Random musings and general banter.

[Battiola73]

Shouldn't that be lowest temps, -17 and highest 5? Unless that's the time. And even then, it doesn't make sense.

Has he used the wind speed instead of the minimum temperature?

 

[Battiola73]

FFS Peter. Winter is on its way, like it is every year, no need for the scare tactics. I'm old enough to remember the winter of 1962, I was a young schoolgirl. We had no central heating, but we managed. We still went about our daily business, buses ran, milk and post were delivered. We don't get winter's like that now, thank goodness.

Remember it well. Got two weeks off school because the outside toilets froze. Can’t remember how we all got notified when we could go back as very few had phones. Probably by letter. Still had to use the outside loos but they’d set up paraffin heaters to thaw them out.

 

[Battiola73]

Stock up on food just in case. It doesn't take much for everything to stop when we have snow!

I know it sounds daft especially as we rarely get snow down here in the south, but I always stock up in November. I’m disabled and always make sure I’ve enough tinned, dried, and packet food to last a month, plus the freezer is full.

 

[Hammy60]

Jessie now the Trenton expert.

Asks us to check the prices on the American web site.


Hey Jessie, it may have prices in Dollars (illusion tactic) but it ain't an American web site. It's run from London, the web site is run under the Jurisdiction of the English Courts, and privacy is governed by the UK Data Protection Act. American my arse.

Just for you Jessie so in future you know the brand/web sites present lineage:-

Web site → Trenton watch Brand → Ingersoll 1882 Brand → Zeon Ltd (London) → Heralds Holdings Ltd (Hong Kong)

 

[Hammy60]

Jessie also the watch Expert for Tsovet watches.

Jessie kindly pointed out that if you do go diving that this is the pressure release valve (Helium release valve), cause if you go 200 mtrs under water this proves it's the real deal (he loves calling things "The Real Deal").

Great work Jessie, only it isn't a pressure release valve. Because it's a kinetic movement (PX85) with a battery (used to be a capacitor when it was the 5m85 in Seiko watches) it's the pusher for the power storage indicator function, it has sod all to do with helium or pressure release.

 

[Hammy60]

Well hopefully everyone survived the overnight Arctic conditions, hopefully Pedro was supplied with extra ceramic heaters and fleece throws to keep him warm in his igloo hotel room. Thankfully heeded Pedro's adverse weather warning and was suitably prepared (fully stocked freezer, torches, batteries, throws, water bottles oh and made sure house was insured) for the -40c temps with blizzard conditions and the possibility of 10 ft snow drifts.

In the real world, just a usual late November night, a wee bit chilly with a very, very, super, super, phenomenally, phenomenally light dusting of snow.

 

[Muttley]

I know it sounds daft especially as we rarely get snow down here in the south, but I always stock up in November. I’m disabled and always make sure I’ve enough tinned, dried, and packet food to last a month, plus the freezer is full.

I stock up because bad weather can cause chaos in London and sometimes for safety reasons transport grinds to a halt. I don't mind snow, but when it freezes I'm worried I could fall which could cause problems with my joints so I avoid going out. I have flexibility at work and can work from home 3 days a week and more if there's bad weather or train strikes. And since Covid I've always stocked up a bit just in case (and not just on bog roll).

 

[Hammy60]

I stock up because bad weather can cause chaos in London and sometimes for safety reasons transport grinds to a halt. I don't mind snow, but when it freezes I'm worried I could fall which could cause problems with my joints so I avoid going out. I have flexibility at work and can work from home 3 days a week and more if there's bad weather or train strikes. And since Covid I've always stocked up a bit just in case (and not just on bog roll).

Yeah pavements are okay when snow first falls, good grip, but after it's compacted and starts turning to ice it's a nightmare to walk on, especially if the council haven't treated them, although thankfully our council has gotten better at that after some bad winters where they concentrated on the roads to keep them open and neglected the pavements which led to a really high number of falls/accidents, they got a lot of stick from the public, press and NHS which was struggling with the extra numbers at A & E and have since done a better job with the pavements.
I remember back in 2010, when we had a really cold December, had a few days heavy snow then about a week of light snow, but with a couple of weeks of sub zero temps, was down to -15 a few nights, untreated pavements, the snow didn't shift and just compacted and ended up like 2 inch thick sheet of ice on every pavement for a couple of weeks, so thick it took ages too thaw, everybody had to walk on the roads because a lot of the pavements outwith the city center were impossible to walk on.

 

[Jazzydrury]

I’m surprised they haven’t stocked those grip things to go on Shoes, Not that it bothers me, as I always use my wheelchair when out, as when I do walk I’m very unsteady. But then there is another issue. Wheelchairs and Snow and Hard Frost don’t like each other . So tend to stay indoors.

The Special School I went to towards the end of my schooling. Was scheduled to Slowly close, as it was a special school. They allowed anybody who was a pupil, to see out there schooling first. The year after I left, it had just one year left, But as no money was being spent, Come winter it always had frozen pipes.

Winters aren’t so bad now, here in Bristol, Think we had lying snow for about a hour last year, My dad used to be a grave digger, he said he remember years when they had to set small fires, to the ground to dig it

 

[Jazzydrury]

We live in a Small Village, In bad weather we are forgotten about, Don’t think Ive ever seen a gritter

 

[Muttley]

Yeah pavements are okay when snow first falls, good grip, but after it's compacted and starts turning to ice it's a nightmare to walk on, especially if the council haven't treated them, although thankfully our council has gotten better at that after some bad winters where they concentrated on the roads to keep them open and neglected the pavements which led to a really high number of falls/accidents, they got a lot of stick from the public, press and NHS which was struggling with the extra numbers at A & E and have since done a better job with the pavements.
I remember back in 2010, when we had a really cold December, had a few days heavy snow then about a week of light snow, but with a couple of weeks of sub zero temps, was down to -15 a few nights, untreated pavements, the snow didn't shift and just compacted and ended up like 2 inch thick sheet of ice on every pavement for a couple of weeks, so thick it took ages too thaw, everybody had to walk on the roads because a lot of the pavements outwith the city center were impossible to walk on.

The pavements round my way never get treated. Railway platforms are always done which tells me when its going to be bad. Maybe I should get a stick to give me confidence in bad weather, any idea where I can get one

 

[cheeky chappie]

Jessie also the watch Expert for Tsovet watches.

Jessie kindly pointed out that if you do go diving that this is the pressure release valve (Helium release valve), cause if you go 200 mtrs under water this proves it's the real deal (he loves calling things "The Real Deal").

Great work Jessie, only it isn't a pressure release valve. Because it's a kinetic movement (PX85) with a battery (used to be a capacitor when it was the 5m85 in Seiko watches) it's the pusher for the power storage indicator function, it has sod all to do with helium or pressure release.

MMmmm, I wonder what percentage of IW customers go diving, let alone to depths of 200 metres

 

[Tricompax]

We live in a Small Village, In bad weather we are forgotten about, Don’t think Ive ever seen a gritter

Big yellow thing spewing out salt and grit

 

[Muttley]

MMmmm, I wonder what percentage of IW customers go diving, let alone to depths of 200 metres

I hear Muriel is into deep diving. But I may have made this up.

 

[Duke of Cheese]

Wonderful snakes and 1970s’ Lumberjack Coats hour with Herself this morning…

 

[Hammy60]

I’m surprised they haven’t stocked those grip things to go on Shoes, Not that it bothers me, as I always use my wheelchair when out, as when I do walk I’m very unsteady. But then there is another issue. Wheelchairs and Snow and Hard Frost don’t like each other . So tend to stay indoors.

The Special School I went to towards the end of my schooling. Was scheduled to Slowly close, as it was a special school. They allowed anybody who was a pupil, to see out there schooling first. The year after I left, it had just one year left, But as no money was being spent, Come winter it always had frozen pipes.

Winters aren’t so bad now, here in Bristol, Think we had lying snow for about a hour last year, My dad used to be a grave digger, he said he remember years when they had to set small fires, to the ground to dig it

In her later years, my mum had awful problems walking so got her a wheelchair and pushed her to shops etc. I had my eyes opened as to how bad it is for wheelchair users to get around and use facilities/shops etc in a city, whether it was poor pavements, poor access, impossible to navigate shop layouts or just ignorant shoppers, i found it an utter nightmare at times, made my blood pressure and anger management worse than when watching IW.

 

[Hammy60]

Has Ideal World been taken over by the MET office and changed it's name, seems to be Ideal Weather channel now, weather updates and weather warnings ever 5 minutes.

 

[Jazzydrury]

In her later years, my mum had awful problems walking so got her a wheelchair and pushed her to shops etc. I had my eyes opened as to how bad it is for wheelchair users to get around and use facilities/shops etc in a city, whether it was poor pavements, poor access, impossible to navigate shop layouts or just ignorant shoppers, i found it an utter nightmare at times, made my blood pressure and anger management worse than when watching IW.

Sadly Hammy it hasn’t still got much better.

I’ve just come back from a regular nurses appointment, to Get there I couldn’t get down pavements as vans and cars are parked on the pavements, you ask them why and the answer you get is we don’t wanna block the roads, I’m gonna make myself sound dumb here I’m 50 next year, but vunerable going onto the road.

Then I went into our small village Tesco, Which has Christmas Tat blocking the isles, you get a blank look from staff, and you email head office, and don’t get a reply

 

[Battiola73]

Yeah pavements are okay when snow first falls, good grip, but after it's compacted and starts turning to ice it's a nightmare to walk on, especially if the council haven't treated them, although thankfully our council has gotten better at that after some bad winters where they concentrated on the roads to keep them open and neglected the pavements which led to a really high number of falls/accidents, they got a lot of stick from the public, press and NHS which was struggling with the extra numbers at A & E and have since done a better job with the pavements.
I remember back in 2010, when we had a really cold December, had a few days heavy snow then about a week of light snow, but with a couple of weeks of sub zero temps, was down to -15 a few nights, untreated pavements, the snow didn't shift and just compacted and ended up like 2 inch thick sheet of ice on every pavement for a couple of weeks, so thick it took ages too thaw, everybody had to walk on the roads because a lot of the pavements outwith the city center were impossible to walk on.

I’m absolutely terrified of the snow. Back in 2010 I was working in an office way out of town with only one road in and out. My friend and I decided to walk home (4miles) from n the heavy snow as no buses running. Got about a mile when I came over poorly. Fortunately a couple who were stationary in their car picked us up and after taking an hour and a half to move a mile dropped us off at a local hotel. Idea was to get a meal then get taxi home. Ended up staying the night and got taxi home lunchtime next day.
After that if it snowed I worked from home.

 

[Muttley]

Sadly Hammy it hasn’t still got much better.

I’ve just come back from a regular nurses appointment, to Get there I couldn’t get down pavements as vans and cars are parked on the pavements, you ask them why and the answer you get is we don’t wanna block the roads, I’m gonna make myself sound dumb here I’m 50 next year, but vunerable going onto the road.

Then I went into our small village Tesco, Which has Christmas Tat blocking the isles, you get a blank look from staff, and you email head office, and don’t get a reply

That's awful, you shouldn't have to put up with that in 2024.