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Bloody snow !!
1st time in 30 years we have had to cancel all the jobs for all the engineers due to the weather… not happy…Simon.
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I did all mine yesterday all over the south in my trusty little van.
Only lost grip on country ungritted roads a few times.Re: snowed in !!!
Done all our calls except the rurals yesterday between the vans and my xc90.
left this morning at 5.30 -7.5 took 30 mins to defrost the van,when to stop at traffic lights and carried on through…luckilly no other idiot about only doin about 10mph next roundabout…straight over..
Fu{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d}^G&^{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} luton council havent bothered to grit any of the roads again !!! all my calls cancelled,willwait till later to see if i pull the other vans off the road..better to back up the calls and keep the vans than to let the other idiots smash them up.
bryan
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We are snowed off on Kent today conditions unworkable , radio station interviewed leader of front line services last night who reckoned that gritters had been out all day yesterday ! I was on the road seven hours yesterday and did not see one single gritter working, it’s a fact that councils have not bought enough salt this year trying to save money, now the elements have caught them out and they have been operating rationing of the salt and cannot get enough as all local councils want salt now. Goverment to make a statement about the salt today, when did a goverment ever do that !!!!!
It’s a complete farce, having lived in Germany and seen real bad conditions everything worked there, trains, roads and businesses working normally.Re: snowed in !!!
Yes, Bulgaria gets a lot of snow but even a poor country like that has much better systems for keeping the roads open than we have here. Snow is simply not accepted as an excuse for not getting to work.
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We had a guy in from Norway yesterday and he thought the place was a complete joke and that the Brits are a disorganised weak nation when it comes to the weather !
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squadman wrote:We had a guy in from Norway yesterday and he thought the place was a complete joke and that the Brits are a disorganised weak nation when it comes to the weather !
That is because we are not used to it. Normally they have winter tyres, and studs or chains are mandatory in most Scandinavian states.
Hope you told him we were pretty good at chasing invaders out of his country in 1945.
Alex
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every says the main roads are fine, true but I am getting stuck in any side road (where the majority of our customers are) with even the slightest incline. Gave up yesterday lunchtime after lugging my tool bag up too many hills with absolutley no thanks or surprise from the customer involved. Now we have drifting snow here and parts that were clear earlier are now blocked even though it has not snowed
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Hope you told him we were pretty good at chasing invaders out of his country in 1945.
Alex
Priceless 😆 😀 😮
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I managed to do all execpt one job yesterday (Bishop’s Stortford After 5pm. near you Mark) which is rebboked for Sat AM
One drum Job today in Epping, gave up after 1/4 hour trying to get up a side road. Not getting caught again after having to leave the van and walk home 6 miles in the snow just before Christmas 😯Re: snowed in !!!
If the snow was a regular occurence then studded tyres would be a must,I have relatives in Switzerland and they have to fit them by law sometime in November.
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Bryan wrote:
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You should have stuck at it Bryan!
First call Barton-le-Clay at 7.00am. Five Luton calls after that. And one in Clophill to finish.
I found today safer than yesterday!
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