Cold winter ahead [Archive] - Land Rover UK Forums

Roz

10th Oct 2005, 17:48

Well we hear this every year, but I'm with you in the hope that it really is coming this time

the past ten winters had such ridiculously mild weather that even an average British winter will come as a rude shock
And that is also very true, how many people have passed their driving test in the last ten years and are yet to drive in snow?
Most of them!!!:D

toppa

10th Oct 2005, 17:52

Ahhh you dont need to be trained to drive in snow, like london, they drive the same as a non a hot dry day!!!!!!!!!!(above statement sadi sarcsticaly)Cheers

series 3

10th Oct 2005, 19:52

i will have passed my test 10 years ago next week , and have driven in snow (couple of feet deep) every winter since , driven in a citron ax , nova , corsa my ex series 3 , and my 300 bhp evo 6 (although its brakes lock up just as soon as you think of braking ! )

so we still get some snow , i live in north wales , overlooking the cheshire planes , and liverpool , and shewsbury direction , on top of a hill , its possable for us to have a foot of snow and the neighbouring villiage 2 miles away down hill will have no snow at all !:D

alex

10th Oct 2005, 20:26

Mmm it`s a topical subject aint it. I mean you can make a statement about the weather and before you know it you are bombarded with facts to the contrary. Our memories aren`t to be trusted with weather facts. My wifes driving test got cancelled twice in Paisley cos of snow and that was only 3yrs ago. Snow doesn`t lie much in Scotland at sea level and our yearly ave temp is 8 degrees. We tend to remember the bad winters when we were kids
and the one I remember was 63. It seemed we were sledging for years then and that is what sticks in your mind. Likewise the heatwave of 76......Wonder what the Global Warming crowd would have made of that one.....................The end of the World is nigh..Take up thy semi detached and run to the hills. Don`t think the weather affects us the same unless of course you are working in it but we have more comforts to combat it now with central heating, internet, big shopping malls. endless tv video and of course cheap flights to the sun.........and.. The Pub. Bring on the Winter.
Alex

Alice

10th Oct 2005, 20:55

DEANO3528

10th Oct 2005, 21:56

There's only one bunch to blame for an energy crisis and that's Phoney Tony's crowd. So quick to stop all nuclear power generation development now they are importing electricity from France. Makes you feel good doesn't it.

alex

10th Oct 2005, 22:14

It's amusing how much panic buying goes on, from the thought of a fuel or power strike to no bread or sugar in the shops within 48hrs. Me I'm lucky, we have hibernation instincts. He bakes the bread, makes the jam in summer & every other bug a comes round to eat it.. so adding that missing warmth.

Hello my Sweet. Hibernation instincts and power cuts .....Is that not what produces more babies? or am I thinking of Prof Winstone. Funny thing with panic buying is you never do it yourself so who the bloody hell does it...It`ll be Them:D
Alex

SNO4AMY

10th Oct 2005, 22:46

Did someone mention snow!
I really hope so ......last winter was crap ...........i love the cold crisp frosts n snowy weather :luvver: :)

Geobloke

10th Oct 2005, 23:23

All I have to say is...

...bring it on! whatever you have mother nature bring it on! I love real weather not this mild anti-weather we have at the moment!

Alice

11th Oct 2005, 04:53

Hello, Hibernation instincts and power cuts .....Is that not what produces more babies? or am I thinking of Prof Winstone. Funny thing with panic buying is you never do it yourself so who the bloody hell does it...It`ll be Them:D
AlexNo your thinking of the tv being out of action back in the days when I had a memory of such.. As I said somewhere else on here, I sleep in the roof as we have too many bodies & only 5 rooms (1 being the bathroom)... his greenhouse is kept warmer than the loft, it's about 2 degrees above extenal temp.
I'm considering having a snorkle fitted, so I can stop my nose from getting frost bite.. it'ud stop all that condensation that has a tendancy to bring on 6wks worth of bronchitis.
Have to put 3 extra layers of clothing on to go to bed & the skin doesn't get another viewing until about March! :( :)
If last winter (or was it the yr. before!) is anything to go by & we only had a tad of snow, the house filled with all those let off school & I was the runner to get them home if they lived any distance & he fed them all & dried the clothes in between snowball fights... oh deep joy!
Next year they'll be breeding like rabbits from all the close contact & we get to see the circle complete another revolution.
Apart from the boring practical stuff... snow's great, nature survives & civalisation as we have come to know it collapses in a heap.. which is funny in it's own right.:D

mike tilley

11th Oct 2005, 09:21

Some more info from the Met Office

http://www.metoffice.com/research/seasonal/monthly_forecasts/headline.html

Brrrrrrrr :D

Geobloke

11th Oct 2005, 09:24

Some more info from the Met Office
http://www.metoffice.com/research/seasonal/monthly_forecasts/headline.html
Brrrrrrrr :D

Here's hoping for a cold and crisp winter then!! break out the snow chains peeps!!! ;)

Geobloke

11th Oct 2005, 09:25

Hello my Sweet. Hibernation instincts and power cuts .....Is that not what produces more babies? or am I thinking of Prof Winstone. Funny thing with panic buying is you never do it yourself so who the bloody hell does it...It`ll be Them:D
Alex

Nah rained off fottie matches produce babies don't they??? :p

mike tilley

11th Oct 2005, 09:27

And heres more....now where did I put that sledge, hmmmm :D

http://www.theweatheroutlook.com/

Alice

11th Oct 2005, 09:27

Some more info from the Met Office
Brrrrrrrr :D Well that's us done for then.. even the greenhouse will have to come in doors. We've already had the whopsiest bee move into a plant pot in the conservatory & a robin's taken up residency there too (not the pot I hasten to add) even the ducks will end up coming in doors for a bath... doomed I am.

graham

11th Oct 2005, 09:45

Better stock up with logs then and put a generator on my shopping list :eek:

Newsreader

11th Oct 2005, 09:47

Bring on the snow :yay:

Big Sandy

11th Oct 2005, 09:52

Yup. Bring it on! Last years winter was tame...only had snow on the ground every month for 6 months...though sadly not constantly.

Winter 2001 was quite good...minus 18 here, and plenty to play in up in the glens. I'll find a photo from last year...I know I have one somewhere.....

Geobloke

11th Oct 2005, 10:18

Yup. Bring it on! Last years winter was tame...only had snow on the ground every month for 6 months...though sadly not constantly.
Winter 2001 was quite good...minus 18 here, and plenty to play in up in the glens. I'll find a photo from last year...I know I have one somewhere.....

Right thats it I am moving north! :p

SNO4AMY

11th Oct 2005, 10:36

well if we have snow forcast im def going to get a disco :) ive not got long to wait now hopefully till purchase day arrives .

Alice

11th Oct 2005, 10:48

Bring on the snow :yay:you lot have a wicked sence of humour:( I'm going to sit in farieland for a bit longer.. went out at 5 this morning & didn't need the usual seasonal essential items of clothing either!;) So I'm going to practice being an ostrich & go stick my head in a bucket of sand.. Maybe winter won't actually arrive until spring. So Nerrr

SNO4AMY

11th Oct 2005, 10:59

I :luvver: SNOW ....hence my no plate SNO 4 AMY :D

Geobloke

11th Oct 2005, 11:24

I :luvver: SNOW ....hence my no plate SNO 4 AMY :D

Lol but how at 93 can you possibly enjoy it hun??? without breaking a hip or sommat that is!!

SNO4AMY

11th Oct 2005, 11:28

You never heard of supergran !:D or even jeannies in bottles that never age ;)

Geobloke

11th Oct 2005, 11:31

You never heard of supergran !:D or even jeannies in bottles that never age ;)

Lol ah yeah well "jeannies" (genies) may never age but how old are they???

So are you a supergran then or just fibbin' bout your age???

SNO4AMY

11th Oct 2005, 11:33

im an ancient jeannie who goes by the name of pinky...... i live in my bottle in pink cuckoo land:)

Geobloke

11th Oct 2005, 11:39

im an ancient jeannie who goes by the name of pinky...... i live in my bottle in pink cuckoo land:)

Ach well if yer say so!! :p But have to ask what chance there is of your bottle being rubbed the right way if yer live so far away?!?!? ;)

mike tilley

11th Oct 2005, 12:15

im an ancient jeannie who goes by the name of pinky...... i live in my bottle in pink cuckoo land:)And believe it or not your probably the most normal person on this forum :D

Anyway, back to the weather....and for autumn we seem to be getting some pretty high temps.... http://www.metoffice.com/weather/europe/uk/obs/yesterday.html
23 degrees in Charlwood yestarday :yikes:. But according to those who now (top level clever weather bods) a warm dry October has often been a prelude to a severe winter....watch this space :)

rusty_wingnut

11th Oct 2005, 12:33

if it snows im gunna ride zee bike everyday :D:D:D the only way to travel, all the pedalling keeps ye warm, and thinking about it, this would be a good chance to try out my uber sloppy mud tyres :D:D:D

SNO4AMY

11th Oct 2005, 13:15

heres another snow site

http://snow-uk.info/News/Latest/The_big_freeze_2005/2006.html

still looks like christmas wont be white though :( might just have t invest in a snow machine at this rate :rolleyes: :D

Roz

11th Oct 2005, 19:08

Well if it does come, cue the numpties in their merc/bmw/audi or similar that think they are invincible on white roads (the A9). I will salute them as they are being towed out of the crash barrier!

Madoobri

11th Oct 2005, 19:13

Well if it does come, cue the numpties in their merc/bmw/audi or similar that think they are invincible on white roads (the A9). I will salute them as they are being towed out of the crash barrier!
:rotfl: :LAA:

fisha

11th Oct 2005, 19:28

i'd just love it to snow properly for once.

been waiting years to get out in the snow properly.....

SNO4AMY

11th Oct 2005, 19:36

surely been up north you get some at least though:) yes no :rolleyes:

Roz

11th Oct 2005, 19:39

surely been up north you get some at least though:) yes no :rolleyes:
YES!
this was winter 2003 when I still had my 110:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Roz31573/ROSS2003_1221_092242AA.jpg

SNO4AMY

11th Oct 2005, 19:47

awww how lovely is that! .... lucky you ! :)

Madoobri

11th Oct 2005, 19:56

this was winter 2003 when I still had my 110
Good photo Roz ... the pygmy pony looks a bit pi**ed off though :snig:

timbott

11th Oct 2005, 20:02

I bought my first Land Rover in January 1985 and within a week we had some stunning snow here in Derbyshire, and again the next year (I remember getting stuck one night and all we had to dig the Landy out was a clipboard:eek: - but we did it:) )
I have given up waiting for any decent stuff anymore, I have resigned myself to the fact I will never see proper snow in Derbyshire again:(
cheers, Tim

SNO4AMY

11th Oct 2005, 20:21

bloomin heck ....what happened to that word faith!

you will see some!

timbott

11th Oct 2005, 20:41

you will see some!
Well maybe I will, I SEE some every year, but it isn't the 6 foot+ snow drifts I used to see 20 years ago, it looks more like icing on a bloody Christmas Cake:(

cheers, Tim

SNO4AMY

11th Oct 2005, 20:48

lol ut if you really wanna see sno that deep in your life again ....you can go find it ....:)

mike tilley

11th Oct 2005, 21:06

Snow...you just can't beat it.

Snowmen/girls, snowball fights, sledging, lampost watching, making a cave in a deep drift, how it seems to make everything look clean. Anyone ever noticed how sound changes when you get a thick covering, all the noises seem slightly muffled, there's just nothing like it......hmmm, I might have to make a sledge at some point :D

Mogwyth

11th Oct 2005, 21:23

Snow...you just can't beat it.

Influx of patients with broken limbs, operating theatre lists cancelled staff can't get in, backlog because patients don't turn up, operations cancelled because of beds taken up elderly with pnumonia etc etc etc

Yep love the snow and bad weather.

timbott

11th Oct 2005, 21:28

lol ut if you really wanna see sno that deep in your life again ....you can go find it ....:)
I can't afford the petrol:o
cheers, Tim

SNO4AMY

11th Oct 2005, 21:29

pessamist lol:D :rolleyes:

mike tilley

11th Oct 2005, 21:33

Influx of patients with broken limbs, operating theatre lists cancelled staff can't get in, backlog because patients don't turn up, operations cancelled because of beds taken up elderly with pnumonia etc etc etc
Yep love the snow and bad weather.Well one thing's for certain, if it happens there aint nothing you or I or anyone else can do about it. Me I choose to look at the positive side while keeping half an eye out for the neighbours and anyone else who might be having problems.

baz

11th Oct 2005, 21:43

You're right about the effect on sound Mike. I used to live on a busy road at the top of a hill. If I woke up to silence I knew it was snowing; often there was a bus stuck at the bottom of each side of the hill stopping all the traffic.

Down south 1" of snow means 2 - 6 hours in a *&*&* traffic jam.

Good thing about the 110 is not the 4WD and chunky tyres which don't help on the M25 but I can sleep in it so don't have to even try to get home.

AJC

11th Oct 2005, 22:00

Looking forward to it. Never really put the Eberspacher heater to full use.

AJ

Newsreader

11th Oct 2005, 22:19

YES!
this was winter 2003 when I still had my 110:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Roz31573/ROSS2003_1221_092242AA.jpg
Nice pic Ross. :) This one was taken Jan 2nd this year, having taken the l-l-l-l-landie down to f-f-f-f-eed the h-h-h-h-h-h-horses :icecube: :D

SNO4AMY

12th Oct 2005, 01:55

lovely:)

BigJim

12th Oct 2005, 08:21

often there was a bus stuck at the bottom of each side of the hill stopping all the traffic..

I remember Kent in 1963, had my first landy, Series I with a soft top (nearly froze with that 'heater', it wouldn't even keep the windscreen free from ice, it was so cold. I put a hardboard ceiling over the front seats, with a curtain along the back of it to try to keep the warmth in the front). Had a set of chains but no point in putting them on, as every hill was solid with cars that had got stuck, on the road, the verges, everywhere! Suppose I could have made a fortune towing them up the hill, but stayed at home and enjoyed the quiet, went skating as the river was frozen, I think my bum is still bruised from falling down! The water pipe to the house froze, had a coal boiler so kept the house warm, but couldn't use any water, brought in buckets of snow to thaw to flush the loo ('if it's brown, flush it down, if its yellow let it mellow' was the order for loo flushing), and jerry cans of water for drinking, cooking, washing.

Don't want it that bad again, and if the snow brings the power lines down how many people will be without heat or cooking?

I'm still hoping for a cold crisp winter with snow though!:)

mike tilley

12th Oct 2005, 08:28

a few snowy pictures from 2004 around bedfordshire :D

SNO4AMY

12th Oct 2005, 08:33

snow pics are the best .....i wil have to try and dig some out this end

Alice

12th Oct 2005, 09:19

a few snowy pictures from 2004 around bedfordshire :DPretty pics..
Can you write an idiot proof step by step... maybe with added picture guide so I can learn how to post ones from my pc onto here. Maybe stick it in the camara section for us. Pretty pretty please.:)

Newsreader

12th Oct 2005, 09:27

Pretty pics..
Can you write an idiot proof step by step... maybe with added picture guide so I can learn how to post ones from my pc onto here. Maybe stick it in the camara section for us. Pretty pretty please.:)
Easy peasy :)
1. Save the pic on your pc, as a jpeg, and resize it to 800x600 pixels or smaller (you can use Paint or MS Photo Editor for resizing, or there are lots of free downloads available)

2. When you are replying to a post (or posting a new thread) scroll down the page and click on 'manage attachments'.

3. In the pop-up window that appears, click on the first 'browse'. ANother window will open allowing you to locate the pic on your pc.

4. Double click on the picture file you want to post.

(repeat 1-4 for up to five pics)

5. Click on 'upload' in the pop-up window, and wait till the pop-up window says it's done.

6. Click on 'submit reply' as normal, and Bob should be your uncle :)

Revs

12th Oct 2005, 09:27

Cant wait, empty roads :)

SNO4AMY

12th Oct 2005, 09:30

Underneath you will see the green button that says

manage attatchments .....click on it

then you will see blank boxes with browse next to them:

click on browse and it will take you to your documents or pictures deending on which windows set up you have.

when you find the picture you want click on it and it will show up automatically in those blank boxes

last of all you must rtemember to press the upload button

:)

Alice

12th Oct 2005, 09:58

step 1 then... I found a pic, don't know how to save as j peg.
This is all going to sund like such a winge..
I messed around for ages trying to resize one the other night & the view just kept honing in on the rust or some bricks on a wall the other side of the road until finally I crashed the pc by opening & clicking on anything so finally I gave up. My eldest said next day.. it's easy, don't use paint u can't do it with that & I'll put something on pc.. which of course he hasn't.

Newsreader

12th Oct 2005, 10:17

Alice there is a way of doing it with Paint but I have never sussed it out either.

Do you have Microsoft Office on your machine? if so, go to Start > All Programs > Microsoft Office Tools > Microsoft Photo Editor. Open your image in there, click on image > resize. In the window that comes up, choose 'pixels' in the drop down menu and change the larger number to 800. The smaller number will change itself in the same proportion, and hey presto pic resized :)

If you don't have MS Office, oh bum ... :D I'll go look for these downloads.

Alternatively, what imaging software do you have on your machine for handling your photos? It may have a resizer, but then again it may not :D

Newsreader

12th Oct 2005, 10:20

OK here is one I found in an old thread courtesy of Pete H, it's Microsoft's very own XP resizer: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

HTH :)

BigJim

12th Oct 2005, 10:37

OK here is one I found in an old thread courtesy of Pete H, it's Microsoft's very own XP resizer: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

HTH :)
Done that, now how do i resize an image and put it as my avatar?

BTW, has this thread on cold winters been highjacked by any chance? Or has it just eveolved!!!

Newsreader

12th Oct 2005, 10:41

Evolution Jim, evolution ... :D

1. resize your pic to 100x100 (don't ask me how to do that with the xp resizer I've never used it :eek: )

2. Click on 'user cp' up top > edit avatar.

3. Scroll down and check the button 'use custom avatar'

4. Click on 'browse' and in the new window that opens, find the resiezed pic from your PC. Double click it.

5. Click on 'save changes' and Bob should be your uncle as well as everyone else's :D

mike tilley

12th Oct 2005, 10:49

XP resizer is part of powertoys. once it is installed all you need to de is right click on the image and you should see the extra menu item 'resize picture' click on it and choose youe options....it really simple and quick and means you don't have to load seperate software:)

Oh and buy the way....Brrrrrrrrr! it's gonna get cold (just to get us back on topic) :D

Alice

12th Oct 2005, 10:55

Done that, now how do i resize an image and put it as my avatar?

BTW, has this thread on cold winters been highjacked by any chance? Or has it just eveolved!!!It's just me gatecrashing again & changing the subject half way through.. I was getting cold so I thought I'd distact everyone.. I'm called a bit ch for spoiling things most times in much the same way...
Someone clever with running websites could most probably copy paste us all to a picture/camara thread. Leave some cones behind & a DIVERSION sign. :)
Now all I need is someone to come round and do the driving for me.

Newsreader

12th Oct 2005, 11:08

I just downloaded the XP resizer, that is a neat little toy isn't it? Couple of mins to download on dial-up, and resizing is really quick and easy :) Happy bunny :yay:

Alice

12th Oct 2005, 11:09

So much information.. my brain may explode at any moment..
I might have windows office.. there again I might not. It says windows xp on the sticker.. but you have to bear in mind I've not yet managed to type & print anything from this thing.
I worked out how to use the e-mail & keep anything I've done on there, floating round in space somewhere waiting to be hit by an asteroid.
If I put stuff on pc, if it doesn't crash losing it's data then the kids would hack or play with it, spread what they thought was funny via msn friends. Oh the joys of modern technology..
You could always just post a piccie of a green 110 & say it was mine, be a lot easier.. & I could remain the comfortable cabbage.

Newsreader

12th Oct 2005, 11:11

... or you could just calmly read and follow the instructions in this thread and see what happens?

Alice

12th Oct 2005, 11:21

... or you could just calmly read and follow the instructions in this thread and see what happens?(Smart **** said with a grin) was my 1st reaction to this & then I thought "No".. your not supposed to talk to people like that, they are only being kind & helpful & you should be grateful that people bother to make the effort.. & then I thought of Dobbie.. & I must go & iron my hands.. then I thought it's time to fetch the kids for lunch.. I know I'll get them to do it for me..
& then I thought .. Bernie.. you are most probably correct.
So after lunch I will calm down & follow instructions..
..but I'll most likely take a nap:rolleyes:

BigJim

12th Oct 2005, 15:34

Bernie, while this therad seems to be about the forum...

If I log out I have to re enter username and pass word next time i visit the forum, but if I just disconnect, I don't have to

But... then it doesn't seem to record my last visit, but one some time ago, almost as though there is a time lag (often an hour or few) until 'it' knows I am no longer on line (hope you understand this)

Is theer a way to let 'it' know I am no longer connected, without logging offff?

Newsreader

12th Oct 2005, 16:12

toppa

12th Oct 2005, 16:19

mike tilley

12th Oct 2005, 16:21

I just downloaded the XP resizer, that is a neat little toy isn't it? Couple of mins to download on dial-up, and resizing is really quick and easy :) Happy bunny :yay:It's great innit Bernie...no messing about with other bits of software. Resize your pics in a couple of clicks hehehe :D

toppa

12th Oct 2005, 16:25

OK i hav just downloaded this resiser (?) thingy you are all talking about, only took about 3 seconds with broadband connection, wheres the hole for my..........

Going to have a play with the programe and see what all the talk is about..

CHeers.

BigJim

12th Oct 2005, 16:43

Jim, (before the upgrade at least) if you just left the site without logging off, you would stay 'online' with your name visible in the list at the bottom, for about an hour. A while back it used to be up to five hours :eek: It may be that since the upgrade it is more than an hour, and just needs to be reset.

HTH :) Confused? I am :confused: ;)
Thanks, Bernie, I can see it must be a balance between how long people stay on the forum without doing anything but are still there, and how soon after leaving it that they are shown as having left, and how long before they come back again. (now you must be confused!!!:) )

I would have thought 30 mins was perhaps a good time. Don't know exactly what it is at pres, my 'hour or few' would include old and new forum!

toppa

12th Oct 2005, 16:54

Downloaded the programe, installed it and now cant find the clicky part to make it run. only the installation icon, which i have already done... Where is it saved to???
Cheers

BigJim

12th Oct 2005, 17:05

Downloaded the programe, installed it and now cant find the clicky part to make it run. only the installation icon, which i have already done... Where is it saved to???
Cheers
Open the image, and right click on it, should get resize as one of the options

toppa

12th Oct 2005, 17:16

Open the image, and right click on it, should get resize as one of the options

Cheers for that, yup that is bl**dy easy...

Cheers

Newsreader

12th Oct 2005, 18:32

BigJim

12th Oct 2005, 19:57

Jim it's an hour at present ... if you make it too short, can be frustrating for peeps who haven't checked 'remember me' go off to make a cup of tea, get distracted, come back and find you've been logged out ... :rolleyes:

Fair enough, suits me, I'll just have to log on less frequently! It's just so wet at the moment I am working indoors and checking regularly with so much going on.

Alice

12th Oct 2005, 22:19

Uhmm.. just to be different as ever.. I log off & sometimes take another look before bed & I'm already 'not on line' anymore. I've also had no problems with coming back after the changes.. is it 'cos I set a remember me thingie or just that we've broadband or lordy only knows what..
It works fine so far for me... :)
Oh.. except the greenfaced smilie is orange:p
I'll take that last statement back.. he's green now!
NO... I'll take that actual last statement back.. when writing he's green but when previewing he changes.

Alice

12th Oct 2005, 22:35

Hey alice has changed her aviator, did you read and follow the instruction afterall...

Hope the winter is cold and snowy, me likes them. Going to czech again after xmas, last year i was there, it was -18c and 3m of snow, and thats in the low areas. Thinking about driving landy this time and maybe sneaking in some off roading in the snow, when i got the landy it came with snow chains that im yet to use....

Cheers toppa.Did I hell.. had 7 sprogs for lunch & so one jumped in to help.. made me join a photobucket.com (but I got my e-mail addie wrong) so she did it via hers. They tell me that the new camara (or the pc) saves them as jpegs anyway..
Erm.. note to Bernie.. the son has windows office on his laptop.

& although the afternoon was spent going through the albums choosing suitable pics. with snow in them..
& when I returned from the college pickup (via the landy breaking down & having to call the RAC out) she a whoosse.. doesn't like the cold wet weather!
& the eldest reloading the scanner stuff he'd saved elsewhere..
All the kids scanned & saved pics whilst I cooked something that wasn't very edible..
The short answer to your question would be NO..
Now pics are stored on the sons area of pc which I'm locked out of & he will let me have them 'maniana'

BigJim

13th Oct 2005, 07:46

Uhmm.. just to be different as ever.. I log off & sometimes take another look before bed & I'm already 'not on line' anymore.

Bernie has educated me about this in a few previous posts on this thread or on 'trying to log on all day'.
If you log off you won't be on line.
I don't log off, I just go to another site or disconnect, as next time I visit the forum I don't have to type my username and password.
Not logging off means you are shown as on line for an hour, which could be a problem if someone PMs you and expects a quick reply.

Alice

13th Oct 2005, 23:00

OK.. first attempt at following instructions:rolleyes: (I'll have you know I was stumped for a while as I couldn't find the manage attachments thing to tick as I'd clicked the quick reply button instead) ... so that'll be step 1a on Bernie's idiot proof instructions

Newsreader

13th Oct 2005, 23:08

:yay: Great pic ALice, really natural :) As for the instructions, I was bound to get something wrong :D

mike tilley

13th Oct 2005, 23:12

Top hole Alice....great picture :yay:

Alice

13th Oct 2005, 23:15

Why thank-you kind Sir.. I couldn't have done it without all of your help.. & no you didn't get it wrong.. it's just that I really am an idiot when it comes to following instructions! Some say I do it deliberately as I'm lazy.. but for me it comes naturally.
I shall have another go before I close all windows & forget what on earth it was I just did.

Alice

13th Oct 2005, 23:20

Top hole Alice....great picture :yay:Ta.. but I can't take any of the credit..
Did you like the special effects then (not so natural... things are not always how they appear on film) the gnat of the then brother in law yanking on the tree.

Alice

13th Oct 2005, 23:53

attempt no3.. Belstaffs, excellent for sliding down steep hills when you've no toboggon (sp) have to be careful of the hidden logs though & keep the legs shut!:eek:

Snagger

14th Oct 2005, 09:11

Newsreader

14th Oct 2005, 09:32

Snagger

14th Oct 2005, 10:07

Well the way 'certain' airlines keep turfing people off, there won't be any passengers left to fly anyway :D ;)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/4337162.stm

Anyway, up here, after three days and nights of biblical non-stop rain earlier this week, we now have cold, crisp, and glorious sunshine :) Lovely.

It's a shocking story, isn't it? I happened to hear the story directly from the capatin involved the day before it hit the papers.

The reason they were removed is that we, like other airlines, can only carry a restricted number of disabled pax. This a legal restriction placed by the authorities in order to avoid complete disaster if the aircraft had to be evacuated. The number permitted corresponds to the number of cabin crew, in this case 4. easyJet can only carry 3 disabled on their 737s as they have fewer crew than us. The difference is that they have good PR, whist the press love to hate RYR.

The restrictions were displayed on the bookings website - the trip organisers hadn't bothered to read the conditions of travel. The part of the cock-up that RYR are responsible for is that they were all able to board the aircraft at all - they should have been stopped by the gate staff after the 4th diable pax was loaded, but sometimes the blind or partially sighted look like anyone else; they don't all appear as obvious as Blunkett, for example.

Newsreader

14th Oct 2005, 10:19

He he Snagger, thought you might respond to that. I agree that the crew did exactly the right thing, they had no alternative, whatever the consequences for the party. But, if what the lady says is true ...

Katherine Hurst, from Norwich, said she had called Ryanair on 20 January to check that there were no travel restrictions placed on the group ... Mrs Hurst said when she was asked if the group needed assistance she said they did not, and was told to go ahead and book.
... then Ryanair should be apologising profusely, offering full refunds and sending the call centre agent off for retraining, IMO.

Newsreader

14th Oct 2005, 10:23

easyJet can only carry 3 disabled on their 737s as they have fewer crew than us. The difference is that they have good PR, whist the press love to hate RYR.
Hmm ... might have something to do with Ryanair's own attitude to the wider world, as displayed by its boss - isn't he the one who registered his car as a taxi in Dublin, so that he could use bus lanes and avoid traffic jams?

Snagger

14th Oct 2005, 10:29

But, if what the lady says is true ...

... then Ryanair should be apologising profusely, offering full refunds and sending the call centre agent off for retraining, IMO.

Can't argue with that. I'm not exactly proud of the company's attitude towards pax. Even the cabin crew are sometimes brusque, especially at Stansted (luton lot are mostly very good, but there is a lot of variation between bases).

As for MoL, if there was a queue for giving him a good kicking, the pax would have a long, long wait before the staff were finished with him.:banging::clown2::Bloodymad

Newsreader

14th Oct 2005, 10:42

As for MoL, if there was a queue for giving him a good kicking, the pax would have a long, long wait before the staff were finished with him.:banging::clown2::Bloodymad
Absolutely ROTFPMSL, thanks for that :rotfl:

I've only had one experience with Ryanair, years ago from LGW, and I have to say I found every staff member very brusque, in fact downright rude, from check-in right through to cabin crew. But in fairness that was only one experience. Have flown countless times with Easyjet and am amazed at their politeness, patience and good humour, especially considering some of the folk they have to deal with.

Snagger

14th Oct 2005, 10:50

Absolutely ROTFPMSL, thanks for that :rotfl:

I've only had one experience with Ryanair, years ago from LGW, and I have to say I found every staff member very brusque, in fact downright rude, from check-in right through to cabin crew. But in fairness that was only one experience. Have flown countless times with Easyjet and am amazed at their politeness, patience and good humour, especially considering some of the folk they have to deal with.

It's a sad truth that EZYs customer care is lightyears ahead of ours, and it shouldn't be. I occasionally get cabin crew complaining to me about disruptive pax, and when I speak to the pax, I sometimes find that it is the crew that sparked the problem. It's not deliberate; it's acombination of them being stressed and tired from vindictive and abusive managers and terrible pay (£900pcm), and largely from dealing in a second language and foreign culture leading to misinterpretations (many of our cabin crew are eastern European/Spanish/Italian). Most of the crew at LTN are very good, but the average needs to be raised.

Alice

14th Oct 2005, 13:33

Well, looks like I'm the only one hoping for another mild winter. Snow certainly is pretty, and I enjoy playing with the kids in it, but trying to land a 65t aeroplane at 160kt (195mph) on an ice covered runway in a heavy snow shower is not so funny - we get enough of that landing in Scandinavia without doing it at base too.:eek:No, you're not alone in wishing for a mild winter, I'm dreading his plants snuffing it or coming indoors & wondering how to keep the ice off the inside of Landy, the endless traffic jams & wasted journeys where we will find the schools & colleges shut. Shops getting low on milk, the door always open blowing a gale, the floor wet from outdoors coming in, damp clothes, not enough hotwater bottles, freezing my butt off in the roof.

Doesn't hold a comparable image to being responsible for a ruddy great aircraft tho'

...just a set of complaints when really there are many lovely things about snow too, as many here have already expressed.