Absent Friends & Missing Persons

[Nick Armstrong]

The comments of S_A, LMcD, BBMmk2 and Flay are much appreciated. I certainly feel no need to exit! Just thought I’d take the opportunity to explain why there might be several weeks between posts sometimes, rather than several hours (or minutes!) as in former times!

The good news for users of iPlayer is that, as I understand it, the BBC is seeking to make material available for up to a year as against the current 30 days.

This would be brilliant news, if it happened

[Jonathan]

BBMmk2 has asked me to pass on the message that he's currently on holiday in the IOW and will be back soon!

[Serial_Apologist]

BBMmk2 has asked me to pass on the message that he's currently on holiday in the IOW and will be back soon!

I expect him to report back that the weather was not very good while he was up there.

[Dave2002]

I expect him to report back that the weather was not very good while he was up there.

Is the IOW up or down?

[vinteuil]

Is the IOW up or down?

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[Petrushka]

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Upside-Down-Map-Great-Britain/dp/0952930412

I used to work with the author's father many years ago.

[Serial_Apologist]

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How daft of me - I was thinking of the IOM!!!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

How daft of me - I was thinking of the IOM!!!

Well, "wight" is an old English word for "man", so ...

[LezLee]

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Ugh, that is so creepy!

[alycidon]

Well, "wight" is an old English word for "man", so ...

Gosh! Is it really? I lived on the Isle of Wight for nine years and never knew that.

[Serial_Apologist]

Ugh, that is so creepy!

It serves nevertheless as a reminder that Scotland is in fact much larger than might be commonly thought - contrary to the impression created by most broadcasting weather forecasters, who depict a miniaturised Scotland disappearing into the distance over the earth's curvature, presumably somewhere up near the North Pole.

[MrGongGong]

It serves nevertheless as a reminder that Scotland is in fact much larger than might be commonly thought - contrary to the impression created by most broadcasting weather forecasters, who depict a miniaturised Scotland disappearing into the distance over the earth's curvature, presumably somewhere up near the North Pole.

Don't be daft
I watched the weather on TV and saw that the Isle of Wight is bigger than the whole of Scotland

[cloughie]

Is the IOW up or down?

Depends whether the tide is in!

[Pabmusic]

Well, "wight" is an old English word for "man", so ...

The IOW Tourist Board says, "[Beaker people] called the Island "Wiht" (Weight) meaning raised or what rises over the sea. Then the Romans arrived in 43AD and translated "Wiht" into the name Vectis from the Latin veho meaning "lifting". It seems to have evolved into something like "the place that sticks out of the sea and divides the water into two".

[gurnemanz]

Is the IOW up or down?

I believe the ancient Egyptians depicted the Nile with its source at the the top flowing down to the delta and the Mediterranean at the bottom.