Wet Summer

[claymore]

The Sunday Times ran an article where they were suggesting that Meteorological activity in the Pacific is going to spill into the Atlantic then ride the winds and currents to bring us a wet summer.
Oh good!

 

[billmacfarlane]

It the accuracy of the forecast is up to its usual standards it probably means we're in for a scorcher.

 

[ToMo]

Ah you related to the old Scots chap in Dads Army?....he was all doom and gloom too!

 

[tcm]

What the hell are you doing reading the Sunday Times? That's not for Scots northern-resident ragpotting educationalists. It's for London drivers, the movers and shakers,, possibly also the slightly lesser types (who get moved and shaken) and for looking up how much it will cost to swap your merc/audi/bmw. Or perhaps tho you are reading it for research purposes? Ah yes, I see.

BTW, hope you noticed the MS Comic Sans typeface on boat?

 

[robp]

Well done Bill. After seeing this, just what we all needed was the optimist's view!

 

[ccscott49]

Boy! I'm glad I'll be in the Balleares! Tee Hee.

 

[claymore]

No - you all missed the point - I'm just glad that I have a motorsailor and that I can watch everyone getting wet from the warmth and dryness of my wonderful wheelhouse, cardigan, slippers and cocoa in hand - perhaps even a duster to get a bit of housework done.
Anyway I'm glad I take the Sunday Times - excellent Business, Travel and Money sections and none of they daft English Poofers writing about germutlich and ersatz like they do in the Observer - Jessies.

 

[ToMo]

Re: Observer

That isn't still published as a newspaper is it?...I thought it had turned into the Educationalists scandal sheet!

 

[david_e]

Is this wet as in Scottish type wet ie lots of rain all the time or just an English type wet ie rain when its not forecast and you don't want it, usually at weekends?

 

[Guest]

What about a long term WIND forecast ?

You seem to have a lot of time on you're hands at the moment J reading papers with more writing than pictures !

Are you still on some have term holiday thing that you educators are always on ?

Be a good mate and look up what the wind's going to do this Summer !

Cheers Mate

Be a good mate

 

[longjohnsilver]

You missed out the pipe (or, is it a joint nowadays?), braces and belt amd of course the invaluable flat cap. Do you have a button up or zip cardie??

And who smuggles the S Times up north, surely no one above Birmingham can even lift it up let alone reading it <G>

 

[Guest]

Couldn't be as bad as the summer we are soon to finish. Bugger all rain and 40 C for weeks. It's so dry I have washed my car every week then parked it outside.

We even went camping numerous times to tempt the rain gods but they must have been asleep.

I shifted the washing line outside, had a new concrete driveway put in and had some roof repairs done which involved lifted a large section of it for a few days but alas nothing worked.

If anyone knows any other way of tempting rain please get back to me.

 

[claymore]

Hmm
Well thats a sad story. Normally all we need to do is be seen to be arranging a garden party - I believe you call them Barbies? (How quaint - they are dolls over here). The heavens normally open then. You seem to have taken measures above and beyond the call of duty and I can't think what to suggest.
You have me thinking, I wonder if there's a future in exporting rainwater?
regards
John S

 

[ccscott49]

My brother lives in Sydney, all he hads to do is light the barby!!!!

 

[Guest]

Yeah, we tried lighting a BBQ, even tried lighting a wood powered one as the gas one didn't create rain. Still no go. We are going camping again tonight for the weekend so hopefully it will work this time.

 

[Guest]

Just got back, nothing....even threw out the ultimate rain bait and slept in the open sans tent for two nights. Not a bloody drop, only a nosy goanna that wanted to see if I was edible. It went off in the direction of the unfinished sausages in the frying pan as they smelt better.

Sigh.