We've gone soft :(

[Halb]

CAPP0 said:

Ah yes, well spotted, there are indeed 3 of Solihull's finest out there. Here's a gratuitous shot from the "Show us" thread. In my defence, the FFRR is my daily, the 90 belongs to the dog, and the RRC was just an itch which needed to be scratched and came up for sale locally, and is probably not a keeper!

Such a size/chunk difference 'twixt the old and new Range Rover.

[Flip Martian]

CAPP0 said:

This is Pistonheads. When did common sense ever come into vehicle purchasing?

Indeed. I forgot where I was.

[karona]

SFW but some language would trip the PH swear filter

http://newsthump.com/2015/01/30/weather-hyperbole-at-new-high-as-north-is-threatened-by-giant-snowbd/

[p1esk]

menousername said:

To be fair, thanks to lack of resources, funds, planning, competence, interest, whatever, those few inches of snow do represent impending chaos and doom in a country where the infrastructure does literally ground to a halt at the first drop of a snowflake.

Aye, and it's largely the fault of the tyre industry.

[AreOut]

karona said:

SFW but some language would trip the PH swear filter

http://newsthump.com/2015/01/30/weather-hyperbole-at-new-high-as-north-is-threatened-by-giant-snowbd/

well putting that in spoiler didn't help any

[Timmy40]

p1esk said:

menousername said:

To be fair, thanks to lack of resources, funds, planning, competence, interest, whatever, those few inches of snow do represent impending chaos and doom in a country where the infrastructure does literally ground to a halt at the first drop of a snowflake.

Aye, and it's largely the fault of the tyre industry.

Really, why do you say that? Just interested to hear.

[p1esk]

Derek Smith said:

55palfers said:

I was in junior school in 1963 and I don't recall the schools ever being closed.

Didn't the snow come over the Xmas holidays?

No. It was 3rd week in January when we copped it. It was quite spectacular around the Whitby area.

[p1esk]

Timmy40 said:

p1esk said:

menousername said:

To be fair, thanks to lack of resources, funds, planning, competence, interest, whatever, those few inches of snow do represent impending chaos and doom in a country where the infrastructure does literally ground to a halt at the first drop of a snowflake.

Aye, and it's largely the fault of the tyre industry.

Really, why do you say that? Just interested to hear.

Because whereas we managed to get around reasonably well on normal tyres in the moderately snowy conditions of the 1960s, only a thin layer of snow now seems to bring many drivers to a halt. I think it is partly due to the current fashion for wide tyres, plus changes to tyre design and the compounds now used, which means that the so-called 'summer tyres' just don't cope very well in winter conditions.

[V8 Fettler]

Much less traffic in 1963, more chance of maintaining momentum, drivers more likely to be used to controlling a slithering, twitching vehicle, easier to push when it gets difficult. And tyre design.

[V8 Fettler]

Halb said:

CAPP0 said:

Ah yes, well spotted, there are indeed 3 of Solihull's finest out there. Here's a gratuitous shot from the "Show us" thread. In my defence, the FFRR is my daily, the 90 belongs to the dog, and the RRC was just an itch which needed to be scratched and came up for sale locally, and is probably not a keeper!

Such a size/chunk difference 'twixt the old and new Range Rover.

I think you'll find that the newer Range Rover is closer to the camera.

(RRCs do now look like medium size MPVs)

[crazy about cars]

This is why all the stuff about "global warming" is total bull knackers.

[V8 Fettler]

CAPP0 said:

Ah yes, well spotted, there are indeed 3 of Solihull's finest out there. Here's a gratuitous shot from the "Show us" thread. In my defence, the FFRR is my daily, the 90 belongs to the dog, and the RRC was just an itch which needed to be scratched and came up for sale locally, and is probably not a keeper!

Best keep the Classic for special occasions. A classic that has so much class that it's classless; what was regarded as "bling" in the 1980s is now blingless.

[Evoluzione]

In Dewsbury on Wednesday all the staff and most of the kids made it into school, it took some of the teachers 2 hrs to get through the slow rush hour traffic, but they all made it.

Sounds great doesn't it?

At 10am it started to snow so they sent them all home.

FFS.

[Halb]

V8 Fettler said:

Halb said:

CAPP0 said:

Ah yes, well spotted, there are indeed 3 of Solihull's finest out there. Here's a gratuitous shot from the "Show us" thread. In my defence, the FFRR is my daily, the 90 belongs to the dog, and the RRC was just an itch which needed to be scratched and came up for sale locally, and is probably not a keeper!

Such a size/chunk difference 'twixt the old and new Range Rover.

I think you'll find that the newer Range Rover is closer to the camera.

(RRCs do now look like medium size MPVs)

Yes I know, even taking that into consideration, the mass difference was not something I expected.

[rs1952]

p1esk said:

Derek Smith said:

55palfers said:

I was in junior school in 1963 and I don't recall the schools ever being closed.

Didn't the snow come over the Xmas holidays?

No. It was 3rd week in January when we copped it. It was quite spectacular around the Whitby area.

It came on Boxing Day in Bristol - about 10 inches of the stuff in our front garden. I got a wallop from my father for stomping around in it and treading it into the house (It was how things were done at the time - I could probably have got him done for child abuse these days...)

I felt slightly less ecstatic about it a couple of months later when the stuff was still on the ground...

And no, our school didn't close either

[egor110]

Evoluzione said:

In Dewsbury on Wednesday all the staff and most of the kids made it into school, it took some of the teachers 2 hrs to get through the slow rush hour traffic, but they all made it.

Sounds great doesn't it?

At 10am it started to snow so they sent them all home.

FFS.

Once the bus company the school uses says it's unsafe and they won't be taking the kids home what exactly do you expect the school to do?

[dandarez]

gareth_r said:

55palfers said:

egor110 said:

55palfers said:

I was in junior school in 1963 and I don't recall the schools ever being closed.

We didn't have central heating either.

I expect a lot of the teachers lived in the same village as the school plus there were no h&s rules as to how many children a member of staff can look after.

The village was Birmingham

Everyone lived close to work in 1963. Schools were smaller and had a smaller catchment area. Children went to the local school, there was no choice (and no Ofsted report). People used to clear the pavements outside their houses.

Different times.

Were you there in 63? I was. My school was 2.5 miles 'walk', snow or whatever. Not only did people clear the pavements, the bloody council cleared the roads too! Snow ploughs were a common sight and this thread gives me an excuse to repeat the one on used on another thread with these words:

How the hell would today's Britain have coped in 1963?

Schools shut everywhere apparently because of one day of snow.

We had 3 months of it in 63, so bloody cold we had icicles hanging 2 to 3 feet from guttering, snow was in places VERY deep but did we stop going to school (rarely) and I was wearing short trousers!

Good excuse to repeat my 63 pic of the old lady going to her neighbour at the end of the road.

Today, Elf 'n Safety would reprimand her while 'health professionals' would probably section her!



And for those too young on here who think a few flakes is a snowstorm...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4pJwcE7JI

[CAPP0]

V8 Fettler said:

Halb said:

CAPP0 said:

Ah yes, well spotted, there are indeed 3 of Solihull's finest out there. Here's a gratuitous shot from the "Show us" thread. In my defence, the FFRR is my daily, the 90 belongs to the dog, and the RRC was just an itch which needed to be scratched and came up for sale locally, and is probably not a keeper!

Such a size/chunk difference 'twixt the old and new Range Rover.

I think you'll find that the newer Range Rover is closer to the camera

Yes, when I posted that pic originally I did say that I needed to re-frame it for better perspective. The RRC is however significantly smaller than the L322!

Edited by CAPP0 on Saturday 31st January 01:13

[smallgun]

55palfers said:

I was in junior school in 1963 and I don't recall the schools ever being closed.

We didn't have central heating either.

I was in secondary school at this time and our's never closed either.

[irocfan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak-RdQeGock