Winter 2023/24 - It's FREEZING!

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More snow last night but the temps go up from monday so doubt it'll be around much longer :(

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DXP55 said:
Can you imagine what state the UK would be in if we had snow like Poland. :rolleyes:
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If we invest in the snow clearing vehicles and other things that countries have constant heavy snow during their winters. It won't snow for 10 years. Then a Daily Fail will take a photo of these shiny brand new, never used vehicles in a council depot with headlines "What a waste of money"

It's people that can't cope with snow generally. Not having a food store cupboard. I have plenty of food in to last 5-6 weeks. Though I run out of fruit, veg and milk. Have a couple cartons of long life milk. If that runs out, I have fruit tea bags, cappuccino sachets and alcohol! Plus if things get desperate, you don't have to eat the traditional things for breakfast - some food is better than no food.
 
DXP55 said:
Can you imagine what state the UK would be in if we had snow like Poland. :rolleyes:
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We've got actually quite bad problems with flooding around where I am currently - hasn't really affected me other than making some of my drives "interesting" but we've had 3 instances in the last 2 weeks and one instance a few weeks before that, where several staff have been unable to get to work for 1-2 days. ( Some of it covered here https://www.facebook.com/travelsomerset ).

Monday when I was getting into work one of my colleagues had just returned from an aborted drive home and had to leave their car at work and have a friend take them home in a "proper" Land Rover.

Worst I encountered the fields either side of the road were 2 feet under water and it was across the road enough the only ground not under water was the crown of the road to the width of a vehicle.
 
cheesefest said:
If we invest in the snow clearing vehicles and other things that countries have constant heavy snow during their winters. It won't snow for 10 years. Then a Daily Fail will take a photo of these shiny brand new, never used vehicles in a council depot with headlines "What a waste of money"

It's people that can't cope with snow generally. Not having a food store cupboard. I have plenty of food in to last 5-6 weeks. Though I run out of fruit, veg and milk. Have a couple cartons of long life milk. If that runs out, I have fruit tea bags, cappuccino sachets and alcohol! Plus if things get desperate, you don't have to eat the traditional things for breakfast - some food is better than no food.
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How much food do you have? :D
 
I can still remember the old days when it did snow in UK - Snow clearence was simple -all fit people on dole had to go to the local council yard and they were taken out on a tipper and had to fill it with snow -it was soon cleared.

Those good days have gone now so they can stay in and claim more money.

My mind is now fuzzy so that's what I think happened then.
 
DXP55 said:
I can still remember the old days when it did snow in UK - Snow clearence was simple -all fit people on dole had to go to the local council yard and they were taken out on a tipper and had to fill it with snow -it was soon cleared.

Those good days have gone now so they can stay in and claim more money.

My mind is now fuzzy so that's what I think happened then.
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I can remember that too though it was the lads on the youth training schemes that did it over here usually.
 
I spent the last week in Gisborough, and despite being aware of the fact that the weather is generally a bit more grim oop norf, I wasn't prepared for the actual difference. It was generally 10deg colder, I think I had one day out of the 6 with no rain, it's darker a LOT earlier and generally a lot more miserable.


No thanks, I'll stick to my cheerful stabbings in South England!
 
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