Preparing for winter II

mcjordi

eenymeany- its not too bad but theres definate draughts coming from somewhere, i have a shovel i kind of borrowed 2 years ago and they never asked for it back so its mine now. lol

still need to get more food in.. dont really venture far in the car anyway... but having had to go out tonight to pick up someone i realised i hadnt got a windscreen scraper/de icer.. arrgghh.. out came the warm water from the kettle (NOT hot dont worry :P)

gonna go hunting for some 90x 90 heavy curtains for the front and back doors..

also local diy shop has rock salt in for 7 a bad for 20kilos.. not sure weather to buy any or just use my 20p smartprice salt.. hmm

Confuzzled

mrsr wrote: »

So glad it's not snowing here i hate it,its very cold but no snow:j

*sighs heavily, head hung low, fidgeting, relunctant to break the news to mrsr* i hate to have to tell you this but... *sniffles* after reading thta you hate snow, i feel it my duty to infor you that you have officially become old... i'm so sorry *chokes up, wiping away a tear of sadness* :p:p

sorry couldn't resist, it's a long standing joke in our house that when you start hating snow you're officially a grumpy old person
(don't worry i'm sure you have perfectly good reasons!)

mcjordi

i hate snow too..


ill get my zimmer frame :P

Confuzzled

mcjordi wrote: »

i hate snow too..


ill get my zimmer frame :P

careful, the nhs might ship you off to an old folks home in the cairngorms :rotfl:

toontron

Your emergency car kits really should include one of these:-

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=222899

anguk

mcjordi wrote: »

also local diy shop has rock salt in for 7 a bad for 20kilos.. not sure weather to buy any or just use my 20p smartprice salt.. hmm

That's just reminded me, I must get some salt. :eek: Luckily we live about 5 minutes from the council depot with their big salt store and they normally let OH have a couple of big bucketfuls. There is a gritbin at the end of our street but it gets emptied within minutes of being filled.

We've had snow off and on all day, as soon as it melts on the paths more comes down, it's been like a blizzard at times.

edit: It's snowing quite heavily now and a gritter has just gone past.

Thriftkitten

Well I'm filled with excitement, just woke up and my inner child ran to the window Yippppeeeeee we have offically had some snow:T
Ok... Ok.. we had about 3 flakes that have stuck to one side of the shed roof, panicking and excited, I'm getting the winter pack for the car sorted as we speak... snow treads.... and snow suits out...
Hahahha!! so I'm over reacting, but I am now an official member of the snow club!!!

triticale

Actually, forget all my whinging about driving in the snow - it's the best thing in the world wrapping DD's up in a dozen layers and letting them loose on the first snowy day of the winter.

Good start to the snow here (it all came in 1 hour though! Barely a sugar-coat at 0630 and by 0730 you could make snowballs) not bad for a valley, I expect it'll be heavier over my parents' way.

Only thing is I'm now panicking in case there was anything I overlooked in my winter prep? I need to do a big final list I think, make sure there's nothing I've forgotten.

[Deleted User]

I got a couple of salt shakers for de-icing the paths and our car kit is ready but am waiting for the 2 bivvy bags as well. They send 97% of body heat back to the body

no snow here but I am taking no chances after last year

lbr102

No snow here but it is so cold!