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In the winter of ’63, before most folk had even heard of Milton Keynes, that area of North Bucks had far more snow that drifted high above the hedges and stayed for weeks.
Despite the last twenty years of people moaning about how we no longer get a proper winter and how we need a good frost to kill off all the foreigners etc etc, I think a basic reason why England cannot cope with the few flurries we get almost every winter is that drivers don’t gear up properly.
Grit -salt cannot have much effect on snow; drivers need suitable studded tyres or snow-chains, as used by countries that deal with winter on a regular basis.
County Councils, like the British and Irish governments, couldn’t organise and run a penny-bun stall at the best of times, despite charging a fortune, so I wouldn’t expect much from them.A major problem in all natural adversity, such as floods, blizzards, storms, is that any silly-bollocks who gets in trouble can block and impede the way for the rest, regardless of their ability. " Finding trouble in running" is likely.
A chain cannot be stronger than its weakest link, so breakdown is almost inevitable, imo. Even an iceroad expert from Canada wouldn’t make much headway over here because of the obstructions.
Not to worry; it will probably all blow over before Easter; that still leaves plenty of time for dozens of anti-AW threads and a much rarer mutter about all the NH cancellations.
My trusty steed will get me through, I hope.
Yep, some fine English names at Total – 4th largest multinational oil and gas company on the planet:
" The Executive Committee **
Christophe de Margerie, Chairman (Chief Executive Officer of Total)
François Cornélis, Vice-Chairman (President of Chemicals)
Michel Bénézit, President of Refining & Marketing
Patrick de la Chevardière, Chief Financial Officer
Yves-Louis Darricarrère, President of Exploration & Production
Jean-Jacques Guilbaud, Chief Administrative OfficerThe Management Committee **
The committee includes, in addition to the members of the COMEX, Executive Officers from the different functional and operational Divisions.
Holding – Yves-Marie Dalibard, Jean-Michel Gires, Peter Herbel, Jean-Marc Jaubert, Jean-Jacques Mosconi, Jean-François Minster, François Viaud, René Chappaz.
Upstream – Philippe Boisseau, Jean-Marie Masset, Charles Mattenet, Patrick Pouyanné, Jean Privey.
Downstream – Pierre Barbé, Alain Champeaux, Alain Grémillet, Eric de Menten, André Tricoire.
Chemicals – Pierre-Christian Clout, Françoise Leroy. "—
There wouldn’t be the slightest hint of suspicion that any of these gents would ever dream of partaking of the horseflesh, I don’t suppose, or would there now?
Btw, there’s nothing at all wrong with meat-eaters – human, canine, and feline – eating horses. It’s perfectly natural. As is death.
We shall all die, as will every living thing associated with the racing game. The only issues are how we pass the time before it , and, the manner of our despatch. Happy and painless are good, imo.In fact, if given the personal choice, I think I’d rather the bullet between the ears, than a forced run round some field in Aintree, where some moron had left stacks of old Christmas trees in my way.
But then, no horse has ever thought , said, or written, any of this – so I’ll leave all further comment to the donkeys who write and read the DMail.san fairy ann, mes amies.
Which available viewing area would be good for the Thursday, please?
Ground level Tatts isn’t the best for seeing the race, imo, but I’d like one of those places above it, if possible.Irish racing crisis?
Why, the whole island is in a serious economic and social crisis!
The only positive thing about the whole sorry affair, that involved the short-lived Celtic Tiger, which was really a mare of a plastic cash-cow, milked by criminal cowboys, who made goats of the lot of us, until the music stopped, is
that the Gael has historically turned his rage into constructive change.Re-construction will begin when the fools, who have caused such a mess, are taken out, entirely, and never allowed to repeat the same old mistakes.
Now is the time to kick on, imo.
Thank you, David.
I wasn’t sure that all was well with Denman. Price drifted on the Exchanges, and some talk about the National.
I read a lot about "openess" and the media on this thread.
Just wondering which Ditcheat horses will be running in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
I suppose it’s obvious, but I’m a little uncertain. Can anyone help, please?Not really the issue under discussion, but would it not be a good idea to have some sort of qualifying heats that lead to selected entry for these so-called championship races?
Then,when all animals are there on merit and as a result of qualification, we just have to accept whatever may occur in the race.
Btw, I wouldn’t think hypocrisy and arrogance are anything out of the ordinary in upper racing circles.
Perhaps, some top trainers’ runners might not make it to Cheltenham this year – even under current rules?
It would be far better for the racing game if the Machine were removed from every course, rather than its use being encouraged with talk of terminals at the track.
Most of the on-course inside-traders and arbers ( including media people, technological people, and bookmaker/arbers,and "other staff") are using cell-phones and computers now, anyway, while owners and trainers are just as likely to be in off-course betting shops with their phones ablaze.
An interesting little system, goldentouch.
Does anyone know if the 9 runner maximum filter makes an important difference to profits?
I forgot to make my point:
a) british racing isn’t run for punters.
b) the british weather is a terrible nuiscance.
Well, at least you didn’t have a wasted journey, Paul.
A few weeks ago, I turned up at Ludlow and they had abandoned. At the station, a bricklayer was merrily laying bricks and the sun was shining. I’d taken a chance, because the train left before the Inspection.
Then, in the summer, I travelled to York. The racing was off for a week!
I get the feeling that
a) some folk here seize any opportunity to criticise the AW
b) MANY folk here just love whingeing – about moreorless anything.Good luck to them all!
I agree that this is a very interesting subject. I also think that I’ve been looking at things the wrong way for years!
You see, I think animals jump off their back legs, so I haven’t considered the lead foot.
Now, my question is why do some horses jump to one side? I’ve always thought it’s because they are feeling something on the opposite side, but, more likely somewhere in the back.So, do I think the answer lies in the spine? No, not entirely.
My view is that most of it depends on the eye and the brain. We all see things differently, don’t we?Did you notice that KS did better with the noseband?
