Comments on: Driving in Snow through Kildare on New Year’s Eve 2009 http://www.primalsneeze.com/2010/01/01/driving-in-snow-through-kildare-on-new-years-eve-2009/ Noli nothis permittere te terere Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:24:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Primal Sneeze http://www.primalsneeze.com/2010/01/01/driving-in-snow-through-kildare-on-new-years-eve-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-7188 Primal Sneeze Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:18:29 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/?p=1171#comment-7188 Indeed it is. e.g. I remember being pointed to video of the Queen's Day incident in the Netherlands on Twitter a full hour and a half before any Irish media outlet mentioned it. Harnessing such real-time news is one facet of the work Mark Little will be doing during 2010 while on leave of absence from RTÉ.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7188','Primal Sneeze'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Indeed it is. e.g. I remember being pointed to video of the Queen’s Day incident in the Netherlands on Twitter a full hour and a half before any Irish media outlet mentioned it.

Harnessing such real-time news is one facet of the work Mark Little will be doing during 2010 while on leave of absence from RTÉ.

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]]> By: Lisa http://www.primalsneeze.com/2010/01/01/driving-in-snow-through-kildare-on-new-years-eve-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-7187 Lisa Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:03:29 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/?p=1171#comment-7187 lots of information on driving in wintery conditions - may be life-saving! http://www.drivers.com/article/843/<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7187','Lisa'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> lots of information on driving in wintery conditions – may be life-saving! http://www.drivers.com/article/843/
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]]> By: Quickroute http://www.primalsneeze.com/2010/01/01/driving-in-snow-through-kildare-on-new-years-eve-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-7186 Quickroute Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:34:43 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/?p=1171#comment-7186 It's going to be interesting to see developments with twitter as a real time news source. I already get most big news stories there way before the traditional news channels Happy New Year<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7186','Quickroute'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> It’s going to be interesting to see developments with twitter as a real time news source. I already get most big news stories there way before the traditional news channels

Happy New Year

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]]> By: Primal Sneeze http://www.primalsneeze.com/2010/01/01/driving-in-snow-through-kildare-on-new-years-eve-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-7185 Primal Sneeze Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:16:29 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/?p=1171#comment-7185 Now that's gas - the car overheating in this weather. There's one for the grandkids.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7185','Primal Sneeze'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Now that’s gas – the car overheating in this weather. There’s one for the grandkids.
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]]> By: Primal Sneeze http://www.primalsneeze.com/2010/01/01/driving-in-snow-through-kildare-on-new-years-eve-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-7184 Primal Sneeze Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:15:08 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/?p=1171#comment-7184 True. And a very happy new year to all at Bock Schloß too.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7184','Primal Sneeze'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> True. And a very happy new year to all at Bock Schloß too.
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]]> By: Primal Sneeze http://www.primalsneeze.com/2010/01/01/driving-in-snow-through-kildare-on-new-years-eve-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-7183 Primal Sneeze Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:14:22 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/?p=1171#comment-7183 There's the snag - Estonia and similar places have it <i>all winter</i>. Ireland is not prepared for an event that happens roughly every 10 years. In this case, it has not happened in 60.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7183','Primal Sneeze'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> There’s the snag – Estonia and similar places have it all winter. Ireland is not prepared for an event that happens roughly every 10 years. In this case, it has not happened in 60.
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]]> By: Conan Drumm http://www.primalsneeze.com/2010/01/01/driving-in-snow-through-kildare-on-new-years-eve-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-7182 Conan Drumm Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:39:22 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/?p=1171#comment-7182 Ah yes, I've been driving on compacted ice since before Christmas and hardly a bit of official grit have I seen. In fact I've been gritting the slopey road by the house every other day because the powers that be must think it's beneath them. Plus no bins collected for two weeks. Biggest irony - car overheating because I had to drive too slowly!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7182','Conan Drumm'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Ah yes, I’ve been driving on compacted ice since before Christmas and hardly a bit of official grit have I seen. In fact I’ve been gritting the slopey road by the house every other day because the powers that be must think it’s beneath them. Plus no bins collected for two weeks. Biggest irony – car overheating because I had to drive too slowly!
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]]> By: Bock the Robber http://www.primalsneeze.com/2010/01/01/driving-in-snow-through-kildare-on-new-years-eve-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-7181 Bock the Robber Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:16:41 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/?p=1171#comment-7181 But you're safe and that's all that matters. Happy new year.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7181','Bock the Robber'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> But you’re safe and that’s all that matters. Happy new year.
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]]> By: Corcaighist http://www.primalsneeze.com/2010/01/01/driving-in-snow-through-kildare-on-new-years-eve-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-7180 Corcaighist Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:24:10 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/?p=1171#comment-7180 Great adventure! Maybe all of us with vehicules in this country should invest in winter-tyres so that when the weather gets as bad next year we can all put them on and go about our business. It's crazy the transport system and the whole country collapsed because of a bit of snow and ice. I live in Estonia and they have these conditions all winter. The only difference is that they are prepared with years of experience, winter-tyres and snow-plows. Though, as my dad points out it's likely that the economic damage of a few lost days is less than the cost of all the equipment needed to make the roads safe again.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7180','Corcaighist'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Great adventure! Maybe all of us with vehicules in this country should invest in winter-tyres so that when the weather gets as bad next year we can all put them on and go about our business. It’s crazy the transport system and the whole country collapsed because of a bit of snow and ice. I live in Estonia and they have these conditions all winter. The only difference is that they are prepared with years of experience, winter-tyres and snow-plows. Though, as my dad points out it’s likely that the economic damage of a few lost days is less than the cost of all the equipment needed to make the roads safe again.
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]]> By: Primal Sneeze http://www.primalsneeze.com/2010/01/01/driving-in-snow-through-kildare-on-new-years-eve-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-7179 Primal Sneeze Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:40:00 +0000 http://www.primalsneeze.com/?p=1171#comment-7179 Fair play to him, I say. Fair play. I take your point about volcanoes and agree. But (the compulsory but), if I take someone down that volcano I am sure as feck going to do my damnedest to get them back up. Look. I've been seeing this for years. These lads, and I know many of them, will bugger off at the first flake of snow, drop of rain or gust of wind. And all leave together - no individual seems to mind the loss of earnings as long as everyone else is losing too.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7179','Primal Sneeze'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Fair play to him, I say. Fair play.

I take your point about volcanoes and agree. But (the compulsory but), if I take someone down that volcano I am sure as feck going to do my damnedest to get them back up.

Look. I’ve been seeing this for years. These lads, and I know many of them, will bugger off at the first flake of snow, drop of rain or gust of wind. And all leave together – no individual seems to mind the loss of earnings as long as everyone else is losing too.

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