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21st Dec 2009, 7:41 PM #151
The snow's stopped for a bit now. For how long remains to be seen. We'll see how long it takes Steve to get home tonight though.
Lisa, who gave me a lift home tonight , hadn't made it to the other side of Bracknell half an hour ago. That's about 3 or 4 miles away.
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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21st Dec 2009, 8:22 PM #152
Three and a half hours it took me to get home tonight. It normally only takes me just over an hour. Southeastern got into a right mess once the snow started to come down this evening. Not only do the trains stop running, their tannoys and the ability to make announcements letting passengers know what is going on stop working too.
I’m being extremely clever up here and there’s no one to stand around looking impressed! What’s the point in having you all?
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21st Dec 2009, 9:14 PM #153
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21st Dec 2009, 9:24 PM #154
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21st Dec 2009, 9:46 PM #155
Indeed! And we seem to struggle a lot more than other countries, despite how often it snows here.
I really chose the wrong day to finish off my Christmas shopping today, it rained for half the day, and then snowed for the other half. It got horribly slippery towards the end of my journey as well, which I hate as I'm terrified I'll slip over and break a limb again. I know it's unlikely, considering how many other times I've slipped or fallen over in the past and not broken anything (and I used to be far more accident prone than I am now) but this weather just freaks me out a lot.
Funnily enough I checked the weather reports on Saturday when deciding what day to go out shopping, and it said that Monday would be a cold but clear day, and there definitely wouldn't be any snow in London..."RIP Henchman No.24."
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21st Dec 2009, 10:13 PM #156
I wonder how Steve is doing.
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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21st Dec 2009, 10:44 PM #157
Alex my wife has similar fear about slipping over and putting her back out.
I guess this sounds like a repeat of Februarys weather, where there just wasn't enough grit kept by the councils to counteract, and they were all caught completely by surprise. I got an email from my mum last night saying it was snowing, and they were having trouble, but I thought she was just being dramatic.
Si - I hope Steve makes it back before too long - he's going to be exhausted when he does. Hope he thinks twice before heading back tomorrow.Remember, just because Davros is dead doesn't mean the Dalek menace has been contained ......
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21st Dec 2009, 10:48 PM #158
Is there a hotel near work Steve can stay in if it happens again? I know some people at my work were contemplating it.
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21st Dec 2009, 11:08 PM #159
Although a bit icy, the main road to work tonight wasn't too bad, but in the street leading to the factory cars were double parked and with a narrow strip of ice down the middle of the road. I found that was where I had to be the most careful.
With a freeze expected tonight I'm gonna have to be extra careful on my way home in the morning.
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22nd Dec 2009, 5:36 AM #160
Did Steve get back ok??
Si. :mobile
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22nd Dec 2009, 8:22 AM #161
Yes. At 1am. I'm very tired this morning!
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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22nd Dec 2009, 8:24 AM #162
Is today generally being written off over there then?
Hope anyone thinking of travelling is keeping a mini survival kit in the car just in case. It sounds horrible.Remember, just because Davros is dead doesn't mean the Dalek menace has been contained ......
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22nd Dec 2009, 8:25 AM #163
Well I'll be walking to work to rescue the car shortly.
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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22nd Dec 2009, 8:58 AM #164
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22nd Dec 2009, 9:01 AM #165
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22nd Dec 2009, 9:40 AM #166
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22nd Dec 2009, 9:41 AM #167
It's OK, it's my car I abandoned Larry- so it's only a few minutes up the road from home.
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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22nd Dec 2009, 9:51 AM #168
I think that's a little harsh. They cope because they have so much snow that (a) they don't need to clear the roads and (b) they fit chains to their wheels.
That's fine when you're guarenteed to have the roads covered in a good 6" or more for the whole network for a reasonable length of time. Not so good if you've only got a 1" and only on side roads.
Our local news is full of people bellyaching that councils haven't done enough to clear their road / their bit of pavement / the car park they want to park in. The same people who moan every time the council tax goes up.
The only other annoying thing is the trite phrase 'only go out if your journey is necessary'. Do they imagnine there are hundreds of people who just go out in their cars in this weather for a bit of a dive about ?Bazinga !
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22nd Dec 2009, 10:35 AM #169
The council could invest in a fleet of 100 snow ploughs, but what are they going to do on the 360 days a year where it isn't snowing?
Plus grit is expensive and not the nicest thing to spread everywhere, because it can be quite corrosive. When I was working at Legoland and we opened during the winter, we gritted the metal turntable of the 'Spinning Spider' ride. By spring it had rusted through.Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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22nd Dec 2009, 10:39 AM #170Pip Madeley Guest
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22nd Dec 2009, 10:47 AM #171
I always say its a bit like when someone changes a picture and you don't notice and then you do and they say its been there the last two times. Sometimes Simon and I go out for the day and in the evening I say "ooh you're not wearing glasses!"
Si. :mobile
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22nd Dec 2009, 11:09 AM #172Pip Madeley Guest
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22nd Dec 2009, 2:25 PM #173
quite a change from this time yesterday it's faily bright with intervals of sunshine but the snow is beginning to melt.
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22nd Dec 2009, 7:59 PM #174
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23rd Dec 2009, 9:44 AM #175
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