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how other countries must laugh at us!!
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AnninGlos | Report | 14 Jan 2015 10:43 |
Unbelievable!!! |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 14 Jan 2015 11:07 |
When I was a lad at primary school in Scotland, long time ago, I had to walk to school which was about 2 miles from where we lived - through snow about 12 inches deep - and when I reached working age I travelled daily by train from Fife to Edinburgh in heavy snow - of course in those days we had "the right kind of snow" so the steam trains could cope :-D |
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Mersey | Report | 14 Jan 2015 11:07 |
It is silly Ann, and it becomes headline news !! :-0 :-S |
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AnninGlos | Report | 14 Jan 2015 11:36 |
Yep, daft :-S In 1947 (*'when I were a lass!'*) I had to walk to school, must have been about 3 miles, my Mum walked with me and she was pregnant. We have got soft. schools close because of fear of litigation, some mother sueing them because poor Johnny slipped in the playground. the kids these days don't know what it is to make their own slides. The times I ended up on my b*m :-D |
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Barbra | Report | 14 Jan 2015 11:37 |
Ann me thinks we are a bit soft .we used to go to school on foot .sometimes it was very icy but we got there .& just got on with things & driving in snowy conditions just use common sense .1ins of snow the country comes to a standstill .when you look at other country`s as you say they must certainly laugh at us . :-D |
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Graham | Report | 14 Jan 2015 11:39 |
Not the old yellow snow warning again? :-D |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 14 Jan 2015 12:00 |
Don't go there Graham :-D :-D :-D |
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Bobtanian | Report | 14 Jan 2015 12:00 |
not advisable to use Yellow snow for making tea with.... |
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GlasgowLass | Report | 14 Jan 2015 12:22 |
Bob, |
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**Stella ~by~ Starlight**★..★..★ | Report | 14 Jan 2015 12:39 |
Young people today are soft..lol |
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Merlin | Report | 14 Jan 2015 15:12 |
Too much wrapping in cotton wool now and of course the Compensation Culture. :-( |
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**Stella ~by~ Starlight**★..★..★ | Report | 14 Jan 2015 15:15 |
True Merlin.. |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 14 Jan 2015 15:28 |
When snow falls you just need one idiot who believes they are the worlds expert at driving in snow to cause chaos for all the other drivers on that stretch of road. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 14 Jan 2015 16:04 |
When it comes to school closures, it's not necessarily about the compensation culture. The Head Teacher needs to ensure that there'll be enough staff. |
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Linda | Report | 14 Jan 2015 16:48 |
I remember the winter of 1962-1963 where it started snowing on the boxing day and went on till April only a coal fire in one room and we had to walk to school all the buses and trains ran. Yes todays children are soft |
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AnninGlos | Report | 14 Jan 2015 16:51 |
Det there was only a dusting of snow in surrounding areas and 2cms in the actual area where the schools closed. Granted normally they do get it worse than us in the forest but 2 cms??? I don't think there was heavier snow in areas they'd draw their staff from. But I know that usually applies. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 14 Jan 2015 18:38 |
Actually, I have just seen photos on TV of the snow there and it was more than two cms. So maybe they were justified as many of the roads are steep. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 14 Jan 2015 19:21 |
You were lucky. We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt..... |
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Bobtanian | Report | 14 Jan 2015 20:43 |
don't forget supper was licking the dead flies off the white lines in the road, |
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GlasgowLass | Report | 14 Jan 2015 21:37 |
We have very strong winds and rain again! |
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