Richardhhha
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Registered: 29th Sep 07
Location: Croydon, Greater London
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have seen 3 gritters today 2 sliding backwards and 1 just sat in the curb lol
went into town today and waiting for a bus it started, 1 mile bus journey took half hour and a few sideways moments..
then had to go to me pairents which is 4 mile away took fecking 3h in the car
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a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
Location: Scotland
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i saw a fast trac with snow plough this morning, proper job
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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fecking trains are running. Great! Got to go out in tne fucking snow whilst all my other colleagues get to stay at home so i can go and open a shop that nobody will be going to today 
Mrs Jambo got in at 3am, ive had sub 4hrs sleep. Need my bed 
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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Bus is running on my route, like fuck I'm getting on it and getting stuck in the town centre again for 6 hours.
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Rob_Quads
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
Location: southampton
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When it's snowing heavy like it has been gritters are fighting a losing battle. Grit is only good for melting a bit of snow. If it dumps more than an inch quickly it dies nothing in the short term. Grit will now just help speed up the natural melting process but not by much
look at a ski resort - they grit but the roads stay White.
Maybe the times are changing such that people in the UK should get winter tyres which make HUGE amounts of differences in grip
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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They tend to plough the main roads in ski resorts as the salt pollutes the environment. The difference between here and there though is it isn't a legal obligation to carry chains here.
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
Location: London
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I've gone to work today... fairly easy drive, no traffic on the road at all.
I was the only car that left my block of flats though 
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Gerrards Cross Drives: Porsche 911
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looks like fwd ftw, had some fun in my yard in the C3 then parked up, got the M3 out the workshop to park it up and got stuck, stuck stuck and stuck, had to put grit down and shovel yard before i could move it
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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ryzer
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Registered: 18th Mar 03
Location: Berkshire Drives:UGLY MUG
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i am the only one back in work today, why am i such a mug?
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
Location: London
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quote:
Originally posted by ryzer
i am the only one back in work today, why am i such a mug?
haha I know the feeling
problem is, my work is miles from home - so when it's shit weather at home, it's perfectly fine at work and so people just go 'what's the problem? make the effort'.
- I wish I hadn't bothered today. can't be arsed. 40 mins and i've just been surfing the net since i got in, the day may follow this trend...
This is my last day till im off for christmas - I won't be back till 4th of Jan, so thought i may as well come in.
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Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
Location: Essex
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I got home about 9 and back in today, not quite sure how. Actually spun the car coming out my driveway as the road was just ice. Fingers crossed i'll get home tonight
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Rob_Lee
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Registered: 9th Dec 05
Location: Folkestone Drives: Nova 1.6 16v
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the side road to my work is quite long... i love it... when i come in in the morning i dab the handbrake and slide into the car park... its awesome.
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
Location: London
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quote:
Originally posted by Neo
I got home about 9 and back in today, not quite sure how. Actually spun the car coming out my driveway as the road was just ice. Fingers crossed i'll get home tonight
Worst bit I had was a stopped stream of traffic going the opposite way... me trundling along some icy roads, the lights about 100 yards away turning red, me doing 25 mph and everytime i tried to brake the car would pick up and start rotating towards the parked traffic...
In the end I just thought fuck it and went through the red light at about 15 mph it was ok though as all the stationary traffic was blocking the path of oncoming traffic on the red light anyway.
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
Location: London
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Originally posted by atz_49
Here in Tamworth (Midlands, not far from Birmingham) there's no absolutely no snow. All roads functioning completely as normal. In fact it raining at the moment. It's beena typical grey December day. Hard to believe other parts have it so bad!
goign north fdrom newbury was absoluitely fine, it was just east and south of there thayt was affected b ut the snow was comign down very very heavily at one pooint
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ryzer
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Registered: 18th Mar 03
Location: Berkshire Drives:UGLY MUG
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
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Originally posted by ryzer
i am the only one back in work today, why am i such a mug?
haha I know the feeling
problem is, my work is miles from home - so when it's shit weather at home, it's perfectly fine at work and so people just go 'what's the problem? make the effort'.
- I wish I hadn't bothered today. can't be arsed. 40 mins and i've just been surfing the net since i got in, the day may follow this trend...
This is my last day till im off for christmas - I won't be back till 4th of Jan, so thought i may as well come in.
same here, thought i would at least try, and got in easy! people are using it as an excuse today, ah well
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ste_p23
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Registered: 29th Dec 08
Location: Hindley,Wigan
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Some pictures of where i live taken from my spare room! First picture is my drive and garden lol and the 2nd one ( sorry about the quality) is the top of the street which is a slight hill 
And i have to go to work at 2pm today
Let the good times roll
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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Does anyone know the reason why I keep seeing gritters with the snow ploughs on the front driving round and they are neither gritting the road or using the plough? What the fuck do we pay tax for if they cant even clear the roads?
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ste_p23
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Registered: 29th Dec 08
Location: Hindley,Wigan
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quote:
Originally posted by mwg
What the fuck do we pay tax for if they cant even clear the roads?
My thoughts exactly it makes my piss boil when we pay our council tax but yet are just left to deal with the issues ourselves so more than likely ill be out there with a shovel and some salt later
[Edited on 22-12-2009 by ste_p23]
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ryzer
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Registered: 18th Mar 03
Location: Berkshire Drives:UGLY MUG
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they are gritting like nutters the main roads, they havent clicked that people couldnt get out of the industrail estates yesterday to get to said main roads. muppets.
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