dr-baker wrote:I think I need to stand for for south-eastern Englanders here. I am from Essex, on the Thames estuary, and therefore just to the east of London. On Saturday, I drive 15 miles to work for a 4-hour shift, then drive to the Wirral for a Wirral-Llandudno (n. Wales) for a Mini car run then spend an overnight stop in Dumfries, Scotland before now spending a week in the Lake District (at a Center Parcs with free wi-fi). Now who the soft southerner?
EDIT: Actually, according to the weekend forecast, I ought to be missing most of the worst weather - meant to be heavier snow down south at the moment. Can anyone confirm?
Apparently. I say apparently, as it didnt look that bad compared to what we had.
And thats another thing. How come when up here we are knee deep (or higher, as in many cases of snow) nothing is ever said on the news YET when just a mere 1/2 a centimieter falls on south england, we are forced to hear on how bad it allegedly is? (or more precisely, how they cant cope)
DanielPT wrote:Life usually expires after 400 meters and always before reaching 2 laps or so. In essence, Life is short.
dr-baker wrote:I think I need to stand for for south-eastern Englanders here. I am from Essex, on the Thames estuary, and therefore just to the east of London. On Saturday, I drive 15 miles to work for a 4-hour shift, then drive to the Wirral for a Wirral-Llandudno (n. Wales) for a Mini car run then spend an overnight stop in Dumfries, Scotland before now spending a week in the Lake District (at a Center Parcs with free wi-fi). Now who the soft southerner?
EDIT: Actually, according to the weekend forecast, I ought to be missing most of the worst weather - meant to be heavier snow down south at the moment. Can anyone confirm?
Apparently. I say apparently, as it didnt look that bad compared to what we had.
And thats another thing. How come when up here we are knee deep (or higher, as in many cases of snow) nothing is ever said on the news YET when just a mere 1/2 a centimieter falls on south england, we are forced to hear on how bad it allegedly is? (or more precisely, how they cant cope)
Sadly that's how journalism works in the UK. Everything is based in London, most of the population lives in the south east and they don't really bother to find out what is going on further afield. There was at least 40cm of snow in Irvine (South-West Scotland) at one point last week but I wouldn't have heard about it if it wasn't for family. All the journo's care about is the conditions on their roads.
