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    11th December 2017 at 11:38 am #279132

    Awake at 06.30 this morning so listened to Radio York and they were discussing folk in fuel poverty. So called because they could either EAT or HEAT. First lass they interviewed had 4, yes 4, budgies. She complained how she went hungry to keep the heating on in her house. Get rid of the budgies love and use their costs to put some food on your table. Then onto a lady in her early 60’s who had to give up work because of ill health. She was moaning because she lived in a one bed-roomed flat and couldn’t heat it. Her only company were her TWO dogs and a CAT. Get shut love and spend your savings from dog ,cat food and vet bills on yourself.

    I’m not on my own here because most of the phone callers to the station had the same thoughts as I did. Give up the fags, Sky TV isn’t a necessity  nor are smart phones, laptops etc. You see these things scattered round the houses when they do this sort of show on TV.

    This morning here in Selby it is -3.5 Celsius so I am now wearing my thermals that I bought years ago for winter walking on the moors and climbing Monroes. All the doors in the house are closed to stop draughts and the central heating thermostat is set to 14. House cool but habitable.

     

    Second moan coming up. As soon as Anne and I saw that the latest bad weather was going to hit the south east and especially London we knew it would be the biggest catastrophe since the last time it happened. Lo and behold it has been almost continuous on TV, so much so we have stopped watching the main news and just watch the local stuff. Selby and most of North Yorkshire; hardly any strong winds, beggar all snow apart from on the moors. Same in most of the north of England except the remote areas. Most of the traffic chaos can be put down to poor driving standards. How the hell can you put a gritting lorry on it’s side?

    Anyway moan over. Off up town now to the weekly market will respond to the mauling I’m expecting when I get back! :heart:

    Anonymous
    11th December 2017 at 11:49 am #279151

    No mauling from me, only the observation that some elderly people on their own benefit from having an animal as company, but not 4 budgies, even so.

    Anonymous
    11th December 2017 at 12:48 pm #279179

    Priorities BE, you’re right about that, we have got lots of despots abroad to keep in luxury you know, can’t do that AND feed old folk in Blighty :unsure: G’c S’g

    Anonymous
    11th December 2017 at 1:46 pm #279239

    Cracking observations BE. Haven’t heard about the gritting wagon, but tipping it over is not difficult.

    A big heavy wagon  on sheet ice is a problem, once it is sliding, it will carry on sliding until it hits something, if a kerb of incline is involved, the load (loose grit or salt) can move violently over to one side. Then, over you go.

    Even at very low speeds they can fall over easily.

    I hope no one was hurt and I feel sorry for the driver.

    Anonymous
    11th December 2017 at 2:11 pm #279266

    Thanks for that info coldandwetatsea. Similar to tankers then, once the contents move sideways God help you!

    Anonymous
    11th December 2017 at 2:17 pm #279269

    Fishing boats and ships too, hence pound boards, like baffles in tankers etc.

    Anonymous
    11th December 2017 at 2:18 pm #279272

    You’ve got to larf!

    London on the edge!

    :yahoo:

    Anonymous
    11th December 2017 at 2:28 pm #279276

    I like the weather warning one ! It is the same here. When it snows here in Brittany (rarely), everything will stop whereas in Normandy, we would put our big coat and go to work !

    11th December 2017 at 2:44 pm #279282

    Make big pots of homemade soup with loads of veg, warming, easy, filling! No problem! :yes:

    11th December 2017 at 2:44 pm #279285

    Fishing boats and ships too, hence pound boards, like baffles in tankers etc.

    I’d done a trip on a container ro-ro ship running from Grimsby to Esbjerg (Denmark) for a month as a holiday relief fom mid-december to mid-january (about 1976 ish) so experienced the North Sea at it’s worst. I took a couple of weeks leave after when the regular sparks rejoined  and joined a tramp steamer in the Far East just after. During that voyage I heard that the container ship I was on (M V Hero) had sunk during a crossing in heavy seas ! Apparently one container in the hold had slipped over causing a domino effect which caused the ship to go down. Only one person was lost during the rescue mission which was a miracle !

    11th December 2017 at 5:58 pm #279556

    I like the weather warning one ! It is the same here. When it snows here in Brittany (rarely), everything will stop whereas in Normandy, we would put our big coat and go to work !

    Interesting.  A few years ago when there was snow in my area I had to go out and buy firewood.  My only solution was to take the van deep into the worst area.  Loaded to the gunwhales with logs and using every available bit of icey road I counted myself lucky to make it back to home ground.  One last hurdle.  The steepish hill out of Belle Isle en Terre.  I took a long run up before the bottom of the hill to get some momentum and then took it steady all the way up.  Glancing in the mirror I saw some d***head right on my tail.  If I had lost traction halfway up there is no way I could have restarted from that point, most likely outcome would have been a graceful sideways slide back down the hill with this nitwit being pushed ahead of me like a snowplough.

    Anonymous
    11th December 2017 at 7:51 pm #279799

    Some years back, I was driving a cross country route in Suffolk as the A12 was snowbound. I was in a 30 foot rigid lorry. I found myself going down a very steep and very icy hill. Ahead a policeman walked into the road and held his hand up requiring me to stop. I touched the brake pedal. Wrong move! The wheels instantly locked up. Cadence braking did not work..

    If the back had started to spin it was definitely one less copper! I shouted out the window get out of the way D—head and steered the lorry safely past. There was a bend at the bottom of the hill before a steep incline. Somehow I managed to keep on the road, not stop and got safely onto the A140 and onwards home.

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