Is your snow safe? [Archive] - erutufon|nofuture

mustard gunn

2nd February 2009, 08:32

my estate in hampstead is carpeted!!! Impossible to drive out with 6 inches on the steep road out!!!!!

Loz

2nd February 2009, 08:53

I tried to go to work this morning. But the A1 was a failure. Heavy snow settling on the road despite traffic going down it, and being gritted the night before. Absolutely rammed with traffic going at 20 mph. Didn't fancy spending 3 hours getting to work and then 3 hours back, so phoned in and took a day's holiday.

Schools closed to kids today, anyway.

bob

2nd February 2009, 08:53

how does the snow manage to fuk all the tubes btw???

Loz

2nd February 2009, 08:54

I wondered that, too. Maybe most of the tube staff can't get in because roads and buses are down.

JE:5

2nd February 2009, 08:56

how does the snow manage to fuk all the tubes btw???

That's exactly what I said to Wiz this morning. The only theory I have is that the drivers and tube staff can't get to work.

bob

2nd February 2009, 09:05

I guess some lines are overground for a bit...seems like a lame excuse to me

julian

2nd February 2009, 09:14

drove along the m25 last night. one of those sick situations, where you *know* there's going to be an accident, but you're just determined its not going to be you.

will be worst this morning.

wheezer

2nd February 2009, 09:57

good luck trying to catch a flight to st.petersburg this morning, hohoho

Daddys Girl

2nd February 2009, 10:18

My snow is pretty safe in Canning Town - no one has nicked it yet :)

Work has been sacked-off for me today - it's nice when your boss actually takes the time to call you in the morning to tell you not to bother coming in - even when my DLR connection is running...

stormfield

2nd February 2009, 10:22

no buses, tube is super packed

made it in to work, but the cafe people haven't turned up = no coffee :(

Tec

2nd February 2009, 10:36

I have the green light to head down London Fields and wait for pub on the park top open..

I <3 TEH SMOW!

JE:5

2nd February 2009, 10:38

It's just started here, maybe time to take the trucks off my old skateboard and wax it up :D

bracket

2nd February 2009, 10:42

i'm trying my hardest to get into work

bracket

2nd February 2009, 10:50

my estate in hampstead is carpeted!!! Impossible to drive out with 6 inches on the steep road out!!!!!

at least you got some good hillage round your way, i want to get over for some sledging action

thepigjockey

2nd February 2009, 10:59

Safe as fuck. Just about to go skiing (again).

Brownthing

2nd February 2009, 11:10

gutted. Managed to get a train through sheer luck and hardly anyone else is here. Hope I can get home again!

Hectic Cum Balthazar

2nd February 2009, 11:36

The most snow in Brighton in 18 years or something.

wheezer

2nd February 2009, 11:39

Mind, it was well funny sitting in a minicab this morning, summer tires stuck in the snow, driver cursing in turkish, reversing, finalling tearing engine up to 5000 rpms in order to reach a 5 km/h pace. somewhere between hearing on the radio that heathrow express and picadilly line were down and the text from ba that my flight was cancelled I decided to cut my losses and head back home

les diamond

2nd February 2009, 11:47

it's summer here.

olv

2nd February 2009, 11:47

gutted. Managed to get a train through sheer luck and hardly anyone else is here. Hope I can get home again!

me too, im too fucking keen, me....should have stayed at home like the rest of them!

Tec

2nd February 2009, 12:00

Going London Fields for snow fights with hoodlums & a lunchtime pint

olv

2nd February 2009, 12:13

yeh rub it in ;)

Daddys Girl

2nd February 2009, 12:23

I'm surprised at how much snow has fallen. Had to clear the garden path as it had built up kinda bad. I dread when all of this turns into nasty ice & then have to skid into work on it.

bracket

2nd February 2009, 12:27

i love smow day

bracket

2nd February 2009, 12:28

its coming down hard and heavy again

moar plz

olv

2nd February 2009, 13:03

it really is! shit, really dont want to get stuck in town :/

Hectic Cum Balthazar

2nd February 2009, 13:10

It's days like this I wish I didn't live a ten minute walk from where I work. No excuse.. I actually got to work quicker cos I slid down a hill all the way. Fuck knows how I will get back up it :)

Tec

2nd February 2009, 13:11

people who went in are probably cursing themselves, getting home tonight will be traumatic

Loz

2nd February 2009, 13:12

it's going to be bad from around now, I reckon. Loads of people will try to "beat the rush" and leave at lunchtime.

olv

2nd February 2009, 13:20

people who went in are probably cursing themselves

yes they are :) ..... its amazing seeing london in proper snow tho, i love it, the landscape completely changes, im quite excitable as a result today

Daddys Girl

2nd February 2009, 14:19

its amazing seeing london in proper snow tho, i love it, the landscape completely changes, im quite excitable as a result today

It does look lovely... even my slightly grimey neighbourhood looks sweet in the snow :) Was out taking pictures this morning... Wanted to go into London, but that wasn't really happening.

gen-eral

2nd February 2009, 14:21

yeah i didn't bother even attempting to go in. Had a bitch of a hangover as work Christmas party last night so it all worked out pretty well for me. Last thing i wanted was to get stuck in Shepherds Bush and sleep in the bar.

baselogic

2nd February 2009, 14:35

norwich = shit, no snow whatsoever, really in comparison to everywhere else...

julian

2nd February 2009, 14:42

good few inches here -

http://www.zen9084.zen.co.uk/roof.jpg

just waiting till it starts to drift...

spoon

2nd February 2009, 15:13

i think we're getting all your second hand British snow here tomorrow. please do not pee in it.

baselogic

2nd February 2009, 15:14

fuck all in norwich. all slushy and shit. i'm snowing myself in anyway though

emef

2nd February 2009, 16:03

it snowed for about 12 minutes in blackpool. pfffft

us northwesterners always get left outta the snowloop :(

Hectic Cum Balthazar

2nd February 2009, 19:29

6am this morning

http://www.polyfather.com/snow.jpg

love_tempo

2nd February 2009, 19:32

Hectic Cum Balthazar

2nd February 2009, 19:34

they didn't bother gritting in Brighton either

love_tempo

2nd February 2009, 19:36

they didn't bother gritting in Brighton either

seaside folk are lazy that way ;) let the salt melt things.

love_tempo

2nd February 2009, 19:38

My dog ate a load of frozen dog poo 'ice cream' and then threw it up all over my floor 8)

Daddys Girl

2nd February 2009, 19:52

gobshites is liverpool council seem to have decided to not bother gritting. so it was carnage there. there's a few inches of snow in our garden where it's sheltered but it not been very heavy in manchester.

There was no gritting around my way & the snow was pretty heavy:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3399/3248056534_972eb79467.jpg

I think tomorrow is going to be rather messy for people trying to drive to work...

notorious J.I.M

2nd February 2009, 20:04

The most snow in Brighton in 18 years or something.

It only properly snowed there twice in the 13 years I was there and they were both in the mid 90s. The snow is far too safe in Birmingham, I was able to get into work and back today! Hoping for overnight blizzards and a day off tomorrow. :)

Tec

2nd February 2009, 22:39

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2305/140/108/894350009/n894350009_5613411_9038.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/27ybwxd.jpg
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2305/140/108/894350009/n894350009_5613406_7964.jpg

Loz

2nd February 2009, 22:46

hat + hoody

leaving nothing to chance

darrell

2nd February 2009, 23:20

Tec

2nd February 2009, 23:41

we only have weather like this once every 18 years

darrell

2nd February 2009, 23:46

we only have weather like this once every 18 years

Well enjoy

As we say in scotland, if you dont like the weather hang on for 10 minutes its about to change.....;)

thepigjockey

3rd February 2009, 04:05

Englanders sort your selfs out with a canada goose, i have been sporting one for the last 10 years, the ultimate in the Scottish / nova scotia winter apparel..

http://www.canada-goose.com/70pr_snow_mantra_parka.htm

At just under £900 that's just a little bit mad, considering it's made for arctic conditions. I understand it's worth paying a bit of money for a good jacket when the weather in winter is very often below freezing, but my Fjällräven cost less than a third of that and it's got a detachable lining. So ner :-p

decadnids

3rd February 2009, 08:25

Darrell has gone a bit winter coat crazy. It's all about layers. I'll stick with my layered approach and not wear one huge mother fucker of a coat and then realise if I am too hot I can't actually remove anything, besides the one coat and then end up freezing.

Outer layer choice for me is my Westwinds Ventile Arctic Smock

then under that I wear a load of layers depending on the weather conditions. job done.

Loz

3rd February 2009, 09:05

I'd trust decadnids' outdoor survival skills more than I would Darrell's.

Tec

3rd February 2009, 10:04

in werk

gutted.

Daddys Girl

3rd February 2009, 10:11

Snow has since turned to brown mushy-stuff & ice, as seen on the way to work this morning... really wish I was still at home, as most of the office haven't turned up today.

Anyone up for some frozen bum, care of the DLR seats?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3309/3250327984_950dca3f8c_o.jpg

olv

3rd February 2009, 10:52

I get the dlr in too, its a quality journey ;)

i'm in work again and still people are giving it the 'i'm snowed in' shit and not here, dont know why i bother

Daddys Girl

3rd February 2009, 11:09

I get the dlr in too, its a quality journey ;)

i'm in work again and still people are giving it the 'i'm snowed in' shit and not here, dont know why i bother

"Quality" is one way to describe it :) Did look pretty going though all the snow this morning.

People have done the same thing here with the "still snowed in" thing. What makes it look bad is that a lot of the people here live quite near to one another (they all live out in Essex) so how some of them managed to get in at 8am and others called in at 09:45 to say they couldn't make it?... Hmmm. Boss is already suspicious of them.

olv

3rd February 2009, 11:15

yeh right, one guy here walked in yesterday and today from East dulwich! (to clerkenwell)

then theres people from nearby still 'snowed in' today

Loz

3rd February 2009, 11:23

a couple of years ago, when I worked for the council, it was a bit snowy. Every single member of the council staff made it in (around 700 people, bar people on holiday and off sick) apart from 1 woman, who said she couldn't get out.

What made matters worse, is that another person in her department drove past her road on the way to work.

Daddys Girl

3rd February 2009, 11:55

Snow Liars... it'll catch up with them in the end. Well, at least for the people where I work as we have Feb enrolment to deal with from Wednesday & the work is mounting up.

Loz

3rd February 2009, 12:01

I've got the bonus of living further away from school than anyone else, by quite a distance. Easy for me to use snow as a skiving excuse. Although I did actually try to make it in yesterday (gave up after spending an hour on the A1 at 20mph, watching the snow lay despite traffic being on it) and today the school's closed anyway.

Daddys Girl

3rd February 2009, 12:09

Loz

3rd February 2009, 12:16

I didn't even get out of bed until about 11 today.

kams

3rd February 2009, 12:36

four year old son + snow = best day ever

it all ended up with him cuddled up asleep on my lap in the pub as well :)

Daddys Girl

3rd February 2009, 12:54

four year old son + snow = best day ever

it all ended up with him cuddled up asleep on my lap in the pub as well :)

Awww! If I could have yesterday, I would have headed to my sisters to see her youngest boy playing in the snow. He's 1 this week & this was the 1st time he's seen snow like this! I was sent a picture, but not *quite* the same as being there...

Tec

3rd February 2009, 13:54

four year old son + snow = best day ever

it all ended up with him cuddled up asleep on my lap in the pub as well :)

That sounds wicked mate...father/son bonding business

Pub On The Park at 4pm yesterday resembled a May Bank Holiday Monday, rammed out, everyone on the piss, snow play.

Yesterday was the best day evaaar:)

Hectic Cum Balthazar

3rd February 2009, 17:56

You wouldn't know it had snowed here now. Apart from the odd snowman corpse here are there.

sticklebrix

3rd February 2009, 21:04

This is why I should be working for a School & not a University (for this week only) - I'd be home right now being lazy & happy. One of my friends is a teacher & was happy to rub it in my face last night that she would be home today!

I'm working at a university and we've been shut yesterday and today, and we're shut tomorrow as well... seems a little ridiculous to me. Glad to have had Monday off but today was a bit boring and now it's bothering me cos i don't get paid for the days missed now :(

notorious J.I.M

4th February 2009, 00:14

The snow skivers where I work are having their days off deducted as holiday! I blame the lad who was the only one to miss both yesterday and today for texting us all pictures of himself playing in the snow. lol

Loz

4th February 2009, 09:00

what, so because you couldn't get in to work, you're supposed to sit at home feeling miserable?

seems a bit stupid

wheezer

4th February 2009, 11:30

I ended up working on Monday as well, and actually got into my office just fine in the afternoon. I also got to Heathrow just fine yesterday and flew to St.Petersburg without a hitch - with a German airline, as BA was skiving as well. Btw the snow is super fucking safe here.

Try explaining to a Russian that 10 cm of snow kept you from making it to their office for a day and a half...

Tec

4th February 2009, 12:35

Hectic Cum Balthazar

4th February 2009, 12:42

what, so because you couldn't get in to work, you're supposed to sit at home feeling miserable?

Yeah that pretty much sums up the basic nature of british employment.

Everyone should be made to count to 3.5 billion and feel the revenue loss due to snow in your BLOOD.

wheezer

4th February 2009, 12:45

btw did anybody else see in any irony in the Daily Mail having both

*FOREIGNERS WILL GET AT LEAST 1/3 OF ALL OLYMPIC JOBS*

and

*IT'S GOING TO LAST ALL WEEK!*

as headlines yesterday? Could there be a causality between the two?

Spandex

4th February 2009, 13:22

Yay! GREAT Britain!

notorious J.I.M

5th February 2009, 01:04

what, so because you couldn't get in to work, you're supposed to sit at home feeling miserable?

seems a bit stupid

I think he could have made it in but he couldn't be arsed. The thing is he lives closer than a girl who made it to work and they travel in on the same train route. Anyway it's apparently going to snow here again over the next 24 hours and it's probably going to be heavier than on Monday!

Loz

5th February 2009, 06:12

just got up, looked out the window....

at least 6 inches of snow outside, even on the roads. Guess I'm not going to work today, either.

Hectic Cum Balthazar

5th February 2009, 08:40

Snow is SO monday.

joe pinapples

5th February 2009, 09:00

Snowy as a 70's meeting between David Crosby and Martin Scorsese here in Stockholm. Always gives me an excuse to be late for work though. And it looks nice. Not so good when it turns to ice, however.

Tec

5th February 2009, 09:13

snow getting hammered by pissy rain in Hackney

It's not safe here now

Loz

5th February 2009, 09:15

winter wonderland outside here

Loz

5th February 2009, 09:30

dodgy camera angle and shit picture quality due to taking a picture with the webcam mounted in the lid of my laptop.

http://nodataavailable.com/Loz/winterwonderland.jpg

Daddys Girl

5th February 2009, 10:03

snow getting hammered by pissy rain in Hackney

It's not safe here now

Snap for my corner of East London too.
The novely of this weather has totally worn off now - ice skating to work is getting lame.

Loz

5th February 2009, 10:08

fuck you, snow-haters. Or as I like to call you, 'snaters'

Daddys Girl

5th February 2009, 10:30

I ain't hatin' on no snow... it's the ice I'm hatin' on man... the ICE.

Orang Utan

5th February 2009, 10:36

I'm trying to explain to a toddler why he can't play outside and he's not having it :(

Hectic Cum Balthazar

5th February 2009, 12:35

I'm trying to explain to a toddler why he can't play outside and he's not having it :(

Maybe you should open the cupboard and talk face to face.

Patrick

5th February 2009, 12:37

Yeah, come out of the closet, Rob.

kams

5th February 2009, 13:16

I'm trying to explain to a toddler why he can't play outside and he's not having it :(

why cant he play outside?

Loz

5th February 2009, 13:19

because he might go and alert the authorities

Patrick

5th February 2009, 13:30

And he might slip and hurt himself............what with being so whacked out on all the tamezepam he's been given.

Spandex

5th February 2009, 13:33

why cant he play outside?

Cos of the snowgobblers.

Orang Utan

5th February 2009, 13:43

why cant he play outside?

Cos his dad (my ex brother in law) is a control freak who thinks he'll catch pneumonia - I had to pay £25 to get a taxi to King's Cross cos he thinks he'll catch something horrible on the tube.

Orang Utan

5th February 2009, 13:44

I'm talking about my nephew by the way, not some random abductee
(that one's in the cellar)

kams

5th February 2009, 13:46

jesus..

poor thing

..is his Dad there? You have an obligation as an Uncle to disobey their direct instructions you know..

Patrick

5th February 2009, 13:48

Make sure to feed him loads of strawberry boot-laces before giving him back.

Orang Utan

5th February 2009, 13:57

jesus..

poor thing

..is his Dad there? You have an obligation as an Uncle to disobey their direct instructions you know..
No, but don't want to anger him in case he doesn't give him back next time he's had him (some Kramer Vs Kramer shit going on - nasty business)

Orang Utan

5th February 2009, 13:59

Make sure to feed him loads of strawberry boot-laces before giving him back.

Smarties and pop lol

kams

5th February 2009, 14:53

No, but don't want to anger him in case he doesn't give him back next time he's had him (some Kramer Vs Kramer shit going on - nasty business)

it is.. :(

Hectic Cum Balthazar

5th February 2009, 16:05

milk of magnesia?

spoon

5th February 2009, 16:21

fuck snow. it's all fine until you watch the retards try to drive in it. nearly been killed twice in the last couple of days.

JE:5

5th February 2009, 20:41

Well, I did get to go sledging in the end, albeit very briefly, backwards on a stupidly steep welsh mountain road in a van with the handbrake on...

JE:5

16th February 2009, 08:07

Why does this thread keep bumping itself?

Hectic Cum Balthazar

16th February 2009, 08:27

It's the poll innit. I do keep wondering why you keep going up the same welsh mountain time and time again tho.