Comments on: SNOW! http://www.theslant.co.uk/2007/02/08/snow/ Taking a different one on the news Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:07:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Sharon http://www.theslant.co.uk/2007/02/08/snow/#comment-6341 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:14:55 +0000 http://www.theslant.co.uk/2007/02/08/snow/#comment-6341 SNOW? Country "brought to a standstill" by 3 inches of the stuff? I'm old enough to remember the winter of 1963-64 - when it really SNOWED, for weeks. I don't remember the country grinding to a halt then, though I do remember snowploughs piling the stuff really high along the edges of local roads. And I still had to go to school! What is happening to the UK? We can survive bombs - be it IRA or Al Quaeda, but . . . weather? It's not even as if we get that much in the way of Really Serious Weather. In fact, given all the media coverage of the SNOW (which, BTW, missed us completely), I wonder what Real News they aren't reporting. SNOW? Country “brought to a standstill” by 3 inches of the stuff? I’m old enough to remember the winter of 1963-64 - when it really SNOWED, for weeks. I don’t remember the country grinding to a halt then, though I do remember snowploughs piling the stuff really high along the edges of local roads. And I still had to go to school!

What is happening to the UK? We can survive bombs - be it IRA or Al Quaeda, but . . . weather?

It’s not even as if we get that much in the way of Really Serious Weather.

In fact, given all the media coverage of the SNOW (which, BTW, missed us completely), I wonder what Real News they aren’t reporting.

]]> by: theo http://www.theslant.co.uk/2007/02/08/snow/#comment-6313 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:51:46 +0000 http://www.theslant.co.uk/2007/02/08/snow/#comment-6313 An incredibly destructive substance, now a favorite with Al Quaeda. Its being made in very large quantities NOW as we speak in the U.A.E disguised as a large commercial snowslope...when the time is right it will used against us to bring the entire transport system to an unpredictable stop. An incredibly destructive substance, now a favorite with Al Quaeda. Its being made in very large quantities NOW as we speak in the U.A.E disguised as a large commercial snowslope…when the time is right it will used against us to bring the entire transport system to an unpredictable stop.

]]> by: DannyMackay http://www.theslant.co.uk/2007/02/08/snow/#comment-6264 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:42:42 +0000 http://www.theslant.co.uk/2007/02/08/snow/#comment-6264 My local trains are fine - but i have a 15 minute walk from the station - My bet is i'll slip over three times... My local trains are fine - but i have a 15 minute walk from the station - My bet is i’ll slip over three times…

]]> by: Stephen Ball http://www.theslant.co.uk/2007/02/08/snow/#comment-6261 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:20:29 +0000 http://www.theslant.co.uk/2007/02/08/snow/#comment-6261 Hurrah! On the other hand, there is absolutely no way my trainline is getting me home tonight. They couldn't manage it on a normal day last week without fusing the points, so any actual hinderance will finish them. These are the guys who were allowed to use "leaves on the track" as an official excuse. Hurrah!

On the other hand, there is absolutely no way my trainline is getting me home tonight. They couldn’t manage it on a normal day last week without fusing the points, so any actual hinderance will finish them.

These are the guys who were allowed to use “leaves on the track” as an official excuse.

]]> by: Sue Stewart http://www.theslant.co.uk/2007/02/08/snow/#comment-6260 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:17:54 +0000 http://www.theslant.co.uk/2007/02/08/snow/#comment-6260 It's already melted here. Boo. It’s already melted here. Boo.

]]> by: Eliza E. Lanyard http://www.theslant.co.uk/2007/02/08/snow/#comment-6258 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:12:36 +0000 http://www.theslant.co.uk/2007/02/08/snow/#comment-6258 I love snow - yippee!!!!!! I love snow - yippee!!!!!!

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