Snow

Does it ever get warm up the toon?

In the summer yes, unless it rains, Nov – Jan/Feb it’s cold, mainly December, but it starts to pick up in March, where it varies then eventually it warms up in May/June with ACTUAL SUNSHINE *shock*

I bet the Toon is bloody cold..i’m glad i live in the land of sunshine now

Does it ever get warm up the toon?

I bet the Toon is bloody cold..i’m glad i live in the land of sunshine now

No worse than the average pair of trainers?

Don’t wear them, they look pikey. I have some Asics Gel Kayano’s for running, which I no longer need as I’ve had an arthroscopy….but I won’t be wearing them as “Footwear”. They can stay in the kit bag for, I dunno, 10 years? As a bloke, it is impossible to throw away an asset which isn’t broken.:o

Also good for ripping up the floor in the supermarket.

They’re only to be used for the walking on ice bit.:rolleyes:
Carry a pair of trainers in your handbag when you do the shopping.:D

Thing is, the styles of those things make you look a bit like the fat loud guy out of Caddyshack.

No worse than the average pair of trainers?

Believe it or not, golf shoes come in very ordinary looking styles, but if they save you from having a nasty fall, who cares what they look like?

I think it’s actually due to heating

My schools study room was freezing this week, yet, we were still made to come in.

A tip for anyone who doesn’t want to slip over on icy pavements.

Invest in a cheap pair of golf shoes with metal spikes.

I used to run uphill in icy weather with them on.

NB: Can’t run much at all nowadays, tempus fugit etc., but no ice here worth mentioning, so no problems.
Still have the shoes though.

Also good for ripping up the floor in the supermarket.
Thing is, the styles of those things make you look a bit like the fat loud guy out of Caddyshack.

A tip for anyone who doesn’t want to slip over on icy pavements.

Invest in a cheap pair of golf shoes with metal spikes.

I used to run uphill in icy weather with them on.

NB: Can’t run much at all nowadays, tempus fugit etc., but no ice here worth mentioning, so no problems.
Still have the shoes though.

The UK really needs to wake up!

No, the problem is due to the rarity of snow & cold. If we had 1981-2 winters regularly, we’d be ready for them. We don’t, & as a result it’s not worth it, either personally or collectively, to invest in the hardware (e.g. clothing) & systems needed to deal with much snow, or seriously cold weather, because the occasional disruption is less costly than preparing well enough not to suffer disruption.

leaves on the line is a genuine problem.

Probably a lot to do with itis the lighter “over the drive wheels” weight of Electric or Deisel electric locomotives , plus the smaller wheel size which will give a smaller footprint , when compared to steam locos…

Whatever – little doubt this country struggles in any adverse weather.

My wife is Canadian – we have spent some (winter) time over there – Snow arrives in October – stays around till April, On our last trip a couple of years ago the warmest night whilst we were there was minus 17c..and this is not up in the far north – is in PQ fairly close to the US border.

The UK really needs to wake up!

National programme, I think. Far less picturesque, & I see fewer deer, foxes etc. in cuttings, but there’s a price to pay for everything.

(Grumpy old man in training)

It’s actually called, Grumpier Old Men and has recently become a knitting circle, due mainly to over moderation.;)

Trans: “Boo Hoo! My human rights are in tatters because I’m not allowed to be rude to people whenever I see fit.” :p

I travel around the country by rail quite a lot, old shape, and I’ve noticed that many trees close to the tracks have either been cut back or done away with altogether.

I wonder whether this is a local thing, or a gradual national programme?

…..”leaves on the line ” problems .

Much as I detest defending the modern rail network, leaves on the line is a genuine problem.
(1) Trees now overhang the line. In days of steam they wouldn’t dare let the trees grow close, or the sparks from the funnel would set them alight.
(2) Steam trains had a little steam pipe to blast the line, it was just in front of the leading wheel. Modern trains don’t.
(3) Once leaves fall on the line, a train that passes crushes them with an immense force (Multi-tons per sq inch) and there is a chemical reaction, the crushed leaves eventually turn into a substance not unlike Teflon, and it’s as smooth as ice. Not good for a train which needs the friction of steel on steel.

Do I qualify for “Grumpy Old Men” yet?

It’s actually called, Grumpier Old Men and has recently become a knitting circle, due mainly to over moderation.;)

Blimey…in my day (really not THAT long ago!) we had to walk to school in the snow if there were no busses or if road transport was stopped. Kids from outlying villages were excused but only if roads were impassable, but closing schools was unheard of. We played football and rugby on frozen pitches, in falling snow, and if the snow was too deep to kick a ball around we went cross country running. No tracksuits and comfy trainers….just a sleeveless vest top and shorts (short shorts, that is!) and plimsolls. Remember them?! Now, we get one mm of snow and everyone goes into shock-horror mode. Pah! We’re turning into a nation of spineless mamby-pamby lily livered character-less and limp-wristed wasters. Is it any wonder things are in such a mess. Argh! Makes me angry….but I cannot go to “anger management classes” according to my teacher wife. Now its “Dealing with our emotions” sessions. Pah!

Do I qualify for “Grumpy Old Men” yet?

Join the queue here Tangmere…..:D:D

Of course, its not the snowfall per se thats the problem, its the Councils’ , and School Governors’, fear of being prosecuted because some little Johnny or Little Susie slipped over on a patch of untreated ice/snow, bumped their elbow, and dropped and broke their mobile phone/Ipod etc – thus allowing their parents an excuse to sue the school, the council, the weather forcasters and gawd knows who else for the personal injury/damage to property/mental trauma/post traumatic stress/ lieftime of flash-backs and nightmares etc etc etc

As ever, its the modern duo of “‘elf ‘n safety” and litigation that are the real reasons behind the fact that UK schools close as soon as a flake of snow falls…

Like many others posting earlier, I went to school from 1965 to 1979 (IIRC :o), I walked both ways every day (or cycled four miles each way to sixth form college for two years) and I honestly don’t remember missing any days due to snow except once when the school boilers failed.

If it snowed or was icy your parents simply told you to walk a little more carefully, and not to slide on the snow. You wore thicker gloves, hats and scarves etc, and you took care on the slippery patches. If you fell over you picked yourself up and carried on….probably worrying about the reaction you would get when your Mum/Dad saw the torn trousers/blaser/coat that night etc.

Few parents took kids to school by car, and the only kids who failed to get in during bad snow (i.e. 4 inches or more) were those living on outlying farms, etc, where they couldn’t get to the bus-stop in time to catch the school bus.

All together now, in our best Monty Python Yorkshire accents…”Try telling the kids of today that, and they won’t believe you…”

Paul F

Blimey…in my day (really not THAT long ago!) we had to walk to school in the snow if there were no busses or if road transport was stopped. Kids from outlying villages were excused but only if roads were impassable, but closing schools was unheard of. We played football and rugby on frozen pitches, in falling snow, and if the snow was too deep to kick a ball around we went cross country running. No tracksuits and comfy trainers….just a sleeveless vest top and shorts (short shorts, that is!) and plimsolls. Remember them?! Now, we get one mm of snow and everyone goes into shock-horror mode. Pah! We’re turning into a nation of spineless mamby-pamby lily livered character-less and limp-wristed wasters. Is it any wonder things are in such a mess. Argh! Makes me angry….but I cannot go to “anger management classes” according to my teacher wife. Now its “Dealing with our emotions” sessions. Pah!

Do I qualify for “Grumpy Old Men” yet?

Of course, that would mean getting up a little bit earlier ?? :rolleyes:

Good Lords no; you trying to tell me the youth of today would get up earlier just to go to school and arrive on time rather than spend those extra few precious minutes tucked up nice and warm in their beds!:D:diablo:

They should think how I feel having to leave the house at 4.30am to my car greeting me with a ‘BLEEP BLEEP BLEEP’, a red flashing light and an electronic display screen which reads ‘-4, EXTREMELEY LOW TEMPERATE’ when I turn the key in the ignition…talk about stating the bloody obvious!

From Finlands perspective all this appears bit amusing…but guess the majority of world population is not use to have snow:confused:

In here, only time winter affected on school was somewhere back in early 90’s when I was at elementary school and we have -40 degree celsius, so we didn’t need to go outside during the breaks:rolleyes:

I remember 62/3, vaguely. I remember sitting on a sledge being pulled along by one of my aunts because the snow was too deep for me to walk through, me being a small child.

We haven’t had any real winters in southern England for years. If we had a few winters now like the early-mid 1980s I think the country would stop dead.