Its snowing & the Tube service has stopped???
02 February 2009, 09:14 AM
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Its snowing & the Tube service has stopped???
Excuse my ignorance but isnt the tube service underground?
Each year, we as a nation go into a frenzy whenever a few flakes fall.
Each year, we as a nation go into a frenzy whenever a few flakes fall.
02 February 2009, 09:27 AM
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Very wise. lol
Right, am off to look up some perennial phrases such as: It will get worse before it gets better & More snow on the way etc lol :-)
Right, am off to look up some perennial phrases such as: It will get worse before it gets better & More snow on the way etc lol :-)
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Could've done with that tune on the Piccadilly line this am
02 February 2009, 09:51 AM
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Im sure that the media make it worse: by hyping up even the mildest sprinkling of snow, into a 'severe weather warning' frenzy. Its snow, as long as its not so deep that your car grounds then, be prepared and dont drive like a **** and you will be perfectly alright.
02 February 2009, 12:00 PM
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If the underground is out of action, I'm going to guess that most of the SE rail network is going to experience a lot of cancellations or delays then as I have this feeling quite a bit of that network is out in the open 
02 February 2009, 12:19 PM
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er... I had 9inches of snow (not exagerating either) on and around the car in clapham at 4:30am today.
All the way to the m4 i couldnt go over 10mph- less in places- and it was VERY nasty, even with bugger all cars about.
NO gritters, no ploughs.
Dont know about later, but when i left it was atrocious.
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02 February 2009, 12:28 PM
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That's because the train driver is snowed in and can't get to work lol 
I live 1500 yards from my work so no getting out of it for me. BUT the only good thing is I start at 4pm today and will be home by 6.30pm and still get paid to 00.30 Monday is my early days 
Oh and we have only had 5 fooking mill of snow! I want it to snow proper hard and thick then i wont have to send any fleet cars out so less to do!
I live 1500 yards from my work so no getting out of it for me. BUT the only good thing is I start at 4pm today and will be home by 6.30pm and still get paid to 00.30
Monday is my early days Oh and we have only had 5 fooking mill of snow! I want it to snow proper hard and thick then i wont have to send any fleet cars out so less to do!
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02 February 2009, 01:28 PM
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Why did they stop all the buses in Londen? When we used to get weather like this as a matter of course in earlier winters, London Transport buses never used to stop. In fact they helped by compressing the snow and making it easier to drive a car.
What a bunch of fairies!
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What a bunch of fairies!
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02 February 2009, 01:37 PM
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Why did they stop all the buses in Londen? When we used to get weather like this as a matter of course in earlier winters, London Transport buses never used to stop. In fact they helped by compressing the snow and making it easier to drive a car.
What a bunch of fairies!
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What a bunch of fairies!
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I lived in Germany as a kid and as they had vast amounts of snow every winter without fail they were well prepared. Snow ploughs, public transport always has snow tyres or chains. Every houshold had shovels and regularly cleared their bit of pavement.
The main roads near me are now just a slippery mix of water and slush but my side road and car park is still under 8 inches of snow and has become very difficult to get moving on with normal tyres.
02 February 2009, 02:51 PM
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To be fair, i've lived in and around London for 20 years now and I haven't seen this amount of snow since I first moved here. It's simply not practical to have snow ploughs etc at the ready for something that happens once every 20 years.
I lived in Germany as a kid and as they had vast amounts of snow every winter without fail they were well prepared. Snow ploughs, public transport always has snow tyres or chains. Every houshold had shovels and regularly cleared their bit of pavement.
The main roads near me are now just a slippery mix of water and slush but my side road and car park is still under 8 inches of snow and has become very difficult to get moving on with normal tyres.
I lived in Germany as a kid and as they had vast amounts of snow every winter without fail they were well prepared. Snow ploughs, public transport always has snow tyres or chains. Every houshold had shovels and regularly cleared their bit of pavement.
The main roads near me are now just a slippery mix of water and slush but my side road and car park is still under 8 inches of snow and has become very difficult to get moving on with normal tyres.
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02 February 2009, 05:23 PM
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er... I had 9inches of snow (not exagerating either) on and around the car in clapham at 4:30am today.
All the way to the m4 i couldnt go over 10mph- less in places- and it was VERY nasty, even with bugger all cars about.
NO gritters, no ploughs.
Dont know about later, but when i left it was atrocious.
All the way to the m4 i couldnt go over 10mph- less in places- and it was VERY nasty, even with bugger all cars about.
NO gritters, no ploughs.
Dont know about later, but when i left it was atrocious.
02 February 2009, 07:15 PM
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Maybe the conditions are a bit worse than I thought, but in my days as a lad we used to have winters like that most of the time at this time of year in that area and everyone used to cope very well at the time. Only heavy drifting might stop the traffic and the buses did quite a good job of flattening the snow as well.
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