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Chat => General Discussion => Topic started by: *she-devil* on February 01, 2009, 18:30:00 PM
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Anyone else have any yet?
:nana: :nana: :nana: :nana:
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only at weekends, but i keep it to myself :w00t:
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Had a 30 min blizzard in Clapham, forcast for heavy snow tomorrow!
Very exciting!
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Weve had a warning that we could get between 5 and 10cm of snow tomorrow.
Ill believe it when I see it.
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Its properly snowing here now! A nice white coverage, 5cm or so.
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Hopefully ill work out how not to be a such a photospaz and get some nice pictures later.
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Its been going very lightly for a while here but its too light to do anything. Hope it gets heavier.
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Ooooooh more snow now :) its covered we prob have an inch and its still snowing, my other half just text me too, it appears theres about an inch in London/Clapham area..
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Almost tempted if its heavy snow here tomorrow to not go into work and instead go into the new forest for some photography :D
(I still am of the frame of mind Ill believe it when I see it)
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It was snowing heavily last week and its still on the ground. I had 6 inches on my car, it was like being in Dakota or something.
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Yep, good inch in Clapham. Ive been out helping stranded motorists. There is no grit down anywhere. The poor Dominos guys on their feeble bikes are having to push them back to base (lol).
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OMG I want more snow!!!! Bring it on!!
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Ive seen it, I guess I have to believe it. Currently got at least an inch down here in Dorset/Bournemouth, and its snowing pretty heavily.
Ive decided to not attempt to go into work as normal today, on the basis of the traffic reports saying half the roads are closed, and my car having not much petrol in it >< Will try in an hour or two. If that fails, I might go to one of the nearby hillforestwood things and try some photography, though I am guessing itd be better if it wasnt snowing.
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Ooooooh more snow now :) its covered we prob have an inch and its still snowing, my other half just text me too, it appears theres about an inch in London/Clapham area..
More than an inch round SW London now.
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Had 2-3 inches in France overnight - little to no gritting done so the roads are fooked.
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Significantly more outside my parents house (6-8 inches).
Jaimz :rock:
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About an inch overnight in Shrops. Roads are absolutely fine once your off the housing estates. Still snowing though - wish it bloody wasnt! Bah humbug!
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Weve got a few inches too, now just hope it doesnt freeze into an ice rink again...
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Hardly now snow here just ice on the lakes.
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Just went out in the hopes of getting to the hill.
Did a 180 at the end of my street, hit curb lost hubcap and came home heh.
Thats enough driving on packed snow for me...
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I have done a 225 in Berkeley in the middle of the summer ! no rain for months , rain comes, rain + dusty streets= soapy and very slippery, comming round a bend doing a 180 which continued, I see a driveway to a house and hit the gas pedal and ending up neatly parked on the driveway while the cars behind passes in astonishment :)
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lol that sounds like something youd see in a film bear. :)
Im struggling to get a taxi and have just been told I might not even make it into Sheffield because of the weather, so I might not even get to pick up my car today :( Bloody snow!!
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Heh, walked into Ferndown, tis about a half mile.
As well as my hubcap, there were 3 others, and a street sign at the end of the road I span round in has been pretty nicely knocked over!
I feel bad at my lame attempt at snow driving, but Id like to think that I made the sensible choice given my lack of skill - it was my first time on snow ever, and came home. At least I didnt damage any property or people...
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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.
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lol that sounds like something youd see in a film bear. :)
Im struggling to get a taxi and have just been told I might not even make it into Sheffield because of the weather, so I might not even get to pick up my car today :( Bloody snow!!
Well it is a true story I drove cab, mobile #3 a 1964 Chevelle Malibu :D
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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.
The problem is the roads getting blocked by accidents. Every bloody morning when it snows you can guarantee most of the roads around here will be blocked, and the only way out will be some daft single track country road that hasnt been gritted.
If people stopped driving like loonies, crashing and then blocking roads everyone could get to work at a reasonable time, but of course you have the "I drive better when I drive quicker" self delusional brigade who insist on driving like idiots in thick snow and fog on winding roads.
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Day off work!!!!
Took me 3 hours to get from Clapham to Canary wharf only to recieve a txt at 10am telling me not to bother, so now im back home.
God i love snow.
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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.
You can hardly blame some people in places like where I live, where this is the only real snow weve had in the last 20 years or so, so like me it might be their first time.
Next time I will go at a snails snails pace, rather than just 5mph. Id like to blame it on the fact the estate hasnt been gritted, and driving a micra I have tiny wheels spinning fast that are thin and in a light car, but of course most of it is down to inexperience. Id have been alright if Id gone another 100m onto the gritted roads, but I decided it wasnt worth it. Its not just yourself you have to factor in, but the others like me that dont decide to play it safe and so end up crashing into the side of you...
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Sweden where I live today
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big lakes have open water
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Barnsley, circa noontime.
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and my new motor, woop
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It just keeps snowing here, the forecast is for another 4-6 inches in the next 6 hours or so, we built a snow man this aft when I got home from work lol
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and my new motor, woop
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WHY did you buy a black mans car? lol
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I always wanted to be black.
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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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Shush you, Ive got room in this car for shortys AND fortys.
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Lol blunts and bitches all round..
Jaimz :rock:
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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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I got caught in really bad snow driving from Madrid to Barcelona last month.
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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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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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I always wanted to be black.
[PCoff]
/offers pack of black and white facepaint
I very much doubt if you can still get a job on the TV singing while wearing it though
[/PCoff]
click if youre too young to understand (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_and_White_Minstrel_Show)
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A few from the walk to work (Clapham Common)... pretty bleak!
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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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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.
Jaimz :rock:
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My street tonight at 9pm.
(http://www.zpyder.co.uk/forums/streetsnow.jpg)
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.
(http://www.zpyder.co.uk/forums/snowgalandme.jpg)
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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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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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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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same here normaly here we have a few cms but now we have over 7 inches , not been that bad in many years
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Bristol is always dissapointing for snow, you barely get a snowballs worth most of the time, some has settled this time though but not as much as most have been getting :(
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I know it looks tame.
Tame? Ours has gone already! :|
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still snowing here :( , i need to find a 3870 tomorrow so i hope it clears up soon
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My brother had loads of snow! and too much time apparently!
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Brothers stuck in work,
Cousin had old lady loose it in front of her and had to handbreak it and was spinning but another car hit her,
Nana had to take bus to airport and then fly out to come here for a holiday in all the snow worrying my dad,
London buses and tubes all off today/tomorrow or something?
Sounds really bad on the news today, all go hey?
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Two hours Ive been kept awake early this morning by some cretinous bellend stuck at the junction just opposite my house, because he didnt have a clue how to get his car out and kept thrashing and wheelspinning it. Goddamned snow :disappointed:
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YEah, Ive decided I dont "need" to go to work today (its all uber flexible, the samples have been there since sept and they only got me working on them last week!) - so Ill either wait till lunch, when some weather person reckons itll clear, or not go in. And if it happens again in the near future, ill be one of the many who probably end up taking skid pan lessons :D
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blizzard here atm.
cant get out the hoose. no work & no pay :o(
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Tbh, Im surprised no one has mentioned it...Tek Snowman competition anyone?
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Two hours Ive been kept awake early this morning by some cretinous bellend stuck at the junction just opposite my house, because he didnt have a clue how to get his car out and kept thrashing and wheelspinning it. Goddamned snow :disappointed:
I saw that far too often in my old house, street on a steep bank with only one exit - at the top. Getting out during snow normally required front wheel drive cars to reverse up, or the smart ones parked in the back street.
Been raining all night, still cloudy but I doubt if there will be any snow.
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difference 6 months show eh?
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More Ice/Frost than anything this way. No more snow overnight, definately colder though.
Wish I had time to pull up on a lane on the way to work this morning, some one had built this enormous snow dog adn snowman outside their gates. Mighty amusing.
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Nice hillside view egg.
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Bah, someones gone and trashed my snowwoman.
Weve actually gone at gotten a bit of sun now so its starting to melt. Hopefully it wont get bad again now and Ill feel less inclined to stay at home and do job applications.
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Bah, someones gone and trashed my snowwoman.
Pah thats nothing.. some t*at wrote C*NT in the snow on my car :( immature bastid
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Yes but yours washes off, I took 2 hours making Sheila the snowwoman :(
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Yes but yours washes off, I took 2 hours making Sheila the snowwoman :(
did you put your fingers to good use to show it was a snowgirl?
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Yeah stuck at home today, too much ice around to be able to drive... :?
:disappointed: someone pinched my snowmans carrot overnight! shocking, bloody hooligans lol
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Theres a lump of snow that suspiciously looks like the head of my snowgal further down the road...I suspect the kids tried to steal it to make their own, in the process destroying the rest of it.
Whats the world coming to when the kids a few houses down dont respect their neighbours frozen other halves?
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Hahaha, maybe you should go back to your inflatable gal? Or did they burst her too? ;)
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Whats the world coming to when the kids a few houses down dont respect their neighbours frozen other halves?
She looked like she was suffering from frigidity anyway. And with that face I thought it was a monkeh! :P
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You should have seen how laid back she really was. She was in such a state of repose I was surprised she wasnt flat out on her back! She was dripping wet too, and pretty dirty.
Still, no need to push her over and stomp on her face!
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Still, no need to push her over and stomp on her face!
Thats it then, she wasnt true to you zpyder, she was a real pushover ;) And Im sure it was a stamp of approval too :D
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Yeah, just a shame, I made her the woman she was, and it took two hours as well. Many would have given up by then, or finished early.
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Seems to be all gone this morning, although apparently more is forecast for Thursday. How is it around for everyone else?
I might be able to get my car boot open today :lol:
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Rain, rain, more rain :(
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Snowing here again. Car is covered.
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Got in to uni today.
Will try driving tomorrow, hopefully if there is still snow around, it wont be as bad as monday.
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Goddmanit, looking out my window and were getting golfball sized clumps of snow falling! Thats a first in memory for me down here!
Looks like I will be hitching a lift with my mum tomorrow :(
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Sweet, another day at home. Ive been almost two weeks now without having to go to the office :nana:
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I’m a rubbish photographer and have a crappy camera but I thought I would post a few from my area anyway. :)
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Went to work in the snow this morning, it was terrible, also had to follow some idiot in a transit van up a bloody great hill whilst he was spinning the wheels cause he hadnt a clue how to go about it, in the end he just pulled over and gave in!
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Its all pretty clear down here. It was mental last night but I think the snow turned to rain and it helped slushify the snow on the roads :D
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Snowflakecount=0 again. South coast is lined up for some more snow tomorrow.
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At least work is done for now so I dont have to go in. Would be nice to have some snow so I can do whatever I want with it without feeling guilty!
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wtf is happening with the uk , what are we paying our couciltax and road tax for ? . when http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/article.aspx?cp-documentid=13753226 < news like this is on the news etc , or is the money from these taxes going on fancy meals/hotels (like my local coucil is spending thousand a year on ) . i wanted to visit my parents this morning but could not get off of my street because of ice under the 5 inches of snow
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What the hell!
The roads around me were actually gritted today so I cant really complain (other than the snow on the top is what everyone was skidding on) but that is ridiculous, my street never EVER gets gritted, its like a 1 in 10 hill or something and soooo many people cant get up and down the street, why dont they do that and stop farting about giving themself payrises!
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wtf is happening with the uk , what are we paying our couciltax and road tax for ? . when http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/article.aspx?cp-documentid=13753226 < news like this is on the news etc , or is the money from these taxes going on fancy meals/hotels (like my local coucil is spending thousand a year on ) . i wanted to visit my parents this morning but could not get off of my street because of ice under the 5 inches of snow
I pay $4600 a year in council tax, so dont think youre badly off.
And what I get for it is Christmas (sorry Holiday) lights and trash collection.
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wtf is happening with the uk , what are we paying our couciltax and road tax for ? . when http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/article.aspx?cp-documentid=13753226 < news like this is on the news etc , or is the money from these taxes going on fancy meals/hotels (like my local coucil is spending thousand a year on ) . i wanted to visit my parents this morning but could not get off of my street because of ice under the 5 inches of snow
I pay $4600 a year in council tax, so dont think youre badly off.
And what I get for it is Christmas (sorry Holiday) lights and trash collection.
wow your house must be worth hundreds of thousands , and we got the same trashy purple and white lights and no trash collection lol
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I always wanted to be black.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5862615352387395575
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About half an inch fell before midnight, just enough to cover the paths.
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About half an inch fell before midnight, just enough to cover the paths.
Walked home when it was coming down hard, was really hoping it was the last of the snow for a while up here.
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None here, its nice and sunny
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With heavy rain and stuff last night it was totally back to wet old Ferndown this morning.
But in the space of 2 hours the snows been that heavy its nearly back to what it was on monday!
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bit left on the hedges but pretty much clear here now thank god.
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its banging down here, full on blizzard lol hope itll clear quickly as im supposed to be out motorbiking tomorrow
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Came a bunch of wet snow early this morning but it is a couple of plus degrees today so it is going to melt away I think.
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Its all slushy now. BUt Ive done my bit to piss the nieghbours off by shovelling snow onto the edge of our driveway, meaning the cow next door will have to wade through 1 foot of slush to get to her car (a foot of slush on our property I hasten to add, thats the price she pays for parking half on our drive again!)
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Its all slushy now. BUt Ive done my bit to piss the nieghbours off by shovelling snow onto the edge of our driveway, meaning the cow next door will have to wade through 1 foot of slush to get to her car (a foot of slush on our property I hasten to add, thats the price she pays for parking half on our drive again!)
*Round of applause* Love it!
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Nothing like pissing off the c**tish neighbours ha.
Been an absolutely delightful afternoon here in the Ile-De-France, 12-14c all day and a nice bit of sun. Went for a stroll in a local park was most pleasant.
Jaimz :rock:
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Well I pointed it out to my rents and my dad laughed and my mum just accepted it. Weve maintained a policy of "it doesnt really hurt us so lets not cause a fuss" but some days theyre that far over onto our drive we have to walk around their car to get out our side alley!
Im just itching for her to say something now. IF only just for the chance to throw a snowball at her. :D
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Just a bit of drizzle here. No matter how much you shake the last drop always goes in ya pants.
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more snow on the way ?
http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/article.aspx?cp-documentid=13887976
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Well I pointed it out to my rents and my dad laughed and my mum just accepted it. Weve maintained a policy of "it doesnt really hurt us so lets not cause a fuss" but some days theyre that far over onto our drive we have to walk around their car to get out our side alley!
Im just itching for her to say something now. IF only just for the chance to throw a snowball at her. :D
If she parks on your property and you really dont like them build a short wall between the properties, just tall enough to hit something important on the under side of the car...
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Its snowing here again!
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it is here now , and i was hoping it was thawing :(
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No snow here, though its blowing a gale!
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Just heavy rain and stupidly strong winds here, the airports were closed last night cos of the winds (CDG and Orly)
Jaimz :rock: