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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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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) |
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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. |
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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! |
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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) --------------------------------------------- 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. |
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![]() "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 -- 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. -- AS http://min.opcop.org.uk/healthy-eating.htm the minnies and more |
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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! -- 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 |
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