Snow, Transport and the Lack of...

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:12 am

yeah, cars get covered in salty shite that makes them corrode and the garages do the honourable thing and shut their carwashes :P

clarkey1984 · Post by **clarkey1984** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:13 am

NO salt left at work now, we got 3 pallets delivered in mid october, which is 168 bags, it sold very slowly back then, but since friday we have sold 144 25kg bags of the stuff, and now it's all gone, i tried to re-order it, but there are massive backorders for it and i cant get any back in stock until mid february.

Brilliant.

Captain.Tattybojangles · Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:21 am

The trains were fine today. An improvised service, but nothing that I am not used to. They all ended up leaving at the same time past the hour, except there was an hourly service not half hourly. If you get what I mean. I normally catch the 23 minutes past, and that was still there. But the 53 minutes past wasn't.
Plenty of other routes were cancelled or delayed for an hour plus so I will count myself lucky

ob · Post by ob » Wed Dec 23, 2009 3:50 am

Been-Grant-Mitchell'd! wrote:
harry2 wrote:Gary. Basingstoke is terrible. My boss left Reading at 4 p.m. yesterday and to Chineham, just outside Basingstoke at 2.30 a.m. Walked home from work (about 7 miles). Funny how all the RWD BMW's couldn't make it up the hills.

Yeah, I had to laugh at the "posher" cars getting stuck in the terribly deep two-inch snow drifts. Both me and my mate have had no problems with our Passats.

You not sharing with benji anymore then? Or do you both have passat's now?!

sir ratholer · Post by **sir ratholer** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:32 am

The reason why pavements are not gritted is this:-

If the council's grit pavements, and someone falls, they can be sued for not doing their job properly.

If they don't, and someone falls, it's an act of God and no-one is liable.

Sick, but true.

Been-Grant-Mitchell'd! · Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:29 am

ob wrote:
Been-Grant-Mitchell'd! wrote:
harry2 wrote:Gary. Basingstoke is terrible. My boss left Reading at 4 p.m. yesterday and to Chineham, just outside Basingstoke at 2.30 a.m. Walked home from work (about 7 miles). Funny how all the RWD BMW's couldn't make it up the hills.

Yeah, I had to laugh at the "posher" cars getting stuck in the terribly deep two-inch snow drifts. Both me and my mate have had no problems with our Passats.
You not sharing with benji anymore then? Or do you both have passat's now?!

Bought another one on a 57 plate from up near Skipton. These cars are top value for the money, much better than a poxy Vactra anyway.

Captain.Tattybojangles · Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:38 pm

sir ratholer wrote:The reason why pavements are not gritted is this:-

If the council's grit pavements, and someone falls, they can be sued for not doing their job properly.

If they don't, and someone falls, it's an act of God and no-one is liable.

Sick, but true.

Wouldn't people sue the council for not doing enough then?
Well, I guess the council will have more to fall back on if they don't grit the roads such as "You weren't careful, live with it" etc

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:41 pm

Tried walking about on the ice with socks over my shoes today. Surprisingly enough, it worked (me: 0 slips; friend: 10 slips).

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:01 pm

tried walking about on the ice with my boxers over my trousers today.

So far me no skids..............

betchrider · Post by **betchrider** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:54 pm

mr lugsy wrote:tried walking about on the ice with my boxers over my trousers today.

So far me no skids..............

PMSL

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:55 pm

sir ratholer · Post by **sir ratholer** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 4:04 pm

mr lugsy wrote:tried walking about on the ice with my boxers over my trousers today.

So far me no skids..............

Awesome!

aaamusements.co.uk · Post by **aaamusements.co.uk** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:32 pm

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 7:48 pm

as scot said ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, mostly fine here ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, done usual route today ,,,,,,, no real problems ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, just drive a bit more carefully etc

Shaggerty · Post by **Shaggerty** » Fri Dec 25, 2009 5:16 am

It makes me laugh how the country comes to a stand still over snow that comes once/twice a year.
When other places (Canada for example) deal with this every single day.