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What happened to them putting the plough on the front and pushing the snow to one side? you never see them doing it now

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When it snowed on Saturday the plough went along Church St. despite the snow on the road it had the plough up and just whizzed by :confused:

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Maybe their saving on fuel too :rolleyes:

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do they only plough when it is a certain depth?

Anyone know how close the plough blade is to the road?

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Don't know but they used to build a wall of snow at the side of my car that was about 18" deep, I don't miss that!

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was about 4 foot when I saw it :D

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I have no idea how she puts up with you :rolleyes::D

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sense of humour, generous nature, sex appeal etc etc :p

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keep going you will get to whatever it is eventually :p

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I can't be for the sex or she would not take the same days off work as me :rolleyes::D

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God Banter, near widdled meself

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No time off working for me, you're confused :D

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Thought my eyes were deceiving me....saw a gritter on Avenue Parade today!!


Best Regards - Taggy

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Stay away from the alchohol :D

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NO!! :D:D:D

Best Regards - Taggy

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How many plows do you guys have?

And why are they so tiny;):D

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By the way, as it seems that you guys are shut in because of a little, light snow, why not settle down and watch tonight's Gold Medal game in the World Junior Hockey Tournament. Canada vs USA ... should be a barn burner; the last one went to a shoot out. Beats the hell out of shovelling or hibernating.:D:D:D

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Hockey ? I'd rather shovel thanks mate.:D

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Nice of you to offer ... there's a couple of feet of the stuff in my driveway you can work on ... and when the driveway is shovelled, feel free to brush the snow off my car;):D I'm off for a beer, the snow shovel is on the front porch.:theband:

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plenty of snow ploughs ,ploughing up here in sunny north ayrshire.:D

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Because we have tiny streets, some you can only just get a car down with cars both sides

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They are saying now in some part,s they haven,t got the grit to cover some roads they are only doing the mainger ones

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There was one on Union Road going down, by The Royal Oak at dinner time today.

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I heard on the radio that Blackburn with Darwen had completely run out of grit as of today but had a lot more due for arrival. Obviously doesn't concern us but obviously more than Lancashire being hit by lack of salt..

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What a daft statement, it concerns us if we drive to or through Blackburn

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Yup.. whoops.

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Its kinda getting like spotting the first Cuckoo of spring aint it!! Lol!


Best Regards - Taggy

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1) none that do anything
2) there bite size just like them in the states :rolleyes::D

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Typical, just 'cos he's God's son and gets a few wise men calling Jesus is given priority over the rest of us.

Talk about special treatment!

If the press get to hear of such nepotism they'll crucify him.

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See the gritters quite regularly on Burnley Road, but they just whip by, don't do any gritting :(

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They actually "spilt" a bit here....there will be hell to pay!!:D


Best Regards - Taggy

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That's the problem .... people shouldn't be allowed to park on the street when there is snow to be moved ... cars parked on the street here, between December 1st and March 31st., are towed to the impound. My street is as narrow as some of yours; so, there is no parking at any time. Maybe if you guys continue to get snowy winters, you will have to change your parking habits.

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And park where??

Best Regards - Taggy

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You guys should have thought of that before you had all those cars packed into an island you can walk around in a few days.:rolleyes::D

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A very good point Eric, a lot of people over here have cars when they really don't need them. Yes I do know that for some people their own transport is vital but sorry there are far to many cars on the roads over here

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I heard that a lot of the snow ploughs can't be used now due to all the speed bumps

hmmm great planning there eh!!!

And Andrew, I work in Blackburn :( and what a nightmare it has been... gritters out for first time today when the temps are too slow for the grit to actually be effective!!

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my snow plough is actually human ... and called spuggie ...

when we came home on sunday the snow pretty deep .. so monday when he went off for the day i swept a path out and chucked some salt on it .. cos tuesday was bin day then tuesday .. cleared it off again after some of the snow fell just in case the bin wagon turned up .. and gave up when it started snowing again .. anyway today spugs cleared a pathway up the driveway again and round the back of the house. Now he has done a very good job .. its still clear ..and the ice is melting ..so if anyone wants to borrow him ... it'll cost £25 an hour ... and a couple of brews coffee with 2 sugars and steri milk .. and he'd be available for tomorrow morning .. seeing as when we went up hassy today we got some wood cat litter to throw on the path he dug out ... as salt is a very very precious commodity .. and no where in hassy can you get any!!!

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Could do with him down here Shill ... couldn't get me car off the drive .. only a little bit of snow/ice but enough to make the rubber burn, and couldn't find me shovel either. Thought sod it, so just walked up to the local shops.

Did you hear about the guys (or gals) in Glasgow who pulled up with a wagon and pinched one of those big yellow 300lb salt bins ?? Seems to have prompted a new crime. Will they be going around to households selling it at 'silly figure' a bucket ? :eek:

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I think you need driving lessons;):D

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lol have you ever visitied england or if so have you lost your memory on how most of englands housing is terraced and diosnt have a garden yet alone a drive to put your car on pmsl

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speed bumps are aslo mking cars get stuck due to them been slippy and not enough speed been gained to get over them due to there been no standard size for them and over enthusiastic councils making speedbumps that would make mount everst feel inaiquate

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Mmmm ... if folks don't have a place to park a vehicle, maybe they shouldn't have one:rolleyes:;) With all those cars parked on the street, how do emergency vehicles get around:confused:

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At times Eric,with difficulty

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I would think fire trucks especially ... and I assume your trucks are as big as ours .... I suppose there are fire lanes where parking is forbidden, and that parking next to a fire hydrant is illegal, and carries a large fine.

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Fire lanes, we don't have of them.The emergency services in this Country are just use to having to maneuver around streets full of cars.

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Now,Now Sizeism, just cos it's bigger......

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If your house is on fire, the bigger the fire truck the better:D

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Park in a fire lane in Kingston and the fine is $500.00 and your vehicle is towed ... another $150.00 + to get it out of the impound.:mosher:

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why don't you use Cat Litter on your driveways or sand, and invest in a good pair of boots, then you won't skid down the street.

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In Montreal they remove your car to another street while cleaning and you have to phone a special number to find out were they put your car.

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Its quality not quantity.

We don't have ugly fire hydrants on the street, they are undergroud with a small access plate in the footpath like this

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...hydrant_UK.jpg

The pipes are then attached to look something like this

http://www.extinguishers.co.uk/galle...esting-big.jpg

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not a problem to our council eric they even had built "Regents court", which has NO acess fer any Vehicle.:rolleyes:

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Ya definately been away too long Eric.:D

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Maybe .... but I like it here:D