Let It Snow

Discussion in 'The Lounge Bar' started by Gage, Mar 23, 2008.

  1. canuck

    canuck Closed Account

    Having no snow tires and then driving like it's summer time is not uncommon here either. There is a strong link between IQ and mortality rates.
     
  2. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Why is it the accidents only seem to happen to cars with cameras fitted - I will be taking mine out later its got to be safer:omg::rolleyes::huh:

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  3. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

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  4. papiermache

    papiermache Well-Known Member

    Lighter and smaller type of snowflakes seen this morning, we've had wetter types since, to the delight of the children in the playground opposite. Easier to make things with.

    Many showers today, then sunshine, currently not snowing, but tomorrow we may get the clouds from further south.

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  5. Mr Jinks

    Mr Jinks Bit of a Cad

    and still it falls.... WP_20180228_15_01_29_Pro.jpg WP_20180228_15_02_04_Pro.jpg WP_20180228_15_03_30_Pro.jpg
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  6. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    We've missed the big snowfall here but the duvet day syndrome has struck instead. Most schools have shut and I have just had the easiest drive to work this week. Snowflakes for a snowflake generation!
     
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  7. Tolbooth

    Tolbooth Patron Patron

    Thanks to the combined effects of Storm Emma and The Beast from the East I'm now in work today instead of driving from Coventry to Lyme Regis for a nice relaxing long weekend!

    It's my own fault though - "No," I said to Mrs Tolbooth, " we'll go later than our usual Jan/Feb trip. The weather will be bit warmer "

    .....and as a bonus we've had no hot water for two days, so it's boiling kettles and strip washes
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  8. papiermache

    papiermache Well-Known Member

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  10. amberdog45

    amberdog45 Senior Member

    Commendable action from female bus driver to avoided hitting this mini in Edinburgh.

     
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  11. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Sensible stuff on Canuck snow-handling.
    Want to pay for this for an event that hits maybe every 3 years for a couple of days?
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  12. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Yeah - but do they name their gritters in Canada as they do in Scotland??

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    Sir Andy Flurry :D

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  13. canuck

    canuck Closed Account

    The Montreal ice removal sequence looks to be complete overkill but Quebec does have many government employees to keep busy. Enough said. Just don't rely on that as being representative of how the rest of the country conducts snow removal. It doesn't require nearly the amount of effort depicted. Regardless, the big difference between us and the U.K., or southern U.S. for that matter, is we receive snow in sufficient quantity and frequency to warrant having the necessary equipment on hand and much experience at dealing with it.

    The salters/sanders, or gritters as you call them, are really only used after the major snow falls. More often now and it is a fairly recent development, they put down brine in advance of snow or ice. Further north they do spread sand on the roads as salt ceases to be effective at temps below 10F.

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    Whatever the delivery method, moose love the salt:

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  14. geoff501

    geoff501 Achtung Feind hört mit

  15. SDP

    SDP Incurable Cometoholic

    IMG_3103.JPG Worcestershire in March!
     
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  16. ozzy16

    ozzy16 Well-Known Member

    Could be a Banksy ?
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  17. SDP

    SDP Incurable Cometoholic

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    Still busy in Scotland.
     
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  18. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    Not a snowflake to be seen this morning in West London and 10 sultry Centigrade degrees.
     
  19. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Late snow in Pearl River, New York last night. About six inches.

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  20. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Four more inches of global warming in southern New York on April 2.

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