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  • Nick Armstrong
    Host
    • Nov 2010
    • 26524

    "...the isle is full of noises,
    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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    • Serial_Apologist
      Full Member
      • Dec 2010
      • 37638

      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
      Ams's cold front just slice through here - for 3 minutes the weather went totally bananas. I note the temperature dropped from 6.5 to 3 C. Sky's brightening to the north now, but no proper clearance is forecasted, so I hope you've booked that taxi, Cali!

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      • amateur51

        Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
        Ams's cold front just slice through here - for 3 minutes the weather went totally bananas. I note the temperature dropped from 6.5 to 3 C. Sky's brightening to the north now, but no proper clearance is forecasted, so I hope you've booked that taxi, Cali!
        Three hours later, the sky is clear blue, the sun is shining and ... I don't know what to wear when I go out in a while

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        • Anna

          Same weather here too, grey and rsiny this morning, around 10.30 the heavens suddenly opened, (but no hail) with strong gusts of wind and temp dropped from 6° to 4° then around 1.30 it had all cleared to blue sky and sun and temp back up. However, it's starting to cloud up now and dropped back to just above 4° but at least the sleet we were promised didn't materialise.

          (I had a look at Yorkshire Tea at lunchtime - they have 4 different varieties, which one should I try?)

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          • Richard Tarleton

            It is definitely not the weather here for trying out my new kilt, of which I took delivery the other week.

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            • Anna

              Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View Post
              It is definitely not the weather here for trying out my new kilt, of which I took delivery the other week.
              How Exciting! I love kilts. Is it for a special occasion or just for everyday wear? Which tartan?

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              • alycidon
                Full Member
                • Feb 2013
                • 459

                Originally posted by Anna View Post
                How Exciting! I love kilts. Is it for a special occasion or just for everyday wear? Which tartan?
                Look out, Richard. You're turning her on!
                Money can't buy you happiness............but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery - Spike Milligan

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                • Richard Tarleton

                  For formal and semi-formal occasions! Neicely weddings etc. coming up, so rather than hire boring old full soup and fish as Bertie W would say I thought it was time to reclaim my Highland ancestry! I've been working on the family tree, and so far the MacDonell of Glengarry line goes back to my 4xgreat grandfather David MacDonell who was a contemporary of this guy, the 15th chief. This is the very tartan, in the portrait, though modern dyes are quite a bit brighter. David fought in the Peninsula War under Wellington, and went on (as did a few other vets) to coach the Mexican army during the 1820s and 30s (i.e. during the war with Texas ).

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                  • Anna

                    Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View Post
                    David fought in the Peninsula War under Wellington, and went on (as did a few other vets) to coach the Mexican army during the 1820s and 30s (i.e. during the war with Texas ).
                    That's really interesting, to find an ancestor filled with derring-do and a scoundrel to boot!! (Rather than the Drapers mad for love in my family)

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                    • EdgeleyRob
                      Guest
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 12180

                      Lovely sunny crisp morning,then a mad hour at lunchtime with hail and all sorts going on,then back to sunny and crisp,now dark,dank and damp.
                      Asthma playing up big time,short walk for the dogs this evening,unless I can persuade my son to take them out.
                      Missing Salymap and Pabmusic.
                      Last edited by EdgeleyRob; 20-11-13, 17:23.

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                      • Flay
                        Full Member
                        • Mar 2007
                        • 5795

                        Originally posted by Anna View Post
                        (I had a look at Yorkshire Tea at lunchtime - they have 4 different varieties, which one should I try?)
                        Just the basic Yorkshire Tea is all you will ever need.

                        We had a beautiful morning in South Yorkshire with a clear blue sky, although it felt very cold. Miserable and wet now, and I still have to dog-walk

                        Btw, did anyone catch what was the short piece of string chamber music Suzy played on In Tune straight after Morning from Grimes?
                        Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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                        • Nick Armstrong
                          Host
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26524

                          Originally posted by Anna View Post
                          (I had a look at Yorkshire Tea at lunchtime - they have 4 different varieties, which one should I try?)
                          Partly depends on yer water, ducky. Here, the water is distinctly hard, so I use this one:

                          A proper brew - pure and simple. We pay fair prices for really good tea from our farmers to make a lovely blend that's big on flavour, fairness and quality.


                          How it's more suitable for hard water than for any other kind of water, I've never taken the troubled to find out...
                          "...the isle is full of noises,
                          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                          • Anna

                            Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                            Partly depends on yer water, ducky. Here, the water is distinctly hard, so I use this one:
                            A proper brew - pure and simple. We pay fair prices for really good tea from our farmers to make a lovely blend that's big on flavour, fairness and quality.

                            How it's more suitable for hard water than for any other kind of water, I've never taken the troubled to find out...
                            Ah, thanks Cali. I live in a very hard water area. But I saw it was far more expensive than normal Yorkshire tea bags ..... and, why do you need to use two bags per mug, is it weaker?

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                            • Nick Armstrong
                              Host
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 26524

                              Originally posted by Anna View Post
                              Ah, thanks Cali. I live in a very hard water area. But I saw it was far more expensive than normal Yorkshire tea bags ..... and, why do you need to use two bags per mug, is it weaker?
                              No, it's good stuff with one bag - but sometimes a chap (or chapess) needs something stronger, and pronto!
                              "...the isle is full of noises,
                              Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                              Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                              Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                              • eighthobstruction
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 6433

                                Yorkshire Tea for Yorkshire water....just look Hull will have a Bettys before long....people from down South will be coming up wanting tea - pronto....
                                bong ching

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