Snow ! - Page 106

soup dragon · 14-01-2010, 16:01

it must be getting better, had a parcel delivered, post and my bins were emptied today - 1st time since last tuesday!

Pauls9 · 14-01-2010, 16:19

The bin lorry came down our road today too, although it's pretty bad with rain on top of frozen ridges. Didn't stop though, which is fair enough since the council have told us to keep our rubbish safe till our due day next week. Not sure what I'll do when the safe's full.

Derek · 14-01-2010, 16:42

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Originally Posted by Ravenheart

Police officers sledge using riot shields

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8458844.stm

Would have been better with the long shields IMO

Pia · 14-01-2010, 18:38

I noticed the potholes were ridiculous on the roads when it was thawing on Monday. Council had already been out to fill them by Wednesday

Also the binmen have been every week even though our street is tight and very slippery. Postman missed a few days i think but i didn't really notice.

Snowed again last night but only a little bit, just want it all to go away now. I can't wait til i can take my dog out without her coming back through the house wet, stinky and muddy.

Hom3r · 14-01-2010, 22:32

This stupid idiot should have been banned

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-...olice_In_Devon

She was using the small hole.

Pia · 15-01-2010, 00:23

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Originally Posted by Hom3r

This stupid idiot should have been banned

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-...olice_In_Devon

She was using the small hole.

LOL! What an idiot. I notice the police only had a word with her and then gave her a free ice scraper. I wonder if they'd have done the same if it was a 20 year old male

She should have been done, there's no excuse for that at all

I spend ages clearing my car, it bugs me so much for any windows to be covered, even the back passenger ones. Also bugs me when people don't clear their lights but you can just about tell they've got them on. Might aswell have not bothered and saved the battery

Angua · 15-01-2010, 08:04

Or the people who forget that if you don't clear the roof off, your windscreen will be covered in snow as soon as you brake.

Hissing it down with rain here & still very icy & slippy.

Gary L · 15-01-2010, 10:18

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Originally Posted by Hom3r

This stupid idiot should have been banned

She was probably a lovely little old lady. doesn't have a clue what she's done wrong. poor dear.

iFrankie · 15-01-2010, 10:23

Its pouring it down with rain here and i can actually see grass!

Pauls9 · 15-01-2010, 10:23

Loads of potholes and cracks are now becoming visible round here. It was obvious 2 years or more ago that there was a lot of damaged road surface that would deteriorate catastrophically if not repaired. This was ignored by the local authorities and last winter the inevitable happened - potholes everywhere. In the spring our local repairers were told to give priority to patching the roads at the expense of everything else and managed to fill the major potholes. Most of the cracks were left and of course what happens this winter? Back to square one.

Gary L · 15-01-2010, 10:30

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Originally Posted by Pauls9

Loads of potholes and cracks are now becoming visible round here.

Come the warmer weather they'll be repairing the roads all through the year. there's loads of them. I've never seen so many.

LondonRoad · 15-01-2010, 12:21

They should employ me to cycle round the country. My front wheel is very adept at finding the very deep hidden ones.

Angua · 15-01-2010, 13:51

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Originally Posted by LondonRoad

They should employ me to cycle round the country. My front wheel is very adept at finding the very deep hidden ones.

Always seem to be the worst potholes just where cyclists ride.

**Hugh** · 15-01-2010, 13:52

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Originally Posted by Angua

Always seem to be the worst potholes just where cyclists ride.

Maybe they need to lose weight......

altis · 16-01-2010, 13:35

More tales of weather-related woe - only this time a bit more serious!

At ten past one this morning I heard an ominous scraping down the roof directly above me. It went quiet and I scrunched my eyes. Then, sure enough, tishhhhh... as 1/4 of a brick fell through the skylight into the room we use as an office. Tiny shards of toughened glass everywhere - including inside the printer. I've not been up to check yet but I assume it's been loosened from the chimney by freeze/thaw weathering.

Fortunately, there are some bits of wood about still left over from the kitchen renewal and I managed to wedge some of it in the gap. Spent an hour clearing up the worst of the mess and went back to bed. Perhaps another hour later there was another tishhh as some of the rest fell in.

Fortunately, there was very little rain in the night and there was just the smallest of puddles this morning. Spent all morning perched at the top of a ladder pulling out the rest of the glass and chipping out hardened putty. Still 1/3 to go. Looks like we're not going to get out this weekend after all. Still, the rain is holding off for now...