http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-maga...nitor-30119410

Take care clearing your driveways.

Will
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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On 27/01/2015 15:21, Eskimo Will wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-maga...nitor-30119410

Take care clearing your driveways.
Will


We tend not to clear anything around here these days, ever since one
neighbour made a complete pig's ear of it. She went out and shovelled up
the snow off her path and the public path outside her house. So far so
good, but once she'd done that she went indoors and came out with a
bucket of hot water and threw it along the bit she's cleared, and then
swept the resulting mush off to the side. Temperature at the time was
about -4C, so you can imagine the trouble that ensued.

I suppose I ought to add that she is an African immigrant, so probably
didn't know any better. The East Europeans that live around here just
don't bother, but spend a couple of minutes walking up and down
compacting the whole lot. Much better in my opinion. At least they clear
off all the snow from their cars before driving off. She just lets the
wipers clear what they can, and drives off half blind.

jim, (a snow free) Northampton (so far)

On Tuesday, 27 January 2015 22:51:04 UTC, jbm wrote:
On 27/01/2015 15:21, Eskimo Will wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-maga...nitor-30119410

Take care clearing your driveways.
Will


We tend not to clear anything around here these days, ever since one
neighbour made a complete pig's ear of it. She went out and shovelled up
the snow off her path and the public path outside her house. So far so
good, but once she'd done that she went indoors and came out with a
bucket of hot water and threw it along the bit she's cleared, and then
swept the resulting mush off to the side. Temperature at the time was
about -4C, so you can imagine the trouble that ensued.

I suppose I ought to add that she is an African immigrant, so probably
didn't know any better. The East Europeans that live around here just
don't bother, but spend a couple of minutes walking up and down
compacting the whole lot. Much better in my opinion. At least they clear
off all the snow from their cars before driving off. She just lets the
wipers clear what they can, and drives off half blind.

That should get her a Darwin.
I wonder how much it costs to replace a wiper motor.

On 27/01/2015 22:51, jbm wrote:
On 27/01/2015 15:21, Eskimo Will wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-maga...nitor-30119410

Take care clearing your driveways.
Will


We tend not to clear anything around here these days, ever since one
neighbour made a complete pig's ear of it. She went out and shovelled up
the snow off her path and the public path outside her house. So far so
good, but once she'd done that she went indoors and came out with a
bucket of hot water and threw it along the bit she's cleared, and then
swept the resulting mush off to the side. Temperature at the time was
about -4C, so you can imagine the trouble that ensued.

I suppose I ought to add that she is an African immigrant, so probably
didn't know any better. The East Europeans that live around here just
don't bother, but spend a couple of minutes walking up and down
compacting the whole lot. Much better in my opinion. At least they clear
off all the snow from their cars before driving off. She just lets the
wipers clear what they can, and drives off half blind.

jim, (a snow free) Northampton (so far)

Racist!

On Tuesday, 27 January 2015 15:22:02 UTC, wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-maga...nitor-30119410

Take care clearing your driveways.

Will
--
http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm
Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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I've never understood why people do clear their driveways, what's the rush its all gone in days anyway. As for the BBC warning about here! Its all gone in hours -if any at all.

"jbm" wrote in message ...
On 27/01/2015 15:21, Eskimo Will wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-maga...nitor-30119410

Take care clearing your driveways.
Will


We tend not to clear anything around here these days, ever since one
neighbour made a complete pig's ear of it. She went out and shovelled up
the snow off her path and the public path outside her house. So far so
good, but once she'd done that she went indoors and came out with a bucket
of hot water and threw it along the bit she's cleared, and then swept the
resulting mush off to the side. Temperature at the time was about -4C, so
you can imagine the trouble that ensued.

I suppose I ought to add that she is an African immigrant, so probably
didn't know any better. The East Europeans that live around here just
don't bother, but spend a couple of minutes walking up and down compacting
the whole lot. Much better in my opinion. At least they clear off all the
snow from their cars before driving off. She just lets the wipers clear
what they can, and drives off half blind.


I don't clear much. I just bummphhh to get the car out, a lot of our deep
snow up here is powdery so can do that. I do clear our paths to dustbin and
workshop though. If you leave them they eventually turn icy and as they are
on a slope, quite slippery. The lane gets cleared by the 4WDs or we actually
use the grit bins kindly supplied and re-stocked by the Council.

Never forget 2010 though. We took our car up to the top road as that is
ploughed and we can get out. However, overnight the plough pushed a huge
wall of snow in front of the car. Took me an hour to shovel that lot clear.
It was heavy, full of road grit and quite dirty. I was feeling quite
knackered too, but thankfully, no heart attack!

Will
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http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm
Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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On 27/01/15 23:01, Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Tuesday, 27 January 2015 22:51:04 UTC, jbm wrote:
On 27/01/2015 15:21, Eskimo Will wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-maga...nitor-30119410

Take care clearing your driveways.
Will


We tend not to clear anything around here these days, ever since one
neighbour made a complete pig's ear of it. She went out and shovelled up
the snow off her path and the public path outside her house. So far so
good, but once she'd done that she went indoors and came out with a
bucket of hot water and threw it along the bit she's cleared, and then
swept the resulting mush off to the side. Temperature at the time was
about -4C, so you can imagine the trouble that ensued.

I suppose I ought to add that she is an African immigrant, so probably
didn't know any better. The East Europeans that live around here just
don't bother, but spend a couple of minutes walking up and down
compacting the whole lot. Much better in my opinion. At least they clear
off all the snow from their cars before driving off. She just lets the
wipers clear what they can, and drives off half blind.

That should get her a Darwin.
I wonder how much it costs to replace a wiper motor.


About a 100 if you need the other thing as well (that connects the motor
to the wiper arms ... it has a name).
I needed both a year or so ago for reasons unrelated to the weather.

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http://min.opcop.org.uk/healthy-eating.htm
the minnies and more

On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:21:35 -0000, "Eskimo Will"
wrote:

Take care clearing your driveways.

Here's an extract from an email I sent Norman on 30th November 2010.

quote
We had about two cms Friday night and 'tip toed' into Helensburgh on
Saturday morning on untreated roads. To find untreated pavements as well
so I stayed in the car and let Lesley do the walking bit. Sunday
morning, we had about six inches in two hours and the loch was invisible
all day. There was a lull at about two o'clock and I cleared the path
from the front door to the garage whereupon it dumped another load. At
about four a snow plough deposited a eighteen inch drift across our
frontage and at seven o'clock Sunday evening we were out clearing the
path again and hacking a car width clearance from the garage to the
road. In the night, a large quantity of snow slid from the roof and
obliterated the path so we were out Monday morning clearing the path for
the third time. We are now good with shovels. I got Lesley into
Helensburgh to catch her train to Glasgow to London where she's staying
until next Tuesday. You'll be pleased to hear that I have enough food to
keep me going for ten days.
/quote

Shades of Hoffnung!

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Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather