Erithacus Posted December 10, 2017 Report Share Posted December 10, 2017 The advice is always the same: DON'T EAT IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 OMG ... Can't we do anything for ourselves in this country anymore? Yellow snow... probably part of Marvin Ree's trade negotiations with the Chinese, while selling off chunks of our city to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 1 minute ago, WhistleHappy said: OMG ... Can't we do anything for ourselves in this country anymore? Yellow snow... probably part of Marvin Ree's trade negotiations with the Chinese, while selling off chunks of our city to them. Always listen to Buster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 9 minutes ago, BigTone said: Always listen to Buster ? .. soz Tone you've lost me with this one, .... probably me being a bit slow again but WTF are you on about? :laugh:.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 1 hour ago, WhistleHappy said: ? .. soz Tone you've lost me with this one, .... probably me being a bit slow again but WTF are you on about? :laugh:.. Buster Footman old chap ................. "never eat yellow snow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippin cider Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 On 11/12/2017 at 15:26, WhistleHappy said: OMG ... Can't we do anything for ourselves in this country anymore? Clearly not! ....it’s pathetic ....I remember trudging to school in the 70s up to my ankles in snow ...school was open and we got on with it! ...nowadays 0.5cm is enough to close everything from schools to airports ! ....wrap everyone up in cotton wool and stay at home would be the choice of our nanny state ! ....boils my p***! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 56 minutes ago, Slippin cider said: Clearly not! ....it’s pathetic ....I remember trudging to school in the 70s up to my ankles in snow ...school was open and we got on with it! ...nowadays 0.5cm is enough to close everything from schools to airports ! ....wrap everyone up in cotton wool and stay at home would be the choice of our nanny state ! ....boils my p***! As with all these things it`s the fear of being sued by some arsehole of a parent after little Mercedes or Chardonnay has fallen over and grazed her knee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 I don't really remember it that well, but my parents confirmed that I went to school during the big freeze of 1963. To be fair, though, I suspect that the teachers and other staff back then probably lived closer to the school and were able to get there on foot, rather than longer journeys nowadays by car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Working in a school (Site Manager) at least half of our school staff have at least a half hour drive (some more) to get to school. Combine that with people driving a lot slower, traffic a lot heavier, a half hour journey can easily turn into a 2 hour plus one. If you haven't got the staff to man 280+ kids, you can't open. Our school was open on Monday - yes heavy snow but it was driveable. We opened to the kids at 10, and finished at 230, even then some were moaning (at least we were open). This was to allow people to travel in the daylight and obviously to allow for extra time. Tuesday we were closed. As much grit as I put down on Monday, everything just froze up. Both playgrounds were like ice rinks (and still were when I went in at 1), locks were frozen, but more importantly every footpath around the school, as well as the roads leading to it, were dangerous. We are a rural school with some roads not having much of a footpath, and a main road running alongside it. Whichever decision you make as a school - to open or close - in this weather, you never make everyone happy. Monday' school closures were overkill, and if I was in charge of one of those schools that closed for some snow, then I'd be embarassed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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