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TBG is currently between excursions. Went to Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam last month and I'm off to New York next month. After Krakow in June I am thinking about visiting in September the only independent states in Europe that I haven't been to yet i.e. Moldova, Belarus and Ukraine.
They interviewed an elderly man on BBC news at lunchtime about his meals on wheels delivery and were asking him how important it was for him to get it. They were doing this whilst the dinner was on the table in front of him and it went on for 2/3 minutes. You could see him looking longingly at his fast going cold lunch and getting more pissed off by the second and his answers got shorter and shorter but they still persisted talking to him.Eventually the presenter said 'we had better leave you to your lunch whilst it is still warm' but I think that horse had already bolted. Why do they do this. Why is it news worthy at all ?.
I've just heard on the BBC national news that a woman in Gainsborough has fallen on a snowy surface. My God, if some piece can go arse over tip in Lincolnshire then all of Blighty's in peril.
[QUOTE=the other bob wilson;4848764]https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/...ate=2018-03-01[/QUOT
lost all credibility with the general public - crying wolf and acting like drama queens. Nobody [well, almost] believes they're hype anymore
Pah!
I was living in Garnlydan , just above Ebbw Vale, next to Llangynidr moors, through the 1963 winter.
We had a snow drift up the side of the house that went over onto the roof.
We tunnelled through it after it froze so that we could use the side gate.
We also had to dig a trench in the lying snow inside our garden fence to stop the mountain ponies from walking up to our doors looking for food. We had "ice ferns" on the inside of our windows, it was so cold.
(cue someone posting a link to Monty Python's 4 Yorkshiremen sketch)
I won't link the Python sketch but the winter of 1962-1963 was almost tropical compared to that of 1947. People were made of stronger stuff due to global conflict and post-war austerity. Back then men were real men and most women looked like men. Scotsmen throughout Scotland but mostly in Glasgow refused to wriggle into underpants and continued to stoically wear their kilts and sunglasses in what were subarctic temperatures. Granted, they were pissed out of their heads and many froze to death but before they conked-out none complained about wee 30 foot snowfalls as you shamelessly have.
1). It was on BBC
2). The man on it was at least 80, lived on his own and didnt have any family.
3). What difference to the story would it make whatever channel it was on anyway.
Not like you to make yourself look stupid by making an idiotic reply to someone else's post is it ?. Dont let the facts get in the way of you having a go at someone for no reason.
Only one berk on this board at the moment - look in the mirror.
As Barry said the roads are quiet. And in places it's like a ghost town out there.
Went to Talbot Green an hour or so ago, M&S shut, Argos shut McDonalds shut
Seems many people are indoors already battening down the hatches.
I used to work at sea with a bloke from Three Arches Avenue, name was Simon Arch and he used to frequent the Three Arches. Was a bit of a quiz addict too, especially sport. You may have known him Enoch. Heard he passed away last Summer. Was quite a character was Archie. R.I.P Archie.
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Too young to remember the 1947 snow but 62-63 I well remember, helping my Dad to shift loads of snow from inside the attic from our house in Mount! The wind had blown it in between the slates (no roofing felt). If we hadn't checked, it would have melted and made a heck of a mess. What added to the misery was that it was filthy as the snow was mixed with the coal dust that had been building up there for many years I guess. It had to be brought down bucket by bucket through a tiny trapdoor and tipped out of the bedroom window - what joy!