ITs SNOWING in London

[iBlue]

Nah, not so long ago, the UK was once a snowy country. Every winter there used to be many inches of snow drifting in, occasional covering the landmark redpilla boxes. I remember as a child, the snow used to come up to my thighs and people in my city still went to work like it's business as usual, kids still went to school. The only things that seems to of changed today, despite having better cars and more advance technology, are the people's mindset. It seems we're living in a country filled with cotten-wool kids, babied by the lame British government and silly European laws.

For those who think the British technology isn't up to it.. well.. our technology is just as advance as yours; it comes from the same place.. And I'd imagine people in Scotland would cope just fine, think of Wick, bet they get snow all the time! But those southern fairies all stopped in shock of the white fluffy stuff. What gives?

As for me, well I'm as British as you are, I'm born in the UK right in the hear of the Midlands. It's only been two years since I left. Mostly so I can work more hours, get paid more and pay less income tax... Those EU directives about how many hours I'm allowed to work, bugs me. So much so, I left!

I am sure things could be worked out so that there is little to no interruption from transport and our councils could budget themselves more road-clearing and gritters, etc, but we would be paying the higher ticket prices and council tax for it. Personally I'd rather a few days of chaos and keep the already high prices as they are rather than pay for the rarity of weather like this. It may have been like this years ago (and I don't know if the area was more prepared then or not) but it doesn't seem to be any more. Weather is just weird all over the place now though so who knows what the best course of action will end up being over time.

I'm not as british as you are but I am just as relocated - I'm a Californian expat married to an englishman. Out of curiosity, what brought you to Kinki, Japan?

 

[arkitect]

So the BBC reports more snow for London tomorrow.
60% chance of as much snow falling as on Monday. Probably with the same results…

Clear(ish) over the weekend and then bang! More snow on Monday…

 

[0098386]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7868643.stm

And now we're running out of salt and the BBC says Manchester won't be getting any more snow.

 

[northy124]

And now we're running out of salt

That has been known since tuesday, your a bit late to the party with that one