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Post by Ally on Feb 10, 2009 22:06:28 GMT
My grandma couldn't go to her best friend's funeral on Monday because of the snow It should go now.
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Post by silverwolf on Jan 15, 2010 1:55:06 GMT
*primes the snow railgun*
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Post by stuart alman on Jan 15, 2010 14:08:44 GMT
i dont get all this rubbish about loss to the economy because of two snow days where no-one works cos in my experience when u get into work on the 3rd day u have to do 3 times your normal work to catch up. So surely you have loss and then massive gain once everyone gos back.
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Post by stokerino on Jan 15, 2010 14:31:04 GMT
Well there's all the incidental parts of the economy, such as transport/retail/restaurants/etc. that require people to be out and about to make money...
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Post by stuart alman on Jan 15, 2010 15:17:24 GMT
ok restaurants suffer but retail if u wana buy a shirt u still want it 2 days later.
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Post by tangent on Jan 15, 2010 15:45:38 GMT
Part-time workers also don't get paid for days they don't show up for work. Doesn't matter if the place shut down. So people who live paycheck-to-paycheck are in dire straights when they can't work because of the snow.
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Post by Lu on Jan 15, 2010 19:00:45 GMT
An those on full time contracts get shamed by there bosses for missing days and are obliged to make the time up if they want to keep there jobs. Or maybe mines just evil............
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Post by Emily on Jan 15, 2010 21:05:39 GMT
yeah anyone who's on a pay as you go basis is up shit creek.
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Post by stokerino on Jan 15, 2010 21:20:45 GMT
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Post by Nayru on Jan 16, 2010 19:07:46 GMT
i take it you guys just got some snow over there? the snow has finally started to melt over here. it's very annoying either way: when it's melting, the roads are wet and it's impossible to keep your windshield clean for more than two minutes (so you go through washer fluid like crazy), and if it doesn't melt, we'll continue to have the giant mountains of snow that are impossible to see around without driving into the middle of the road you're trying to turn on, thus causing traffic hazards everywhere. it never ends!!!
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Post by Emily on Jan 17, 2010 11:42:55 GMT
t's finally melting. it's not anything like as bad as you guys get- but it's random, so it messes everything up. In england we're used to mild, wet winters, so if 20cm of snow falls over night, everything goes wrong- the roads get full of potholes because they aren't built for the temperature or for heavy snow ploughs rolling over them, no-one has snowchains for their tires, everyone commutes to work so no one can get there any more- you can't go out etc etc.
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Post by tangent on Jan 17, 2010 15:03:02 GMT
Actually, lass, it's only places like the Rocky Mountains or Maine that use snow chains in America. Most of us rely on plowed roads instead of chains. =^-^= (Though interestingly enough in Colorado, you're not allowed on the main highway in the winter without snow chains. They'll pull you over and have your vehicle towed to a place that (for a considerable profit to them) puts on snow chains, rather than risk your vehicle sliding off the road and down a 100 foot ravine. ^^;;
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Post by Nayru on Jan 17, 2010 21:58:11 GMT
sometimes i wonder if they bother building the roads to withstand the snow and temperature here, too -- there's no shortage of potholes.
and tangent is correct, nobody has chains on their tires here. so the verdict is usually getting snowed in, having a plow attached to the front of your truck (if you have a truck), or thinking you're invincible with your large truck and/or SUV. those jerks think they own the whole freaking road.
i wish we only got 20cm of snow here... we've had at least 3 snowstorms and i think (if i'm remembering correctly) it was at least 2 or 3 feet per storm (so that's, um...60 or 90cm, i think). but yeah having 20cm of snow would suck if you're not prepared for just a little or any at all.
at least we don't have it as bad as canada. i saw some pictures where people's houses were buried in snow up to the roof!
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Post by Emily on Jan 18, 2010 9:06:45 GMT
I think the problem is with preparedness anyway. In america you can usually rely on whether it's going to snow, and to what extent- becuase it such a large landmass. In england the weather is always very unpredictable because it can come down from the arctic, or up from europe, or in across the ocean, so when it snows, it comes with little prior warning, and it's not waether we usually get. no one has a "snowplow on their truck" you're lucky if we have a shovel.
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Post by Ally on Jan 18, 2010 9:37:46 GMT
I don't think I've even seen a snowplough here - I know some places have them (probably the local councils up north and in Wales and Scotland etc thought them worth investing in, as they're pretty much guaranteed snow over winter) - but down south we cross our fingers and hope grit and salt will be enough. I'm quite lucky in Oxford, because I live near three hospitals, so our roads are a priority for the gritting lorries.
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Post by Emily on Jan 18, 2010 12:02:58 GMT
Ally... the roads did get ploughed, didn't you see the massive piles of snow outside the village? thats from ploughing.
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Post by Nayru on Jan 18, 2010 16:30:04 GMT
eh, ploughs usually come early in the morning in my experience, so unless you get up at the crack of dawn it wouldn't surprise me if you simply slept through them.
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Post by Ally on Jan 18, 2010 18:29:37 GMT
Ally... the roads did get ploughed, didn't you see the massive piles of snow outside the village? thats from ploughing. You think I notice things like that? ;D The snowplough would need to rumble past me or maybe even hit me before I register its existence.
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Post by tangent on Jan 18, 2010 22:57:06 GMT
Why'd you have to send it back here? oO The snow, that is...
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Post by Ally on Jan 19, 2010 8:48:40 GMT
Oops, sorry...
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