Fozzie
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| posted on 2/2/09 at 09:56 AM |
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Shock. Horror snow in t'sarf....
Linky
Fozzie 
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 2/2/09 at 10:13 AM |
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Bit of a grin in the office today - out of around 30 people, 6 made it in - all the ones who live furthest away! (I'm 45 miles away).
The big chief lives just 2 or 3 miles down the road, and he's decided to work from home... boy, is he going to get the mickey taken when he next
gets in the office!
(Mind you, he did say that if the weather got worse, we can all go home...  )
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Benzine
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| posted on 2/2/09 at 10:15 AM |
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I just went for a drive, not to get to work, just for the lulz. I got about 2 miles from home and 2 eejits had abondoned their cars side by side
blocking the road! Why on earth couldn't one of them backed up a bit and parked on the same side? There were some mad farmers behind them. I
left an "I park like an idiot" sticker on their screens and went home.
The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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Steve P
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| posted on 2/2/09 at 10:30 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Bit of a grin in the office today - out of around 30 people, 6 made it in - all the ones who live furthest away! (I'm 45 miles away).
The big chief lives just 2 or 3 miles down the road, and he's decided to work from home... boy, is he going to get the mickey taken when he next
gets in the office!
(Mind you, he did say that if the weather got worse, we can all go home... )
Simalar here, 4 of us travelled 30 miles which took 2 hours when we get to the workshop STILL noone else there, eventually the most local (under a
mile) arrived at 9:30. not bad for an 8am start. 
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James
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| posted on 2/2/09 at 11:21 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Fozzie
quote:
Originally posted by Daimo_45
IT'S ALL ABOUT GUILDFORD!!!
Nope......in snowy Walton on Thames
Oh yes it is!!!
When I left G'ford last night about 9pm it was coming down so hard I could only see about 10' in front of me. Arrived home ( 6 miles away)
and there was hardly any in comparison.
Okay, there's now 10" here but the difference was interesting.
Cheers,
James
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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Fozzie
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| posted on 2/2/09 at 11:29 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by James
quote:
Originally posted by Fozzie
quote:
Originally posted by Daimo_45
IT'S ALL ABOUT GUILDFORD!!!
Nope......in snowy Walton on Thames
Oh yes it is!!!
When I left G'ford last night about 9pm it was coming down so hard I could only see about 10' in front of me. Arrived home ( 6 miles away)
and there was hardly any in comparison.
Okay, there's now 10" here but the difference was interesting.
Cheers,
James
LOL ..... when off-spring number 4 came round last night at 6pm ...... he had problems seeing through the blizzard......said it was totally different
back in Byfleet (hardly any)...in comparison
Ah...and the M25 around here was shut last night, and the Painshill Junction A3..... (that has just re-opened) .... it seems as though it fell heavily
in 'pockets' .... NOT just Guildford...
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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dave1888
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| posted on 2/2/09 at 11:50 AM |
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My wife went to heathrow last night and is supposed to be back tonight, now it looks like she will be back on thursday. Is it really that bad.
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 2/2/09 at 11:50 AM |
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One of my engineers is trying to make it from Kent round to Thorpe Park, he left at 5 this morning and is only at junction 7. The tit, everyone else
has claimed they're snowed in and not going out
Typically it's my day off anyway so I don't get a free one 
There is now a family of snowmen in my back garden, and a horde of them out front in the close.
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Fozzie
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| posted on 2/2/09 at 12:16 PM |
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Originally posted by dave1888
My wife went to heathrow last night and is supposed to be back tonight, now it looks like she will be back on thursday. Is it really that bad.
Dave, for down here, yes
All joking aside, the Met Office had parts of Sussex, Kent and Surrey on RED alert until about an hour ago...and they don't do that very
often.
The main problem is the closing of the M25 in parts of Surrey, and major A roads, not to mention the rail network...... all impassable.
I live about 6 miles as the crow flies from T4 Heathrow, and tbh it doesn't look as bad there as it is here, hence my comment on
'pockets' especially drifting.
Heathrow was closed until about an hour ago, although only 1 runway is now open.
British Airways have cancelled all flights until at least 5pm this evening......so even if it's all systems go then the backlog is going to be
bad........
Other half just measured the snow on the shed roof and it is 9 inches deep and snow still falling...... this is most unusual for these parts, and even
though roads were gritted, the snow just settled on top....
I hope your wife gets back soon.....
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 2/2/09 at 12:33 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jabbahutt
For those who can't get in to work enjoy the day off and get in the garage
And for those who can get to work....
Go home early in case you get stuck at work.......then go out to the garage and get summat done!
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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omega0684
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| posted on 2/2/09 at 12:56 PM |
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i wish we had all that snow, we hardly got any!
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McLannahan
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| posted on 2/2/09 at 01:07 PM |
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Day off work for me but -2 in the garage and that's not that tempting for me!
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zilspeed
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| posted on 2/2/09 at 01:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by dave1888
My wife went to heathrow last night and is supposed to be back tonight, now it looks like she will be back on thursday. Is it really that bad.
Ruby Murray and Willie thorne for you the night then Dave.
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stevebubs
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| posted on 2/2/09 at 02:29 PM |
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Based from home....so been working all day so far
Car still has about 6" of snow on it.
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stevebubs
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| posted on 2/2/09 at 02:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by McLannahan
Day off work for me but -2 in the garage and that's not that tempting for me!
Keep the door shut and stay active, and you won't notice it.
If you've a MIG welder, blast a few bits of metal - should be warm pretty quick...
It's the breeze that gets you when you're working on a car...
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stevebubs
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| posted on 2/2/09 at 02:32 PM |
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Originally posted by McLannahan
Day off work for me but -2 in the garage and that's not that tempting for me!
PS Ideal time to get the engine out for the chassis refurb - that'll keep you warm!
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 2/2/09 at 03:14 PM |
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This was taken by me at 12:15 today - waiting for a train home (Shenfield, 20 mins up the line from London)
 
Shenfield
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