OT: The next M. Fish?

[Davey]

The BBC (I think) weather forecaster last night told us that we had
reached the end of the warm spell.
Warm Spell? Where was he broadcasting from, I wonder?

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Davey.

[Davey]

On Wed, 22 May 2013 13:13:55 +0200
Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:

> BBC Exec Sauna?

It certainly wasn't Suffolk! I have seen one guy in a T-shirt all week,
winter jackets or insulated overalls are more like it.
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Davey.

[Brian Gaff]

Probably underground, or maybe Tel Aviv?
Could he be simply a recording of anold weather forcast that seems similar
to the one for today?
Brian

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[Brian Gaff]

The only good days recently were Sat and Sun, so maybe he recorded several
on the same day so he could go on his holidays.

Brian

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[Davey]

On Wed, 22 May 2013 13:05:33 +0100
"Brian Gaff" <Bri...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> The only good days recently were Sat and Sun, so maybe he recorded
> several on the same day so he could go on his holidays.
>
> Brian
>

The lunch-time report just now gives some support to what he was
saying! Make sure your oil tank is full for the next week or so.

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Davey.

[Alan White]

On Wed, 22 May 2013 12:04:30 +0100, Davey <da...@example.invalid> wrote:

>Warm Spell? Where was he broadcasting from, I wonder?

We've had a warm spell. Lovely yesterday with a max of 17.2°C and on
Monday, 22.5°C.

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Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather

[Davey]

On Wed, 22 May 2013 14:12:21 +0100
Alan White<alan....@windycroft.co.uk> wrote:

> On Wed, 22 May 2013 12:04:30 +0100, Davey <da...@example.invalid>
> wrote:
>
> >Warm Spell? Where was he broadcasting from, I wonder?
>
> We've had a warm spell. Lovely yesterday with a max of 17.2°C and on
> Monday, 22.5°C.
>

So that's why Scotland is going for independence?
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Davey.

[Woody]

Eh? They're forecasting snow in the Chilterns tonight!!

This summer can't be worse than last year, can it?



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Woody

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[Davey]

On Wed, 22 May 2013 17:47:17 +0100
"Woody" <harro...@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> Eh? They're forecasting snow in the Chilterns tonight!!
>

Yeah, but Mr. White, in Glasgie, says he's warm and toasty!
And who says that this summer can't be worse than last year? At least
they are saying that the long winter will give us a good fruit harvest
in autumn.
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Davey.

[Ian Jackson]

In message <knisj1$unn$1...@dont-email.me>, Woody <harro...@ntlworld.com>
writes

>Eh? They're forecasting snow in the Chilterns tonight!!
>

I don't believe them (whoever 'they' are). Are you sure it wasn't The
Grampians?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2646914
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2652066

>This summer can't be worse than last year, can it?
>

Oh yes it can!
>

--
Ian

[Alan White]

On Wed, 22 May 2013 19:19:00 +0100, Davey <da...@example.invalid> wrote:

>Yeah, but Mr. White, in Glasgie, says he's warm and toasty!

<pedant mode>

I wrote that we'd *had* a warm spell

and

twenty-eight miles north-west of Glasgow, not in it.

</pedant mode>

[Bill Wright]

Alan White wrote:

> twenty-eight miles north-west of Glasgow, not in it.

Culturally and aesthetically a different planet.

Bill

[Alan White]

On Wed, 22 May 2013 19:40:31 +0100, Bill Wright <bi...@invalid.com>
wrote:

>Culturally and aesthetically a different planet.

Well, yes. See our webcam.

[Paul Ratcliffe]

On Wed, 22 May 2013 16:43:26 +0100, Davey <da...@example.invalid> wrote:

>> >Warm Spell? Where was he broadcasting from, I wonder?

NBH. Perhaps the air-con. is not all it might be? It never is...

>> We've had a warm spell. Lovely yesterday with a max of 17.2�C and on
>> Monday, 22.5�C.
>
> So that's why Scotland is going for independence?

Haven't you heard... that nutcase Salmond has ordered his own weather
for Scotland. Can't be having any of that nasty English weather coming
over the border for their precious land.

[Davey]

I would believe that of him! Trying to skew the vote his way.
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Davey.

[Davey]

On Wed, 22 May 2013 19:38:20 +0100
Alan White<alan....@windycroft.co.uk> wrote:

> On Wed, 22 May 2013 19:19:00 +0100, Davey <da...@example.invalid>
> wrote:
>
> >Yeah, but Mr. White, in Glasgie, says he's warm and toasty!
>
> <pedant mode>
>
> I wrote that we'd *had* a warm spell
>
> and
>
> twenty-eight miles north-west of Glasgow, not in it.
>
> </pedant mode>
>

I am also a pedant, but from down here in Suffolk, anywhere North of
the Border is pretty much in the same place!
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Davey.

[Ian]

In message <knj26k$u9u$2...@n102.xanadu-bbs.net>, Davey
<da...@example.invalid> writes

It was warm and toasty here in Gloucs. all day.
--
Ian

[Bill Wright]

Ian wrote:

> It was warm and toasty here in Gloucs. all day.

Since we had sunshine I decided it was a good time to do a job that had
been waiting. The job was at the top end of of the backyard, which means
that it was very high and exposed. There was a chilling north wind and I
was absolutely frozen through.

Bill

[Alan White]

On Wed, 22 May 2013 23:50:55 +0100, Davey <da...@example.invalid> wrote:

>I am also a pedant, but from down here in Suffolk, anywhere North of
>the Border is pretty much in the same place!

I'm reminded of the story about the London production team who wanted to
get to Shetland by ferry from Aberdeen. They 'phoned to ask how long it
would take. When told that it was an overnight trip lasting some twelve
hours they refused to believe it on the grounds that on their map
Shetland was just offshore from Aberdeen. Their map, of course, showed
Orkney and Shetland in a box adjacent to the Scottish east coast.

[charles]

In article <arcrp8hg2lcb1kmie...@4ax.com>,

Alan White<alan....@windycroft.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 22 May 2013 23:50:55 +0100, Davey <da...@example.invalid> wrote:

> >I am also a pedant, but from down here in Suffolk, anywhere North of
> >the Border is pretty much in the same place!

> I'm reminded of the story about the London production team who wanted to
> get to Shetland by ferry from Aberdeen. They 'phoned to ask how long it
> would take. When told that it was an overnight trip lasting some twelve
> hours they refused to believe it on the grounds that on their map
> Shetland was just offshore from Aberdeen. Their map, of course, showed
> Orkney and Shetland in a box adjacent to the Scottish east coast.

one of my colleagues, working near Aberdeen was told to "pop over to Oban".
We reckoned the problem was "Angle subtended from base".

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Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18

[Norman Wells]

Martin wrote:

> Ne'er cast a clout until t' Theresa May is out

You mean she's gay?

[Davey]

On Thu, 23 May 2013 10:45:08 +0200
Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:

> On Thu, 23 May 2013 09:37:17 +0100, brightside S9
> <address@replyto_is_not.invalid> wrote:

> >He produces enough hot air.
>
> nothing compared to what is generated in Westminster everyday or
> hadn't you noticed?

Salmond does seem to have a pretty high production rate, even compared
to Westminster.
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Davey.

[Davey]

On Thu, 23 May 2013 10:15:08 +0200
Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:

> On Thu, 23 May 2013 01:40:03 +0100, Bill Wright <bi...@invalid.com>
> wrote:
>

> Ne'er cast a clout until t' Theresa May is out

Clouts'll be a long time a'waiting, then.
--
Davey.

[Davey]

On Thu, 23 May 2013 07:13:45 +0100
Alan White<alan....@windycroft.co.uk> wrote:

> On Wed, 22 May 2013 23:50:55 +0100, Davey <da...@example.invalid>
> wrote:
>
> >I am also a pedant, but from down here in Suffolk, anywhere North of
> >the Border is pretty much in the same place!
>
> I'm reminded of the story about the London production team who wanted
> to get to Shetland by ferry from Aberdeen. They 'phoned to ask how
> long it would take. When told that it was an overnight trip lasting
> some twelve hours they refused to believe it on the grounds that on
> their map Shetland was just offshore from Aberdeen. Their map, of
> course, showed Orkney and Shetland in a box adjacent to the Scottish
> east coast.

Americans living in Hawai'i and Alaska have the same problem, maps
usually put them somewhere just off the California coast. Wrong, and
wrong.
It's many years now since I travelled in Scotland, and I never visited
Aberdeen or any of the Islands (except Skye, reached then only by
ferry). My last trip allowed me to travel through the new tunnel that
circumvented the Strome Ferry, so new in fact that I stayed a night
with the Project Engineer and his family, who were still living in the
area. Dounreay, up on the north coast, was still running!
Years earlier, (when Aviemore was just a little town, no Aviemore
Centre then), I walked the length of the Lairig Ghru, but these feet
wouldn't have a hope in hell's chance now. We visited the
Cairngorm reindeer soon after Mr. Utsi had imported them. Ospreys had
just started nesting at Boat of Garten.
--
Davey.

[Davey]

On Thu, 23 May 2013 12:26:05 +0200
Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:

> On Thu, 23 May 2013 10:55:46 +0100, Davey <da...@example.invalid>

> Watch BBC Parliament more often :-)

Watching it at all would be more often. Point taken, though.
--
Davey.

[Bill Wright]

charles wrote:

> one of my colleagues, working near Aberdeen was told to "pop over to Oban".
> We reckoned the problem was "Angle subtended from base".
>

A few years ago* we set off to tour the south coast, vaguely imagining
that it was about thirty miles from Lands End to Dover.

*Mark C will tell you the exact date; he laughed uproariously at our
northern imaginings.

Bill

[Davey]

Back in the day, Exeter was the place where the road westward stopped.
Well, the fast road, anyway. From there on, it was crawl along behind
every caravan in the country, along single-track roads much of the
time. From London to Sidmouth was a day's full drive.
Many years later, I drove past Exeter on the new bypass, and it
was as though there was nothing there to notice.
--
Davey.

[Bill Wright]

No she isn't gay. Actually, I think she looks very tasty.

Bill

[Ian Jackson]

In message <7junTGCi...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk>, Ian Jackson
<ianREMOVET...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk> writes

A partial apology. My wife hasn't long been back from Prestwood (on top
of the Chilterns, just north of High Wycombe). As she was leaving at
around noon, it snowed.
--
Ian

[charles]

In article <knkpok$bvd$7...@n102.xanadu-bbs.net>,

Davey <da...@example.invalid> wrote:
> On Thu, 23 May 2013 07:13:45 +0100
> Alan White<alan....@windycroft.co.uk> wrote:

> > On Wed, 22 May 2013 23:50:55 +0100, Davey <da...@example.invalid>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >I am also a pedant, but from down here in Suffolk, anywhere North of
> > >the Border is pretty much in the same place!
> >
> > I'm reminded of the story about the London production team who wanted
> > to get to Shetland by ferry from Aberdeen. They 'phoned to ask how
> > long it would take. When told that it was an overnight trip lasting
> > some twelve hours they refused to believe it on the grounds that on
> > their map Shetland was just offshore from Aberdeen. Their map, of
> > course, showed Orkney and Shetland in a box adjacent to the Scottish
> > east coast.

> Americans living in Hawai'i and Alaska have the same problem, maps
> usually put them somewhere just off the California coast. Wrong, and
> wrong.
> It's many years now since I travelled in Scotland, and I never visited
> Aberdeen or any of the Islands (except Skye, reached then only by
> ferry). My last trip allowed me to travel through the new tunnel that
> circumvented the Strome Ferry, so new in fact that I stayed a night
> with the Project Engineer and his family, who were still living in the
> area.

and you realise that this road is now closed becasue of fallen rock

> Dounreay, up on the north coast, was still running!
> Years earlier, (when Aviemore was just a little town, no Aviemore
> Centre then),

That's quite some time ago, it was there in 1965.

> I walked the length of the Lairig Ghru, but these feet
> wouldn't have a hope in hell's chance now. We visited the
> Cairngorm reindeer soon after Mr. Utsi had imported them. Ospreys had
> just started nesting at Boat of Garten.

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[Davey]

On Thu, 23 May 2013 13:33:09 +0100
charles <cha...@charleshope.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <knkpok$bvd$7...@n102.xanadu-bbs.net>,
> Davey <da...@example.invalid> wrote:
> > On Thu, 23 May 2013 07:13:45 +0100
> > Alan White<alan....@windycroft.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > > On Wed, 22 May 2013 23:50:55 +0100, Davey <da...@example.invalid>

snip

> > My last trip allowed me to travel through the new
> > tunnel that circumvented the Strome Ferry, so new in fact that I
> > stayed a night with the Project Engineer and his family, who were
> > still living in the area.
>
> and you realise that this road is now closed becasue of fallen rock
>

I had no idea, but then, I haven't checked it since I drove it.

>
> > Dounreay, up on the north coast, was still running!
> > Years earlier, (when Aviemore was just a little town, no Aviemore
> > Centre then),
>
> That's quite some time ago, it was there in 1965.
>

That sounds about right. I wasn't yet of driving age, and I was born in
1950. The timing of the osprey nesting matches, too.

>
> > I walked the length of the Lairig Ghru, but these feet
> > wouldn't have a hope in hell's chance now. We visited the
> > Cairngorm reindeer soon after Mr. Utsi had imported them. Ospreys
> > had just started nesting at Boat of Garten.
>

--

Davey.

[Phil Cook]

On 23/05/2013 13:33, charles wrote:
> In article <knkpok$bvd$7...@n102.xanadu-bbs.net>,

>> It's many years now since I travelled in Scotland, and I never visited
>> Aberdeen or any of the Islands (except Skye, reached then only by
>> ferry). My last trip allowed me to travel through the new tunnel that
>> circumvented the Strome Ferry, so new in fact that I stayed a night
>> with the Project Engineer and his family, who were still living in the
>> area.
>
> and you realise that this road is now closed becasue of fallen rock

Again? It was closed in late December and early January, and again in
February intermittently for work to be done on the rock face, but it
was open last time I was up there earlier this month.

It is mostly a single track road parallel to the railway and has a
short section in a shelter to protect it from rockfall.
--
Phil Cook

[Davey]

There was, when I drove it, a shield cast into the concrete on the face
of the tunnel entrance. The engineer and his wife described how the
mould for it was carved into a block of expanded polystyrene, by a
sculptor using an electric carving knife, and covered his kitchen in
static-charged bits of white foam.
--
Davey.

[Phil Cook]

On 23/05/2013 15:20, Davey wrote:
> On Thu, 23 May 2013 14:59:15 +0100
> Phil Cook <ph...@p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 23/05/2013 13:33, charles wrote:
>>> In article <knkpok$bvd$7...@n102.xanadu-bbs.net>,
>>
>>>> It's many years now since I travelled in Scotland, and I never
>>>> visited Aberdeen or any of the Islands (except Skye, reached then
>>>> only by ferry). My last trip allowed me to travel through the new

>>>> tunnel that circumvented the Strome Ferry...

>> It is mostly a single track road parallel to the railway and has a
>> short section in a shelter to protect it from rockfall.
>
> There was, when I drove it, a shield cast into the concrete on the face
> of the tunnel entrance. The engineer and his wife described how the
> mould for it was carved into a block of expanded polystyrene, by a
> sculptor using an electric carving knife, and covered his kitchen in
> static-charged bits of white foam.

A hot-knife wouldn't do that but using surfoms and such to abrade the
EP does. BTDTGTHO. Making scenery for a model railway. :-)

Lots of fancy work on the portals. See here: http://goo.gl/maps/mD8hL
There is a different design on the other end.

New last time I went there are the "snow" gates to close the road in
case of rockfall. http://goo.gl/maps/XKn02
--
Phil Cook

[Davey]

On Thu, 23 May 2013 16:43:56 +0100
Phil Cook <ph...@p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> A hot-knife wouldn't do that but using surfoms and such to abrade the
> EP does. BTDTGTHO. Making scenery for a model railway. :-)

I understood that it was a reciprocating carving knife, not a hot one.
--
Davey.

[Steve Terry]

Martin wrote:
> On Thu, 23 May 2013 01:40:03 +0100, Bill Wright <bi...@invalid.com>
> wrote:
>

> Ne'er cast a clout until t' Theresa May is out
>

Teresa May's what is out?
http://teresaxxxmay.com/

Steve Terry
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[tony sayer]

In article <knkte4$d1b$3...@n102.xanadu-bbs.net>, Davey
<da...@example.invalid> scribeth thus

When I were a lad etc .. every back holiday there was an OB of sorts to
see if the "motorists got out" and the level of tailbacks on the
Excester bypass!.


--
Tony Sayer

[Bill Wright]

Martin wrote:

>> When I were a lad etc .. every back holiday there was an OB of sorts to
>> see if the "motorists got out" and the level of tailbacks on the
>> Excester bypass!.
>

> When I were a lad it was spelled Exeter. :-)

No, Excester is an overspill estate neat Exeter. I've no idea who
Devizes these odd place names.

Bill

[Davey]

Is Exeter, or Excester, really neat?
--
Davey.

[Woody]

"Davey" <da...@example.invalid> wrote in message
news:knnqq5$4jl$2...@n102.xanadu-bbs.net...

No it ain't, its Execeter.

And if you're going to try doing dialect Tony, do get it RIGHT!
;-))



--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

[tony sayer]

In article <kno8gn$lum$1...@dont-email.me>, Woody <harro...@ntlworld.com>
scribeth thus

I beg my honourable friend to consult Joshua Sprigg's mofte exceff'nt work
Anglia Rediviva, 1647 where he will find the place in Devonshire referred to
muchley, especially the siege of same in part IV chapters I and V...

--
Tony Sayer

[Bill Wright]

tony sayer wrote:

> I beg my honourable friend to consult Joshua Sprigg's mofte exceff'nt work
> Anglia Rediviva, 1647 where he will find the place in Devonshire referred to
> muchley, especially the siege of same in part IV chapters I and V...
>

Tony, what whisky would you recommend? I find that even after a huge
amount of beer some of my posts still make sense.

Bill