Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[Red ones]

I must say that was one of the most horrible commutes in years. 30 miles of motorway in the dark and snow.

The visor steamed up because of the snow collecting on the outside. Visibility was awful, the wet got in to my boots and gloves. My fingers were numb. Slush between the lanes. Bloody cars with just front lights on (DRLs).

Glad I'm on the train tomorrow!

[Kenzie]

Not had any snow in Ipswich. It seems to be snowing everywhere EXCEPT here. Cold though and frosty.

[Sir Trev]

The BBC and their rabid reporting on the weather. We've had, let's face it, a dusting of a centimetre or so in some parts of the south east - you'd think it was Armageddon the way they are going on about it.

On behalf of the south-easterners on here I'd like to apologise to Organs north of the Watford Gap who have far more snow and just get on with it every winter.

[timwilky]

What snow? there was a little overnight, but melted by now.

We in the chilly north west get little snow at the best of times. But usually enough for the poor teachers to declare it unsafe and take the day off

[SV650rules]

Ever since I got winter tyres for the car a few years ago (mainly to save alloys from winter ravages) we have had very little snow, just like it never rains when you take an umbrella with you. About half an inch here today, not even enough for local kids to enjoy (would need to collect snow from every garden in the street to build even a diddy snowman).

[Trev B]

Snows ok on Christmas card and boxes of chocolates,that's all !!!

[Littlepeahead]

Yesterday we were bracing ourselves for the immense and terrify snow predicted at lunchtime and I was ready for the trains to grind to a halt. It never happened - however some poor bu99er instead threw themselves under a train so that caused huge delays instead.

Then we had a small flurry or two and this happened - I was stuck on the train behind this one and we did indeed get the announcement:

http://www.essexlive.news/horn-fille...ail/story.html

[Sir Trev]

Priceless LPH. (the horn bit, not the one-under)

I guess everyone remembers the once in a decade deluge we get down here where we get a proper covering all of a sudden which catches us all out. New year's eve 1996 when we got snowed in to a delightful little hotel in Sussex when two feet fell in the afternoon. 2010 when it did the same and some of Lady Poppy's colleagues had to abandon their cars and walk the last five miles back to Wycombe (good job my good Lady only works mornings and got home ahead of it). We may be due another one hence the hype but come on people, it's almost all melted here now.

[maviczap]

We seem to have lost our senses when it comes to snow. Always seems it's snowmagedon each time. I've seen pictures from people we stayed with in the Pyrenees cycling. It's snowed for 24hrs. What did they do? They went skiing of course!

[maviczap]

My gripe, why does my sister feel the need to reinforce any email or text message with exclamation marks?

I got your point without extra inference, your not in the army now, you're a civilian.