Reply to: Round Two

[Shimano105]

Ice, ice baby. Working from home today as I couldn't even walk on the street.

[RichardCranium]

Conclusions BMWs are still driven by ******.

BMW drivers are the bestest drivers because they collect more driving points than anyone else.

[meridian]

Nothing since Monday in Norn Iron. Snow and ice in the town centres has melted, leaving them treacherous with grit from ba5tard 4x4s still driving too fast and spraying gravel everywhere.

Still some snow and ice on the hillsides, and melting fast, but there are some low grey clouds hanging about. Hopefully more rain rather than snow.

[Paddy]

I couldn’t have planned it better. Lots of snow coming through north Hampshire. There was a Seven series BMW with low profile tyres driven by a moron (Estate agent type), holding up the traffic while trying to get up a hill. He was clueless. Eventually he reversed back down the hill but then he hit the brakes thus going into a four wheel slide onto the pavement. Even on flat ground, he still got stuck and he thinks the more the he revs the engine; the more chance of grip. He had to be pushed on the way back from whence he came. He was absolute red with embarrassment as the queue of motorists stared at him.

Behind him was a lady in an automatic Merc. Once she put it in drive the car just kept spinning in circles, she never made it to bottom of the hill. Her car was then pushed and turned around by pedestrians.

The Suzuki in front of me went up the hill with no problems followed by a very careful Paddy choosing his tracks in fresh snow in order to avoid any embarrassment of stopping.

Conclusions BMWs are still driven by ******.

[Diver]

DIVER DON'T TOUCH IT!!!

I beat them with a stick.

Rubber gloves for the power-line

Power line is cleared now but the telephone cable isn't, and I dare not hit it any harder, it might break

Still snowing heavily, local recovery firm is out removing abandoned cars. I suppose the owners will have to pay for that

At least the snow plough can get through now

[norrahe]

A light smattering in Northamptonshire

[Sysman]

Worried about the telephone line and overhead powerline to my house breaking.
Snow & ice build-up is causing the cables to bow alarmingly

Snowing really heavily now

DIVER DON'T TOUCH IT!!!

[cojak]

There's some frantic hammering coming through the wall from next door.

But if I cared, I wouldn't be sniggering.

What would make you go out and 'help'?

[cojak]

Snowing again in Nottingham.

Just as most of it had thawed

[RichardCranium]

Their drive was covered with those clear corrugated plastic sheets. Not the use of the past tense: "was covered". It didn't half make a loud and funny noise a few moments ago. ... it is not where it was.

There's some frantic hammering coming through the wall from next door.

But if I cared, I wouldn't be sniggering.

[Pondlife]

Mrs PL informs me that Cardiff airport is currently shut. The 6am AMS flight is still on the tarmac.

This better not be the case tomorrow eve or I will not be a happy bunny. If it is, my "plans for the weekend" entry will be a bit of a rant!

[Moscow Mule]

Same here. I type in my postcode last week and it tells me the immediate forecast, from now->24 hours, is heavy snow. Meanwhile, the sky is blue. Then, they say the snow has finished and we get a day of nearly constant snow. And, they said it would stay freezing all week - on Sunday we couldn't sleep from all the crashing as snow fell of roofs in a pretty dramatic thaw.

If you want to know the next few hours this is a much better bet

[stek]

Nothing here in Leeds, vast majority of the snow has gone to ice, in fact, car temp display showed -7c this morning, car wouldn't move tho - too icy.

[RichardCranium]

Next door's garage is in the garden, you know, where the drive runs up the side of the house.

Their drive was covered with those clear corrugated plastic sheets. Not the use of the past tense: "was covered".

The 'home office' in this house is the garage; it is parallel to their drive and the 'roof' on their drive was attached to this garage.

It didn't half make a loud and funny noise a few moments ago. Peering out of the upstairs window ... it is not where it was.

It's heavy, this wet, slushy snow.

And there are 'bad words' coming from next door...


I'd go and help but it's cold out there and he's a miserable bugger.

[Pondlife]

FTFY

I think Diver just likes flying in the air ambulance.

Probably got enough airmiles to use their lounge now.