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At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: HTH AMPS on November 24, 2010, 05:33:05 PM
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this week is getting worse...
(1) I've got a cough thats ripping my throat out
(2) It feels like I'm getting an ear infection
(3) The combi boiler broke on Sunday, so no hot water or central heating (we have a gas fire in the living room though, life saver)
(4) My guitar hasn't turned up in the mail
(4) Its started to snow
Can things get any worse?
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Nooo, where are you? I really don't want to get caught in a snow storm on my way home tonight or my way in tomorrow! Have to leave at 6am as it is because of the stupid roadworks on the M25!!
Hope the cold clears up soon. :(
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What guitar are you expecting?
Hoping it doesn't snow down here just yet (hertfordshire). My car can't handle the snow so I'd be stuck where ever my car is.
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Really can't be arsed with snow this year. It's great when you have nothing to do, but now I've finished uni it's just an inconvenience! Not sure how my car's gonna handle it either.
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Some f**ker hit my car when it snowed early this year (or late last year, can't remember). He/she left without leaving any details and a 5x5 inch dent next to the fuel cap, a chunk out of my front bumped and scratches along my wheel arches. Thanks stranger, I hope you had a year full of shite 8)
So basically Tom, don't move the car unless to get it out of the road.
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At work we have had a memo around telling us that we are to get into work at all costs no matter how bad the snow is. Failure to do so means it taken out of holiday entitlement or pay docked. I have a 25 odd mile journey to and from work across country. Lat year I had a few hairy moments and one night it took me 3 hours to get home. Two colleagues wrote their cars off to get in. Our management certainly know know to inspire the workforce.
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Employers do take the mick sometimes.
I was working at a warehouse (for just above minimum wage) and they wanted every one to get in no matter what, bearing in mind that the lorry drivers we needed to be there couldn't get to us because of the snow, so there was no work anyway. I was about 20 miles away and I couldn't get my car out of my girlfriends street. I didn't think it was worth walking that far for £6 an hour.
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I'm near Newcastle and its snowed on/off since yesterday tea time, still snowing now.
The guitar I'm waiting for is a Jap-made 80s BC Rich Superstrat I got on the cheap.
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I could really do without the snow because
1) It stops customers coming to see me
2) Whilst I have enough projects to do that I never need to be bored, it does risk me not taking any money to pay bills with
3) staff I employ may not be able to get into work
4) It makes heating the place harder and my electricity bill is appalling anyway - the long snowy period earlier this year added to the cost of living a lot
5) My girlfriend lives 70 miles away and I hate not getting to see each other
I'd honestly be happy with a nice steady 15 degrees centigrade all year round rather than a hot summer and freezing winter - perfect jeans and a t shirt weather and maybe a jacket at night
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Our management certainly know know to inspire the workforce.
A couple of years back we got sent home early because of snow, and management told us the next day that the time we lost would be taken from our flexi time. Despite the fact we were told that we had to leave the building, no choice in the matter. That idea lasted about two days :D
Had a little bit of trouble getting in this morning, I live in a pretty rural area so its a lot of twisty turny roads. Plus this was the first time i've driven in snow, but seeing as I didn't end up in a hedge/field, I must have done ok!
Traction control was working overtime though.
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No significant snow in London just yet. If it does get bad I don't mind using a day or two of holiday time.
I'd honestly be happy with a nice steady 15 degrees centigrade all year round rather than a hot summer and freezing winter - perfect jeans and a t shirt weather and maybe a jacket at night
I think I'd need a sunny 15-degree day to brave it with just a t-shirt!
On the whole I do like having seasons (though I hate the summer!!!). But spring/autumn temperatures all year would be pretty good.
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My work is pretty good about the whole snow issue, and with a 75 mile trip each way to Sutton, I'm glad of it!
The Oxford tube runs at all times it seems, so the shorter (distance) trip into central london for my main site is almost always accessible.
Although it takes me 2 1/2 hours to get in to work on a good day, and I've had some days where it's taken 4 hours each way because of tube strikes screwing up the roads in London :(
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Roo dude...
... Have you ever thought of MOVING?!
Have you worked out the cost of that bloody huge commute + the stress? :?
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Roo dude...
... Have you ever thought of MOVING?!
Have you worked out the cost of that bloody huge commute + the stress? :?
Living near Croydon = stress surely
E4's comedy Phoneshop filmed in Sutton town centre whilst Peepshow is mainly filmed in Croydon
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When it comes to snow English are the biggest wussies ever ;-)
Sorry, had to be an ass to say it.
Hope you get the guitar soon and recover from that cold, HTH.
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When it comes to snow English are the biggest wussies ever ;-)
It's true, every year we have snow for about 3 days (maybe a week) and the whole country grinds to a halt like we've never seen it before. :oops:
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I'm not saying much because people will throw stones on me...
But I'd love to live in a cold weather... People knows what is go on holidays at 40°C, with beach clothes and drinking cold beer or caipirinha...
Go work under the sun with long sleeves uniform under that sun and you'll know how Hell probably is...
And those saying the reverse:
hotness = you get naked and it's still hot...
coldness = put lots of clothes and you're warm and happy!
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And those saying the reverse:
hotness = you get naked and it's still hot...
coldness = put lots of clothes and you're warm and happy!
In England...
I get naked = IT GETS HOT! :P
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:lol: You FREAK :lol:
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I was just waiting for that, Dave :lol:
If it gets too bad here (which it probably won't) I'll probably just start (push) biking everywhere until the roads are no longer icy. Sliding bikes are much easier to control than cars and in some cases a bit of drift is usually pretty fun :) Snow cleans the tyres up really nice as well.
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It's been snowing on and off most of this week here in Denmark and there's more to come this weekend :?
I'm about to get some winter tires for the car. Until then I really won't be driving much. Luckily some of my collegues have their cars fitted so I can ride with them as I got 65km. to work.
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Last year was pretty bad. I slipped over and fell on top of my 8 year old son... He was very brave, but I'm a big bloke, and it must have hurt!
No snow in South Essex yet. Frigging cold though!
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Roo dude...
... Have you ever thought of MOVING?!
Have you worked out the cost of that bloody huge commute + the stress? :?
Of course I have!
BUT, we like living in Oxford, I don't particularly want to move away from the band, my wife has a good job there which is a 5 min bike ride away, we've just about finished our house (almost everything needed doing), so would like to enjoy it now... the list goes on.
Plus houses in Oxford, while expensive, are cheap compared with Sutton! I would still have to commute into central london 3+ days a week for the lab-based part of my job anyway...
There is no ideal solution :(
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Snow here in Holland too.
My Norwegian Forest Cat is loving it.
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So the snow finally hit London today. About an inch of it.... maybe two, to be generous.
And, as predicted, everything fell to pieces. To be fair, the underground network was OK, but the trains.... you'd think we were in Siberia. :roll:
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It's not been too bad in my area but some of the guys I work with left site at 3 o clock in the afternoon just in case the traffic hit, but they were still in the van 5 hours later stuck at Dartford Crossing (from Borehamwood to Sheerness), things do get rather stupid when snow hits.
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Amazingly, my employers told me to leave early and I am glad I did as the snow got bad and a friend just called me after taking 4 hours to get home on more or less the same route I took. My journey took an hour- normally it is 45 minutes. Snowing tonight though not so bad but where y office is I gather it is bad so tomorrow should be fun.
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In the 1970s and 80s/90s 3-4 inches of snow didn't cause the railways, roads and buses to completely fail and fall apart
What has changed?
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In the 1970s and 80s/90s 3-4 inches of snow didn't cause the railways, roads and buses to completely fail and fall apart
What has changed?
Nothing, i's just those 1970 & 80's trains and buses are getting old now PDT_020
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In the 1970s and 80s/90s 3-4 inches of snow didn't cause the railways, roads and buses to completely fail and fall apart
What has changed?
I dunno, I think it was just as bad in the '90s. In the 20 years that I've lived in London the transport system has always collapsed whenever it's snowed.
I can't comment on the '70s or '80s! :)
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This was my car yesterday before I dug it out.
It's under there somewhere!
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Blimey! Is that two cars, with yours in front? It looks like an ice monster trying to devour the car behind.
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In the 1970s and 80s/90s 3-4 inches of snow didn't cause the railways, roads and buses to completely fail and fall apart
What has changed?
I think the way we live is just fundamentally different now. We're much more reliant on our cars than we were 25-30 years ago, and everything about our living patterns now typically relies on being able to drive. Also remember 30 years ago there was less than one car per household, so simple pressure on the networks means that any complicating factor causes problems. Same with the trains to an extent, although as has been pointed out underinvestment in rolling stock and infrastructure are also major issues. The spiralling London house prices over 2-3 decades mean that the commuter belt is now nearly 100 miles in radius.
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the commuter belt is now nearly 100 miles in radius.
Although clearly not in a circle... :D
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True, my west counry-centric view of the world :D Although, if house prices had continued increasing, living in Calais might have become a realistic option :?
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I love it, loads of my sites have stopped. Lots of people who would normally give me grief can't get to work, so I can sit here at home and actually get some work done for a change. Give it another week and I'll have caught up :D
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I'm absolutely loving it.The more the better
Got an early finish today because all public transport stopped even though i live a 2 min walk from work.
Everyone who left before the office closed has to pay it back as flexi which i find hilarious as they all said i'd regret staying but really i'm getting paid to have half a day off and they are going to have to do hours and hours of flexi as people started leaving at 8am
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i have been in school the last 2 days - even though it takes 3 trains,a bus and 30 mins walking to get where i am going for my first placement. They stayed open because the main roads are not too bad, round here. Pavements and side roads (the ones i have to walk on) have been cr@p though
some schools shut as soon as somebody mentions snow - i never seem to end up in one of them! :(
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i have been in school the last 2 days - even though it takes 3 trains,a bus and 30 mins walking to get where i am going for my first placement. They stayed open because the main roads are not too bad, round here. Pavements and side roads (the ones i have to walk on) have been cr@p though
some schools shut as soon as somebody mentions snow - i never seem to end up in one of them! :(
Come to Wakefield. Every school seems to be shut.
And that was before it even started settling
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I didn't make it in today- the main road that I need to take was blocked for 4 hours after an accident.The alternative route is a country road that had a large van blocking it. So after leaving home at 7 and getting home at 9.30 having managed to get 3 miles up the road, I decided it wasn't worth it. I Worked from home today and was checked up on by my employers and they seemed happy that I was one of the few snowed off people who were actually doing something. Last night one of my colleagues took nearly 7 hours to do a journey that normally takes 90 minutes. This country is hopeless though I guess our excuse is that this is not something we experience a lot(maybe that will change) and therefore we don't have the measures in place to deal with it.
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We still don't have much here, a lot of it is just ice now. Went out for a spin on the road bike, that was fun with slick tyres!
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we only have 4-5"
A guy from work who lives in selby said theres about 8" up there and he had to dig the drive clear to get out this morning
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Mrs 38th just said that there might be 6 inches tonight. "Indeed there might" I replied.
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:lol:
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Mrs 38th just said that there might be 6 inches tonight. "Indeed there might" I replied.
Wahey! :lol:
You're somewhere in the deep South aren't you Steve? I don't think there's anything much forecast in London itself. Though to be honest, another light dusting would be welcome - the leftover snow from yesterday has turned icy and treacherous.
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Blimey! Is that two cars, with yours in front? It looks like an ice monster trying to devour the car behind.
Haha yeah, mine is the one in front. Took about 1 hr 45 to dig it out.
Just came back in from dinner at a pub, and another blizzard had started. We're getting sporadic snowfall every couple of hours.
Luckily i'm on annual leave anyway this week, so I don't have to fret about getting to work or not. Completely bored out of my skull though, was hoping to visit some friends around the country this week, but it's looking like theres no chance of that.
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Sorry about that rather poor taste remark but it is actually what I said when she was talking about the snow. Yes Philly I am in the deep South ( Sussex) and currently it is snowing very heavily. My car is covered in it again(I'd cleared off the snow from this morning when I went out. I beleive that the jam I got caught up in was the result of a fatal accident so I shouldn't complaint. I have been told not to go in tomorrow.
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Actually Mrs 38th was extremely pleased as she got just over 8 inches last night. Once it started there was no stopping it.
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The snow here (St Andrews) is rubbish, only about 4-5 inches. Apparently 25" in Jedburgh at the moment, which is pretty substantial.
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i do actually have a day off today :)
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About a foot deep here now... my car needs it's MOT done this week, but I can't move it, and i'll be lucky if I can move it by Saturday.... have got to drive to Oxford on Sunday, so I might be in a bit of a problem!!
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The snow here (St Andrews) is rubbish, only about 4-5 inches.
Really? Most of Fife is buried. My ma and Da haven't been able to get out their cul-de-sac in a car since Sunday (they're in Dunfermline).
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Just had another slight blizzard! Snapped a pic of my parents back garden.
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Just had another slight blizzard! Snapped a pic of my parents back garden.
god i wish we had that much here.
Tomorrow theres only 3 people in at work.
Me 1 & 1 other thats in half a day and our manager.
Everyone else has it booked off.
I don;'t see the point really as if they can't provide us with work i'll happily sit there and get paid for reading a book or browsing the internet rather than using flexi or my annual leave days.
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The snow here (St Andrews) is rubbish, only about 4-5 inches.
Really? Most of Fife is buried. My ma and Da haven't been able to get out their cul-de-sac in a car since Sunday (they're in Dunfermline).
Yep, that's what makes it miserable. Nobody can get in or out of town so everything's completely shut down but for those of us actually here there's no snow to keep us entertained while everything's closed.
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Couldn't get into work yesterday, was closed today and have been told we're closed tomorrow.
We've got about 15" of snow around here atm, even the main roads are nearly inpassable :?
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Leicestershire has had another bad attempt at snowing. Most of it's cleared and what's left has grass sticking through.
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I got told not to come in so I didn't and then got told off for not making the effort. It has snowed for most of the day though got lighter as the day wore on and we ended up with just under a foot of snow (I'll forgo the weak jokes you'll be pleased to learn)'. They say that we are to have record low temperatures overnight so the roads should be great fun.