Heartland

i set off from bury st edmunds at 4.15 for an hour's drive, normally.
took 1.20 to get to norwich bypass. not bad but nasty snow and wind on the way.
after that.. norwich totally gridlocked. had to abandon car outside outer ring road and walk to other side of city in the snow. stopped for a vodka though. arrived home 8.20 wet and covered in white powdery stuff.
mr strange laughed.
have eaten and showered now and feel humanish.

Heh, I'm just getting ready for work. Just gave my flatmate a lift to work (she starts an hour b4 me). Had to de-snow and de-ice the car. It's unfrosty now, but I know when I head out in about an hour it'll all be frozen up again.

I hate winter.

Due to the wonderful gift that is the local powerstation (see posts elsewhere), we have no snow in this part of the northwest.
In fact, where I work- 12 miles away- we had tons, and small children looked curiously/enviously at my snow-covered car as I turned into our road. "Mummy, why has that man got all that funny white stuff all over his car?" "Shut it, yer little b*****d, and get that pie eaten," came the predictable reply.

Here endeth the lesson.

My sister is currently stuck on the A1M, and has been since 5.30!!!

got about 3 inches of snow here. it's almost totally undisturbed too - looks fantastic!

about a centimeter of it here in farsley.

central leeds got about the same, but the rain late afternoon washed it all away

not very good snow at all really

There was quite a bit up your way last night. We got a lot of activations on the CCTV cams on various sites in the Leeds area last night.

The mobile security guy we have up there had to give up his round at about 4am because the roads were getting too bad.

CellThree wrote:There was quite a bit up your way last night. We got a lot of activations on the CCTV cams on various sites in the Leeds area last night.

The mobile security guy we have up there had to give up his round at about 4am because the roads were getting too bad.

yeah, snowed quite heavily but it had all but gone this morning

hey, you watching the cams on farsley town street?!?!

blimey!

i think i have your mob number - i'll text you next time i'm stood outside co-op

We've had about two inches fall in half an hour! We don't get much snow here in the deep souf.

Quiff Boy wrote:

CellThree wrote:There was quite a bit up your way last night. We got a lot of activations on the CCTV cams on various sites in the Leeds area last night.

The mobile security guy we have up there had to give up his round at about 4am because the roads were getting too bad.

yeah, snowed quite heavily but it had all but gone this morning

hey, you watching the cams on farsley town street?!?!

blimey!

i think i have your mob number - i'll text you next time i'm stood outside co-op

Heh, no we monitor building cams, not the street ones, we don't see much of the street areas around the sites, but if you want to break into one of our sites I'll see you on cam. I'll even be able to arrange a "lift" home for you from the boys in blue! Saying that, we probably wouldn't see you at all. Or the activations wouldn't come in for 20 mins. Our system were pretty outdated when they were put in 5 years ago!

ah well. seemed like a good idea

Join the winter club! Sunday nite 8 inches of snow. Was allowed to take unscheduled leave rather than try to go into work. Was off, shoveling snow.

Braved the icy and I mean icy roads yesterday before dawn to gather up my laptop and some work before heading home. Work closed 3 hours early due to freezing rain. The subway was running a minimal schedule due to ice on the tracks. At least I got my 8 hour day in at home.

Today, more ice this morning and another 2 inches of snow. Lots of car wrecks on the morning commute.... at home!

Anyway, it's white out here. And the local deer just ran through the yard!

i might be "snowed in" tomorrow.
s'gotta be better than macbeth (and more to the point - trying to explain why i havn't done any work )

d00mw0lf wrote:i might be "snowed in" tomorrow.
s'gotta be better than macbeth (and more to the point - trying to explain why i havn't done any work )

Mmm... reminds me of a Macbeth tutorial I had at leeds Uni in the Workshop Theatre, next to the Parkinson Steps. It was with a tutor called Tanya who was a white witch. She had pulled the theatre drapes round and killed all the lights except for a small flame. She then prcoceeded to break parts off small objects she was holding and drop them into the flames whilst telling us (only 3 had turned up) the history of witchcraft in the middle ages... Straight into the Fenton after that...

JansenClone wrote:

d00mw0lf wrote:i might be "snowed in" tomorrow.
s'gotta be better than macbeth (and more to the point - trying to explain why i havn't done any work )

Mmm... reminds me of a Macbeth tutorial I had at leeds Uni in the Workshop Theatre, next to the Parkinson Steps. It was with a tutor called Tanya who was a white witch. She had pulled the theatre drapes round and killed all the lights except for a small flame. She then prcoceeded to break parts off small objects she was holding and drop them into the flames whilst telling us (only 3 had turned up) the history of witchcraft in the middle ages... Straight into the Fenton after that...

bah. all my class got was a ropey cartoon version.
it had singing hamsters

d00mw0lf wrote:bah. all my class got was a ropey cartoon version.
it had singing hamsters

Double, double, toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble... and squeak...




I'm really sorry about that...

Sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows
Everything that's wonderful is what I feel when we're together
Brighter than a lucky penny
When you're near the rain goes, disappears, and I feel fine
Just to know that you are mine

My life is sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows
That's how this refrain goes
So come on and join in, everybody
Sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows
Everything that's wonderful is sure to come your way
When you're in love to stay

CAPE TOWN METROPOLE INCLUDING COAST BETWEEN YZERFONTEIN AND CAPE HANGKLIP
28 18/25 Partly cloudy. Wind: Fresh southwesterly.
29 17/27 Fine. Wind: Strong southeasterly.
30 18/28 Fine. Wind: Fresh southwesterly.
31 19/26 Morning and evening cloud. Wind: Fresh southwesterly.
01 19/27 Fine, cloud along the mountain. Wind: Strong southeasterly.
02 21/32 Fine. Wind: Moderate southeasterly.
03 18/27 Partly cloudy, rain overnight (50%). Wind: Fresh northwesterly.

Temps in Degrees C. Damn, might have a bit of rain on the 3rd

hallucienate wrote:Sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows
Everything that's wonderful is what I feel when we're together
Brighter than a lucky penny
When you're near the rain goes, disappears, and I feel fine
Just to know that you are mine

My life is sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows
That's how this refrain goes
So come on and join in, everybody
Sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows
Everything that's wonderful is sure to come your way
When you're in love to stay

CAPE TOWN METROPOLE INCLUDING COAST BETWEEN YZERFONTEIN AND CAPE HANGKLIP
28 18/25 Partly cloudy. Wind: Fresh southwesterly.
29 17/27 Fine. Wind: Strong southeasterly.
30 18/28 Fine. Wind: Fresh southwesterly.
31 19/26 Morning and evening cloud. Wind: Fresh southwesterly.
01 19/27 Fine, cloud along the mountain. Wind: Strong southeasterly.
02 21/32 Fine. Wind: Moderate southeasterly.
03 18/27 Partly cloudy, rain overnight (50%). Wind: Fresh northwesterly.

Temps in Degrees C. Damn, might have a bit of rain on the 3rd

Aw poor Hal.

It must suck to be you.



At least I didn't have to de-ice my car when I got out of work this morning. The temp hadn't risen high enough for any condensation! Yay!

Why can't people drive properly in snow and ice?

It's not really good enough to slow from 90 down to 45 if you continue to drive 3 inches behind the car in front like the imbecile who tailed me into work this morning.

Either drive properly or stay home. Grrr.

Equally, people driving down the middle of the road (a totally clear road) at 5 MPH because of a bit of ice on the pavement are quite annoying. Not to mention those who drive along the outside lane at 50 MPH because there's a bit of snow in the central reservation.

andymackem wrote:Why can't people drive properly in snow and ice?

It's not really good enough to slow from 90 down to 45 if you continue to drive 3 inches behind the car in front like the imbecile who tailed me into work this morning.

Either drive properly or stay home. Grrr.

Because they are assholes! Had one last big snow on my street. 6 inches of snow and the bastard was tailgating me. Stopped at red light and asshole makes a right hand turn far to fast....and spins out. Serves the prick right!

We've had plenty up here, but as I'm signed off work sick at present I don't have to venture out in it
I can just sit and admire the view from my humble abode.
My sympathies got out to my fellow Heartlanders who are travelling in it though as trying to get from A to B in these conditions is feckin' abysmal

Angelchild wrote:We've had plenty up here, but as I'm signed off work sick at present I don't have to venture out in it
I can just sit and admire the view from my humble abode.
My sympathies got out to my fellow Heartlanders who are travelling in it though as trying to get from A to B in these conditions is feckin' abysmal

@ Angelchild

Sorry to hear about you being "ill" - hope you get better sooner rather than later! (and NO I am NOT taking the P I S S!)

Aww
Thank you for the kind thoughts ATG,it's much appreciated

Awwww, AC,
I miss you

a peeved, cold, wet, carless (don't ask), wandering barman
Blast