://https://www.dropbox.com/s/6g5jilw54g0qsmf/IMG_20180301_124319.jpg?dl=1)
It was snowing heavily in Saleignes when I went to bed last night.
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It was coming down quite heavily in South Wales this morning so I hit the road for home. All the roads and motorways were clear and the traffic was light, but got back just in time as my road was already impassible and I had to leave the car on the main road! ::)
I've got about 2 inches of snow in the garden now! :)
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Until about half an hour ago I was beginning to think that the whole snow "Beast from the East" story was some great conspiracy. The only snowflakes I'd seen were sipping skinny lattes in Cafe Nero.
We are now having a light dusting, but very light. Even so, the shops in town are closing early so staff can get to the pub home, as well as shelves being empty.
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Until about half an hour ago I was beginning to think that the whole snow "Beast from the East" story was some great conspiracy. The only snowflakes I'd seen were sipping skinny lattes in Cafe Nero.
We are now having a light dusting, but very light. Even so, the shops in town are closing early so staff can get to the pub home, as well as shelves being empty.
That is probably because a rare Red Warning has been issued for the South West, including your part of the World. A threat to life apparently! :o :o ;)
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Until about half an hour ago I was beginning to think that the whole snow "Beast from the East" story was some great conspiracy. The only snowflakes I'd seen were sipping skinny lattes in Cafe Nero.
We are now having a light dusting, but very light. Even so, the shops in town are closing early so staff can get to the pub home, as well as shelves being empty.
If you,re in South Wales Rog you may get your share tonight or early tomorrow. ;)
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Bad here & in several parts of the county Wife's school closed again tomorrow, fortunately I'm not due back at work till the 9th be glorious sunshine by then.
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Proper snow now! I've been out for a walk and it's even settled on the beach! :y
It's been snowing heavily all afternoon and I've got 5 - 6 inchs of the white stuff in the garden. :)
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Chucking it down here now in west Cornwall, not seen it like this for years
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Until about half an hour ago I was beginning to think that the whole snow "Beast from the East" story was some great conspiracy. The only snowflakes I'd seen were sipping skinny lattes in Cafe Nero.
We are now having a light dusting, but very light. Even so, the shops in town are closing early so staff can get to the pub home, as well as shelves being empty.
If you,re in South Wales Rog you may get your share tonight or early tomorrow. ;)
I hope so. There's a meeting on Saturday that I don't want to go to :-\
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Loads of the stuff here. :( :(
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It was coming down quite heavily in South Wales this morning so I hit the road for home. All the roads and motorways were clear and the traffic was light, but got back just in time as my road was already impassible and I had to leave the car on the main road! ::)
I've got about 2 inches of snow in the garden now! :)
I thought you took the Disco, not the BMW... ::)
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No fresh snowfall here today-so far-although the sky has looked full of it and still does.It's been a bit bracing out in the wind all day though!
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It was coming down quite heavily in South Wales this morning so I hit the road for home. All the roads and motorways were clear and the traffic was light, but got back just in time as my road was already impassible and I had to leave the car on the main road! ::)
I've got about 2 inches of snow in the garden now! :)
I thought you took the Disco, not the BMW... ::)
I did, but my road is very steep and I've seen cars get 3/4 of the way up and then slide all the way back down! :o
Didn't fancy ending up in a garden at the bottom of the hill! ::)
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It was coming down quite heavily in South Wales this morning so I hit the road for home. All the roads and motorways were clear and the traffic was light, but got back just in time as my road was already impassible and I had to leave the car on the main road! ::)
I've got about 2 inches of snow in the garden now! :)
I thought you took the Disco, not the BMW... ::)
I did, but my road is very steep and I've seen cars get 3/4 of the way up and then slide all the way back down! :o
Didn't fancy ending up in a garden at the bottom of the hill! ::)
Yes, your Disco could have ended up in a record spin :D ;D ;)
Sorry for that! ;D ;D
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Only took me 1h20 to pick up Mrs. KW from work this evening. It's an 11 mile round trip. ::)
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We have around the six inch mark of snow now. and in fact it will probably be several more inches by tomorrow..
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Don't know about snow, but the storm is quite something. Stuff getting blown around in the garden etc. Not getting my beauty sleep >:(
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Relatively quiet here this morning, very gusty but no fresh snow. A few days of the aftermath, ice and slush, then we can look forward to the floods. :)
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Relatively quiet here this morning, very gusty but no fresh snow. A few days of the aftermath, ice and slush, then we can look forward to the floods. :)
I knew you would be able to find a positive :y
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The 6 or 7 inches of snow in my back yard has set hard, so I threw some breadcrumbs out for the wee birdies. :-*
They're skating around like little Robin Cousins'! ;D
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It's back to 8° here, although it is raining.
The beer is still cold though.....
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It's back to 8° here, although it is raining.
The beer is still cold though.....
Sorry to hear that. :(
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It's back to 8° here, although it is raining.
The beer is still cold though.....
Sorry to hear that. :(
It's lager. I can manage without real beer for a couple of weeks.
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Got to say the wife is loving this snowy weather , she says it's been ages since she's had a good 8 inches ;)
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Had freezing rain for a while this morning .Both cars have a rough texture glaze along with the kitchen window .Very strange ,little snow forecast this afternoon ::)
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When I look at the rest of the country, we got off pretty light.
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Worst snow for a decade. I expected them to say worst for 100 years.
How long before a winter tyre thread appears ;D
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When I look at the rest of the country, we got off pretty light.
Likewise here - the main roads are, once again, completely clear. Side roads are a different story but there's no ice under the snow so driving conditions are fine (a different story to last night when the temperature dropped).
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Started properly again here whilst we popped out to
panic shop collect some dinner and milk...
Inspite of being gritted and having a steady stream of traffic over it, Tescos car park was white when we left the shop.
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Funnily enough, that's what I did at lunchtime - well, the normal weekly shop. It can snow all it likes now ;D
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Funnily enough, that's what I did at lunchtime - well, the normal weekly shop. It can snow all it likes now ;D
55 loaves of bread and 96 pints of milk ;D
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Funnily enough, that's what I did at lunchtime - well, the normal weekly shop. It can snow all it likes now ;D
55 loaves of bread and 96 pints of milk ;D
He's a techie so more likely to be 50 pizzas, 20 microwave burgers, 5 x 30 packs of crisps, a dozen 2l bottles of full fat coke and to keep it healthy an apple. :P :P :P ;D ;D ;D
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Up until lunchtime today, we'd got away lightly, as being on the top of the hill, the wind was blowing it down into the dips around here.
But now it has got reasonably thick.
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It's howling like hell out there again! ::)
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This winter end is outstanding!
Normally on the northern hemisphere we have strong western winds in the upper stratosphere, depending on a strong polar area of low pressure 30 miles above ground with temperatures about -70°C.
Mid February the normal situation changed completely. Temperature rises exorbitant in the stratosphere. 0° C in 30 miles high. Wow, a major warming. An area of high pressure established in the upper stratosphere. So the northern hemisphere atmospheric circulation clanged completely from west to east. It took one week to transform this situation into the lower atmospheric layers.
Now we have very high pressure (up to 1060 hPa) from Greenland over the northern Atlantic and Scandinavia to northwest Russia. Low pressure is over the Azores, Biscaya and the Mediterranean.
That causes strong cold eastern winds in northern parts of Europe.
Over warm water (North Sea, Baltic Sea) this cold wind take much moisture from the ocean, so western counties (Sweden, Denmark, northern Germany, England and Ireland) will get very much snow.
Rolf
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You will have to stay in and play with your new turntable Rolf. :y
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Oh ronnyd...
a TD 320 is fine, but i got back a Baby Blue to restore. It based on the TD 320 but the body is a complete own construction. I did 50 tables 10 years ago and one comes back to me. It is one of only two painted in Porsche Seal Grey. Some parts are missing / damaged but nothing is impossible...
(https://s18.postimg.org/isnhdpo1l/DSC05292.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/rawxi1uk5/)
Rolf
The picture was taken something around 2008....
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All but gone here now, hows things where you all are?
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Double digit temps here today and the snow has mostly gone! :y
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All gone here now 😎
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Melting fast :y, but still ice/snow on our road, and on all the grass.
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Bit of rain here around mid day for couple of hours and has almost washed it all away...along with the positively barmy 5 degrees here. 8)
Crazy how we can have an almost 12 degree temperature swing inside 3 days ...only England :)
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Had a bit of rain this morning-Dog hates water[she doesn't even stand too close to her drinking bowl :D]-but she loved it in the snow!Anyway snow and ice all gone here now.
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24hrs ago, it was blizzard conditions here. What a difference a day makes.
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Bit of rain here around mid day for couple of hours and has almost washed it all away...along with the positively barmy 5 degrees here. 8)
Crazy how we can have an almost 12 degree temperature swing inside 3 days ...only England :)
Happened here(well, Saleignes) too: Wednesday was -2 early afternoon, but Friday hit 10 by midday.
Now we're in the SW, it's 17/18 during the day.
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I've driven over 100 miles today on shitty A and B roads........thick fog for most of the day. It's not really a problem, just makes me tired more quickly cause I have to concentrate more, but the bastards who insist on driving around with no lights on really piss me off.
Mostly newer cars with auto lights that don't turn on because it's not actually dark. Drivers are oblivious to the fact because they've never had to turn them on manually.
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Mostly newer cars with auto lights that don't turn on because it's not actually dark. Drivers are oblivious to the fact because they've never had to turn them on manually.
We were discussing the same last night, whilst waiting to pick up our takeaway.
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Mostly newer cars with auto lights that don't turn on because it's not actually dark. Drivers are oblivious to the fact because they've never had to turn them on manually.
We were discussing the same last night, whilst waiting to pick up our takeaway.
This is the problem with partially automating things, whether it be on cars, planes or anything else.
Take away enough responsibility away from the seat-steering-wheel interface and they become a liability. ::)
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I've driven over 100 miles today on shitty A and B roads........thick fog for most of the day. It's not really a problem, just makes me tired more quickly cause I have to concentrate more, but the bastards who insist on driving around with no lights on really piss me off.
Mostly newer cars with auto lights that don't turn on because it's not actually dark. Drivers are oblivious to the fact because they've never had to turn them on manually.
Auto lights are odd. At times they come on when there is plenty of light. At other times I have to switch them on manually because it is getting dark.
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Mostly newer cars with auto lights that don't turn on because it's not actually dark. Drivers are oblivious to the fact because they've never had to turn them on manually.
We were discussing the same last night, whilst waiting to pick up our takeaway.
This is the problem with partially automating things, whether it be on cars, planes or anything else.
Take away enough responsibility away from the seat-steering-wheel interface and they become a liability. ::)
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Personally I don't like many of these modern ideas the only thing I have liked using someone else's Merc was the reversing camera , to be honest I don't even see the need for electric windows but "gadgets" sell.
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Just got in from walking the dog & the "gadget" in the Jeep is telling me it's 12 degrees but do I need to know that ? I can tell it's a lot warmer !
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Nowt to speak of in the pompey area, snowed for a while last Thusday & that was it
Brushed the car off & all the main roads were useable friday morning,
Crawled home Friday evening behind a muppet at 20 mph as a bit of sleet came down.
Nothing at all compared to these folk, now burnin their furniture to stay warm :o
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-43285331 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-43285331)
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I don't understand that...
Surely, if you live in the arse end of nowhere, in a mountainous region, why wouldn't you stockpile a couple of weeks worth of supplies? Having to resort to burning furniture suggests a complete lack of preparedness ???
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I don't understand that...
Surely, if you live in the arse end of nowhere, in a mountainous region, why wouldn't you stockpile a couple of weeks worth of supplies? Having to resort to burning furniture suggests a complete lack of preparedness ???
What odds are we giving for a mini baby-boom of yet more stupid people in that village?
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I don't understand that...
Surely, if you live in the arse end of nowhere, in a mountainous region, why wouldn't you stockpile a couple of weeks worth of supplies? Having to resort to burning furniture suggests a complete lack of preparedness ???
People.....
That's all you need to know ;)
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What on earth are they doing with the Chinook? Trying to blow the snow away? ;D
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Knowing how isolated they are, apart from keeping the essentials in stock, surely it would be sensible to have alternative sources of power and heat - gas, electricity, solid fuel or whatever?
Ron.
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Yes you'd think most people have a fan or convection heater tucked away somewhere. ::)
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Sarcasm notwithstanding, it doesn't take a genius to understand that you never let your fuel supplies run below half, and come October, order double and keep it topped up, be it coal, gas, generator fuel... And as for other supplies, water butts can be used to provide water to flush the toilet with, and bottled water is a pound a gallon. Essential food stuffs are readily available in long dated tins, so having enough to survive for a week.
If our water and electricity went out today, we could last for four days without leaving the house. If the gas went as well then we might be stuffed as we don't currently have a barbecue... ::)
And that's ignoring the fact that the last time we were snowed in was in 1987 ::)
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Most of these people probably have oil fired heating. You only need to add a generator and a jerry can of fuel to be self-sufficient as long as you don't let your tank drop too low at winter (which is just common sense).
Failing that, a log burner and a shed full of wood?
Camping gas bottle, camping stove and a SuperSer?
I think I'd have all of the above tucked away if I lived anywhere remote. I've got most of them as it is!
Problem is, people get so used to "modern" life that when the Ocado bloke can't get to them every couple of days, they're stuffed. ::)
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Most of these people probably have oil fired heating. You only need to add a generator and a jerry can of fuel to be self-sufficient as long as you don't let your tank drop too low at winter (which is just common sense).
Failing that, a log burner and a shed full of wood?
Camping gas bottle, camping stove and a SuperSer?
I think I'd have all of the above tucked away if I lived anywhere remote. I've got most of them as it is!
Problem is, people get so used to "modern" life that when the Ocado bloke can't get to them every couple of days, they're stuffed. ::)
Yes and if they need external help to survive the experience, then they should go straight to the top of TB's cull list.
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My stupid sister ran out of heating oil last week... ...serves the stupid specimen right for letting it go that low before ordering any, which then couldn't be delivered due to the weather.
Hopefully a week on the sofa (as the only room with a fireplace) will knock some sense into her, but I doubt it.
And I bet not even our Lord Opti would offer to keep her warm.
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My stupid sister ran out of heating oil last week... ...serves the stupid specimen right for letting it go that low before ordering any, which then couldn't be delivered due to the weather.
Hopefully a week on the sofa (as the only room with a fireplace) will knock some sense into her, but I doubt it.
And I bet not even our Lord Opti would offer to keep her warm.
I do that regularly! the oil tank is out the back and round the corner and makes checking the level to much of a bother! luckily we ran out the week before the cold hit us in Penrith and I was able to get the oil in time.. I wasn't flavour of the month I can tell you!
I really should buy one of the remote level indicators but never seem to get round to it.
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Running out because it's 'a faf' to check suggests that you deserve to freeze.
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Yep. I would agree with that
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Yep. I would agree with that
Nah! In Newcastle they don't even put a shirt on till it drops below -7°. ;D
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Yep. I would agree with that
Nah! In Newcastle they don't even put a shirt on till it drops below -7°. ;D
A supply of heating oil is always useful for lighting the barbie, though. ;D
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Yep. I would agree with that
Nah! In Newcastle they don't even put a shirt on till it drops below -7°. ;D
That's exactly right - t-shirt weather is this :D
that said I now live in Penrith even Newcastle has gas central heating - they haven't quite discovered gas here just yet.
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Yep. I would agree with that
Nah! In Newcastle they don't even put a shirt on till it drops below -7°. ;D
That's exactly right - t-shirt weather is this :D
that said I now live in Penrith even Newcastle has gas central heating - they haven't quite discovered gas here just yet.
The fact that you put Newcastle in your sig is slightly misleading, then. ::)
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My stupid sister ran out of heating oil last week... ...serves the stupid specimen right for letting it go that low before ordering any, which then couldn't be delivered due to the weather.
Hopefully a week on the sofa (as the only room with a fireplace) will knock some sense into her, but I doubt it.
And I bet not even our Lord Opti would offer to keep her warm.
My daughter tells me of a friend who has a contract gas supplier who have a wireless level reminder, but still didn't bother to fill it for them. Mind you, I wouldn't rely on such a system anyway, as once a company has your contract, why would they bother to do what they are paid for? >:(
And my daughter has stupidly had a gas tank sunk under their garden with a remote wireless level with the supplier, but she has no repeater so has no way of checking the level!!! :-X :-X :-X
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Yep. I would agree with that
Nah! In Newcastle they don't even put a shirt on till it drops below -7°. ;D
That's exactly right - t-shirt weather is this :D
that said I now live in Penrith even Newcastle has gas central heating - they haven't quite discovered gas here just yet.
The fact that you put Newcastle in your sig is slightly misleading, then. ::)
Oh I agree but I was born and brought up there and only just moves moved to Penrith a little while ago and I have been a member here longer than I have lived in Penrith and just never thought to change it. I shall change it soon.
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Penrith? No bigg market there. :(
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More snow! Thought we'd seen the last of it. :(
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Nah, summer isn't until June...
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More fickin snow forcast down here this weekend :o
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For those of a nervous disposition, who need help.
https://www.blackcircles.com/tyres/winter-tyres
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Yes, all over the UK with up to 8". Forecast it all day here tomorrow, but hopefully it won't be too deep. :(
The Sun Maunder Minimum global cooling is a pain and it will get a bit colder still over the next 5 to 10 years. :(
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It's going to be interesting at Goodwood for the 76th Members Meeting ;D
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It's going to be interesting at Goodwood for the 76th Members Meeting ;D
I would hope, there will be some capable driver's their.
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It's going to be interesting at Goodwood for the 76th Members Meeting ;D
I would hope, there will be some capable driver's their.
And there... :D
Been called for availability over the weekend for runway clearance...
Unfortunately I start a run of six nights tomorrow... ::) I do wish the weather would consult my roster >:(
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Going to DTM-land on Sunday so hoping the M1 is only the usual carnage. :-\
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One of my rare weekends of this week. Was hoping to spend it playing with the cars, rather than fitting the new bath and sink in the bathroom. ::)
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One of my rare weekends of this week. Was hoping to spend it playing with the cars, rather than fitting the new bath and sink in the bathroom. ::)
Hmmmmm.........when we moved in I said "The kitchen and bathroom will need tidying up, but that'll be in a couple of years". It's two years in May :-X
I suppose I could discuss with her the meaning of 'tidying up'.
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Thing is, I'm now at an age where fitting the bath & sink will knacker me enough to need to rest up until Thurs. when I'm back to work. :'( ;D
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Going to DTM-land on Sunday so hoping the M1 is only the usual carnage. :-\
Depending on your leaving time, M1 on Sundays starts to get busy about 0930 onwards, and don't forget there's roadworks 23-26.
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Nice sunny morning here today, so I thought I’d take out one of the sash windows that’s been in need of a refurb for some time. ::)
Wasn’t until it had been out an hour or so that I heard about the impending snow ;D. I suspect tonight will involve takeaway as I’ll doubtless be wrestling with it until fairly late on!
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Nice sunny morning here today, so I thought I’d take out one of the sash windows that’s been in need of a refurb for some time. ::)
Wasn’t until it had been out an hour or so that I heard about the impending snow ;D. I suspect tonight will involve takeaway as I’ll doubtless be wrestling with it until fairly late on!
I take it that will be single glazed, Jimmy? Brrrrrrrr........
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Yup, (nearly) Victorian numbers with single glazing and a “fits where it touches” approach to the joinery. ;D
At least now they have brush seals which keeps the draughts down to a stiff breeze :y.
They do look rather pretty though :y
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Hope you,ve got nice heavy velvet curtains Jimmy. :y
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Ha!
Funnily enough we do! Complete with thermal lining. Courtesy of Mummy 944 :y. I would swear they work better than the ordinary UPVC double glazing that was in my first house.
Our place underwent a substantial and horrendous makeover in the 80’s, so we were determined to restore what was left and put it back how it should have been. So ripping out the wooden sashes wasn’t an option. So mostly, I just installed spme fu£k-off enormous radiators!
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I can well remember thick frost on the insides of the sash windows in the mornings,in my old Victorian house, before we had the central heating put in.
Those were the days. :D
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As a child I did a brief stint at a boarding school that was like that. One of my abiding memories was waking early (and freezing). Drawing a cock n balls in the frost on the window pane then getting back into bed and pretending to be asleep when the teacher came to wake us up.
In hindsight, the fact that those, along with my own, were the only genitalia I saw whilst at boarding school means I can count myself rather lucky. :-X
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When you,re being held down over a desk you don,t get to see much anyway. Feeling though, thats a different matter :o :o
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Weather has been awful here this morning, blizzard conditions. Seems to have cleared for the moment. Both our cars are filthy again.
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I can well remember thick frost on the insides of the sash windows in the mornings,in my old Victorian house, before we had the central heating put in.
Those were the days. :D
Yep.....we would scrape it off with our fingernails.
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Weather has been awful here this morning, blizzard conditions. Seems to have cleared for the moment. Both our cars are filthy again.
Fortunately you have enough money to pay the 'illegals' to give them a good once over.
Us poor people do it ourselves. :-\
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Weather has been awful here this morning, blizzard conditions. Seems to have cleared for the moment. Both our cars are filthy again.
Fortunately you have enough money to pay the 'illegals' to give them a good once over.
Us poor people do it ourselves. :-\
You've certainly got the space. I couldn't do mine in the miniscule gap I occupy on the street outside. :'(
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I washed the 190 at work last night just before it got dark. :)
The Omega got the full works a few days ago, including hot soapy water from the Karcher on the underside & arches to wash away the salt.
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As a child I did a brief stint at a boarding school that was like that. One of my abiding memories was waking early (and freezing). Drawing a cock n balls in the frost on the window pane then getting back into bed and pretending to be asleep when the teacher came to wake us up.
In hindsight, the fact that those, along with my own, were the only genitalia I saw whilst at boarding school means I can count myself rather lucky. :-X
Boarding school..... :o :o :o
Too many boys and no girls locked up 24/7 often leads to.......... ::) ::)
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I washed the 190 at work last night just before it got dark. :)
The Omega got the full works a few days ago, including hot soapy water from the Karcher on the underside & arches to wash away the salt.
Er......shouldn't you be working at work rather than washing your car?. ;D
Sounds like a cushy number to me. ;)
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Weather has been awful here this morning, blizzard conditions. Seems to have cleared for the moment. Both our cars are filthy again.
Fortunately you have enough money to pay the 'illegals' to give them a good once over.
Us poor people do it ourselves. :-\
You've certainly got the space. I couldn't do mine in the miniscule gap I occupy on the street outside. :'(
Do you have an allocated parking place?.......or can anybody park outside your house?
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Hmmm,snowing lightly here now,wasn't due till tomorow :-X
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Weather has been awful here this morning, blizzard conditions. Seems to have cleared for the moment. Both our cars are filthy again.
Fortunately you have enough money to pay the 'illegals' to give them a good once over.
Us poor people do it ourselves. :-\
You've certainly got the space. I couldn't do mine in the miniscule gap I occupy on the street outside. :'(
Do you have an allocated parking place?.......or can anybody park outside your house?
Free for all. Parking wars. ;D
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We had a blizzard earlier and it started to settle on the road and roofs, so I nipped out for a quick spot of panic buying! ;D
It's stopped now and anything that did settle has already gone. :y
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I washed the 190 at work last night just before it got dark. :)
The Omega got the full works a few days ago, including hot soapy water from the Karcher on the underside & arches to wash away the salt.
Er......shouldn't you be working at work rather than washing your car?. ;D
Sounds like a cushy number to me. ;)
It is, apart from leaving home at 4pm and getting back at 8.30am. Money is that great either, but its a job.
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I washed the 190 at work last night just before it got dark. :)
The Omega got the full works a few days ago, including hot soapy water from the Karcher on the underside & arches to wash away the salt.
Er......shouldn't you be working at work rather than washing your car?. ;D
Sounds like a cushy number to me. ;)
It is, apart from leaving home at 4pm and getting back at 8.30am. Money is that great either, but its a job.
Money is that great? Marvellous ;D
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ISNT. :-[ ::) :D
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Weather has been awful here this morning, blizzard conditions. Seems to have cleared for the moment. Both our cars are filthy again.
Fortunately you have enough money to pay the 'illegals' to give them a good once over.
Us poor people do it ourselves. :-\
You've certainly got the space. I couldn't do mine in the miniscule gap I occupy on the street outside. :'(
Do you have an allocated parking place?.......or can anybody park outside your house?
Free for all. Parking wars. ;D
I hope some big nasty bastard doesn't park his van right in front of your house, and block out all the light. If he does you'll need to kick the shit out of him.......or set the dog on him. :)
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All day here (deepest Shropshire), its gone from sub 100yrd visibility and blizzard like snow, to bright clear sunshine. And yesterday, it was 15C.
WTF :o
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All day here (deepest Shropshire), its gone from sub 100yrd visibility and blizzard like snow, to bright clear sunshine. And yesterday, it was 15C.
WTF :o
That's exactly the same as here, except the sun disappeared around 2 o'clock and it's snowed constantly since. The whiteouts were weird, like thick fog.
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Similar here but the snow squalls have stayed intermittent,settled a bit on roof tops and grass areas but nothing really heavy and it's still just a light covering.
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Similar here but the snow squalls have stayed intermittent,settled a bit on roof tops and grass areas but nothing really heavy and it's still just a light covering.
Similar here too. Let,s see what tonight brings. :-\
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Darkness. Mostly ::)
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Snow, ya fool. :P
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It's just been hitting my front window sounded like someone was grit blasting them!
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Darkness. Mostly ::)
I just opened the curtains to see if it was still snowing, but its proper dark o'clock here, and I couldn't see. CBA to actually put my shoes on and check.
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Its settling properly here now. My one weekend off in month, and it bloody snows. >:(
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Its settling properly here now. My one weekend off in month, and it bloody snows. >:(
If you're bored, you can always cover my shifts so that I can earn some proper money pushing snowflakes around... ::)
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Wouldn't mind of I was near enough. Its got to beat watching the Geordie midget idiots, followed by the utter tedium known as The Voice. ::)
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It's really starting to stick here now, which is doing my credibility no good at all. "Take no bleedin notice, we'll get a few flakes and that will be it. Fickin idiots are always scaremongering". ::)
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It's really starting to stick here now, which is doing my credibility no good at all. "Take no bleedin notice, we'll get a few flakes and that will be it. Fickin idiots are always scaremongering". ::)
Must be well paid being the Met. Office Chief Weather Forecaster. ;D ;D ;D
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Lots of the white here overnight. It's modified the shape of all of the cars, mine looks like a lada. ;D
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Same here....about 2inches has fallen....but where its been drifting its 4inches in places ..... just been round to local shop and saw a Mercedes driver believing the best way to drive in snow is right foot planted to floor and rear wheels spinning like mad ::)
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White out here! ::) >:(
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Stopped snowing here in Ludlow about 30mins ago, and now brightening up :)
CBA to dig the front of the car out, so will stay in for and hour or 2
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Got to skid across to Sheffield soon to pick up the student.
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White out here! ::) >:(
It's kinda stopped now and we've had 3-4 inches this morning! :(
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1/2 inch last night and NOW it's all gone ;D Miseryside.
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My eldest drove back from Torquay to Daventry this morning and said it was "interesting". ;)
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About 50mm here with a biting cold wind -4oC last night and not getting above -3oC on my max and min thermometer all day today. :(
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Late this afternoon, the Battlebus needed some persuasion to get up an incline after getting stopped in deep snow. But it made it, even on the plastic shit tyres.
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We woke up to about an inch or so this morning but it was melted away by early afternoon. The wind has been biting cold though, it took me a good while to thaw out after my tinkering in the afternoon!
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Snowing hard here again. :(
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Woke up at 5:30am on Sunday morning to a good inch or so.. drove to Goodwood anyway, which was fine apart from the retards sitting in lane 3 of 4 on a sparse motorway when lane 4 of 4 is unusable, and a little bit around Guildford on the A3.
Did watch a brand spanking new Porsche nearly bin it. Twice. That was fun..
Then got stuck in the mud trying to exit Goodwood car park (read: muddy field) ;D - thankfully lots of camaraderie around so anyone passing would stop and push anyone stuck.
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A little more snow overnight. Main roads are clear but my road was slightly icy from yesterday with an additional very fine layer of snow in places but can see lots of bare tarmac. Postman did normal Monday morning post & leaflet drop at about 9:45am and about 11:00am got an email from Royal Mail for a tracked parcel saying attempted to deliver today but failed due to inaccessible access to my property and they will try to deliver it again tomorrow. Err, I've been at home all morning and my drive doesn't have a front gate. ??? Reading their notes on inaccessible properties this can include lack of access due to bad weather. :( The postman every morning parks his van about 50m along our road from the main road junction takes the post out and walks up the road delivering it, but the weather is too bad for Royal Mail to deliver a parcel. Work that logic out. :o :o :o
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Your Postie was probably feeling the cold around his poor little knees as no doubt he was wearing shorts, so couldn't be arsed to walk up your drive! ::) ;D
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Dunno what was in that snow. The Omega had a good wash just before it came down. Today, it had all melted away and the car is absolutely filthy. Looks like someone has chucked a few buckets of muddy water over it. ::)
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Dunno what was in that snow. The Omega had a good wash just before it came down. Today, it had all melted away and the car is absolutely filthy. Looks like someone has chucked a few buckets of muddy water over it. ::)
My Touareg is the same,washed Friday eve in lovely sunshine,now's its fickin filthy again :-X