The weathermen are forecasting the coming of the second ice age over the next few days, so why don't we have a bit of harmless fun.
Everybody get snowflake spotting and let's see who's the first in Sheffield to spot one.
No prizes given, just the satisfaction of knowing your the fastest snowflake spotter of Sheffield.
Also if your area's start struggling with the weather let everybody know.
And has anybody seen a gritting wagon yet.

Seen a grit wagon yeah but seeing as though I live next to the council yard where it's all stored then it's hardly surprising is it :)

sorry mate
no prizes for gritter spotting
not that there was anyway
keep up the hunt for the elusive snowflake

Snowflake spotting? Isn't that racist? ;)

When I got the bus home from town last night I passed a gritter on Greenhill Parkway.

folks,
I didn't realise gritter spotting was so popular
should we organise another comp and call it spot the snowplough
or should everybody collect registration numbers off the gritters to see if we can make a full set before the bad weather is over.
Snowflake is not a racist word either as these things land on everybody whatever their ethnic origin if they don't have hats and wellies.
just kidding about the registration plates, I'm not that sad!

I REALLY, REALLY tried *NOT* to start doing this.

However, when I stopped briefly to let Fuzzy buy a paper yesterday I succumbed. I am a sad case and no mistake. If you are in anyway anally retentive do not visit the following link

http://www.richardherring.com/cnps.php

I'm on 1. :loopy:

Nomme

Originally posted by nomme
I REALLY, REALLY tried *NOT* to start doing this.

However, when I stopped briefly to let Fuzzy buy a paper yesterday I succumbed. I am a sad case and no mistake. If you are in anyway anally retentive do not visit the following link

http://www.richardherring.com/cnps.php

I'm on 1. :loopy:

Nomme

Had a friend in the 70s who used to play this, much to everyone's amusement. Everyone in the pub had a rough idea of the number he was currently hunting so we used to greet him saying 'there's a 145 parked outside' or whatever the number was, and he'd fall for it everytime and go and look, just in case.

it said in the paper this morning that they have about 25 (or 250 cant remember) tonnes of grit ready for the M25 area


snowed in Grimsby last tuesday!! not much and didnt settle but was snow!

AHHHHHHHHH no
I've just looked on the richard herring site to see what all the fuss is about.
help meeeeeeee I'm now dooooooooomed!

What's a gritter waggon :loopy:

N i c k

For some strange reason there was an isolated random block of snow/ice at the bottom of our drive this morning about the size of a Mars bar

...I checked this I am sad...

so either the snow round our end falls in a weird fashion or an igloo must have been blown up and we got some of the shrapnel! :wink:

Early Monday afternoon it it kinda snowed/nearly/almost/did..

Well it was not rain anywasy. Only for about 10 minutes and more like snow than drizzle...

:rolleyes:

Fuzzy reckons its started. There certainly small bits of qwhite stuff falling from the sky! (In Crookes at least - which sometimes has it's own weather!)

Nomme

21:20 still no snow kids

Originally posted by Mosherchik
For some strange reason there was an isolated random block of snow/ice at the bottom of our drive this morning about the size of a Mars bar

...I checked this I am sad...

so either the snow round our end falls in a weird fashion or an igloo must have been blown up and we got some of the shrapnel! :wink:

Probably frozen wee from a passing aircraft!!

:D

AAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!! Its Snowing!!!!!

Doing properly in Crookes now. White layer on all things.

Cazza... can you keep me posted on what it's like in Walkley. I live on the Manor Park but work in Walkley, near South Road, and need to know if I can get to work!
Cheers

Hi Chloe

The snow is falling and laying fast. Good luck for tomorrow. I'm off to bed now. Goodnite.

just got back from the pub, arrived as it started snowing , thought whoopee we'll all get stuck in here tonight, deeply dissapointed as it all melted. bum!!!

:o its snowing a little on the Shiregreen 12.57pm Sunday 22 Feb 2004 :D. It stopped snowing at 12.59pm :P

Snowing here in Netherthorpe too :D

But it means the mother in law is stopping longer now so damn you snow :o :P

seen some in Crookes not 10mins ago!!

forcast to get worse over week, but by wed be sunnny???

The weather is so bizzare!

Its snowing, but there are blue skies!

same here RPG

odd isnt it??

Nowt but a bit of dandruff!

I started CNPS yesterday whilst running in the snow, yes that's right snow!!

Just peered out the window and it's snowing quite a bit here in Netherthorpe :D

T'is here too in Ecclesall. Quite heavy and settling, though the flakes look quite small....

Give it up for the snow!

Just started snowing again by London Road, just been told there's about 3 inches in Leeds.

Hope it's not coming this way, not going to make driving much fun tonight.

PK

Got home at 3am last night and everywhere was covered in snow!!!!!! People were out in the streets having snow ball fights.


Absolutely gorgeous.:thumbsup: :)


Off to bed now- no work for me today:banana: :clap:


yipppeeeeeeeeeee

Anyone from Walkley on the boards? Please say it's covered and I don't have to go to work!!

So i'm sat in stationary traffic on Middlewood road this morning, and a woman in a little hatchback decides she's going to takle Langsett Avenue - my candidate for the Steepest Road In Sheffield thread.

She got a few yards up the road, then started to loose traction, so she just floored it, the wheels spun and she came sliding backwards down to the bottom of the hill, and in to the junction. Unbelievably, she didnt hit anything.

No wonder the traffic situation gets so bad in the snow with idiotic driving like that. Dumbass.

Originally posted by jackthedog

No wonder the traffic situation gets so bad in the snow with idiotic driving like that. Dumbass.

we're just not geared up (no pun intended) for snow, hardly surprising when we get so little but yea we do get some stoooooopid drivers about

when i lived in Germany we had winter wheels

is snow forecast today or tonight??

The flakes are falling around S12 again whoopee.

Well, seemed a notable bit of snow on pavements and side streets on Friday, but thats all. We seemed to get off lightly. BORING!

Anyway, my travels on Friday with work at Derby then night out in Manchester consisted of:

07:45 Walk Bradway to Dore station
08:02 train Dore to Sheffield (ON TIME)
08:28 train Sheffield to Derby (ON TIME)
17:07 train Derby to Sheffield (20 mins late, not weather related)
18:10 train Sheffield to Manchester Picc (ON TIME)
19:12 train Manchester Picc to Deansgate (ON TIME)
00:01 Taxi Deansgate to Manchester Picc (NO PROBLEM)
00:19 train Manchester Picc to Sheffield (ON TIME)
01:30 Taxi Sheffield station to Bradway via Woodseats (NO PROBLEM)

The general thing I saw on Friday was firstly the council had made a good job of clearing the main roads, side roads were covered but passable if driving carefully, and trains not affected by snow at all (except had more passengers than normal).

Was I lucky then?

I saw one! I saw one!

http://www.ifrance.com/sticky/Pic00113.jpg
My Grandma's up' Totley.

And another one !

http://www.ifrance.com/sticky/Pic00113.jpg
The Fleur de Lys car park.

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