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Britain braced for snow and Siberian temperatures

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    #11
    Originally posted by Board Game Geek View Post
    OMG Diver !

    Posts: 6,666

    /scared
    Confusion is a natural state of being

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      #12
      Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
      <chucks snowball at TW>
      Picks it up and runs home with it, 'cos snowballs are so rare in my neck of the woods.

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        #13
        Don't we have 'Siberian' temperatures every now and then? At what point do they become normal UK winter temperatures??

        Just the usual unprepared UK coming to a standstill, you’d have thought we would have learnt a lesson by now.
        Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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          #14
          Wow -2 . Let me know when that becomes news. Once again Britian the laughing stock of europe. Wait till the HYS get a hold of this one.
          McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
          Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."

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            #15
            According to the BBC, there might be snow falls of as much as 2cm!

            My god, how will we survive this?

            And the snow is expected to lay on the ground for several hours!

            OMG!



            Doomed!!!

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              #16
              Originally posted by zeitghost
              The last Siberian Winter we had was 1963... started on Boxing day & there was still snow drifts about in April...

              Frozen rivers, canals & the sea in Swansea bay had ice floes on it...

              It was a tad cold.
              How come? Shirley the Range Rover wasn't launched till 1970??
              Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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                #17
                Poof s

                What is it with this country?
                Anything more than an inch of snow and the whole of Britain comes to a standstill, unlike the USA, Germany, Switzerland etc etc where snow is a constant feature throughout the winter.
                Actually, for a country that is officially classed as part of 'Northern Europe', we get very little snow.
                Last time it snowed properly, most parents turned up at school with their children and despite the Headmistress wanting to keep the school open, the local authority asked them to close for H & S reasons. Part of the PC NL culture.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by Dow Jones View Post
                  What is it with this country?
                  Anything more than an inch of snow and the whole of Britain comes to a standstill, unlike the USA, Germany, Switzerland etc etc where snow is a constant feature throughout the winter.
                  You answered your own question - we live in a temperate climate, heavy snow falls are the exception not the norm - especially in the Sarf.
                  Would you want money spent on something that is unlikely to happen? fleets of gritters standing by 'just in case'?

                  I think our approach on the whole is the best we can hope for...
                  How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by zeitghost
                    The last Siberian Winter we had was 1963... started on Boxing day & there was still snow drifts about in April...

                    Frozen rivers, canals & the sea in Swansea bay had ice floes on it...

                    It was a tad cold.
                    Global Warming innit?
                    How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by zeitghost
                      It was a tad cold.
                      Just got back from feeding my beloved grey squirrels and it is pretty cold out there!

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