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redlig
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Pretty chilly ! I presume the rear car has got the latest factory fitted anti skid on ice device. What will they think of next ?
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What's up with your Dad's Jag ?
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It's too cold for me to finish replacing the rear suspension, all rubber bellows on ball joints perished. New brake Flexi,'s and stainless fuel tank straps while I am at it. Parts bought:
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Here it is too cold for me to finish changing the leaking heater in one of the Discoverys.I'm told our posties aren't delivering mail by foot, only parcels by van. I've seen a van, had some parcels, but had no snail mail at all.
Local farce ache page complaining about no bin collections, or gritters . . . mostly the same drivers as I understand it. But as people seem to be parking cars all over the flippin' shop, where I have to do some arm twirling in the Lancia to zig-zag between them, I'm not surprise there's nothing bigger than a post office van coming along most of the village roads.
Someone had parked their off-roader nicely in the little town center I passed through this afternoon - off the road, smack on the cleared and gritted path along the foot patch in front of the shops. I'm so tempted to take a screen shot from my dash cam and send it somewhere . . . just don't know where . ..
I was a touch bemused at the Friday afternoon OAP walking group felt the need to slip slide over the moor - seeing them coming down the hill side looked to be an ambulance call in waiting . . .
Same as the lady with the cat I towed out yesterday - she was coming back ("I came down okay . . .") from taking the cat for its boosters . . . 'cos a few days waiting for it to clear was too much . . .
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Went to pick someone up last night from Manchester airport, freezing fog and the cold at 1.30am was like a knife across your face, last night and today running around doin work stuff my screen washer bottle froze solid, pulled over and threw some water on the screen and it froze as soon as it hit the glass 
I normally sleep with my bedroom window open summer and winter...last night it was tight shut 
I normally sleep with my bedroom window open summer and winter...last night it was tight shut 
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Just defrosted the Wife's car so she can go to work.
Minus 5 in Newcastle .
Minus 5 in Newcastle .
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I've been in Bigg Market at 1 in the morning in winter, -5 will not be an issue.
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Eye the organ stops on their chests stop them sliding down the hill on the ice when they fall over after one too many!
Chiselling the frozen 4" of snow off the other halves car this morning, shaking my head . . the procession of walking stick users heading down the cleared bit of road towards the very much none cleared, thick ice, sloping snicket towards the pub. Several of them struggle to remain upright on a slope on a good day . .
Bradford council posted on farcebook about how fantastically well they's cleared the city centre, ready for the "City of Culture" (have you been to Bradford recently???) launch event last night.
Cue 700 comments in minutes thanking them for this fantastic news, but when would like to come and spread a shovel or two of grit in all of the outlying areas - the suggestion is they have priortised their event rather than refill grit bins, sent a lone gritter etc. Emergency ambulance needed digging out in my village yesterday. The primary school had to put out a request for anyone with equipment to help clear the road in etc as the council had refused (not, not got to it yet - refused) - that call was answered, so the school has been open all week. (90% attendance - and yesterday kids were told to come with sledges and warm clothing - there was a fantastic picture posted of the playground parking lot . . . sledges lined up in rows Each year group got an hour of sledging tuition during the day - plenty of laughter heard across the village.
Contrasted with the local secondary - been shut for 4-1/2 days - also due to blocked roads. Which lead to a plea last night - one parent, who still had to go to work of course, had discovered his 14 yr old and his mates had been on the frozen canal - and couldn't see what danger they had been in, so if anyone saw them again, scream, shout, plead with them to get off.
Back in 2010 some clown tried to drive on it . . . seems the back end was lighter than the front.
Actually a really nice sunny day today, cold and crisp. Had to de-ice the garage side door though - still frozen shut. Not too bad once I got in.
Bradford council posted on farcebook about how fantastically well they's cleared the city centre, ready for the "City of Culture" (have you been to Bradford recently???) launch event last night.
Cue 700 comments in minutes thanking them for this fantastic news, but when would like to come and spread a shovel or two of grit in all of the outlying areas - the suggestion is they have priortised their event rather than refill grit bins, sent a lone gritter etc. Emergency ambulance needed digging out in my village yesterday. The primary school had to put out a request for anyone with equipment to help clear the road in etc as the council had refused (not, not got to it yet - refused) - that call was answered, so the school has been open all week. (90% attendance - and yesterday kids were told to come with sledges and warm clothing - there was a fantastic picture posted of the playground parking lot . . . sledges lined up in rows
Each year group got an hour of sledging tuition during the day - plenty of laughter heard across the village.Contrasted with the local secondary - been shut for 4-1/2 days - also due to blocked roads. Which lead to a plea last night - one parent, who still had to go to work of course, had discovered his 14 yr old and his mates had been on the frozen canal - and couldn't see what danger they had been in, so if anyone saw them again, scream, shout, plead with them to get off.
Back in 2010 some clown tried to drive on it . . . seems the back end was lighter than the front.
Actually a really nice sunny day today, cold and crisp. Had to de-ice the garage side door though - still frozen shut. Not too bad once I got in.
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Sounds like the usual Council B/S to enable them to pat themselves on the back for an overpaid job well done.Out of interest do they specify WHICH Culture , there are many differing cultures not all of which are worth celebrating.Chiselling the frozen 4" of snow off the other halves car this morning, shaking my head . . the procession of walking stick users heading down the cleared bit of road towards the very much none cleared, thick ice, sloping snicket towards the pub. Several of them struggle to remain upright on a slope on a good day . .
Bradford council posted on farcebook about how fantastically well they's cleared the city centre, ready for the "City of Culture" (have you been to Bradford recently???) launch event last night.
Cue 700 comments in minutes thanking them for this fantastic news, but when would like to come and spread a shovel or two of grit in all of the outlying areas - the suggestion is they have priortised their event rather than refill grit bins, sent a lone gritter etc. Emergency ambulance needed digging out in my village yesterday. The primary school had to put out a request for anyone with equipment to help clear the road in etc as the council had refused (not, not got to it yet - refused) - that call was answered, so the school has been open all week. (90% attendance - and yesterday kids were told to come with sledges and warm clothing - there was a fantastic picture posted of the playground parking lot . . . sledges lined up in rows
Contrasted with the local secondary - been shut for 4-1/2 days - also due to blocked roads. Which lead to a plea last night - one parent, who still had to go to work of course, had discovered his 14 yr old and his mates had been on the frozen canal - and couldn't see what danger they had been in, so if anyone saw them again, scream, shout, plead with them to get off.
Back in 2010 some clown tried to drive on it . . . seems the back end was lighter than the front.
Actually a really nice sunny day today, cold and crisp. Had to de-ice the garage side door though - still frozen shut. Not too bad once I got in.
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Errrr are you being sarcastic…..11 days without a break is part time to some.
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Yes, indeed, 11 days work without a break….
Reminds me when I worked offshore, 12 hour shifts, every day, weekends included, longest trip I did was 16 weeks…
Yep I do get that - and that they've pulled drivers off other services etc - but it seems the city centre has literally been covered in a deep carpet of grit at the expense of the out-lying areas.
A common complaint about a lot of things around here unfortunately. Someone keeps voting the council in though.
I know there are only 24 gritters in the area, but in a week, there must have been an opportunity to do something. Must be flat bed lorries., even Transits, they could have stuck a bags of grit, a bucket or two, and got it out there, into the few grit bins left etc. I remember as a kid they would dump a pile of grit at the top of the road - made an excellent ramp for model cars, push bikes etc
