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Why do you all want snow.
Ok , I love snow
Its nice and cool , romantic , fun for kids , even brings out a dunkirk spirit in little communitys. However , I know one person who will loose several days pay if he cannot get to work. An elderly couple who need meals on wheels, and then theres the countless idiots who will try and drive to work in the hope that the boss says "well done. Have a medal" when in reality they get there and find no other person has turned up. Get a grip guys. Snow is nice when your 10 , not when your 50. I guess a lot off you would change your minds if you ended up with severe weather damage to you r houses , relatives in hospital due to slipping on ice. For me , I will wake up , see 8inches of snow , close curtains and go back to bed. My ideal situation though will be to get to work , get snowed in for three days , and cover the shifts who cant get to work. Loadsa Money |
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Some of us haven't seen "proper" snow in our lives! Only from the photo
albums of our seniors. Doubt I ever will, but here's hoping. Tom Danbury, Essex (107m) |
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I know people over 60 who were quite excited when i told them snow maybe on the
way. If the system breaks down, well it's a crap system ! |
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"John Rogerlot" wrote in message ... Ok , I love snow Its nice and cool , romantic , fun for kids , even brings out a dunkirk spirit in little communitys. However , I know one person who will loose several days pay if he cannot get to work. I'd gladly take unpaid leave if there was serious snow. An elderly couple who need meals on wheels It will affect some people badly countless idiots who will try and drive to work in the hope that the boss says "well done. Have a medal" when in reality they get there and find no other person has turned up. Hopefully they will learn something from the experience. Get a grip guys. Snow is nice when your 10 , not when your 50. I guess a lot off you would change your minds if you ended up with severe weather damage to you r houses , relatives in hospital due to slipping on ice. I don't change my mind about stairs when relatives fall down them. My ideal situation though will be to get to work , get snowed in for three days , and cover the shifts who cant get to work. Loadsa Money Sounds like fun. |
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-- Brendan DJ Murphy Rayleigh, Essex, 51:34N 0:36E 30m asl Castle Point Astronomy Club http://www.cpac.org.uk "John Rogerlot" wrote in message ... Ok , I love snow Its nice and cool , romantic , fun for kids , even brings out a dunkirk spirit in little communitys. However , I know one person who will loose several days pay if he cannot get to work. An elderly couple who need meals on wheels, and then theres the countless idiots who will try and drive to work in the hope that the boss says "well done. Have a medal" when in reality they get there and find no other person has turned up. Get a grip guys. Snow is nice when your 10 , not when your 50. I guess a lot off you would change your minds if you ended up with severe weather damage to you r houses , relatives in hospital due to slipping on ice. For me , I will wake up , see 8inches of snow , close curtains and go back to bed. My ideal situation though will be to get to work , get snowed in for three days , and cover the shifts who cant get to work. Loadsa Money |
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For me , I will wake up , see 8inches of snow , close curtains and go back
to bed. That is what I plan on doing ;-) Any excuse not to go to work. As a London commuter who travels on the trains, what I want to know is.... will it be the right or wrong type of snow? -- Brendan DJ Murphy Rayleigh, Essex, 51:34N 0:36E 30m asl Castle Point Astronomy Club http://www.cpac.org.uk |
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Well said i couldnt agree more
Pete W "John Rogerlot" wrote in message ... Ok , I love snow Its nice and cool , romantic , fun for kids , even brings out a dunkirk spirit in little communitys. However , I know one person who will loose several days pay if he cannot get to work. An elderly couple who need meals on wheels, and then theres the countless idiots who will try and drive to work in the hope that the boss says "well done. Have a medal" when in reality they get there and find no other person has turned up. Get a grip guys. Snow is nice when your 10 , not when your 50. I guess a lot off you would change your minds if you ended up with severe weather damage to you r houses , relatives in hospital due to slipping on ice. For me , I will wake up , see 8inches of snow , close curtains and go back to bed. My ideal situation though will be to get to work , get snowed in for three days , and cover the shifts who cant get to work. Loadsa Money |
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Its much like people here wishing for severe gales and thunderstorms in the
summer, yes great to witness but sinister nonetheless i do think sometimes people don't or are not aware of the consequences. Pete W "Brendan DJ Murphy" wrote in message ... -- Brendan DJ Murphy Rayleigh, Essex, 51:34N 0:36E 30m asl Castle Point Astronomy Club http://www.cpac.org.uk "John Rogerlot" wrote in message ... Ok , I love snow Its nice and cool , romantic , fun for kids , even brings out a dunkirk spirit in little communitys. However , I know one person who will loose several days pay if he cannot get to work. An elderly couple who need meals on wheels, and then theres the countless idiots who will try and drive to work in the hope that the boss says "well done. Have a medal" when in reality they get there and find no other person has turned up. Get a grip guys. Snow is nice when your 10 , not when your 50. I guess a lot off you would change your minds if you ended up with severe weather damage to you r houses , relatives in hospital due to slipping on ice. For me , I will wake up , see 8inches of snow , close curtains and go back to bed. My ideal situation though will be to get to work , get snowed in for three days , and cover the shifts who cant get to work. Loadsa Money |
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"Brendan DJ Murphy" wrote in message
... For me , I will wake up , see 8inches of snow , close curtains and go back to bed. That is what I plan on doing ;-) Any excuse not to go to work. As a London commuter who travels on the trains, what I want to know is.... will it be the right or wrong type of snow? Hopefully, this time the tabloid newspaper which made that comment has since actually got a journalist with a brain who actually knows that ice is different at -5C than it is at 0C. Not holding my breath though, their brains only recognise one thing in life and it ain't to do with the weather ;-)) -- Pete Please take my dog out twice to e-mail --------------------------------------------------------------- The views expressed above are entirely those of the writer and do not represent the views, policy or understanding of any other person or official body. --------------------------------------------------------------- -- Brendan DJ Murphy Rayleigh, Essex, 51:34N 0:36E 30m asl Castle Point Astronomy Club http://www.cpac.org.uk |
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John Rogerlot wrote:
Ok , I love snow Its nice and cool , romantic , fun for kids , even brings out a dunkirk spirit in little communitys. However , I know one person who will loose several days pay if he cannot get to work. An elderly couple who need meals on wheels, and then theres the countless idiots who will try and drive to work in the hope that the boss says "well done. Have a medal" when in reality they get there and find no other person has turned up. Get a grip guys. Snow is nice when your 10 , not when your 50. I guess a lot off you would change your minds if you ended up with severe weather damage to you r houses , relatives in hospital due to slipping on ice. For me , I will wake up , see 8inches of snow , close curtains and go back to bed. My ideal situation though will be to get to work , get snowed in for three days , and cover the shifts who cant get to work. Loadsa Money The fact is, people can die in traffic accidents any time of the year. People can fall down the stairs, trip in the dark and so on. Likewise, your house can easily be damaged by an electrical fire. Should we all stop using electricity? I haven't seen decent snow for nearly ten years, and I doubt I'll see any in the next week either. If the public transportation infrastructure breaks down because of a snowflake hitting London, then blame successive Governments for cutting back on public services whilst whining how we all should be using them! Paul. |
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 22:41:40 -0000, John Rogerlot wrote:
An elderly couple who need meals on wheels, They still get them delivered daily? They *are* lucky. My Dad (89) gets "meals on wheels" but not a daily delivery of a fresh cooked meal. Oh no, the accountants have seen that off, he gets a weekly delivery of frozen meals from a rather restricted menu if you are eating of it 365 days of the year. Hum his delivery day is Monday but he's at my sisters ATM. B-) Get a grip guys. Snow is nice when your 10 , not when your 50. Well I'm starting to gently push 50 and I love the stuff. Far better than the cold & damp that seeps into your bones. I guess a lot off you would change your minds if you ended up with severe weather damage to you r houses Part of the risk of living where I do, and that is what insurance is for. -- Cheers Dave. Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL. pam is missing e-mail |
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As far as this newsgroup is concerned, the most serious problem about
snow is that the possibility of seeing some seems to send large numbers of people quite bonkers. Any rational discussion of the situation simply goes out of the window simply because THERE MIGHT BE SNOW. Surely it will be an interesting topic for discussion if there isn't any snow at all? Not a bit of it. The reaction will be OH POO! I'VE BEEN CHEATED. Would the same have occurred if, during a cold spell, there had been a forecast that it would end, but it didn't. Of course not. In other words, many people put a value judgement on the weather, not on the forecast. It all seems to be to be very childish. As for snow itself, I'm 61 and I can do without it. The roads, particularly in this part of the world (Surrey) are at near full capacity and it takes very little in the way of disruption of any kind to bring the whole system to a halt. The enthusiasm for cold weather, with or without snow, is also a bit weird. I can remember having it up to the age of about 15, but not beyond. There is much to life beyond weather, at least there ought to be. Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey. |
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Rogerlot writes Ok , I love snow Its nice and cool , romantic , fun for kids , even brings out a dunkirk spirit in little communitys. However , I know one person who will loose several days pay if he cannot get to work. An elderly couple who need meals on wheels, and then theres the countless idiots who will try and drive to work in the hope that the boss says "well done. Have a medal" when in reality they get there and find no other person has turned up. Get a grip guys. Snow is nice when your 10 , not when your 50. I guess a lot off you would change your minds if you ended up with severe weather damage to you r houses , relatives in hospital due to slipping on ice. For me , I will wake up , see 8inches of snow , close curtains and go back to bed. My ideal situation though will be to get to work , get snowed in for three days , and cover the shifts who cant get to work. Loadsa Money Why do they all want snow? It's a combination of schoolboys and overgrown schoolboys. Simple as that. Some of them are pretty smart, in an intellectual sort of way, however when it comes to life most don't have a clue. The practical problems of severe weather and it's effect are beyond most of them. Wonder how many have wives and girlfriends? Few. Wonder how many are in the kitchen at parties? Most. This newsgroup is not without interest however I'm not sure I'd want to chat with many of them in the pub. Such is life, sad or what? -- Bill |
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Why do they all want snow? It's a combination of schoolboys and overgrown schoolboys. Simple as that. Some of them are pretty smart, in an intellectual sort of way, however when it comes to life most don't have a clue. The practical problems of severe weather and it's effect are beyond most of them. Wonder how many have wives and girlfriends? Few. Wonder how many are in the kitchen at parties? Most. This newsgroup is not without interest however I'm not sure I'd want to chat with many of them in the pub. Such is life, sad or what? I can safely say I dont have a wife! The way I see this group Bill is a bunch of weather enthusiasts. They get excited at the prospect of having some weather. It makes a nice change from days of grey damp gloom that gives rise to little discussion. I realise this is supposed to be primarily a science group but I think that the group would become very low traffic if all posts remained completely science based. As for me, I love snow. I realise that it causes awful problems and some danger for many people, but I dont want to live in a country whos only weather consists of bland grey mild days. Im hoping for snow next week, but not the week after as I have a flight. I know that is hypocritical of me, but Im human ;-) Sarah H |
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What an utterly patronising, condescending series of posts, this one in
particular. Let people have fun, looking forward to snow. We don't exactly get much these days. "Bill" wrote in message ... In message , John Rogerlot writes Ok , I love snow Its nice and cool , romantic , fun for kids , even brings out a dunkirk spirit in little communitys. However , I know one person who will loose several days pay if he cannot get to work. An elderly couple who need meals on wheels, and then theres the countless idiots who will try and drive to work in the hope that the boss says "well done. Have a medal" when in reality they get there and find no other person has turned up. Get a grip guys. Snow is nice when your 10 , not when your 50. I guess a lot off you would change your minds if you ended up with severe weather damage to you r houses , relatives in hospital due to slipping on ice. For me , I will wake up , see 8inches of snow , close curtains and go back to bed. My ideal situation though will be to get to work , get snowed in for three days , and cover the shifts who cant get to work. Loadsa Money Why do they all want snow? It's a combination of schoolboys and overgrown schoolboys. Simple as that. Some of them are pretty smart, in an intellectual sort of way, however when it comes to life most don't have a clue. The practical problems of severe weather and it's effect are beyond most of them. Wonder how many have wives and girlfriends? Few. Wonder how many are in the kitchen at parties? Most. This newsgroup is not without interest however I'm not sure I'd want to chat with many of them in the pub. Such is life, sad or what? -- Bill |
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John Rogerlot Ok , I love snow So do I. In theory, and provided I don't *have* to go out when it's actually blizzarding or lying deep on the roads. I love it when I am on skis and the sun is shining on it. I hate it when it is wet and dirty and melting. In a perfect world there would be tons of powdery snow above say 1500 feet above sea level, and none at all below that. There would. furthermore, never be any dreich grey days. Anne |
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"John Rogerlot" wrote: Why do you all want snow. So I can feel smug about my snow tyres. I know one person who will loose several days pay if he cannot get to work. Not tied down properly, eh? |
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Anne Burgess writes: John Rogerlot Ok , I love snow So do I. In theory, and provided I don't *have* to go out when it's actually blizzarding Don't you find that walking through a blizzard is exhilarating? Though admittedly one doesn't want to do it for too long. As a non-driver, it's rain (especially if combined with strong winds) that I hate rather than snow. With snow, you can brush it off before it melts on you, and you rarely get really wet. or lying deep on the roads. I love it when I am on skis and the sun is shining on it. I hate it when it is wet and dirty and melting. Oh yes, that is horrid. In a perfect world there would be tons of powdery snow above say 1500 feet above sea level, and none at all below that. It would be at least 150 miles away from me, then, which wouldn't be very useful. There would. furthermore, never be any dreich grey days. We've had far too many of them already this winter. At least if we get an Arctic airstream next week most of us should get some sun from time to time. -- John Hall "The beatings will continue until morale improves." Attributed to the Commander of Japan's Submarine Forces in WW2 |
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 22:41:40 -0000, "John Rogerlot"
wrote: Ok , I love snow Its nice and cool , romantic , fun for kids , even brings out a dunkirk spirit in little communitys. However , I know one person who will loose several days pay if he cannot get to work. An elderly couple who need meals on wheels, and then theres the countless idiots who will try and drive to work in the hope that the boss says "well done. Have a medal" when in reality they get there and find no other person has turned up. Get a grip guys. Snow is nice when your 10 , not when your 50. I guess a lot off you would change your minds if you ended up with severe weather damage to you r houses , relatives in hospital due to slipping on ice. For me , I will wake up , see 8inches of snow , close curtains and go back to bed. My ideal situation though will be to get to work , get snowed in for three days , and cover the shifts who cant get to work. Loadsa Money This sort of discussion always crops up in these situations. It is a well-known fact that some people get excited whenever there is a natural (or man-made) event of some consequence predicted or actually occurring. No doubt there are people in California who get excited about the prospect of an earthquake. As we know there are many people who are fascinated by hurricanes and tornados. During the war I could easily imagine some people getting a sort of thrill during an air-raid. It is just part of the human psyche. No-one except those with a deficient personality would actually like to see anyone hurt or even inconvenienced, quite apart from the fact that we will all pay for the consequences in increased insurance premiums. I joked last year that a good snowfall is better than sex for some people, perhaps this is not far wrong and the adrenalin rush etc is not dissimilar. I count myself amongst those who are fascinated by extreme events but don't like the consequences, creating a sort of cognitive dissonance. JPG |
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Bill : Wonder how many have wives and girlfriends? Few. Wonder how many are in the kitchen at parties? Most. I'll be up in the mountains sledging or skiing with my wife next week. She'll be in her element. Adrian -- Adrian Shaw ais@ Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber. Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac. http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk |
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I count myself amongst those who are fascinated by extreme events but
don't like the consequences, creating a sort of cognitive dissonance. "Cognitive dissonance" - you've found the words, JPG. :-) Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey. |
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"Anne Burgess" wrote in message
... John Rogerlot Ok , I love snow So do I. In theory, and provided I don't *have* to go out when it's actually blizzarding or lying deep on the roads. I love it when I am on skis and the sun is shining on it. I hate it when it is wet and dirty and melting. In a perfect world there would be tons of powdery snow above say 1500 feet above sea level, and none at all below that. There would. furthermore, never be any dreich grey days. Anne And June/July/August temperatures would never go higher than 26/27C *ever* and would *always* be 15C on those nights. But if all that above were true, wouldn't the weather then become boring ;-) -- Pete Please take my dog out twice to e-mail --------------------------------------------------------------- The views expressed above are entirely those of the writer and do not represent the views, policy or understanding of any other person or official body. --------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Get a grip guys. Snow is nice when your 10 , not when your 50. I guess a lot off you would change your minds if you ended up with severe weather damage to you r houses , relatives in hospital due to slipping on ice. And there is *^* all you can do about it. Whether you like it or not.. you get it, you live with it. Its not going to snow because some of us wish it. Richard Webb |
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 02:48:37 +0000, Bill wrote:
The practical problems of severe weather and it's effect are beyond most of them. Hum, so why do I have more than a weeks worth of non perishable food in the cupboards, backup lighting, heating and cooking provision, plenty of warm clothing and excess warm bedding etc etc Wonder how many have wives and girlfriends? Few. Partner and two kids (7 & 4). SWMBO doesn't like snow all that much but the two kids do, unfortunately being at 1400' snow is quite often powder and useless for constructional purposes. Still at least my kids get to build two or three snowmen a year. I was speaking to an old college friend who lives in Birmingham the other day, his eldest is not that short of going to university, they have never built a snowman... -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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"John Rogerlot" wrote in message
... Ok , I love snow All faces I saw yesterday were happy ones. People started smiling when the little blue whole in the sky was replaced by a continuous light grey cloud cover and the heavy snow came in and started settling on the ground. No matter their rush, everyone was -or at least seemed- happy. I remember January 2002, when snow accumulations were much more significant. People would throw snowballs to total strangers and receive a big smile and even bigger snowballs in return. Everyone seemed happy. Enjoy the cold spell and hope that it will be snowier than is now forecast. Maybe it will add a smile on your face as a response to the total strangers that smile to you -the only grounds for it being that it will be snowing! Yannis, SE Athens ms 0.7C |
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