What was even crazier was that I got home from Milton Keynes that day in 45
minutes on back roads with no problems but yet another friend spent 8 hours
on the M1 for exactly the same journey.
Mind you, would you invite a bunch of school kids into your home? Lock 'em
up and feed 'em occassionally through the bars I say (except my friend's
little angels of course)
OM content - I was taking pictures of my dog swimming that afternoon -
indoor heated hydrotherapy pool I must add.
Ian
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Roger Wesson
Sent: 06 February 2003 09:07
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OT] Snowshoes was: [OM] ( OM ) Possible TOPE topic
I totally agree that us southern wusses gave a very poor account of
ourselves in the cold snap, and even as I was crashing to the pavement
having slipped on some ice I could imagine all the Norwegians, Russians,
Mongolians, Tibetans etc in the world pouring scorn on me.
Ian, your remark about school buses reminded me that I heard on the news
of kids stuck on a bus and people from nearby houses bringing them food
and drink. You have to wonder why they didn't take them off the bus and
into the houses??
Funny that all the news was talking about the 'whole country' grinding
to a halt when really it was only the SE. I guess they were just
discounting the unimportant bits :)
OM content - I used my OM-1n to take a few photos of streets covered in
snow, in brilliant sunshine and with crisp blue skies. A rare sight
indeed and I'm looking forward to seeing the results.
Roger
IanG wrote:
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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)
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