Helly Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Ive just sent my staff home to give them a fighting chance of getting in before it goes dark.. Snow is now about 6 inches deep and still falling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantan Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Alicia I woke up just before 6am this morning so got up for a wee to discover we had no water and thus no central heating I was fearing frozen pipes or, worse still, a knackered boiler but we suddenly got water thro the taps at about 6.20am and then heat Apparently there was a problem with the water main and the Utility chaps had been working thro the night to restore it. Thank dog they did as I couldn't have faced a day in here without heat. It's bloody freezing and less than an hour after the central heating switched off mid morning I had to switch it back on as it got really cold in here. We are all very warm and toasty now Owl our gauge on the oil tank didn't work at our last house and our oil supplier gave us a marked stick to dip in so we could estimate how much was in. We left it to the delivery man to do the dipping as he came every month to keep us topped up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel155 Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Just when we make the decision as to when my mum will go home so we can get back to "normal" (Thursday) the snow starts to fall and we get severe weather warnings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celeste Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Snowing heavily and steadily here. We have provisions for all of us, enough for a couple of weeks. Just praying the oil doesn't run out. The gauge on tank doesn't work, been on about it to landlords agents ever since I've been here. I can only check it by climbing on stepladder to take lid off the filling point and shining a torch inside. And I only go up stepladder outside if there is someone to steady it, as ground is uneven. If oil runs out we have enough coal and electric heaters to manage. If we lose the leccy, it will be coal fire and camping stove. My gauge dosen't work either and I use a marked stick too, there's a mark for every weeks worth of oil in winter and I get it topped up when it has 3 weeks left. caspers gone I am sorry , I lost Louie my GSD at 14 to fits too, they'd caused to much damage to his brain Sleep well Casper Getting really pissed off at my Dad, Mum is in a psychiatric hospital with very advance dementia, I live about 60 miles away and we've had the snow most of you are getting now since Boxing Day, so although the roads are clear, driving is still a hazard, especially when your windscreen piddlers are iced up solid and you have to travel on the motorway, but to Dad that's no reason to not come in, it's fine for him, he lives in the middle of the city and uses the bus ....Mum and I used to loath him (he was a bully and a part time wife and child beater) but he had mellowed with age, and he's been great with Mum's dementia, but his "charming man" disguise is starting to slip and I'm seeing sign's of his old manipulative, attention seeking," do as I say not as I do" behaviour rearing it's head....well if he think's it's going to work this time he's in for a big bloody shock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spins4me Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 We were out for about two hours this morning with the dogs, some free running, some playing with a ball and some on the lead because we were near frozen lakes. Anyway they had a nice time, lots of fresh air, lots to sniff at etc and now - they're pacing around as if they haven't been out for a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemstone Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 So sorry Jazz We have got some snow Loving it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 YouTube is an arse The dogs are playing out in the snow again, what is it about snow that makes them so giddy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacobean Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 (edited) Celeste I was going to do all sorts with my free day off and then promptly fell asleep for 2 hours. Feel like I've spent the rest of the time outside. The dogs are loving it. I've not seen so many people out. Loads of em everywhere, kiddies, dogs I've not seen before. I've put some food out for the birds as they'll struggle now. Edited January 5, 2010 by Jacobean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoebejo Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Our birds just help themselves the the chicken food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 dont forget asda have their pet week, so a bucket of fat balls is only £3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murtle Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Celeste We have snow...I think this is a good thing...being stuck in the flat tomorrow I think will not be a good thing... xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merledogs Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 It's finally stopped snowing here. I have been throwing snowballs at the dogs, which they are catching and eating Remains to be seen whether I will be able to go into work tomorrow - if this snow freezes it will be even more treacherous than it was today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendbert Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Evening Lots of snow coming down at work, the golf course looks really pretty in the snow I went outside and made a snowball, like you do Not sure what I'll do tomorrow if the snow thats predicted does fall. If the roads are bad, I could in theory walk (the accountant lives round the corner from me and said it took him about 45 minutes in the February snow). I live nearest so said if the roads were bad, I'd possibly try and walk but I'd take Wiggle with me - he could lie on me and keep me warm if I fall over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanrossscot Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 No snow here yet, wish it would arrive. That said I am supposed to be working in London tomorrow and the trains will no doubt be disrupted (I am also meeting a male married fugee for coffee tomorrow ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted January 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Thanks for advice about the marked stick for oil measurement. I will ask my fuel company if they can supply one. I *might* be having an emergency foster guinea pig here until the roads are clear and it can get to its rescue place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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