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littleme

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One of my lot was at his previous employment when he got the call from his wife that her waters had broken. He went to see his boss to tell him he was off, as previously agreed. Boss turns round and says it's not a particularly convenient time now and that he needs to stay.

Boss got told where to stick his effing job...

This is an extremely hard-working lad who almost daily stops on after hours to make sure a job is not left unfinished. We're very luck to have him. Why treat your employees in this way? It makes no sense in any level...
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My disciplinary today was cancelled, to be rearranged.....not sure if it's because the manager who did my back to work interview put 'no further disciplinery action needed', or of whoever over-rode it has changed their mind......or if genuinely the manager who 'couldnt do it today' (with 3 hrs notice, where I have to give 24hours notice???).....really couldn't do it today!
 
Gramaisc

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Snowing 'nicely' 200 miles west of Stafford - with a westerly wind.

Roads in the nearby hills are difficult.

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Maybe it will pass over and head eastwards...
 
Withnail

Withnail

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Snowing 'lightly' 6,800km west of Stafford.

Temperatures could go down to -14° overnight, wrap up just in case.
 
staffordjas

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Had quite a lot of the white stuff for about half hour earlier this afternoon here in Worcester. But changed back to rain again now. Didn't stick on ground as its so wet from earlier rain.
 
Gramaisc

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The predicted snow has finally arrived 200 miles west of Stafford.

Not very deep yet, but it has the whole night to build up.

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Raven

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Bit deeper now a 1000km east of Stafford but ?
 

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staffordjas

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Just got about 2" off the windscreen of our car , but just about an inch on the top of the car and bin lids, so must have blown and settled more on the car window. Hadn't got my gloves on , and had only gone out to feed the birds originally, so scooping the snow and making snowballs to sling the snow off the windscreen onto the lawn with my barehands wasn't the brightest of ideas. :roll:


Thawing now , driveway and roads turning to slush at the moment . Still bitterly cold out there though!

Waiting for the big blanket of snow , that has slid down my neighbours conservatory roof and now overhanging the door where they let the dog out , to fall off when they open the door😂
 
staffordjas

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Just looked out and it's snowing again here in Worcester. (Good job last night's hours of heavy rain wasn't snow!)
 
Gramaisc

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We had -5C overnight again and I will need to venture out for food tomorrow. I can just get the few bits I need in the town or I might try an expedition off to Lidl - the principal roads have all been ploughed now and, from what I can see, things should be OK, with care.

Remembering an event in the 70s, when someone pulled off his door seal trying to get into a frozen car, I decided to attempt entry now. I found the front doors to be OK, but the other three were a bit reluctant. I decided to also make sure it would start, having not run or been above freezing since Friday morning. It ran OK and I let it get properly hot whilst running the heater, whilst I removed the four inches of frozen snow from the roof - it didn't seem fair to deposit that on the cleared roads. All the doors were OK after a bit of warmth.

We'll see what the morning brings - we have -9C predicted for tonight, but this location has usually been a couple of degrees above the low-point predictions of late.

I may attempt to go my usual back-way, but with an option to default onto more major routes, if that starts to look too dodgy.
 
Gramaisc

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I did go via the back lanes. It was interesting, with a distinct Scandinavian vibe. With care, I managed to get through and am stocked up for another week.

Flushed with the success of the outward journey, I elected to return the same way, but, it proved more difficult. A bit of polishing by traffic, a higher temperature and the most difficult ascent being on a north-facing slope, proved to be a mind-changing combination.

It was the ascent of the hill at the end of this clear section.

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There is the extra complication that there is a very sharp bend at the bottom of the ascent, so a 'run-up' isn't possible, but I felt I was going to make it when I found my way blocked by a car stuck coming down...

Having resolved the issue of the stuck car, I decided to default to the main road route, which was a lot more sensible.

Still, I am now stocked up for another week and Saturday looks like being the change back to 'normal'.

My (probably) ten-year-old windscreen cover has now been retired. It gets most of its use as a sunshade in the summer and the resulting UV exposure has degraded it to the point that it couldn't take the stress of being removed from the car with a bit of snow stuck to it.


I also saw some chaps with an impressively tall 'cherry-picker', clearing ice-laden branches from overhead line.
 
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Gramaisc said:
I did go via the back lanes. It was interesting, with a distinct Scandinavian vibe. With care, I managed to get through and am stocked up for another week.

Flushed with the success of the outward journey, I elected to return the same way, but, it proved more difficult. A bit of polishing by traffic, a higher temperature and the most difficult ascent being on a north-facing slope, proved to be a mind-changing combination.

It was the ascent of the hill at the end of this clear section.

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There is the extra complication that there is a very sharp bend at the bottom of the ascent, so a 'run-up' isn't possible, but I felt I was going to make it when I found my way blocked by a car stuck coming down...

Having resolved the issue of the stuck car, I decided to default to the main road route, which was a lot more sensible.

Still, I am now stocked up for another week and Saturday looks like being the change back to 'normal'.

My (probably) ten-year-old windscreen cover has now been retired. It gets most of its use as a sunshade in the summer and the resulting UV exposure has degraded it to the point that it couldn't take the stress of being removed from the car with a bit of snow stuck to it.


I also saw some chaps with an impressively tall 'cherry-picker', clearing ice-laden branches from overhead line.
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That looks like an Irish lane to me
 
staffordjas

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Gramaisc said:
Remembering an event in the 70s, when someone pulled off his door seal trying to get into a frozen car, I decided to attempt entry nonowy.
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My car door and handle were stuck just , it's gone even colder today. Was hoping I wasn't going to part the door of any important parts as I gave it a massive yank.
( then came back in and read this ).
Left it with a duster around the handle for hubby to get in later. It's stuck to the icy car already.


Some brakes were frozen on when I started driving yesterday after a week of going nowhere.Eventually freed as I drove along. Hope I've done no damage 🙏.

Roll on summer!
 
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