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let it snow, let it snow, let it snow …
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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Snowed all last night and into today.
Looks like another storm moving in - satellite signal has disappeared, which generally means heavy snow clouds moving in...
Had to drive out of the car park with 10cm of snow this morning, no problems. The junction onto the on-ramp for the B68 was a little slippery, but the main road was fine. (A = Autobahn/Motorway, B=Bundestraße or A road). As I got towards Bramsche, I could see the ice glistening under the snow, so gently backed off from 60mph to 50mph, then got stuck behind the snow plough, who was 50 as well.
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Fri Jan 01, 2010 4:11 pm |
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AlunD
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:12 am Posts: 7011 Location: Wiltshire
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Guessing that's probably a good place to be 
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Fri Jan 01, 2010 4:14 pm |
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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You obviously haven't seen the Jaguar ads... The snow ploughs always follow the X-Type Jags, that's the safest place to be 
_________________ "Do you know what this is? Hmm? No, I can see you do not. You have that vacant look in your eyes, which says hold my head to your ear, you will hear the sea!" - Londo Molari
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Fri Jan 01, 2010 4:23 pm |
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AlunD
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:12 am Posts: 7011 Location: Wiltshire
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Yes and I've got one  but the snow plough wins 
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Fri Jan 01, 2010 4:24 pm |
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm Posts: 4876 Location: Newcastle
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Yep behind one In front is the most dangerous place  Up to 4 - 7 inches near me, the xmas snow still hasn't melted and had a heavy fall last night and due for more snow tomorrow.
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Fri Jan 01, 2010 4:44 pm |
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AlunD
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:12 am Posts: 7011 Location: Wiltshire
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Just been speaking with my Dad in Swansea and he was complaining that he could hardly see te rugby because of a snow storm there 
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Fri Jan 01, 2010 6:10 pm |
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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It's just biting cold outside at the moment. The wind isn't helping.
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Fri Jan 01, 2010 6:38 pm |
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ProfessorF
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Just spoken to friends up north, where when I was a child we'd go skating on the reservoir every winter. It'd freeze up a good few inches, and historically even curling matches were held. For at least the last 15 years, this hasn't happened, but this winter, the skating on the reservoir outside the village has resumed. 
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Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:08 pm |
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AlunD
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:12 am Posts: 7011 Location: Wiltshire
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Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:15 pm |
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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Drained the heating last night, the heating technician is coming to remove 4 radiators tomorrow, then we'll be putting insulation blocks in the niches where the old rads were and then covering it up with a wooden frame to hang the new rads on, covered by plasterboard, then the tech comes back on Friday to connect the new rads... Weather forecast is saying more snow and down to -11°C over night this week!  At least we don't have water tanks in the loft here! After spending just under 2 hours shovelling snow yesterday (an hour to dig clear the drive at my old flat, so I could drive to the new house, followed by another 40 minutes or so clearing snow at the new place), I could do without any more!
_________________ "Do you know what this is? Hmm? No, I can see you do not. You have that vacant look in your eyes, which says hold my head to your ear, you will hear the sea!" - Londo Molari
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Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:34 pm |
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Coref
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:20 pm Posts: 446 Location: ~/
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Our land lady is sending around the heating engineers again tomorrow after the heating failed to come on this morning 
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Mon Jan 04, 2010 5:39 pm |
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lacloss
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:48 am Posts: 1751 Location: Marbella Spain
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Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:14 pm |
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm Posts: 5836
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It's properly snowing again.
Which wouldn't be a problem if my mother didn't have to drive through it on her own tomorrow.
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Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:51 pm |
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jonbwfc
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I figure you must be somewhere near me Bucket, just had about another inch or so dumped round my way. It's never going to sodding thaw this. I'll still be slipping on pavements in March. Jon
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Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:06 pm |
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm Posts: 5836
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Where are you anyhow? I'm in Rawtenstall
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Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:11 pm |
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