piisfish 140 #1 December 1, 2010 I'm always surprised how my country can turn rapidly to 3rd world (or worse) as soon as we have a couple of inches of the white stuff... I had always been taught that we (Switzerland) are a snow-country must have been wrong information....scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hellis 0 #2 December 1, 2010 Why do think so? Are people running around with the snow shovels on their heads? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #3 December 1, 2010 not yet, as they can't seem to be able to go from their house to the garden shed where the shovel is stored... no winter tyres for most, so you see pretty cool acrobatics... until some pedestrian gets killedscissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #4 December 1, 2010 Fuck, if you really want to see a 3rd world reaction to a wee bit of snow, then you only have to look our side of the Channel. Swissville is positively brilliant in comparison. BUT, I hope that I can get to my B&B on the 17th!! (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #5 December 1, 2010 yep but your island is NOT considered a "major" snow country.... Guess with all our internationals, the country has forgotten about its originsscissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #6 December 1, 2010 It's a slippery slope (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #7 December 1, 2010 as slippery as the GVA airport runway... Airport has been closed all day for now...scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andreeb77 0 #8 December 1, 2010 Still better compared to your German neighbors: Our trains won't run in summer (A/C's over heating) and neither in winter (frozen railway switches) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #9 December 1, 2010 Quote Still better compared to your German neighbors: Our trains won't run in summer (A/C's over heating) and neither in winter (frozen railway switches) The old proverbial snow job, eh?My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #10 December 1, 2010 Funniest thing I've seen was when I was in Ft Worth, TX. Their winter consisted of 2-3 snow/ice storms per winter. You would watch these fools spinning their tires trying to get moving. But then they would insist on driving at the same speed as when it was dry, oblivious to the fact they were going to have just as much trouble stopping at the next intersection.Even though I had a 4wd with 4 snow tires, I would avoid driving during these times, just because I didn't want to give the fools a target. "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites