"GKN" wrote in message
.uk...
Also on the 10am news bulletin there was an article concerning the "severe"
cold snap we were suffering and the new danger that had suddenly arisen at
our very own doorsteps. The danger of slipping over on the pavement outside
in the snow.


Hmmmm interesting. I have gotten up this winter and in previous 2 winters to icy
surfaces on many occasions and nobody ever told me to be careful. Strewth I even
drove up the hill outside our house the other day in hard packed snow and ice
and nobody warned me. I even went to do a bit of sightseeing on snowy roads and
nobody warned me of the dangers. And then the other day I walked 1400 feet up on
the open moor in driving snow with less than 100m visibility and the temperature
well below freezing but nobody told me it was dangerous and that I shouldn't
have done it. Why wasn't I warned ? :-)

Will.
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"Paul C" wrote in message
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All
it takes is for the head teacher to issue a memorandum to all parents and
guardians stating that the school will take all reasonable care to make sure
that pathways in and around the school premises will be kept as clear as is
practical, and that no responsibility will be taken by the school in the
event of any injury caused by such. Job done.


Laughable.


You are a poor deluded individual. Did you have a traumatic experience
when you were at school?


What he says seems OK.
He says that schools should endeavour to take all 'reasonable' steps to
ensure that in wintry weather school premises are kept as safe as possible.

What's wrong with that?

Col
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Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co....rPictures.html

"Paul C" wrote in message
...


All
it takes is for the head teacher to issue a memorandum to all parents and
guardians stating that the school will take all reasonable care to make sure
that pathways in and around the school premises will be kept as clear as is
practical, and that no responsibility will be taken by the school in the
event of any injury caused by such. Job done.


Laughable.


You are a poor deluded individual. Did you have a traumatic experience
when you were at school?


What he says seems OK.
He says that schools should endeavour to take all 'reasonable' steps to
ensure that in wintry weather school premises are kept as safe as possible.

What's wrong with that?

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co....rPictures.html

"Paul C" wrote in message
...


All
it takes is for the head teacher to issue a memorandum to all parents and
guardians stating that the school will take all reasonable care to make sure
that pathways in and around the school premises will be kept as clear as is
practical, and that no responsibility will be taken by the school in the
event of any injury caused by such. Job done.


Laughable.


You are a poor deluded individual. Did you have a traumatic experience
when you were at school?


What he says seems OK.
He says that schools should endeavour to take all 'reasonable' steps to
ensure that in wintry weather school premises are kept as safe as possible.

What's wrong with that?

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co....rPictures.html

"Paul C" wrote in message
...


All
it takes is for the head teacher to issue a memorandum to all parents and
guardians stating that the school will take all reasonable care to make sure
that pathways in and around the school premises will be kept as clear as is
practical, and that no responsibility will be taken by the school in the
event of any injury caused by such. Job done.


Laughable.


You are a poor deluded individual. Did you have a traumatic experience
when you were at school?


What he says seems OK.
He says that schools should endeavour to take all 'reasonable' steps to
ensure that in wintry weather school premises are kept as safe as possible.

What's wrong with that?

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co....rPictures.html

Repeat performance by stiff upper dick head removed as we have had this
rant before.

(One for the FAQs list then.)

1. How many children are killed in your neck of the woods on days that
1/4" of snow has not fallen?

2. How safe are the roads (in 2005) in one of the most built
up regions in the world (where everyone goes everywhere in a vehicle;
which none can drive in the least amount of snow recordable) between 3
and 5 pm?

Answers on a post-card stuck to the screen of your computer for the
next time it snows.

Idiot.


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Repeat performance by stiff upper dick head removed as we have had this
rant before.

(One for the FAQs list then.)

1. How many children are killed in your neck of the woods on days that
1/4" of snow has not fallen?

2. How safe are the roads (in 2005) in one of the most built
up regions in the world (where everyone goes everywhere in a vehicle;
which none can drive in the least amount of snow recordable) between 3
and 5 pm?

Answers on a post-card stuck to the screen of your computer for the
next time it snows.

Idiot.


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Repeat performance by stiff upper dick head removed as we have had this
rant before.

(One for the FAQs list then.)

1. How many children are killed in your neck of the woods on days that
1/4" of snow has not fallen?

2. How safe are the roads (in 2005) in one of the most built
up regions in the world (where everyone goes everywhere in a vehicle;
which none can drive in the least amount of snow recordable) between 3
and 5 pm?

Answers on a post-card stuck to the screen of your computer for the
next time it snows.

Idiot.


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Repeat performance by stiff upper dick head removed as we have had this
rant before.

(One for the FAQs list then.)

1. How many children are killed in your neck of the woods on days that
1/4" of snow has not fallen?

2. How safe are the roads (in 2005) in one of the most built
up regions in the world (where everyone goes everywhere in a vehicle;
which none can drive in the least amount of snow recordable) between 3
and 5 pm?

Answers on a post-card stuck to the screen of your computer for the
next time it snows.

Idiot.


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wrote:

I wonder how our European cousins in Germany and Holland coped - the
temperatures there really have been severe - and for a far longer
period than we have just seen.

I was talking to a PhD student in out department from Germany - over
here for a few months for some collaborative research. This kind of
weather is normal where he comes from (Bavaria) and he was utterly
shocked at the abject chaos that ensued from just a handful of inches of
snow and ice.

Reading the local rag today brought it home - a train stuck across level
crossing because the conductor rail had frozen up on Monday brought one
major street in Canterbury to a standstill for 90 minutes. Apparently a
"local supervisor had to come and chip the ice off the rail by hand".
Shocking.

All it takes is a bit of care and forward planning and everyone should
be fine - it's not as if the weather wasn't forecasted.

--
Jonathan Stott
Canterbury Weather: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/