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Walter

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« Reply #325 on: February 28, 2018, 12:48:28 PM »
Or just making conversation. Lots of 4WD cars in London - nothing noteworthy but bloody useful compared to the slipping wheels of 2WD cars trying to reverse out of driveways and then drive forward down my road this morning.
my vehicle is about as much use as a greased pig on slippery surfaces , although I can make a cup of tea and get my head down if I get stuck

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« Reply #326 on: February 28, 2018, 12:49:03 PM »
always a silver lining.... ;)    you've just got to look for it .
I appreciate the spirit. My wife and I spend too much time apart. Not getting to Bologna would ben annoyance, being stuck apart again would be deeply depressing.

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« Reply #327 on: February 28, 2018, 12:51:39 PM »
I thnk the warnings translate as follows:

Yellow - unless you really have to don't travel, and make sure you have enough food in
Amber - if you are not travelling to save lives, don't and make soup, lots of it
Red - Don't fucking travel, and make sure you are not the weakest person in your group.
I've got a tin of oxtail soup from Lidl , will I be okay ?

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« Reply #328 on: February 28, 2018, 12:57:15 PM »
You'll be fine!  Soup is perfect.

Lots of snow here in Bromley, at least in my road.  Seems to have stopped now.  Looks good, not severe enough to stop driving which I did to work earlier & will be going back.  The main roads are OK.
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« Reply #329 on: February 28, 2018, 12:59:03 PM »
I appreciate the spirit. My wife and I spend too much time apart. Not getting to Bologna would ben annoyance, being stuck apart again would be deeply depressing.
awww cute,

my wife and I have been apart for some 27 years now . I see her occasionally, in my nightmares .

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« Reply #330 on: February 28, 2018, 01:01:39 PM »
I want to know the meaning of "ben annoyance".
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« Reply #331 on: February 28, 2018, 01:09:29 PM »
I want to know the meaning of "ben annoyance".
be an

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« Reply #332 on: February 28, 2018, 01:10:11 PM »
Looks like all Scottish flights to London are off for today

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« Reply #333 on: February 28, 2018, 01:10:33 PM »
I want to know the meaning of "ben annoyance".
he's a navigator on Rif-Raff Air Lines , I think ?

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« Reply #334 on: February 28, 2018, 01:11:23 PM »
Bad luck, NS. FWIW I can't see my bloke either and he's only a 45 minute drive away.

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« Reply #335 on: February 28, 2018, 01:12:30 PM »
Looks like all Scottish flights to London are off for today
oh dear !   what about the train ?

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« Reply #336 on: February 28, 2018, 01:13:51 PM »
oh dear !   what about the train ?
currently fucked

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« Reply #337 on: February 28, 2018, 01:14:11 PM »
Bad luck, NS. FWIW I can't see my bloke either and he's only a 45 minute drive away.
Rhi, i'll be round in five minutes  ;D

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« Reply #338 on: February 28, 2018, 01:15:54 PM »
currently fucked
nope, that will have to wait old chap.

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« Reply #339 on: February 28, 2018, 01:18:59 PM »
be an

Ta!

Not surprised - & glad - flights are off.  Always err on side of caution is my motto.  Not bad round here tho', going to drive (only other part of Bromley  :D), back to work now.

Sorry about your bloke Rhi but absence makes heart grow stronger, so it's said.  The mental image you have of him will have to suffice for now ;).  NS don't talk to me about trains!  I spent years commuting to central London until 14  or so years ago & at the first hint of snow (different types of snow), trains were cancelled at drop of hat.

Walter, glad you're f****d. Result!

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« Reply #340 on: February 28, 2018, 02:35:35 PM »
Trains in Scotland off till 10 tomorrow and a white out outside. Will make myself a ragu tonight and wave to Bologna.

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« Reply #341 on: February 28, 2018, 03:31:41 PM »
The BBC weather page appears to be broken.  >:(

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« Reply #342 on: February 28, 2018, 03:35:37 PM »
Put on my winter tyres today, drove to Dartford feeling smug  :)

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« Reply #343 on: February 28, 2018, 04:18:53 PM »
Dear Weather god,

Drove into work this morning, white knuckle drive, was sent home early, white knuckle drive, Pub shut!! I thought essential services were supposed to remain open >:( Seriously, anyone in the Glasgow area, stay indoors, do what the polis are saying, don't travel.

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« Reply #344 on: February 28, 2018, 04:22:37 PM »
Glasgow is shutting

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« Reply #345 on: February 28, 2018, 04:27:54 PM »
Glasgow is shutting
my lad who lives in Livingston has just sent a me video of his street , looks pretty serious

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« Reply #346 on: February 28, 2018, 04:29:01 PM »
Dear Sane,

I watched an artic, its load was going horizontal and the cab was vertical, the guy pulled out of it, watching it was frightening, how the poor guy driving it felt :o :o

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« Reply #347 on: February 28, 2018, 04:29:50 PM »
It is as bad here as I can recall - over a foot of snow today.

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« Reply #348 on: February 28, 2018, 04:38:20 PM »
The midgies hae their scarves oan.
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« Reply #349 on: February 28, 2018, 04:40:20 PM »
Dear Gordon,

I have drove in it twice today, it is not just the snowfall, when the wind gets up your visibility is at best 30 yards!!

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