: Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:07 am  

hullbg wrote:

lmao, when you put it like that

Youve got to laugh havent you. Its terrible really!

[Kosh]

: Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:33 am  

hullbg wrote:

Having just come back from 5 years in Bulgaria, it makes me laugh to see how this country copes with snow. Bulgaria isn't exactly a forward thinking place but one thing they do is cope well with snow.

Do they by any chance get large amounts of it on a regular basis rather than once every two decades?

: Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:38 am  

They do and i see the point you are trying to make
However....
They do not have what you would call snow ploughs, they use tractors to clear the roads and they get a little extra for helping out.
They have nowhere near the funds that local councils have here.

The way the climate is going we could end up getting snow on a regular basis over the next few years... but thats a different debate

[Kosh]

: Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:42 am  

hullbg wrote:

They do and i see the point you are trying to make
However....
They do not have what you would call snow ploughs, they use tractors to clear the roads and they get a little extra for helping out.
They have nowhere near the funds that local councils have here.

I'm not saying we shouldn't do better, especially when we have advanced warning like we did in the run-up to last week. Gritting procedures in particular are a lottery and generally inadequate. But the constant referral of our struggles compared to countries who have vastly more experience and (in most cases) specialist resources makes me laugh TBH.

: Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:43 am  

I know what you mean and i agree with that (something wrong here agreeing with Kosh )

: Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:52 am  

hullbg wrote:

They do and i see the point you are trying to make
However....
They do not have what you would call snow ploughs, they use tractors to clear the roads and they get a little extra for helping out.
They have nowhere near the funds that local councils have here.

The way the climate is going we could end up getting snow on a regular basis over the next few years... but thats a different debate

But on the other hand they dont have many services to pay for like local councils over here.

: Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:58 am  

Nor do the locals pay extortionate prices to them

: Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:36 pm  

Kosh wrote:

I'm not saying we shouldn't do better, especially when we have advanced warning like we did in the run-up to last week. Gritting procedures in particular are a lottery and generally inadequate. But the constant referral of our struggles compared to countries who have vastly more experience and (in most cases) specialist resources makes me laugh TBH.

And of course, if councils were to maintain fleets of under-utilised gritters and snow ploughs there would be equal outcry at the inappropriate prioritisation of public money.

[Kosh]

: Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:45 pm  

Action Man wrote:

And of course, if councils were to maintain fleets of under-utilised gritters and snow ploughs there would be equal outcry at the inappropriate prioritisation of public money.

Exactly.

: Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:48 pm  

At the end of the day no matter how well they grit or plough it aint gonna get your signal back up