Stormy Weather

[Petrushka]

Cloudy, a stiff breeze and it's nowhere near warm enough here.

[gurnemanz]

I've noticed some chaps optimistically going around wearing shorts but so far I'm not encouraged to join them. (13° here).

[vinteuil]

I've noticed some chaps optimistically going around wearing shorts but so far I'm not encouraged to join them. (13° here).

... haven't worn shorts since 1964. And I'm not going to start now

[Nick Armstrong]

... haven't worn shorts since 1964. And I'm not going to start now

The population of West London offers up fervent thanks.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

The population of West London offers up fervent thanks.

Would that be Kneesden?

[visualnickmos]

... haven't worn shorts since 1964. And I'm not going to start now

That was before Harold Wilson's first election win, I think........ Politics, politics........

[Petrushka]

I've noticed some chaps optimistically going around wearing shorts but so far I'm not encouraged to join them. (13° here).

We are having a charity fund raising event at work on Wednesday in aid of skin cancer and staff are being 'encouraged' to go along in Hawaiian shirts and shorts. I've never had the former and not worn the latter since 1966 so they'll have to whistle in my case. Donated to the charity so as not to be a complete party pooper but...not for me, thanks.

[Serial_Apologist]

Would that be Kneesden?

(Well I thought it funny!)

[teamsaint]

Altocumulus, probably at around 10,000 feet - associated with a breaking up cold front which crossed the country yesterday, bringing about 5 minutes' worth of slight rain here at teatime. There's also a fragment of lower level stratocumulus in the bottom right-hand corner of the picture.

I knew we could rely on you for the technicals .

[Daniel]

... haven't worn shorts since 1964. And I'm not going to start now

That was before Harold Wilson's first election win, I think........ Politics, politics...

I had shorts on when I met Harold Wilson round Christmas Day in the mid-Sixties, uninterestingly enough. I had acquired a Batcar and took it with me to church, where Mr Wilson and his wife chose to sit behind my five-year-old self and my parents. Unfortunately for the Prime Minister, I chose that moment to try out the car's pellet firing mechanism (excellent, btw) and he was the nearest available target (I was very young ..).

When my parents realised what was happening, my experimentations were abruptly curtailed and my life may have come very close to a tragically early conclusion. Harold however was very nice about it. He came up to us after the service and and told me how much he loved watching Batman every week, admired my car etc. I don't think there was any press or TV there, he just seemed to be quite genuinely nice.

[Petrushka]

Is there any end in sight for this damned wind? We've had day after day of it here and it was so cold today my fingers went numb, something that usually happens only in winter. The wind rarely gets mentioned adequately on forecasts and I think at one time the BBC intended removing the wind speed indicators but caved in after protests. It is a crucial element in the weather and is much more of an issue now than it ever used to be. There have probably been just two or three days so far this year up here where it's not been a howling gale.

[BBMmk2]

Been not too bad weather down here these past few days. Going to be a good weekend as well.

I am off work at the moment, so have more time for family but I expect week after next going to be rather busy, or maybe not?

[Nick Armstrong]

I expect week after next going to be rather busy, or maybe not?

That's the future for you, Bbm... You just never know!

[BBMmk2]

That's the future for you, Bbm... You just never know!

Cheers! :)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

That's the future for you, Bbm... You just never know!

Reminds me of The Masterson Inheritance, the R4 improvised melodrama from over twenty years ago. Josie Lawrence made a comment "You can't gamble on the future!" to which Paul Merton began a riff (which had the audience - and Ms Lawrence - breathless with laughter): "What do you mean, 'You can't gamble on the future'? What else can you gamble on? 'I bet you King Harold loses at the Battle of Hastings'? You try going into Ladbrooks and offering a tenner on England winning the World Cup in 1966!" etc etc etc