Had to do a double take then, saw the radar of Sunshine Coast then you start talking about snow on Xmas day and it being frozen solid till March
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RufusCat
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BBC4 showed the 2013 documentary about it last night, including a never to be forgotten scene of a train smashing into a snowdrift - spectacular, but I dare say quite a dangerous thing to do. Puts the current cold snapinto perspective.
Vivat haec sodolitas
Obviously staged for the cameras but up N Yorks, Durham way it's not entirely unknown every few years to get 6 ft snow drifts.
Back in 62-63 in liverpool we 'only' got about 3 inchs, which started to melt, only to re-freeze overnight - and stay frozen for 3months.
This resulted in a 2in layer of frozen slush/ Ice on the pavements = death trap unless you were Torvil or Dean
In the cold dry Arctic air was frozen to the pavements.
I was given a 3lb Hammer and had to chip it to pieces one match box sized bit at a time. I had to do all of 'our' pavements.
Then both my Grans pavements
I was glad to get back to school
Can anyone explain to me why the council don`t grit the pavements anymore, as not one single pavement by us has been done, not even the ones by the shops ?
The story, that they become liable for any accidents once they start " treating " the snow / ice isn`t true, before anyone throws that one in.
Surely it can`t just be about money ?
The story, that they become liable for any accidents once they start " treating " the snow / ice isn`t true, before anyone throws that one in.
Surely it can`t just be about money ?
Yep...maybe
iirc, they never did salt the pavements
There used to be salt spreading wagons for the main roads and boxes of salt in streets for public to spread about their own front doors.
If the shops were that keen for their customer not to slip over maybe they could each clear their own bit of pavement
3 or 4 large tubs of SAXA and a bit of elbow grease should do it - or is that concept all a bit too Liberatarian for them
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Rita_Poon
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Unlike absolutely everything else?
Rita_Poon
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Yeah, so, erm, they're suggesting -6 tonight. How are people supposed to travel to and from the ground? There's 50 hour waits in A&E's country wide because of a bed shortage due to the flu crisis, councils aren't gritting because they have none, and if it thaws with rain this weekend all the ice and snow will melt and we could have more floods again two weeks after the last round only at near freezing.
Rock salt is expensive plus the labour to put it down - council staff cut to the bone - Parks departments merged with now Street Clean skeleton staff in the winter temps in the summer when the grass is growing - in my day the parks staff would be doing what you indicate in your post .... LG cut backs & they always root prune - the offices are not as cut back as they should be .... sat in their ivory towers etc ...
Shocked to hear the other day That MPs also sit as paid councillors - worst party for doing this is LIB DEMS almost 50 % of MPs hold a council seat & the Labour Party MPs - if they on committees etc - their pay could be up to £35,000 + so how can they do 2 jobs at once ? Based in London too?
I worked in LG since leaving school, never heard it mentioned that fact - it must be like winning the lottery for them -
Labour were elected to stop MPs in most cases not having two jobs .....
I suggest you find out who your local councillor is in Woolton & ask why the paths are no clear as you pay enough council tax - plus find out if they hold a dual role ? Accountability has gone IMO it's just political greed in general from all parties once elected, or I'm all right Jack attitude ....
The old saying I got the bosses job - the working class can kiss my arsp springs to mind .....
Bryan+
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Happy 2025
Working in Local Government as well - the question we hear numerous times daily is 'What do I pay my Council Tax for?"Rock salt is expensive plus the labour to put it down - council staff cut to the bone - Parks departments merged with now Street Clean skeleton staff in the winter temps in the summer when the grass is growing - in my day the parks staff would be doing what you indicate in your post .... LG cut backs & they always root prune - the offices are not as cut back as they should be .... sat in their ivory towers etc ...
Shocked to hear the other day That MPs also sit as paid councillors - worst party for doing this is LIB DEMS almost 50 % of MPs hold a council seat & the Labour Party MPs - if they on committees etc - their pay could be up to £35,000 + so how can they do 2 jobs at once ? Based in London too?
I worked in LG since leaving school, never heard it mentioned that fact - it must be like winning the lottery for them -
Labour were elected to stop MPs in most cases not having two jobs .....
I suggest you find out who your local councillor is in Woolton & ask why the paths are no clear as you pay enough council tax - plus find out if they hold a dual role ? Accountability has gone IMO it's just political greed in general from all parties once elected, or I'm all right Jack attitude ....
The old saying I got the bosses job - the working class can kiss my arsp springs to mind .....
Social Care and Education - that's what you're paying for
The proportion of the Council Tax budget that goes on the things which people care/moan about the most (bin collections, potholes, gritting etc) is miniscule
Stop having kids and stop your parents getting old and you might see some grit on the pavements
So the fundamental service's get left behind most of the day to day services have been privatised to detrimental changes not saying a penny in fact costing more for less education action is a vital service like social services they are mandatory services like refuge etc - the cutbacks always start in other services highways departments get the dregs & are mainly privatised detrimental to council tax payers
My old lecturer on LG stated there are no bad contractors in LG - uproar in the students - he stated just bad LG Council officers who let them cut corners & pay them over the odds for even sometimes in competed work - since retirement I have witnessed it !
Nepotism is also rife !
evertony
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A mate had -32C in Kansas at weekend.
With the start to the year I decided to vote with my feet tonight despite having tickets. I've never swerved a game in over 35 years even with some of the dross we've been served up. If you're going tonight travel safely and enjoy UTFT's
With the start to the year I decided to vote with my feet tonight despite having tickets. I've never swerved a game in over 35 years even with some of the dross we've been served up. If you're going tonight travel safely and enjoy UTFT's
Rita_Poon
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There's been a change, get your skates on!
Also, your mate from Kansas... did you tell him to carry on my wayward son?
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