only takes half an inch or so to bring the UK to a standstill Zina!

Doh! have also run out of food..so tea will be some oven chips, peas, tinned sweetcorn and one small tin of salmon between four....
Life is impossible without my car..and it's still freezing even with the heating on turbo. comes of having walls 3 inches thick with lots of gaps in them. Honestly, you can see to the outside through some of the gaps. Brrrr!
Tried to post more pics...but failed. Keep getting told i already have a file named something or other...and i rename the new file...and still it won't work. Looking on the bright side, you're probably all quite grateful. Am off now to spread 7 oven chips between four people.

Just cause I don't post doesn't mean I don't care...so when everybody was posting about snow yesterday I looked up some pictures...and I didn't get it...I am sorry...

We are getting awful snow since night but right now it's not sticking yet...ummm...it looks just about like those pictures posted above...maybe a bit worse...but they say it's gonna get colder and it will really start sticking...yuck...

This year we have a bad winter...we have non-stop snow that melts during the day and freezes into ice at night, so we didnt' get out of ice this winter yet...pretty unusual for these parts...usually we get 2 or 3 awful snow storms (a foot or less of snow) and then that's it...

It's the ice that's so horrible isn't it? Unless you're a stunt driver as i know some of us are.
I can't keep the car ( that i don't have at the moment ) on the road in warm sunshine..ditches keep creeping up on me....let alone when there's ice in various shades of black or white all over the place. Eeeek!

I usually don't drive in weather like this...multiple phobias which won't be discussed here for fear of the wise butts...co-worker gave me a ride to work today...

I think that was kind of them Zina. Probably! It would be gutting to have to miss work of course!

Just found some old Marvel (dried milk) at the back of the cupboard. It's a bit brown and dried up....but i'm desperate..

Surprisingly enough, I am well liked...lol...

Congrats on milk...remembered radio talk show once when somebody mentioned that in America as soon as it snows, everybody is making French toast...stores are full of people buying bread, eggs and milk...lol...French toast...

Marvin and Sam have not been out for 2 days now there are no pawprints in the snow and the litter tray is full!! Even London cats dont cope with snow lol!!

Our cats always used to use the tray just as we were eating...they were almost infallible. We hardly noticed, but visitors used to retch a bit. I suppose it might have been my cooking come to think of it...

Sam always used to do that when she was a kitten and cos i'm open plan, there was quite a few meals we ate in the bedroom lol!!

snow snow everywhere and never a drop of milk
 

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Local facilities from the bedroom window...

Punto? Fix It Again Tony! :p

Our neighbor's cat keeps on sitting in our backyard...I guess our snow is warmer...lol...

Or cooler ... do cats get piles? :twisted:

Dave

What are piles???

Ever wish you hadn't said something?

Bum grapes.

Next ...

Dave :twisted:

Oh...then cats must have it...why should they be better than us????

Oh yeah, they are...they own us...duh...

think i am gonna need some ice skates to get to work this morning ,,its like a sheet of ice outside,should be good for a laugh...dancing on ice or what....lol

LOL:lol: You go Barb!

It's freezing here Brrr!!!! No snow or ice ... we only had thick snow for a day and then the heavy rain washed it all away! Thank goodness:-)

It's weird to sit in an Australian month-long heat wave and see ice and snow storms in the northern hemisphere.

You lot skate on your roads and ours are literally melting.

We had a non-stop snow starting from the night before and all through the day yesterday...regular freaking non-stop blizzard...fortunately, temperatures dropped after the snow ended...so it's not so bad...

Unfortunately, some people did get it rough...my co-worker's uncle was coming from work yesterday, the car skidded and he hit the fire hydrant...instant death...life is becoming funner and funner...

That's horrible Zina.

Yeah...I got your e-mail and I promise to reply but I probably won't be online from home for another day or so...sorry for the delay!

no worries x

Running someone over on your motorbike makes an interesting start to the day!!!!

Badly?

(or if it was a deliberate act ... how many gardens did you have to drive over before you hit them?)

My sister just rang me and asked if I had looked out the window yet, which I said no as I was in the throws of getting up and she urged me to look so I got up a bit and peeked outside... Everyting is white and the snow is still falling, she asked me if I wanted to go tobogganing with her and bf Mike but unfortunaly I can't go because I have to work... Not looking forward going out there today, I looked out Mum's window and because cars have been running and the pavement has been walked on it looks to be slushy and a little icy underfoot... Oh joy !!
But have a day off tomorrow :cheer: !!

Nope, I did it quite well lol

20' from a crossing with the lights on red, she decided she'd be better off walking up a bit then crossing in front of a van, don't think she'll do it again tomorrow!!!!

So long as you're alright

Possibly more importantly. How's the bike?

Or even the pedestrian :shock: :lol: ?

Andy said more important ...

Suicidal peds go right to the bottom of the priority list (as well as to the bottom of the vehicle they jump out in front of).

Dave

yeah but i'm sure they make good target practice

Hmm...Q102 second audition is on the 14th at 12.10pm when the pre op for the laser eye surgery was at 12pm that day.

called the clinic and they don't have anything until else until the 16th, which was supposed to be my time for recovery, 3 days, and the time they couldn't give me from work but said i could take sick days.

Have to see if i can make the pre op in the afternoon on the monday, after work and take my time from then

Andy, is it really cold where you are? Scrabble's nose looks a bit cold....

well that's that problem solved, pre op on the 16th, surgery on the 1st march

Mike, good luck with everything!!!

There's a killer on the loose (no, not Mad Mike and his bike) ...

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*Waiting for Michael to come and ask who is Mike*...

Michael doesn't rhyme with Bike, so tough ;-)

It's not cold ... it's red-dy ;-)

All things come to those who wait lol

Please try Michael and motorcycle

been looking at old pics on facebook...I really miss the UK...

on a different note, did I mention I went to the Rocky Horror Show premiere last night? :D

Too many syllables for me :-(

But I'll try and remember for next time :-)

:lmao:

I want to go to town but will it be risky with the pavements being icy and all ?!
Ooh decisions !!

If one more person tells me (or comments amongst themselves) that I've put on weight (regardless of whether that's followed with statements along the lines of "but you look good") they're getting a slap :roll:

Have you lost weight?

so you finally had a decent excuse for your crossdressing

I think it managed to snow just about everywhere in england today except Southampton - stupid geothermal hot spot thingy :evil:

a couple of pounds maybe...which granted is nothing compared to however many i've put on (hiding from scales - don't want to know) ... but seriously ... do you TELL people they've put on weight? I'm not dangerously overweight, and probably not fat, but c'mon, being told you've put on weight really does nothing for your confidence

lettuce and ryevitas for tea then... :(

so i'm off to decathalon shortly to buy something to run / go to the gym in that's not shorts and not those horrible thick trakkie bottom things that create static on the treadmill causing it to electrocute me whenever i touch it!

I´m deeply disappointed!
on the other hand its been a beautiful day, sunny, warm with stunning sunrise and sunset

you're obviously not in dublin!

finally came up with a very rough demo to open your eyes in the guitar lesson tonight

surely you'd be better off opening peoples ears?

there'll be a free crowbar with the cd release:D

friday night,sitting in bored....something definately...WRONG...lol

i wish i was though!

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reeeally shouldnt have driven home :nope:

charmer!

you couldn't have carried the car?

looking foward to a lovely lazy weekend for a change...

Hottest day on record - ever - and bushfires all over the place. Towns decimated. :(

Dug up enough snow to allow the car to escape from its white prison.

At last we managed to reach civilisation so the fridge is now stocked up :-)

Dave

Keep your fingers crossed that the Tesco man managed to get to work this morning, and will be able to deliver my shopping this afternoon...

:p I know

was way too tired to drive. better not gonna do that again :oops:

Hate BT :( We've had enough, we're leaving them. Four months of intermittent broadband, we can't be doing with it anymore, we're changing to Sky, and if BT try to charge us for breaking contract we will fight them on the beaches...

We get Torchwood over here in March.
Makes completely sense, especially because we didnt even get to see the complete first series of Doctor Who lol
I bloody hope we´ll make it till the second series of Torchwood, cos it has James Marsters in it :drool:

Best I don't tell you about the broadband hell we went through with Sky or how many months it took to resolve, I still don't like the service 18months later.

3-2...top of the league...ain't it beautiful:D

I should add that newcastle won without their eejit of a manager, who was in hospital...could their be a link?!

were with O2 and they've been good so far and its only £7.50 a month if you are with O2 on your mobile...

I'm with Virgin for internet and landline and i've not had many problems lol!!

You'll love it Torchwood is brilliant and John Barrowman is sooooo gorgeous!!

Oops lets hope Michael wasn't waiting for MOTD lol!!

Hmmm ... how do I put this .... you do realise that Barrowman is, well, erm, Scottish?

Dave :twisted:

Well i'm half Scottish so its ok lol!!

That's what I call "whoops"...lol...

whoops upside your head?

Ah, I think I need to explain to our foreign friends who don't know who he is :-)

"Scottish" was a euphemism. Although SamCat has some Scottish in her, the chances of having some Barrowman in her is zero since not only is he Scottish, but he's also gay...

Dave

LOL!!He's the only man i'd have a sex change for!!

the snow is back and i'm going back to bed

Walking back wasn't fun, actually I cried because I was so scared that I'd slip, at one point I was just stood in the middle of the road.. Stuck because I tested the road around me with my foot and it slid, almost rang mum but thought I am almost home, I can do it and somehow I got home but it's scary when it's like this !!

should've tried driving in it...or not. roads not gritted, everything white...no one driven up the hill before me so just had a sheet of icey slippy whiteness to drive up hill on. in a peugeot 106. at least my drive home wasn't boring! (if you're wondering who won between me and the car, it was me...and i pray that remains the case!)

Sooooooooooooooo tirrrred :(

Ok it's a lie...I'm a bit coffeed up. However I have that dry eyed, could really do with a long sleep sort of feeling.

Just 2 and a bit hours till my train.

Crying over snow is a bit nuts :nuts: unless you're a child and other kids are throwing snowballs filled with stones in them - Grrrrrr!

Pud :twisted:

all 3 tickets sorted!!!!!! yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :cheer: :mrgreen:
Roll on May!!!

just need lots of sleep...

Is that a yippeeeeeeeeeee i can join in with lol!!!!

LOL
Certainly, feel free to join, a further yippeeeeeeeeeeeee can never be wrong! Especially when you´re involved anyway :mrgreen:
Been dancing through the office after I won the auction lol :oops:

Thoroughly gutted by the human cost of our fires here in Victoria, Australia.

First the worst drought in history dries up the countryside, then the heatwave from hell and then a succession of fire balls (and not the yummy kind) swallows up what's left.

It's all so depressing, and hard to escape when you open windows and the smell of smoke fills your nostrils.

sounds like a total nightmare for you,hope it improves soon

Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!

And i just killed a really hard boss in Castlevania lol!!

Pud, I was not crying because it was snow, I love the snow but if you read my post properly you would of read that I was scared of falling on ice... May seem petty to you but as I have brittal bones a fall could break one !!
That aside glad I made it in one peice.

So much to do and so little time !!

so do i as i doubt the car can make such entertaining posts

It's truly shocking beyond belief, especially when they think most of the fires were deliberately started.

We had the smoke haze from those fires drift over to New Zealand, turned the sky a weird yellow. Kinda puts it into perspective the size of the fires when we get the smoke from over 2,000 Km away.

Pud :twisted:

Just seen the news reports about the fires in Oz, makes the stories that've been run over in the UK about a little snow and ice somewhat insignificant really.

Absolutely. We whinge about not being able to get into work, whilst people in Oz are losing their houses and in some cases their lives. I can't imagine what it's like trying to escape the inferno in a car, and getting burnt to death on the way.

Dave

Yep, I can understand old ladies getting stressed about the weather in the UK, but not the younger ones. The folks in Oz would welcome a massive snow fall right about now.

Pud :twisted:

beggars belief how someone could even consider starting those fires

they have got to be totally insane and should be locked up and the key chucked away forever

I think being strapped to a burning tree would be more appropriate.

Best wishes to Australians and New Zealanders...our thoughts are with you...

In other news...I was called a "looney tunes on crack" today...I think I like it...I think I am legally changing my name to THAT...

The fire isn't really affecting New Zealand, just the smoke haze. Any best wishes should really just go to the Aussies.

The totally bizarre thing is, in Northern Australia they've got floods due to tropical rainstorms :nuts:

Pud :twisted: