The Nichts

[claymore]

Fair drawin' oot

 

[Wansworth]

Aye!

 

[mjcoon]

Fair drawin' oot

I understood they had just stopped doing that for another year...

 

[Poignard]

Are they braw, bricht, and moonlicht?

 

[Wansworth]

Are they braw, bricht, and moonlicht?

Is that German?

 

[NormanS]

My Dad always used to say, "Ah, but the worst of the winter's still to come".

 

[Sandy]

Fair drawin' oot

A whole three seconds in Plymouth today! Well according to one website, the Nautical Almanac only lists that sort of thing in three day sections. Still, I miss those short winter days and long summer days of Orkney and the West Highlands.

 

[Stingo]

Fair drawin' oot

Yo, Claysie, it's your round. Mine's the usual double. Merci, danke, gracias, cheers

 

[mjcoon]

My Dad always used to say, "Ah, but the worst of the winter's still to come".

Quite. Solar gain is still less than average until ca. solstice, so we are still cooling. Or, for the mathematically-minded, integrated sine curve is a cosine curve (and vice versa...)!

 

[WoodyP]

And a very happy Christmas and New year to you Claymore. I miss your regular contributions from the past.

 

[RunAgroundHard]

It is inevitable. Why bother mentioning it.

 

[WoodyP]

It is inevitable. Why bother mentioning it.

You haven't been here long enough to get the reference.

 

[Poignard]

You'll be needing to pay a visit to the Nicht Nurse, I'm thinking.

 

[RunAgroundHard]

You haven't been here long enough to get the reference.

Ignorance is bliss. You have no idea.

 

[Tradewinds]

Fair drawin' oot