Originally Posted by Rich_007

Geordies, obviously. look for tabs, black and white striped soccer shirts and Newkie Brown stains on clothing

Rich.

Originally Posted by Rich_007

For a realtor you really know how to impress potential clients don'tcha ? OK here we go with a rationalization:

In the UK people don't drive on winter tires or use studs. The UK equivalent to regular all seasons is really just a summer tire.
There are less trucks and SUV's with All Wheel or Variable Four Wheel drive with LSD diffs and traction control systems, so vehicles are less suitable for winter.
People are generally less experienced with winter conditions and winter driving.
The budget and physical infrastructure for road clearing is far less rigorous than in Canada.
The highways carry far more traffic and per mile there is probably a far higher incidence of RTA's blocking up the roads and adding to the weather related problems.
Houses, schools etc are built differently and water pipes are easier to burst.
Scores of old people die of hypothermia, becasue they're too poor to afford to heat their homes. Erm, which is just like Canada really only the UK doesn't get people dying because they drunkenly walk home from an Edmonton bar at -30 in a vest while high on meth and end up dead in a block of ice like some display of a mammoth in a museum. However, remarkably, Geordies can survive -10 with wind chill wearing just a vest, shorts and flips flops, muttering under their breath about a wee nip in the air.

So, generally speaking, think of how Vancouverites cope with 5" of snow and you'll get the picture. Yes, it's a crap situation but for a reason. Like, these conditions actually happen about one day in every three years.

Rich.

Originally Posted by Interested

Yes - I live in Toronto and not once have I not gone to work because it snowed.........basically everything becomes a little more difficult, but we carry on like normal.

Originally Posted by Souvenir

What's your position on that this morning?

Originally Posted by dbd33

It's all gone now. The roads are clear and it's quite warm.

Originally Posted by Souvenir

Guess where it's gone.

Originally Posted by dbd33

Ha! There was a heavy phase here, I had to go to the bank and afterwards drove up Lee Avenue, one of the steeper streets around. There was about 5" on the ground so I had to use first and second to spin the wheels all the way, it was a spectacular and noisy sideways ride. At the top I had to stop to push some wanker who'd got his Avalanche stuck, an automatic, of course.

Originally Posted by Souvenir

We got crapped on during the night and it's still coming (possibly changing to freezing rain; O joy). This morning it took two of us 20 minutes just to clear a path to the car and dig it out sufficiently to permit access to the road. The real shovelling is yet to come.

People seem to be going to work, though, albeit rather late and very slowly. My missus allowed 2 hours this morning, for a journey of less than 8 miles.

Originally Posted by Rich_007

the UK doesn't get people dying because they drunkenly walk home from an Edmonton bar at -30 in a vest while high on meth and end up dead in a block of ice like some display of a mammoth in a museum. However, remarkably, Geordies can survive -10 with wind chill wearing just a vest, shorts and flips flops, muttering under their breath about a wee nip in the air.

Originally Posted by iaink

I expect the bus companies get paid by the year and dont push their drivers to try too hard, as its just costing them for fuel and potential accidents.

Originally Posted by dbd33

I did the laneway, sidewalk, front path and trampoline.

Originally Posted by iaink

Trampoline?