Re: SNOW - 10PM Finishes on Sunday ...

[Honeybadg]

... I am hugely encouraged but this ... too much poker is just monotonous talk of how someone shouldn"t have slowed played Aces ...

Bravo ...

I think the biggest fact in the chaos was that the snow fell on Sunday night ... and everyone from the council was relishing the day off on Monday ...

Louis

[George2Loose]

So just cos the government waste money let"s find one more way to by purchasing loads of snow equipment when it rarely snows?

[SirPercival]

So just cos the government waste money let"s find one more way to by purchasing loads of snow equipment when it rarely snows?

I have several for sale at the moment if anyone has a few million to spend.

[WarBwastardo]

So just cos the government waste money let"s find one more way to by purchasing loads of snow equipment when it rarely snows?

Well millions and millions spent on something that occurs once a year is better than the £3billion pounds that it"s cost the economy already.  It"s more than just buying snow ploughs though isn"t it, it"s just a tendency not to bother preparing for anything in this country and just dealing with them after the damage has been caused.  It"s always the same speech.  Economic issues, adverse weather, whatever it is...the circumstances are always unprecedented, they could not have foreseen such things, it"s not our fault etc. 

[George2Loose]

So you"re saying that the money we would have spent on equipment and maintaining replacing that equipment over the last 20 odd years and obviously maintaining AFTER this snow has passed will be less than the money we"ve lost due to a wekk of snow?

I think you"ll find you"re wrong.

[kinboshi]

There"s no business like snow business, like no business I know.

[Honeybadg]

... if you buy enough snow ploughs you may stimulate the economy ... we can become world leaders in the technology for our 1 in 18 year event ... and sell to the world due to our hopeless currency ...

Or we can lower interest rates every month!

L

[linziwan]

Wow really strong views here.  Me no problem - got Monday off... nice
went to work Tuesday - not nice
had brought computer home Tuesday so Wednesday got to work at home - very nice, hot cuppas, and slippers  

Walsall hubby and I will be there, even if Richard has to walk and drag me on a sledge (notice I didnt say I was walking   )

Hotel is paid for and non-refundable so no way we"re missing this and I"m sure all the motorways will be well gritted and cleared.

See you all there.

[SirPercival]

So just cos the government waste money let"s find one more way to by purchasing loads of snow equipment when it rarely snows?

Well millions and millions spent on something that occurs once a year is better than the £3billion pounds that it"s cost the economy already.  It"s more than just buying snow ploughs though isn"t it, it"s just a tendency not to bother preparing for anything in this country and just dealing with them after the damage has been caused.  It"s always the same speech.  Economic issues, adverse weather, whatever it is...the circumstances are always unprecedented, they could not have foreseen such things, it"s not our fault etc. 

So, remind me of your proposals?

[WarBwastardo]

So you"re saying that the money we would have spent on equipment and maintaining replacing that equipment over the last 20 odd years and obviously maintaining AFTER this snow has passed will be less than the money we"ve lost due to a wekk of snow?

I think you"ll find you"re wrong.

This has become snow-plough navel-gazing.  It"s not just this one week of snow is it, this isn"t the first time we"ve come to a stand still because of snow.  So over the past twenty years I would argue that we"ve lost more money through not being prepared, than we would have lost through having better equipment and engineering a better culture of preparedness.  Is that a word?  It is now.  It"s not just about snow ploughs.  I"m talking about a wider concern which is the lack of forethought in anything. 

[George2Loose]

Examples?

[WarBwastardo]

Examples?

Of a lack of forethought?  The economy?  Coping with the weather - all weather.  Our education system?  Law enforcement?  The NHS?  Transport networks?  Foreign policy disasters...remember the invasion of Iraq?  Just off the top of my head there"s a few examples.  

[SirPercival]

So you"re saying that the money we would have spent on equipment and maintaining replacing that equipment over the last 20 odd years and obviously maintaining AFTER this snow has passed will be less than the money we"ve lost due to a wekk of snow?

I think you"ll find you"re wrong.

This has become snow-plough navel-gazing.  It"s not just this one week of snow is it, this isn"t the first time we"ve come to a stand still because of snow.  So over the past twenty years I would argue that we"ve lost more money through not being prepared, than we would have lost through having better equipment and engineering a better culture of preparedness.  Is that a word?  It is now.  It"s not just about snow ploughs.  I"m talking about a wider concern which is the lack of forethought in anything. 

Do you have any idea of the costs involved for this equipment? what do you mean by "better" equipment. Are you aware of the current systems that are in place?
Regarding "forethought", lets say it going to snow 3 weeks on Thursday. What exactly are you going to do to deal with the problem that will cause?

[SirPercival]

Examples?

Of a lack of forethought?  The economy?  Coping with the weather - all weather.   Our education system?  Law enforcement?  The NHS?  Transport networks?  Foreign policy disasters...remember the invasion of Iraq?  Just off the top of my head there"s a few examples. 

and you would ....

[Honeybadg]

... grit the roads the day before?

That is all it would have taken ...

Not spend Billions on Invading "axis of evil countries" ...

L