Snowmagedagain

Ubbquittious

I wonder how much the suicide rates would spike if some normally sunny country started getting a prolonged dose of the grey dull sh1te weather we're accustomed to.

Mister Vain

In some areas the snow has been compacted against the side of the roads so much that it has essentially formed a valley. This is what the road into Maynooth looks like.

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begbysback

Ubbquittious wrote: »

I wonder how much the suicide rates would spike if some normally sunny country started getting a prolonged dose of the grey dull sh1te weather we're accustomed to.

Yea - props to us for staying alive!!

SPDUB

_Dara_ wrote: »

I didn’t see any reports of those.

The Care Worker case happened in Scotland , not sure where the ambulance case happened .

Snickers Man

_Dara_ wrote: »

The mad thing is that many of people who'd be bitching about Tesco (there would seriously be people loudly complaining about them in the queue) would be holding car keys. I'd be thinking to myself "Why don't they go elsewhere then? We're in Dublin where there's plenty of choice!"

I did. (see earlier post)

But I went to my local Tesco (on foot) last night--yes WEDNESDAY MARCH 7th, with the thaw well in progress and the fruit and veg shelves were empty again. At about 6 pm!!!
And no sausages either :mad:
That's the Tesco in Upper Baggot Street I'm talking about.

Now the Adam Smiths among you will no doubt point out that Tesco have a self interest in stocking their own shelves and selling the produce thereon and it is against their financial interests not to do so, so there must be glitches in the supply chain somewhere. But that is my point. They must be prioritising deliveries elsewhere (like Britain) and calculating that the ever patient Irish customer will just shrug their shoulders and get on with it.

Sure who needs onions every day anyway?

I hope when the time comes Brexit means that these shysters will bog off back to Britain with their Anglo centric supply chains and leave the Irish market to people who are prepared to serve it properly.

And have no fear that they will. I first came to live in that area more than 50 years ago and there has ALWAYS been a supermarket on that site. Previously it was Quinnsworth. Before that it was something else (Liptons, if memory serves but we're going way back into the dawn of time now)

_Dara_

My local Centra has a decent veg section and it has been struggling to get those shelves filled this week. Or any of its shelves. Have you looked into whether other supermarkets and convenience stores are having the same problems? Because if any of them are, that rant is misplaced.

I find the Tesco hostility so weird.

muppetshow1451

_Dara_ wrote: »

I’m pretty proud of how we dealt with it. I would expect that countries who have guaranteed long subzero winters every year would deal with it much better. It would be strange if they didn’t. Don’t you understand the differing climates? Ireland’s is temperate and strongly influenced by the jet stream. What happened was rare.

Oh and Ireland had NO fatalities due to this cold spell. Meanwhile supposedly better-equipped countries such as Poland had quite a few. That’s nothing to be proud of. So laugh it up!

When did Lidl in Norway get looted?
Atleast they have the balls to admit it in Britain.
Always hard for Paddy to admit hes wrong.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/news-opinion/cannot-cope-snow-britain-never-14356364

minikin

muppetshow1451 wrote: »

When did Lidl in Norway get looted?
Atleast they have the balls to admit it in Britain.
Always hard for Paddy to admit hes wrong.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/news-opinion/cannot-cope-snow-britain-never-14356364

In 2008... took all their stores

LINKYLINK

muppetshow1451

minikin wrote: »

In 2008... took all their stores

LINKYLINK

Typical Paddy response when he knows he has to swallow his pride.

minikin

muppetshow1451 wrote: »

Typical Paddy response when he knows he has to swallow his pride.

You what now?
My name isn’t Paddy, why have I to swallow my pride?

iamwhoiam

The Blood Bank need donations and I am told The Green Isle is so packed with people donating that its a 3 hour wait at this stage . Well done all !

pickarooney

FEAR SNEACHTA BÁN
HATA AR A CHEANN
SIN É BOULI
AGUS A CAIRDE

muppetshow1451

minikin wrote: »

You what now?
My name isn’t Paddy, why have I to swallow my pride?

Then get over it

minikin

muppetshow1451 wrote: »

Then get over it

Is this just trollery or is there a point coming?

muppetshow1451

minikin wrote: »

Is this just trollery or is there a point coming?

The point have been made if you bother looking back on this thread.

blade1

Got stuck in snow yesterday!
JCB had to pull me out.

minikin

muppetshow1451 wrote: »

The point have been made if you bother looking back on this thread.

Ok, so you don't have a point worth repeating?

givyjoe

muppetshow1451 wrote: »

Typical Paddy response when he knows he has to swallow his pride.

I'll see you next tuesday Mr Englishman;)

fryup

we were all snowed under in Siberian like weather...and now just a week later not a snowflake in sight as if it never happened, amazing really isn't it

iamwhoiam

fryup wrote: »

we were all snowed under in Siberian like weather...and now just a week later not a snowflake in sight as if it never happened, amazing really isn't it

I can see it happened here in south west Dublin , we still have half the grass covered and the mounds where the men threw the snow to clear the road .I have a large mound on my front grass where we cleared the driveway and its going nowhere ! South west Dublin here .

https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/public-warned-risk-avalanches-dublin-14387391

Cantona's Collars

gozunda wrote: »

That's typical IBEC talk imo. They do more harm to employer - employee relations than a ton of fresh sprayed slurry. If you are in a union or know someone who is - go get some independent advice. Best of luck

Still no response from unions or anyone connected to them. People bitched and moaned about having to work in time to cover for the company closing yet 99% still doing it. A couple put in for AL for the time but were told they couldn't due to the missed work needing to be made up.

wheresmahbombs

fryup wrote: »

we were all snowed under in Siberian like weather...and now just a week later not a snowflake in sight as if it never happened, amazing really isn't it

In my local park, there's a long mound of snow that's taking ages to fully thaw. And another mound next to the railway beside the park.

muppetshow1451

givyjoe wrote: »

I'll see you next tuesday Mr Englishman;)

Try Scandinavian instead,but nice try Paddy.

muppetshow1451

minikin wrote: »

Ok, so you don't have a point worth repeating?

Intelligent answer,you thought about that all by yourself,applaus.

Junkyard Tom

There are still many rotting carcasses of Snowmen on greens here. Poor things.

givyjoe

muppetshow1451 wrote: »

Try Scandinavian instead,but nice try Paddy.

Stay classy hurdy gurdy gurdy.

I'm sure you've heard this before, but what an unbelievably appropriate username you've chosen

Mr. CooL ICE

muppetshow1451 wrote: »

Typical Paddy response when he knows he has to swallow his pride.

muppetshow1451 wrote: »

Try Scandinavian instead,but nice try Paddy.

Mod: No idea why you're using derogatory comments like this in a thread about snow, but it stops now.

muppetshow1451

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

Mod: No idea why you're using derogatory comments like this in a thread about snow, but it stops now.

Oh to offended are we,whats new.
Cant handle snow,but even harder to admit.
Must be hard to swallow.

muppetshow1451

givyjoe wrote: »

Stay classy hurdy gurdy gurdy.

I'm sure you've heard this before, but what an unbelievably appropriate username you've chosen

I almost laughed

Mr. CooL ICE

muppetshow1451 wrote: »

Oh to offended are we,whats new.
Cant handle snow,but even harder to admit.
Must be hard to swallow.

Mod: Don't post in this thread again