Power restored at 14:30 thankfully, but yeah that's a good idea. I did use the cooker and a lighter to cook breakfast this morning, as microwave was obviously not working. Washing my hands in the bathroom, however, wasn't pleasant though. Still, could've been worse.
It's snowing
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It always amazes me when people forget how to drive whenever snow lands. Went to the shop to pick up some bits and pieces literally a 5min drive away, the amount of stupidity on the way and back was astonishing. 3 cars sliding across the road because they was speeding over what was clearly ice, one hit a parked car. Saw one sliding down the road (off-road so no traffic/salt etc to melt) they slided into the middle of the main road blocking both directions.
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My girlfriend lives on a steep and fairly busy road in the Glossop area. She's had a great view of a lot of icy stupidity over the years. Today she didn't see the incident happen, but a bloke knocked on her door to apologise for parking in her bush.
He'd managed to mount the very wide verge completely and still have enough momentum to make a considerable dent in her garden. Fortunately that area is mostly victimised by passing dogs, and isn't an area she's upset about.
I've said for years that we need to have a few random days a year where all the safety nets on cars are turned off. People will soon learn to drive again.
Oh how we laughed at the people in Wall-E, how funny it was that these fully grown people were carted around in little self propelled trolley things and weren't even able to deal with a spilled milkshake.
Hahaha.
Not so funny now huh?
Oh how we laughed at the people in Wall-E, how funny it was that these fully grown people were carted around in little self propelled trolley things and weren't even able to deal with a spilled milkshake.
Hahaha.
Not so funny now huh?
Stick a spike in the middle of the steering wheel instead of an airbag, people will soon learn how to drive a bit better in all conditions.
This discussion reminds me of this YouTube short that I watched today. I'm glad everything was OK, definitely quite a scary moment, but this is the risk of when driving on an untreated icy road...
The response after their recovery cracked me up a bit though. "I definitely meant to do that." Credit to them for not panicking. Especially being in the middle of nowhere, I don't know how I'd react in a situation like that.
Lot's of snow piles everywhere. Neighbours all out today chipping in.
, but a bloke knocked on her door to apologise for parking in her bush.
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-7 when I arrived into work this morning. Rather chilly. Shame it looks more like rain here tonight, although I’m sure it’ll start as freezing rain, so hope I’m home by that time.
Just started snowing where I am. Near A3 above Portsmouth.The micro snow from yesterday is unusually still around and is supposedly getting topped up this morning in Hampshire, currently -6C!
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Just got an alert via MSN "About 2cm of snow expected to autumn in the next 2 hours"... gotta love the lazy localisation.
Staring out the window waiting for it to start.
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I think you're lying about your location in your profile.
Still going in Cosham but it slowed down pretty quickly, it's funny how the mood changed in the office when it startedBah, it's already stopped!
Probably the same people who think they can drive in these conditions with Summer tyres on.
I'm currently looking at replacing all my tyres on the car. They currently have 4 x snow tyres fitted but they are feeling very skitty on the roads currently. I'm starting to think the age of the tyres is the problem and hardening compound.
I don't know if I should just replace with more winters or go all season this time.
I don't know if I should just replace with more winters or go all season this time.
For most of the UK summer (all season) tyres sre a reasonable choice. It is aligning your driving to your skill and equipment that is optimum.
To have winter tyres and bright headlights just encourages driving fast in poor conditions when everybody should just drive more slowly.
Tyre dealers would love it for everybody to have eight wheels with teo different tyre compounds on but the main thing is ensuring people have four wheels with more than minimum tread depth on them.
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