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[Bobby Mhor]

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[Mo1959]

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Got any white stuff yet? It's forecast, but just rain here so far.

 

[classic33]

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Owdo
Feeling silly this morning are we?

Got any white stuff yet? It's forecast, but just rain here so far.

You mean like this?

Must be all of an inch deep and there's nowt moving!

 

[Mo1959]

Must be all of an inch deep and there's nowt moving!

I find it baffling how it manages to cause so much disruption now. We used to get feet of the stuff and things kept moving.

 

[classic33]

I find it baffling how it manages to cause so much disruption now. We used to get feet of the stuff and things kept moving.

I think they panic at the first sign of it now. One gets stuck...
I want to wake up one morning to around three foot of it, see what they do then.

They'll be panic buying in town, those that get in.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Got any white stuff yet? It's forecast, but just rain here so far.

The odd flurry of flakes but not lying..
I'm on a east facing 'frost pocket' which may no help, not high though but expecting now the wind is coming from the East..
Rain forecast for late afternoon...
but 2c just now and almost 5 mm so far today..
on the good side, my plants from yesterday will have been watered

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Owdo
Feeling silly this morning are we?

You mean like this?
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Must be all of an inch deep and there's nowt moving!

Get out and clear your play centre

I find it baffling how it manages to cause so much disruption now. We used to get feet of the stuff and things kept moving.

Folk get the panic mode from the media...
all this amber, yellow alert nonsense, gone are the days we heard bad weather on its way now it's splattered all over and the fear put into people plus a massive part of it is most folk haven't a clue how to drive in snow....
we used to get sent out to 'hotspots' to try keep traffic moving and inevitably it would be spent trying to push folk who insisted in revving too high and skid all over the place, funnily the bigger more expensive cars tended to have more problems..

 

[Mo1959]

Get out and clear your play centre


Folk get the panic mode from the media...
all this amber, yellow alert nonsense, gone are the days we heard bad weather on its way now it's splattered all over and the fear put into people plus a massive part of it is most folk haven't a clue how to drive in snow....
we used to get sent out to 'hotspots' to try keep traffic moving and inevitably it would be spent trying to push folk who insisted in revving too high and skid all over the place, funnily the bigger more expensive cars tended to have more problems..

Yep, especially rear wheel drives. I used to just stick it into 2nd gear and accelerate very slowly. Had some horrendous drives home after night shifts up over the Orchil above Braco. Real white knuckle stuff but always made it.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Yep, especially rear wheel drives. I used to just stick it into 2nd gear and accelerate very slowly. Had some horrendous drives home after night shifts up over the Orchil above Braco. Real white knuckle stuff but always made it.

Folk outside the urban areas tend to be better esp if driving in rural areas, in towns are used to loads of salt and salt being applied to keep things running, I used to 460 ft ASL and that was just over a mile from sea level, had to go walk folk and shopping up the hill..
150 ft asl now so hopefully none of the same,
We used to always carry warm clothing, wooly blanket etc when 'commuting' up and down from Angus in the winter months..
best staying inside and heating on, home made soup in the pot....

 

[Kryton521]

The now fabled, "Beast from the East", crippled South Wales. But what I found truly stunning and left me thinking, "What in all holy Hell were you thinking!" As they drove, or attempted to drive their expensive SUVs into snow drifts and clearly blocked lanes!

 

[classic33]

Yep, especially rear wheel drives. I used to just stick it into 2nd gear and accelerate very slowly. Had some horrendous drives home after night shifts up over the Orchil above Braco. Real white knuckle stuff but always made it.

Coming home from work, on the bike, and having to stop and walk past cars that were stuck on hills was annoying. Worst being the idiot in the landrover who insisted it could, and should, go anywhere stuck with all four wheels spinning.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Coming home from work, on the bike, and having to stop and walk past cars that were stuck on hills was annoying. Worst being the idiot in the landrover who insisted it could, and should, go anywhere stuck with all four wheels spinning.

Honestly, he's been moaning about the lack of snow for weeks, and now he's getting grumpy again. No pleasing some folk.

 

[Andy in Germany]

The now fabled, "Beast from the East", crippled South Wales. But what I found truly stunning and left me thinking, "What in all holy Hell were you thinking!" As they drove, or attempted to drive their expensive SUVs into snow drifts and clearly blocked lanes!

I assume it's either that they are too trusting in the sales pitch of their 4 x 4, or haven't worked out that a sense of entitlement doesn't work against laws of physics.

Or possibly both.

 

[classic33]

Honestly, he's been moaning about the lack of snow for weeks, and now he's getting grumpy again. No pleasing some folk.

Moaning about those in cars that are slowing my trip down/making me get off to get past them. The snow, never!

 

[Andy in Germany]

Moaning about those in cars that are slowing my trip down/making me get off to get past them. The snow, never!

Funny that, if they get delayed by a bike, they're leaning on their horn after half a second, but when its the other way around...