Government advise on visiting the snow and living to tell the tale

poetix said :

Duffbowl said :

HenryBG said :

If you’re not a family, you’re presumably in bed recovering from a night spent snorting cocaine and dancing until 5am trying to pick up ugly strangers for casual sex and therefore not likely to be heading out to play in the snow.

Ahhh, thanks for bringing back the memories, Henry… Of course, it’s more likely I was the ugly stranger 🙂

Why do I suddenly feel ill?

You’re coming down?

poetix said :

Duffbowl said :

HenryBG said :

If you’re not a family, you’re presumably in bed recovering from a night spent snorting cocaine and dancing until 5am trying to pick up ugly strangers for casual sex and therefore not likely to be heading out to play in the snow.

Ahhh, thanks for bringing back the memories, Henry… Of course, it’s more likely I was the ugly stranger 🙂

Why do I suddenly feel ill?

Flashbacks?

p1 said :

Unless you define “family” in some narrow formulaic way which ignores people outside the “heteronsexual couple + 2.3 offspring” model. In which case you are probably a sociopath.
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A “family” isn’t two or more random people who happen to share a bit of genetic material.
A “family” is a adult pair and their offspring.

Duffbowl said :

HenryBG said :

If you’re not a family, you’re presumably in bed recovering from a night spent snorting cocaine and dancing until 5am trying to pick up ugly strangers for casual sex and therefore not likely to be heading out to play in the snow.

Ahhh, thanks for bringing back the memories, Henry… Of course, it’s more likely I was the ugly stranger 🙂

Why do I suddenly feel ill?

HenryBG said :

I don’t – if he doesn’t like “families”, the basic building-block of society, then he’s probably a sociopath.

Every person with even one single living relative is part of a family. Even without one single living relative they used to be part of a family. So the tag is meaningless. Unless you define “family” in some narrow formulaic way which ignores people outside the “heteronsexual couple + 2.3 offspring” model. In which case you are probably a sociopath.

And “working families” suggests anyone without a paid job (or supported by a “family member” with one) is some sort of dole bludging communist who needs to get off their arse.

HenryBG said :

If you’re not a family, you’re presumably in bed recovering from a night spent snorting cocaine and dancing until 5am trying to pick up ugly strangers for casual sex and therefore not likely to be heading out to play in the snow.

Ahhh, thanks for bringing back the memories, Henry… Of course, it’s more likely I was the ugly stranger 🙂

HenryBG said :

Yeah, but boy does that road turn into a good slip-and-slide by 3pm when you’re on your way home in your Commodore stationwagon.

True, although in all but the worst times that road it doable in 2WD (if conditions are driven to – which they most often aren’t, but hey, that applies to Corin Rd equally).

Did laugh one winter when watching one landcruiser trying to pull another landcruiser out from quite shallow mud right on the edge of the road….

p1 said :

EvanJames said :

“Many local families want to experience the snow first hand”.

So if you’re not a family, stop reading now, we’re not talking to you.

What if you went around to such publications or utterances and replaced “families” with “retirees”, “Pensioners”, “students”, “single people”, or “couples”. It would render the statements clearly targetted. So why do they use “families” as some kind of replacement word for “People”?

I prefer to replace the word “families” in these with a randomly selected food. Pineapple for example, or cheese.

Makes reading media released about Working Pineapples™ or Local Cheese™ much more enjoyable (and arguably no less nonsensical).

I like your thinking.

I don’t – if he doesn’t like “families”, the basic building-block of society, then he’s probably a sociopath.

EvanJames said :

“Many local families want to experience the snow first hand”.

So if you’re not a family, stop reading now, we’re not talking to you.

No, they’re not, presumably because they know who they’ve had to pull out of ditches in the past.

If you’re not a family, you’re presumably in bed recovering from a night spent snorting cocaine and dancing until 5am trying to pick up ugly strangers for casual sex and therefore not likely to be heading out to play in the snow.

p1 said :

c_c said :

Telling people to go to the “safest” opportunity at Corin is damn stupid. That road is sub par, the actual snow area cramped, and no mobile reception anyway.

+1

The only, single, thing I can think of that makes Corin Forest “better” then Piccadilly Circus, and Bulls Head is that the road is sealed all the way. Brindabella Rd is wider, less bendy and closer to people on the north side of the city.

Yeah, but boy does that road turn into a good slip-and-slide by 3pm when you’re on your way home in your Commodore stationwagon.

c_c said :

Telling people to go to the “safest” opportunity at Corin is damn stupid. That road is sub par, the actual snow area cramped, and no mobile reception anyway.

+1

The only, single, thing I can think of that makes Corin Forest “better” then Piccadilly Circus, and Bulls Head is that the road is sealed all the way. Brindabella Rd is wider, less bendy and closer to people on the north side of the city.