Snow Joke.

I don't know whats going on with this country, but it's getting well beyond a joke now.

For weeks before the snow gritting lorries were up my street every night, then when the snow fell.... a silence fell, no gritting lorries to be seen. It baffles me, why in the name of all that's holy would you stop gritting when there's snow on the ground, that's when it's needed most.
Some streets around here the snows packed down into sheet ice, and with the temperature dropping (-4c last night and getting colder) it's bloody dangerous. I slid down one road yesterday, ok I was taking it easy, but heaven help if you hit it going quick.

This country is the laughing stock of Europe, many places got a lot more snow than we do but keep going, but here a few inches bring the place to a standstill. Why are we always so unprepared and amateur about everything we do.

Just a passing thought but are we holding the winter Olympics in 2012? they'll be a laugh, the contestants wont be able to get to the venues because everything will have stopped or closed, all they will be able to do is panic buy bread and milk like the rest of us.