Must be a postman thing I see one every day on my way to the bus stop freezing cold and still wearing shorts but the one I do not get is the bloke that walks pass me dressed in a coat and gloves a scarf wrapped around his face beanie hat pulled so far down you can only see his eyes but wearing shorts WTF
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Must be a postman thing I see one every day on my way to the bus stop freezing cold and still wearing shorts but the one I do not get is the bloke that walks pass me dressed in a coat and gloves a scarf wrapped around his face beanie hat pulled so far down you can only see his eyes but wearing shorts WTF
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Well South eastern trains started cancelling services 'before' the snow kicked in. I mean, what?
you're cancelling them 'in case' it snows.
its just utter BS i tell ya!
But then what better excuses do they need? if the driver dropped his sandwich they would shut down the network.
you're cancelling them 'in case' it snows.
its just utter BS i tell ya!
But then what better excuses do they need? if the driver dropped his sandwich they would shut down the network.
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Did you wear clogs to school AlanNumber5 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 8:47 amYep,
When I was a kid, I was too young for Politics and Health & Safety hadn't been invested..... And life was great !
I remember walking to school as a 7 year old in the snow and being a mug of warm milky coffee on arrival !
Coffee to 7 years olds ??? Not these days !!
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I started school in ‘53 and until I went to senior school in ‘64 all boys wore short trousers - summer & winter, rain, hail or snow!
We weren’t given any hot drinks either - just 1/3 pint of half frozen bottle of milk.
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Now that's snow on the line, and they got through! The plough was awesome!TitanTim wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 6:25 pmThey simply got on with it years ago, no dicking about.
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My brother is a postie in Surrey and he has been exactly like that
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No, that was PVR Fred. I went in bare feet.
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And its not like they had our 'modern' thermal clothing - how ever much effort it took to shovel the snow I bet it took half as much again just to move the fabric in the jacket/coat. They were 'ard then.Ewazix wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:05 pmNow that's snow on the line, and they got through! The plough was awesome!TitanTim wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 6:25 pmThey simply got on with it years ago, no dicking about.
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I was 11 when I moved to this part of the world so I still had to do a bit of walking to school , I remember climbing over 3 foot snowbanks on the sides of the road, minus 35F and trudging through a lot of snow, yes it was uphill but only half way, then it was downhill coming home It was only half a mile I don't remember a single "Snow Day", it's not like that now, six of inches of snow and the radio starts listing school closures. Oh well, at least I don't have to go near a school anymore
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6" of snow ? no where near that these days.mcbeee wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 8:01 pm I was 11 when I moved to this part of the world so I still had to do a bit of walking to school , I remember climbing over 3 foot snowbanks on the sides of the road, minus 35F and trudging through a lot of snow, yes it was uphill but only half way, then it was downhill coming home It was only half a mile I don't remember a single "Snow Day", it's not like that now, six of inches of snow and the radio starts listing school closures. Oh well, at least I don't have to go near a school anymore
I went past a school on Thursday which had not opened due to snow and there was hardly any snow to be seen. It's a bloody joke how the H+S and media whip up mass hysteria about weather conditions. God help us if we get some real snow
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Well, despite the ‘beast from the east’, I spent a lovely cold Saturday morning driving around North Wales...in a Z4...with summer tyres on
Did take my still-unused sno-socks with me though...just in case
Did take my still-unused sno-socks with me though...just in case
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I took a shovel with me today and I needed it.