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Weather - or not!

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Re: Weather - or not!

#21 Post by Nick » February 26th, 2009, 12:41 pm

Latest post of the previous page:

Give yourself a gold star, Alan (though wind-speed in knots would be nice :D ) You can give yourself more wiggle room on wind-speed by using the Beaufort scale. How kind am I?

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Re: Weather - or not!

#22 Post by Alan H » February 26th, 2009, 1:04 pm

As an engineer, I really should insist on SI units, not your funny ones. :)
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Re: Weather - or not!

#23 Post by Beki » February 26th, 2009, 1:12 pm

State of the weather in St. Andy's today:

White Cloud
Temp: 11°C 52°F
Wind: W 22mph
Hum: 60%
Press: 1013mB, rising
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Re: Weather - or not!

#24 Post by Gottard » February 26th, 2009, 3:44 pm

Alan C wrote
What are your plans for the plants peneasy?
I have some growing under Beech trees at the bottom of the garden.
Do you have acid soil where you are? Gaultheria like an acid soil,
I think (but not sure) that they are related to the heather family.

I'll say it before somebody else does, what's this got to do with the bloody weather?
In my area (and Italy in general) people do not have the habit of lending their gardens in winter; the reason might be that winter here lasts for little time (Nov. to Feb.) and everyone stays indoor.
I arranged my garden in order that there is something blooming in every season.
Yes I have acid soil and they are related to the heather family; I also have pieris in the nearby.
Gaultheria is unknown here so I had to let it come from Holland. I already have the male plant and, as you surely know, I needed female plants to allow for pollination.
One male can pollinate up to three female plants; I wonder why women complain if we men want to copulate with more of them - strange nature! :laughter:
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Re: Weather - or not!

#25 Post by Gottard » February 26th, 2009, 3:47 pm

Gardening may be off topic here; Alan H, what about opening a "gardening chapter" for us Humanist race?!
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Re: Weather - or not!

#26 Post by jaywhat » February 26th, 2009, 4:33 pm

Peneasy said, 'In my area (and Italy in general) people do not have the habit of lending their gardens in winter...'

I like it - must be a lot less trouble than tending it! :laughter:

I also like your idea of a separate thread for this weird gardening stuff.

Perhaps we could also have a separate thread for sewing!

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Re: Weather - or not!

#27 Post by Nick » February 26th, 2009, 4:39 pm

jaywhat wrote:Perhaps we could also have a separate thread for sewing!
Not a good idea, Jaywhat. Posters might get needled. :D

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#28 Post by Alan C. » February 26th, 2009, 5:33 pm

Peneasy said, 'In my area (and Italy in general) people do not have the habit of tending their gardens in winter...'
It's not so much tending, it's more, repairs and maintenance after the gales and heavy snow.
I also like your idea of a separate thread for this weird gardening stuff.
Listen Yorkie! There's nothing weird about growing stuff, unless you mean those crazy Rhubarb sheds you have in Yorkshire, you know, where mad Yorkshire-men creep in at night with candles, to harvest the rhubarb, If that's what you meant, then I quite agree with you :D
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Re: Weather - or not!

#29 Post by jaywhat » April 5th, 2009, 7:19 am

Around 15°C these days but yesterday was a bit cold in the wind. Sorry for the met officiandos, but I do not measure wind speed. All I know is that it was too unpleasant to sit out in it.

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Re: Weather - or not!

#30 Post by Alan H » April 5th, 2009, 9:59 am

It was over 20C here yesterday!
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#31 Post by Gottard » April 5th, 2009, 10:14 am

18 DegC. was yesterday 5th April the max temp. here on Lake Como.
....a way to say "have a nice day"
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#32 Post by Val » April 6th, 2009, 9:03 pm

11c today Monday, on the Moray Firthbut it feels a lot colder when I am being pushedf in my wheelchair round the Culbin Forest. We retired to Forres garden centre for home baked cakes

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Re: Weather - or not!

#33 Post by Alan C. » April 6th, 2009, 9:12 pm

A pleasant 13 celcius here today, and no wind.
I dug over and limed a 20'X12' area of (ex) lawn, ready for my main crop tatties (Desiree) to go in next weekend.
We have more rain forcast for the next three days though. :sad:
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Re: Weather - or not!

#34 Post by Gurdur » April 8th, 2009, 3:16 pm

13° C here at the moment, at 16.15pm. Sunny but breezy. Very mild fleeting rain for short spots.

Wetter in Solingen, Germany
Jetzt: 13º C
Aufgerissene Bewölkung
[Taking windchill into account] Ist wie: 13 º C
Feuchtigkeit: 54 %
Wind: 9 km/h / S
Sichtverhältnisse: 9.94 Kilometer

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Re: Weather - or not!

#35 Post by jaywhat » April 27th, 2009, 10:18 am

Bloody well pissing down, but we need it - allegedly! :nod:

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Re: Weather - or not!

#36 Post by Alan H » April 27th, 2009, 10:32 am

Ditto here.
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Re: Weather - or not!

#37 Post by Alan C. » April 27th, 2009, 5:47 pm

:pointlaugh: 16 degrees and sunny here. :smile:
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Re: Weather - or not!

#38 Post by Nick » April 27th, 2009, 5:53 pm

Lalalalalalalalalalala!

I'm not listening!

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As you can see..... my ears have fallen off :sad:

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Re: Weather - or not!

#39 Post by jaywhat » April 28th, 2009, 2:18 pm

Of all people, Alan C, I would have thought you needed rain. After all it falls on the just as well etc etc....

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#40 Post by Alan C. » April 28th, 2009, 6:09 pm

We've had more that our share of rain jay, it hardly seemed to stop from November till March, but another gorgeous day today been in the garden all day :smile:
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Re: Weather - or not!

#41 Post by Alan H » May 29th, 2009, 10:49 am

It's already 27C here today...phew!
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2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
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