Anybody had thier Christmas ruined by the weather?

Degsy

My sis,her husband and her three kids were due to arrive from france on the 23rd..the flight was cancelled and she had to stay home..i know my mother as well as the kids had been looking forward to it.

I was supposed to drop a friend to heuston station for a 2pm train on christmas eve but the traffic was so bad it took three hours to travel from fairview(about 3 miles) and she missed the train,fortunatly there were additional trains laid on.

I also saw countless cars stranded on roads and in one case a woman being cut from a crashed car in phibsoboro.

Pretty poxy really.

starbelgrade

My snowman melted today with the rain.

Christmas can go and fuck itself.

Stinicker

Degsy wrote: »

My sis,her husband and her three kids were due to arrive from france on the 23rd..the flight was cancelled and she had to stay home..i know my mother as well as the kids had been looking forward to it.

I was supposed to drop a friend to heuston station for a 2pm train on christmas eve but the traffic was so bad it took three hours to travel from fairview(about 3 miles) and she missed the train,fortunatly there were additional trains laid on.

I also saw countless cars stranded on roads and in one case a woman being cut from a crashed car in phibsoboro.

Pretty poxy really.

I got the flu because of the weather so it doesn't rank as my best Christmas ever, when it could have been so different.

Killer Pigeon

I had to get all of my limbs amputated because of frost bite.

starbelgrade

I also forgot to take a couple of bottles of wine out of one of the cars before I went visiting the inlaws yesterday.

It was so cold outside that the corks popped out of the bottles, covering the floor in some rather expensive Dry Riesling.

The car now smells like a wino & it took me 30 minutes to suck the floors dry.

W.Shakes-Beer

My cool aunt is supposed to arrive from Boston on New years eve, they're about to get smashed by a blizzard so I dont know how that'll pan out.

landsleaving

It's not the weather's fault, it was brilliant to have a white christmas.

Not brilliant was the complete mess that was travel after a little bit of bad weather.

biko

Attic pipe burst on Christmas Day but with a resourceful neighbour a disaster was avoided.

starbelgrade

landsleaving wrote: »

It's not the weather's fault,

I blame the government.

FreudianSlippers

starbelgrade wrote: »

I also forgot to take a couple of bottles of wine out of one of the cars before I went visiting the inlaws yesterday.

It was so cold outside that the corks popped out of the bottles, covering the floor in some rather expensive Dry Riesling.

The car now smells like a wino & it took me 30 minutes to suck the floors dry.

I'm assuming you are not talking about using a hoover to suck the floors dry:D

piptypibe

Driving for hours to get home, No electricity for few hours Christmas Eve and no water for the past 2 days (so far) Ya, it wouldn't be the easiest Christmas ever!!

landsleaving

starbelgrade wrote: »

I blame the government.

It was the immigants I tells ya!

starbelgrade

OisinT wrote: »

I'm assuming you are not talking about using a hoover to suck the floors dry:D

No. Don't be silly.

Drinking wine from a hoover bag would be disgusting.

FreudianSlippers

I think we need to start getting used to it, with global warming we may be in for winters like this or worse more often than not.

Degsy

If it looks like being even slightly similar next year i'm gonna hightail it somewhere warm and stay there.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

The water stopped on during the annual intoxication and insult gala that is christmas day in our house. Not fun when ehen there are 6 women drinking heavily who require the cistern to be filled when the use the jacks. The cistern being filled involves me going to the neighbours with an old milk pale and filling that up before filling the cistern up.
It's like Mayo in the 90's now

admiralofthefleet

not really, we were meant to go to a party in my fiance's aunt's but stayed in instead, so we re-sheduled the party for new years eve

My 16 year old cousin didnt make it home from Spain. She comes ever Christmas to spend it with her dad and us and this is the first year she didn't make it. She was sitting on the plane on Thursday night and they were told to get off that it had been cancelled

A friend of my husband's was due to fly to Spain with his wife and two children last weekend, one of the kids got sick so his wife stayed behind with one child and he went on with the other child and all of their presents. Mum and sick kids second flight was cancelled and they all spent christmas apart

Mr Benevolent

starbelgrade wrote: »

I also forgot to take a couple of bottles of wine out of one of the cars before I went visiting the inlaws yesterday.

It was so cold outside that the corks popped out of the bottles, covering the floor in some rather expensive Dry Riesling.

The car now smells like a wino & it took me 30 minutes to suck the floors dry.

A Riesling's typical aromas are of flowers, tropical fruits, and mineral stone (such as slate or quartz), although, with time, the wine acquires a petrol note

Why not just siphon the fuel out of the tank and drink it neat? It's cheaper too.

desaparecidos

OisinT wrote: »

I think we need to start getting used to it, with global warming the mini ice age upon us we may be in for winters like this or worse more often than not.

FYP

Star Bingo

the perfect white christmas. couldn't of asked for more of one, not in a hundred years. even knew precisely when to just fcuk off and dissipate

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starbelgrade

Logan Sweet Serf wrote: »

The water stopped on during the annual intoxication and insult gala that is christmas day in our house.

A pipe froze up somewhere along the line in our heating system last Sunday - it was minus 16 overnight & we've had no central heating since.

Had to turn off the water & drain the system before we left for Christmas & the mains froze over in the meantime.

I've been home since about 5pm & have been boiling up pots of snow to throw over the stopcock outside in the hope it might free up the blockage.

Great fun altogether.

Gonna give up soon, have a few beers & try again in the morning.

Asphyxia

It nearly was but no thank god

Minstrel27

No snow here. It was a bit cold though but I had no disruptions travel wise.

Star Bingo

Star Bingo wrote: »

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epgc3fyqirnbsx

starbelgrade wrote: »

A pipe froze up somewhere along the line in our heating system last Sunday - it was minus 16 overnight & we've had no central heating since.

Had to turn off the water & drain the system before we left for Christmas & the mains froze over in the meantime.

I've been home since about 5pm & have been boiling up pots of snow to throw over the stopcock outside in the hope it might free up the blockage.

Great fun altogether.

Gonna give up soon, have a few beers & try again in the morning.

It's situations like this that hot whiskeys were invented for. And you've got a wife so...

desaparecidos

Deleted User wrote: »

It means that only people in Dublin let the weather 'ruin' Christmas, because they're nancies.

starbelgrade

Logan Sweet Serf wrote: »

It's situations like this that hot whiskeys were invented for. And you've got a wife so...

The missus stayed in her parents... she won't come back until I've got the water going again & the heating back on!

Looks like it'll be a bottle that'll be keeping me warm tonight!

TheZohanS

desaparecidos wrote: »

It means that only people in Dublin let the weather 'ruin' Christmas, because they're nancies.

Will you ever crawl back under that bridge and stay quiet.

Kimono-Girl

damn cold weather tried to ruin my christmas, but i wouldn't let it!


i ended up in bed at 8pm with a chesty cough and an extremely high temperature!


but on the plus side turned out to be one of my best Christmases ever! :pac:

not only did i make it all day from in the morning seeing my daughter open her presents, to the evening curling up in bed with my other half as he held a cold cloth to my burning face! a strange but brilliant christmas!

oh and the roads were fine!

Star Bingo

Deleted User wrote: »

only speaking from personal locale experience ok ;- .. n east coast in general i guess.. n wherever else amassed a foot of snow that rather appropriately fcuked off the very day after christmas.. its over folks. put your trees away

turnsoutIwas

I went to London on the 16th for two nights and I'm still here. Ive had two flights cancelled but have a ferry and a plane booked tomorrow. Definitely the most random Christmas I've ever had.

We've had no water for the past 2 days, but it's the same every bloody year. I'm getting really sick of it now, will probably head down to my boyfriend's family earlier than planned so I can have a shower and flush the toilet. :rolleyes: Still, I'm glad I made it home, I very nearly didn't. Go Aer Lingus.

gabria

Peter Many Violist wrote: »

We've had no water for the past 2 days, but it's the same every bloody year. I'm getting really sick of it now, will probably head down to my boyfriend's family earlier than planned so I can have a shower and flush the toilet. :rolleyes: Still, I'm glad I made it home, I very nearly didn't. Go Aer Lingus.

Mirrors my situation. Thank God I was on the earliest Aer Lingus flight from Birmingham to Dublin on Xmas eve. With postponements and delays I was home in Ennis by 7pm. Didnt allow the problem with no running to ruin my xmas, it was interesting to "clear" the toilet with a bucket of water, rather than flush it. But I need to go to the gym if only to have a shower

Heroditas

starbelgrade wrote: »

The car now smells like a wino

You p1ssed in your car?

Copper23

nah, thank god, it all went fine.

Appart from being drenched during the 12 pubs on Stephens night but justs adds to the funny stories... haha.