This country is backwards. They already cancelled 80 flights from Heathrow

[Pat Vegas]

not a single snowflake has fallen.

:rolleyes:

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

not a single snowflake has fallen.

:rolleyes:

It's just started sleeting here in Kernow, F. And I haven't taken the :gromit: out yet :-(

[Pat Vegas]

It's just started sleeting here in Kernow, F. And I haven't taken the :gromit: out yet :-(

Dog walk cancelled.

I suspect this is more fake news.

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

Dog walk cancelled.

I suspect this is more fake news.

Well...it's just turned to :snow: Great.

[SWv2]

not a single snowflake has fallen.

:rolleyes:

Perhaps the cancellations are based on the destination where it may be a lot worse weatherwise.

[Pat Vegas]

Perhaps the cancellations are based on the destination where it may be a lot worse weatherwise.

Now I read a little bit more it seems somewhat reasonable.

they cancelled to give space for snow removal teams to have time to do their job.

EDIT, it's 150 flights now. ****ing sad *******s.

It's not like they are prediction 10 feet of snow. All it's doing outside is pissing down with rain. the snow wouldn't even settle.

[Pat Vegas]

This will set me on a tirade that nothing actually works in this poxy place.

Trains are ****, tube goes on strike the city meltdown, Mass hysteria over a bit of snow coming our way. the roads and motorways are crap, takes forever to get anywhere. Can't even do a brexit properly. And we pay over the odds for everything,

Apart from that, wonderful place.

[Ash]

This will set me on a tirade that nothing actually works in this poxy place.

Trains are ****, tube goes on strike the city meltdown, Mass hysteria over a bit of snow coming our way. the roads and motorways are crap, takes forever to get anywhere. Can't even do a brexit properly. And we pay over the odds for everything,

Apart from that, wonderful place.

It's been a while since you did this.

On snow, I think the argument goes that it isn't really cost-effective for this country to be properly geared up for snow, as we don't have enough heavy snow to justify the investment. In other countries they know there will always be heavy snow, so it is worth being prepared for it.

I'm not sure we pay over the odds for everything, either. Housing is mental, certainly.

[Pat Vegas]

It's been a while since you did this.

On snow, I think the argument goes that it isn't really cost-effective for this country to be properly geared up for snow, as we don't have enough heavy snow to justify the investment. In other countries they know there will always be heavy snow, so it is worth being prepared for it.

I'm not sure we pay over the odds for everything, either. Housing is mental, certainly.

This is a good point Ash. But I decided to look into it a bit further.
They have spent 36 million on snow equipment and this is quite interesting. cancelling seems part of the plan which I find odd.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/01/12/14/3C138CFF00000578-4113530-image-a-22_1484232555684.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/01/12/14/3C138D0800000578-4113530-image-a-26_1484232609632.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/01/12/14/3C12D5A800000578-4113530-Heathrow_Airport_has_been_forced_to_cancel_80_flig hts_as_the_adv-a-20_1484232555675.jpg

but we do pay over the odds on transport, housing and fuel and tobacco imo.
And don't get me started on council tax. :furious:

Other smaller gripes I always have problems with deliveries. (I blame the uk for this since I am at it)
and the electric here is too powerful. I bought a nice new electric toothbrush with a stand. But unfortunately it can not be charged in my bathroom as I do not have the luxury of a shaver socket.

[Burney]

This is a good point Ash. But I decided to look into it a bit further.
They have spent 36 million on snow equipment and this is quite interesting. cancelling seems part of the plan which I find odd.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/01/12/14/3C138CFF00000578-4113530-image-a-22_1484232555684.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/01/12/14/3C138D0800000578-4113530-image-a-26_1484232609632.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/01/12/14/3C12D5A800000578-4113530-Heathrow_Airport_has_been_forced_to_cancel_80_flig hts_as_the_adv-a-20_1484232555675.jpg

but we do pay over the odds on transport, housing and fuel and tobacco imo.
And don't get me started on council tax. :furious:

Other smaller gripes I always have problems with deliveries. (I blame the uk for this since I am at it)
and the electric here is too powerful. I bought a nice new electric toothbrush with a stand. But unfortunately it can not be charged in my bathroom as I do not have the luxury of a shaver socket.

Also, it's actually not the snow per se that's the problem, it's ice. Ours being a temperate climate, we don't tend to get the really low temperatures that means snow falls and just sits there prettily and is relatively easy to deal with. What happens is that snow or sleet will fall and then melt and overnight will turn to ice, which is much harder to deal with.

[Luis Anaconda]

Also, it's actually not the snow per se that's the problem, it's ice. Ours being a temperate climate, we don't tend to get the really low temperatures that means snow falls and just sits there prettily and is relatively easy to deal with. What happens is that snow or sleet will fall and then melt and overnight will turn to ice, which is much harder to deal with.
:nod: It's like here. Obviously snow isn't a problem but they aren't used to strong winds - when we had gales here a couple of years back it caused all sorts of problems, not least the fact that all manner of trees, not having had to defend themselves from that battering, don't grow roots too deep and were toppling over everywhere. Caused absolute chaos on the beautiful tree-lined main roads and such. Sometime nature isn't really a help

[Burney]

:nod: It's like here. Obviously snow isn't a problem but they aren't used to strong winds - when we had gales here a couple of years back it caused all sorts of problems, not least the fact that all manner of trees, not having had to defend themselves from that battering, don't grow roots too deep and were toppling over everywhere. Caused absolute chaos on the beautiful tree-lined main roads and such. Sometime nature isn't really a help

Pah! Flimsy Euro-trees, you see, la? Nothing in comparison to our beautiful, strong, British trees.

[Ash]

but we do pay over the odds on transport, housing and fuel and tobacco imo.
And don't get me started on council tax. :furious:

Other smaller gripes I always have problems with deliveries. (I blame the uk for this since I am at it)
and the electric here is too powerful. I bought a nice new electric toothbrush with a stand. But unfortunately it can not be charged in my bathroom as I do not have the luxury of a shaver socket.

You can borrow my shaver socket if you like. I don't use it for anything. Are transport costs higher than other countries? I know mainline rail is very expensive, but London buses and the Overground are quite reasonably priced, I think, even if the tubes are a little bit dear. And aren't petrol prices quite low at the moment relatively?

We have been used to cheap clothes and domestic goods from China though. We'd really miss that cheap, sweated labour if something happened there.

[Pat Vegas]

You can borrow my shaver socket if you like. I don't use it for anything. Are transport costs higher than other countries? I know mainline rail is very expensive, but London buses and the Overground are quite reasonably priced, I think, even if the tubes are a little bit dear. And aren't petrol prices quite low at the moment relatively?

We have been used to cheap clothes and domestic goods from China though. We'd really miss that cheap, sweated labour if something happened there.

It's up to £1.20 for diesel last time I went.

I will have to look into the cost of London transport. I read the average ticket in London is twice as expensive as Paris and New York.

I will say food is cheap here and clothes. Of course I am looking at a London perspective and not the rest of the UK.