Pathetic UK cold weather excuses?

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Ewazix

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 Somerset
In the UK we get a cold snap that's typical North or East European or N.American winter weather and everything collapses, it's just embarrassing!

The most pathetic excuse for the withdrawal of services was on TV this morning, a railway representative claimed trains were being cancelled because the horns wouldn't work in the cold or snow :headbang:
 
Yep,
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 given a mug of warm milky coffee on arrival !
Coffee to 7 years olds ??? Not these days !!
 
Number5 said:
Yep,
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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Yes, walking, I did say ‘walking’ to school in all types of weather. No school closures due to a little snow and the railways were always running. Funny how times change isn’t it :?
 
Ewazix said:
In the UK we get a cold snap that's typical North or East European or N.American winter weather and everything collapses, it's just embarrassing!

The most pathetic excuse for the withdrawal of services was on TV this morning, a railway representative claimed trains were being cancelled because the horns wouldn't work in the cold or snow :headbang:
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Its a joke my Niece was late for work due to trains into London running late was told a plastic bottle on the line was the cause really is a joke what a snow shower can cause in London reason for my post about the BINMEN.


Number5 said:
Yep,
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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GBZ4 said:
Number5 said:
Yep,
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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Yes, walking, I did say ‘walking’ to school in all types of weather. No school closures due to a little snow and the railways were always running. Funny how times change isn’t it :?
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They call it progress :lol: remember the good old days myself as you say walking to school no 3pm school run mums in those days
 
Blame the litigation culture. Everyone is afraid they may be sued for negligence, or found liable for some bloke slipping on the ice on the pavement while wearing his loafers.
 
OOh I remember walking to school, and never recall a day it was shut due to the weather,
So the burning question I want to know is, ,, up the road from me is a school, and everyday there are a fair proportion of 4 wheel drive suv`s dropping off their little ones, on lovely sunny days, (Range Rovers, Q5`s, X5`s etc), seems they do not work in the snow :D
 
GBZ4 said:
Number5 said:
Yep,
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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Yes, walking, I did say ‘walking’ to school in all types of weather. No school closures due to a little snow and the railways were always running. Funny how times change isn’t it :?
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I remember we used to jam our fingers in between the bars of the old radiators to warm them up before lessons. I recall that used to hurt like hell, sometimes though. :thumbsup:
 
ronk said:
It can’t be that cold - the postie still has his shorts on up here!

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I can't stand those kinda of people :lol: we have them in my work too. -5c outside and they stroll around in p.e shorts. Madness.
 
RustyZ4 said:
Nick_in_Suffolk said:
The underpaid teachers cannot afford 4x4s.
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My cousin is a teacher in a primary school, she drives an X3,, just saying :thumbsup:
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Call that a 4x4. :oops:

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That's a 4x4. :D
 
ronk said:
It 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 :o
 
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.
 
Number5 said:
Yep,
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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Did you wear clogs to school Alan :wink:
 
Number5 said:
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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