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Offline The Moan Ranger

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Re: What's the weather doing where you are?
« Reply #1920 on: February 01, 2009, 08:47:29 PM »
Blizzarding (?) again ! Wonderful!
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Re: What's the weather doing where you are?
« Reply #1921 on: February 01, 2009, 08:48:47 PM »
Just received a text from the children's school warning that it may be closed tomorrow.

Why do schools always seemed be affected far more by snow than anything else?  rubschin:
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Re: What's the weather doing where you are?
« Reply #1922 on: February 01, 2009, 08:48:59 PM »
No snow up here ~ some on Snowdonia I noticed before the sun set ~ rather pretty it looked too but that has been there for a couple of weeks now.
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Re: What's the weather doing where you are?
« Reply #1923 on: February 01, 2009, 08:51:45 PM »
Quote from: Uncle Mort on February 01, 2009, 08:48:47 PM
Just received a text from the children's school warning that it may be closed tomorrow.

Why do schools always seemed be affected far more by snow than anything else?  rubschin:

Elfin safety I 'spect.

Round this way most of the teachers live out in the villages, in the hills and valleys and without 4x4s they really can't get home sometimes so they do tend to react to snow warnings rather than yer actual drifts. It has more to do with their ability, or lack of it, to get in and out than the children, most of whom live local to the school.
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Offline Miss Demeanour

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Re: What's the weather doing where you are?
« Reply #1924 on: February 01, 2009, 08:54:28 PM »
Quote from: Uncle Mort on February 01, 2009, 08:48:47 PM
Just received a text from the children's school warning that it may be closed tomorrow.

Why do schools always seemed be affected far more by snow than anything else?  rubschin:

What use is that - a text to say that it "may". Either it will be or it won't be. You are still going to have to get the kids prepared for school as normal and they will have to trudge all the way there to find out it's closed.

The fact that a flake falls from the sky automatically sends the notification to any parent that the school may be closed  evil:

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Re: What's the weather doing where you are?
« Reply #1925 on: February 01, 2009, 08:58:52 PM »
Quote from: Miss Demeanor on February 01, 2009, 08:54:28 PM
Quote from: Uncle Mort on February 01, 2009, 08:48:47 PM
Just received a text from the children's school warning that it may be closed tomorrow.

Why do schools always seemed be affected far more by snow than anything else?  rubschin:

What use is that - a text to say that it "may". Either it will be or it won't be. You are still going to have to get the kids prepared for school and they will have to trudge all the way there to find out it's closed.



Our lot send texts where pos or make phone calls where text is not available ~ the message is usually "The school may be closed due to expected snow ~ we will broadcast of local radio FMXXX in the morning before 8am. If you are unsure or do not hear the radio broadcast please telephone the school after 0830 where the headteacher will be available. Give him his due he lives only a mile from the school and walks in if necessary to answer the phones and field any kids who do turn up. The secondary school kids all go in by bus and no bus means no school.
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Offline Darwins Selection

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Re: What's the weather doing where you are?
« Reply #1926 on: February 01, 2009, 08:59:28 PM »
Quote from: Miss Demeanor on February 01, 2009, 08:54:28 PM
Quote from: Uncle Mort on February 01, 2009, 08:48:47 PM
Just received a text from the children's school warning that it may be closed tomorrow.

Why do schools always seemed be affected far more by snow than anything else?  rubschin:

What use is that - a text to say that it "may". Either it will be or it won't be. You are still going to have to get the kids prepared for school as normal and they will have to trudge all the way there to find out it's closed.

The fact that a flake falls from the sky automatically sends the notification to any parent that the school may be closed  evil:



Wrong kind of school snow.  ::)
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Re: What's the weather doing where you are?
« Reply #1927 on: February 01, 2009, 09:05:07 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on February 01, 2009, 08:58:52 PM
Our lot send texts where pos or make phone calls where text is not available ~ the message is usually "The school may be closed due to expected snow ~ we will broadcast of local radio FMXXX in the morning before 8am. If you are unsure or do not hear the radio broadcast please telephone the school after 0830 where the headteacher will be available.

That's similar to what I receive.

Fortunately I don't have to worry. The children are at their mother's on a Sunday and she lives within walking distance of the school. I do the school run three mornings a week. Six miles, some country lanes so it would be a problem.
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Offline The Moan Ranger

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Re: What's the weather doing where you are?
« Reply #1928 on: February 01, 2009, 09:18:35 PM »
We've just ha a snowball fight! Wonderful!

I'm going out for round 2!   
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Re: What's the weather doing where you are?
« Reply #1929 on: February 01, 2009, 09:20:21 PM »
Are your balls up to it?
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Re: What's the weather doing where you are?
« Reply #1930 on: February 01, 2009, 09:28:56 PM »
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Re: What's the weather doing where you are?
« Reply #1931 on: February 01, 2009, 09:33:01 PM »
I told you! One fleck of snow and everything comes to a halt  noooo:
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Re: What's the weather doing where you are?
« Reply #1932 on: February 01, 2009, 09:53:31 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on February 01, 2009, 09:20:21 PM
Are your balls up to it?

But of course  eyes:

It is fair to say that the boys lost round 2 of the "Great Surrey Snowlball fight". But that's because women cheat. As always.  evil:
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Re: What's the weather doing where you are?
« Reply #1933 on: February 02, 2009, 06:32:18 AM »
4" of snow, heavy snow falling and is due to continue in bursts through till 1100hr's
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Re: What's the weather doing where you are?
« Reply #1934 on: February 02, 2009, 07:17:02 AM »
School closed  evil: evil: evil:

Will be working at home today after all  cloud9:
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