Utter bollox.

THIS snow is in fact BLOODY cold!!!!!

As in freezeyourbloodyboloxoff cold!

It was minus bloody NINE on the way back between Addingham and Silsden earlier. I'm totally pîssed off with it now. Come back rain, all is forgiven...

Well argued. I give up.

Thank chuff . . . .

Now, snow . . . .

SUPER LEAGUE"been able to get in to work", "can't get in to work" [/iicon_wink.gif may find rlTHISrl, and the free Gillette World Club Challenge tickets, of interest.

Hmmm. Might be worth a quick google image search and half an hour with Photoshop, that

Just been reading our local rag here and did not realize just how bad it is over in Blighty. It says there the UK.it is set to break the -17c record this winter. Seriously, I hope the old people are not forgotten whilst this spell of bad weather is on.

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Yes. . . . and made into an ice rink so that this thread gets back to being, broadly, snowy related again.

Oh dear, off topic in a off topic thread... that'd never do.

I have being trying to buy some screen wash now for a week. There is none to be had anywhere. I think I will be on the bus next week as I won't be able to see where I am going...
Does anyone know a secret mixture to make screen wash so it doesn't freeze?

I heard of someone adding vodka. But as someone who hasn't owned a car for 16 years I am loving this icey spell, long may it last.

What you need is a mixture of approx 25% water and 75% stale urine.

Add a load of ethanol or isopropyl alcohol and some eythylene glycol to water with some washing up liquid in.

Except you'll likely attract the attention of the local constabulary if you walk into a pharmacy and ask for a few litres of ethanol, and I'm not sure how much isopropyl you can buy in one go. And the easiest source of ethylene glycol is antifreeze, but last I heard that buggers up your paintwork.

...hence the vodka suggestion is less stupid than it first seems. But it would probably be cheaper to drink the vodka and get a taxi...

I've another ten litres of Holts screenwash from Costco in the garage. Rate I'm using it God knows what I'll do when that runs out...although by then the salt will likely have run out too so at least the windscreen won't turn white every ten nanoseconds...

Or its nearest substitute...beer at the KC.