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Davesnave

Snooze wrote: »

I know what you meant Dave, I was just feeling in a pedantic mood last night but now live regret having said anything as I wasted approximately 1 hour of my life in trying to explain it . Lesson to self - keep schtum in future :cool:.

R

Don't worry, as an ex-teacher,* I know how you feel. I wasted a lot more than that on similar things, but at least I was paid for it!

*Not a maths specialist, I hasten to add!:o

Graham_Devon

I'm stranded. Woop! Neighbour has slid into the kiddies playground railings and I can't get up the slight incline as it's literally a sheet of ice out there. Bad enough just walking to the car. We also have a dustcart stranded around the corner on another hill.

No salt for the road around here it seems, so just gonna have to wait. Ahh well!

Davesnave

Graham_Devon wrote: »

I'm stranded. Woop! Neighbour has slid into the kiddies playground railings and I can't get up the slight incline as it's literally a sheet of ice out there. Bad enough just walking to the car. We also have a dustcart stranded around the corner on another hill.

No salt for the road around here it seems, so just gonna have to wait. Ahh well!

Are you in Devon, Graham?

Where I am there is pretty decent gritting on the A & B class roads, and even the C ones where the buses go. We are at the top of a 1:6 so if we see a bus, we know it's OK out there. I wouldn't chance the tiddly roads though, this morning.

Graham_Devon

Davesnave wrote: »

Are you in Devon, Graham?

Where I am there is pretty decent gritting on the A & B class roads, and even the C ones where the buses go. We are at the top of a 1:6 so if we see a bus, we know it's OK out there. I wouldn't chance the tiddly roads though, this morning.

I am yes.

It's where I live though, it's on an incline and on a brickette road. Once I am out of the cul-de-sac everything will be fine. It's getting out of here that the problem, and the wheels simply spin. Never had it like this before, had snow and never had a problem, had ice and never had a problem, but last night and this morning the ice after the rain yesterday is just a crust on the road, perfectly smooth too. Got icicles hanging from the bit of roofing above my front door.

This brickette road is bad enough and slippy enough when its damp though. They tend to get very slippy, dunno really why they bother with them.

Snooze

lostinrates wrote: »

The farmer taking water to his cows just called and said he's filled my trough too! What a doll! And what a relief.

Oo-er Mrs. :eek:

R

SingleSue

Graham_Devon wrote: »

I am yes.

It's where I live though, it's on an incline and on a brickette road. Once I am out of the cul-de-sac everything will be fine. It's getting out of here that the problem, and the wheels simply spin. Never had it like this before, had snow and never had a problem, had ice and never had a problem, but last night and this morning the ice after the rain yesterday is just a crust on the road, perfectly smooth too. Got icicles hanging from the bit of roofing above my front door.

This brickette road is bad enough and slippy enough when its damp though. They tend to get very slippy, dunno really why they bother with them.

We had that sort of thing in our owned house, one winter the snow really came down and no-one could get up that last little bit to the houses at the top and were just abandoning them at the bottom of the incline.

Luckily, I was within walking distance to my work so just slid down the hill in my work shoes!

Icicles, had lots of those over the last few days, usually hanging off my car, when we pulled up at the swimming pool on Sunday night, we got a gang of teenagers congregate around the car and me starting to think "Oh !!!!!!" until I realised they were picking the icicles off! :rotfl:

No snow here overnight, can see more of the garden and I don't feel as cold this morning.

Graham_Devon

Well I thought it was great that I was stranded. That was until work had a "great idea". Why don't I go in christmas eve instead, have today off as they could do with me christmas eve anyway.

Bah humbug!!!!!!

Generali

We came back from the hospital with the littlest Generalissimo having arrived at 6am. At that point it was a lovely warm summer's day, 25C and sunny.

We left and it was 35C and monstrously humid, what they call a stinking hot day round here.

No idea what the truth is about a 180 degree turn. I learned early in my career that if you get something wrong with confidence then you still get the kudos.

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

We came back from the hospital with the littlest Generalissimo having arrived at 6am. At that point it was a lovely warm summer's day, 25C and sunny..

Oh no, a sick Generalissimo (I fn it odd to right that, it means, like, very/intense....not little)? or.....a new one??

Generalini is the little ones.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

Well, the snow is now so deep little is moving, the main roads through Aberdeen are chaos, lorries unable to get up hills, accidents, etc.

Outside my house, the only cars getting up the hill are 4 wheel drives, and even they are struggling. A quad bike just went past, no problems for him, but as it's still -5c it can't be as much fun as it looks.

Have yet to see a snowplow. But I bet the unemployed benefits chavs are tucked up nice and warm in their council houses, watching Sky HD on their 50" Plasma sets.

Good to see we have our priorities right.:eek: