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Twinfan

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Snowed in!
« on: January 05, 2010, 09:04:22 AM »
Can't get to work, remote log-in servers are overloaded, Mrs Twinfan's school is shut and we have around 6 inches of snow making everything look pretty  :)

I guess I just drink coffee and play guitar all day?
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Ian Price

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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2010, 09:23:25 AM »
Looks like all of that snow is on it's way South! It took me 10.5 hours to drive 18 miles just before Christmas - I really don't want to have to go through that again!!!

Playing guitar is a good thing to do on a snow day.
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2010, 09:25:36 AM »
Quote from: Twinfan on January 05, 2010, 09:04:22 AM
Can't get to work, remote log-in servers are overloaded, Mrs Twinfan's school is shut and we have around 6 inches of snow making everything look pretty  :)

I guess I just drink coffee and play guitar all day?

You know I was born in the black forest, Germany, and what did you say, 6 inches of snow? That's ridiculous - where I come from we wouldn't even have noticed anything below 15 inches  :lol:

Just kiddin.

Hey some pics would be nice!
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Twinfan

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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2010, 09:49:09 AM »
It's OK in the areas who have it every year, they can prepare for it and spend money to be ready.

It rarely happens here, so we're never prepared!

I'll get some pics....
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2010, 09:49:51 AM »
Working from home has its disadvantages sometimes...

Hunter, the UK doesn't make it a legal obligation to have winter tyres, unlike countries that have regular snowfall in the winters. Hence we panic and the whole world ends. Everyone buys milk and bread so that they don't starve to death, and try avoid being eaten by wolves, or something.
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2010, 09:56:20 AM »
Here's my back garden:

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tomjackson

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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2010, 10:06:27 AM »

I managed to make it in to Manchester on the train.  Looking out my office window laughing at the BMW drivers as their back wheels try to overtake their front ones or as they just get stuck!
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2010, 10:29:09 AM »
Is this the first snow you've had in Manchester guys, or did you get it in December too?

We had a fair bit in the South East the week before Christmas, and it snowed on New Year's Eve in Essex.  The really unusual thing is how cold it's been - we rarely get temperatures less than 5 degrees in London, never mind sub-zero!
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Twinfan

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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2010, 10:47:27 AM »
We had it before Xmas, but there's much more now.  The old stuff had only just cleared  :lol:
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2010, 11:14:00 AM »
I'm on holiday this week.
I have a behemoth of a cold and the dog has hurt his leg.
I'm staying in with a hat on
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2010, 11:21:56 AM »
Looking forward to London coming to a complete standstill again later in the week...
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2010, 11:43:40 AM »
Quote from: Twinfan on January 05, 2010, 09:56:20 AM
Here's my back garden:



Three trees !  Alder , Maple and Korina ?  :)
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2010, 12:35:03 PM »
We just got 18 inches of snow/ ice here and still had to go to class! My town is crazy.
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #13 on: January 05, 2010, 01:03:30 PM »
I'm glad I took this week off.

The pre-christmas snow was terrible, not because there was lots of it but because we were completely unprepared.  Here in the South East, the transport infrastucture already runs >90% capacity, so it just takes the gritters to be a bit slow getting out & the roads get clogged up with solid traffic & nobody can go anywhere (which is basically what happened).

It's very cold here but there's a clear blue sky.  I reckon the forecast is bollox - just the met office covering their arses after last time :)  I put money on us not getting any more snow....
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #14 on: January 05, 2010, 01:17:35 PM »
Quote from: Fourth Feline on January 05, 2010, 11:43:40 AM
Three trees !  Alder , Maple and Korina ?  :)

Ha ha!  Close, but I'd have Ash in place of Alder  ;)
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