Its bound to snow this week, I've had to send my new (to me) 4x4 back because of a cock up with the cherished plate, and they have loaned me a V40 "cross country", which is 2wd (WTF is "cross country" about it?) Home to work invlolves a high road which seems to be rarely gritted and regularly 4x4 only
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Originally posted by Archangel View Postthey have loaned me a V40 "cross country", which is 2wd (WTF is "cross country" about it?)
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Originally posted by AtW View PostI hope Heathrow is ready for snow this time.
Check out what happened to New York. Look at the photos, many of them show only a few inches of snow and it causes chaos. Flights cancelled, schools closed, panic buying etc. I've been there in the winter and these guys get snow like this EVERY YEAR, they are well equipped to deal with it but it still causes huge disruption. It's exactly the same as when London or any other major city gets a big dump of snow.
Perhaps the big difference is that in contrast to the UK, New York has a huge investment in snow clearing equipment with a fleet of several thousand snowploughs at the ready to clear the roads. Perhaps London should buy a few thousand show ploughs too (though they may not be used for years at a time)?
I think people get confused when they visit really cold countries with snow everywhere and business going on as normal. When you look a bit closer, you find that the snow last fell weeks ago and hasn't melted yet.
Also, these countries mandate that cars need winter tyres and in extreme conditions they use metal studded tyres or snow chains. For the few days a year we get snow in the UK, people can't be bothered - we just put up with it or stay home.Free advice and opinions - refunds are available if you are not 100% satisfied.Comment
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Originally posted by Wanderer View PostShow me an airport anywhere in the world that can run at 98% capacity when it gets a few inches of snow dumped on it. Make no mistake, a few inches of snowfall in just about ANY major city will cause huge disruption.
FFS this country can start a war that kills tens of thousands on a pathetic evidence but can't build 3rd runway or high speed railway for decades!
Originally posted by Wanderer View PostPerhaps London should buy a few thousand show ploughs too (though they may not be used for years at a time)?Comment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostThe key is NOT to run airport at 98% capacity!!!
I tend to avoid LHR for exactly this reason - if ANYTHING goes wrong there then it's completely stuffed. Of course, our government sees airport expansion as a huge hot potato and will dither about it for many years to come....Free advice and opinions - refunds are available if you are not 100% satisfied.Comment
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Originally posted by Wanderer View PostYep, that would be a bloody good start.
I tend to avoid LHR for exactly this reason - if ANYTHING goes wrong there then it's completely stuffed. Of course, our government sees airport expansion as a huge hot potato and will dither about it for many years to come....
Making it bigger will just make it a bigger tuliphole.
It needs to be bulldozed and rebuilt."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by Archangel View PostIts bound to snow this week, I've had to send my new (to me) 4x4 back because of a cock up with the cherished plate ...Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostIt needs to be bulldozed and rebuilt.Free advice and opinions - refunds are available if you are not 100% satisfied.Comment
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Originally posted by Wanderer View PostRebuilt in the Thames estuary....merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostLast two spivs who sold me cars both tried desperately to flog me a cherished plate to go with the car. But they were actually far less easy remember than the plate already on the car and not personalised to me or in any sense at all. In fact, they looked like they had come straight off an Enigma machine and would have been about as "cherished" as a pet cockroach!Comment
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