From: JNugent on
cupra wrote:
> "JNugent" <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote in message
> news:2budndp9DvGfkdvWnZ2dnUVZ7t1i4p2d(a)pipex.net...
>> cupra wrote:
>>
>>> "Conor" <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> Well, its official. Snow has hit the South East. You can tell it has
>>>> even if you've not watched the weather forecast by the fact the BBC has
>>>> seen fit to interrupt telly with a "BBC News Special" about it of 45
>>>> minutes this morning and 30 minutes tonight. This was no doubt to let
>>>> the rest of the country know that its snowing a bit, even though they've
>>>> had it for nearly 2 weeks and far worse.....
>>>> Southern pufters.
>>> It's not a North-South thing - it's SE-centric. The SW is left out quite
>>> often too.
>> I don't know that this is true.
>>
>> We (SE) have been hearing about the difficulties in northern England and
>> Scotland for all of those two weeks or so. We didn't complain, as far as I
>> know.
>
> Much about the SW?

I have relatives there, so I keep a particular eye on the SW weather.
From: Douglas Payne on
JNugent wrote:
> cupra wrote:
>
>> "Conor" <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>> Well, its official. Snow has hit the South East. You can tell it has
>>> even if you've not watched the weather forecast by the fact the BBC
>>> has seen fit to interrupt telly with a "BBC News Special" about it of
>>> 45 minutes this morning and 30 minutes tonight. This was no doubt to
>>> let the rest of the country know that its snowing a bit, even though
>>> they've had it for nearly 2 weeks and far worse.....
>
>>> Southern pufters.
>
>> It's not a North-South thing - it's SE-centric. The SW is left out
>> quite often too.
>
> I don't know that this is true.
>
> We (SE) have been hearing about the difficulties in northern England and
> Scotland for all of those two weeks or so. We didn't complain, as far as
> I know.

To be fair, I think there is about a zillion times more snow in badly
affected parts of Scotland than there is in the SE.

Where I live, the first snow fell before christmas. A wee bit more
falls every day and it hasn't melted since then. I haven't driven on a
slush/snow free road for weeks, and it hasn't been bad here compared to
some places.

--
Douglas
From: Andrew Richardson on
JNugent wrote:

> We (SE) have been hearing about the difficulties in northern England and
> Scotland for all of those two weeks or so. We didn't complain, as far as I
> know.

Indeed. A couple of days before the snow started here the news was full of
reports of people in Northern England getting stuck in their cars and
generally having a whinge.

--
Andrew Richardson
From: FrengaX on
On Jan 6, 8:32 pm, "Conor" <co...(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote:
> Well, its official. Snow has hit the South East. You can tell it has
> even if you've not watched the weather forecast by the fact the BBC has
> seen fit to interrupt telly with a "BBC News Special" about it of 45
> minutes this morning and 30 minutes tonight. This was no doubt to let
> the rest of the country know that its snowing a bit, even though they've
> had it for nearly 2 weeks and far worse.....

But you don't have incovenient things like hills in your part of the
country (E Yorks)

From: Mike on
On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 02:19:24 -0800 (PST), FrengaX
<hnkjqrh02(a)sneakemail.com> wrote:

>On Jan 6, 8:32�pm, "Conor" <co...(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote:
>> Well, its official. Snow has hit the South East. You can tell it has
>> even if you've not watched the weather forecast by the fact the BBC has
>> seen fit to interrupt telly with a "BBC News Special" about it of 45
>> minutes this morning and 30 minutes tonight. This was no doubt to let
>> the rest of the country know that its snowing a bit, even though they've
>> had it for nearly 2 weeks and far worse.....
>
>But you don't have incovenient things like hills in your part of the
>country (E Yorks)

Ever been to East Yorks? Bits of it are indeed very flat, but there
are some brutal very exposed hills and loads of narrow lanes that
never ever get gritted.


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