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  • AddickUpNorth
    AddickUpNorth Posts: 8,325
    Had another inch or two round my way overnight, steady snow forecast for throughout the day and into the night. Luckily for me I’m milking a broken toe and don’t intend to return to work until Sunday, really don’t fancy driving my little Agila on a twenty five mile round trip on a treacherous country B road just to make sure a bunch of wrong uns get to play a couple of games of snooker.
  • SWEnglandAddick
    SWEnglandAddick Posts: 877
    It’s -3 here and we’ve had maybe a centimetre of snow and people are acting like the world is ending.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,789
    SWEnglandAddick said:

    It’s -3 here and we’ve had maybe a centimetre of snow and people are acting like the world is ending.

    I am amazed by the number of schools that are closed. I can only think that this is down to schools and authorities being scared of being investigated or even sued should a child get injured on the play ground. I do not recall, back in the 70s, ever having a day off school for snow and certainly not on a day where we have an absolute maximum of two inches of the stuff.
  • pettgra
    pettgra Posts: 1,572
    The advice on BBC News is to walk like a penguin. Considering those hardy little blighters should be used to it and still go tumbling, I think I will pass on that.
  • Redvalleyeast
    Redvalleyeast Posts: 4,689
    pettgra said:

    The advice on BBC News is to walk like a penguin. Considering those hardy little blighters should be used to it and still go tumbling, I think I will pass on that.

    And also take into account we'd look like total cnuts whilst doing so
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    Redvalleyeast said:

    pettgra said:

    The advice on BBC News is to walk like a penguin. Considering those hardy little blighters should be used to it and still go tumbling, I think I will pass on that.

    And also take into account we'd look like total cnuts whilst doing so
    I think they walk like they fear the next fart will be moist and lumpy.
  • pettgra
    pettgra Posts: 1,572
    Redvalleyeast said:

    pettgra said:

    The advice on BBC News is to walk like a penguin. Considering those hardy little blighters should be used to it and still go tumbling, I think I will pass on that.

    And also take into account we'd look like total cnuts whilst doing so
    Bless em. They remind me of closing time at my local.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    What’s the M25, the Kent stretch like ? I should be hitting that at about 17:00 ish ?
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,812
    Addick Addict said:

    SWEnglandAddick said:

    It’s -3 here and we’ve had maybe a centimetre of snow and people are acting like the world is ending.

    I am amazed by the number of schools that are closed. I can only think that this is down to schools and authorities being scared of being investigated or even sued should a child get injured on the play ground. I do not recall, back in the 70s, ever having a day off school for snow and certainly not on a day where we have an absolute maximum of two inches of the stuff.
    it's literally fucking ridiculous....kids schools in welling shut for no reason at all, everyone could've made it in.
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    edited February 2018
    My school was closed for about 6 weeks in Jan / Feb 1963 as no coal to fuel the boilers could get through. This little bit of snow is nothing compared to the three to six foot snow drifts we had to cope with in Plumstead :wink:

    Edit; mind you it was one of the worst winters on record :smiley:
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  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Still no snow here in the Maldives, mind you the temp has dropped from 33c to 31c so I might have soup as a starter tonight to warm up :smile:
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    RedChaser said:

    My school was closed for about 6 weeks in Jan / Feb 1963 as no coal to fuel the boilers could get through. This little bit of snow is nothing compared to the three to six foot snow drifts we had to cope with in Plumstead :wink:

    Edit; mind you it was one of the worst winters on record :smiley:

    I do enjoy history lessons from the older posters like you @RedChaser

    :wink:
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    LenGlover said:

    RedChaser said:

    My school was closed for about 6 weeks in Jan / Feb 1963 as no coal to fuel the boilers could get through. This little bit of snow is nothing compared to the three to six foot snow drifts we had to cope with in Plumstead :wink:

    Edit; mind you it was one of the worst winters on record :smiley:

    I do enjoy history lessons from the older posters like you @RedChaser

    :wink:
    Cough, cough I wish I was as young as you Len :wink:
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    RedChaser said:

    My school was closed for about 6 weeks in Jan / Feb 1963 as no coal to fuel the boilers could get through. This little bit of snow is nothing compared to the three to six foot snow drifts we had to cope with in Plumstead :wink:

    Edit; mind you it was one of the worst winters on record :smiley:

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  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    killerandflash said:

    RedChaser said:

    My school was closed for about 6 weeks in Jan / Feb 1963 as no coal to fuel the boilers could get through. This little bit of snow is nothing compared to the three to six foot snow drifts we had to cope with in Plumstead :wink:

    Edit; mind you it was one of the worst winters on record :smiley:

    image
    Oi I'm not that old, I was just a tiny twinkle in my Dad's eye after the war and he had returned to civvy street.
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,208
    I’m surprised that The spurs v Rochdale match hasn’t been postponed. I’m sure the pitch is okay but for spectators getting there from up t’north is likely to be a mare.
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,018
    Solidgone said:

    I’m surprised that The spurs v Rochdale match hasn’t been postponed. I’m sure the pitch is okay but for spectators getting there from up t’north is likely to be a mare.

    Record low attendance for a Wembley match tonight me thinks.
    Nailed on for an upset.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,625
    JohnBoyUK said:

    Solidgone said:

    I’m surprised that The spurs v Rochdale match hasn’t been postponed. I’m sure the pitch is okay but for spectators getting there from up t’north is likely to be a mare.

    Record low attendance for a Wembley match tonight me thinks.
    Nailed on for an upset.
    If the spanners had beaten Rochdale, they would bring 60,000.
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,018
    I remember the day of our final 11+ test back in '87, @AFKABartram may remember, we had to go into school and the snow was up to our waists...but then again, we wasn't very tall at 11!
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    JohnBoyUK said:

    I remember the day of our final 11+ test back in '87, @AFKABartram may remember, we had to go into school and the snow was up to our waists...but then again, we wasn't very tall at 11!

    Im afraid i don’t remember 2007 let alone 1987 :-(
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  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
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  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    Medway in to Dartford was a dream this morning - roads are clear and empty.

    -10 according to my car and -12 according to my wife's. Not seen it that cold for quite some time over here
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    Swisdom said:

    Medway in to Dartford was a dream this morning - roads are clear and empty.

    -10 according to my car and -12 according to my wife's. Not seen it that cold for quite some time over here

    Women always feel the cold more and looking at that so do their cars.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    The above picture was taken by my daughter in our back garden around 8:00 am.

    eight and half inches by our back step but deeper still further down.

    In 1987 we took our then 22 month daughter out and stood her in our front garden and the snow was just below her neck. Needless to say we removed her quickly!

  • iamdan
    iamdan Posts: 2,421
    Wife working from home, even more time I have to spend with her now.
  • cashncarry
    cashncarry Posts: 980
    Robertsbridge this morning
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,761
    edited February 2018
    JohnBoyUK said:

    I remember the day of our final 11+ test back in '87, @AFKABartram may remember, we had to go into school and the snow was up to our waists...but then again, we wasn't very tall at 11!

    I was living in Lordswood, Chatham in January 1987 and worked in Chatham town centre. Couldn't get to work for several days as North Dane Way was covered in drifts 12 feet deep. Eventually a snow plough cleared the snow and it was amazing travelling through snow piled 12- 15 feet deep either side of the road.
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,245
    ME14addick said:

    JohnBoyUK said:

    I remember the day of our final 11+ test back in '87, @AFKABartram may remember, we had to go into school and the snow was up to our waists...but then again, we wasn't very tall at 11!

    I was living in Lordswood, Chatham in January 1987 and worked in Chatham town centre. Couldn't get to work for several days as North Dane Way was covered in drifts 12 feet deep. Eventually a snow plough cleared the snow and it was amazing travelling through snow piled 12- 15 feet deep either side of the road.
    I was 6 years old when we had that snow and distinctly remember me and my brother wading through it in my mum and dad's back garden and falling over and feeling like I was in a deep ravine!

    If it makes you nostalgic North Dane way is buggered currently too, no 15 foot drifts stacked up the sides this time
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    Light dusting, doesn't look like settling.

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