Stormy Weather

[Anna]

No-one has had any weather for two days!!! It's been quite warm here, 13.9°, in fact quite muggy, but lacking in sunshine. Yesterday was horribly rainy until about mid-afternoon. However, looking out first thing this morning, in a rather weird yellowy light the trees in all their colours were beautiful.

The mention of bread sauce got me thinking of Christmas menus ..... <sigh> In fact, talking to a friend, we decided the best part of Christmas dinner were the roast potatoes, parsnips and carrots; sprouts and chestnuts, cranberry sauce and good gravy. So who needs meat with all those goodies?

mangerton, how did the flogging of your wares for Children in Need go? Successful I hope?
Edit: cross posted with S_A about being unseasonably warm!

[Nick Armstrong]

Oh dear, perhaps my time on these boards have made me see things that aren't meant. On the other hand...

Just ignore the nasty rude men, saly!!

[Anna]

Just ignore the nasty rude men, saly!!

Oh, I much prefer to indulge nasty, rude, men! It's far more fun ....

To keep on topic, I think I have decided which barometer to purchase and it will be from Barometer World in Devon, who seem amiable enthusiasts and who offer temperature compensation and twin cylinders.

[salymap]

Just ignore the nasty rude men, saly!!

It was worse in the distant past in the library, Cali, those orchestral librarians, particularly Clem Relf of the Philharmonia Orchestra [bless] He told us some wonderful stories, but had been one of the prisoners of war building that railway, so he deserved to relax a bit.

I suppose HS is the only person here who would remember him. All the orchestral librarians were special people but largely taken for granted.

Back on topic. It hasn't been light all day and there has been drizzle at times. An indoors day.

[Nick Armstrong]

Oh, I much prefer to indulge nasty, rude, men! It's far more fun ....

How did I guess that Anna might pop up at that point!!

Barometer World

Beware their pressure selling tactics...

[Nick Armstrong]

It was worse in the distant past in the library, Cali, those orchestral librarians, particularly Clem Relf of the Philharmonia Orchestra [bless] He told us some wonderful stories, but had been one of the prisoners of war building that railway, so he deserved to relax a bit.

Only single-entendres in his stories, eh? Sounds excellent.

[salymap]

Only single-entendres in his stories, eh? Sounds excellent.

Well, don'tknow about single ! He drew a chart of the full version of the William Tell joke with the eight chorus girls in place, that I remember whenever I hear the overture

[Nick Armstrong]

Well, don'tknow about single ! He drew a chart of the full version of the William Tell joke with the eight chorus girls in place, that I remember whenever I hear the overture

I don't know the William Tell joke! Do .... tell ! By PM if frenchie would unleash the avenging tuk-tuks...

[Anna]

Even googling William Tell joke + chorus girls gets me nowhere .....
Oh please saly, tell all !!!
Edit: Actually saly, if it would embarrass you, we can just imagine it, with the Lone Ranger and Tonto, don't feel compelled.

[salymap]

Well, visit me in clink, won't you. Changing vowels to pass the tuk tuks.

Someone couldn't remember how the well know bit of the overture went. Then he saw the eight girls on stage in a row and remembered they were facing front, back,f, b, f, b, b,b.. Think totty and bam.

I want my supper.... If you can do AA youcan get this. over and out.

It's not really rude at all.......

[mangerton]

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Beware their pressure selling tactics...

I don't know about you others, but I've been waiting for this for a few days, and at last it came. Now we can all relax.

Anna, I look forward to hearing all about your barometer. I wish you many fruitful years of tapping. I've just tapped mine and it replied 1007 mb. Temp on the way home at 4.30 was 12°C. Damp - dreich, actually, it had been raining, and it was all a bit unpleasant.

Thanks for asking, my wares all sold like hot cakes, possibly because there were no hot cakes for sale, though there were many at room temperature. I received several requests for the recipe. I believe last week's events raised between £500 and £600 for Ch in Need.

[Anna]

I don't know about you others, but I've been waiting for this for a few days, and at last it came. Now we can all relax.

Anna, I look forward to hearing all about your barometer. I wish you many fruitful years of tapping. I've just tapped mine and it replied 1007 mb. Temp on the way home at 4.30 was 12°C. Damp - dreich, actually, it had been raining, and it was all a bit unpleasant.

Thanks for asking, my wares all sold like hot cakes, possibly because there were no hot cakes for sale, though there were many at room temperature. I received several requests for the recipe. I believe last week's events raised between £500 and £600 for Ch in Need.

Gosh!! You mean you were awaiting me to find out the difference between non and twin cylinders and temperature compensation? Och, yee are a cruel wee tinker! Yee culd 'ave told me, ye big braw bampot!
Sorry, I cannot do Scottish dialect! I will order it tomorrow. Well done you and your Scottish tablets, very worthy cause which I also support.

[mangerton]

Gosh!! You mean you were awaiting me to find out the difference between non and twin cylinders and temperature compensation? Och, yee are a cruel wee tinker! Yee culd 'ave told me, ye big braw bampot!
Sorry, I cannot do Scottish dialect! I will order it tomorrow. Well done you and your Scottish tablets, very worthy cause which I also support.

Thank you. Your remark about dialect..... how true, how true. There probably is no such thing, though; more accurately, there are a great many, all different, depending on which part of the country you're from. I look forward to hearing about cylinders and temperature compensation. Temperature compensation in Scotland is simply "If you're cold, put on another semmit!" (pron. "simmit")

[Nick Armstrong]

Gosh!! You mean you were awaiting me....

I thought he meant he was just waiting for some numpty to crack the 'pressure selling' gag...

[mangerton]

I thought he meant he was just waiting for some numpty to crack the 'pressure selling' gag...

Yes, that is correct, though of course I wouldn't describe you as a numpty.

And I just get called a cruel wee stinker for my pains. There's no justice in this life.