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Cynic wrote:

SimCityAT wrote:

fluffy2560 wrote:

What will they do about your trapped nerve and slipped disc?   Chiropractor? Surgery?

On Friday they stuck a needle into my back which has done bugger all. So surgery is the next thing they can do.

Mrs C had some physio for her back; it worked wonders.  She has it on NHS prescription, so can make an appointment for it directly with the Physio as and when she needs it.

I take my Dad for physio sometimes and the Physio is magically good at her job. 

I think it makes a real difference. 

But it's also self-help related, one has to do the assigned homework to make it stick.

I just spoke to soon

SimCityAT wrote:

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I just spoke to soon

That's crazy cold.   We're looking at relatively warm today:

Budapest - could be 13 C

I don't know its changed again, must have been a blip with Google. No minus temperatures or snow this week.

SimCityAT wrote:

I don't know its changed again, must have been a blip with Google. No minus temperatures or snow this week.

Not so much a blip as a placeholder.

I'm looking at a variety of sites for weather and they are all generally wrong until about 2 days before the weather arrives. 

I suspect they are describing  historic data averages until the 2-3 forecast has been computed. Then suddenly it all gets updated and gets more accurate.  In some ways, it's remarkable they can even model 2-3 days ahead.  It's a massive computing challenge.   

I used to live near the place that does the modeling - ECMWF - and drove past it on many occasions.

Planes landing in high winds at LHR (live stream):

Big Jet TV

Been dog walking and car parking is totally mobbed with walkers, mountain bikers, dog walkers, joggers and organised groups getting something out of nature.  I could hardly park.   

Surprising considering it's not that warm  at only 8 C and some rainy looking clouds and almost no sunshine.

fluffy2560 wrote:

Been dog walking and car parking is totally mobbed with walkers, mountain bikers, dog walkers, joggers and organised groups getting something out of nature.  I could hardly park.   

Surprising considering it's not that warm  at only 8 C and some rainy looking clouds and almost no sunshine.

Not much fun to go nature walking in a crowd.
Should move to LA, no one walks in LA.
Or in Vegas for that matter, only on the strip or downtown mall.
Used to ride our bikes within a few miles of the house in Vegas, on the sidewalks too.
No one was ever out walking so we had the walkways to ourselves.
Guess Sunday's aren't the best days to do a nature walk, mid week is probably better.

Marilyn Tassy wrote:

fluffy2560 wrote:

Been dog walking and car parking is totally mobbed with walkers, mountain bikers, dog walkers, joggers and organised groups getting something out of nature.  I could hardly park.   

Surprising considering it's not that warm  at only 8 C and some rainy looking clouds and almost no sunshine.

Not much fun to go nature walking in a crowd.
Should move to LA, no one walks in LA.
Or in Vegas for that matter, only on the strip or downtown mall.
Used to ride our bikes within a few miles of the house in Vegas, on the sidewalks too.
No one was ever out walking so we had the walkways to ourselves.
Guess Sunday's aren't the best days to do a nature walk, mid week is probably better.

I usually go during the week and it's deserted but I took a chance thinking the weather wasn't up to much and few people would be there.  Wrong!  But at least the dog met some new furry friends.

We have a wood in our town its part of the park, I often go for a stroll to clear m< head. Was great when we had a lockdown. No on was going out although you were allowed out for exercise and to walk the dog.

SimCityAT wrote:

We have a wood in our town its part of the park, I often go for a stroll to clear m< head. Was great when we had a lockdown. No on was going out although you were allowed out for exercise and to walk the dog.

What kind of dog do you have?

fluffy2560 wrote:

SimCityAT wrote:

We have a wood in our town its part of the park, I often go for a stroll to clear m< head. Was great when we had a lockdown. No on was going out although you were allowed out for exercise and to walk the dog.

What kind of dog do you have?

I don't

SimCityAT wrote:

fluffy2560 wrote:

SimCityAT wrote:

We have a wood in our town its part of the park, I often go for a stroll to clear m< head. Was great when we had a lockdown. No on was going out although you were allowed out for exercise and to walk the dog.

What kind of dog do you have?

I don't

Oh, I misunderstood.   

Having a dog forces me to walk it.  It's stopped me doing mountain biking which I did before.   I'm thinking of mountain biking one day, then dog walking the next, so there's a bit of exercise each day.  Might be too much for my dodgy back.

Also heavy rain (2.5 mm so far), 5 C, dropping pressure, wind from the West, 1.5 m/s, visibility low.

Lovely sunny day but still a bit on the cold side. 7 C, steady breeze, low humidity, mid-range UV.    Rain expected tomorrow and the day after. 

Would be very nice skiing or walking weather.

We have a mild week ahead of us - 14 degs Celsius.  Our daughter finally got the keys to her new build and I just spent the day driving a big truck getting her stuff out of storage - the weather made it a nice day.  Memories.

Cynic wrote:

We have a mild week ahead of us - 14 degs Celsius.  Our daughter finally got the keys to her new build and I just spent the day driving a big truck getting her stuff out of storage - the weather made it a nice day.  Memories.

Sounds like a productive and happy day.   And a good temperature.  Congrats on your daughter's move.

Tomorrow is supposed to be cloudy here unfortunately (even though it's Revolution Day holidays). I didn't order cloudy weather or rain.   Regardless of weather, I'm determined to take the pooch for some positive perambulation.

Cold again, 5 C,  raining  a bit, somewhat windy.

The rain earlier this morning was "dirty" in that it seemed to have dust in it possibly from the Sahara.

Its mild here 9°C, they said we should expect rain, but not seen any or had any dust from Sahara but it has affected some.

SimCityAT wrote:

Its mild here 9°C, they said we should expect rain, but not seen any or had any dust from Sahara but it has affected some.

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Mrs F was at the car wash earlier this week and now we have to go again.

I used to live in Munich and we had the Foehn there which always seemed to involve Saharan sand being dumped on our cars.

Big change today, from T-shirts back to rain coats and so much colder with drizzle.  

Only 9C, slight breeze, falling pressure and 1.2mm rain so far and increasing.  

Looks like it'll be like this for a week.

I believe the Sahara sand will be back again soon so once again, we will need to be at the car wash.

Cold here as well, 9°C but in the poor UK they have snow 

We had snow this morning (I didn't sleep in, honest), but it's gone already - just left with a cold wind if you're not protected.  I only mentioned the snow because it's kind of on-topic as it's very rare that we get any snow in the Vale of York.

We have a couple of guys who are landscaping our back garden, I feel really sorry for them, one minute they're dressed like Nanuk of the Arctic, the next it's shorts and t-shirts.

We had snow this morning (I didn't sleep in, honest), but it's gone already - just left with a cold wind if you're not protected.  I only mentioned the snow because it's kind of on-topic as it's very rare that we get ... - @Cynic

Bit the same here.  Couple of days ago for my dog walking, I was in shorts and T-shirts, then yesterday I was in a light tracksuit and today I'm thinking of getting out my rain coat, hat and gloves.

It's one of the weird things around here.  can be +20C during the day and 3C at night.  Really huge swings in temperature.   We also have predictions for some snow showers tomorrow.   At the moment, I can see sunshine is trying to break out a bit.

The rain is welcome.  It had not rained for a while and the plants need it.  I'm planning on a home project to acquire 2 x IBC pallet containers to store rainwater - about 2000 litres.  I was thinking of underground storage  tanks but it's a bit involved.  That would look like a minimum of 5000 litres.   A lot of people tell me that I shouldn't bother doing that but I'm noticing longer and drier periods here over the past 10+ years. 

We had snow this morning (I didn't sleep in, honest), but it's gone already - just left with a cold wind if you're not protected.  I only mentioned the snow because it's kind of on-topic as it's very rare ... - @fluffy2560

 Word of advice on IBC's; if it's for drinking water and you can afford it, buy them new.  If it's for the garden, then 2nd hand will save you a lot of money.  For drinking water storage keep them out of the sun, it encourages all sorts of things with more than 2 legs to move in.  I used to inspect IBC's (and other packagings) as part of my regulatory role, I was amazed at what people used them for.

p.s. I don't like the way the new format has formatted my post.

- @SimCityAT

That about sums it up.  We've  a week to wait before it all improves (or rather goes back to what it was approximately).

p.s. I don't like the way the new format has formatted my post.

- @Cynic

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 Word of advice on IBC's; if it's for drinking water and you can afford
it, buy them new.  If it's for the garden, then 2nd hand will save you a
lot of money.  For drinking water storage keep them out of the sun, it
encourages all sorts of things with more than 2 legs to move in.  I used
to inspect IBC's (and other packagings) as part of my regulatory role, I
was amazed at what people used them for.. - @Cynic

At least they have got rid of the annoying popup advert that came in the middle of the screen each time you went onto another page. 

At least they have got rid of the annoying popup advert that came in the middle of the screen each time you went onto another page. 

- @SimCityAT

 Popups are amateurish now and most browsers block them.   It's a very wrong method to use and a complete turn off.  What I have discovered is that when the Reply overlay is open, you can actually select the text shown behind to include it in your text reply.   The lack of ability to edit the html tags or something similar is seriously a problem. I don't like the reply to text being automatically selected and cut off so  the whole message is not seen.   It doesn't make any sense to ensure continuity in the replies.  I'm afraid it's the weird thinking of Microsoft and particularly Google who think they are doing good in sorting out messaging  into conversations.  In my mind just makes things harder to follow.

Weather also pluses minuses, we had many fruit trees, honestly if a few days in Dec/Jan with minus 10 I was happy (killing  (admittedly cruel) some nasty insects), over the last 8 years too few strong winters.

Really a shame, I still do not understand what is the matter with walnut trees (over Hungary), is this related to changing climate or just insects which can not be killed, still since 4/5 years it seems to be a disaster (Hungary).

Weather also pluses minuses, we had many fruit trees, honestly if a
few days in Dec/Jan with minus 10 I was happy (killing  (admittedly
cruel) some nasty insects), over the last 8 years too few strong
winters.

Really a shame, I still do not understand what is the
matter with walnut trees (over Hungary), is this related to changing
climate or just insects which can not be killed, still since 4/5 years
it seems to be a disaster (Hungary).

... - @cdw057

Endless drizzle, 7mm since midnight, 8 deg C, heavy cloud, lower pressure, 1.5 m/s wind from the West.   

Looks like a week before it starts to clear up. 

The dog won't be pleased with less walking and we won't be pleased if she gets all wet muddy (again).  Wet dog smell is not the best.

Woke up to a layer of snow this morning, but it's already melted off.  Went for a blood test; noticed the weather has affected the river levels in the village, not normally this high.  Shouldn't affect where we live as we're a lot higher, but the surgery where my wife works may have to get their wellies out.  I asked if they had an emergency plan - whats that she said.

Woke up to a layer of snow this morning, but it's already melted off.  Went for a blood test; noticed the weather has affected the river levels in the village, not normally this high.  Shouldn't affect where we live as ... - @Cynic

 Everyone should have an emergency plan. 

Ours is to leg it to Austria.

Just got back from walking Boris, very quiet around here, the schools closed last Friday for the Easter break which means we see no traffic, which is fantastic.  15C here today, forecasting 18C for the weekend.

- @Cynic