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_tom_

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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #15 on: January 05, 2010, 01:41:48 PM »
We only have about 1-2cm here, it was much thicker a couple of weeks ago.
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Dmoney

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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #16 on: January 05, 2010, 01:42:56 PM »
im moving house in london in 2 days. i really don't wanna have an issue. :(
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #17 on: January 05, 2010, 01:57:13 PM »
Quote from: Twinfan 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  ;)

what no birch! how dare you!!!

speaking of snow, according to folk on facebook my local council has apparently run out of salt and all the buses are cancelled
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #18 on: January 05, 2010, 02:05:09 PM »
Let's hope that Basingstoke does not make the news again this week 'cos of the snow... Everything on the TV was true and worse - I had to walk home (4 miles) and it was still at least 3 hours faster than anything on 4 wheels was going. Sky here is slowly getting greyer and greyer.....
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #19 on: January 05, 2010, 02:09:37 PM »
Quote from: mikeluke on January 05, 2010, 02:05:09 PM
Let's hope that Basingstoke does not make the news again this week 'cos of the snow... Everything on the TV was true and worse - I had to walk home (4 miles) and it was still at least 3 hours faster than anything on 4 wheels was going. Sky here is slowly getting greyer and greyer.....

Noooooo! I'm travelling back to Basingstoke later today. It was extremely bad last time, hoping it will be better this time!
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Antag

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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #20 on: January 05, 2010, 04:37:50 PM »
Quote from: Ian Price on January 05, 2010, 02:09:37 PM
Quote from: mikeluke on January 05, 2010, 02:05:09 PM
Let's hope that Basingstoke does not make the news again this week 'cos of the snow... Everything on the TV was true and worse - I had to walk home (4 miles) and it was still at least 3 hours faster than anything on 4 wheels was going. Sky here is slowly getting greyer and greyer.....

Noooooo! I'm travelling back to Basingstoke later today. It was extremely bad last time, hoping it will be better this time!
Yeah, my wife abandonned her car on the A340 & walked home after being stuck in the car for 5 hours (with two toddlers who were less than impressed by the whole experience!).  Guess who had to walk back & get it the next day? :roll:

I laughed when I went into Sainsbury's in Kempshot earlier today - the shelves had literally been EMPTIED :lol:

However, I stand by my earlier prediction that this is just the Met Office over-compensating.  I bet we don't get any...
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #21 on: January 05, 2010, 06:16:18 PM »
Quote from: Antag on January 05, 2010, 04:37:50 PM
I bet we don't get any...
OK, perhaps I was talking bollox.  It's started coming down properly now with thick heavy flakes & is sticking...
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #22 on: January 05, 2010, 06:19:47 PM »
6 inches.. and the world grinds to a halt?


AAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.. that's ridiculous.

we used to call that a nice winter, now everyone is shouting apocalypse.

but a good layer of snow is nice.. cos everyone is too afraid to go out and you can drift at 15mph :D
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #23 on: January 05, 2010, 06:43:55 PM »
Quote from: Davey on January 05, 2010, 06:19:47 PM
6 inches.. and the world grinds to a halt?


AAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.. that's ridiculous.

It's totally ridiculous, but the problem is we're never prepared for it.

Many parts of the UK only get a tiny bit of snow, maybe 1 or 2 days a year.  The local councils have stocks of rock salt for gritting the roads, but they're such penny-pinchers they don't use it unless they're 100% certain it's going to snow.  Then of course it does snow and it's already too late.

That's the roads, and as for the trains..... they just don't seem to be able to handle it at all.  :|
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #24 on: January 05, 2010, 06:50:45 PM »
Antag - are you are North Hampshire person too then? I walked up the A340, past the hospital and it was hilarious to see people trying to drive in the snow who had no idea what to do. Most of them were trying the 'if the wheels are spinning then apply lots more accelerator' tactic. I blame Top Gear.....

One of my neighbours (who was going nowhere in a hurry) got out of his car to talk to me, only to see it slowly move off down the hill without him behind the wheel. Just got back in time to stop it before it hit the car in front!
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #25 on: January 05, 2010, 07:06:18 PM »
I expect I shall have chaos tomorrow in Sussex/Surrey.I had a nightmare journey home in the week before Christmas and like some have said, I do not want a repeat of that. My company would expect you in even if you were dead( in which case you'd get a job in accounts) so whatever it does tomorrow, I shall be expected in.
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #26 on: January 05, 2010, 07:38:21 PM »
The forecast snow in London from sometime tonight until tomorrow afternoon. I do't fancy trying to drive a truck around in it as its pretty uncontrollable. The thing is I'm in a new firm and the boss will make you 'just get on with it' regardless of the risks. Other firms I've worked for wouldn't risk it.
I hate this time of year!
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #27 on: January 05, 2010, 07:56:17 PM »
we had a wee tiny it last night, but not much. We had more around christmas week, still was only maybe 2 inches or so, but we're not used to it... :lol:
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #28 on: January 05, 2010, 08:14:40 PM »
I'm in Bristol and we've been forecast 10cm overnight with -6 temperatures.  I've been out to the supermarket and have the following emergency rations:

12 large bottles Heineken
One case (24 bottles) of Bitburger
Twenty Lucky Strike
A roast chicken

What with that and the Nirvana Live at Reading, Them Crooked Vultures and ZZ Top Double Down Christmas presents to enjoy, should be a good 24 hours.  Can't be going out in ankle-deep snow. Too risky.
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Re: Snowed in!
« Reply #29 on: January 05, 2010, 08:24:22 PM »
Still none on my part of South Essex yet - was predicted at 6pm, it's now 8:30.

I'll bet it's a white out by morning...
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