Today's Weather

Cynic wrote:

fluffy2560 wrote:

SimCityAT wrote:

Strange it shows for me. Rain today, sleet for 2 days, then rain.

Sleet!   WTF?  It's far too early for that.   

We've got sun until Sunday. 

While it's nice, I was thinking of doing some tree cutting with my new Aldi multi-function chainsaw thingy-whizzer-thing.

Forecasting snow here, but we're used to it so no big thing.

Wahhhhttt?  Snow now?   I don't believe it.  It's like 15 C over most of Europe.  No way is it going to snow unless you're over 2000m or summat.

fluffy2560 wrote:

Cynic wrote:

fluffy2560 wrote:

Sleet!   WTF?  It's far too early for that.   

We've got sun until Sunday. 

While it's nice, I was thinking of doing some tree cutting with my new Aldi multi-function chainsaw thingy-whizzer-thing.

Forecasting snow here, but we're used to it so no big thing.

Wahhhhttt?  Snow now?   I don't believe it.  It's like 15 C over most of Europe.  No way is it going to snow unless you're over 2000m or summat.

We're on the edge of the Moors (Vale of York); historically, the geography of the Vale means we get very little snow unless it's a blanket of slow falling stuff - very picturesque.  Blizzards tend to be westerly and go straight from one side of the vale to the other and dump on the East Riding;  I feel sorry for the guys who live in Howden because they get caught by everything.

Quick meteorological lesson; 15 C on the ground does not mean the same at 20,000 feet (unless you're on a mountain), it all depends on moisture content & the temps (lower than 2 C generally) and winds up high (circa 16k ft and higher).  That's how we were taught to do our own weather forecasts in an environment where there is not a professional metman to do it; I suspect nowadays with satellites and internet, that our way has become a dieing art.

Cynic wrote:

fluffy2560 wrote:

Cynic wrote:

Forecasting snow here, but we're used to it so no big thing.

Wahhhhttt?  Snow now?   I don't believe it.  It's like 15 C over most of Europe.  No way is it going to snow unless you're over 2000m or summat.

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Quick meteorological lesson; 15 C on the ground does not mean the same at 20,000 feet (unless you're on a mountain), it all depends on moisture content & the temps (lower than 2 C generally) and winds up high (circa 16k ft and higher).  That's how we were taught to do our own weather forecasts in an environment where there is not a professional metman to do it; I suspect nowadays with satellites and internet, that our way has become a dying art.

The rule of thumb I was taught was -2C drop for every 1000ft in altitude which is about 300m so approximately at 2000m in dry conditions we'd be looking at about -14C lower than temperatures at sea level.   So about -2C at 2000m. 

Dew point is another thing.   Today, it's 6C.  Maybe there is a chance of snow at over 1000m.   In Hungary that would be a Matra Mountains job - highest point there is in Hungary is just about 1000m high. It is indeed 6C there right now.   So bit lower and snow could indeed fall. 

Meanwhile at ground level, it's quite warm if a little windy.   It's just got that edge on the wind where it could just be a bit colder than one would want.  I was walking the dog and I only had a hoodie on and it was just a tiny bit chilly.

They lied, still waiting for the rain.

SimCityAT wrote:

They lied, still waiting for the rain.

Hissing down here; the wife had just tricked me into moving some pumpkins for her.

fluffy2560 wrote:

Cynic wrote:

fluffy2560 wrote:

Wahhhhttt?  Snow now?   I don't believe it.  It's like 15 C over most of Europe.  No way is it going to snow unless you're over 2000m or summat.

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Quick meteorological lesson; 15 C on the ground does not mean the same at 20,000 feet (unless you're on a mountain), it all depends on moisture content & the temps (lower than 2 C generally) and winds up high (circa 16k ft and higher).  That's how we were taught to do our own weather forecasts in an environment where there is not a professional metman to do it; I suspect nowadays with satellites and internet, that our way has become a dying art.

The rule of thumb I was taught was -2C drop for every 1000ft in altitude which is about 300m so approximately at 2000m in dry conditions we'd be looking at about -14C lower than temperatures at sea level.   So about -2C at 2000m. 

Dew point is another thing.   Today, it's 6C.  Maybe there is a chance of snow at over 1000m.   In Hungary that would be a Matra Mountains job - highest point there is in Hungary is just about 1000m high. It is indeed 6C there right now.   So bit lower and snow could indeed fall. 

Meanwhile at ground level, it's quite warm if a little windy.   It's just got that edge on the wind where it could just be a bit colder than one would want.  I was walking the dog and I only had a hoodie on and it was just a tiny bit chilly.

We used that system when operating rotary aircraft in strange places.  Dew point at altitude was a bugger to cope with as it could quite simply ground everything as it seemed to affect not only visibility but also aircraft engine performance - so payload, so less bums on seats; the only aircraft I ever recall that didn't seem to have a problem was the VC-10 (it was designed for African routes); so not a thing for us (except it meant we were walking home).  Nowadays; humidity is not an issue on the Yorkshire moors, I don't intend to exert myself when out walking the new pup - he can do the running.

Cynic wrote:

SimCityAT wrote:

They lied, still waiting for the rain.

Hissing down here; the wife had just tricked me into moving some pumpkins for her.

As in "She asked so I shifted her pumpkins" or "She looked at my pumpkins and decided they needed moving".

Is that a euphemism or real pumpkins?   

Getting ready for Halloween perhaps?

Seems such a waste of pumpkins but IMHO pumpkin pie isn't much to write home about.

Cynic wrote:

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We used that system when operating rotary aircraft in strange places.  Dew point at altitude was a bugger to cope with as it could quite simply ground everything as it seemed to affect not only visibility but also aircraft engine performance - so payload, so less bums on seats; the only aircraft I ever recall that didn't seem to have a problem was the VC-10 (it was designed for African routes); so not a thing for us (except it meant we were walking home).  Nowadays; humidity is not an issue on the Yorkshire moors, I don't intend to exert myself when out walking the new pup - he can do the running.

I remember the VC10!

Those high airports like Addis Ababa or Denver need serious consideration and helicopters up mountains really have to work hard.   

There are a lot of flight videos showing landing and take offs in Nepal (Lukla Airport for Everest) and Courchevel.   Looks to me sometimes they almost don't make it.  I once came close to going to Bhutan which has a super complex approach at their main airport.  Very exciting.

It's not quite the same thing but I was in Greece and riding a rented scrambler type bike up a really big mountain and with two of us on it, the higher we went the worse the performance.   It was almost completely out of puff by the time we reached about 3000ft. Once back at ground level it was OK again.

fluffy2560 wrote:

Cynic wrote:

SimCityAT wrote:

They lied, still waiting for the rain.

Hissing down here; the wife had just tricked me into moving some pumpkins for her.

As in "She asked so I shifted her pumpkins" or "She looked at my pumpkins and decided they needed moving".

Is that a euphemism or real pumpkins?   

Getting ready for Halloween perhaps?

Seems such a waste of pumpkins but IMHO pumpkin pie isn't much to write home about.

I should have explained.  Pumpkins are nothing to do with me, I just became a pack animal to move them around.  My daughter took our grandson to an event at the local farm (it's Halloween) and came home with some giant pumpkins which my wife asked her to put in the front garden so she could make something decorative that the school could use.  Fine, but somehow they got left in the back garden and when it came to doing the "something decorative", only muggins was available to work under supervision, it then started to hiss down, the rest is history.  I did try the "lack of appropriate PPE" defence which seems to have become in-vogue during the pandemic, but to no avail.

Cynic wrote:

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I should have explained.  Pumpkins are nothing to do with me, I just became a pack animal to move them around.  My daughter took our grandson to an event at the local farm (it's Halloween) and came home with some giant pumpkins which my wife asked her to put in the front garden so she could make something decorative that the school could use.  Fine, but somehow they got left in the back garden and when it came to doing the "something decorative", only muggins was available to work under supervision, it then started to hiss down, the rest is history.  I did try the "lack of appropriate PPE" defence which seems to have become in-vogue during the pandemic, but to no avail.

PPE = Personal Pumpkin Equipment?

Our kids will have to shift their own pumpkins if they want to decorate some.  I'm not planning on providing an on-call pumpkin service.   But maybe we should have plastic pumpkins to save energy and the planet. 

We have this regular debate about whether we should have a real Xmas tree or use a plastic one.  We've actually got several plastic trees and baubles so the kids end up with their own Xmas trees in their bedrooms as we have more than enough baubles and lights. There's usually a real tree in the living room.  I think it'd be OK to have one plastic tree for all and scrap the rest.  It's not like Xmas is the same as Xmas when I was a kid. We never used to have pumpkins.

fluffy2560 wrote:

Cynic wrote:

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We used that system when operating rotary aircraft in strange places.  Dew point at altitude was a bugger to cope with as it could quite simply ground everything as it seemed to affect not only visibility but also aircraft engine performance - so payload, so less bums on seats; the only aircraft I ever recall that didn't seem to have a problem was the VC-10 (it was designed for African routes); so not a thing for us (except it meant we were walking home).  Nowadays; humidity is not an issue on the Yorkshire moors, I don't intend to exert myself when out walking the new pup - he can do the running.

I remember the VC10!

Those high airports like Addis Ababa or Denver need serious consideration and helicopters up mountains really have to work hard.   

There are a lot of flight videos showing landing and take offs in Nepal (Lukla Airport for Everest) and Courchevel.   Looks to me sometimes they almost don't make it.  I once came close to going to Bhutan which has a super complex approach at their main airport.  Very exciting.

It's not quite the same thing but I was in Greece and riding a rented scrambler type bike up a really big mountain and with two of us on it, the higher we went the worse the performance.   It was almost completely out of puff by the time we reached about 3000ft. Once back at ground level it was OK again.

VC-10 = military jet noise, the sound of freedom.

VC-10 doing what it does best.

fluffy2560 wrote:

Cynic wrote:

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I should have explained.  Pumpkins are nothing to do with me, I just became a pack animal to move them around.  My daughter took our grandson to an event at the local farm (it's Halloween) and came home with some giant pumpkins which my wife asked her to put in the front garden so she could make something decorative that the school could use.  Fine, but somehow they got left in the back garden and when it came to doing the "something decorative", only muggins was available to work under supervision, it then started to hiss down, the rest is history.  I did try the "lack of appropriate PPE" defence which seems to have become in-vogue during the pandemic, but to no avail.

PPE = Personal Pumpkin Equipment?

Our kids will have to shift their own pumpkins if they want to decorate some.  I'm not planning on providing an on-call pumpkin service.   But maybe we should have plastic pumpkins to save energy and the planet. 

We have this regular debate about whether we should have a real Xmas tree or use a plastic one.  We've actually got several plastic trees and baubles so the kids end up with their own Xmas trees in their bedrooms as we have more than enough baubles and lights. There's usually a real tree in the living room.  I think it'd be OK to have one plastic tree for all and scrap the rest.  It's not like Xmas is the same as Xmas when I was a kid.

I often wonder why they bother; pumpkins taste disgusting unless you put an equal amount of sugar in the mix, which causes terminal tooth rot.  You can't let kids carve the teeth and eyes out because they'll probably lose a few fingers in the process.  I wonder if I could get an old IronBru tin and call that a recycled pumpkin.

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I often wonder why they bother; pumpkins taste disgusting unless you put an equal amount of sugar in the mix, which causes terminal tooth rot.  You can't let kids carve the teeth and eyes out because they'll probably lose a few fingers in the process.  I wonder if I could get an old IronBru tin and call that a recycled pumpkin.

I totally agree.  It's overrated nonsense pumpkin pie.  I can only think it was a shortage of reasonable materials, excess of sugar and lack of talent  that brought it about.   

Our kids are old enough to handle sharp objects but I am not sure I am.  One my kids was doing something in the semi-darkness and I said, put the light on and I was told effectively, I was that half-blind old person and they could see perfectly well in the dark.   That's put me in my place. Strangely enough I had the same conversation with my Dad 45+ years ago.

Cynic wrote:

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VC-10 = military jet noise, the sound of freedom.

VC-10 doing what it does best.

I've flown out of Biggin Hill and the runway isn't that large. Surprised it could take a VC-10. Presumably it wasn't fully loaded.   

Pretty noisy thing.  At the Biggin Hill Airshow I saw a Phantom doing a vertical ascent on full power.  The ground shook like jelly and my stomach felt like it was being churned.  Quite something.

fluffy2560 wrote:

Cynic wrote:

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I often wonder why they bother; pumpkins taste disgusting unless you put an equal amount of sugar in the mix, which causes terminal tooth rot.  You can't let kids carve the teeth and eyes out because they'll probably lose a few fingers in the process.  I wonder if I could get an old IronBru tin and call that a recycled pumpkin.

I totally agree.  It's overrated nonsense pumpkin pie.  I can only think it was a shortage of reasonable materials, excess of sugar and lack of talent  that brought it about.

The seeds are nice slightly roasted.

SimCityAT wrote:

fluffy2560 wrote:

Cynic wrote:

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I often wonder why they bother; pumpkins taste disgusting unless you put an equal amount of sugar in the mix, which causes terminal tooth rot.  You can't let kids carve the teeth and eyes out because they'll probably lose a few fingers in the process.  I wonder if I could get an old IronBru tin and call that a recycled pumpkin.

I totally agree.  It's overrated nonsense pumpkin pie.  I can only think it was a shortage of reasonable materials, excess of sugar and lack of talent  that brought it about.

The seeds are nice slightly roasted.

Yes, actually that's true.   

Lots of seeds are nice but some of them are a bugger to get the shell off.

fluffy2560 wrote:

Cynic wrote:

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VC-10 = military jet noise, the sound of freedom.

VC-10 doing what it does best.

I've flown out of Biggin Hill and the runway isn't that large. Surprised it could take a VC-10. Presumably it wasn't fully loaded.   

Pretty noisy thing.  At the Biggin Hill Airshow I saw a Phantom doing a vertical ascent on full power.  The ground shook like jelly and my stomach felt like it was being churned.  Quite something.

It was empty; the RAF don't carry passengers when display flying.  This was the penultimate example of jet noise.

Cynic wrote:

fluffy2560 wrote:

Cynic wrote:

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VC-10 = military jet noise, the sound of freedom.

VC-10 doing what it does best.

I've flown out of Biggin Hill and the runway isn't that large. Surprised it could take a VC-10. Presumably it wasn't fully loaded.   

Pretty noisy thing.  At the Biggin Hill Airshow I saw a Phantom doing a vertical ascent on full power.  The ground shook like jelly and my stomach felt like it was being churned.  Quite something.

It was empty; the RAF don't carry passengers when display flying.  This was the penultimate example of jet noise.

Ah, the famous Vulcan.  I remember them too!   Just imagine if Maggie didn't have Vulcans back then, they'd all be speaking Spanish in Port Stanley.   Iconic plane.

fluffy2560 wrote:

Cynic wrote:

fluffy2560 wrote:

I've flown out of Biggin Hill and the runway isn't that large. Surprised it could take a VC-10. Presumably it wasn't fully loaded.   

Pretty noisy thing.  At the Biggin Hill Airshow I saw a Phantom doing a vertical ascent on full power.  The ground shook like jelly and my stomach felt like it was being churned.  Quite something.

It was empty; the RAF don't carry passengers when display flying.  This was the penultimate example of jet noise.

Ah, the famous Vulcan.  I remember them too!   Just imagine if Maggie didn't have Vulcans back then, they'd all be speaking Spanish in Port Stanley.   Iconic plane.

Using the Vulcan on Port Stanley was more a political gesture than practical; a reminder to all that an aircraft capable of carrying special weapons was more than capable of reaching the Argentine, and not only the Vulcan, the Sea Harrier or even a Nimrod (at a push) could have done the same.  All said, BZ to all the RAF guys involved in that, it was a logistics masterpiece to ensure that all the tankers were in the right place at the right time to keep the Vulcans in the air.

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Using the Vulcan on Port Stanley was more a political gesture than practical; a reminder to all that an aircraft capable of carrying special weapons was more than capable of reaching the Argentine, and not only the Vulcan, the Sea Harrier or even a Nimrod (at a push) could have done the same.  All said, BZ to all the RAF guys involved in that, it was a logistics masterpiece to ensure that all the tankers were in the right place at the right time to keep the Vulcans in the air.

Absolutely!  It did show the junta that they were not immune.  Psychologically it for sure had an impact on their thinking.  Like the sinking of the Belgrano regardless of the ethical debate around that.

Weatherwise it's brightening up and a bit windy, 8 C and we've had 0.2mm of rain this morning.  Mrs F and I see a window of opportunity to do some gardening including lopping some branches off our oversized cherry tree.

So we'll be tree fellers this morning which is impossible as there's only two of us etc. 

An oldie but a goldie.

fluffy2560 wrote:

Cynic wrote:

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Using the Vulcan on Port Stanley was more a political gesture than practical; a reminder to all that an aircraft capable of carrying special weapons was more than capable of reaching the Argentine, and not only the Vulcan, the Sea Harrier or even a Nimrod (at a push) could have done the same.  All said, BZ to all the RAF guys involved in that, it was a logistics masterpiece to ensure that all the tankers were in the right place at the right time to keep the Vulcans in the air.

Absolutely!  It did show the junta that they were not immune.  Psychologically it for sure had an impact on their thinking.  Like the sinking of the Belgrano regardless of the ethical debate around that.

Weatherwise it's brightening up and a bit windy, 8 C and we've had 0.2mm of rain this morning.  Mrs F and I see a window of opportunity to do some gardening including lopping some branches off our oversized cherry tree.

So we'll be tree fellers this morning which is impossible as there's only two of us etc. 

An oldie but a goldie.

Today's forecast for the next few days is pretty good, then it goes downhill rapidly, forecasting rain all next week.

Cynic wrote:

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Today's forecast for the next few days is pretty good, then it goes downhill rapidly, forecasting rain all next week.

It's windy and very sunny here in the burbs of Budapest.  We're even in T-shirts as we're working quite hard on the tree haircut.  It's even sweaty even though it's only 10 C.   

As for the tree, it's looking better in the fact that it's no longer blocking our light or rubbing on the house in windy weather. 

The big problem is how to get rid of the branches and leaves.  Big ones I chainsaw into logs to dry out for the woodburner but the small stuff needs to be chipped but our chipper is dead and buried.  So we'll have to chop it small and try and get it into disposable bags for collection.

Mrs F thinks we'll have to give it a final trim tomorrow.

fluffy2560 wrote:

Cynic wrote:

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Today's forecast for the next few days is pretty good, then it goes downhill rapidly, forecasting rain all next week.

It's windy and very sunny here in the burbs of Budapest.  We're even in T-shirts as we're working quite hard on the tree haircut.  It's even sweaty even though it's only 10 C.   

As for the tree, it's looking better in the fact that it's no longer blocking our light or rubbing on the house in windy weather. 

The big problem is how to get rid of the branches and leaves.  Big ones I chainsaw into logs to dry out for the woodburner but the small stuff needs to be chipped but our chipper is dead and buried.  So we'll have to chop it small and try and get it into disposable bags for collection.

Mrs F thinks we'll have to give it a final trim tomorrow.

We just bought a chipper as our first step into wood burning and it's about as much use as a trapdoor on a canoe; it's going back tomorrow.

As for chainsaws, don't talk to me about those; I'm not going to buy one, stupid money and in the UK you can only rent one if you have a chainsaw training certificate and the only person in our family who has one of those is our youngest daughter who got it when she went to horsey uni at Askham Bryam; she's now moved out, so it's not so easy as she's now a nurse and seems to be on shift sticking needles into people every time I need a bloody chain saw.

Cynic wrote:

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We just bought a chipper as our first step into wood burning and it's about as much use as a trapdoor on a canoe; it's going back tomorrow.

Ours had this rotating blade and you had to manually push stuff in it.  It never worked properly. It's gone to the great dump in the sky now for recycling.  I had thought of buying another one which had rotating cutters that pull stuff in. 

Cynic wrote:

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As for chainsaws, don't talk to me about those; I'm not going to buy one, stupid money and in the UK you can only rent one if you have a chainsaw training certificate and the only person in our family who has one of those is our youngest daughter who got it when she went to horsey uni at Askham Bryam; she's now moved out, so it's not so easy as she's now a nurse and seems to be on shift sticking needles into people every time I need a bloody chain saw.

I bought an electric chain saw made by Bosch. It works OK and is definitely a time saver.   We have a few trees here and there are even more at Mrs F's family place.  Some of the trees are huge - the wood  would last years for a wood burner.  Couple of weeks ago we had to take down a nut tree there - it was all rotten.

There are some substantial pines as well.   Some are so large, and despite enthusiasm of my BIL (and several cousins lubricated with schnapps!)  they are too much for amateurs and I've said they need professional tree surgeons with ropes and ladders.    No way I'm standing near a tree when someone sozzled is attacking with a chainsaw.  Operating dangerous machinery and boozing seems a step too far - they were way over the limits for driving.

I've also got a new petrol driven machine from Aldi which has multiple heads. You can change around the heads - there's a strimmer, brush cutter, hedge cutter and a small branch lopper chain saw.  So it's basically a chainsaw at the end of a 2m pole.    It was cheap - about £120.  A tree surgeon would have cost me that so I think of it as getting it for free in a way.  It's rather effective so definitely not a waste of money.

BTW, I believe they introduced a law here saying amateurs cannot cut down trees but of course, who cares about that sort of thing here.  Hard to police a hard "hair cut" vs total demolition. 

Oh, and it's going to be quite cold this week in the evenings, could be as low as 5C.

It was 1.8 C this morning and frost/ice on the car.   

It's very sunny though and I was putting the rubbish at 0730 this morning and it was even quite pleasant and we're expecting a high of 15 C and sun all day.

I checked the HU weather cams and there is 30cm snow at 800m in Bánkút near Miskolc. 

Cannot see the snow lasting.

-2 C last night here but rather sunny at 0800h and temperatures creeping up past 5C.

Looks like winter is coming.

0°C - 14°C here today.

SimCityAT wrote:

0°C - 14°C here today.

I don't really like it and I am thinking I want my money back.   We could move to La Palma in the Canary Islands for the winter.

To be fair on the rotation and angle of the Earth in relation to the sun, it wasn't too bad yesterday. 

I actually was able to do some gardening, chopped some bushes, raked an area to get some stones out and then sprinkled grass seeds on it. 

I can see frost on the roofs of house in the lee of the sun

It's probably time to turn off the supply to the outside, drain the pipes and insulate the taps.
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Just been out with Boris (the dog), 10c here

Oh yeah I must start thinking about turning off the water outside. Its just risen 2°C so its now 4°C.

SimCityAT wrote:

Oh yeah I must start thinking about turning off the water outside. Its just risen 2°C so its now 4°C.

Yes, best to get the water closed down.  Don't want any surprise floods.

Now it's at 8.5C and it's really quite nice.  I was outside for 10 mins messing with the rubbish bins in a T-shirt, shorts, no socks and crocs and it really wasn't that bad at all. 

It's very different of course being in the sun to being in the shadows. 

Cliff Richard knows what it's like in the Shadows.

SimCityAT wrote:

Oh yeah I must start thinking about turning off the water outside. Its just risen 2°C so its now 4°C.

Yes, best to get the water closed down.  Don't want any surprise floods.

Now it's at 8.5C and it's really quite nice.  I was outside for 10 mins messing with the rubbish bins in a T-shirt, shorts, no socks and crocs and it really wasn't that bad at all. 

It's very different of course being in the sun to being in the shadows. 

Cliff Richard knows what it's like in the Shadows.

Cynic wrote:

Just been out with Boris (the dog), 10c here

Is it a British Bulldog with a quiff?.....oh yes....

Got that wrong, they are all called Churchill.

Crocs!  Just had a nightmare with Amazon over a pair of Crocs.  I have a pair of normal, run of the mill Crocs, I thought with the new dog, I'd be out and about at stupid o'clock, and that my current Crocs would not be very warm in the winter, so I bought a pair of winterised Crocs from Amazon.  I'm a bit OCD when it comes to Supply Chains, so I always follow my orders on the Amazon app; these were ordered and despatched from the seller on 16 Oct to the Amazon warehouse in Madrid, Spain, it cleared Spanish and UK customs and arrived in Castle Donnington on 17 Oct (wot Brexit!); it arrived in the Amazon Leeds Depot the next day @ 0735.  Pretty good I thought, until some b'stard in Leeds either lost or stole my Crocs.  So, after 5 days of waiting, I had a rather tense chat with Amazon (I suspect in Delhi), where they tried to convince me that they were talking to the driver who had my Crocs and they would be delivered shortly - pah, nonsense - got a full refund.  End result is I am doubting the transit information Amazon publish for their goods.  Oh, and I just ordered another pair of winterised Crocs ................. from Amazon.

fluffy2560 wrote:

Cynic wrote:

Just been out with Boris (the dog), 10c here

Is it a British Bulldog with a quiff?.....oh yes....

Got that wrong, they are all called Churchill.

He's a Patterdale Terrier; a breed from the Dales.  He is amazing and would probably do a better job at running this country than the other Boris.

This is a file photo - ours is similar, but has a white chest.

Cynic wrote:

fluffy2560 wrote:

Cynic wrote:

Just been out with Boris (the dog), 10c here

Is it a British Bulldog with a quiff?.....oh yes....

Got that wrong, they are all called Churchill.

He's a Patterdale Terrier; a breed from the Dales.  He is amazing and would probably do a better job at running this country than the other Boris.

This is a file photo - ours is similar, but has a white chest.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/UPYAAOSw … -l1600.jpg

Sleek looking aerodynamic pooch.   Unlike the other Boris who seems to have acquired quite a barrel like paunch.

We've got a Golden Retriever.   It's super friendly. Loves everyone. It's even friends with the cat.

fluffy2560 wrote:

Cynic wrote:

fluffy2560 wrote:

Is it a British Bulldog with a quiff?.....oh yes....

Got that wrong, they are all called Churchill.

He's a Patterdale Terrier; a breed from the Dales.  He is amazing and would probably do a better job at running this country than the other Boris.

This is a file photo - ours is similar, but has a white chest.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/UPYAAOSw … -l1600.jpg

Sleek looking aerodynamic pooch.   Unlike the other Boris who seems to have acquired quite a barrel like paunch.

We've got a Golden Retriever.   It's super friendly. Loves everyone. It's even friends with the cat.

We had 2 Retrievers before Boris; the last one (Barney) lived to be 18 years old.  I was gutted when I lost him and swore I would never put myself through that again.  LOL - queue Boris - he goes everywhere with me, a real partner dog.

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Crocs!  Just had a nightmare with Amazon over a pair of Crocs.  I have a pair of normal, run of the mill Crocs, I thought with the new dog, I'd be out and about at stupid o'clock, and that my current Crocs would not be very warm in the winter, so I bought a pair of winterised Crocs from Amazon.  I'm a bit OCD when it comes to Supply Chains, so I always follow my orders on the Amazon app; these were ordered and despatched from the seller on 16 Oct to the Amazon warehouse in Madrid, Spain, it cleared Spanish and UK customs and arrived in Castle Donnington on 17 Oct (wot Brexit!); it arrived in the Amazon Leeds Depot the next day @ 0735.  Pretty good I thought, until some b'stard in Leeds either lost or stole my Crocs.  So, after 5 days of waiting, I had a rather tense chat with Amazon (I suspect in Delhi), where they tried to convince me that they were talking to the driver who had my Crocs and they would be delivered shortly - pah, nonsense - got a full refund.  End result is I am doubting the transit information Amazon publish for their goods.  Oh, and I just ordered another pair of winterised Crocs ................. from Amazon.

I went for the plain rubbery Crocs bought locally.  This time I got genuine ones and I wear them pretty much continuously, even with very thick woolly socks for hiking boots. I know, sandals and socks, *sigh*.  Very something wrong.  Not sure what. Oh yes, I do....unfashionable.   

Oh while I'm here on footwear, I've got a pair of furry Ugg boots from Australia.  While extraordinarily warm, they are an absolute death trap. Hadn't worn them for a couple of years because the bottoms were super slick in the ice and snow. Nightmare for here.   I've just had the soles shaved and "army boot" replacement soles glued on by our very technical bag and shoe repairer wizards nearby.  Cost £20 and they are really the bees knees now and properly 4WD.
 
Amazon is quite bonkers.  I may have said before I have had free stuff from Amazon.  The driver left some tools with the neighbours who promptly told no-one and did nothing.  So I complained about 2 weeks later I hadn't received my stuff.  So a new package of the same tools arrived.  Then about 3 months later, the neighbours recovered from amnesia and mentioned this package they were holding for me.  So now I had two sets the same.  I wrote to Amazon asking them to collect the spare set and never heard back.   So now I'm in the luxurious position of being doubly tooled up!

I've heard of people receiving two large flat screen TVs  and Amazon refusing to collect the spare one. 

Incidentally, those call centre bods in Delhi can be really slick but my deaf Mum couldn't understand their accents.  She had to say to them, please get someone without an accent to call back as I'm deaf and I cannot make it out.  My Dad's the same.  If someone calls with a thick accent (any kind) on a distant low quality line, he has no hope.   I'm going the same way myself now - my hearing is a bit wonky.  Trouble is with these off-shore service centres, seems like a great idea but one size doesn't fit all.

As for your Crocs, take heart that some person in Leeds is enjoying them now.

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We had 2 Retrievers before Boris; the last one (Barney) lived to be 18 years old.  I was gutted when I lost him and swore I would never put myself through that again.  LOL - queue Boris - he goes everywhere with me, a real partner dog.

It's a bit love and hate.  The dog as been a bit of a life saver for me (at least) as it forces me to walk around - I take her minimum of 3 times a week, each trip between 1-2h depending on route.  It's not too much.   

I do find her a bit annoying sometimes as she's quite demanding. It's hard not to relent when those big brown eyes stare at you.   Apparently dogs' eyes have evolved to appeal to humans.

I read on the BBC, that there's a real surplus of spare pets now in the UK post-lockdown.   Here, I was actually thinking of taking someone else's dog on as they couldn't cope.  So even more dogs despite my real reluctance to even have one in the first place. 

Dogs seem to know I'm a softie.  I must smell of being a mug.

Snowing now a bit here in HU.   

Just hovering about 0 C.  Breeze 1.5 km/h from West. 

Sunrise 0710h and sunset 15.55h. 

Pressure steady.