Moan, moan, moan----get it off your chest or have a chat

[Anthony Darby]

That's all very well Simon, as long as the roads and pavements are flat. We are all hills here in Dunblane so standing is a problem. No black ice here as the snow has been flattened and frozen, so it is very white and slippery. Curiously, if you clear the snow off the paths and someone slips you are liable whereas if you don't you aren't.

[mark smyth]

When I was young when the weather was so cold we would have made ice slides on roads buy throwing down buckets of water. Kids dont do it here any more

[arilnut]

HI Simon.  We have commercials on television here that address this type of walk. They are for an ice
melting product and humoruosly say "walk like a penguin" It is -6C now and thursday night supposed to
reach maybe -20C for low.  Won't see above freezing for at least another 8 days. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

John B
Kansas  USA      Same latitude as Spain and Turkey

There is a special walk we have learned here for walking on the black ice formed by trampled slush in the towns. You barely lift your feet off the ground and don't put them too far in front- takes ages to get anywhere but it's  better than falling over. Something to learn from a country where a gritted sidewalk is a luxury. 

[Paul T]

Hi, Fermi.... Happy New Year!
 I would, of course, offer to help Angie with her choc problems but for two reasons.... one) she and Derek were out in their new land-rover the other day and it broke down.... I would not wish to be responsible  for them sitting another few hours in the cold waiting for a tow home and two) I did say to Luit in October that I would try not to eat quite so much chocolate....he thinks I eat too much... this mind you, after he had given me a large box of chocs!!

Maggi,

If you actually ate all the chocolate that is alluded to on this forum you'd end up needing your own postcode/zipcode in no time.    And we'd lose you to a heart attack in no time, something I don't even want to think about. 

So let's try it a bit in moderation shall we?  We want you to stay around, if you don't mind us being so selfish. 

[Sinchets]

I haven't seen a flat pavement since I was in the Uk. Local Authorities here clearly do not accept liability for accidents and 50 years of neglect means it  is often easier to walk on the road even in summer. Pavements are full of holes from collapsed drains and I have seen reports of cars vanishing into collapsed manholes. The penguin walk does work up hill, though it is trickier downhill, and there are certainly plenty of hills and mountains here. Maybe the UK government should recruit some bulgarian pensioners to do masterclasses in walking on ice- wow an idea for a new reality TV show! Am I onto a winner? "Walking on Ice"- with Ant and Dec. 25PoundSterling per week would go a long way here- it's as much as a monthly pension!

[David Nicholson]

................Ant and Dec.....................

Who, I for one would willingly permanently export to Bulgaria, but only if Siberia refused to take them!

[Michael J Campbell]

 

[mark smyth]

Just saw a Marks and Spencer ad on TV for New Years Eve parties. They are in very early for 2010/11

[Sinchets]

................Ant and Dec.....................

Who, I for one would willingly permanently export to Bulgaria, but only if Siberia refused to take them!

Sadly, we have our own home grown versions 

[David Nicholson]

God, there can't be more than two of them surely?

[Michael J Campbell]

There is David, haven't you seen Jedward,  

[Sinchets]

It's like boybands- once you have one, you be sure there'll be more!

[Anthony Darby]

Also, once you've seen one you've seen them all! They're all mime artists anyway.

[David Nicholson]

There is David, haven't you seen Jedward,  

Until your Link Michael I hadn't. Now I have seen it I really think the world is going mad!!

[Michael J Campbell]

I agree.