DEEJAYKEG Posted January 18, 2013 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted January 18, 2013 The United Kingdom will be closed for the entire weekend due to snowfall. Trains and flights have been cancelled and it looks as if the highways authorities are doing the usual poor job of keeping the roads open, despite having been forewarned of this weather front coming in.... Wales has received a "red" warning as a single foot of snow is expected... We may have to cope with a massive two inches locally. To use a phrase often uttered by a Canadian friend in-game, "Unbelievable!" baldie, JohnnyDos, Sonovabich and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
jimboom Posted January 18, 2013 Member ID: 3766 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 70 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 126 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 117 Achievement Points: 1681 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/02/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 13, 2021 Birthday: 03/20/1968 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Downunder here were have aa heat wave , a concretor mate of mine just died of heat, callasped and was dead in 2 hrs , work in 53 degree heat at roma queensland, damm shame hell of nice bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimboom Posted January 18, 2013 Member ID: 3766 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 70 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 126 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 117 Achievement Points: 1681 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/02/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 13, 2021 Birthday: 03/20/1968 Share Posted January 18, 2013 All the best there mate .hope all keep safe.cheers mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEEJAYKEG Posted January 18, 2013 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 Downunder here were have aa heat wave , a concretor mate of mine just died of heat, callasped and was dead in 2 hrs , work in 53 degree heat at roma queensland, damm shame hell of nice bloke. That is tragic. We have minimum working temperatures here but no maximum (it is rarely a problem!). It is currently -1C with a wind chill of around -6C and going colder on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TBB Posted January 18, 2013 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 268 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 18191 Content Per Day: 3.47 Reputation: 20228 Achievement Points: 133312 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 267 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 10 hours ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: Windows Share Posted January 18, 2013 Drink beer, have sex, stay warm TecHnOBoY, jimboom and baldie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TheCheeseyCrusader Posted January 18, 2013 Member ID: 88 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 248 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3484 Content Per Day: 0.65 Reputation: 1843 Achievement Points: 22909 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 40 minutes ago Birthday: 11/13/1991 Device: Android Share Posted January 18, 2013 No more foreigners this week please! as DeeJay said We're closed jimboom, JohnnyDos and baldie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sonovabich Posted January 18, 2013 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1534 Topics Per Day: 0.29 Content Count: 5020 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 5171 Achievement Points: 131490 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 08:30 AM Device: Windows Share Posted January 18, 2013 The United Kingdom will be closed for the entire weekend due to snowfall. Trains and flights have been cancelled and it looks as if the highways authorities are doing the usual poor job of keeping the roads open, despite having been forewarned of this weather front coming in.... Wales has received a "red" warning as a single foot of snow is expected... We may have to cope with a massive two inches locally. To use a phrase often uttered by a Canadian friend in-game, "Unbelievable!" You got that right Deejay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEEJAYKEG Posted January 18, 2013 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 The United Kingdom will be closed for the entire weekend due to snowfall. Trains and flights have been cancelled and it looks as if the highways authorities are doing the usual poor job of keeping the roads open, despite having been forewarned of this weather front coming in.... Wales has received a "red" warning as a single foot of snow is expected... We may have to cope with a massive two inches locally. To use a phrase often uttered by a Canadian friend in-game, "Unbelievable!" You got that right Deejay I've just heard from a nephew who runs a hotel in the "red zone", on his arrival back in Wales following a motorway drive from Essex. No problem, he said! I do firmly believe this hysteria is a generational thing. Because those below our age have seen little in the way of real winters, they panic when a snowflake flutters down. If they'd lived through winters when the pipes froze and powdery snow came through the window frames and into the house, they'd see today's non-event as a piece of cake! baldie, jimboom and Sonovabich 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
baldie Posted January 18, 2013 Member ID: 607 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 75 Topic Count: 243 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3339 Content Per Day: 0.63 Reputation: 2598 Achievement Points: 33710 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 10/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 10:02 PM Birthday: 09/16/1966 Device: Windows Share Posted January 18, 2013 You are so right Deejay Even Virgin the company I work for called off all fault calls today at lunch time...I asked my manager to carry on to finish my visits as I did not have any problems getting around, He nearly had an heart attack and told me flatly to go home. Now I am enjoying being home early I just find it crazy how easily they duck and run for cover... About 20 years ago I worked for a landscape company in Scotland and in december we had to break the Ice on a frozen lake and wade in to our waist and plant bloody reeds and stuff and the laugh is we did not even think twice we just got on with it lol.. Now if it hits 0 thats it everyone runs for cover this country of ours has gone bloody soft jimboom and DEEJAYKEG 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sonovabich Posted January 18, 2013 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1534 Topics Per Day: 0.29 Content Count: 5020 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 5171 Achievement Points: 131490 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 08:30 AM Device: Windows Share Posted January 18, 2013 You are so right Deejay Even Virgin the company I work for called off all fault calls today at lunch time...I asked my manager to carry on to finish my visits as I did not have any problems getting around, He nearly had an heart attack and told me flatly to go home. Now I am enjoying being home early I just find it crazy how easily they duck and run for cover... About 20 years ago I worked for a landscape company in Scotland and in december we had to break the Ice on a frozen lake and wade in to our waist and plant bloody reeds and stuff and the laugh is we did not even think twice we just got on with it lol.. Now if it hits 0 thats it everyone runs for cover this country of ours has gone bloody soft They need to get you back to work m8, i am thinking of dumping Virgin, the lag and high ping rates i am getting every afternoon now for around 3-4 weeks is really pissing me off,mornings are fine but as soon as the clock passes midday for some reason everything goes shitty, i thought oh maybe they are working on something but it has gone on too long, not having a go at you Baldie you have helped me out numerous times but it is just one thing after another with Virgin, i never seem to get a good run before shit happens again...that was my mini rant over now what were we talking about again jimboom and baldie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEEJAYKEG Posted January 18, 2013 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 You are so right Deejay Even Virgin the company I work for called off all fault calls today at lunch time...I asked my manager to carry on to finish my visits as I did not have any problems getting around, He nearly had an heart attack and told me flatly to go home. Now I am enjoying being home early I just find it crazy how easily they duck and run for cover... About 20 years ago I worked for a landscape company in Scotland and in december we had to break the Ice on a frozen lake and wade in to our waist and plant bloody reeds and stuff and the laugh is we did not even think twice we just got on with it lol.. Now if it hits 0 thats it everyone runs for cover this country of ours has gone bloody soft Sounds a bit like covering ones ar*e, there... Elf 'n' safety and all that! Having been a manager myself, I have some sympathy with the guy, though. I used to have people on my team who lived miles away and I wouldn't have wanted them stranded and unable to get home at the end of their shift. I think you're right, though, in the concluding assessment! I've shared my parents' experiences in post-war London during a particularly bad winter to illustrate true hardship and poverty. They lived in one room with a single gas ring for cooking/heating and the old man (then a bus driver after being demobbed) got gastric flu. No sick pay so Mum had to pawn her winter coat to pay the rent else they'd have been kicked out onto the street. These days, if people haven't got SKY TV and a ready supply of fags and lager, they reckon they're hard-up! Sorry if I sound a bit like a certain Monty Python sketch! Luxury! baldie and jimboom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
baldie Posted January 18, 2013 Member ID: 607 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 75 Topic Count: 243 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3339 Content Per Day: 0.63 Reputation: 2598 Achievement Points: 33710 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 10/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 10:02 PM Birthday: 09/16/1966 Device: Windows Share Posted January 18, 2013 Hey mate I do feel for you Normally my BB runs around 90-100Mb but for the last 2 weeks I have been lucky to get 10 -20Mb and its all down to utilization they are slowly working out these problems but its taking too bloody long.. The problem is the sub-contractors are bloody useless they are about 5 months behind schedule completeing the work. You see mate every distribution card is supposed to supply around 150 customers although it designed to handle up to 400 and at the moment they are running at around 300 to 400 thats what causes the problem you start to get a bottle kneck as soon as you hit the 250 - 300 customers per card. So when this work is complete each card should have on average 100- 150 which should mean our BB starts to really fly again... Well it better because virgin is releasing 200Mb in September and heads will roll big time... although at the moment various Directors are getting very worried about this mess because they promised Branson these issues would be finished by christmas and its now january Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted January 18, 2013 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 You are so right Deejay Even Virgin the company I work for called off all fault calls today at lunch time...I asked my manager to carry on to finish my visits as I did not have any problems getting around, He nearly had an heart attack and told me flatly to go home. Now I am enjoying being home early I just find it crazy how easily they duck and run for cover... About 20 years ago I worked for a landscape company in Scotland and in december we had to break the Ice on a frozen lake and wade in to our waist and plant bloody reeds and stuff and the laugh is we did not even think twice we just got on with it lol.. Now if it hits 0 thats it everyone runs for cover this country of ours has gone bloody soft They need to get you back to work m8, i am thinking of dumping Virgin, the lag and high ping rates i am getting every afternoon now for around 3-4 weeks is really pissing me off,mornings are fine but as soon as the clock passes midday for some reason everything goes shitty, i thought oh maybe they are working on something but it has gone on too long, not having a go at you Baldie you have helped me out numerous times but it is just one thing after another with Virgin, i never seem to get a good run before shit happens again...that was my mini rant over now what were we talking about again The connection kept dropping here, the other day and I was cursing BT... I found the likely cause at the end of my road - a BT engineer with his head in the big green cabinet covered in fine wires in the pouring rain! Looked like he was trying to milk a shaggy mountain goat! Sonovabich and baldie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
baldie Posted January 18, 2013 Member ID: 607 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 75 Topic Count: 243 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3339 Content Per Day: 0.63 Reputation: 2598 Achievement Points: 33710 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 10/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 10:02 PM Birthday: 09/16/1966 Device: Windows Share Posted January 18, 2013 Yep that sounds like it lol That used to be about 12 years ago but back then BB had not really got started I would hate to be those guy's now it must be a nightmare working on those cabs and dealing with cust complaints with BB LOL THIS BRINGS BACK NIGHTMARES LOL DEEJAYKEG and Sonovabich 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
J3st3r Posted January 18, 2013 Member ID: 2162 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 153 Topic Count: 152 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5095 Content Per Day: 1.05 Reputation: 5012 Achievement Points: 44703 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 22 Joined: 01/25/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 02/26/1972 Device: Windows Share Posted January 18, 2013 Wow that's crazy they shut down the UK for a couple snow flakes.Wonder what they would do if they got 4+ feet of it.lol We see 2-4+ feet of snow regularly every winter.And the fellas up north in Canada see double that amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Olive Posted January 18, 2013 Member ID: 69 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 227 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2660 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 4123 Achievement Points: 22968 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 19 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Tuesday at 02:49 PM Birthday: 05/07/1965 Device: Windows Share Posted January 18, 2013 I just went outside to take the dogs out...looks like you sent us the bad weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted January 18, 2013 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 Wow that's crazy they shut down the UK for a couple snow flakes.Wonder what they would do if they got 4+ feet of it.lol We see 2-4+ feet of snow regularly every winter.And the fellas up north in Canada see double that amount. It helps if you get the same stuff year-in year-out. For the past couple of decades, we've had very mild winters and little snow to speak of. Some people say it is due to global warming whilst others point to natural fluctuations in temperature. The lack of need for snow ploughs, gritters and rock salt has resulted in the resources allocated to highway authorities being reduced. Somehow, even if they have the drivers on duty, the salt loaded up and a few days warning, they still don't manage to keep the roads open... We have pitifully weak snowfall here currently. A single sweep of the broom cleared the back step. Sunday could be a different ball game; we are now told that some French weather is due to cross the Channel... French weather is always bad news (the rain/snow does not smell of Chanel No.5 or garlic, by the way). Merde! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted January 18, 2013 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 I just went outside to take the dogs out...looks like you sent us the bad weather Ce sont les tiennes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Markoff Posted January 18, 2013 Member ID: 54 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 89 Topic Count: 493 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 4494 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 2227 Achievement Points: 31955 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 03/17/1965 Device: Windows Share Posted January 18, 2013 hope i can get back home monday lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Olive Posted January 18, 2013 Member ID: 69 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 227 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2660 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 4123 Achievement Points: 22968 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 19 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Tuesday at 02:49 PM Birthday: 05/07/1965 Device: Windows Share Posted January 18, 2013 (edited) I just went outside to take the dogs out...looks like you sent us the bad weather Ce sont les tiennes! Nope the bad weather is always coming from west/north west and guess who is living there ? Edited January 18, 2013 by Olive baldie and TheCheeseyCrusader 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted January 18, 2013 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 I just went outside to take the dogs out...looks like you sent us the bad weather Ce sont les tiennes! Nope the bad weather is always coming from west/north west and guess who is living there ? Mais..c'est LE NORD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sonovabich Posted January 19, 2013 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1534 Topics Per Day: 0.29 Content Count: 5020 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 5171 Achievement Points: 131490 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 08:30 AM Device: Windows Share Posted January 19, 2013 (edited) Hey mate I do feel for you Normally my BB runs around 90-100Mb but for the last 2 weeks I have been lucky to get 10 -20Mb and its all down to utilization they are slowly working out these problems but its taking too bloody long.. The problem is the sub-contractors are bloody useless they are about 5 months behind schedule completeing the work. You see mate every distribution card is supposed to supply around 150 customers although it designed to handle up to 400 and at the moment they are running at around 300 to 400 thats what causes the problem you start to get a bottle kneck as soon as you hit the 250 - 300 customers per card. So when this work is complete each card should have on average 100- 150 which should mean our BB starts to really fly again... Well it better because virgin is releasing 200Mb in September and heads will roll big time... although at the moment various Directors are getting very worried about this mess because they promised Branson these issues would be finished by christmas and its now january I probably should have complained but i am too idle we have 2 PC's running in the house , if my son just switches his internet on the lag spikes on my console hit the top of the box and sometimes playing BF3 forget about it it feels like i am bouncing off an invisible wall, anyway based on what you told me i might hang on until September and see what happens but i am getting really pissed off, i don't see them offering us a rebate when all this crap is going on, Richard needs to get his whip out his reputation as a man who gets things done is going down the pan Edited January 19, 2013 by Sonovabich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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