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Will Francis


Last Updated: 11/21/2009

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Gender: Male
City: London
State: London and South East
Country: UK
Signup Date: 11/18/2005

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Monday, February 09, 2009 

Current mood:  thankful
Category: Blogging

Last Monday I, like many Brits, had an unexpected day off work without sickness or emergency - a ’snow day’ - which I spent with my wife, working from home and trudging in beautiful fresh snow.

The inclement weather dominated last week’s news headlines, largely because the snow fell in London, home of the country’s national press (other parts of the UK gets this kind of weather every year). What’s really interesting though is the reaction to the ‘chaos’ in the foreign press. Nick Squires of The Telegraph wrote a good article about the various reactions elsewhere in the world which includes a snippet from the Herald Tribune questioning the ability of a country that made it through the Blitz to deal with a few inches of snow. Canada’s Globe and Mail even quotes a London commuter comparing the capital to...
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Currently listening:
Fireman Sam - Let It Snow
Release date: 2005-11-07
sauna-nut

 
A good excuse for a day off because we put in the longest working hours in Europe?
Or, could it be that the politically correct elf-n-safety officials had their hand in it -
"No trains today! The station platforms are slippery".

 
Posted by sauna-nut on Saturday, September 05, 2009 - 20:52
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