Local govt: clever or sinister?

Ran out of milk, so I had to bite the bullet today and go shopping. There had been a partial thaw followed by a freeze last night so the path was slushy in some parts but covered in uneven slick ice in others. I slipped and nearly fell twice, so I decided to pop into the council office, which is very near the supermarket, and (politely) give then some grief.

About half an hour or so after I got back from my shopping, I got an e-mail from them to confirm they'd logged my enquiry, and that they'd passed it on to the roads operations dept. for evaluation. The spooky thing is, I didn't give them my email address! OK, they did have my name and address, and I have contacted them by email before, but who would have credited them with joining the two events up and doing something useful with the result? Would never have happened in my days of working for a council. IT systems that work efficiently! What a wonderful world we live in, eh? ;-)

This snow isn't funny any more

More snow again last night; not very much, but it's frozen over, making it very treacherous to walk on, even in walking boots & with a stick.

I've just tried to go shopping, but after slithering about fifty metres, I remembered we do have a breadmaker and since the only thing I really really needed was bread, I decided that I didn't need to get to the shops that much.

I am also heartily sick of shovelling snow away, only to have it snow again, covering the drive before I've had chance to use my car. I was thinking of only doing just-in-time snow clearing, but that won't work very well either, since it takes me a couple of hours to clear the drive, so I'll need that much notice of needing to use the car!

To quote Rich Hall, "Hell no, I ain't happy"!

Oh no! Not again!

We've had more snow. I can't believe it! BUT, miracle of miracles, this time they've ALREADY brought the snow-plough down our road. Wonders will never cease.