Cable Forum - Snow !

Wife skidded on sheet ice and rolled the car on Tuesday. Bumped and bruised but ok ... our 2-year-old came out of it almost unscathed, thankfully. Car's probably a gonner though. Thankfully she doesn't remember the state it was in when it came to rest, but I saw it and it's scaring the living daylights out of me.

Just thankful to have my girls home and safe though.

Gosh that is scary, I'm so glad they are both ok ...

vanman

24-12-2010 20:00

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so how much are the betting shops going to pay out the year.
this was last year
http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/0...lion-snow-bet/

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Bookmaker Ladbrokes is refusing to pay out more than 7 million pounds to a man who gambled on a white Christmas across the UK, as the bet was accepted by mistake. Cliff Bryant, 52, had placed two 5-pound accumulator bets that snow would fall on 24 towns and cities across the north of England on Christmas Day.

Peter_

24-12-2010 20:02

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Originally Posted by vanman (Post 35142954)

so how much are the betting shops going to pay out the year

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What is a white Christmas?

For many a white Christmas means a complete covering of snow, ideally falling on the 25th.
However, the definition of an official white Christmas used most widely, notably by those placing and taking bets, is for a single snow flake (perhaps amongst a shower of rain and snow mixed) to be observed falling in the 24 hours of 25 December.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/whitechristmas/

Uncle Peter

24-12-2010 20:29

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My traction control tells me that the roads haven't seen any grit yet tonight. If anyone has to go out tonight be extra careful!

Hugh	24-12-2010 21:07

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Yes, I noticed that earlier - be careful out there.

Tuftus

24-12-2010 21:40

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Originally Posted by Uncle Peter (Post 35142984)

My traction control tells me that the roads haven't seen any grit yet tonight. If anyone has to go out tonight be extra careful!

The TC on my BMW won't let me even get off my driveway (on a slope) let alone tell me what is obvious, nor let me turn it off for some fun around the roundabouts in Milton Keynes :(

Hugh	26-12-2010 20:21

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Not just the UK suffering/having transport problems....

BBC

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As conditions worsened on Sunday, Delta Airlines cancelled about 850 flights mainly from North and South Carolina up to Boston.

Continental Airlines cancelled 250 flights from Newark Liberty International Airport outside New York City.

United Airlines also cancelled dozens of Sunday flights from Newark, Philadelphia, New York's LaGuardia and JFK, Boston and other airports.

AirTran and Southwest Airlines also cancelled flights.

Stuart

26-12-2010 20:35

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I bet those airports won't be down for several days though.

Chris

27-12-2010 14:44

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That all depends on how reliable winter snow is in those parts of the US. I expect that they, like Heathrow, have undertaken a cost/benefit analysis and have invested in the appropriate machinery.

Media Boy UK

27-12-2010 14:49

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35143544)

Not just the UK suffering/having transport problems....

BBC

The snow that the US is having right now may move info the UK within the next two weeks.

Maggy

27-12-2010 16:24

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20 inches in New York and 2000 flights cancelled within the area affected

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