ninehertz

1. • Donny
   • Is it looking bad in Sheff today then?
   • [15:08 on 03/02/09]
2. • HogTeam
   • J Parker says:

     Yeah, I mean, I like snow, it's nice, but facking hell can we all talk about something less predictable/unimportant? There was a lot in London though, poor loves.
     
     you could always just not click on the snow topic?
   • [15:08 on 03/02/09]
3. • Podge
   • Donny says:

     Is it looking bad in Sheff today then?
     
     not really, the main roads are open but all the side roads are full of snow, so unless you live on the main road or can walk to any public transport that isnt cancelled you are screwed at getting out.
   • [15:19 on 03/02/09]
4. • Donny
   • I think that's what pissed me off in London. It was on the news saturday night and sunday morning that we're expecting heavy snow.
     
     Were the roads gritted? Were they fuck. Then Boris fucking Johnson goes on the TV accusing everyone of skiving
   • [15:52 on 03/02/09]
5. • Podge
   • they have gritted the side roads now, problem with sheff is its built on 7 hills so almost all side roads are on a slope, if they were all flat it'd not be a problem but i wouldn't want to drive my car down a snow covered hill.
   • [16:29 on 03/02/09]
6. • mike
   • Everyone made it in today and they all live in rural areas round Barnsley, so I think BMBC must have done their job, I got a bus home tonight as none of the footpaths have been gritted, so its compacted snow gone smooth and slidy, fuck that.
   • [19:04 on 03/02/09]
7. • sabbathfan
   • Big Si says:

     
     I remember when you'd get this much snow regularly, and people just got on with it.
     
     
     Yes. We've never coped brilliantly with snow in this country but up until the 80s by most accounts we did try and make the best of it and not give up like the public transport system here did yesterday.
     
     I remember the last big SE England snowfall in 91, just about, but there hasn't been a serious one in the London area since then. People seem to have forgotten what it's like.
     
     
   • [20:06 on 03/02/09]
8. • sabbathfan
   • Rob Himself says:

     Had fun in the thick snow, unburied my car this morning to drive girlfriend to work (still no trains), quite an easy drive all round. I don't think I've seen snow this heavy in my 24 years, but we're not in Canada so it's not worth spending money on being more prepared for weather that never happens.
     
     
     I think it's definitely worth spending money in the long term on good contingency planning and lots of grit and spreading equipment at the very least, though one shouldn't go overboard and get ultra high tech snow clearing equipment that's only used once every decade.
   • [20:09 on 03/02/09]
9. • J Parker
   • I clicked on the snow topic precisely so I could be irritated by it.
   • [21:15 on 03/02/09]
10. • Big Si
    • Put your foot through the monitor and send the bill to Pete.
    • [22:22 on 03/02/09]
11. • J Parker
    • snow joke
    • [22:38 on 03/02/09]
12. • Carey
    • I went for a walk round Millhouses (hilly, leafy suburb of Sheffield) earlier. It was well slippery.
    • [01:43 on 04/02/09]
13. • Mazz
    • The Local council have fucked up this morning. They only have one days worth of grit left so last night they only gritted the major roads. This morning walking to work was insane. Cars were just stuck or slipping everywhere. Bath have been forecast heavy snow tomorrow and the local council are not getting anymore grit until next week! HA
    • [09:00 on 04/02/09]
14. • Kev Hit Drum
    • We've just foolishly sold our last pallet of rock salt. Which is clever because
      that means tomorrow is going to be a nightmare as the yard here is now going to be an ice rink of olympic proportions.
      
      I'm preparing the huskies.
    • [09:57 on 04/02/09]
15. • J Parker
    • What is all this 'snow day' stuff, ie like the text I got from someone 'enjoy your snow day' - is this common parlance or something?
    • [11:43 on 04/02/09]
16. • Kev Hit Drum
    • That's an american thing, is snow day. But they tend to get PROPER snow over there.
    • [12:11 on 04/02/09]
17. • Mazz
    • I was stood outside last night screaming at the snow “You aren’t proper snow! Do you hear me? Listen to this right now…I’ve got something to say, you aren’t proper snow, people on ninehertz tell me this….here me?” I then pissed on it.
    • [12:49 on 04/02/09]
18. • J Parker
    • Some sense at last on this forum
    • [13:25 on 04/02/09]
19. • Kev Hit Drum
    • Mazz says:

      I was stood outside last night screaming at the snow “You aren’t proper snow! Do you hear me? Listen to this right now…I’ve got something to say, you aren’t proper snow, people on ninehertz tell me this….here me?” I then pissed on it.
      
      
      I reckon you did that at around 6.30pm yesterday. Because it stopped shortly after - you probably made it ashamed or something.
      
      It's bringing it's bigger brother along tonight.
      
      IMPORTANT NEWS:
      
      There's only (only!) 1000 tonne of road grit left in Wiltshire.
      
      
    • [14:15 on 04/02/09]
20. • mike
    • J Parker says:

      snow joke
      
      
      Wrote that in a headline today, also got in "Mines a Pint" as a kicker to a memories article.
      
      Last week I wrote a headline calling someone a "snotty cow" and it went through because it was in context, love my job!
    • [18:31 on 04/02/09]

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