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  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    edited March 2018

    MrOneLung said:

    Wilma said:

    I hope all those fricking lawyers manage to get into work.

    Working at a law firm with a big sports practice, I can tell you that a lot of them have been 'working' from home this week, but don't worry, the secretaries are in and doing all the work!
    people who can work from home don't have proper jobs - FACT !
    (unless you are a novelist or childminder)

    Worked nights from home for 6 years.

    With the office shut Saves security, electricity, travel and more importantly a few hours kip I wouldn't get travelling.

    I do everything on my laptop I can do on my office PC.

    It's 2018
    People who can't work from home don't have proper jobs. FACT.

    The real fact is most office jobs can be done from home, whilst most 'hands on' jobs cannot be done from home.
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,761
    Loads of crashes in Kent this morning, people just see a seemingly clear road and think they can drive as normal. There is a lot of black ice around.

    I drove to work yesterday morning whilst it was snowing and quite treacherous. I drove quite slowly but still had idiots on my bumper and passing me at speed, many without lights.
  • Yep. M20 and M2 closures and it's still raining in Bearsted which considering its -3 does not bode well.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,598

    MrOneLung said:

    Wilma said:

    I hope all those fricking lawyers manage to get into work.

    Working at a law firm with a big sports practice, I can tell you that a lot of them have been 'working' from home this week, but don't worry, the secretaries are in and doing all the work!
    people who can work from home don't have proper jobs - FACT !
    (unless you are a novelist or childminder)


    There’s no way I can do my work from home. I’m pretty certain Mrs AUN wouldn’t fancy having Roger the Raper, Billy the Blagger, Nigel the Nonce and Tariq the Terrorist loitering in our kitchen.

    Would make a great episode of Come Dine With Me though.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456

    MrOneLung said:

    Wilma said:

    I hope all those fricking lawyers manage to get into work.

    Working at a law firm with a big sports practice, I can tell you that a lot of them have been 'working' from home this week, but don't worry, the secretaries are in and doing all the work!
    people who can work from home don't have proper jobs - FACT !
    (unless you are a novelist or childminder)


    There’s no way I can do my work from home. I’m pretty certain Mrs AUN wouldn’t fancy having Roger the Raper, Billy the Blagger, Nigel the Nonce and Tariq the Terrorist loitering in our kitchen.

    Would make a great episode of Come Dine With Me though.
    Would Roger, Billy and Nigel go for Halal though?
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  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,912
    Had a bit of rain here but it was freezing as it hit any surface.

    Really weird watching it freeze on the window on impact.

    Paths and roads are even worse than before.
  • AddickUpNorth
    AddickUpNorth Posts: 8,325

    MrOneLung said:

    Wilma said:

    I hope all those fricking lawyers manage to get into work.

    Working at a law firm with a big sports practice, I can tell you that a lot of them have been 'working' from home this week, but don't worry, the secretaries are in and doing all the work!
    people who can work from home don't have proper jobs - FACT !
    (unless you are a novelist or childminder)


    There’s no way I can do my work from home. I’m pretty certain Mrs AUN wouldn’t fancy having Roger the Raper, Billy the Blagger, Nigel the Nonce and Tariq the Terrorist loitering in our kitchen.

    Would make a great episode of Come Dine With Me though.


    Might be a bit repetitive after four nights of Spiced battered sausage though.

  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    edited March 2018

    Loads of crashes in Kent this morning, people just see a seemingly clear road and think they can drive as normal. There is a lot of black ice around.

    I drove to work yesterday morning whilst it was snowing and quite treacherous. I drove quite slowly but still had idiots on my bumper and passing me at speed, many without lights.

    This^ A lot of people don't have sufficient experience of how to drive in the current conditions or how to steer out of a skid because we are encountering a longer, more severe cold snap than usual.

    Instead of the BBC wasting license payers money on live reporting from train passengers stranded in the west country or stranded drivers drinking snow on the M62, how about a short programme during main news bulletins on how to adopt your driving techniques in this weather. Road vehicles are killing machines even more so if you don't know how to control them in adverse weather, people's stories of inconvenience on a delayed train pale into complete insignificance.

    Even after having held a full driving license for 50 years I don't profess to be an expert in snow and ice on the road. Rant over.
  • It’s all a load of bollox no snow in Enfield just grey slush shit

    Weather forecasters bigger wage thieves than Karl Robinson and TK KM
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  • Horsfield9
    Horsfield9 Posts: 3,082
    Freezing rain coming down in Orpington at the moment, very icy out.
  • moutuakilla
    moutuakilla Posts: 7,568
    Frozen rain in Maidstone. Making some pretty cool patterns on the windows!
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,220
    Boss says I can send out an email to say if people feel nervous about travelling in these conditions they can leave. I said id probably wait until I actually see some snow.

    SNOW !!!!!!
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102

    Had a bit of rain here but it was freezing as it hit any surface.

    Really weird watching it freeze on the window on impact.

    Paths and roads are even worse than before.

    Same here. Front of the house now has frosted windows.
  • Wilma
    Wilma Posts: 1,618
    Curb_It said:

    Boss says I can send out an email to say if people feel nervous about travelling in these conditions they can leave. I said id probably wait until I actually see some snow.

    SNOW !!!!!!

    Southeastern just tweeted asking people not to travel at the moment: https://twitter.com/Se_Railway/status/969547599895244801
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    edited March 2018
    Following on from my earlier rant, great driving skills in the video below from this female bus driver in Edinburgh for avoiding a disaster;

    https://news.sky.com/video/near-miss-between-car-and-bus-11272066
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,220
    I think that's just East kent though?
  • Wilma
    Wilma Posts: 1,618
    Says severe disruption across the entire network, with no trains running in east Kent. As always with Southeastern "Check before you travel"!
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,220
    Wilma said:

    Says severe disruption across the entire network, with no trains running in east Kent. As always with Southeastern "Check before you travel"!

    I don't like to rub it in Jo but I've steamed up and down from Woolwich each day (bar one ) on the DLR. Though I'm not going to mention that here.

  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    RedChaser said:

    Following on from my earlier rant, great driving skills in the video below from this female bus driver in Edinburgh for avoiding a disaster;

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    https://news.sky.com/video/near-miss-between-car-and-bus-11272066

    Except she was going too fast for the conditions.
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  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,485
    edited March 2018
    Nearly got hit on a zebra crossing. Driver apologised said she couldn't stop then car behind her swerved to miss hers and hit the bollards. Could've gone a different way, think I'll stay indoors now...
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885

    RedChaser said:

    Following on from my earlier rant, great driving skills in the video below from this female bus driver in Edinburgh for avoiding a disaster;

    image

    https://news.sky.com/video/near-miss-between-car-and-bus-11272066

    Except she was going too fast for the conditions.
    The numpty trying to do a u-turn in front of her didn't help and the van driver whose dash cam recorded it, must have had brown trousers afterwards :wink:
  • Forecast said heavy snow all day from 11 in gravesend. Nothing yet though. Hopefully it stays that way
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,207
    Nothing happening here either
  • Snowing here in Bearsted now.
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    -13 yesterday here with wind chill.Coldest day Ever for March.
    last night an ice storm ---this morning cars all over the roads ,pavements almost unwalkable---and now its snow/hail/ice.
    The roads ,pavements look fine untill you step on them.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,824

    MrOneLung said:

    Wilma said:

    I hope all those fricking lawyers manage to get into work.

    Working at a law firm with a big sports practice, I can tell you that a lot of them have been 'working' from home this week, but don't worry, the secretaries are in and doing all the work!
    people who can work from home don't have proper jobs - FACT !
    (unless you are a novelist or childminder)


    There’s no way I can do my work from home. I’m pretty certain Mrs AUN wouldn’t fancy having Roger the Raper, Billy the Blagger, Nigel the Nonce and Tariq the Terrorist loitering in our kitchen.

    Would make a great episode of Come Dine With Me though.
    Brilliant !
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,436
    After saying how much better the roads up here are during snow, the M62 has been shut for 26 hours :lol:
  • Glovepup
    Glovepup Posts: 1,743
    Just started snowing near Sevenoaks.

    Some people lack common sense when driving in these conditions, I've had a taxi driver drive very close to the back of my car in snowy conditions before. So it seems even those who drive for living lack the ability to adjust accordingly.