No work today.

[josharb87]

drove to work, despite a lorry overtaking a car through the snow towards me:thumbdown: got there, told to go home on full pay as we made the effort, those that rang in wont get paid!

 

bathroom window this morning!

 

 

landrover

 

 

the dark blue car on the side of the road is my merc, couldnt get it up into my yard area, so parked it there, and its stuck

 

 

out the window

 

 

tree in village (off to get bacon n eggs )

 

 

morning fire still blazing

 

[Stephen Blair]

nice one josh, the merc would be donut tastic lol

[josharb87]

it was drifting and dohnutting round tescos car park on the way home! usless pulling out of junctions or just getting going though. went out in the landy today, she diddnt realise there was ice and snow!

[Xerxses]

Just saw the weatherforecast..... -36,6C coldest in Sweden today....better go look for some longJohns....

[Nick B]

Snow What Snow

Pruned 3 Cherry trees and a holly today

Must say it was a bit cold my groundie could not feel his feet by 12 o clock

[Highland Forestry]

I have to agree to a certain extent with you Matt. However, we are n longer equipped to deal with conditions. Back in my youth, if you lived in the country, you owned a land-rover to get about. farmers cleared the village roads, council workers who lived in the village would shovel grit onto farmers trailers and shovel it on to the roads. As kids we walked to school, they werent closed for any reason. If old people needed anything, the farmers tractors would pick it up from the local shops. I think the trouble now is the community spirit has gone, many dont know their neighbours, let alone help them. The village schools have closed, meaning longer distances to travel. Work places have to maintain a temperature so staff are comfy. Insurance and the "blame" society means if someone slips on ice, they sue your backside off, its all just not worth the risk anymore.

 

 

Yep, have to agree with you there Andy..

 

The blame culture has really put paid to alot of things that used to happen within a community..

 

As for the farmers helping out in snow and gritting etc - they would probably want compensation from the council these days... farmers do nothing for nothing it seems.

 

I hate the idea that you could live next door to somebody and never have a conversation...

 

What has the world come to... it's all very sad really, and mostly all to do with 'liability' it seems.

[Andy Collins]

Snow What Snow

Pruned 3 Cherry trees and a holly today

Must say it was a bit cold my groundie could not feel his feet by 12 o clock

 

Tell him to move faster:biggrin:

[felixthelogchopper]

Tell him to move faster:biggrin:

 

Or buy the poor bloke some better boots

[Andy Collins]

More cost effective if he moves quicker, boots= money, and if he's getting paid to be there anyway he might as well move about to generate warmth:001_smile:

[Charlieh]

still no snow here but its -4, so just had a cooked breakfast, sharpened my axe and now going to split a trailer load of logs to keep warm