Snow Patrol have just sprayed my van with grit salt

Has London ever seen snow before, they dont have kickup a bit of fuss down there do they, not like us ooop north

Did I hear right the underground had been shut?

Did I hear right the underground had been shut?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/145...g-prepared.html

aye, you heared right, some of it at least

 

Despite claims to the contrary, transport operators seemed ill-prepared for delays, cancellations and the thousands of frustrated passengers. Sections of Underground lines shut in London as did several stations.

how could the snow affect that?

Edited February 2, 200917 yr by fatolive

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/145...g-prepared.html

aye, you heared right, some of it at least

 

 

how could the snow affect that?

 

Underground, Overground. A fair chunk of it is overground.

 

About 9 inches of snow on the car this morning, roads were treacherous, but luckily there were no buses on them as those bastards really clog the place up in bad weather.

Underground, Overground. A fair chunk of it is overground.

 

About 9 inches of snow on the car this morning, roads were treacherous, but luckily there were no buses on them as those bastards really clog the place up in bad weather.

 

 

oh yes, should have read all of the article this bit made me laugh though.

"London Underground apologises for the disruption to services due to ice forming on some rails."

 

They added: "London Underground has comprehensive contingencies in place which have been developed over a number of years. Obviously these did not fully work in all areas."

:

no sh?t sherlock

These contingency plans involve a man with a kettle full of water.

I don't suppose essential workers caused any of the closures.

School closed today, and maybe tomorrow as well.

 

 

why?

just been on hayward levels with sledge and kids

I bet the snow was waist high on LW.

These contingency plans involve a man with a kettle full of water.

 

Should always test contingencies in a controlled situation.

 

He didn't boil the kettle as it wasn't stated in the plan

Went to Warrington from the Greyhound roundabout behind a gritter, so hats of to the council for that personal service.

Went to Warrington from the Greyhound roundabout behind a gritter, so hats of to the council for that personal service.

 

There's now no paint on the front of his car.

Couldn't believe the fuss on the news about it.

Some of those reporters are right balloons. You would think it was the end of civilisation instead of a bit of snow.

Woe is the south tonight as it might freeze.

Bet the jocks are laughing their arses off.

The worst thing about it was that with me car fooked and me foot sliced to shite (see posts passim) I had to walk the 40 mins in today; not that the walk itself was bad, in fact it was quite picturesque, but a horrible thing happened on the way. Something I am really loath to talk about....

 

<takes big swig of cider>

 

 

....as I was walking along there was an oldish geezer coming the other way walking his dog. He was obviously trying to keep the dog on the straight and narrow and also keep a snow free path for him to to follow without slipping. So as we pass I move to one side and let them both through and pass the usual pleasantries. Then I realise the horror of my mistake....

 

<takes another big swig of cider>

 

 

as I look up I realise the bloke I'd just been amiable towards had a bobble hat with.... God this hurts....

 

 

 

<takes swig of Woods Old Navy 57% by volume rum>

 

 

 

...a Wolves crest on it

Yes, unknown to me I'd been passing pleasantries with some Old Gold cunt.

Needless to say since getting home from work I've spent the last 3 hours bathing in dettol

The worst thing about it was that with me car fooked and me foot sliced to shite (see posts passim) I had to walk the 40 mins in today; not that the walk itself was bad, in fact it was quite picturesque, but a horrible thing happened on the way. Something I am really loath to talk about....

 

<takes big swig of cider>

 

 

....as I was walking along there was an oldish geezer coming the other way walking his dog. He was obviously trying to keep the dog on the straight and narrow and also keep a snow free path for him to to follow without slipping. So as we pass I move to one side and let them both through and pass the usual pleasantries. Then I realise the horror of my mistake....

 

<takes another big swig of cider>

 

 

as I look up I realise the bloke I'd just been amiable towards had a bobble hat with.... God this hurts....

 

 

 

<takes swig of Woods Old Navy 57% by volume rum>

 

 

 

...a Wolves crest on it

Yes, unknown to me I'd been passing pleasantries with some Old Gold cunt.

Needless to say since getting home from work I've spent the last 3 hours bathing in dettol

 

 

You should have just said "Thanks for Mark"

You should have just said "Thanks for Mark"

Hmmmm... why didn't I think of that

Good job i've turned in today.. no-one else has of yet!

 

Hmm triple pay for 3 times the workload?

The wire brush is in the post. Get scrubbing!

Well I got the train into Liverpool today, I said to the bloke at the station 'Are the trains running as normal today' and he looked at me as though I'd just asked to bum him and replied 'Yeah, why wouldn't they be'

 

Southern Jessies

 

Then again, I may well have asked him if I could bum him but that makes me think, why would he respond that way, unless he was a schizophrenic, in which case he may not have been taking to me at all. Questions, Questions

Well I got the train into Liverpool today, I said to the bloke at the station 'Are the trains running as normal today' and he looked at me as though I'd just asked to bum him and replied 'Yeah, why wouldn't they be'

 

Southern Jessies

 

Then again, I may well have asked him if I could bum him but that makes me think, why would he respond that way, unless he was a schizophrenic, in which case he may not have been taking to me at all. Questions, Questions

 

 

Now its not often that I stand up for the south but yesterday was a bit of a nightmare. All my trains from Crawley to London were stopped and it snowed all day, the north downs got it the worse. This morning was like not too bad but the real difficulty is that people do longer commutes into London, once the rail network gets crippled then everything just stops. It does annoy me that if London gets snow its national news, if its anywhere else it'll make local and that's about it.

 

This morning it was still snowing on Crawley and all the smaller stations are still shut, the all undersground services that have an overground section are a bit buggered but everything else is running fine. I was cheered to find a relatively deserted Victoria line tube carriage with a bloke in a grey BWFC fleece, showing that despite the weather, northerners still make it into work if they can!

Soft Southern bastards.

 

It snows once every blue moon and the place comes to a standstill.

About 8 inches of snow here, never stopped me getting Tarquin & Jemima off to prep school this morning.

Soft Southern bastards.

 

It snows once every blue moon and the place comes to a standstill.

About 8 inches of snow here, never stopped me getting Tarquin & Jemima off to prep school this morning.

presmuably the groundsmen had removed any snow or ice from the drive though

I was watching some MP on TV this morning trying to excuse London Local Coucils

 

He said that it was the bus companies who made the decisions not to run, the interviewer reminded him that the roads were unfit for use and this was down to local council not gritting them despite the fact that they knew of the weather conditions weeks ago

 

So, the counciler said, 'yes but there where no bus accidents yesterday so the local council have done their job', the interviewer shook his head then reminded again that, as there were no buses running due to the state of the roads, there couldn't possibly have been any bus accidents

 

Fairies

 

(widnes, gutted that the trains were running so he didn't have an excuse to go back to bed)

presmuably the groundsmen had removed any snow or ice from the drive though

 

Yes , I sent Benson and his team out at 5am to clear the drive.

Unfortunately the lower paddock is still unfit for use, so the Polo match is off, sorry.