View Full Version : Something happened yesterday on the way home from the office.
This was yesterday evening in Essex on the A12 on the Boreham bypass around 16:45-17:00
I was driving, the boss used my camera.
http://www.ocukroguesgallery.com/feek/temp/1-20081029-204236.png
It came down so quickly that it was settling on the road between me and the car in front, you can see that from the track on the road. My headlights were practically useless because they just got covered.
5 miles either side was clear!
Dymetrie
29-10-2008, 21:47
Got caught in a thunderstorm on the way home from the pub yesterday....
Managed to miss the blizzard that my brother and sister told me about though :p
I woke this morning to find I couldn't get into my car as there was a thin layer of ice over the whole of it. Not frost - ice. Damn Arctic winds with their freezing rain! It's like The Day After Tomorrow Right Now... I mean, right now.
Aye Belmit, that's exactly what it was like, it came down with such a ferocity that we commented it was like that. Frost on the car yesterday, none today but I pulled the stalk for the washers and the jets almost froze in midair as they ejaculated onto the windscreen.
Dymetrie
29-10-2008, 21:51
It's like The Day After Tomorrow Right Now... I mean, right now.
You best keep an eye out for The Quaid then!
Nothing more likely to ruin your day than that :p
Bet that was brown pants time.
I went to a pub near Alexandra Palace on Tuesday night, after it had been snowing for about half an hour we decided to get the (2 minute!) train journey home. Unfortunately all the trains were massively delayed and we had to wait 15 minutes for a bus. How can the trains **** up that quickly? Ridiculous. And they were still delayed this morning!
They will come out with the wrong type of snow on the lines excuse no doubt :p
I went to a pub near Alexandra Palace on Tuesday night, after it had been snowing for about half an hour we decided to get the (2 minute!) train journey home. Unfortunately all the trains were massively delayed and we had to wait 15 minutes for a bus. How can the trains **** up that quickly? Ridiculous. And they were still delayed this morning!
Walk, y'lazy bast's!
:p
*n
my mummy, my kids and I got caught in ice cold rain and 5mins later it was heavy snow.
Kids loved it but it was such a shock as the weather didn't mention snow at all and there we were waiting for the bus getting freezing cold wind blowing on us with heavy bloody snow :(
It october its not meant to snow yet.
It snowed in October when I was a kid.
I hope that fifteen years of gash mild winters are over and we're going back to proper winters.
*n
I better get myself a winter coat now then lol.
I got an awesome down-lined one from H&M of all places a couple of years back. I've worn it with nothing but a T-shirt under it when its been -5 outside and been fine.
So today (after being woken at 3:45 AM by hailstones setting off car alarms outside) I'll be throwing it on along with my peaked beanie and skelebob hand gloves for the slog to work. I'll probably need to unzip it after 15 mins to cool down...
*n
SidewinderINC
31-10-2008, 09:02
It snowed in October when I was a kid.
I hope that fifteen years of gash mild winters are over and we're going back to proper winters.
*n
Didn't you live abroad somehwere when you were a kid? or am I thinking of somebody else :confused:
It snowed in march last year in pompey, I wouldn't mind a proper winter tbh.
It snowed in march last year in pompey
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/Takhisis_uk/df9d2920.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/Takhisis_uk/Picture019.jpg
That was the same day I made my porno sausage rolls :o
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/2427/000000000000skelebobgo4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Skelebob gloves ftw.
*n
Walk, y'lazy bast's!
:p
*n
We were going to, but we kept thinking the train/bus would be here 'any minute'. Plus we weren't really dressed for the occasion, it wasn't even raining when we left the flat!
Didn't you live abroad somehwere when you were a kid? or am I thinking of somebody else :confused:
I lived in Berwick - may as well have been Mongolia tbh.
*n
I like the skelebob gloves :D
Marmoset
31-10-2008, 11:12
That first pic is :shocked:. I went to collect my girlfriend from Heathrow at about 5am last April when there was a freak overnight snowstorm. The snow was coming down so hard and so fast that I couldn't see past the end of the bonnet.
Absolutely bricked it and slowed down to about 15-20mph and then had to creep along the road using the sat nav to tell me which way the road was going. One of the scariest drives of my life. :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:
I managed to avoid this, in Leeds there was nothing but it was damn cold. Last night as I was coming back down I could see the storm over chelmsford way right the way from the A1->A14 turn off, so a good 80 miles away. There were some damn impressive forks generated.
We got nothing, as usual. That's what you get for living (sort of) in a valley, I guess.
I like the skelebob gloves :D
Prime doing a Dr. Evil pinkie-to-mouth thing in the box next to the mirror is better though :p
*n
Got back to c'ford train station that day to find an inch of 1/2inch hailstones to walk on. Was interesting in nice slippy trainers :D
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/2427/000000000000skelebobgo4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Skelebob gloves ftw.
*n
yas, i got a pair of those from somerfield a few years ago at haloween. punk rock as **** me.
Been snowing all day here :) Looks very festive outside, wish I could go out and play :(
leowyatt
22-11-2008, 17:30
no snow here :'(
No snow here, but it is cold! Although lack of heating on probably doesn't help that ;D
Colder than a polar bears butt here today.
I saw a Brass Monkey outside, crying his eyes out he was...
Blackstar
22-11-2008, 20:01
It's been snowing on and off here since Friday.
Kell_ee001
22-11-2008, 20:40
Finally had snow over night :(
Creature
22-11-2008, 23:08
No snow here :( Still t-shirt weather.
Definitely not T shirt weather here :)
http://www.kaiowas.co.uk/images/snow/MR5.jpg
Had a beautiful day yesterday. Blue sky and sunshine, but absolutely freezing. It snowed overnight, but now the rain is busy washing it away. BOOOOOOOOO!!! Leon wanted to go out in the Manta for a play.
It's just started snowing here in chelmsford. Was going ot playw ith one of the cars, but not if it's this cold :(
leowyatt
23-11-2008, 09:43
it is raining here, well we now thanks to the rain. No snow for me :'(
Should have done it yesterday Nutcase!! I changed my oil and am bloody glad I chose Saturday not today.
Knipples
23-11-2008, 09:49
Bah! No snow here, just rain!
:(
It's raining now. Still ruddy cold tho!
Should have done it yesterday Nutcase!! I changed my oil and am bloody glad I chose Saturday not today.
Yesterday I was in lincolnshire taking the bits off the donor car I want to fit today :D
We've had a light splattering of snow this morning, nothing major though.
Water water everywhere...I think portsmouth is finally sinking...
Flibster
23-11-2008, 13:25
Just pissing it down here. No snow at all.
Where are you people living?! It's bright, sunny and comparitively mild here.
It's alternating between bright sunshine and ****ing it down here. I'm sure you'll get that sinking feeling eventually.
Justsomebloke
23-11-2008, 13:52
Woke up to a Whitey, One of those frosty whiteys an all not a nice fluffy lets build snowmen whitey :(
Walked me Frank staffy dog, Charged up my leccy key & have plotted up in my front room with heating on full bore & doors shut ever since.
Today Matthew the world does not exist ;D
Blighter
24-11-2008, 04:26
OOOHHH :(
I want snowwww :'(
It is actually not too bad down here. Just walked down the shops in my jeans and t-shirt...
*brainwave* THAT's why they was looking at me strangely :p
Blighter
24-11-2008, 04:26
Woke up to a Whitey, One of those frosty whiteys an all not a nice fluffy lets build snowmen whitey :(
Walked me Frank staffy dog, Charged up my leccy key & have plotted up in my front room with heating on full bore & doors shut ever since.
Today Matthew the world does not exist ;D
Please tell me you're not another Matt? :p
Please tell me you're not another Matt? :p
No, we have quite enough of those around here. Matt = common as muck!
Dymetrie
24-11-2008, 11:06
There was a sprinkling of snow when me and Mrs Dym got up yesterday but this has since been raining like a bugger!
One was snowed in visiting Mrs Jinks and Jinks Jr, but after liberal use of swearwords and a snowshovel, I was able to visit Jinks Snr, who was enjoying completely snow/rain free weather. Bah!
Greenlizard0
24-11-2008, 13:54
Aw, it snowed pathetically on Saturday night/ Sunday morning but nothing really settled. It's cold as hell though.
Dymetrie
24-11-2008, 13:59
It's cold as hell though.
Blimey! Has hell finally frozen over?
I can see lots of odd things happening if it has! :p
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