Well yes, when you have 5 months of snow a year you deal with it better.

Isn’t that pretty obvious? Also, because of that their budget is designed around it. So ploughs, gritters, legal requirements for winter tyres are all part of daily life.

FWIW, my thoughts are thus: we *should* shut down for the maybe one or two days every five years when heavy snow hits us. Get traffic off the roads and kids off the pavements, and only have the obvious stuff running and swallow the costs. We don’t (need to) spend much on preparation for snow and its consequences so there’s no need to bleat on about that. Just shut down non-essentials for a day or two and make the most of it. Stay safe and warm and check your elderly neighbours.

Posted By: APB on February 28th 2018 at 08:07:46

Message Thread

Snow (General Chat) - letsbehavinyou, Feb 28, 07:56:36
- Rose Lane was full of drivers who thought "Oh it's just a bit of snow" just now (General Chat) - bird table, Feb 28, 09:27:17
- All this macho “only a bit of snow” rubbish is bollocks. (General Chat) - APB, Feb 28, 08:34:39
  - ^^ teacher desperate for schools to close on any pretext ^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 28, 09:07:17
    - In twenty-eight (28) years of teaching I’ve had two snow days. (General Chat) - APB, Feb 28, 09:52:28
  - Any excuse not to work was a good excuse for me, when I did work. Work is shit, and (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 28, 08:37:32
    - I bet the vast majority of the “only a bit of snow” brigade have weekends... (General Chat) - APB, Feb 28, 08:41:25
      - ^^ guilty teacher now lashing out at others ^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 28, 09:08:42
      - Some seriously unproductive grafting though (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 28, 08:50:01
- No fresh snow here, just remains of yesterday's sprinkle and bright sun, blue skies (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 28, 08:33:03
  - Friday snowmageddon for the west (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 28, 08:38:11
    - Will be in the Fens by then (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 28, 08:54:11
    - He's up north tho (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 28, 08:39:16
      - North west though (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 28, 08:43:46
        
        Too many thoughs in this thread (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 28, 08:45:43
        
        Might miss him that far north tho tbf (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 28, 08:48:52
        
        Good though. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Feb 28, 08:46:53
- Move to Austria. (General Chat) - norway, Feb 28, 08:18:57
  - “likes of Austria” (General Chat) - APB, Feb 28, 08:24:31
    - Your Austrias, your Getmanies, your Lichtensteins (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 28, 09:09:49
    - Haha (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Feb 28, 08:30:38
- I blame Brexit. Oh, and the Mexicans (n/m) (General Chat) - Karnivore, Feb 28, 08:18:53
- grrrr! Take back control!!!! (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 28, 08:14:48
  - ... (General Chat) - norway, Feb 28, 08:41:39
- Also, so what? (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Feb 28, 08:10:37
- Well yes, when you have 5 months of snow a year you deal with it better. (General Chat) - APB, Feb 28, 08:07:46
  - ^^ teacher trying to make it less obvious that he’s a skiver by shutting down the entire (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 28, 09:12:38
  - Applauds (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Feb 28, 08:19:12
  - What .. shut down ..because of snow (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 28, 08:12:03
    - I wouldn't say no (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Feb 28, 08:25:02
      - I think it’s called holidays. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Feb 28, 08:27:44
    - FFS, yes, that’s exactly what I said. Don’t be such a grumpy fucker. (General Chat) - APB, Feb 28, 08:19:04
      - And 4x4 drivers are often the worst (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Feb 28, 09:47:15
      - Its just a un workable (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 28, 08:31:24
        
        How much deeper can you dig your stupidity hole? Incredible energy. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Feb 28, 08:40:19
        
        Yes, that’s the nature of weather, isn’t it? Some places are different to others. (General Chat) - APB, Feb 28, 08:36:30
        
        “All shuts down” isn’t what I said either. (General Chat) - APB, Feb 28, 08:37:37
        
        He's a total bell (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 28, 08:48:03
  - This! (n/m) (General Chat) - Tressells Broadbrush, Feb 28, 08:11:26

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