With snow on the horizon we can expect the usual panic.

This panic normally begins with news reports that some sort of snow is on the way and then bulletins telling us that snow has arrived.

We spend several days trying to figure out when the snow will go and then when it doesn’t we find ways to fill the space with more snow reports.

Snow hasn’t truly arrived until someone on TV uses the word ‘treacherous’.

When you hear that word for the first time you can be sure that snow has arrived. Up until then I suggest we all keep calm and, dare I say it...carry on.

This is normally accompanied with pictures of the snow, in case we had forgotten what the snow looked like since we last saw it.

And then we speak to people who seem able-bodied enough but simply want to have a moan about something else.

Either it is too cold, or too wet or windy.

I actually heard one person say ‘We could do with some rain’.

Unless you are elderly or ill – snow should be a big deal.

I do still find it strange that there are still people who do not know how to deal with any sort of bad weather.

If it does get ‘treacherous’ I can expect to see some woman dropping her kids off in high heels. It doesn’t matter if the snow is six inches thick you have to look the part.

Then there are the guys who seem to think they can drive at any speed whatsoever.

I saw one Einstein last year trying to get up a hill in his BMW. It was a smart looking car but it seems the driver wasn’t that smart at all.

He gave up but only after 20 minutes of trying to force his vehicle up steep incline.

Today is Friday and if the snow didn’t arrive then I guess there was no need to panic and all the above makes no sense whatsoever.