Snow!

[nineveh_uk]

The phone interview turned out to be a lot less intimidating than I had anticipated, and certainly better than trying to get to, across, and out of London by train. I would like more snow locally, but I can manage without, especially as in 6 weeks I shall be in Norway.

I was wondering the other day whether men in central London still wore bowler hats on occasion, and it seems that – at least if the occasion is snowy – they do! It’s the fact that he is clearly lifting it to someone that seems bizarre – it is snowing, man, keep your hat on your head!

We are going to have to apologise to posters on hp_britglish, though, for the “It never snows in London” rule.

http://snowballfightlondon.blogspot.com/ It’ll all end in tears. Still, I love the internet.

Finally, I am not complaining. Of course snow in the south-east causes chaos – the first snow of the year regularly causes chaos in Norway because they are unprepared for it – and why are we unprepared? I assume because it is cheaper to lose one day in 18 years, than to run full snow coverage just in case on the other 6569 days. Although I really don’t think that Boris Johnson encouraging people to bring their cars into London was a smart move.

Comments

[rosathome.livejournal.com]

I nearly threw something at the radio earlier after all the 'Why can't we deal with snow like they do in Norway?' haranguing. Honestly. This does not make the UK a 'third world country'. In the same report, they point out that it is the worst for 18 years. Fortunately there was one sane expert who had done the sums and could explain why this would be a ridiculous waste of money.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

I liked the person who pointed out that if Heathrow - which has the necessary equipment - couldn't keep a big, flat, traffic-free runway with lots of space at the sides clear of snow, then how exactly was a local council supposed to clear winding small streets on hills? (Although it does sound a bit as if they need to look at contingency plans to get buses out of the depot, the decision in the circs. not to wasn't necessarily a bad one.)