'Ere - have you seen the weather forecast ?!

fields5069

stickyfiddle said:

All these posts and not a single picture. I am disappoint.

My daughter just looks like a run-of-the-mill chav, to be honest. I didn't think it was necessary.

Phil_aka_Pip

@ICBM yes I did the lights but didn't even look at the numberplates - least of my worries!

At the end of my road is a rather steep bit of hill. Spent half an hour spreading sand&grit out of the council's big yellow plastic box, along with some others who had got stuck. Several of us went down on our arses, it was well slippy.

Out on the main drag there were a few who were driving a lot slower than usual, but most were driving cautiously without reducing to a crawl. Yes I know the air temperature is below zero but that doesn't mean the road is going to freeze. It might overnight but with the amount of HGVs on it, it's going to stay above freezing for most of the time. Asphalt warms up when people drive vehicles over it.

I'm way more worried about getting home this evening, and in particular up that there hill. If I couldn't drive up it, I'd be likely to drive back to the pub and leave the car in the car park as it's only a few minutes walk away.

ICBM

Phil_aka_Pip said:

I'm way more worried about getting home this evening, and in particular up that there hill. If I couldn't drive up it, I'd be likely to drive back to the pub and leave the car in the car park as it's only a few minutes walk away.

That sounds like a very good excuse for being "unable" to drive home .

Bucket

Having a light snow shower here in north London atm. Some pretty impressive little flurries yesterday but nothing too disruptive.

I'm driving to Amersham today, Guildford this evening and then back to London tomorrow, I'm hoping that will all be ok.

Flink_Poyd

The media really are making a meal of this. Sensationalist headlines like "the beast from the east" do nothing but promote panic. The front page of the BBC has a story saying "Kent is worst hit with up to 10cm"
Thats 3 fucking inches for Gods sake

Sporky

Bucket said:

Having a light snow shower here in north London atm. Some pretty impressive little flurries yesterday but nothing too disruptive.

I'm driving to Amersham today, Guildford this evening and then back to London tomorrow, I'm hoping that will all be ok.

It is snowing in Guildford right now, but in a decorative way. It doesn't seem to be hitting the ground anywhere.

TTony

We've probably had had 50 millimetres of snow out here.  50 !!!

(That sounds so much more dramatic than "a couple of inches"). 

In places  where it's in shadow, it's barely melting either.  

No surprise that Abellio Greater Anglia have had to cancel most of their services today.  No way could a 200 ton train make its way though such extreme weather.



The outlook for the human race doesn't look too secure if we can't deal with a bit of soft white wet stuff in the middle of  winter.

stickyfiddle

Flink_Poyd said:

Thats 3 fucking inches for Gods sake

That's what she said...!

ICBM

Flink_Poyd said:

The media really are making a meal of this. Sensationalist headlines like "the beast from the east" do nothing but promote panic. The front page of the BBC has a story saying "Kent is worst hit with up to 10cm"
Thats 3 fucking inches for Gods sake

Be fair... it's almost four inches!

Phil_aka_Pip

ICBM said:

Flink_Poyd said:

The media really are making a meal of this. Sensationalist headlines like "the beast from the east" do nothing but promote panic. The front page of the BBC has a story saying "Kent is worst hit with up to 10cm"
Thats 3 fucking inches for Gods sake

Be fair... it's almost four inches!

Only 1,6mm short

ewal

Flink_Poyd said:

The media really are making a meal of this. Sensationalist headlines like "the beast from the east" do nothing but promote panic. The front page of the BBC has a story saying "Kent is worst hit with up to 10cm"
Thats 3 fucking inches for Gods sake

Completely agree. A bit chilly with a few blustery showers - no need for constant attention and scaremongering headlines.

fields5069

Flink_Poyd said:

The media really are making a meal of this. Sensationalist headlines like "the beast from the east" do nothing but promote panic. The front page of the BBC has a story saying "Kent is worst hit with up to 10cm"
Thats 3 fucking inches for Gods sake

Probably sponsored by the supermarkets. There was virtually no bread in Sainsbury's yesterday evening. FFS. Just like Christmas, this will last for one day.

Flink_Poyd

ICBM said:

Flink_Poyd said:

The media really are making a meal of this. Sensationalist headlines like "the beast from the east" do nothing but promote panic. The front page of the BBC has a story saying "Kent is worst hit with up to 10cm"
Thats 3 fucking inches for Gods sake

Be fair... it's almost four inches!

Sorry, I didn't want to add to the panic

p90fool

Flink_Poyd said:

The media really are making a meal of this. Sensationalist headlines like "the beast from the east" do nothing but promote panic. The front page of the BBC has a story saying "Kent is worst hit with up to 10cm"
Thats 3 fucking inches for Gods sake

Worst hit in England maybe. There are 230 schools closed in north and mid Wales today and not a mention on the national news. 

It's tedious how cancelling a couple of London trains for no discernible reason and a dusting of snow in Kent means we ALL have to listen to their terrible woes ad nauseum. 

Jimbro66

Flink_Poyd said:

The media really are making a meal of this. Sensationalist headlines like "the beast from the east" do nothing but promote panic. The front page of the BBC has a story saying "Kent is worst hit with up to 10cm"
Thats 3 fucking inches for Gods sake

Do 3 fucking inches = 4 imperial inches?

Phil_aka_Pip

Jimbro66 said:

Flink_Poyd said:

The media really are making a meal of this. Sensationalist headlines like "the beast from the east" do nothing but promote panic. The front page of the BBC has a story saying "Kent is worst hit with up to 10cm"
Thats 3 fucking inches for Gods sake

Do 3 fucking inches = 4 imperial inches?

No. 6 fucking inches = x imperial inches, 2 <= x <= 5

KKJale

Coming down nicely throughout central London now.

We'll never hear the end of it. 

Phil_aka_Pip

KKJale said:

Coming down nicely throughout central London now.

We'll never hear the end of it. 

well at least the news bulletins won't have enough time for yet more on how HMG is screwing up Brexit and letting the remoaners tell us yet again why it's going to be such a disaster...

Flametop

North Kent is buried under 100,000 microns. The world has ended.

My entire factory crew made it in today for 6am bar one who fell off his bike trying. Finance, Marketing, Commercial - tumbleweeds blowing through the offices.

randella

Phil_aka_Pip said:

KKJale said:

Coming down nicely throughout central London now.

We'll never hear the end of it. 

well at least the news bulletins won't have enough time for yet more on how HMG is screwing up Brexit and letting the remoaners tell us yet again why it's going to be such a disaster...

To date, total number of "Remoaners" using a lighthearted thread about snow to shoehorn in a comment about Brexit: 0.