Two things I learnt last week....

[petem]

1) When you see an hourly weather forecast, the forecast is for the hour leading up to the time, not for the hour following it (thanks Radio 4 'More or Less').
2) Apparently, Spanish TV channels also broadcast the original English language version of programmes. There should be a button on your remote control to select an alternative sound channel.

Anyone else got any nuggets if wisdom?

 

[[2068]]

1.) If you get a line or rope around an outdrive shaft, have it lifted and immediately remove all traces of line / rope.
2.) Do not lose three anchors in one season.
3.) When you see boiling water / white caps / standing waves off Hengistbury Head and you are in a 28ft boat, do not plough straight into it because it is the most direct route.
4.) When dismantling an old Wendy House and you discover one of these, do not poke it "To see if it is still alive":

 

[sorabain]

1) When you see an hourly weather forecast, the forecast is for the hour leading up to the time, not for the hour following it (thanks Radio 4 'More or Less').
2) Apparently, Spanish TV channels also broadcast the original English language version of programmes. There should be a button on your remote control to select an alternative sound channel.

Anyone else got any nuggets if wisdom?

I read about #1 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44238426. I wondered if it was written in response to https://www.xkcd.com/1985/

The "off by one" nature of the reporting seems unnecessarily confusing. If you asked 100 random people on the street about the "1100" forecast they'd think it covered 1100-1200 (or maybe 1130-1230), rather than 1000-1100; not that i'd take a single hourly forecast in isolation in any case.

 

[rustybarge]

1) The Greek alphabet is total f**""ing Greek: a small c is a y, but a upper case one is an upside down L, a big Y is a u but a small u is just a u, an s is a w on its side but a small one is an o with a stroke across the top and to finish on a upbeat note a small omega is a w and a big one the 3/4 circle with little feet we all know.

2) It's a lot easier to know what you don't want to do than what you do want to do.

 

[lisilou]

Boys take roughly a year to get around to doing what you repeatedly asked them to do the year before!
L

 

[[2068]]

Boys take roughly a year to get around to doing what you repeatedly asked them to do the year before!
L

Still waiting for some piccies ?
(of the new boat)

 

[lisilou]

Still waiting for some piccies ?
(of the new boat)

I know. Sorry Dave..my bad.

 

[PalmaTarga]

Boys take roughly a year to get around to doing what you repeatedly asked them to do the year before!
L

Maybe at home. Not on the boat.

 

[petem]

The "off by one" nature of the reporting seems unnecessarily confusing. If you asked 100 random people on the street about the "1100" forecast they'd think it covered 1100-1200 (or maybe 1130-1230), rather than 1000-1100; not that i'd take a single hourly forecast in isolation in any case.

I agree it's unintuitive, hence I thought it worthy of sharing.

 

[petem]

Boys take roughly a year to get around to doing what you repeatedly asked them to do the year before!
L

I'm sure that my wife would be very happy with a year. She will of course point out that anything to do with the boat is sorted immediately!

 

[dpb]

2) Apparently, Spanish TV channels also broadcast the original English language version of programmes. There should be a button on your remote control to select an alternative sound channel.

Same for French TV

 

[vas]

1) The Greek alphabet is total f**""ing Greek: a small c is a y, but a upper case one is an upside down L, a big Y is a u but a small u is just a u, an s is a w on its side but a small one is an o with a stroke across the top and to finish on a upbeat note a small omega is a w and a big one the 3/4 circle with little feet we all know.

that's not very surprising though, is it?

rustybarge, you really confused me, so if I may help:
Talking KEYBOARDS here, not proper alphabet

your g is our gamma: γ, Γ
your c is our psi: ψ, Ψ
your y is our ipsilon: υ, Υ
your u is our thetta: θ, Θ
your w is our final s: ς
your s is our sigma: σ, Σ
your v is our omega: ω, Ω
you forgot the funniest ones:
your r is our rho which unfortunately looks like a P of yours: ρ, Ρ
your p is our pi, which you should really know from maths: π, Π

yes, was bored with nothing to do right now...

cheers

V.

 

[petem]

that's not very surprising though, is it?

rustybarge, you really confused me, so if I may help:
Talking KEYBOARDS here, not proper alphabet

your g is our gamma: γ, Γ
your c is our psi: ψ, Ψ
your y is our ipsilon: υ, Υ
your u is our thetta: θ, Θ
your w is our final s: ς
your s is our sigma: σ, Σ
your v is our omega: ω, Ω
you forgot the funniest ones:
your r is our rho which unfortunately looks like a P of yours: ρ, Ρ
your p is our pi, which you should really know from maths: π, Π

yes, was bored with nothing to do right now...

cheers

V.

Sorry Vas, but that "all looks Greek to me" ! I'll get my coat.

 

[Davy_S]

In Greek my name is Nteibint. this explains why you see rooms for red.

 

[vas]

you should also know that we Greeks cannot possibly say that, so we say "it's all Chinese to me"

V

 

[vas]

In Greek my name is Nteibint.

Ντέιβιντ you mean
you need the accent on the ε else it sounds like a diphthong and the ε & ι make an i sound.

V

 

[Davy_S]

Sorry Teecher,

 

[vas]

Sorry Teecher,

blimey, you should go back to an EN primary school I recon before dealing with greek language

time over off to do a tour of MX city

V.

 

[rustybarge]

that's not very surprising though, is it?

rustybarge, you really confused me, so if I may help:
Talking KEYBOARDS here, not proper alphabet

your g is our gamma: γ, Γ
your c is our psi: ψ, Ψ
your y is our ipsilon: υ, Υ
your u is our thetta: θ, Θ
your w is our final s: ς
your s is our sigma: σ, Σ
your v is our omega: ω, Ω
you forgot the funniest ones:
your r is our rho which unfortunately looks like a P of yours: ρ, Ρ
your p is our pi, which you should really know from maths: π, Π

yes, was bored with nothing to do right now...

cheers

V.

Thank you very much Vas for clarifying, I only started trying to learn them yesterday to help decipher the Star charts like these : https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Ophiuchus_IAU.svg

If It goes Alpha Beta Gamma Delta I presumed gamma represented 'C' not 'G'.......silly mistake thanks for your guidance. I also presumed that psi couldn't be 'C' because it comes one but last in the alphabet before omega. Would never have guessed Theta was our 'u' as it comes after Zeta.


Thank God I'm only going to learn the individual letters . Lol.

 

[derekbland]

1) Women never remember the nice things you say but will remember a comment you made 7 years, 4 months and 26 days ago at 7.13pm
2) You can't argue with a woman's logic, well you can but it doesn't make sense but they don't see it thus and so no point
3) If a woman says she'll be ready in 30 minutes, you have at least an hour
4) "Does my bum look big in this" is a trick question
5) "Would you like an early night" translates to I want to get to sleep early or they want something in return for......
6) Men spend 9 months trying to get out and the rest of their lives trying to get back
7) Despite all of the above they can be a joy. You've just got to wait for the one day each year that this is the case