Has the country gone soft?

Drifting back into old git mode,considering the difficulties caused by a mild sprinkling of snow in the UK,how would some of us cope with the deep snow that affected eastern Europe and Turkey in the 70s and 80s?Real mountains.not Shap,Stainmore or Saddleworth.We didn’t have twin steer tractors and most had chains.Some heroes struggled along without much of a heater.A big factor was that all drivers were prepared to help out irrespective of nationality.Another factor was the absence of “electronics.”