Snow - 'common sense' is rare..

Hello from snowbound Berko (Berkhamsted) England. I've just returned from Sweden ,where the dangers of snow chaos are respected, and I cannot believe the degree of stupidity exercised by people here...O.K., so we don't often have a freeze up, but surely it is obvious that if four teenage girls sit on an old car roof and 'sledge' down a steep slope into a barbed wire fence - it will end in disaster..? Even without the snow to accelerate the descent it would be exceedingly ill advised to try it...so we have a lovely teenage girl very dead...what a waste for want of 'common sense'.... Due to a mild snowfall, thousands of schools were closed, parents had to stay at home to look after them if they couldn't arrange for carers, etc., etc.. The best 'silly story' was that in one town , the gas system was overloaded by central heating systems going at full blast - and failing. So the school management brought in dozens of electric heaters for each teaching area, put them on at full - and blew the town's electricity supply ..hmmmm....the mind boggles....how did homo sapiens survive this long .....just lucky - the secret ingredient for a happy life - luckily I was born lucky, or I wouldn' be around now...The journey to Sweden was frought with mis -communication but - luckily, I was granted several minor miracles - so it all worked out successfully - and how ..!! Breathing with members of the Malmo Symphony Orchestra was extraordinarily spectacular - even I was amazed by a session with Britt, a dolly young flutist - who , in one session, found out how to float a loooong Debussy phrase in 'The girl with the flaxen hair' - so appropraite as that describes Britt !! My time with the Orchestra is one of the most enjoyable I've ever had - all smiles and happiness, and that springs from their gifted Maestro Vassily Sainosky, the distinguished International ( huggable) Russian giant. He 'found' sounds that I've never heard before in the 'Cosi' score - and - he likes (good, as he pointed out !) singers - what a boon. The 'icing on the cake' for me was the evolution of Lisa Larsson, making her 'Fiordiligi' debut...and what a revelation that was/is...!! I always like to hear artists who use the Simsonic Ping routine - and Lisa was pinging away brilliantly - deserving the standing ovation she so rightly drew from the elated audience .... much more to come ..congratulations 'Fiordilisa', your teacher must be truly proud of your achievements.... so please k..p b.......g , all you lovely 'Simsonicpingers'....XXX