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Reply #30 on: February 02, 2009, 16:54:37 PM
I always wanted to be black.

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Reply #31 on: February 02, 2009, 17:07:37 PM
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I always wanted to be black.


Now we both know not ALL of that sentence was true ;)

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Reply #32 on: February 02, 2009, 17:10:53 PM
Shush you, Ive got room in this car for shortys AND fortys.

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Reply #33 on: February 02, 2009, 17:24:04 PM
Lol blunts and bitches all round..

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Reply #34 on: February 02, 2009, 18:20:43 PM
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People are SUCH pussies.  Its 2"-3" of snow here, and people are saying its at a standstill.  I was just driving around getting some sh*t I need, and you can tell people just dont know how to drive in this.  Its not even proper snow, its proper when its 6" or more.  


I have to agree it wasnt that bad. My TC barely had anything to complain about, smooth throttle smooth steering give lots of space and really there is no problem.

Traffic wasnt to bad today, took me a bit longer to get into work even via country roads, at worst I was in traffic doing 20-30.

I can understand though why we seem to gring to a halt.  We are not geared up for this.  We could invest in plows on buses, keeping railways clear, winter spiked tyres, Tools and other equipment.  But this only really happens once twice a year.  Just deal with it.

If It thats bad tommorow Ill work from home.

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Reply #35 on: February 02, 2009, 18:49:54 PM
I got caught in really bad snow driving from Madrid to Barcelona last month.


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Reply #36 on: February 02, 2009, 19:09:03 PM
Just tried to pick up my missus from college and had to abandon my car at the bottom of the hill and walk up back home.

Got a friend with a 4x4 picking her up now, but I just watched a 4x4 slide down the road backwards.

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Reply #37 on: February 02, 2009, 19:43:14 PM
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I have to agree it wasnt that bad. My TC barely had anything to complain about, smooth throttle smooth steering give lots of space and really there is no problem.

Traffic wasnt to bad today, took me a bit longer to get into work even via country roads, at worst I was in traffic doing 20-30.

I can understand though why we seem to gring to a halt.  We are not geared up for this.  We could invest in plows on buses, keeping railways clear, winter spiked tyres, Tools and other equipment.  But this only really happens once twice a year.  Just deal with it.

If It thats bad tommorow Ill work from home.


If it wasnt bad why work from home?

Its all subjective on your area. Down here half the roads I use to get to uni were closed. And the road I slid out on was all compacted snow/ice due to it being quite busy but not gritted. The hubcaps and demolished street sign are testament to this. It doesnt help also that its on a slight slope, so people leaving, even at 5mph, end up trying to slow down on ice, and basically sliding onto the main road which also isnt gritted ><

Pretty sure unless it warms up somehow tonight melting the snow I wont bother going in tomorrow, will just fill out some job applications.

I do also have a cunning plan, the whole cul-de-sac is deserted and full of fresh snow, Im going out in a mo to harvest it all to make the start of a big snowman...

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Reply #38 on: February 02, 2009, 20:09:16 PM
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I always wanted to be black.


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Re:Snow
Reply #39 on: February 02, 2009, 21:45:10 PM
A few from the walk to work (Clapham Common)... pretty bleak!







I helped a few cars up hills/out of spaces today, bit tbh, if you cant get out of your parking space, should you really be embarking on a journey?
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Reply #40 on: February 02, 2009, 21:55:11 PM
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People are SUCH pussies.  Its 2"-3" of snow here, and people are saying its at a standstill.  I was just driving around getting some sh*t I need, and you can tell people just dont know how to drive in this.  Its not even proper snow, its proper when its 6" or more.  


I have to agree it wasnt that bad. My TC barely had anything to complain about, smooth throttle smooth steering give lots of space and really there is no problem.

Traffic wasnt to bad today, took me a bit longer to get into work even via country roads, at worst I was in traffic doing 20-30.

I can understand though why we seem to gring to a halt.  We are not geared up for this.  We could invest in plows on buses, keeping railways clear, winter spiked tyres, Tools and other equipment.  But this only really happens once twice a year.  Just deal with it.

If It thats bad tommorow Ill work from home.


It is fairly easy to drive safely in snow once you get going, sometimes it is just the getting going thats the problem. Performance summer tyres on 4 inches of snow that had settled on a layer with a slight slope this morning meant I couldnt actually get going thus I was stuck. Once going just keep it smooth and in the highest gear possible and youre sorted I concur.

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Reply #41 on: February 02, 2009, 22:33:33 PM
My street tonight at 9pm.


It had melted off and was pretty much totally clear at 5, and snowing heavily at 6.

Its stopped now.

And as threatened, I relived my childhood and used up the front and back garden and some of the streets snow and made myself a snowgirlfriend. She melts in my arms *bmm bmm tsch* though she has given me the cold shoulder tonight too. Oh well.



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Reply #42 on: February 02, 2009, 22:44:31 PM
that looks tame to the amount of snow here , on msn it says worse snow in six years . not had this much snow here in over 10 years

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Reply #43 on: February 02, 2009, 22:46:04 PM
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I have to agree it wasnt that bad. My TC barely had anything to complain about, smooth throttle smooth steering give lots of space and really there is no problem.

Traffic wasnt to bad today, took me a bit longer to get into work even via country roads, at worst I was in traffic doing 20-30.

I can understand though why we seem to gring to a halt.  We are not geared up for this.  We could invest in plows on buses, keeping railways clear, winter spiked tyres, Tools and other equipment.  But this only really happens once twice a year.  Just deal with it.

If It thats bad tommorow Ill work from home.


If it wasnt bad why work from home?


The nature of my job doesnt tie me to an office.  In the sense that I have clients to do work onsite and I dont have to be infront my office pc to get the most of my work done.

If Ive got visits which I know are in rural villages and Ive got a car with too much torque for its own good at times, its not allways wise to travel for the sake of it.


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Reply #44 on: February 02, 2009, 22:46:41 PM
I know it looks tame.

The thing to remember is that the last time we had snow that actually stuck around on my street, was actually pretty close to the 20 year mark. So technically it is the worst for us still ;)

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