A fairground life

I didn't think we were going to get opened at all on Boxing day. The snow was falling with flakes the size "of half crowns" according to my father in law, I don't know what that is in today's money. At around 1pm the snow stopped and I began to clear the rides and salt the platforms. This was supposed to be one of the "gaff" days but it didn't happen either here or at the secc. Who would venture out in that weather anyway? The temperature was a whole 1/2 degree above freezing so at least it felt warmer. The secc was cold inside too, obviously the heating was off during x-mas day. This resulted in "r" calling to say the DZ was not working, I told him to switch off the extra cooling fans and idle to pump for a few minutes to thin the oil. Sure enough that solved the problem, I must be getting to know the ride's idiosyncratic behaviour now. The water lasers are still frozen, I've finally put an electric heater in beside the pump in an attempt to thaw it out. At the last attempt there was still no joy. The pirate galleon ship in the water lasers looked more like HMS Discovery with the water frozen solid around its hull, hope it doesn't take two years to thaw!