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Comment by Gwyn posted on Show us your xmas tree. at 17/12/2010 - 18:11
It has just taken my husband three hours to get home. The last hour and a half were to cover 8kms.
10 gritters on the road in front of him just to begin to have an effect on the surface. Then he got off the motorway and slid his way home. I am relieved he made it. He doesn't have winter tyres either, just oodles of clever electronics, all of which came into use and worked.
His car is undoubtedly safer without winter tyres than mine is with, simply because of all those electronics which mine doesn't have. I don't even have ABS .
I've given up shifting snow. Just a waste of time.
Now for a big warming bowl of chilli .
10 gritters on the road in front of him just to begin to have an effect on the surface. Then he got off the motorway and slid his way home. I am relieved he made it. He doesn't have winter tyres either, just oodles of clever electronics, all of which came into use and worked.
His car is undoubtedly safer without winter tyres than mine is with, simply because of all those electronics which mine doesn't have. I don't even have ABS .
I've given up shifting snow. Just a waste of time.
Now for a big warming bowl of chilli .
Comment by Gwyn posted on Another pointless thread at 17/12/2010 - 17:53
Lots of white stuff here. The roads are really treacherous as it rained hard yesterday the snowed then froze and then snowed again.
Just been out clearing the drive a bit and the footpath. I'm running out of salt, and fed up with shovelling. I'm not as keen as the neighbours though - one was out at 6 am shovelling snow - now that is dedication. He'll have to do it all again when he gets in from work mind.
Walking in the woods was nice - deep fresh snow. Getting there and back was a different matter.
OK so we've had plenty of winter now. Can we please go back to normal and have weeks of grey and drizzle and above freezing temps? It almost sounds attractive. Almost.
Failing that can we have weeks of blues skies and freezing temps - but get rid of the snow first?
Just been out clearing the drive a bit and the footpath. I'm running out of salt, and fed up with shovelling. I'm not as keen as the neighbours though - one was out at 6 am shovelling snow - now that is dedication. He'll have to do it all again when he gets in from work mind.
Walking in the woods was nice - deep fresh snow. Getting there and back was a different matter.
OK so we've had plenty of winter now. Can we please go back to normal and have weeks of grey and drizzle and above freezing temps? It almost sounds attractive. Almost.
Failing that can we have weeks of blues skies and freezing temps - but get rid of the snow first?
Comment by Gwyn posted on Another pointless thread at 17/12/2010 - 14:39
John Riley - he doesn't like comments in the for sale section. I was interrupted and hit enter to fast, then logged out to deal with the interruption.
I'm now a double sinner.
I'm now a double sinner.
Comment by Gwyn posted on FS: Pentax K10D Body at 16/12/2010 - 20:13
You could always post your other poser.
Comment by Gwyn posted on A Christmas Poser at 16/12/2010 - 17:52
Anyone know where Stefan is? Did I miss a post about him going away? Very quiet, and uncontroversial around here without him.
Still snowing. My husband left work early so made it home in reasonable time - helped by half of the people where he works having a Christmas party today so there was less of queue to get on the motorway.
Still snowing. My husband left work early so made it home in reasonable time - helped by half of the people where he works having a Christmas party today so there was less of queue to get on the motorway.
Comment by Gwyn posted on Another pointless thread at 16/12/2010 - 17:51
Join the club .
Sorry John.
Sorry John.
Comment by Gwyn posted on FS: Pentax K10D Body at 16/12/2010 - 17:47
Sent from Belgium?
How odd. They use an distributor for Benelux, rather than having their own presence here.
Funny if mine goes from Belgium to Watford to the Netherlands. Pity we can't short circuit that.
How odd. They use an distributor for Benelux, rather than having their own presence here.
Funny if mine goes from Belgium to Watford to the Netherlands. Pity we can't short circuit that.
Comment by Gwyn posted on K5 Sensor Issues... at 16/12/2010 - 17:45
Sorry Paul, that's why I didn't put the answer immediately.
Comment by Gwyn posted on A Christmas Poser at 16/12/2010 - 16:26
Paul, the answer is water - H to O.
Comment by Gwyn posted on A Christmas Poser at 16/12/2010 - 16:22
Haven't got mine yet .