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Title: how bad the weather your way
Post by: kerrmiddleton on November 29, 2010, 08:57:02 pm
 :'( brillant wife in new york , xmas shopping , am at home stuck in 4 feet snow left to look after the youngest kid , school  shut , today and tomorrow , cant get van out most roads unpassable , books full of orders next couple days , stuck here for couple days any way , never had it so bad atthis time of year , how are you guys doing , where just on the out skirts of Edinburgh :'(
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: Jamie Pearson on November 29, 2010, 09:07:37 pm
Not so bad here in N.E.Fife. Biggest problem is abandoned cars everywhere by people that dont know how to drive.

Took our sprinter out today and it went everywhere without drama.

Got boys heading down to Eyemouth tomorrow. Hopefully they will make it.
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: wynne jones on November 29, 2010, 09:14:29 pm
I think you can only moan about the snow if you live south of Watford. If you live up north what do you expect?  ::) ;D
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: kerrmiddleton on November 29, 2010, 09:18:42 pm
think most of borders coast are have been badly hit with snow would phone client first to be sure , got mer vito , poope in snow because of rear wheel drive , thinking of buy 5x2 slabs to put in back , then when sring comes , do some slabing jobs , this time next year , we"ll be millionairs
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: jasonl on November 29, 2010, 09:19:20 pm
Its just cold in Bournemouth , totally dry roads , bit of frost on cars , not that it is any worry of mine being banned :-[
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: clinton on November 29, 2010, 09:22:50 pm
Just frosty here in sunny stockport ;D looks like its going to stay for a while too.
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: DK on November 29, 2010, 09:55:32 pm
We had to have today off due to the snow on the coast, however we are in fife tomorrow,so hopefully we will get there and get this job started, whats more worrying is we are now fully booked until the 21st December,including sat/sun. I wish the rain would just come on and wash this crap away.

Hope yer well kerr

Regards

David
Dry Fusion (Scotland)
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: craig melvin on November 29, 2010, 09:59:54 pm
sitting on the bed with the wife - laptop's on kids sleepy - looking out the window...

apparently its on its way - being sent to Coventry.

wont be long now,

Vraig
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: gr cleaning solutions on November 29, 2010, 10:08:03 pm
start snowing last thursday here in darlington and it still snowing now all schools closed today and tomorrow and the bus have cut a lot off there services and does not look good for the rest off the week
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: chrisjohn on November 29, 2010, 10:19:38 pm
Heavy snow falls in Leeds last couple of days,re-arranged tomorrows work for next week.Not too bad when you get on the main roads,its the small roads that are the problem.Not worth the risk,customers happy I rang and changed dates.

Chris
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: Jamie Pearson on November 29, 2010, 10:37:38 pm
We had to have today off due to the snow on the coast, however we are in fife tomorrow,so hopefully we will get there and get this job started, whats more worrying is we are now fully booked until the 21st December,including sat/sun. I wish the rain would just come on and wash this crap away.

Hope yer well kerr

Regards

David
Dry Fusion (Scotland)

A92 pretty bad today in Fife. Where you heading?
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: Andrew Briscoe on November 29, 2010, 10:48:03 pm
Suprisingly not too bad here in Cumbria, about 4"
Had to travel 20 mile tonight in a blizzard, wife said i must be nuts,
Took my Hilux and it flew through it, even past the foot of Blencathra.
Well Clarkson did take one to the north pole  :)

Andrew
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: richy27 on November 29, 2010, 11:22:47 pm
we had a dusting of snow on friday which melted and then froze solid main roads are ok but country lanes and estates are liking skating rinks
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: fitz2kleen on November 30, 2010, 02:49:25 am
sitting on the bed with the wife - laptop's on kids sleepy - looking out the window...

apparently its on its way - being sent to Coventry.

wont be long now,

Vraig


 :o dont send it here we dont want it  >:(
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: Colin Day on November 30, 2010, 07:54:27 am
It's pretty bad down here in Cornwall. I'm hoping to get yesterday's job done today, most schools are closed.

I just need to get off our estate, it's like an ice rink at the moment...
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: Carpet Dawg on November 30, 2010, 06:55:13 pm
A ROYAL PAIN IN THE T1TS!!!

Also based in Edinburgh and i have not seen it this bad before! Even last year when the snow was on for some of November, all of December and most of January I never needed a spade! Evertime i get bloody parked i get stuck!!

No chance of rebooking anything as theres no space to put jobs in! grrrrr

BRING ON THE FFFFF'IN SUMMER!!!
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: jasonl on November 30, 2010, 06:57:22 pm
How ironic , it snowed for maybe an hour todaay for the first time , all roads clear , just quite cold . Cant drive , been sat in printing letters and stuffing envelopes all week .
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: The Carpet Cleaning Pro on November 30, 2010, 07:01:51 pm
In Sunny Chesterfield. Been out a couple of times today, wife rescheduled some of the appoinments, not worth the risk now, had a foot of snow in 2 hours, main roads not happening now, still coming down heavy
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: david hutchieson on November 30, 2010, 11:13:49 pm
Same here in Mallorca. Cleaned the pool and filled it up. now its started raining! could have saved 200 pesetas. bugger.
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: The Carpet Cleaning Pro on December 01, 2010, 01:25:08 am
David - Has it stopped raining yet cos it aint stopped bl****dy snowing here yet - cant open the back door now even though its been cleared at least 3 times today and theres a step up to it
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: The Great One on December 01, 2010, 07:34:19 am
Hi

A slight dusting down here in Paradise (Brighton 8))

Looks like north sussex has had it quite bad, loads of trains out of Victoria cancelled and some flights out of Gatwick closed, they closed  runway. Some schools closed (bunch of wimps, when i was a lad we just got on with it)

Bit chilly with the wind chill, if I go out on my bike it feels like my eyes balls have frozen over!

daughter has got the screaming ab dabs because it isn't snowing much and the schools open.


Regards

Martin 8)
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: Linds Russell on December 01, 2010, 09:02:46 am
West Lothian is a no go area. I have 18 inches of snow in my street.
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: Colin Day on December 01, 2010, 09:23:13 am
I'll stop moaning about the ice then :-X

Fortunately, I don't even have to move the van for this morning's job, I'm cleaning next doors carpets!!!!

When we had really bad snow the other day I actually went round the neighbour's asking if they wanted a bargain basement carpet clean.... I got a job out of it too and it was a proper minger, but it came up like new....

I've booked her in for an oven clean before Christmas too!!!  ;D
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: Paul Evans on December 01, 2010, 09:37:25 am
About 4" in Hyde cheshire its still coming down.
Got a message from daughters school closed no staff.

I must say at the moment, this is nothing to last year stuck in for 2 days.

Paul
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: Linds Russell on December 01, 2010, 09:41:31 am
I'm the exact opposite. Within 2 days of blizzards, we were worse than last year.
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus) on December 01, 2010, 10:02:39 am
Snowed in the village again - didn't work yesterday or today and can't see me working tomorrow either.

Boiler's packed up and Tesco can't deliver - so no hot water or heating or food, isn't snow great !!
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: Dennis on December 01, 2010, 11:21:23 am
We've got 2 feet of snow.

Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: Matt Lindus on December 01, 2010, 11:51:09 am
Get some fat lazy arses working for you. What they'll do is jump on any opportunity not to work, snow is always a good opportunity to pull in the excuses.

A viable business is a business that has staff drinking on full pay throughout the day whilst claiming they are stuck in snow. The business takes nothing, and they take the ******* lot. Including the ****.

Matt
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: Leighbrad on December 01, 2010, 12:33:33 pm
ventured out to clean a suite today the main roads were not to sad the side roads were a nightmare the snow socks   work great though
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: jasonl on December 01, 2010, 12:43:03 pm
Get some fat lazy arses working for you. What they'll do is jump on any opportunity not to work, snow is always a good opportunity to pull in the excuses.

A viable business is a business that has staff drinking on full pay throughout the day whilst claiming they are stuck in snow. The business takes nothing, and they take the f**in lot. Including the pi**.

Matt



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Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: markpowell on December 01, 2010, 02:59:05 pm
Its bad up here on top of the Pennines, must have had 3" today alone, no chance of getting out, gritters out but as fast as its cleared the roads are white over again.
Mark
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: Helen on December 01, 2010, 03:03:43 pm
sympathise will all the badly hit areas as this is how we fared 3 times last winter.... had some snow yesterday about an inch, so not too bad, but estate roads are like skating rinks. Just waiting for the "heavens" to open as all those snow clouds are fast approaching, so will probably be in same boat as most of you later on!  :'(
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: Robert Watson on December 01, 2010, 03:49:01 pm
Snowed in the village again - didn't work yesterday or today and can't see me working tomorrow either.

Boiler's packed up and Tesco can't deliver - so no hot water or heating or food, isn't snow great !!

That`s a bad one Steve. I cant get the van out of my estate in Edinburgh and that wont change till it thaws. There`s talk its going to be like this for weeks. Cant even get a bus anywhere. Starting to worry now, Iv not seen conditions this bad ever. That will be the Christmas rush fecked.


Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: sherco on December 01, 2010, 04:06:56 pm
Managed to get a stone floor cleaned yesterday and managed to get back there today to seal it, bit of a nightmare getting there down the lanes. Dont wont anymore as i have four stone floors to clean on friday in a £10million mansion thats just been built near me as they need to hand over to the client next week.  :-[
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: Steve. Taylor on December 01, 2010, 04:16:19 pm
Looking at those pictures Rob i am glad to be a southern softie southampton 0c bone dry not a flake in sight YET booked till wednesday so far fingers crossed here.
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: jasonl on December 01, 2010, 05:47:44 pm
Good innit steve !
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: Steve. Taylor on December 01, 2010, 06:26:23 pm
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Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: jasonl on December 01, 2010, 08:03:33 pm
Good I think the content needs changing though , getting only 2 or 3 calls a week off it
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Post by: Steve. Taylor on December 01, 2010, 08:05:59 pm
Yeah speaking of content i really should check my spelling ;D dropped me   N   
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Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: terrymaloy on December 01, 2010, 10:23:25 pm
Pretty bad here in the N.E
After last years fiasco in the Peugot Partner getting stuck, decided to treat myself to a Navara 4x4  ;)

Took this yesterday down a single track road / farmhouse in the middle of nowhere !

No problem !
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: carpetworx on December 01, 2010, 10:49:31 pm
Must be Global warming.
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: Neil Williams on December 01, 2010, 10:58:29 pm
Oh feck here we go again.
Probably about half inch in the last hour (which for those of us in the south is enough to bring the economic well being of the area to a grinding halt). Unless there's going to be some magical thaw during the early hours, tomorrow will be a write  off >:(
Title: Re: how bad the weather your way
Post by: Fintan_Coll on December 01, 2010, 11:08:54 pm
As I live right on the coast, Donegal, North West Ireland we never really get it too bad. There is a good inch of snow on the ground at the moment and it is freezing . I have been able to get around ok although the side roads are not gritted.
I went out tonight for a walk and I could have walked for miles.It was so peaceful and quiet with hardly any traffic on the road. We had a light snow shower earlier in the night and it was nice walking through the soft snow.