My friend discovered that his daughters were to get home late from a school
field trip that day when national TV showed an interview with the school
headmaster standing next to their stranded bus on the M11... his daughters
arrived home the following afternoon.
Ian
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Julian Davies
Sent: 05 February 2003 23:11
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OT] Snowshoes was: [OM] ( OM ) Possible TOPE topic
Donald, you missed a treat! The sight of a huge number of incompetent
drivers was hilarious, provided you didn't need to get anywhere in a hurry,
and could avoid them It says a great deal about the general ability of
people in the UK (south eastern) to adapt to even moderately adverse
conditions these days. Don't forget that they were also complaining about
temperatures of minus 3. Celsius. Pathetic.
AFAIK nobody seriously hurt, thank goodness. Mostly entirely avoidable low -
speed accidents.
Oh, and who's to blame? The government for enforcing pathetically low
driving standards? the individuals who haven't learned to drive properly?
No, the local authorities for allowing the roads to become less than perfect
for a short time. I'm sure our Canadian contingent would die laughing at us.
Sorry, war that a rant?
Julian
Cambs, UK (heart of southern wuss land)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald MacDonald" <donald.macdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) Possible TOPE topic
> Roger Wesson wrote:
>
> <snip>
> Having said that, last week
> when we had two inches of snow the south east of England literally
> ground to a halt and national panic ensued.
> <snip>
>
> Aye, ye're a bunch of wusses down there! Two inches? Ye can drive on two
> inches up a one in five brae...!
>
> Donald (snowshoes) MacDonald.
>
> Donald Neil MacDonald, BA DipLIS
> www.bigmac1st.freeserve.co.uk
>
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