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18 Jan 18 - 04:44 AM (#3900267) Subject: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red Scottish Transport has a map of where the gritter lorries are and it (apparently) reveals their nicknames or their licence plate. These include Gritallica, Sir Andy Flurry, Gritty Gonzales and the Sir Salter Scott. a Twatter on the subject Offers suggestions like Brad Gritt, Salt Disney, Grittney Spears, Spready The Eagle, King Spreadward, GrittyGrittyBangBang, Snowfarah, Ready Spready Go. & in Doncaster they have Davie Plowie & Gritsy Bitsy True Grit - or do local Governments have a sense of humour? What does the Mudcat suggest or has been observed? Mine? Sleet of Foot, Dust my Vroom, the Drifters and not hilarious but a little subtle Cold Comfort |
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18 Jan 18 - 04:49 AM (#3900268) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Dave the Gnome Rule Grittania :D tG |
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18 Jan 18 - 04:49 AM (#3900269) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Joe Offer I drove a snowplow at an orphanage in Wisconsin to earn my college tuition, and it was a job that was great for the machismo. I loved my snowplow and loved the experience of crashing into snowdrifts, but I never thought of naming it. Sure was a fun job, though. -Joe- |
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18 Jan 18 - 06:55 AM (#3900278) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Senoufou Ploughy McPloughface |
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18 Jan 18 - 07:04 AM (#3900280) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Dave the Gnome We could also divert to a music thread. Anyone stuck in the snow could become jolly fellows who follow the plough :-) DtG |
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18 Jan 18 - 07:56 AM (#3900287) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Senoufou Or "We Plough The Snow and Scatter.." (the good grit on the roads...) 'He sends the snow in winter' - but I reckon He's overdone it this year! |
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18 Jan 18 - 08:34 AM (#3900299) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Jos Itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow grit-spreading machiney |
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18 Jan 18 - 12:38 PM (#3900353) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: leeneia They should paint one pink or white and name it Suzy Snowflake. 'Suzy Snowflake ' is a video that used to be on TV in the 1950's when the stations had a minute they didn't know what to do with. For me as a little kid, it was one of the few enjoyable things on TV. Suzy |
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18 Jan 18 - 01:25 PM (#3900363) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Senoufou Aw, that's sweet leeneia! We just had a man making a clay pot on a wheel in between programmes. Trouble is, I think it's an ear worm...I can't stop singing it now! |
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18 Jan 18 - 01:30 PM (#3900364) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Tattie Bogle One FB friend suggested Gritty McGritface, and there is already Gritty McVittie. I had a look yesterday to see which one might be nearest us: it was Edinburh Ring Road, about 4 miles away, so "Ring-a Ring-a Road Clear" - or, for its more precise location "The Sighthill Spitter"! And I think the weather forecast is "Ploughing Tonight". |
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18 Jan 18 - 01:53 PM (#3900367) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Jos Eliza, did you only have "The potter's wheel"? I seem to remember a kitten playing with a ball of wool. |
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18 Jan 18 - 02:00 PM (#3900369) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Senoufou Oh yes! Fancy you remembering that! I think it was on an armchair, a white kitten? |
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18 Jan 18 - 02:28 PM (#3900374) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Jos Yes, a white kitten. It seems there were other films but I only remember those two. A quick 'google' came up with this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0276jjh |
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18 Jan 18 - 03:48 PM (#3900388) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Bee-dubya-ell If a snowplough were mounted to the front of a UPS truck, it could be called "How Now, Brown Plough". |
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18 Jan 18 - 06:11 PM (#3900406) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu I looked on that map feature for Polmadie in Glasgow, and there was Grittie MacVittie. And Sparkle is over by the Glasgow airport. And Frosty is near Kilwinning. Sir Salter Scott, south of Edinborough. Sprinkles is near Nairn. What a hoot. |
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18 Jan 18 - 07:17 PM (#3900415) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red And for English Folk singers............. "Speed the Plough" or "Ploughsie Maggie" And for Shalespearians..... "Gritter Love Hath no Man" We have the artificial snow company on my doorstep. "Snow Business" and they re-named their building "Snow Mill", previous to that it was "Oil Mill", before that it would have been a weaving mill". |
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19 Jan 18 - 02:42 AM (#3900434) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: mg I am going to name mine snow white and special snowflake and ice queen. |
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19 Jan 18 - 03:19 AM (#3900437) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red Plowdon Wainright III |
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19 Jan 18 - 03:50 AM (#3900440) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Dave the Gnome You know nothing Jon Snow... Plough :D tG |
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19 Jan 18 - 08:55 AM (#3900483) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Nigel Parsons Or for something (much) more basic: Gary Gritter |
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19 Jan 18 - 10:33 AM (#3900497) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: robomatic Homer: "That name again is 'Mr. Plow'" Marge: "Leave the jacket on" |
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19 Jan 18 - 11:47 AM (#3900506) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red "Snow, Snow, quick quick, snow" "Shovel Duck" "Julian Cleary" "Here's looking at you skid" "Ice Bucket" thinking ......... |
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19 Jan 18 - 01:29 PM (#3900533) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: mg Frosty. |
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19 Jan 18 - 03:46 PM (#3900563) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red "Slush Puppy" "A Grit on the Slide" "Ploughed before a Fall" |
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20 Jan 18 - 06:12 AM (#3900651) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red "Hail Hitter" "Black Eyes" |
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21 Jan 18 - 06:35 AM (#3900831) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red "Melting Potter" |
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21 Jan 18 - 05:23 PM (#3900943) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu Checked out that there map again. This is absurdly entertaining. Especially the named ones. Latest snapshot: Grittie McVittie has been joined by Mrs. McGritter in Glasgow. The Winter Explorer and Gritty Gritty Bang Bang are seeing to Perth. Ice Buster and the Snow Solution converge on Prestwick in Ayr. Sir Andy Flurry near Dunblane. Snow Destroyer near Linlithgow. The Ice Queen is at Queensferry near the Forth Road Bridge, and the Golden Great Gritter is on the other side of the bridge at North Queensferry. Not to speak of all the no-name snow-ploughs. |
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28 Feb 18 - 07:43 PM (#3908652) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu The Beast from the East, is it? Someone else said Hysteria from Siberia. What rhyming rise to the challenge can Mudcatters come up with for the Snowploughs of Scotland here? Check out that link in the first post, and you can see the ploughs ploughing their little hearts out. |
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01 Mar 18 - 10:59 AM (#3908793) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Senoufou We could do with far more gritters here in Norfolk at the moment with this dratted 'Beast from the East' (or Hysteria from Siberia) The roads weren't gritted, or if they were, quite deep snow has covered over the grit. The snow has been compacted by vehicles and now it's a skating rink. No postal service (which I'm pleased about. We're very fond of our lovely postie and wouldn't want him risking an accident) And what is worse, no newspapers, and the supermarket shelves are half-empty, due to panic buying and no lorries getting through to refill. My daft husband went out for six tomatoes (!!) so he could cook his Spicy Horror, and came back rather white-faced (so to speak) as the car was sliding about alarmingly. All Norfolk schools are closed, so no school cleaners needed. Husband enjoying the break. But now some blooming Storm called Emma is battering the house. |
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01 Mar 18 - 12:04 PM (#3908810) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Tattie Bogle No chance of a gritter on our street while they are struggling to keep the main roads clear. So all the neighbours were out with shovels and spades this morning doing the Ravelrig Big Dig: got the road cleared so that someone else could get in a 4 x 4 to the airport: all domestic flights are cancelled, but a few long-haul ones to warmer climes still going. Now we have just had another hour + of snowstorm, so everything is re-covered with several more inches of snow. Fortunately have all we need in fridge, freezer and cupboards: no chance of starving! |
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01 Mar 18 - 12:17 PM (#3908815) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Senoufou Stay safe Tattie! I smiled to see a large group of our village children whizz excitedly past towing little sledges, accompanied by several village dogs. There's always a little tot struggling along at the rear shouting, "Wait for meeeee!" Later, I was intrigued when they all hurried back again with their sledges piled high with snow. Some were adding snow from hedgerows and walls. Whatever were they planning to do? Surely they had enough snow in their own gardens for a snowman? |
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01 Mar 18 - 06:07 PM (#3908894) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu And did you also notice that the Scottish ploughs include the names Plougher O' Scotland and Luke Snowalker? |
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01 Mar 18 - 06:12 PM (#3908895) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu ...and near Keith, south of Buckie, is Sir Grits-a-Lot. |
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01 Mar 18 - 11:03 PM (#3908917) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: meself Snow Business Like Snow Business. |
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02 Mar 18 - 11:28 AM (#3909022) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red Here in Stroud we have a company that specialise in making fake snow for film & TV. - Snow Business I wonder if they came in to work today. I did, well I say work, it was recording an old man talking abut the area in the old days. I say old man, he is actually younger than me, but to look at him and the way he walks - lets just say I rejoice in my good fortune. Though tomorrow's ceilidh in town is cancelled, the band . |
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03 Mar 18 - 01:07 PM (#3909262) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: EBarnacle D'ye ken John Snow with his coat so white; D'ye ken him plowin' in the midst of night D'ye ken him stayin' on the road so tight; T'keep roads clear and you safe and tight-- With is truck and his plow through the village? |
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17 Dec 19 - 06:35 PM (#4024290) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu It's not winter at the Mudcat without a link to Scotland's Trunk Road Gritter Tracker. The OP on this thread, the link is kind of indirect, you have to go through a layer or two to get to the actual site. I'll see if I can link directly to it. Here goes. Transport Scotland yay, me! And if you zoom in and tighten on a smaller group of vehicles in a smaller area, the named ones have their little names pop out. |
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17 Dec 19 - 06:37 PM (#4024293) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu Someone did a James Bond pun, and named their gritter For Your Ice Only. That one's near Edinburgh at the moment. |
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18 Dec 19 - 04:31 AM (#4024344) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red "Gangsta Granny Gritter" in Inverness today. "My Name's Doddie" in Dundee "Grittle Mix", "Sophie's Salt","Meltin' John" etal in the Glasga area "Sandy the Solway Salter" in Dumfires "Snowkemon Go" - Stranraer "Fred" in Ayr "Ice Destroyer" is in Oban |
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18 Dec 19 - 07:00 AM (#4024368) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mrrzy You guys are a riot. Senoufou, tu devrais avoir honte (grin). And here the sanding and the plowing are done by separate unnamed vehicles... Hmmm... |
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18 Dec 19 - 08:27 AM (#4024378) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Senoufou Honte, moi Mrrzy? Non, au contraire je suis trop fiére de moi. Je suis femme trés méchante! Mon époux pourrait le vé¶ifier. hee hee |
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19 Dec 19 - 04:06 AM (#4024521) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Rusty Dobro The organiser/compere arrived at an Ipswich charity comedy show on board the the gritter lorry (almost) bearing his name: Grit Rhyss-Jones. |
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19 Dec 19 - 06:58 PM (#4024698) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu In the Glasgow area, the other snowploughs have been joined by Darth Spreader Sprinklebell |
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20 Dec 19 - 01:58 PM (#4024776) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu Sir Grits-A-Lot is back on the job in what used to be Banff I believe. Snowball and Sir Salter Scott are south of Edinburgh. Fred is near the Glasgow Prestwick airport. Rumble is all by her(?)self, southwest of Lochaber. Gritty Gonzales, southeast of Galashiels. And Super Snowboard is between Leeds and York. |
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22 Dec 19 - 03:57 AM (#4024795) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Backwoodsman I love the road-gritting vehicle in Lanarkshire, Scotland, which has been named...’Gritter Thunberg’. |
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22 Dec 19 - 07:03 AM (#4024845) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red ROTFLMAO |
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22 Dec 19 - 02:41 PM (#4024923) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu … now, that IS inspired. |
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26 Dec 19 - 08:10 PM (#4025027) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu ooh, how I hate to break the news of this name to you. When I look at the little interactive map today, the name drew me to Scotland's West Coast, to Ayr, south of Glasgow. FRED is down there, and so is ... wait for it ... SALINE DION. |
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27 Dec 19 - 02:58 AM (#4025063) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red why not "Pippa Anne Salt" ? |
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29 Dec 19 - 05:39 AM (#4025303) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red there should be a "Season's Grittings" |
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30 Dec 19 - 07:17 AM (#4025440) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu ... and now, there is a vehicle south of Glasgow named SPREAD SHEERAN. |
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19 Jan 20 - 07:25 PM (#4029137) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu And EAST of Glasgow there is a vehicle named DAVID PLOWIE. I'm just beginning to feel suspicious that there may be one particular snowplough/snowplow that keeps changing its name ... |
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20 Jan 20 - 06:01 AM (#4029181) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red Is there one called ........................ "Claw Ride"? |
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15 Nov 20 - 11:31 PM (#4079769) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu ... no, but I do see one named GRIT EXPECTATIONS. (Near Glasgow.) |
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16 Nov 20 - 02:48 AM (#4079778) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Allan Conn There is seemingly a campaign in South Lanarkshire to have one renamed "Mar-Grit Ferrier Super Spreader" after the MP who made the round trip to London. Thought it was really funny but probably as much chance of the public getting their way as they had with Boatie McBoatface |
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16 Nov 20 - 07:53 AM (#4079811) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red LOL is there a Salt Anna? or "Wrong Kind of Snow Plough" |
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17 Nov 20 - 09:55 AM (#4079950) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Charmion As a natural-born Canadian who has lived most of her life in high-snow areas, I love the idea of naming snowplows (note variant spelling -- in these parts, ploughs are for soil). I have never heard that any Canadian jurisdiction indulged in the practice, however. Could it be that we have just too many snowplows? Like feedlot steers, identified only by the code on their eartags, Canadian snowplows have to get by on their licence plate numbers. |
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17 Nov 20 - 10:37 AM (#4079954) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Charmion's brother Andrew A fair few of the spreader/snow plow combinations in Ontario are owned by private contractors whom the municipalities or counties engage for snow clearance. Much of the equipment bears names, but these are likely not used outside the contractors' yards. Cities like Ottawa lack the imagination to name their vehicles. They also do not publish where they are operating, as far as i can tell. :( In more innocent times (the 1970s) people were not giving snow plow operators the space they needed, so the government of Ontario came up with a couple of public service announcements: tail gunner and Polar Jet High-Lift Ice Ball Special. A bit dated, since who today knows what a tail gunner is? |
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18 Nov 20 - 08:39 PM (#4080163) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu What is a nice Snowplough like Sandy the Solway Salter doing southeast of Liverpool ? |
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19 Nov 20 - 07:13 AM (#4080194) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Georgiansilver Surely just 'True Grit' would do. |
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19 Nov 20 - 07:27 AM (#4080199) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Jos Or "'S no joke". |
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19 Nov 20 - 08:04 AM (#4080206) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Doug Chadwick What is a nice Snowplough like Sandy the Solway Salter doing southeast of Liverpool ? OK keberoxu, I give up. I Googled "Sandy the Solway Salter" but couldn't find anything about it being used outside of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. I have looked up both Solway and Dumfries on Google Maps and I can't find any references to either that are southeast of any of the various places called Liverpool. Considering that "Sandy the Solway Salter" appeared here in a list posted 11 months ago, your post seems a bit random. Care to explain? DC |
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20 Nov 20 - 04:20 AM (#4080302) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red Is there a "Scoopy Do" ? "Ice Sage" ? "Sleet Street" (hack job therefore) "'S No Drift" "Grit & Bare It" |
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20 Nov 20 - 08:48 PM (#4080409) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu The Trunk Road Gritter Tracker is the interactive online map at scot dot gov, and on that interactive map, Sandy the Solway Salter is southeast of Liverpool. |
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21 Nov 20 - 04:47 AM (#4080440) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Doug Chadwick southeast of Liverpool True, I suppose, but ..... hmmmm? ..... an interesting description for a location in the middle of Derby! DC |
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21 Nov 20 - 09:05 AM (#4080465) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: mayomick paint it white and call it the Alphonse Allais |
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21 Nov 20 - 09:41 PM (#4080540) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu Another touch I didn't take in previously. The colored interactive map distinguishes between which snowplows are active, and out on the roads, and which snowplows are parked and inactive. The named snowplows have their names regardless of whether they are active or are parked and stationary. If the interactive map shows a yellow snowplow, it is active and out there working. The grey snowplows are parked and inactive. Glasgow has a concentration of grey, inactive snowplows at the moment. |
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23 Nov 20 - 01:51 PM (#4080688) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu East of New Galloway, Penelope Gritstop is out on the streets, but Gritney Spears is parked and out of action. Only in Scotland ... |
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24 Nov 20 - 09:05 PM (#4080870) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu Oh my word. The little critters are busy tonight. And a bunch of names I haven't seen before, between Glasgow and Edinburgh: LICENCE TO CHILL SCOTLAND'S BRAVEST GRITTER THE GRITTIST SNOWMAN (that's how it's spelled) And what's going on around Galashiels and Melrose? There are a bunch of YELLOW (meaning active and out there on the road) gritter symbols. Must be more snow and ice than usual? |
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26 Nov 20 - 02:44 AM (#4080986) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red "Get my Drift?" ? |
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13 Dec 20 - 03:03 PM (#4083286) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu Out in force, they are, they are. |
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14 Dec 20 - 10:14 AM (#4083382) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red What about "Ace of Spades"? Or would that fall foul of some PC sensitivities that were never intended. |
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14 Dec 20 - 06:36 PM (#4083473) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Donuel Liam Neison did a comedy mass murder murder movie that revolves around a mighty snow plow. |
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15 Dec 20 - 02:35 PM (#4083604) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu Here's a new one, on the interactive map: I WANT TO BREAK FREEZE |
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19 Nov 21 - 04:34 PM (#4126735) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu The snowploughs of Scotland are out and about, and oh heavens, the names are worse than ever -- there are some true groaners out there! I can't bring myself to submit them, they are so bad. Will note, however, a parenthesis to one snowplough name, reading: "Fully Electric Vehicle for Trial" And one name, that I had to stop and think about, is a pun on "Buzz Lightyear", I believe: BUZZ ICE CLEAR |
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20 Nov 21 - 02:13 AM (#4126770) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red Yes Sir Ice Can Boogie Spready Mercury Salt Disney Sled Zeplin Megamelta Suarus Blizzard of Oz William Wall-Ice The original clickie does not work now. This is now a link showing the gritters that are out |
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20 Nov 21 - 07:06 AM (#4126783) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Jack Campin They aren't actually complete vehicles, but a gritter module that sits on a truck and only hits the road in winter. There are a whole lot of them parked a few minutes from my house. My wife is particularly fond of Sir Salter Scott. |
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20 Nov 21 - 12:40 PM (#4126804) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Dave the Gnome Thaw-in Saltenshield |
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20 Nov 21 - 11:49 PM (#4126839) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu Licence To Chill is back this season. Notice that the most recent posted list left out the ones with their names in broad Scots -- no, I'm not posting those. |
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21 Nov 21 - 02:41 AM (#4126851) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red Robert BRRRRns Snowcially Distanced Gritney Spears |
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22 Nov 21 - 11:04 AM (#4126979) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mrrzy I like that BRRRns one! |
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22 Nov 21 - 05:48 PM (#4127021) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Gallus Moll keberoxu - whit's wrang wi' braid Scots? - We u talkin' aboot Scottish snawploos efter a'....... |
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23 Nov 21 - 04:35 AM (#4127053) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red keberoxu - whit's wrang wi' braid Scots? Weeeeel - it could lose somewhat in the translation, ye ken? |
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26 Jan 22 - 10:02 PM (#4133977) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu That interactive-map-link shows a LOT of busy snowploughs with a lot of god-awful names again. Such a hoot. |
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27 Jan 22 - 05:55 PM (#4134082) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red Gallus Moll - Gonnae Snow Dae That ? Translation? Which made me think there should be a plough named "Good Ness Snows" |
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27 Jan 22 - 06:28 PM (#4134089) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Jack Campin Gonna no dae that - tag line for Robbie Coltrane's character in the sitcom Chewin' The Fat. I think. I don't have a TV. |
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28 Jan 22 - 09:56 AM (#4134160) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red Ah dinna key tew |
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28 Jan 22 - 01:31 PM (#4134176) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Gallus Moll For Jack - Chewin' the Fat is scripted by / main actors are Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill. One of their regular skits was the Lighthouse Men (which you can find on youtube and possibly other sites!) where Ford would be bemoaning something, Greg would dae sumpin' nasty tae him, Ford wad say ' gonnae no dae that' and the response wad be 'How?' (I might have got mixed up as to which lighthouse keeper sid what - but Robbie Coltraine wisnae in the cast!!!!) |
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28 Jan 22 - 07:16 PM (#4134209) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu "THE GREAT GRITTISH FLAKE-OFF" |
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30 Jan 22 - 03:53 AM (#4134384) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red Flake News? |
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22 Dec 22 - 07:36 PM (#4159956) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu Yet another groaner of a snowplough name: I CAME I THAW I CONQUERED |
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23 Dec 22 - 10:30 AM (#4160007) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Jack Campin Gritney Spears (somewhere near Hawick at the moment). |
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23 Dec 22 - 07:45 PM (#4160061) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu I never expected to contribute a link to a story from the USA about North American snowplows, but here it is, from Washington State on the Pacific coast. |
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26 Dec 22 - 04:21 AM (#4160272) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red the original link is broken, this should remain usable, it is the origin https://scotgov.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=2de764a9303848ffb9a4cac0bd0b1aab And Chilly Conolly has been suggested. |
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26 Dec 22 - 04:25 AM (#4160273) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red Carrie Bradthaw For our colonial cousins - she is (at the time of recording) still 'king Boris's current wife |
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26 Dec 22 - 06:08 AM (#4160290) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Doug Chadwick How does Carrie Johnson, née Symonds, give rise to "Bradthaw"? DC |
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26 Dec 22 - 05:27 PM (#4160337) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Sol 1) Rob Roy McGritter 2) Hail Seizer 3) The Belter Melter 4) A Total White Off 5) For Your Ice Only 6) Hernando's Slideaway 7) The Grade 'A' Scrape 8) Sir Stanley Ploughs 9) The Wall Street Shovel 10)Tex Gritter |
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27 Dec 22 - 02:18 AM (#4160356) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Reinhard How does Carrie Johnson, née Symonds, give rise to "Bradthaw"? Probably a mix-up with Carrie Bradshaw. Maybe the gritter should have been named "Salt and the City"? |
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28 Dec 22 - 04:18 AM (#4160466) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Mr Red Ah |
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28 Dec 22 - 04:20 AM (#4160467) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Dave the Gnome 100! |
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01 Jan 23 - 07:25 PM (#4160963) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Tattie Bogle Rumour has it that there’s one on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides called “Wee Freeze”! Do I need to spoil the joke by explaining it? |
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02 Jan 23 - 10:25 AM (#4161038) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu It's okay, Tattie Bogle, we know about the Wee Frees versus the Frees. |
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03 Jan 23 - 02:01 PM (#4161179) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Charmion The southwestern Ontario regional municipality of Chatham-Kent recently held two competitions to name its highway plows. The first batch of winning entries includes: Betty Whiteout, Ctrl Salt Delete, Flurrie Jenkins (a riff on Ferguson Jenkins), Harry Plowter, Edward Blizzardhands, and Scoop Dogg. The second round of voting produced: Anita Shovel, Gordie Plow, the Blizzard of Oz, Darth Blader, the Pillsbury Plowboy, Sled Zeppelin, Buzz Ice-Clear, Qunuk (Inuktituut for "snowflake"), Flurrious George, School's Not Cancelled, Snobi One Kenobi, and Sleetwood Mac. The art of the pun is alive and well, and living in Chatham. |
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03 Jan 23 - 08:31 PM (#4161208) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Donuel Pushy Pete competes with Mack the knife, while Jack hit the road all his life. |
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09 Nov 23 - 02:13 PM (#4185617) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu I went to look at the Transport Scotland interactive snowplough map, using the links in this thread. A sign-in page popped up. Seems you can't look at that map without an account. |
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09 Nov 23 - 02:13 PM (#4191546) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu I went to look at the Transport Scotland interactive snowplough map, using the links in this thread. A sign-in page popped up. Seems you can't look at that map without an account. |
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20 Feb 24 - 09:04 PM (#4197630) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu I think there is still a way to get to that Transport Scotland page, but I've lost it ... |
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20 Feb 24 - 09:06 PM (#4197631) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu Here's an attempt at a link: Gritter Tracker |
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21 Feb 24 - 06:51 PM (#4197679) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu The names are as groan-worthy as ever: ICE TA LA VISTA BABY |
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23 Feb 24 - 07:09 PM (#4197795) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu Not to mention, instead of Buzz Lightyear, BUZZ ICE-CLEAR |
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24 Feb 24 - 05:07 AM (#4197821) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: Tattie Bogle I should think most of them are hibernating, apart from a few in the Highlands and NorthEast, as it has been almost a “no snow” winter so far for us. One morning when about an inch of the white stuff fell, but was gone by lunchtime. But every week since November there have been headlines such as “600 mile snowbomb to hit UK” or “Forecasters predict exact date snow will arrive in Edinburgh”………but nothing! The lack of snow has meant that they have been able to complete a proper resurface of a half mile section of main road near us, after its potholes shredded hundreds of tyres: took 4 weeks, working through the nights too, so here’s some names for resurfacing machinery. Potty McPothole Phil McCavity Tarry McSmoothie |
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24 Feb 24 - 10:33 AM (#4197857) Subject: RE: BS: on the naming of Snowploughs From: keberoxu How right you are about the potholes. The nearest large city to where I am staying, is infamous for two things: the lack of salt to melt the ice on the roads in winter, and the potholes that form when the temperatures get warmer. Love the pothole-relevant names as well. |