Please, World, don't laugh.

[Herr-Berbunch]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21004656

We're experiencing 'heavy' snow, with as much as 4" (10cm) of the white stuff. I'm embarrassed by my country's lack of ability during this bad weather. :nope:

[Takeda Shingen]

http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mother-of-god-meme.jpg

[BossMark]

2 inches of snow and our country grinds to a halt :haha:

[AVGWarhawk]

Talk of snow on the news and schools cancel for the day. :haha:

[Méo]

One of the worst thing in this is that people who aren't use to it will surely have a hard time driving, without winter tires that must be hell...

where I live we always gets a lot of snow during winter. I got winter tires and believe me in snowy days you must double your braking distance.

And be extremely cautious in elevations whether you go down or you go up.

I would even suggest that you avoid certain elevations at all cost since you can so easily loose control...

[eddie]

When I used to live out east by Washington DC, they were scared of snow too! They never really had the proper equipment to handle the job of cleaning the roads at that time. But mention snow in the weather forecast, and all the milk, bread and toilet paper would be sold out at the stores within hours,lol They were scared they would be stuck at home for days! Even if it only snowed 3 or 4 inches.

[Fubar2Niner]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21004656

We're experiencing 'heavy' snow, with as much as 4" (10cm) of the white stuff. I'm embarrassed by my country's lack of ability during this bad weather. :nope:

LOL mate, 4 inches, four bloody inches, it's the Mayan calender all over again. H-B you know what it's like here. Other than war, or terrorism, any adversity seems to bring this country to its knees :oops:

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

[Betonov]

ha, 25cm, no snow plow, snow chains in the trunk and I got to work on time :O:

[Armistead]

Four inches is heavy snow...:har::har::har:

That's got to be connected to male insecurity, making 4 inches a big deal. Where I live 8 inches ain't a big deal.

[Oberon]

No snow here yet. But we're usually the last to get it. It's been trying but not enough to settle.

[Jimbuna]

I notice on the link a car ended up like a land rover you once claim to have driven :hmm2:

You weren't the car driver as well were you? :D

[Bilge_Rat]

10 cm?!?!

We have already received close to 100 cm since winter started, more than enough to take the snowmobiles out...

http://imageshack.us/a/img7/1098/skidoo.gif

Mont-Laurier, Quebec, January 1st, 2013. :rock:

[Herr-Berbunch]

I was the passenger in the Land Rover, not the driver.

It would be so bad if idiots didn't drive at 2mph, I know you should slow down quite a bit and brake early but less than walking pave is just taking the proverbial.

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

:haha: 10 cm? :har: Its called 'heavy snow'? :rotfl2:

[Arclight]

We got like 1-2 inches. Supposed to be the same 4 inches "heavy snow". Seems there's more moving in though, judging from the radar...

Good lord, it only takes a handfull of leaves to derail the trains around here. Think I know what the big story will be on tomorrow's news. :nope:

[Jimbuna]

'Blues and Twos' and nobody objects to which way your driving :03:

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Why didn't the British Government listen to the hosts of Top Gear when they made the Snowbine harvester? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxgfFwEZjes

[Oberon]

Luton, Stansted and Norwich airports have delays, snow is now starting to slowly settle here.
Unfortunately I dare say that most rail services in the South-East of the country are going to be royally buggered tomorrow, 3rd rail and snow do not mix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXXw7qQukjM

[STEED]

ITS THE END OF THE WORLD PEOPLE!

SNOW HITS THE UK!


:har::har::har::har::har::har::har::har::har::har:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Good lord, it only takes a handfull of leaves to derail the trains around here. Think I know what the big story will be on tomorrow's news. :nope:

Arc, have you moved to the UK and not told anyone? :hmm2:

[Jimbuna]

ITS THE END OF THE WORLD PEOPLE!

SNOW HITS THE UK!


:har::har::har::har::har::har::har::har::har::har:

LOL :)

[Arclight]

Arc, have you moved to the UK and not told anyone? :hmm2:
Turns out dikes don't keep out autumn. And aparently we're not that capable with water if it's frozen or covering a leaf. :roll:

[Jimbuna]

Turns out dikes don't keep out autumn. And aparently we're not that capable with water if it's frozen or covering a leaf. :roll:

Having resided in your country for more than three years I must concur :)

[Fubar2Niner]

Just a thought........... Is it too early to start singing 'I'm dreaming of a white Christmas' ? ;)

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

Luton, Stansted and Norwich airports have delays, snow is now starting to slowly settle here.
Unfortunately I dare say that most rail services in the South-East of the country are going to be royally buggered tomorrow, 3rd rail and snow do not mix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXXw7qQukjMOkay... why Helsinki Metro - which runs mostly above ground - doesn't have similar somewhat spectacular problems? :hmmm:

Any Finns here with knowledge of Helsinki Metro and railway tech it uses?

[Bilge_Rat]

the Montreal Metro is electric, but it is totally underground.

Above ground commuter trains use Diesel locomotives...they don't have a problem with snow...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLGRMcqUC7I

:yep:

[Oberon]

Okay... why Helsinki Metro - which runs mostly above ground - doesn't have similar somewhat spectacular problems? :hmmm:

Any Finns here with knowledge of Helsinki Metro and railway tech it uses?

At a guess I'd say that it runs by picking up the current from the underside of the powered rail, rather than from the top, so when the snow falls it doesn't interrupt the power connection between the shoe and the rail.

[Arclight]

Having resided in your country for more than three years I must concur :)
Not that different in some regards. They wanted (want?) to fully privatise rail here too, but they backed down a bit after observing how that went down in the UK.

I get the impression Holland keeps a close eye on what the UK does anyway, generally not a bad example to follow at that.

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

At a guess I'd say that it runs by picking up the current from the underside of the powered rail, rather than from the top, so when the snow falls it doesn't interrupt the power connection between the shoe and the rail.You are correct thats exactly how its arranged here. I assumed you would use similar system, didn't know you use such ehm old fashioned way as top contact. Thats quite hazardous way to do it in my opinion especially in passenger rail systems.

[Catfish]

And i thought due to global warming, we might at one time have scottish wine.
:hmph:

[Catfish]

They wanted (want?) to fully privatise rail here too, but they backed down a bit after observing how that went down in the UK.
I get the impression Holland keeps a close eye on what the UK does anyway, generally not a bad example to follow at that.

Did anyone see 'The Navigators ' ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoZ1370cU9M

British rail is one example, we have worse ones in Germany.


Privatization follows a circle:

at one time all tax-payer-funded industry is privatized, for an apple and an egg (the deciding politicians mostly sitting in the board of directors right after, officially to control, inofficially to make cash), then costs for customers suddenly rise since the new company wants to make more cash, while the maintenance of the (tax-paid) infrastructure is neglected also for higher profits.

Then at some points either the infrastructure breaks down, or some politician kinks in to the bad press due to all kinds of accidents and break downs, and all is being nationalized again (read: BOUGHT (!) back from the good companies which reluctance to maintain anything properly led to this), and then all is being repaired.
By - you guessed it - the tax payers. Once again.

Why any dumbs.. tells that costs go down due to privatization i'll never understand.
With a railway system, a telecommunication system, powerlines, powerhouses, water support etc. it just does not make sense to have ten different complete expensive infrastructures, just for competition. Since you do not have that, there is no competition.

If i had ten different power lines i could choose it, but ten times the need is bull, and, e.g. in case of water support, entirely impossible.

So a monopoly is self-evident, and it will make prices higher everytime, up to the pain barrier, while quality suffers.

IMHO It is ok with luxury goods etc., but when it comes to basic support for the population, some industry just belongs in national propriety. Just like the rail system and medical care. :yep:
I think the first to introduce the latter was Bismarck, no one can tell that he or the government then was in any way 'socialistic'.

Thanks and greetings,
Catfish

[Lionclaw]

The trains here in the northern part of Sweden have some pretty serious issues.

They don't seem to like running in winter conditions. :-? :doh:

Bit of a joke here. You can travel by train... When the trains work. :down:

Train chaos in Northern Sweden (http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=5401112)

[Oberon]

Did anyone see 'The Navigators ' ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoZ1370cU9M

I watched that when it first came out! :D

Too true what you've written that Catfish, it was a bloody mess when first introduced and it's only just starting to level out now, but at the cost of ticket prices that are so bloody high that no sane person can afford them.

I'll admit that services were not exactly spectacular under BR, there was always grumblings about the trains being late, overcrowded or older than the people using them but BR was trying to get its act together by the 1980s but it was too little too late, and under a Tory government if it couldn't pay its way, it went.
The big problem now is that there is no communication between departments and companies, back in BR days on the Southern Region, if the snow knocked out the third rail, they stole Diesels from depots in the south and coupled them to the front of the EMUs (Electric Multiple Units) and ran them anyway: http://www.flickr.com/photos/74009/4041620853/
Obviously it wasn't perfect, but some trains ran anyway, however these days it'd be bloody difficult to get the diesels because they're owned by another company, so there'd be countless bits of paperwork to go through to hire it, and then payment to consider, so most TOCs don't bother and just cancel the service, leaving the customer wondering how they're going to get home.

Ho hum, they call it progress.

[Oberon]

The trains here in the northern part of Sweden have some pretty serious issues.

They don't seem to like running in winter conditions. :-? :doh:

Bit of a joke here. You can travel by train... When the trains work. :down:

Train chaos in Northern Sweden (http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=5401112)


Meanwhile, also in Sweden:

Cleaner steals train and crashes into house (http://news.sky.com/story/1038312/cleaner-steals-train-and-hits-house-in-sweden)

[BossMark]

Meanwhile, also in Sweden:

Cleaner steals train and crashes into house (http://news.sky.com/story/1038312/cleaner-steals-train-and-hits-house-in-sweden)
:hmmm: Wasn't Vendor was it :haha:

[Oberon]

Could be why he's been so quiet lately! :haha:

Meanwhile here in the East the snow has started to fall, so it's a good thing that our gritting lorries are out to protect us from the ice...

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/65286000/jpg/_65286208_c6eb7ab9-61b3-4f10-9f06-c6c83aaec70a.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-21025262

....

We're screwed.

[Dowly]

Could be why he's been so quiet lately! :haha:

He's on a business trip...............:hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

:hmmm: Wasn't Vendor was it :haha:

LOL that would also make him a transgender :o :O:

[Jimbuna]

He's on a business trip...............:hmmm:

Selling trains the last I heard :hmm2:

[Catfish]

[...] Ho hum, they call it progress.

I think one could call it unregulated locust capitalism :stare:
:03:

[Arclight]

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2013/01/snow_blankets_most_of_the_neth.php

:roll:

[Dowly]

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/Dowly/meanwhile-in-finland.jpg

:O:

[Herr-Berbunch]

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2013/01/snow_blankets_most_of_the_neth.php

:roll:

Good, not just us then looking daft in front of the world.

And I think a Slovenian has stolen that Finland pic for DB. :D

[Betonov]

And I think a Slovenian has stolen that Finland pic for DB. :D

Stolen ???

I simply shared :O:

[Jimbuna]

Stolen ???

I simply shared :O:

Good lad...you'll live longer that way :)

[Oberon]

Just a heads up, my Uncle mentioned today that Friday/Saturday looks set for more snow, and he's usually fairly spot on about these things (http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk/Surrey-Mirror-cloud-beats-Met-Office-forecast/story-11359279-detail/story.html).

[Arclight]

See? Mayans were right. Just took a while for it to drift over here from S. America.

[Cybermat47]

Please, World, don't laugh.

:haha::har:

I laugh at you!


Sorry. It had to be done.

[Jimbuna]

Just a heads up, my Uncle mentioned today that Friday/Saturday looks set for more snow, and he's usually fairly spot on about these things (http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk/Surrey-Mirror-cloud-beats-Met-Office-forecast/story-11359279-detail/story.html).


He blames his passion on a lightening strike on his Kent school in 1958 during heavy storms, which he says "sparked" his imagination, followed by a Christmas gift of a simple weather station in 1962.


Nice one :)

[Herr-Berbunch]

:haha::har:

I laugh at you!

I laugh back at you, for living in a place where they have words such as bunyip.

You flamin' galah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIffBiVUKds

[Oberon]

Nice one :)

The funniest thing about that weather station was that the very next day it was buried under snow during the heavy snows of the winter of 62/63. :haha:

Anyway, I think he's been out slightly by a day, here anyway, since it's coming down quite steady now. :yep:

[Jimbuna]

The funniest thing about that weather station was that the very next day it was buried under snow during the heavy snows of the winter of 62/63. :haha:

Anyway, I think he's been out slightly by a day, here anyway, since it's coming down quite steady now. :yep:

Nothing fallen overnight here but it's just below zero so everything remains frozen.

Good weather for keeping the ale that's stored in the garagre nicely chilled :cool:

[Sailor Steve]

See? Mayans were right. Just took a while for it to drift over here from S. America.
:rotfl2:

Very good. :rock:

[BossMark]

Just started snowing here in Leeds, just got home from the pub in time. :hmmm: or did I??

[Oberon]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BA57OJwCYAAHQOX.jpg:large

:hmmm::hmmm::hmmm:

[Arclight]

I guess they didn't snow what hit them.

Eh?

:nope:

[Herr-Berbunch]

I guess they didn't snow what hit them.

Eh?

:nope:

Anyone could ski that terrible joke coming. :roll:

[Oberon]

I guess they didn't snow what hit them.

Eh?

:nope:

http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/6/playerkicked.jpg

[Arclight]

Anyone could ski that terrible joke coming. :roll:
I'm always good for a hail of puns. Even if they are a bit flakey.

[Betonov]

http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/398089_558493180829870_699968751_n.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

Yes, Mr. Bet, you do a lot of shoveling around here. Unfortunately most of it isn't snow. :O:

[Betonov]

Yes, Mr. Bet, you do a lot of shoveling around here. Unfortunately most of it isn't snow. :O:

Usually I'm digging myself out of what mostly isn't snow :O:

[Sailor Steve]

:rotfl2: :rock:

You win. :sunny:

[Betonov]

Thank you Steve :up:

Maybe I'll go for a bit of snowdriving tommorow, if the weather is lousy enough (to avoid all the hikers that flood the valley on nice sndays) and I'll post some pictures of how an Alpine winter looks like

[eddie]

No snowdriving around here tonight, winds at a constant 25 MPH, gusts up to 55 MPH, Wind chill temps to hit -25 to -30 tonight. I hate winter!!!!

[antikristuseke]

It isn't cold until vodka starts to freeze.

[Betonov]

Snow can also be used to send a political mesage :03:

Here's our glorius PM

http://www.mojsmeh.si/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/janez-jan%C5%A1a-sne%C5%BEeni-mo%C5%BE-ii.jpg

http://www.mojsmeh.si/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/janez-jan%C5%A1a-sne%C5%BEeni-mo%C5%BE.jpg

[Jimbuna]

^ Simply love it :har:

[Cybermat47]

I laugh back at you, for living in a place where they have words such as bunyip.

You flamin' galah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIffBiVUKds


:stare: It's on!

And don't flame me for replying to something two pages back, I was throwing some shrimps on the barbie!

[BossMark]

Well its been snowing all night just opened me curtains and there must be 3 to 4 inches and still coming down, but at least my garden looks like everyone else's :haha:

[Gerald]

We northerners have no problems with snow and ice, of course, deviations occur with cancellations and so, and that some drivers can not drive when it's slippery, some running as it were summer conditions in some situations, which in turn leads problems in traffic, but I can recommend a trip to Scandinavia to learn about living close to winter, I can arrange accommodation well, learn to drive in "real winter conditions" :smug:

[TarJak]

I laugh back at you, for living in a place where they have words such as bunyip.

You flamin' galah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIffBiVUKds

Coming from someone that lives where they have place names like Chipping Sodbury I wouldn't be laughing if I were you.:O:

Still flamin' hot here though cobber.

[Jimbuna]

Well its been snowing all night just opened me curtains and there must be 3 to 4 inches and still coming down, but at least my garden looks like everyone else's :haha:

Can't see any of the decking....I hope it's still there when the snow melts :)

[Oberon]

Coming from someone that lives where they have place names like Chipping Sodbury I wouldn't be laughing if I were you.

Wagga Wagga

Need I say more? :O:

[BossMark]

Wagga Wagga

Need I say more? :O:
Or how about WATANOBB :har: in NSW

[Jimbuna]

Chinaman's Knob - State: VIC :o

[Herr-Berbunch]

Wagga Wagga

Need I say more? :O:

No, you need not say more.

But I'll just leave you, and our antipodean buddies, with this - http://www.list-directory.info/lists/place-names.html

There are many, I'll just give a few highlights here.

Upotipotpon
Mt. Buggery :o
Burpengary
Chinaman's Knob (brought to you in association with Yorkeys Knob, which must surely be twinned with Bald Knob, Arkansas).

Edit: Damnit! Jim beat me to that last one, that'll teach me for laughing to long.

[Jimbuna]

I shouldn't worry, I was going to post Mt Buggery but didn't want to get TarJak overly excited :)

[Herr-Berbunch]

I shouldn't worry, I was going to post Mt Buggery but didn't want to get TarJak overly excited :)

Sorry.

Where is Reece anyway? :hmm2:

[Jimbuna]

Sorry.

Where is Reece anyway? :hmm2:

Mt. Gay the last I heard :)

[Herr-Berbunch]

Mt. Gay the last I heard :)

What's the name of the street he lives?

Reacharound Close. :o

[Jimbuna]

What's the name of the street he lives?

Reacharound Close. :o

Say no more....wink wink :)

[eddie]

I think our vodka will freeze today,lol

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/21/16619662-minnesota-shivers-as-wind-chill-nears-50-below-zero-new-england-braces-for-foot-of-snow

[TarJak]

Or how about WATANOBB :har: in NSW

If you must laugh at least spell it corrctly. its Watanobbi. Ans yes we can all name places that make use laugh, but thats not the point of this thread.:O:

Are you enjoying freezing your backsides off yet?:D

[eddie]

No, not exactly enjoying the weather at the moment TarJak, but thanks for asking!:haha:

[BossMark]

Are you enjoying freezing your backsides off yet?:D
well its only -2 at the moment :hmmm:

[Betonov]

Got another day off and it's snowing again. The car is in for another tough day

[STEED]

Melting fast here, not what I call real snow at all just a load of rubbish making out its snow. Years ago we got real snow deep and a swine to budge but this stuff is cheap and nasty, sort of rubbish you buy in a pound shop. :har:

[Oberon]

Melting fast here, not what I call real snow at all just a load of rubbish making out its snow. Years ago we got real snow deep and a swine to budge but this stuff is cheap and nasty, sort of rubbish you buy in a pound shop. :har:

Budget snow, what do you expect in a recession?

1963, now that was full grade quality snow. :yep:

[STEED]

Budget snow, what do you expect in a recession?



Clearly not the £1 shop or the 99p shop, must be the 98p shop. :har:

[TarJak]

well its only -2 at the moment :hmmm:

Well at 7am here, its about 23C. :D Off to the beach again.:O:

[STEED]

Well at 7am here, its about 23C. :D Off to the beach again.:O:

Nudest beach full of women, well that's the last we will hear of Tarjak for a few weeks or months. :har:

[Jimbuna]

Nudest beach full of women, well that's the last we will hear of Tarjak for a few weeks or months. :har:

http://sharefunnypictures.com/funny-pictures/2011/08/why-men-need-two-straw-beach-sun-hat-mexican-hat.jpg

[u crank]

Well at 7am here, its about 23C. :D Off to the beach again.:O:

Enjoy man.

Right now it's -16C. Wind chill is -24C. The beach would be a little cool. :O:

[TarJak]

http://sharefunnypictures.com/funny-pictures/2011/08/why-men-need-two-straw-beach-sun-hat-mexican-hat.jpg

Ole!:D

[Arclight]

Is that a pencil in your sombrero or are you just happy to see me?

[Jimbuna]

Anyone other than an Aussie would have been wearing those the other way round :O:

[TarJak]

And the poms wouldn't need the second one due to the cold weather.:O:

[Jimbuna]

Pretty true atm :)

[Herr-Berbunch]

Hats?

Knotted hankies!

And string vests! :D

http://spainstruck.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Knotted-hanky-225x300.jpg

[Cybermat47]

http://spainstruck.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Knotted-hanky-225x300.jpg

I'm scarred for life now.

[Jimbuna]

Hats?

Knotted hankies!

And string vests! :D




http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/4160/men91.gif

[STEED]

RED ALERT

SNOW TO HIT UK TONIGHT!


Run away we're doomed people its the end of the UK..arrhhheeeee!!!!

[Herr-Berbunch]

RED ALERT

SNOW TO HIT UK TONIGHT!


Run away we're doomed people its the end of the UK..arrhhheeeee!!!!

On Wednesday they showed me getting 10 inches :03: throughout the day. Now they say a light smattering late evening, and a flurry of heavy snow in the early hours, only for it to be washed away a bit later.

Still, we'll see. :)

[STEED]

I for one will be glad when all this ice has gone.

[antikristuseke]

I should introduce the snow shovel to the uk and make milions

[STEED]

I should introduce the snow shovel to the uk and make milions

Lots of crackpots will tell you that is against the law, in the terms of sweeping you path/driveway clear of snow!

So if you put that aside your make £££ in the back streets.

[antikristuseke]

I work security for a bank currently, I have no moral objections to using snow shovels as instruments of persuasion in the back streets so passers by voulentarily give me their hard earned cash :D

[Jimbuna]

On Wednesday they showed me getting 10 inches :03: throughout the day.

Thank heavens you didn't post any photographs then!! :huh:

[STEED]

I am happy and angry at the same time today, angry at the weather forecasters for getting it totally wrong! And happy they did! :har:

NO SNOW HERE! :D

[antikristuseke]

Can I laugh now?
http://i45.tinypic.com/muv2m8.png

[STEED]

Got to admit before the rain came along to rid us of the ice the backstreets around here were dangerous. Funny going up to my town centre it was like a different world as the council swept all the snow & ice away. Going back home was like taking a trip back to the ice age. :har:

[antikristuseke]

The following image has no relevance to this thread, but it made me giggle.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4byvvtf4C1rwoe5no1_400.jpg

[STEED]

:har: :up: