It was snowing at 7am. The weather forecast had predicted snow but I never expect snow to really happen.
Here is Belsky’s mother and child in the snow. Elsewhere there were lots of real parents out with their children, playing snowballs and with sledges.
The paths and roads got very slippery as the snow continued to fall. Cars and even buses could not always get traction. Walking sticks and ski sticks looked very sensible.
The world had turned black and white with just a few touches of colour.
At Trinity, there were less people than usual. Geoff Caudle from Drayton led the service. He did well to get there.
After church I began to see snowmen. There were two next to Abingdon Baptist Church.
Down in the Abbey Meadows somebody had sculpted a mermaid from the snow.
On another bench sat a snowman.
The snow stopped for the first time at 2 pm.
i must be getting old because i’m hoping it’s all gone when i leave for work tomorrow.
whoever made the mermaid has a talent.
Some interesting driving antics yesterday from people who think that a 4×4 makes them invincible and blow the rest.
A police instructor questioned me a few years ago about skids and how to control them. My answers were okay and then he asked about what happens in a four wheel drive skid. I wasn’t sure and told him so. His reply? “You’re scuppered.”
If you’re driving, give the driver in front room to make a mistake and the driver behind an early signal of what you want to do next. The two-second rule (following distance) should be increased to twenty seconds. Winter tyres, ABS, traction control and four wheel drive do not guarantee safety. The biggest nut in the car is the one behind the wheel!
This is a Blog Hijack, but, hopefully, it has some decent advice on something I did, which, had I been more knowledgeable, I wouldn’t have.
Never get a Smart Meter for your utilities. They’re needlessly complicated and if you change suppliers the chances are that your new supplier won’t be able to read your meter remotely as they won’t be able to access the sim card (or whatever) in the meter. These meters aren’t to a universal standard/protocol/etc … wasn’t privatizing the utilities a brilliant idea!
You are then back to square one and have to read the meter yourself and send your supplier the reading.
Easy … no … these meters come with no instructions and the chances are the people in your utilities customer services department don’t have much idea how they work. They’re there to sell you stuff … broadband anyone?
If you change supplier regularly then you need to know this. After frustrating calls with my old and new suppliers I found this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7lHdQaJFOw
which is for my new meter.
Avoid all this hassle and, if it’s working, stick with your old meter.
Thank you Newcomer. We have seen on the media that the smartmeters are only relevant to one energy company and if you change (which we are encouraged to do), the meter does not work for another company. Also there have been stories about incorrect installation leading to fires. We all know that the only advantage is to energy companies who can get rid of all their meter readers.
Saw you in the park near the folly yesterday, Wondered if you were hunting for photos.
Changing utility companies is about the easiest thing to do… I’ve done it twice with smart meters and never had an issue
Thanks for dropping in Unknownelement..
Kind of you to spare the time between pointing out to President Trump his misconceptions re. the route to Middle East peace and how the solution to the EU problem should be ‘The Gordian Knot Slice’.
We live in the Aura you cast.