gonetoearth 5,144 Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Ive just watched a documentry on the big freez 1963. For 35 days the country sufferd ice wind snow on unpresidented scales. Gas ran out water froze. Coal train froze etc. but the nstion got thru it. , this week we had snow flurrys. Bit of ice. And schools closed buses cancelld etc WHAT THE FOOK HAS HAPPEND TO THIS COUNTRY 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,543 Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Gone soft,nobody knows how to drive in snow,nobody keeps bit of extra food in,f****n panic buying twats. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Health and safety is what's wrong with us. I think driving a car on the river would be "illegal" now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nothernlite 18,077 Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 (edited) watched it country went soft now can remember going to school in the 60s when the snow was above your wellies f--ken great out sledging theve even barred playing chessies [conkers] at schools now health and safetys f--ked everything now Edited January 19, 2013 by nothernlite 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mintstick999 485 Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Gone soft,nobody knows how to drive in snow,nobody keeps bit of extra food in,f****n panic buying twats. Well said you hit the nail on the head with that comment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonetoearth 5,144 Posted January 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 We used to run along the cut (canal lurcher 1) when it froze. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mark@mbb 31 Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 I remember the freeze ir only just we used to have a canal at the back of us and n the other side they made the blue invalid cars we pushed them onto the canal and had races up the canal for a week the only other abnormal weather i can recall was a heatwave in 1976 they called it an indian summer we thought it was a great time we could swim in the canal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lost scouse 46 Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 G,T,E i remember that dont think it would take my weight now .did,nt people cross the cut as a short cut from school at dinner time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tegater 789 Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Feckin media is what is wrong, building everyone up into a frenzy over snow reports that are just flashes in the pan. Look at the freezes that the USA and Russia get, and life carries on!! If it wasn't for the publicity about the forecasted weather, people would just get on with it. All feckin week I have just heard people and kids angling for a potential day off because of the snow. No wonder this country is fecked!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid 935 Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Moaning old feckers, you can't beat a snow day ;-) 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonetoearth 5,144 Posted January 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 G,T,E i remember that dont think it would take my weight now .did,nt people cross the cut as a short cut from school at dinner time . Yeh and. We robbed i mean borrowed the shopping trollies and had races along the cut. Lol. Remember micky robbo skinny as he was running across we followed and went in lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Think how many extra vehicles there are on the roads today compared to 1963.. The capacities of the roads haven't kept up with the increase in traffic so things are bound to hit the fan when something like a bout of cold weather hits. Our transport system is a joke even when the weather's perfect! Also I don't think most people are as bad as the media make out they are either, most people cope perfectly well.. Every time we get a bit of heavy weather the news and weather forecasts might as well be on about Armageddon! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonetoearth 5,144 Posted January 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Na malt the cars back then never had abs power steering etc etc. the roads were not as well built dual and motoways were in there infancy , it the people whinging moaning fookers. The media want fooking as well. In some parts of europe you would get fined for breaking down in the snow or skiding with rhe wrong tyers. This country needs to take a long hard look at its self or at least the shandy drinking south does lol 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 We used to run along the cut (canal lurcher 1) when it froze. so did we, but you had to be carefull going under bridges we also use to race our bikes on the frozen cut but then again we also use to swim in it in the summer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonetoearth 5,144 Posted January 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 We used to run along the cut (canal lurcher 1) when it froze. so did we, but you had to be carefull going under bridges we also use to race our bikes on the frozen cut but then again we also use to swim in it in the summer . And us. Lol and dive of bridges. Allways remmeber swiming along and seeing a big fat blowted dead dog. Lol lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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