Snow MONTH !!

FUBAR · February 05, 2009, 12:40:21 PM

More tonight...

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Move the slider at the bottom to 9am tomorrow morning... thats pretty much us covered

Amey · February 05, 2009, 12:42:06 PM

Quoting: FUBAR

You deserve a medal for driving that in this lot

Ian left Swindon at about 4:30. Normally takes about 1hour 20 minutes from his work.
Not sure how long it will take tonight

Amey · February 05, 2009, 12:42:52 PM

Will have to get Phil to put up a pic of the snowman he's made in the front garden, it is very good.

Phil and Shifty then made an igloo over Shifty's this afternoon

FUBAR · February 05, 2009, 12:44:12 PM

Sweet

I was going to start a MKB Snowman Competition thread but I haven;t got the pic of the one I made earlier yet...

anyone want to start it off?

Roadkill · February 05, 2009, 12:59:20 PM

Quoting: FUBAR

wossat then?

It stops the gearbox selecting first gear (obviously the default) - hence reduces the risk of wheel spin.

My 4th gen was a Californian car and didn't have that option !

Was a bloody nightmare in snow.

F Body · February 05, 2009, 01:13:28 PM

Luton Borough Council ran out of gritting salt last night and now other councils are following suit

Talk about skating on thin ice ( pun intended )

Sort makes you wonder where the £45 billion in motoring taxes we pay goes

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FUBAR · February 05, 2009, 02:11:31 PM

Hahahaha

I've just noticed the Volume control on the videos on BBC news goes up to 11

"Its 1 Louder!"

Amey · February 05, 2009, 03:45:46 PM

Quoting: Amey

Ian left Swindon at about 4:30. Normally takes about 1hour 20 minutes from his work.
Not sure how long it will take tonight

Took Ian about 2 hours to get home, so not too bad

Here's all the pic's taken so far today

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Rob · February 05, 2009, 03:53:38 PM

Well....I've been watching the live train departure board for Bletchley tonight as I WAS due to go to work......

It seems that London Midland Trains can't seem to figure out what any of the trains from Northampton to Euston are supposed to be doing until they are due at Milton Keynes, when unsurprisingly they announce they have been cancelled.

My only explanation is that either the Northampton bumpkins haven't got telephones yet or their really is a Bermuda triangle somewhere between here and there.....

So, I'm staying home with my bottle of Red and a movie about Ford ripping of an inventor about a windscreen wiper invention....

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Titsy · February 05, 2009, 04:52:10 PM

Quoting: Amey

Phil and Shifty then made an igloo over Shifty's this afternoon

We made one after work in the car park... it was big enough to get all 5 builders in...

Titsy · February 05, 2009, 04:54:21 PM

Quoting: F Body

Luton Borough Council ran out of gritting salt last night and now other councils are following suit

MK council were on the radio this morning saying they had plenty in reserve...

HardRockCamaro · February 05, 2009, 04:57:23 PM

Quoting: Rob

So, I'm staying home with my bottle of Red and a movie about Ford ripping of an inventor about a windscreen wiper invention....

I've been waiting to see that movie for ages as I can't find it on torrent.

HardRockCamaro · February 05, 2009, 04:58:44 PM

A couple of other snow day pics I took:

Titsy · February 05, 2009, 05:01:50 PM

Julian went for a bit of a play in his mini on the snow at Finmere Airfield...

Cool Video: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/video/video.php?v=49473454388&ref=nf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Video VBOX Drifting in the snow

EDIT: You need to be a Facebook user to view it...

Rob · February 05, 2009, 05:05:35 PM

Quoting: Titsy

We made out after work in the car park... it was big enough to get all 5 builders in...

Rob · February 05, 2009, 05:06:04 PM

Quoting: HardRockCamaro

I've been waiting to see that movie for ages as I can't find it on torrent.

Rapidshare FTW

Titsy · February 05, 2009, 05:10:29 PM

Quoting: Rob

Quoting: Titsy
We made out after work in the car park... it was big enough to get all 5 builders in...

That's a mis quote if ever I saw one...

HardRockCamaro · February 05, 2009, 06:35:14 PM

Quoting: Rob

Rapidshare FTW

Got torrent from TPB, downloaded in 22 mins!

F Body · February 06, 2009, 02:40:53 AM

Well left for the gym at 05:30am and the roads were very slushy but fine, got to the Gym and it was open ( Good man Mikey )

Left the gym at 07:15am and it was starting to snow again, got a mile down the road and it was complete gridlock again

We may as well shut up the UK for winter

ianjpage · February 06, 2009, 02:48:26 AM

Quoting: FUBAR

apart from the obvious answer wossat then?

A Very handy button - basically electronically locks out 1st gear, meaning that when you pull away, it starts in 2nd gear i.e. in a manual put into 2 rather than one- means i can rev the engine slightly higher and get better traction and (hopefully) less spinnning wheels

Quoting: FUBAR

Could admin (when he eventually gets home) please re-title this thread to Snow Week!! please as I feel that this is now a much more appropriate title

lol yeah ok will do

nice pics HRC

Flip Martian · February 06, 2009, 03:21:38 AM

I think I'm going to miss the morning FBody "I cycled to the gym and then the roads were gridlocked-why is this country so bad at dealing with snow" morning rant once the thaw comes...

Looks very pretty here; don't think I've ever seen it snow as bad over such a prolonged period while I've been up in MK (almost 11 years). Apart from that weird freak snow storm we had a few years back 1 afternoon.

Roadkill · February 06, 2009, 03:26:29 AM

Did some donuts in the company car park this morning as I was the first one in . . . . . FWD, Auto Eldo for teh win !!!111

Was bloody hard work, really - it's a tiny car park.

ianjpage · February 06, 2009, 03:42:06 AM

Quoting: Roadkill

Was bloody hard work, really - it's a tiny car park.

yeah it aint that big at all - fair play to ya though gorra be done hehe

Tis coming down hard again now - watching it from the warmth of me home office - means i gorra work though :(

FUBAR · February 06, 2009, 03:50:13 AM

FYI I heard on Radio 1 this morning that (amongst other places) Wiltshire authorities have now run out of grit...

Andy · February 06, 2009, 04:00:06 AM

Well, everyday this week I've made it into work, but I'm just fed up now, so I got as far as the first car that was wheel spinning because it was stuck and turned around.

Nice and warm at home, besides I've got some time to make up on the drum kit!

After clearing the drive I did go and shovel something nasty in my neighbours front garden... we don't get on too well.

Snow MONTH !!

Roadkill

Roadkill

Andy