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General Topics => All things that have nothing to do with Turkey => Topic started by: Rimms on January 05, 2010, 15:11:31 PM
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Never seen it as bad as this here, took the pictures this morning and it has continued snowing heavily all day, we are now more than 8 inches deep.
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No snow today here, mind you we still have the 8" we were delivered before Christmas!
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Originally posted by Scunner
No snow today here, mind you we still have the 8" we were delivered before Christmas!
Yeah, But that must be a doddle to you hardy types up there, I hear 8" is nothing to the average Scotts Man !!
Seriously, it has brought our area to a complete standstill today and I was due to drive to London this afternoon, as things stand I can't even get the car off rthe drive.
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8) Same here, schools closed etc, but it looks lovely,just benn watching the kids on their sleighs and trays sliding down the hills opposite us, great stuff,
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Theres no snow in London - just cold & dark, no excuse not to go to work, maybe tonight!
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Only small flurries here today but same as Scunner still have the original snow from Christmas.
As I said Laffa, sick of the sight of it now.:(.
Have meeting with people from Devon and Bristol on Thursday - don't think they will be moving very far though.
Do any members have local knowledge of conditions there just now.
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Its a novelty to us at the moment H, a bit like yourself, we hav,nt seen 8" since 1985. ;)
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Originally posted by lmaddy
Theres no snow in London - just cold & dark, no excuse not to go to work, maybe tonight!
It's on it's way to you Lorraine, with up to 40cm (16") to arrive within the next 24 hours.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2010/pr20100105.html
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Originally posted by Highlander
Have meeting with people from Devon and Bristol on Thursday - don't think they will be moving very far though.
Do any members have local knowledge of conditions there just now.
Snow flurries in Bristol this afternoon but not settling yet. Heavy snow reported within 40 miles north of here.
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To top off a really bad weather day, I reckon that I sustained the most unlucky snow related injury, ever.
While using a pole to dislodge snow from my sky dish which had stopped receiving the signal, a kid lobbed a snowball at me from the other side of the road, this innocent looking object was like a compressed block of ice that struck me directly on the calf muscle at the back of my leg.
After being unable to walk for most of the day, I am now sat here now wearing an ice cube compress. I could strangle the little bleeder who threw it but have no idea who it was.
Unlucky or what !
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are you still on the roof:D
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9" here :o ;)
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Bad Luck Rimms. Hope it gets better soon.
I managed to fall in a wet corridor at work today :-\
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We've had loads of snow on the Wirral! Throughout the day parents have come to take their children home from school and we are closed tomorrow - yay! Took me an hour to do th 5 min drive home because the roads were so busy and my boyfriend can't get over from Liverpool because the trains were cancelled. This country just can not cope with snow!
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Originally posted by Rimms
While using a pole to dislodge snow from my sky dish which had stopped receiving the signal,
That's a modern version of what happened to Rod Hull, be careful!
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wow snow at last,never again will i moan we never get snow
i left for work at 5.45am, i live on a steep hill and could not get the car up to the top ,then had a hair raising attempt to reverse back down to a clear area then do a three point turn,great done it,pheww !! i was shaking by the time i got to work 15mins late
then took a wobble on another hill and just missed hitting a bus,had to turn into the kerb to stop.
frost tomorrow god help me going to work.
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Take very good care Puma and if it's that bad - STAY PUT !!!!!
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thanks H,
but have to get to work at the local hospital,so got to think of others first
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Good for you Puma:D. Fingers crossed for a safe journey then.
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Originally posted by puma
thanks H,
but have to get to work at the local hospital,so got to think of others first
I know what you mean Puma. I fell and they were measuring me for a wheelchair. They were going to call me the "mobile service"
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heather,how awful i hope you are ok
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The gritters are out in Wallasey in snow ploughs - earlier I witnessed one crashing into a lamp post outside my flat! Was very funny! Nobody got hurt, it was travelling far too slow for the crash to do any damage! Theres a big pile of grit salt in my road now!
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I am a hothouse flower, I dont do snow, cold or wet very well at all. Took an hour and a half to do a 5 minute journey home from arrowe park hospital today. Flying to Fuerteventura from liverpool tomorrow, I hope.
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My Dads wife left Liverpool at 4 and at half 8 when I rang she was still in Liverpool around the centre heading for the tunnel! Madness!
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Originally posted by puma
heather,how awful i hope you are ok
I am fine Puma apart from some aches and pains and a red face after falling my length in front of a doctor.
It was caring staff who made jokes about wheelchair. We are just back after the festive break and there is loads of work to be done so no time for slacking ;)
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Also about 9 inches here. Trouble is I've got an abcess in my cheek like a bloody golf ball so I had to venture about 3 miles down and uphill to dentist. Fortunately most people had heeded advice and stayed in so I made it quite easily 8)
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Just had breakfast on the patio in glorious sunshine and reflected on how happy I am at having 8 inches over here:D
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Originally posted by kenkay
Also about 9 inches here. Trouble is I've got an abcess in my cheek like a bloody golf ball so I had to venture about 3 miles down and uphill to dentist. Fortunately most people had heeded advice and stayed in so I made it quite easily 8)
Poor you, hope it gets better soon.
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Originally posted by sandgrounder
Just had breakfast on the patio in glorious sunshine and reflected on how happy I am at having 8 inches over here:D
I look forward to your posts from Feb 2010 !!!
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Originally posted by Rimms
I look forward to your posts from Feb 2010 !!!
Thanks for reminding me George LOL. At least the snow should be gone by then and we will only have a bit of rain to contend with. How many pubs en-route?? Hehehehehe:D
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In Bury, it's really bad, I fell last time in the snow and broke my arm, so I drove to work! (scared of walking)
A 5 min journey took me 45! I drove up the hill, and slid down again-tried 3 different routes before I got onto main road!
All schools closed and the call centre I work in closed at 4pm for the 1st time ever because of weather.
On my department there are usually approx 40 people in at 8am, yesterday there were 2 of us, quite busy as you can imagine!
Oh well, something for our children to remember! All fun!
:) :)
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Thanks Heather. I'm still waiting for Penicillin to kick in :)
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Ken you don't live up Stand Lane or Outwood Rd do you? They were a nightmare!!
Hope your mouth gets better soon! :)
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work at hospital 20 miles away
Unit now offering overnight stay so that we make it in next morning
not sure where we are to sleep (no takers at present)
Am in tommorrow so may be home in 3 days ? ;)
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None of the snow has melted and neither have the roads been gritted around here, with -8c tonight, only Torvill & Dean will be happy in the morning.
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My hubby's a train driver in Bristol, and we live in South East Wales, about 26 miles away. He should have been working at 4.30am this morning, but with our first full night of snow, there was no budging his car at 3.45am. We live down a long narrow lane and the bend round to the back of our house is tricky on a good day!
He rang into work to say he couldn't get his car out, then proceeded to walk the 5 miles to our local train station, catching the first morning train to work at 6.50am, arriving half an hour later. He then had the 5 mile trek back home, in 8" of snow, at the end of a 10 hour shift. :(
He's tried digging his car out this afternoon, but it's not going anywhere, as its on an icy slope! He's just rang into work again and explained, and asked if it was ok for him to get the first train again tomorrow. :)
The bloke who answered the phone was vile and told him that this weather could last a fortnight and that he needs to get into work on time!!! How many people make no effort at all, let alone a 10 mile walk, on top of a full shift. He's not happy!! :-\
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I agree, tell Bob to stay in bed and ring in sick later in the day. Not many train drivers in the SE of England would walk for 5 minutes to get to work, let alone 5 miles!
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He wishes he had just phoned in sick now - it would have caused a lot less hassle! And you're right, he says there's not another train driver he knows who would make an effort to walk, let alone 5 miles each way!! Still not sure quite how he is going to get there ......... :-\
The trouble is, once you've rang in with your sob story, it's difficult to then call in sick! He's not the type to pull a sickie anyway, and rarely takes any time off work (you can count on your fingers the number of days he's had sick in the last 30 years!) :o
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Originally posted by Jenny1
Ken you don't live up Stand Lane or Outwood Rd do you? They were a nightmare!!
Hope your mouth gets better soon! :)
No Jenny. I live up Ainsworth Road and I am next door but one to your work colleague Wendy:D Not as steep as New Road or Stand Lane but still up 8)
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phew got to work ok alot of staff in the hospital stayed overnight,dedication
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Live just outside Liverpool. City came to a standstill this morning no buses at all! Managed to get to work yesterday and today (got off early both days) but crawling down the M62 at 30mph yesterday in full blizzard was scary! Parked the car on the driveway tonight about 6pm and had to dig it out at half past. Nice to see it come but better to see it go! The nice thing about it tho is that the kids and the bigger kids are luvvin it!
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Its like a ghost town here tonight, not a bus in sight, and the odd car passing by, hope it vanishes as quick as it came,apparently Liverpool council have run out of grit, (typical) been great watching the kids on the hills opposite, but even they were all gone early far too cold, dont think we are equipped to deal with this weather.
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it's -13 here in bolton and read on bbc news -18 in south manchester!
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Blimey, it's a comparatively balmy -7.1C here, not a cloud in the sky and that sun that doesn't melt anything.
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Have you spotted any buses today heading into town Moe?
Wirral have given you some grit!
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The inside of my bedroom window was iced up this morning in South Manchester, not seen that since I was achild and we didn't have central heating.
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Buses are running Jen, though not all, I have just bought a big bag of smart price cat litter from the asda to do the path £1.45, does the trick,and the kids are on the hills again having a ball, heard its gonna snow again tonight, the main roads are ok, but the side streets are a big no no,glad to be back indoors.
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Thanx Moe. Cat litter- good idea! x
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Already down to -7 here! Went to the local Knowsley Council grit depot earlier to try and get a bucketful of grit to clear mum's (who is 84) path, what a surprise I got turned away! The security man said "Its like gold and even I can't take a handful out of here"!
The kids are even getting bored with it now. The good place to be a kid is, if anyone knows it Camp Hill in Woolton.
For any scousers out there who want a laugh go on the Echo website and join the snow blog - better than the telly
Lin
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Looks like a little more then North west under snow. Taken by NASA's Earth observation 'Terra' satellite at noon local time yesterday (07 Jan 2010)
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Great picture isn't it.
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Can you spot, The Purbecks in Dorset, No Snow !!
Only place in England. I live in Bournemouth only a few miles away and our road is covered with compacted snow and it is like an ice ring.
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Great picture isn't it.
Yes!!
Mind hope its not wishful thinking that I can spot green around Holyhead as haven't drained the drinking water out of tank on the boat.