Pathetic UK cold weather excuses?

GAZA62 · Post by **GAZA62** » Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:23 pm

ronk wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 4:32 pmIt can’t be that cold - the postie still has his shorts on up here!

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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

TitanTim · Post by **TitanTim** » Tue Feb 27, 2018 6:25 pm

They simply got on with it years ago, no dicking about.

https://youtu.be/-ugIoMD495E

Tim.

Tbone · Post by **Tbone** » Tue Feb 27, 2018 6:40 pm

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.

firebobby · Post by **firebobby** » Tue Feb 27, 2018 6:43 pm

Number5 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 !!

Did you wear clogs to school Alan

ronk · Post by **ronk** » Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:05 pm

Number5 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 8:47 am
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 !!

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.

Ewazix · Post by **Ewazix** » Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:05 pm

TitanTim wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 6:25 pmThey simply got on with it years ago, no dicking about.

https://youtu.be/-ugIoMD495E

Tim.

Now that's snow on the line, and they got through! The plough was awesome!

john-e89 · Post by **john-e89** » Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:13 pm

Don’t get me started.....FFS don’t......

Vonlipvig · Post by **Vonlipvig** » Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:15 pm

ronk wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 4:32 pmIt can’t be that cold - the postie still has his shorts on up here!

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My brother is a postie in Surrey and he has been exactly like that

Number5 · Post by **Number5** » Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:17 pm

firebobby wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 6:43 pm Did you wear clogs to school Alan

No, that was PVR Fred. I went in bare feet.

Crazy Harry · Post by **Crazy Harry** » Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:20 pm

Ewazix wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:05 pm
TitanTim wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 6:25 pmThey simply got on with it years ago, no dicking about.

https://youtu.be/-ugIoMD495E

Tim.
Now that's snow on the line, and they got through! The plough was awesome!

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.

mcbeee · Post by **mcbeee** » 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

RustyZ4 · Post by **RustyZ4** » Sat Mar 03, 2018 7:37 pm

firebobby · Post by **firebobby** » Sat Mar 03, 2018 7:50 pm

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

6" of snow ? no where near that these days.

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

mmm-five · Post by **mmm-five** » Sat Mar 03, 2018 8:28 pm

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

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Sat Mar 03, 2018 11:14 pm

mmm-five wrote: ↑Sat Mar 03, 2018 8:28 pm 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

I took a shovel with me today and I needed it.

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