Beaten by the weather

[prprandall51]

...Just a little example-My Dad used to manufacture Combine Harvesters and the foundry was less than a mile away.......

Your Dad cast combine harvesters? They must have been big moulds

 

[jonnyboy]

Yes, but that snow was fresh.

Did my pathway in a few minutes.

The groundsmen where I work do all the paths with their blowers too.

As do all my staff where possible.......but even a £500+ machine struggles as soon as the snow has lain for any length of time, or been walked on etc. They actually don't mind using snow shovels as the exertion keeps them a lot warmer than walking around with a mobile snowstorm on their backs....

 

[jonnyboy]

Also tried the leaf blower. Sadly left it too long I think.

Also have battery concerns. Vauxhall started ok yesterday. Merc has not been started since Sunday. Saab, for about couple of weeks. Curious to see how that will go.

Anyone any idea where the battery is in the C320? boot again?
David

Try finding one on a Q7

 

[Deleted member 37751]

Your Dad cast combine harvesters? They must have been big moulds

Bigger than a house!

 

[st4]

I'll give that a try Spike. But since the gym is shut cos of the snow, a halfhour or two with a shovel gets the heart and lungs going good style. And it's free. :bannana:

I spent 4 hours shovelling and my comments were its "cheaper than a gym subscription".

However I have no desire in going to the gym.....

Sp!kes option appeals.

 

[Tiff]

Garages have been taking a hit in Dundee.. literally in some cases!

The Courier - R G Consort targets new year return after roof collapse

The Courier - Car garage counts costs of snow

 

[ringway]

Isn't it mandatory in Scotland to clear the footpath in front of ones house by 7am in order to avoid being fined?

 

[Tiff]

Isn't it mandatory in Scotland to clear the footpath in front of ones house by 7am in order to avoid being fined?

Never heard that one! People around here would be owing millions!

 

[Charles Morgan]

I would be very careful of sustained exertion in the freezing cold if you aren't fit. It is a brilliant way to test how fast paramedics are able to react to a cardiac arrest in snowy conditions.

 

[NOMONEYBUTAMERC]

Seems to me that MRS DRUK is the one doing the shovelling , shame on you DRUK . By the way , we are in the midst of a heatwave down here 3% this afternoon and NO snow .:bannana:

 

[NOMONEYBUTAMERC]

I think one of the biggest factors is that people tend not to live too near to where they work anymore, so by definition they travel more .
Just a little example-My Dad used to manufacture Combine Harvesters and the foundry was less than a mile away.
He now works away around the country......

Those were the days SWEETPEA . Time was , when you could park on the edge of an industrial estate and spend half a day walking around to visit customers . Now you can spend half a day driving trying to find a manufacturer .

 

[Druk]

Seems to me that MRS DRUK is the one doing the shovelling , shame on you DRUK . By the way , we are in the midst of a heatwave down here 3% this afternoon and NO snow .:bannana:

Someone's got to do the technical stuff. (and make the tea)

 

[Ted]

-7 on the way in this morning.
Cold, but positively tropical compared to Mrs Ted's heart.

 

[jonnyboy]

-7 on the way in this morning.
Cold, but positively tropical compared to Mrs Ted's heart.

She made you go to work then?

 

[johnsco]

Minus 15 degrees on the way to work this morning.

Yes ... I've dug myself out and made it yesterday and again today.
Anyone driving on the M1 - Just check your temperature gauges as you approach Junction 38.
It's always several degrees colder than anywhere else in the area.

Last year, there was so much snow, my garage roof collapsed because of the weight.
This year, it's been at least 3 times as bad ... And it's only 3rd December.

 

[Bellow]

Isn't it mandatory in Scotland to clear the footpath in front of ones house by 7am in order to avoid being fined?

Only at Hogmany... And 7pm will do.

 

[davidjpowell]

After a day of shovelling finally broken out today. Confirmed that the MB is not great in the snow. Vauxhall for a few days I think...

 

[mbenz76]

5 hours shovelling here and I am free! Not actually been out yet but I can if I want to and that's what matters