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now as i remember y<ou could do Shoulder of Mutton to the Plough in 4 minutes albeit on yer bum

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quicker if you lift your feet up:D

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no way mate if you lift up your feet you get to the stop and rest

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latest update from lancashire county council re the gritting ...

News : Winter gritting update - 29 December 2009

LANCASHIRE County Council’s gritting teams are continuing to work hard to keep the county’s roads clear of snow and ice.

As the freezing conditions continue the county council crews are working solely to keep the ‘main’ roads salted and free of ice and snow. This means resources are being targeted towards salting of all A and B roads as well as other main roads that help keep traffic moving around the county and the policy of not filling grit bins or treating secondary roads will continue for the time being. The council has enough salt to continue to respond to the conditions over the New Year period.

County Councillor Keith Young, Cabinet member for highways and transport, said: “The county council has been well prepared for the winter for some time and our crews have been working all hours to keep the main routes around Lancashire clear.

“We are continuing to receive salt deliveries but it is very important that our engineers ensure we are able to continue gritting during the freezing weather.

“I would like to thank our gritting crews who have been working all hours over Christmas to keep traffic moving.”

Over the next 24 hours the following is planned:

Area South: Salting is planned for high level routes and an inspection of all roads will be carried out later tonight with further salting talking place if necessary.

Area North: All routes have been kept clear and inspections are planned for later tonight and Wednesday morning with further salting talking place if necessary.

Area East: All routes are to be salted this evening.

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The M58 was closed between J5 and 4 on Boxing day because it had iced over. Very poor of them that.

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:rofl38::rofl38:This is just too funny ....

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We have winter every year. You don't need to be top of the MENSA tree to work it out !!!!!!!!!!!

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Your winter lasts 9 months so you have to be better equipped for it.
Meanwhile - take shelter

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It's a balmy -25 here ... but who cares ... the World Junior Hockey Championships are being played in Saskatchewan (where it is even colder) ... who can feel the cold when Team Canada is rolling over the opposition, beating Latvia 16-0 and Switzerland 6-0:theband:

But seriously, we are better prepared and equipped. We had quite a blow last nite. Temps in the -20s and lots of blowing snow, lake effect stuff. As I was walking ... yes, we don't let a little winter stop us ... home last nite from the bar, the city plows were out on the streets; and the sidewalk plows were keeping things clean for pedestrians. And the weather didn't even make the local news. We have about 20 large plows for the city. They are as big as houses, and you get out of the way when you see them coming. We don't wait for the storm to be over before sending out the plows ... with the first snowflake, the boys are out sanding and plowing.

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Just checked out the webcam and it looks like there are quite a few folks out skating on the rink behind City Hall.

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Is that an open air rink? Is it frozen deliberately or naturally?

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It is open air ... but it is an artificial ice pad. Because of the proximity of the lake, Kingston weather is kinda unpredictable; so, the city put in this rink so that Kingstonians could skate throughout the winter. There are also natural ice rinks in all city parks ... and because we have had a couple of fairly long cold snaps, lots of people are skating on Lake Ontario. There are quite a few shallow bay areas where it is quite safe. In February, we have a winter festival called Febfest (ugly name, I know) when Kingstonians get out and celebrate the winter. This centres on the City Hall rink. There is an old timers hockey game with lots of former NHL players like Doug Gilmour (ex Toronto Maple Leaf), Kirk Muller (former captain of the Montreal Canadiens), Pete Smith (former Boston Bruin) etc. I do believe that this year, former figure skating champ Elvis Strojko (sic) will be putting on a show. There is also a renenactment of what was probably the first hockey game ... Queen's vs. RMC. And there is live music outside played by cold musicians;), hay rides, etc. great fun:theband: Tough winters are a fact of life here; might as well get out and enjoy it.:mosher:

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Ok ... salt lowers the melting/freezing point of ice, so distributing salt on the roads means it has to get colder to freeze, but due to the rain fall subsequent to the snow fall, it physically washed all the salt away, meaning when the temperature dropped again ... it froze at a higher temperature ... geddit ?? :D

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Yer starting to **** me off (thesaurus .. annoy me) greatly Eric ... :p:p

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Now that I know that, I'll try even harder:tongueout:D Bunch of limey wimps:theband: ... How many athletes are you guys sending to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver? ... is Eddie the Eagle still around?:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38: