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

[Ragged Robin]

There you are, Martin has confirmed 101% that moaning about the weather is crucial to our well being  

[Michael J Campbell]

We haven't got any yet,not as much as one snowflake.

[Lesley Cox]

Surely that's why we have weather at all? To give us something to moan at, rather than beating up our dogs and neighbours.

[Paul T]

One hundred pages of moans and seventy seven of being happy.

What does that say of us?

Paddy

Paddy,

I think the thousands of other pages on our enjoyment of plants says far more of us.    There is a LOT of being happy in those topics. 

[Paul T]

And my moan......

One of our fried chicken companies (called KFC) has had to pull an advert they put on our televisions (Australia only, not international) because the US complained that it offended them because of their racial preconceptions about African Americans and fried chicken.  It was only ever meant for Australian television, it is not offensive to viewers here in Australia, but now we're (Australia in general) being branded as racist for showing an advert in our own country that if taken out of context, put into another countries racism views, and twisted about a bit then becomes offensive to them.  Does that mean that we can not show any advertisements for beef because there are countries in the world where the cow is sacred?  If we have to adhere to what the US has just forced on us, then it means we have to check every countries beliefs before anything is advertised in our own country.

How lame is that?  Really sad that people can't keep their own racism to themselves and allow for the fact that others don't have the same degree of racism in their countries.  

[Anthony Darby]

You'll have to give us details. Remember, Paul, the world is a smaller place these days and KFC is American. I reluctantly have to say it sells there nearest thing fast food chains can get to food.

[Maggi Young]

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.

 Meant to say this before.....a Scottish Government Minister ( can't remember which one, they all look/sound  the same) said on TV the other night that this was an urban myth with no basis in law....... he was telling us we should all be out shovelling!

[Mick McLoughlin]

Maggi,
  Here is a BBC article about clearing snow.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8443745.stm

Mick

[Anthony Darby]

My Dad was shovelling the snow off the steps at my Grannie's (his mother-in-law) hotel steps in South Parade in 1963. A car stopped and the occupant rolled down his window and asked "can you show me the way to Oldham?" Ever helpful, my Dad adjusted his shovel and said "some 'old 'em like this and some 'old 'em like this!" He did suggest the route to take and advised the driver to be quick as they would be closing the road later.

[Maggi Young]

Maggi,
  Here is a BBC article about clearing snow.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8443745.stm

Mick

Thanks, Mick....so even in England it is thought that a legal comeback is unlikely.

[David Shaw]

Maggie, it was Alex Salmond himself who said that you would not get prosecuted if you cleared the public pavement.

[Maggi Young]

Was it? It seems he was addressing that subject in the article cited but I know him so I would have thought I'd remember ......thought it was one of the ones with specs?

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Out here in Belgium, the law requires you to clean the pavement of snow... Just heard on the news that the city of Antwerp has been fining 100 € to those who don't comply... (after issuing a warning first)...

[Lvandelft]

This evening our area ( 100.000 households) was without electricity for 2 1/2 hours. I must have had the feeling before, because brought some extra wood
for the stove today. Strong N. E. winds but only -2, so nothing to worry about. Other parts of Holland have lots of snow blowing on the roads and almost no traffic on the roads.
Very romantic with a lot of candle light and a fire in the stove....

[Lvandelft]

The only problem was that I was resizing pictures of a Flower Show I made this week but that was impossible.
So watch out for them hopefully tomorrow?