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Offline Roger Kettle

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The Wet Stuff.
« on: September 04, 2009, 09:39:11 AM »
It started raining here at nine o'clock on Wednesday evening and, thirty six hours later, it's still tipping down. This is all part of the "Barbecue Summer" promised by the forecasters in April---it has pissed down virtually every second day since they opened their mouths. Are weather "experts" the same all over the world? In Canada or Australia, for example?

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Re: The Wet Stuff.
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2009, 12:18:54 PM »
It's stopped!

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Re: The Wet Stuff.
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2009, 01:23:38 PM »
At last! If I try to go into the garden I'll sink! Loads of half flooded roads this morning :-\

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Re: The Wet Stuff.
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2009, 03:37:06 PM »
I was reading this report about Elgin, (and not just because the town is an anagram of my first name). http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8237299.stm
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Re: The Wet Stuff.
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2009, 04:11:35 PM »
Moist.

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Re: The Wet Stuff.
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2009, 07:29:03 PM »
We had horizontal rain yesterday. Came right in through the side of the window and wet the computer monitor.

I think we're still in the tail-end of Hurricane Bill.

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Re: The Wet Stuff.
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2009, 09:03:44 PM »
c,mon people ..its britain  its supposed to rain ..get over it

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Re: The Wet Stuff.
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2009, 09:19:08 PM »
For three months?

Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: The Wet Stuff.
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2009, 09:45:11 PM »
We have had a drought and an infestation of grasshoppers. We had to sell off our heifers as we wern't able to grow enough hay to feed them through the winter.

Farming sucks.
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Re: The Wet Stuff.
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2009, 04:01:51 AM »
Diane...ooooh my head.... surely farming passes the time?
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Re: The Wet Stuff.
« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2009, 09:29:33 AM »
Oh, goodie. The rain's started again.

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Re: The Wet Stuff.
« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2009, 12:25:41 PM »
For three months?
what is it they say .. you can tell it's summer in britain because the rains warm!

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Re: The Wet Stuff.
« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2009, 03:52:11 PM »
The forecasters here are pretty well spot on. I also have radar on the computer, which helps to ascertain whether we should be going for indoor training or whether the rain will pass.

We made the Grand Final today, knocking off the league leaders 3-1. Don't know if I already posted that.

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Re: The Wet Stuff.
« Reply #13 on: September 07, 2009, 12:01:45 AM »
We need the rain here again.  Told my friend who's in Scotland now to bring some back with her - don't think she wants to do that!  The radar's very useful, isn't it Malc? They've just installed a new radar thingy up the road from us.  It looks like a giant golfball on a tee. Some photos here

This time last year I was in Gloucester - it was living up to its nursery rhyme with lots of showers.

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Re: The Wet Stuff.
« Reply #14 on: September 07, 2009, 02:29:20 PM »
Did you fall in a puddle right up to your middle?