Snowmageddon - this Friday
Discussion
croyde said:
The school thing drives me crazy. I can understand a village school but not here 6 miles from central London. Some stay open yet ours, 5 mins from the open one, closes as soon as the first flake hits the floor. It has a 300m catchment area and everyone walks to school and the teachers are all locals.
As the previous poster said, it's all very inconvenient when a parent is forced to avoid work due to a school closure. Especially when you are a 'lancer.
As a 'lancer myself, I can relate to that frustration......especially as throughout my school years in outer London, during the late 60's and almost all the 70's, not once was a school closed for snow.As the previous poster said, it's all very inconvenient when a parent is forced to avoid work due to a school closure. Especially when you are a 'lancer.
And I can remember some excellent snow ball fights in the playground
Mighty Flex said:
Too much here in bath apparently. 2" and still coming down heavy though it only started a couple of hours ago.
University of Bath is closed. My Exam for the day is cancelled. Really annoying as I was ready and now it will be in about 2 weeks.
However I can see why - I suspect no one will even try to get there even now if it wasn't closed.
Time for a drive!
Really? Oh no. My son has been studying the past couple of weeks for his exam at Uni today. That was the only reason he went back last weekend. University of Bath is closed. My Exam for the day is cancelled. Really annoying as I was ready and now it will be in about 2 weeks.
However I can see why - I suspect no one will even try to get there even now if it wasn't closed.
Time for a drive!
Grantham, Lincs - snow on ground from monday (i've been in edinburgh (no snow), got back last night).
Got up 5.30 to check snomageddon. No new snow. And nothing yet (08.39).
Boss kindly told me to work from home (had planned to go into London office). So avoided the delightful 06.17 Grantham -> London train and hopefully avoid the predicted UTTER TRAVEL SNOWMAGEDDON ARMAGEDDON on the return leg this evening.
Got up 5.30 to check snomageddon. No new snow. And nothing yet (08.39).
Boss kindly told me to work from home (had planned to go into London office). So avoided the delightful 06.17 Grantham -> London train and hopefully avoid the predicted UTTER TRAVEL SNOWMAGEDDON ARMAGEDDON on the return leg this evening.
Yet again the whole bloody place grinds to a halt because the schools close - which is absolute b
ks because the roads are clear. fking public sector wasters. I've now got to look after two kids all day because some overpaid and underworked waster decided not to do their job.
When I get into power, everyone will be taxed on the highest policies of the party they voted for, which i believe for labour voters will be 95% from memory.
ks because the roads are clear. fking public sector wasters. I've now got to look after two kids all day because some overpaid and underworked waster decided not to do their job.When I get into power, everyone will be taxed on the highest policies of the party they voted for, which i believe for labour voters will be 95% from memory.
jazzybee said:
Mighty Flex said:
Too much here in bath apparently. 2" and still coming down heavy though it only started a couple of hours ago.
University of Bath is closed. My Exam for the day is cancelled. Really annoying as I was ready and now it will be in about 2 weeks.
However I can see why - I suspect no one will even try to get there even now if it wasn't closed.
Time for a drive!
Really? Oh no. My son has been studying the past couple of weeks for his exam at Uni today. That was the only reason he went back last weekend. University of Bath is closed. My Exam for the day is cancelled. Really annoying as I was ready and now it will be in about 2 weeks.
However I can see why - I suspect no one will even try to get there even now if it wasn't closed.
Time for a drive!
I do like the fact the US weather site are barely registering this snow with the HUGE, INSTADEATH, BLIZZARD conditions of 5 cm of soggy snow, while the MET office is issuing AWWWWWOOOOOOGAH, red triangle with exclamation mark warning of impending doom if you even walk outside your front door this morning.
reckon the poster who said 99% just get on with it is way off the mark.Guam said:
Sitting here at home, waiting for the Heating Engineer as the control unit picked last night to go tits up <how do they know when to do this>? 
Bloody freezing, have a meeting with my IT guy here about a new server, figured if I keep him here long enough freezing his bks off, he will drop the price to get out of here
Careful, he may raise the price for inconvenience. Bloody freezing, have a meeting with my IT guy here about a new server, figured if I keep him here long enough freezing his b
ks off, he will drop the price to get out of here Beautiful morning in Fife/Edinburgh. Blue skies and not a snowlflake in sight. I should have been at a meeting in Manchester this morning but the client took fright yesterday and cancelled it. Lost cash on the air fare as it was non-refundabe. Total PITA, and as far as I can see typical scaremongering by the meeja and over reaction by joe public.
Bristol is ace...
The schools were being announced as closed yesterday evening, before a flake fell (except my niece's school where the head refuses to close and tells everyone to walk )
The buses have all been cancelled
The roads are chaos (well anything leading to a gradient) so more and more people are having a snow day.
The Indian kids down the road are playing football in the snow, mad as hatters and crazy about football
The schools were being announced as closed yesterday evening, before a flake fell (except my niece's school where the head refuses to close and tells everyone to walk
)The buses have all been cancelled
The roads are chaos (well anything leading to a gradient) so more and more people are having a snow day.
The Indian kids down the road are playing football in the snow, mad as hatters and crazy about football
Edited by Six Fiend on Friday 18th January 09:43
tvrolet said:
Beautiful morning in Fife/Edinburgh. Blue skies and not a snowlflake in sight. I should have been at a meeting in Manchester this morning but the client took fright yesterday and cancelled it. Lost cash on the air fare as it was non-refundabe. Total PITA, and as far as I can see typical scaremongering by the meeja and over reaction by joe public.
I'm 30 miles due west of Manchester airport and it was all clear here at 7AM. But it's been snowing steadily since 8AM and the blustery wind is making for blizzard conditions. The clouds are tracking east so I'd be amazed if the airport isn't hit pretty hard any time now.Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff