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EssexHoney
12th August 2008, 07:45
Has anyone else got this? I walked ten minutes to work and got absolutely drenched!! Ive had to hang my shoes and socks somewhere to dry!! There are floods everywhere, i think the summer may be over now :(

Nick_T
12th August 2008, 07:46
Has anyone else got this? I walked ten minutes to work and got absolutely drenched!! Ive had to hang my shoes and socks somewhere to dry!! There are floods everywhere, i think the summer may be over now :(

We had it here last night but it has passed now, i hope

Mark51
12th August 2008, 07:47
so you have a wet t-shirt then? lol

its hammering it down here, meant to do it all week

JimoVTR
12th August 2008, 07:47
Gettin a bloody tan here

Luke
12th August 2008, 07:47
Awful here, over an hour to get to work.

Summer is over I reckon, I hope Trax is nice though.

Scattle
12th August 2008, 07:47
Really bad driving to work here aswell.

neilandhisvtr
12th August 2008, 07:48
glorious sunshine down here in poole today. absolutely honked it down last night tho.

EssexHoney
12th August 2008, 07:48
Damn all of you where it isnt raining!!

VTSarah
12th August 2008, 07:50
The A12 is a nightmare, took me nearly an hour and a half to get from Ipswich to Chelmsford this morning.

Mark51
12th August 2008, 07:51
Awful here, over an hour to get to work.

Summer is over I reckon, I hope Trax is nice though.

get with the times luke, england doesnt have a summer anymore

David
12th August 2008, 07:51
Sooo much standing water on the way to work :(

EssexHoney
12th August 2008, 07:53
Luckily, i only drove about 10 minutes into town aswell so i didnt get stuck in traffic anywhere, lots of people where i work are stuck somewhere or other because of the amount of water!!

JimoVTR
12th August 2008, 07:54
Luckily, i only drove about 10 minutes into town aswell so i didnt get stuck in traffic anywhere, lots of people where i work are stuck somewhere or other because of the amount of water!!

I love coming on sax-p E.H. and reading you day to day life. always some drama going on ;)

lol

VTSarah
12th August 2008, 07:54
Colchester part of the A12 is the worst, its totally flodded the road so people are on a mega go-slow trying to see where they are actually driving.
It's sunny in Chelmsford now though but very wet, BF said its raining back at home.

EssexHoney
12th August 2008, 07:55
Lol, your a funny guy Jimo!!

neilandhisvtr
12th August 2008, 07:56
not suprised saz, the colchester part of the A12 is in a bit of a dip..

Clouds_mate
12th August 2008, 07:57
Yep pissing it down here.

Can rain as much as it wants through the week, i dont care.

VTSarah
12th August 2008, 07:57
not suprised saz, the colchester part of the A12 is in a bit of a dip..

It's a total bastard. Thank goodness I wont be doing that journey for much longer!

neilandhisvtr
12th August 2008, 08:05
it better not rain in a couple weekends then, ive got to mission it up to the missus's mums in ipswich for a birthday do. but im working that weekend so ive got to drive at legal speeds as quickly as possible lol from down here.. thatll be an interesting drive.

VTSarah
12th August 2008, 08:07
Are you going out for a meal or just to their house?

neilandhisvtr
12th August 2008, 08:09
their place, her mums got a big garden and theyre going to do a bbq party type thing.. weather pending..

Danny
12th August 2008, 08:09
raining here aswell suppost to be doin some outside work for a mate gunna get drownded :(



i tell ya if i had the money id emagrate away from this shite country wake up to the same shite every morning and them im pissed off for the hole day dont do me any good at all

Robb
12th August 2008, 08:11
serious sunshine here. lovin it.

Amiee
12th August 2008, 08:16
Yeh I got it here aswell.. leaving the house at half 6 this morn, drenched on way to the car, got to work, just spent past 2 hours on my own in the cold :(

No fun!

JimoVTR
12th August 2008, 08:18
serious sunshine here. lovin it.

Thats nice Robb.

Havent actually replied to any of your posts in a while... and i miss you

matt_vtr_15
12th August 2008, 08:18
i have to walk like 1 minute to get to work from the car park....

i was pissed wet through!!!!

Had no coat suitable for work so got really wet in that time.... and had to dodge all the cars splashing mahoosive puddles everywhere.....

Ive just washed the gel out of my hair as it was literally dripping out in white bits.... now have a fluffy head!!!!

BOOOOOO

Robb
12th August 2008, 08:23
Cheers Jimo.

I feel for you Matt. I always used to hate getting wet on the way to school. Sitting through lessons was a nightmare.

PinkPrincess
12th August 2008, 08:25
It pissed it down this morning.
But it's clearing up now :]
Mind you, there are rain clouds in the distance that don't look promising.
Just another british summer! =D

djflipsaxo
12th August 2008, 08:33
sunny here...

pjm300
12th August 2008, 08:36
cleared up here now

JimoVTR
12th August 2008, 08:40
Im still bloody burning. anyone got any suncream?

matt_vtr_15
12th August 2008, 08:42
jimo im not at school,... its the 6 week holidays.. im doing some part time work at maccy d's to get some money for my stationary...

xx

wallsy
12th August 2008, 09:06
Just pissed it down here, now the stream in the garden has flooded!

Ill go get some picccccctuarrs!

EVTR
12th August 2008, 09:12
Yeah were flooded, rained off at work, yasss :)

Peejous
12th August 2008, 09:13
Was mowing the lawn last night because it was mahoosive, got halfway through cutting the grass and it suddenly chucked it down. Back lawn is currently half cut.

wallsy
12th August 2008, 09:21
This is what my garden looks like, the stream is usually like a foot wide and few inches deep, i wouldn't be able to touch the bottom atm.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh86/wallsy6890/Picture-1.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh86/wallsy6890/Picture013.jpg

Just had a wheel barrow float past. lol

Peejous
12th August 2008, 09:24
You want to get a spirit level on that washing line?

Clouds_mate
12th August 2008, 09:28
how heavey is that towel lol

BBL
12th August 2008, 09:32
A23 sussex had lane closed this mornign as it was foot deep in water lol, my crews managed to sort it out after couple of hours but all ok now lol :y:

Elliott
12th August 2008, 09:40
Its pissing down here.

wallsy
12th August 2008, 11:45
You want to get a spirit level on that washing line?

Lol, Looks perfectly straight to me. :homme:

Peejous
12th August 2008, 11:56
Lol, Looks perfectly straight to me. :homme:

It's about as straight as Michael Barrymore

Craddock
12th August 2008, 12:02
quite warm here tbh.

EssexHoney
12th August 2008, 12:03
Stopped raining here now and the sun has come out, yay :)

Craddock
12th August 2008, 12:14
Absolutely caking it down now. "Gets washing in........NOT"

Jordysport
12th August 2008, 15:54
jimo im not at school,... its the 6 week holidays.. im doing some part time work at maccy d's to get some money for my stationary...

xx

hehe is that all 6 weeks hehe :p:p

EH_Fella
12th August 2008, 17:23
Sorry I'm late, I'll just stick this in here..
That's a deep puddle, Wallsy!

http://www.rncs-hosting.com/garden.jpg

CoolC
12th August 2008, 22:58
Was quite bad in Swindon today around 1pm, i was at work already so i didnt get a tad damp atall :D

wallsy
13th August 2008, 08:54
Sorry I'm late, I'll just stick this in here..
That's a deep puddle, Wallsy!

http://www.rncs-hosting.com/garden.jpg

Wtf hahahaa! Better late than never i guess. :homme: