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Re: SNOW - 10PM Finishes on Sunday ...
HaworthBantam:
--- Quote from: Honeybadg on February 05, 2009, 18:57:50 PM ---
... grit the roads the day before?
That is all it would have taken ...
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Actually, gritting the roads the day before wouldn"t have kept the roads clear alone. Traffic is what keeps road clear, snow will settle on gritted roads as easily as ungritted ones.
WarBwastardo:
--- Quote from: SirPerceval on February 05, 2009, 18:54:41 PM ---
--- Quote from: WarBwastard on February 05, 2009, 18:51:07 PM ---
--- Quote from: George2Loose on February 05, 2009, 18:47:06 PM ---
Examples?
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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.
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and you would ....???
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It"s not a fair question is it. I"m a bloke in Oxford, I"m not in a positiont o draw up a budget and offer you with a specific strategy for dealing with anything. I"m not a Government minister with an annual budget of billions or a city councillor. But that doesn"t mean I can"t recognise or criticise incompetence when I see it. There"s a lack of common sense in how we approach things in this country that is there for all to see. I judge it by comparing how we deal with circumstances with how other countries cope. Not just as far as weather goes...you"re focusing on that as it"s obviously relevant to your work, but I"m talking about the bigger picture. It"s not personal even though you appear to be taking it personally.
Honeybadg:
... I am defo going to steal your blinds for that one ...
Smile
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kinboshi:
In Japan they don"t grit the roads at all.
Which is why buying a Japanese import is often a good idea, as the car will be in far better nick than one of the same age that has "grown up" in the UK.
This is irrelevant to the debate, but interesting nevertheless.
In Scandinavia they don"t use grit, instead they use a salt solution - effectively brine. This has the benefit of working through multiple freezes and thaws, which grit isn"t particularly good against. Anyone remember the problems in Brum about 5 or 6 years ago? It snowed, they gritted, it then thawed - froze very quickly and snowed again. The grit was ineffective against the conditions and so the city"s roads were at a standstill.
Again, probably irrelevant, but interesting.
I do have a question though. How does the bloke who drives the snow plough get into work?
George2Loose:
--- Quote from: WarBwastard on February 05, 2009, 18:51:07 PM ---
--- Quote from: George2Loose on February 05, 2009, 18:47:06 PM ---
Examples?
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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.
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lol nice to see your being specific
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