Dizzy Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 Warrington on the lunch time news today. Our road gritters are out and about apparently. Anyone spotted one and if so what are they sprinkling ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 probably spreading sand to dry out the melting tar on the roads. or to make it look more like the beach at Blackpool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 Knowing our town highways dept. they're probably expecting a sharp frost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 ... oh for the days, when we used burst the tar bubbles on the cobbled streets ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 Working around the clock to bring you the facts http://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/articles/16239/1/Gritters-tackle-melting-roads/Page1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 ... oh for the days, when we used burst the tar bubbles on the cobbled streets ! .....and mum had to clean it with butter to bring it off our stiky black fingers Ooops! that's not meant to be racial Lt, honest!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 Oh, what gay days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 ... oh for the days, when we used burst the tar bubbles on the cobbled streets ! The number of times I was in trouble with my momma for doing that! I also used to love collecting it in a ball and seeing how big i could make the ball. Then when I took it into the house I was in trouble again. "Get that thing out of here....! I can still hear my momma shout, "and don't let me have to tell you again about playing with that tar! But it held such fascination for me. And like your momma, Algy, mine also used butter to clean the tar off my hands. Butter in those days must have had some magical ingredient. It was used for umpteen different things other than eating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted July 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 Working around the clock to bring you the factshttp://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/articles/16239/1/Gritters-tackle-melting-roads/Page1.html Isn't that your job Gary and what you get paid for doing (I AM KIDDING PLEASE DON'T BAN ME) Thanks for the update ... so it seems from what you say that is it just a newly surfaced road that was having problems with the heat. The TV news made it sound like a lot of our roads were starting to break up due to the heat and having seen some of the very long 'ridges' appearing along Wilderspool Causeway/Kingsway (I think that's where I was yesterday anyway) I thought it was something to do with that. Silly me (as usual maybe) and it's good that the council took swift action. Well done to them. Question though.... if the salt grit is now embedded into the melting tar on the new surfaced roads will that cause problems further down the line or will it mean they now have a ready gritted road for when the snow and ice probably come at the end of August Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted July 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 Obs, Algy, Wolfie and Cleo....... I have only ever had the misfortune of dealing with tar twice. Once was when it (and some stones) stuck to my car wheel, the other was when my son was younger and somehow stood in some on his way home (pavement/road repair can't remember now) Car wheel was sorted... sons shoes went in the bin along with his shirt and trousers from where he had tried to wipe the damn stuff off his hands as nothing would get it off. If you had been my kids I'd have grounded you for at least a week... but then again I only ever buy margarine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 Just think of all the money we used to save years ago on cleaning products by using a bit of butter or a few lemons Where now we buy a different cleaning product for each type of task. One for lime and grime, one for the bathroom glass, one for the bathroom porcelain, one for the inside of the oven, one for the outside of the oven. Special ones for wood floors and another for carpets and rugs. Still makes for a booming economy I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 This is a road through the Sahara desert, not one pot hole or tar bubble to be seen. Not much traffic either, before someone points it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 And not only that, it doesn't reach the horizon. Road constructed by an amateur photoshopper methinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Road constructed by an amateur photoshopper methinks. Could be right so I checked on Google Earth Couldn't check the horizon though, kept moving the closer I got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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