EskomoKisses said:

Well I dont even think the pipes had burst. It was just the fact that they were cold. I remember the excited rumours they were closing going round on the Sunday evening.

Waking up early to listen to the TV/Radio to hear if your school is closed And then playing outside all day


I wanna be a kid and have snow days again

EskomoKisses said:

thats what I was talking about!! I think everyone I know has been off school because the pipes burst! at my primary school they burst at least twice each winter and we got a few days off each time!

susannah said:

I wonder what pipes they mean. Maybe it's a secret code for something quite sordid that teachers like to do in the winter.

JDINTERACTIVE said:

Lol, no, its the water pipes, they go from the big ass ol' boiler which is usually about fifty years old to the ancient heaters, and made when they didnt think about what the cold would do to the pipes. Im sure you know - They wouldnt be alloed to teach in these places if the scrummy heating wasnt working at all, its too damn cold! Usually all copper pipes too - not so good at dealing with thermal movement...



Sorry, im writing a building defects essay at the mo, I cant help it!!

DynamicSavior said:

When I wuz a kid, I had to walk thru 5 feet of snow, 6 miles, barefoot & uphill both ways to get an education.
...an' I liked it!

And it did put hair on my cojones.
But it didn't last very long.
Due to severe frostbite
they had to be cut off.

We are apparently expecting 6 inches of snow over two days. I know that isn't enough to close my college, but I hope it is. I still have to hand in my unit and I'm not only not done but not very inspired to do it. I've really been depressed over this shit lately. I need more time but I don't see that happening. It is only the first day of finals that we are doing this. I need an extension. Come on, snow!

applekisses said:

Detroit? True!

JDINTERACTIVE said:

It seems like there are always one or two school closing for building problems...not likely in a college. We only close when they can't clean the parking lot fast enough (and frankly, sometimes not even then!).

As a kid, I only remember school closing once or twice. When I taught school, I remember once or twice a year we would have a snow day. In 1999, a freak March snow snormed closed school for four days. Earlier that year, 18 inches feel on New Years Day, but school was closed for the holiday.

I do remember as a high school senior school was closed because of the cold - 80 below zero with the windshield.