Snow in the UK

[darmstadt]

Well we didn't get any here, in fact this morning its quite pleasant. I do like this comment though:

More interestingly, perhaps, Camden said ploughs were not viable as they could not negotiate speed bumps.

You'll notice that on German roads there are also no cats eyes as snow ploughs would rip them up.

[expat]

Well we didn't get any here, in fact this morning its quite pleasant. I do like this comment though:

More interestingly, perhaps, Camden said ploughs were not viable as they could not negotiate speed bumps.

Possibly that means that speed bumps are a bad idea. Or that nobody planned for snow falling. Or that nobody administering Britain plans for very much.

Still, it is Camden: the place that locked children out of snow-covered parks on health and safety grounds.

[Moscow Mule]

Possibly that means that speed bumps are a bad idea. Or that nobody planned for snow falling. Or that nobody administering Britain plans for very much.

What is the point of having infrastructure in place for something that happens once every 10 years or so?

Everybody complains that this used to happen all the time in the '60s, well it doesn't now and it's not worth paying for.

[NotAllThere]

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You'll notice that on German roads there are also no cats eyes as snow ploughs would rip them up.

So that's the reason. A choice between being able to see the road really clearly and being able to drive on it.

[Coalman]

What is the point of having infrastructure in place for something that happens once every 10 years or so?

Everybody complains that this used to happen all the time in the '60s, well it doesn't now and it's not worth paying for.

WHS

[Alf W]

Agreed. I have a friend who lives at the end of a one horse lane who has been moaning that they 'didn't grit his road'.

The government should just declare a 'snow day' and everyone should just stay at home on the basis that it will all be gone in a day or so anyway.

All the hysteria was just because the Cockneys got a bit snowed on which the London-centric media luvvies took to mean climate apocalypse.

[Solidec]

I live in Camden, and there are LOT of roads with thosesquare shaped speed bumps across the roads. Hardly any of the roads were gritted let along snow ploughed!

[bobhope]

Well we didn't get any here, in fact this morning its quite pleasant. I do like this comment though:



You'll notice that on German roads there are also no cats eyes as snow ploughs would rip them up.

I always wondered why there are no cats eyes in CH - makes sense now. Thanks.

[Doggy Styles]

What is the point of having infrastructure in place for something that happens once every 10 years or so?

Everybody complains that this used to happen all the time in the '60s, well it doesn't now and it's not worth paying for.

And to all you northerners and Scots who take the p1ss out of southerners because you are used to snow.

Well, we don't take the p1ss out of northern fair-skinned types for catching nasty skin conditions when they get the occasional bit of hot sunshine.

[AlfredJPruffock]

And to all you northerners and Scots who take the p1ss out of southerners because you are used to snow.

Well, we don't take the p1ss out of northern fair-skinned types for catching nasty skin conditions when they get the occasional bit of hot sunshine.

I recall, a long long time ago - back in my London days , I once had the pleasure of entertaining a certain very attractive Italian girl from Milan.

Over the course of time we ended up in bed - she was always fascinated by just how white my Scottish milk-bottle white untanned body was - she could never stop commenting on this - anybody else from a non-Solar background had this odd experience ?