Today in Gloucestershire apparently.
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Boris Johnson's Press Secretary, Mon 12 Dec 2022, 17:23,
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I know snow days are becoming rarer, but it always amused me how totally unprepared england seemed to be whenever it snowed
and most years you'd get one or two days at least. Everything shuts down. EDs were jampacked with injuries, you get boneheads like the above that don't seem to have heard about snow tires, chains and often antifreeze. but it stretches to things like building design. I was in a hotel in plymouth my company put me up in who on the coldest day of the year had no hot water because the pipes had frozen
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 12 Dec 2022, 20:45,
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Really?
They've heard of hot water in Plymouth?
Bloody witchcraft, says I. Burn the lot of 'em.
#CreamFirst
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Spherix What, with these feet?, Mon 12 Dec 2022, 21:03,
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you know that movie Lion, about the adopted indian who uses google earth to find the station of his childhood?
i've just wasted a good hour on google maps. After the plymouth debacle, I had to give some presentation on the way back but i'm fucked if I can remember the name of the place, or even whether it was devon or somerset. I just remember getting off the train, with light snow falling, and discovering the actual town was in the distance on the other side of a small valley with open fields. It was a cute market town, medium to small sized. no luck so far
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 13 Dec 2022, 10:42,
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Do you remember when it was?
You’re bound to have spent some money down there; you could check your bank statements.
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jonbob loves you, Tue 13 Dec 2022, 22:58,
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nah, 20 years ago.
it's also possible that the fields are now full of houses so the street view might not be much help
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 14 Dec 2022, 11:09,
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I think it's precisely because heavy snow is so rare for most of us south of Berwick
Also why so few people use chains; we just don't need them often enough to buy them, much less faff around putting them on.
Now if you'll excuse me, I've just had an idea for a 12V heater that I can put over my air vents to clear the windscreen faster. For some reason my car ices up on the inside too.
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jonbob loves you, Mon 12 Dec 2022, 23:55,
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Don't arse about with extra heaters.
Stick a dehumidifier or two under a seat and always drive with your airco on.
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Tusk knows where you live, Tue 13 Dec 2022, 0:20,
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It’s not so much whether they’re worth investing in
But given that it does snow, it’s that failure to learn any sort of lessons like it’s stupid to drive in snow without em. I had a fair few snow days living in London, which is a fair walk south of Berwick. I lived with nurses, and casualty was full of geniuses who thought it was a splendid notion to ride their bike to work through this strange and unknowable white substance in the roads
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 13 Dec 2022, 8:03,
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Well
I rode in today but it took a very long time what with the constant getting off and pushing when it was too icy. I was frankly astonished at the number of people on skinny tyres who went roaring past at speed though. I've spent long enough in surgery not to want to come off my bicycle again, thank you very much.
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Tue 13 Dec 2022, 10:07,
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Nah, this looks like much more fun
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Tue 13 Dec 2022, 18:20,
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Forget chains...
Those tyre socks you get at Halfords are the bollox. Put them on my VW Up! last time it snowed properly in the midlands and was driving round stuck 4x4s. They are honestly brilliant and well worth the money to keep around, and they're not destructive to the road or driveways either.
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Not seen those before
Tempted to get a set to sling in the garage as my road is on such a slope that half an inch makes it unpassable.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Tue 13 Dec 2022, 20:37,
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Yep, pretty good stuff.
Not a long-term solution, but handy for getting caught out. Lucky to get them to last a week though, and don't leave them on if you get to clear tarmac or they'll be torn up before you know it.
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joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Wed 14 Dec 2022, 14:09,
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Idiots playing skittles with their cars
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 12 Dec 2022, 21:00,
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That was yesterday. Had to dodge those pricks to get home.
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2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Mon 12 Dec 2022, 22:04,
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Sending thoughts and prayers from Florida
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TownsendsPublisher is all gravy baby, Tue 13 Dec 2022, 14:56,
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