terzo neil Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 i am off work today and tomorrow but on call christmas day and boxing day and start on call for 1 week starting 8am on jan 1st :cry: Link to comment
Spaceman Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 am up in sheildhill and woke to around an extra 4-5 inches on top of our 6 we had. am nightshift tonight so will have to walk it i think. Link to comment
sti_steve Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 My STi is the only car in the works car park. God bless AWD! Link to comment
Hightower Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I officially hate the snow. Stuck offshore due to the stupid stuff not sure if im going to make it home for crimbo is the airport in aberdeen shut,??? i am dude away the 30th but there was a crew change due today with bristows Link to comment
Hightower Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 just checked bristows, they are flying o Link to comment
jamesm Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Last night was crazy. Left work in Greenock at 3.30pm and was pushing 6pm by the time I got home to Dunlop, a journey which normally takes 45 mins. I don't normally commute in the Subaru but had luckily taken it as the roads in Ayrshire were already really bad from Monday's snow. I would never have made some of the hills on the Ayrshire back roads otherwise. The awd really comes into its own when you live out in the sticks. The gritting was non-existent and not a snowplough in sight. But then, who needs snowploughs though when you can just use the front of the car! Link to comment
micra_wrc Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 lol at James, glad that you were in the scoob. roads are sheet ice around my way and I'm not intending on going out at all over the next couple of days. I've cancelled all my planned visits to friends and am in festive lockdown mode, we've even managed to get our stocks of food, booze, computer games and books Link to comment
gus the bus Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 i need awd so much Shouldnt have an BMW then should you . Enjoy the walk to work gay boy Link to comment
Spaceman Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Ah your so far behind the times old yin or maybe its memory loss, lol I don`t have a gay ass BMW i sold it but i fuvkd it up and bout a fwd focus st DOH why o why do i not just do what you do and buy scoobs anyway number five is only a year away at most sooner if i can get away with it without the misses killing me. Link to comment
gus the bus Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 (edited) Ah your so far behind the times old yin or maybe its memory loss, lol I don`t have a gay ass BMWi sold it but i fuvkd it up and bout a fwd focus st DOH why o why do i not just do what you do and buy scoobs anyway number five is only a year away at most sooner if i can get away with it without the misses killing me. OK a Ford then Didnt know you had changed bud Want me to come up and give you a lift to work in the 4wd and old Jaguar Edited December 23, 2009 by Gus the Bus Link to comment
Spaceman Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 the what 4wd jag what one? a might take her 207 diesel. Link to comment
st3ph3n Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Well I took the train from Uddingston to Edinburgh today (via Bellshill) and when I got to West Calder at about half 7 it was snowing really heavily again. Between Shotts and Kirknewton there's well over 6 inches in places I'd have thought. I'm stunned by the covering that there is in the city centre in Edinburgh too. The high street is like a skating rink. They've dug out bits of the pavement but even then it's pretty slippy underfoot. Still, I've been enjoying the car park at the station more than I probably should Link to comment
sti_steve Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Well I took the train from Uddingston to Edinburgh today (via Bellshill) and when I got to West Calder at about half 7 it was snowing really heavily again. Between Shotts and Kirknewton there's well over 6 inches in places I'd have thought.I'm stunned by the covering that there is in the city centre in Edinburgh too. The high street is like a skating rink. They've dug out bits of the pavement but even then it's pretty slippy underfoot. Still, I've been enjoying the car park at the station more than I probably should I can see my car from my office window with no other cars in sight. I keep itching to go out for a play but then think again. Might not look to good coming from a Scottish Government building Link to comment
StrikE Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Just gritted my estate from my front door right out to the street, 2 transit full loads of salt & job done, looks like i wont be needing that gritter now SLC.......thanks though Link to comment
Midnight21 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Just gritted my estate from my front door right out to the street, 2 transit full loads of salt & job done, looks like i wont be needing that gritter now SLC.......thanks though All the kids in the street will be pelting your door with snowballs...spoilsport lol Link to comment
badbaz Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Can anyone post up a picture of a gritter as i can't remember what one looks like Thought I'd help you out there Derek. Here's one, this was around 10am - maybe a tea break? Here's another - maybe a toilet stop Another inappropriate way to fill a roadside salt box When this newbee gritter boy got back to the depot his boss was shocked at just how far he'd went to get his load off! If your going to have an off, they don't get much bigger than this (in a gritter anyway) "Just follow the white line Jimmy said!" And finally, the one that was going to do your street Del Boy Sorry about poor quality, only had these in real actual printed photys! Had to take them with camera to get on PC. Just gritted my estate from my front door right out to the street, 2 transit full loads of salt & job done, looks like i wont be needing that gritter now SLC.......thanks though I cleared two strips from my driveway to the top of the road this morning. It took me 1 and a half hours and not one cnut came out to help. But when I triumphantly drove me Skoda to the top of the hill the low life, spineless, sneaky b@st@rds weren't long in slinking out to work. They forget that Santa is watching! If you're off to Feb Del, you may find the @rse of your Transit is also 'off' - hope you cleaned it out! Link to comment
david_taylor Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 OK a Ford then Didnt know you had changed bud Want me to come up and give you a lift to work in the 4wd and old Jaguar Less of the "Im Gay Ford" comments young man. Nought wrong with it. Had my focus two years now and spent at least £1500 less maintaining it than I did the scoob in that time. Link to comment
Richie Cross Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Went down to Dumfries yesterday. Came home to find about 3 or 4 inches of untouched snow on my drive. It's great having a lowered car and the front splitter acts as a snow plough!!! Spent an hour or so clearing the drive and road outside. Never see a gritter round here!!! Oh....this was after driving up from Dumfries and realising I'd left my house keys down there!!!! Link to comment
StrikE Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 (edited) LMAO Barry that is just the berries m8 lol had a good laugh ha ha ha, thanks m8 I had the transit ply lined before i bought it, i then put down a 1/8 thick rubber base myself not to mention the grit 'bucket' i made for inside the back doors of the transit & yes very well washed out m8 Still lol @ the gritters *edit* I must admit the people on this side of the estate were/and are fantastic, i got stuck the other night trying to get half way up the road into my driveway. They all popped on their jackets, grabbed a shove & dug me out and then pushed me 40 yards up the hill. Even this morning people were still getting stuck in helping out. I hope your neighbours end up like the above gritter photos. There are a amazing amount of selfish arrogant ignorant drivers that are only interested in 'them' when the chips [ no pun] are down, stupid thoughtless mindless cnuthole the lot of them, my wee rant over Edited December 23, 2009 by StrikE Link to comment
the squiggle Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Followed the Daddy McGowan wagon through a cloud of diesel smoke on Monday from your yard down to the 74, think it was a D Reg behomoth of a thing smoking like a beagle in a lab Was it on its way to the jack-knifed lorry on the M8, think it was Monday? Spotted Strike circumnavigating the town centre today, if only i knew the back of his van was a mobile grit lorry i would have mugged him for some, every council grit bin was empty. I ended up buying a bag of cat litter a was really surprised how well it done the trick. Merc Sprinter + Snow + incline greater than 1 degree = going nowhere fast Link to comment
badbaz Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Followed the Daddy McGowan wagon through a cloud of diesel smoke on Monday from your yard down to the 74, think it was a D Reg behomoth of a thing smoking like a beagle in a lab That engine was brand new from Scania 3 years ago, smoked like that from then and never did anything about it. You should try working next to it, acid would do less harm to your eyes!! Was it on its way to the jack-knifed lorry on the M8, think it was Monday? It was on it's way to one of many many many many many gritters this week! Spotted Strike circumnavigating the town centre today, if only i knew the back of his van was a mobile grit lorry i would have mugged him for some, every council grit bin was empty. I ended up buying a bag of cat litter a was really surprised how well it done the trick. Cat litter has been about for years Grant, it's better than letting your cat sh!t all over your house! Oh, I see, you meant as grit . . . Merc Sprinter + Snow + incline greater than 1 degree = going nowhere fast Only thing worse is a BMW! Link to comment
DR Motosport Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I hope they don't grit my street. Anyway I can get in and out if I need to. Plus Nick's been busy practising his crop circles today. Link to comment
st3ph3n Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I can see my car from my office window with no other cars in sight. I keep itching to go out for a play but then think again. Might not look to good coming from a Scottish Government building Which one? Saughton? VQ? I had 6 months at Saughton for my sins a few years ago. Link to comment
BJM Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Just checked it's -7.8 in my back garden. I take it I'm not washing the car in the morning ( The car is boggin' Link to comment
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