New Posts For Thread: Hyping the snowhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441310/hyping-the-snowThe media luv it...i mean really really luv itSnow is thawing here....canaryboy will be DEVASTATEDhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441310/hyping-the-snow?post_id=418509354#418509354Snow is thawing here....canaryboy will be DEVASTATEDSun, 10 Jan 2010 04:08:32 -0600It is all pathetic. not exactly the spirit that won the war ffs. People are being fed the panic/chaos etc by the media, and they fall for it.let's face it, it really isn't that bad.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441310/hyping-the-snow?post_id=418508246#418508246It is all pathetic. not exactly the spirit that won the war ffs. People are being fed the panic/chaos etc by the media, and they fall for it.let's face it, it really isn't that bad.Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:10:10 -0600Donemyconkers, are you saying that because it never happened to you that it didn't happen to anyone else?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441310/hyping-the-snow?post_id=418508242#418508242Donemyconkers, are you saying that because it never happened to you that it didn't happen to anyone else?Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:01:34 -0600Wow - way to blow stuff out of proportion. You should be a news editorhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441310/hyping-the-snow?post_id=418508238#418508238Wow - way to blow stuff out of proportion. You should be a news editorSat, 09 Jan 2010 18:27:33 -0600donemyconkers 10 Jan 01:16 Have had zero problems. Not sure what all the fuss is about. I've never had cancer. Not sure what all the fuss is about.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441310/hyping-the-snow?post_id=418508234#418508234donemyconkers 10 Jan 01:16 Have had zero problems. Not sure what all the fuss is about. I've never had cancer. Not sure what all the fuss is about.Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:23:07 -0600Have had zero problems. Not sure what all the fuss is about.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441310/hyping-the-snow?post_id=418508230#418508230Have had zero problems. Not sure what all the fuss is about.Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:16:38 -0600There were pics of the 1947 winter in our paper today ( Yorkshire Post ).Trust me, this snow is nothing like that.There were drifts up to 20ft thick in the dales, 70 sheep froze to death, villages were cut off for up to 6 weeks, people boiled snow fohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441310/hyping-the-snow?post_id=418508226#418508226There were pics of the 1947 winter in our paper today ( Yorkshire Post ).Trust me, this snow is nothing like that.There were drifts up to 20ft thick in the dales, 70 sheep froze to death, villages were cut off for up to 6 weeks, people boiled snow foSat, 09 Jan 2010 18:14:35 -0600I quite like the Tories blaming the government. This Government may be carp but do we really expect them to have 10 billion tonnes of grit stockpiled somewhere.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441310/hyping-the-snow?post_id=418508210#418508210I quite like the Tories blaming the government. This Government may be carp but do we really expect them to have 10 billion tonnes of grit stockpiled somewhere.Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:43:32 -0600Dick, Dobbo and Steptoe. I agree with you. The poorly written point I was trying to put forward was that the media are reactionary. For example, a Local Authority stops skating on a lake and the media say that this is the nanny state gone mad, then shttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441310/hyping-the-snow?post_id=418508206#418508206Dick, Dobbo and Steptoe. I agree with you. The poorly written point I was trying to put forward was that the media are reactionary. For example, a Local Authority stops skating on a lake and the media say that this is the nanny state gone mad, then sSat, 09 Jan 2010 16:41:04 -0600I drove home last night at 12 and it was unreal Never driven in conditions like it in my life and never want to again The main road leading onto the motorway was covered in about 6 inches of snow.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441310/hyping-the-snow?post_id=418508202#418508202I drove home last night at 12 and it was unreal Never driven in conditions like it in my life and never want to again The main road leading onto the motorway was covered in about 6 inches of snow.Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:28:45 -0600