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Greenlizard0 · 05-01-2010, 02:27

Blimey. Just popped outside to lock the gate and there's a thick blanket of snow here.

Fayshun · 05-01-2010, 03:24

I'm wearing my German Para boots in the ice, they're like 4x4 for feet. Not even slipped once.

And I've bought a big furry Russian hat. Mmm, toasty head. Lom says I look like a prat, but at least I'm a warm prat!

Admiral Huddy · 05-01-2010, 09:30

I have glued a dozen or so old socks to my cycle tyres.. Let's see how that goes.

Matblack · 05-01-2010, 10:26

I've made Aitch take a pair to work, it was really icey this morning, again. Getting bored of this now. I suspect that even if we get an even heavier snow fall than last time they will be less forgiving about people getting in.

After the few days before Christmas I saw lots and lots of cars with fresh dents, particularly in side panels. I really don't want to take the car out if it gets bad again :/

MB

Zirax · 05-01-2010, 11:57

Yep and there was the usual dick in a 4x4 went zooming past as I went back to the flat. It's all well and good that 4wd could get him moving..... just how is he going to stop

My work seem alright about the snow so far. When the weather has said worst winter for x years they shouldn't argue too much.

Jonny69 · 05-01-2010, 23:39

I learned a new tip for old cars too

Tie rope round the tyres through the wheel spokes and hey presto, temporary snow chains!

Darrin · 06-01-2010, 21:00

Or in my case ratcheting tie down straps. They don't last too long with the amount of miles I drive, but if I'm up to the pumpkins in snow and not moving (even in 4WD with LT255/75R15's), then it's all out to get moving again.

Rich_L · 07-01-2010, 11:27

Yup top tip

We handed out half a dozen pairs (live at the bottom of a hill) when in Cornwall on Christmas Eve as people abandoned their cars by the side and were struggling to walk up the hill to get home

Garp · 07-01-2010, 18:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Knipples

Wheres this bloody global warming hey!?!?

I was reading the other day that what we're dealing with is an Arctic Ossilation, or something like that. It tends to happen every 20 years or so for a few years on the trot. Whilst it's happening places that are usually warm suffer cold years with lots more snow, and at the same time places like Newfoundland that should be -30 degrees go through unseasonable warm spells (currently sitting in the -10s instead)

http://nsidc.org/arcticmet/patterns/...cillation.html

Strange, but apparently true.

sara · 08-01-2010, 12:24

There's a simplified explanation from the BBC too: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereport...tic_cause.html

There's a bigger version of the graph over the years: http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/pre...x/month.ao.gif

- the mostly-cold stretch from 1984 to 1988 explains why I remember so much snow from childhood in Sweden, and I remember the 2001 cold snap very well as I was learning to drive then, and my instructor took me out on compacted snow to learn how skids and wheelspins happened, and how to get out of them... practical lesson too, great fun

05-01-2010, 02:27	#11
Greenlizard0 Vodka Martini Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 717	Blimey. Just popped outside to lock the gate and there's a thick blanket of snow here. __________________

05-01-2010, 03:24	#12
Fayshun Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Adrift in the Orca Posts: 6,845	I'm wearing my German Para boots in the ice, they're like 4x4 for feet. Not even slipped once. And I've bought a big furry Russian hat. Mmm, toasty head. Lom says I look like a prat, but at least I'm a warm prat! __________________ We must move forward not backward, upwards not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling...

05-01-2010, 09:30	#13
Admiral Huddy HOMO-Sapien Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chelmsford Posts: 6,692	I have glued a dozen or so old socks to my cycle tyres.. Let's see how that goes. __________________ I just got lost in thought.. It was very unfamiliar territory. Techie Talk \| My gaming Blog \| PC spec \| The Admirals log

05-01-2010, 10:26	#14
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	I've made Aitch take a pair to work, it was really icey this morning, again. Getting bored of this now. I suspect that even if we get an even heavier snow fall than last time they will be less forgiving about people getting in. After the few days before Christmas I saw lots and lots of cars with fresh dents, particularly in side panels. I really don't want to take the car out if it gets bad again :/ MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

05-01-2010, 23:39	#16
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	I learned a new tip for old cars too Tie rope round the tyres through the wheel spokes and hey presto, temporary snow chains! __________________

05-01-2010, 11:57	#15
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Yep and there was the usual dick in a 4x4 went zooming past as I went back to the flat. It's all well and good that 4wd could get him moving..... just how is he going to stop My work seem alright about the snow so far. When the weather has said worst winter for x years they shouldn't argue too much.

06-01-2010, 21:00	#17
Darrin Dirteh Kitteh Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hiding out in Mormon Country Posts: 1,629	Or in my case ratcheting tie down straps. They don't last too long with the amount of miles I drive, but if I'm up to the pumpkins in snow and not moving (even in 4WD with LT255/75R15's), then it's all out to get moving again. __________________ A bullet may have your name on it, but shrapnel is addressed "to whom it may concern".

07-01-2010, 11:27	#18
Rich_L Dr Cocktapuss Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Seven Sizzles Posts: 1,044	Yup top tip We handed out half a dozen pairs (live at the bottom of a hill) when in Cornwall on Christmas Eve as people abandoned their cars by the side and were struggling to walk up the hill to get home __________________

08-01-2010, 12:24	#20
sara G&T FFS!!! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 55	There's a simplified explanation from the BBC too: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereport...tic_cause.html There's a bigger version of the graph over the years: http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/pre...x/month.ao.gif - the mostly-cold stretch from 1984 to 1988 explains why I remember so much snow from childhood in Sweden, and I remember the 2001 cold snap very well as I was learning to drive then, and my instructor took me out on compacted snow to learn how skids and wheelspins happened, and how to get out of them... practical lesson too, great fun __________________ More on swing dance in Bristol & the Facebook group.

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