The beast from the East is apparently coming our way -5c

that's true mr. spock, its often safer when it snows
some of us have to go out in the rain and the snow , I still hope it snows` every winter in Britain I prefer to see the snow rather than cars

Well I have to travel 300 miles this week otherwise I dont get paid so sort of hoping it doesnt.

do you really mr spock, that's a pity
I don't and I still hope it snows

what a terrible country we live in if when it snows someone doesn't get paid
that shouldn't be allowed to be the case and we could all enjoy the snow

I have never in my life heard of any civilised country whereby if it snows you don't get paid

Haven't had such cold weather so late in February for donkeys.

In other news we voted to leave the EU.

Coincidence? I don't think so.

I think it was 1963 when it snowed constantly from January to march and people still were paid,
it didn't even stop the Beatles on their first tour of England
And of course the rest is history

lfc you are taking the fish I believe

....and whilst you may think its funny, the reality is contractors and self employed people get paid when then work and not when they dont.

It's the snow plough drivers I have the most empathy for.  How are they supposed to get to work?

lfc - what you may not know is Mr Spock's a self-employed road-gritter driver

I'll bet public sector workers can't wait for more time off through the weather conditions, especially the teachers.

Why some people get paid when they're absent from work and other don't has always puzzled me.

So much for the Labour movement and unions.

saying like 2010. , a vortex

that's true Dr C, Its hard to describe how beautiful it is to wake up early in the morning and find there has been a fall of snow overnight

Sometimes I go for an early walk , past the houses and the hedges and the trees covered in snow, and I walk on looking down at the snow
its hard to find the words to describe how lovely it is

It's quite magical walking though a tree-lined avenue - or a forest - with the branches covered in snow.

Blue skies and warm here in North Yorkshire today, Enviro Agency and Met Office mugs on 100k cant even get the forecast right, more easy goverment money to save, most would do their jobs for 25-30k a year.

very nicely described trilby

snow is great,i love it when it takes 4 hours to drive 10miles

"NORTH WINDS BLOWS AND BRINGS THE SNOW" but this is coming from the east so we are saved

don't panic


UK expected to feel 'colder than Arctic Circle' with snow warnings in place

the Arctic circle north of the Faroes doesn't really get that cold   ... it gets colder in southern Germany .

artic circle currently - 15

Glomfjord Norway  inside the Arctic circle is normally around 1c  this time of year  but sits currently at -9  .... that's very unusual .


Parts of Southern Europe get much colder averages than Glomfjord  ...

Arctic circle sub-headings are misused  ..any 'cold' we get from the north  is feeble  to say the least ,that's because it gets colder the further east or north east  across land mass ..we are too near the ocean .

Kent , Essex for a start is colder than Glasgow and Belfast in winter

Kent,Essex and Suffolk

4 inches of snow and the southerners run for cover.

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trilby22    25 Feb 18 13:15 
It's quite magical walking though a tree-lined avenue - or a forest - with the branches covered in snow.

Feckin snowflake!

akabula  - we southerners have more sense than to go and get wet or cold.

I don't know why some poor people have to go to work in the snow,
maybe its to punish them for being poor

yes us poor c unts

why do you keep on about the poor? if you are rich I'm sure its got nothing to do with you you lazy sod

If we get 4" of snow in Londinium the place literally comes to a standstill. Roads closed, trains in disarray, schools shut, panic buying at M &S and Waitrose etc. My road is a little side street and it never gets gritted, so that's me snookered if it happens.

that's right slippy.bloody nightmare for us poor people

nobody likes poor people mccann you can see why if they,re all like you

You'd better get down to M&S or Waitrose Slippy
Same where I live in South East...

I certainly will do tomorrow afternoon paulypaul, the M & S food hall in Lordship Lane beckons for back up supplies most definitely.

in edinburgh for a day of culture on wednesday, 20cm of snow expected

looks like i'll have to postpone the naked group hug tomorrow then

Latest From BBC is from the Midlands down to London Getting hit AMBER warning for Tuesday .

Wed not Looking Good North, North East ,  and a Full Blown Blizzard Down south at the End of the week .

yes, might have to wear a coat and underpants

Get ur Cap On

Feckin wimps. Get the Barbie out.

she'll freeze to death ffs

cold...my arse! pansies

Feb 25, 2018 -- 3:25PM, akabula wrote:

Feckin wimps. Get the Barbie out.

+1

Been snowing for an hour or so, now got a covering, the place will probably grind to a halt tomorrow

Bitterly cold here, took Muttley out for his late night spin and even he didn't fancy going more that half a mile. I was ready to quit after a furlong!

- 5

puts chelt in doubt

tues  13th March

I kid you not

I hope some of these forecasters haven't betting accounts.

So far(from F/C given 2 days)ago the eastern part of the M25 was supposed to have significant and disruptive snow with vehicles stranded  for this mornngs rush hour,also loss of power and rural communities "isolated", the reality is the half centimetre that fell has well and truly melted.

Quite staggering really,feed any ould sheete to the masses,one media outlet trying to outdo the other,no doubt off up a little mountain as we speak to get the "pictures".

Greater Anglia trains have cancelled services tonight because of the weather that hasn't even happened.

Snow was gone by this morning, only lightly snowing now.

The three words Abellio Greater Anglia are the most powerful argument one could make for renationalisation.

The way to preserve continuity of public services, it to stop paying people when they're not at work. Including the staff.
Their health would improve no end, absenteeism would be limited to a those who are really ill and they would easily brush aside stuff like inclement weather.

overslept this morning and woke to see there was no snow, very disappointing

I don't think anyone in the private sector takes a sick day if they find it too difficult to get to work, usually take one of their annual days holiday
So really that system works pretty well

of course that doesn't mean that they don't take sick days when they are not too badly
But they don't do that when it snows, and if they do they will be less likely to do it later
There is a limit to how many sick days you can get away with when it snows

*private sector should read public sector
its the public sector who will just take a days holiday, that is fine

o shut up

you shut up terry and I will shut up

that seems to me to be a good arrangement, agreed ?

please terry !!!!

:) go ahead terry , take a little time to think about it
or shut up

He's fulfilled his side of the bargain

I kinda sense a bit of a bad vibe,maybe tis the disappointment of no snow or just being totally duped at this stage,whatever,there will be a bit of snow alright.
My preparation is seemingly awry at this precise time,i'm looking at my candle,bar of fruit n nut, skis, parachute(impulse buy,didn't know what to expect) and the bottle of jameson,all redundant except possibly the latter.

To get the thread back on track and induce a bit of harmony in the midst of this armaggedon, gonna give it a blast.

I'll keep it short and only a verse as not blessed with the vocals.

NO MORE HE,LL HEAR THE SEAGULL CRY O'ER THE MURMURING SHANNON TIDE,
FOR HE FELL BENEATH A NORTHERN SKY BRAVE O'HANLON BY HIS SIDE,
THEY HAVE GONE TO JOIN THE GALLANT BAND OF PLUNKETT,PEARSE AND TONE,
A MARTYR FOR OLD IRELAND,SEAN SOUTH FROM GARRYOWEN.

just been out for a walk, sunny and about 5/6 degrees id guess, beautiful weather

Oh fantastic. We get to hear the media bigging up "climate change", and we also get to hear how chaotic it all is and how it could be the end of days... because we're struggling to get the car off the drive.

Should be fun

Just been to Sky News and true to form

"chaos as beast from east hits UK"

A few flakes earlier Beamish ,Co Durham ,actually quite a Nice day out

The calm before the Storm ?

the panic buying has started,most supermarkets are running low on food,milk,bread,pasta,and potatoes ,the main request,so make sure and stock up,no fun travelling in a foot or two of snow,carrying a gas cylinder. when the electricity goes off.

Food Banks seeing high demand for their popular tinned ham.

DONT UNDERESTIMATE THE BEAST,THE BEAST IS ON ITS WAY ,AND WILL JOIN FORCES WITH STORM EMA ON WENDESDAY NIGHT,AND THE BRITISH ISLES AND IRELAND ARE THEIR TARGETS.
SCOUTS MOTTO=BE PREPARED,THIS IS A MOTHER AND FATHER OF A STORM THAT IS ON THE WAY.

Any minute soon.

10cm?!

Are you having a laugh?

4 inches of snow? Mother and father of a storm?

Where is the British spirit?

48 INCHES.

+thunder and lightning.

My local will be full of White Van Man and his kids from 9am tomorrow morning! Happens every time it snows. At least that shows intelligence and the right attitude. Well done the men of Kent or is it the Kentish men?

WD why u not betting on the PSL!!

yes agreed IFC, btw,sorry if I get a bit lippy but you do pee me off sometimes

Are you trying to get me banned Grant?

You know I don't bet on anything to do with Pakistani cricketers!

Keep on like this and I am going to forced feed you KFC and so breach your NHS Treatment Contract!

What's it like in Caledonia?

Brr Britain's freezing?

Phew what a scorcher?

or is it a road...a white road? or a minefield?

thanks terry its not even a problem and I apologise

By the way I meant we might both stop posting, no need to now,
This will annoy a few people, too bad they deserve it :)

Looking a Bit rough Yarmouth Dogs

Especially for Terry and lfc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REin1BuqiZk

haha great video and beautiful song aka....any sensitive person would agree

Feb 26, 2018 -- 1:00PM, Whisperingdeath wrote:

Are you trying to get me banned Grant?You know I don't bet on anything to do with Pakistani cricketers!Keep on like this and I am going to forced feed you KFC and so breach your NHS Treatment Contract!What's it like in Caledonia?Brr Britain's freezing?Phew what a scorcher?or is it a road...a white road? or a minefield?

was sunny all day and about 6/7 degrees, was every nice!!

phew what a scorcher!

Thought so!

Well down here it's Brrrrrrrrrrr Britain's freezing!

1 inch of snow and it's chaos! Bus routes are supposed to be gritted but Bluebell Hill was almost unmanageable by a friend of mine in a 4 wheel drive!

Mad!

But, But, Al Gore, Global Warming, Polar Bears dying, EPA budget cuts, ice caps melting....... we're all gonna die!!!

beast from the east

mother fcuker from anstruther # 43 cm wed

That's average size for a cheddar man one love..

Going out of the room and into the kitchen to open the fridge door to get a beer ,if I'm not back in five mins you know the snowflakes have got me ........

With these words, Antarctic explorer Capt Lawrence Oates set out to meet his death 100 years ago, aged 31, and entered the history books.........

"I am just going outside and may be some time."

Feb 26, 2018 -- 4:43PM, stickyvicky wrote:

But, But, Al Gore, Global Warming, Polar Bears dying, EPA budget cuts, ice caps melting....... we're all gonna die!!!

1.01 landed

nipping oot for a pint of milk

https://mobile.twitter.com/tongs_ya_bass/status/969144482926071809/photo/1

^

breaking news,the beast and storm emma have just got married and are on their way to WALES,Arriving at 1pm ,remember "where ever you are at 3pm today you will be staying there for 48 hours."

48 hours in Wales

oh no

this is going to be bad,"bad i say"it is going to be bad,bad,bad,in fact i think it is going to be very very very bad,the latest news now is that the newly wed couple are not expected to arrive in wales at 3pm but has increased speed,so get indoors and phone your loved ones,and tell them you will see the on saturday ,there is a lot of snow going to be dumped with loads of drifting and 100 miles a hour gales,good luck to all out their SHACKLETON.

he ate his dogs

YES,I looked at the john Franklin film last night,he had a few meals also.

'Happy St David's Day' ...... Hen Wlad fy Nhadau

They're predicting another snow storm this weekend.... I'm getting a little fed up w8th this cold weather now. Roll on the Summer please !!!

Your wish is granted Diff-rent; it commences next Sunday