Title: Blizzard white out...
Post by: Queen Firey-Bou on 30 January, 2003, 04:36:19 PM
Post by: Queen Firey-Bou on 30 January, 2003, 04:36:19 PM
well,weather-man wils said there was a 70% chance of snow in my parts..
* whump * the high schools closed & theres currently a white out from the north, very spectac, I'd take a photo to show you all , but that would mean puting a foot out of the door. ? ha ha!
The council have even snow ploughed our little road, which due to public money cut backs is on the list of roads the will be attended to "as & when budget allows", (mmm public saftey always paramount then, Mr Blair you said how much for a war head?)
snowed in (& ever political) Weather report from Bou'
* whump * the high schools closed & theres currently a white out from the north, very spectac, I'd take a photo to show you all , but that would mean puting a foot out of the door. ? ha ha!
The council have even snow ploughed our little road, which due to public money cut backs is on the list of roads the will be attended to "as & when budget allows", (mmm public saftey always paramount then, Mr Blair you said how much for a war head?)
snowed in (& ever political) Weather report from Bou'
Title: Page 1, Page 2 Etc...
Post by: paulvonscott on 30 January, 2003, 05:05:31 PM
Post by: paulvonscott on 30 January, 2003, 05:05:31 PM
Hmmm... I know it's only a few clicks and we used to have to do a lot more to read a post, but I've grown lazy and decadent.
Would it be possible/feasible/desirable to have page no. links next to the title to go straight to the page we want?
E.g. Spam is from Mars and Burgers are from Pluto (1,2,3)
Would it be possible/feasible/desirable to have page no. links next to the title to go straight to the page we want?
E.g. Spam is from Mars and Burgers are from Pluto (1,2,3)
Title: Re: Blizzard white out......
Post by: Mk13 on 30 January, 2003, 06:24:48 PM
Post by: Mk13 on 30 January, 2003, 06:24:48 PM
Tell me about it! Even down here in the Sahf it's been fairly blizzard-like (which happens down here so rarely that everyone acts like judgement day has come early).
Spent bloody ages on the M40 this morning, crawling along at 10 mph past several gritting lorries surrounded by council types scratching their heads and pondering that maybe they should have gritted the motorway a couple of days ago, before it snowed.
Still, the woodland along the motorway looked truly spectacular when the sun came out, so it wasn't all bad.
Spent bloody ages on the M40 this morning, crawling along at 10 mph past several gritting lorries surrounded by council types scratching their heads and pondering that maybe they should have gritted the motorway a couple of days ago, before it snowed.
Still, the woodland along the motorway looked truly spectacular when the sun came out, so it wasn't all bad.
Title: Re: Blizzard white out.........
Post by: Bolt-01 on 30 January, 2003, 06:31:43 PM
Post by: Bolt-01 on 30 January, 2003, 06:31:43 PM
I'm at home with the kids too. I'm in the midlands and we only got three inches of stuff (it had begun to freeze underneath though, nasty snowball fuel).
I don't mind that much, nice to get on the board during the week. Shame to lose a holiday for this though.
Rotts
I don't mind that much, nice to get on the board during the week. Shame to lose a holiday for this though.
Rotts
Title: Re: Blizzard white out............
Post by: Slippery PD on 30 January, 2003, 06:42:23 PM
Post by: Slippery PD on 30 January, 2003, 06:42:23 PM
Down here on the south coast its cold weve had a flurry and now its rather nice and sunny. No snow, just a bit cold.
yer "costa del" Slippo
yer "costa del" Slippo
Title: Re: Blizzard white out......
Post by: Art on 30 January, 2003, 07:19:04 PM
Post by: Art on 30 January, 2003, 07:19:04 PM
Wow. The winds started blowing and snows started falling pretty heavily now. The temperature has dropped noticibly even indoors.
Title: Re: Blizzard white out.........
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 30 January, 2003, 08:09:44 PM
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 30 January, 2003, 08:09:44 PM
Was out this morning and the basic temp is not that bad but the wind chill is something shocking, no snow yet but it's forcast 10cm later today / tonite
Title: Re: Blizzard white out............
Post by: paulvonscott on 30 January, 2003, 08:28:27 PM
Post by: paulvonscott on 30 January, 2003, 08:28:27 PM
Hmmm... didn't look too bad this morning, now it's looking pretty bad.
Oh hang on the suns just come out.
It's a miracle!
Oh hang on the suns just come out.
It's a miracle!
Title: Re: Blizzard white out......
Post by: Jared Katooie on 30 January, 2003, 08:39:08 PM
Post by: Jared Katooie on 30 January, 2003, 08:39:08 PM
Over the seas were just getting rain... or hailstones....
Title: Re: Blizzard white out.........
Post by: Generally Contrary on 30 January, 2003, 08:45:45 PM
Post by: Generally Contrary on 30 January, 2003, 08:45:45 PM
I blame witches... oh, no, perhaps it's those 'asylum seekers who are suspected terrorists we don't know about yet' (almost a direct quote from Kilroy this morning).
Yeah - round 'em up, hang 'em burn 'em, make 'em confess.
Sorry - 'Witchcraze' appears to have affected my ability to discern real dangers from phantoms.
Andy B.
Yeah - round 'em up, hang 'em burn 'em, make 'em confess.
Sorry - 'Witchcraze' appears to have affected my ability to discern real dangers from phantoms.
Andy B.
Title: Re: Blizzard white out............
Post by: Queen Firey-Bou on 30 January, 2003, 09:27:18 PM
Post by: Queen Firey-Bou on 30 January, 2003, 09:27:18 PM
well this weather is some other witches spell not mine, its darned inconvienent too, kids off school & -2 degree workshop not exactly what i need with a rush job on. wait til i find out which witch it is thats more powerful than me, the cheek... wait, its cherie ! yes see the chin of the devil is upon her !
Title: Re: Blizzard white out...............
Post by: ukdane on 30 January, 2003, 09:35:41 PM
Post by: ukdane on 30 January, 2003, 09:35:41 PM
Glorious day here in sunny Scandinavia. Slightly cold wind, temparatures around -3.
Mind you, we did get about a foot of snow in 6 hours last night. Keep the nasty weather over there would you?
:-)
Mind you, we did get about a foot of snow in 6 hours last night. Keep the nasty weather over there would you?
:-)
Title: Re: Blizzard white out...............
Post by: Queen Firey-Bou on 30 January, 2003, 09:47:26 PM
Post by: Queen Firey-Bou on 30 January, 2003, 09:47:26 PM
And to add insult to numb toes, our water supplys gone off. grrr, and i pay taxes for this ? i used to have a pipe in a burn from the hill that never ran out even in the winters that reached -20. damn modern incompetent public services, pah .
off to collect snow to melt, Bou'
off to collect snow to melt, Bou'
Title: Re: Blizzard white out...............
Post by: The Enigmatic Dr X on 30 January, 2003, 09:56:22 PM
Post by: The Enigmatic Dr X on 30 January, 2003, 09:56:22 PM
S'no snow in Glasgow.
Title: Re: Blizzard white out...............
Post by: The Monarch on 30 January, 2003, 10:34:10 PM
Post by: The Monarch on 30 January, 2003, 10:34:10 PM
freezing here but no snow
Title: Re: Blizzard white out...............
Post by: Natsan on 30 January, 2003, 11:42:30 PM
Post by: Natsan on 30 January, 2003, 11:42:30 PM
'Bout two inches of snow here in London.I love it-decent snow like I used to play in as a kid in Germany.There's even a proper sized snowman outside the door to our flats.I thought London kids had forgotten how to make those!
And it's still snowing.....
Natalie
And it's still snowing.....
Natalie
Title: Re: Blizzard white out...............
Post by: Demon Chicken on 31 January, 2003, 12:27:54 AM
Post by: Demon Chicken on 31 January, 2003, 12:27:54 AM
Lots of nice lovely snow here, I've already had one snowball fight and I'm just off to try and sledge down our big hill using nothing more than a cardboard box and a black bin bag.
Title: Re: Blizzard white out......
Post by: Malchidiel on 31 January, 2003, 01:17:11 AM
Post by: Malchidiel on 31 January, 2003, 01:17:11 AM
It's the same here in the not-so-sunny resort of Stockton. I looked out this morning and thought "what the foosh". Cars are travelling at about 1 mph.
It's still snowing now. It's a good job I'm a kermit and never leave the house anyway.
It's still snowing now. It's a good job I'm a kermit and never leave the house anyway.
Title: Re: Blizzard white out.........
Post by: Yoda on 31 January, 2003, 02:24:30 AM
Post by: Yoda on 31 January, 2003, 02:24:30 AM
"It's the same here in the not-so-sunny resort of Stockton"
Stockton huh? We're practically neighbours. I'm just outside Darlington. And yes the snow is horrendous. I've just been driving in it & don't fancy doing that again in a hurry.
Stockton huh? We're practically neighbours. I'm just outside Darlington. And yes the snow is horrendous. I've just been driving in it & don't fancy doing that again in a hurry.
Title: Re: Blizzard white out............
Post by: Queen Firey-Bou on 31 January, 2003, 04:33:42 AM
Post by: Queen Firey-Bou on 31 January, 2003, 04:33:42 AM
cor well ive just been arseing about in a fire truck in it, currently -6 out there, much fun.
Title: Re: Blizzard white out...............
Post by: almighty mat on 31 January, 2003, 02:41:17 PM
Post by: almighty mat on 31 January, 2003, 02:41:17 PM
Well, I had to take a whole 2 seconds to get alittle frost off my windshield this morning.
Bastards.
bitter mat
Bastards.
bitter mat
Title: Re: Blizzard white out...............
Post by: W. R. Logan on 31 January, 2003, 06:39:41 PM
Post by: W. R. Logan on 31 January, 2003, 06:39:41 PM
left Norfolk at 3pm yesterday and went to Manchester, got back to the A1 into Norfolk at 1.30am and then moved 1 mile in the next hour then didn't move another inch for 6 hours. Then stop start til I've just got in at 12.00. 21 bloody hours to go from Norfolk ro Manchester and back, thank god I had a spare packet of fags in my bag.
La Placa Rifa,
W. R. Logan.
La Placa Rifa,
W. R. Logan.
Title: Re: Blizzard white out......
Post by: Adrian Bamforth on 31 January, 2003, 07:00:31 PM
Post by: Adrian Bamforth on 31 January, 2003, 07:00:31 PM
Bugger all snow here but listening to the people on TV you would think that they had never made a snowman or thrown a snowball before.
ADE
ADE
Title: Re: Blizzard white out...............
Post by: Mk13 on 31 January, 2003, 07:02:21 PM
Post by: Mk13 on 31 January, 2003, 07:02:21 PM
>21 bloody hours to go from Norfolk ro Manchester and back, thank god I had a spare packet of fags in my bag.
I can sympathise - Left Oxford at 6.30, perfectly clear road from Oxford to Hillingdon (7pm), usual slow moving traffic up to Park Royal which is approximately 2 miles from my front door (about 8pm), got home at 1.30am! Wouldn't have even been home then if it wasn't for my Sweeney-like knowledge of all the grotty back-streets of NW London. Smoked my last fag while waiting to turn into my road.
I was talking to a bus driver while I was sitting in traffic, and apparently certain bus companies had told their drivers to terminate their buses exactly where they were and just leave them (because of course a load of inert buses really helps when you have two-way congestion on narrow roads).
It's depressing to think that only about 2 inches of snow can completely nail the capital city's public transport system and cause city-wide gridlock. Any metropolitan Al Qaida member must be now thinking to himself "Sod the ricin, I'm going to build a bloody great snow machine"...
I can sympathise - Left Oxford at 6.30, perfectly clear road from Oxford to Hillingdon (7pm), usual slow moving traffic up to Park Royal which is approximately 2 miles from my front door (about 8pm), got home at 1.30am! Wouldn't have even been home then if it wasn't for my Sweeney-like knowledge of all the grotty back-streets of NW London. Smoked my last fag while waiting to turn into my road.
I was talking to a bus driver while I was sitting in traffic, and apparently certain bus companies had told their drivers to terminate their buses exactly where they were and just leave them (because of course a load of inert buses really helps when you have two-way congestion on narrow roads).
It's depressing to think that only about 2 inches of snow can completely nail the capital city's public transport system and cause city-wide gridlock. Any metropolitan Al Qaida member must be now thinking to himself "Sod the ricin, I'm going to build a bloody great snow machine"...
Title: Re: Blizzard white out...............
Post by: IndigoPrime on 31 January, 2003, 07:59:51 PM
Post by: IndigoPrime on 31 January, 2003, 07:59:51 PM
Thankfully, it's not like that here in Iceland. We've been getting a couple of inches of snow every night for the last week (which usually disappears by about 6pm). Mind you, almost everyone has snow tyres at the moment (chains or nails).
Title: Re: Blizzard white out...............
Post by: mongor2003 on 31 January, 2003, 08:31:58 PM
Post by: mongor2003 on 31 January, 2003, 08:31:58 PM
Anyone know how long this shitty weathers forecast to last for ? I dont get it, about a week ago it was getting noticably warmer - I was wandering around without a coat on, daffodil bulbs where starting to come out the ground etc. and now it's like Siberia out there, The climate just seems to get more apeshit every year.
Title: Re: Blizzard white out...............
Post by: Queen Firey-Bou on 31 January, 2003, 09:23:40 PM
Post by: Queen Firey-Bou on 31 January, 2003, 09:23:40 PM
being a rufty tufty country gal , it always makes us chuckle horribley to see city folks come to a standstill as soon as city weather-control presses a button. same with all the gales, houses blow away etc... here its just regular business as usual. Mind you if the gulf stream switches off i'll me laughing the other side of my igloo.
Its kind of revenge for us for our economic misery & midges & permenant rain all summer & lack of cinemas & museums etc etc.
However i would like to add that my glee is not directed at any of you lovely boarders & if you need digging out of a snow drift , just whistle !
Its kind of revenge for us for our economic misery & midges & permenant rain all summer & lack of cinemas & museums etc etc.
However i would like to add that my glee is not directed at any of you lovely boarders & if you need digging out of a snow drift , just whistle !
Title: Re: Blizzard white out...............
Post by: Proudhuff on 31 January, 2003, 09:37:38 PM
Post by: Proudhuff on 31 January, 2003, 09:37:38 PM
oh, we've just had a flurry but it's not lying,
McCaskill proudhuff
McCaskill proudhuff