Reply to: Snow in the UK

[Cyberman]

I'm not sure - what was her name?

I think I have met her also !!

[Moscow Mule]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/s...-200902031552/

[Clippy]

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 ?

I can safely say I have never had to experience your pasty white body and hope I never will.

[Mich the Tester]

I am! Las cúpulas ... oh, wait.....

orgullosa!

[Mich the Tester]

I am! Las cúpulas ... oh, wait.....

Stunning isn’t it? Just so much better than all that whingeing in the Daily Wail.

[expat]

' La nieve cayendo a plomo en los embarcaderos del Támesis. La cúpula de St. Paul emergiendo orgullosa entre la niebla. La ciudad envuelta en una paz irreal y solitaria. '

Just imagine Penelope Cruz saying that as her neglige slips from her shoulder.

I am! Las cúpulas ... oh, wait.....

[Mich the Tester]

Isn't that just lovely?

' La nieve cayendo a plomo en los embarcaderos del Támesis. La cúpula de St. Paul emergiendo orgullosa entre la niebla. La ciudad envuelta en una paz irreal y solitaria. '

Just imagine Penelope Cruz saying that as her neglige slips from her shoulder.

[expat]

That's pretty.

...pero la dama blanca adelantó unas horas su llegada dejando un rastro de postal en la madrugada del lunes

Isn't that just lovely?

[Moscow Mule]

Among the scoffing, I came across the view from Spain, where it seems to me that El Mundo's reporting rose to the level of poetry:

That's pretty.

[expat]

Among the scoffing, I came across the view from Spain, where it seems to me that El Mundo's reporting rose to the level of poetry:

Ocurrió anoche como por arte de magia. Londres se convirtió de repente en una ciudad blanca. Una ciudad onírica, penetrada de nieve, inerme ante la peor ventisca en varias décadas.

El hombre del tiempo había anunciado nieve para este lunes, pero la dama blanca adelantó unas horas su llegada dejando un rastro de postal en la madrugada del lunes y vapuleando esta mañana la vuelta al trabajo. Era un placer extraño deambular ayer por la pasarela de Charing Cross, divisar el Big Ben entre la niebla con un casquete blanco, pisar una nieve todavía virgen que la prisa convertiría en unas horas en una peligrosa mezcla de hielo y barro.

En Londres casi nunca nieva. La última gran nevada ocurrió hace 18 años. Todos los años hay un día en el que caen un puñado de copos, pero esta vez todo ha sido diferente. Han echado la trapa decenas de escuelas, los trenes van a pedales, han cerrado varias líneas de metro y los autobuses rojos de Londres se han quedado esta mañana en cocheras. Según la explicación oficial, para evitar accidentes y problemas de tráfico.

Los aeropuertos han sucumbido también a la tormenta: Luton y City han cerrado y en Heathrow, Gatwick y Stansted los vuelos salen con retraso o se cancelan.

Cientos de empleados se han quedado atrapados en el extrarradio y quienes estaban de guardia en los hospitales han tenido que extender sus turnos al no llegar a la hora el relevo de sus colegas.

Ahora correrán ríos de tinta sobre el caos circulatorio y se espera que llegue más nieve entre hoy y mañana. Pero uno prefiere quedarse con la estampa de anoche. La nieve cayendo a plomo en los embarcaderos del Támesis. La cúpula de St. Paul emergiendo orgullosa entre la niebla. La ciudad envuelta en una paz irreal y solitaria.

[Doggy Styles]

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 ?

I'm not sure - what was her name?

[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 ?

[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.

[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.

[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!