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Sunny today and a bit colder than yesterday, but an ok 6c. No wind at moment which helps....midgies are out, being conned its spring
prestonchipfryer
02-12-2016, 12:58
Those midgies are hardy little buggers :lol: Dry, cloudy and cold here.
rmcin626
02-12-2016, 13:10
Dry and cloudy here around 7 degrees
Crystal clear blue sky and 3c today...not a breath of wind.
hifi_dave
04-12-2016, 11:43
I've been outside reading the paper in a T-shirt. Lovely day..:carrot:
walpurgis
04-12-2016, 12:21
I've been outside reading the paper in a T-shirt. Lovely day..:carrot:
Isn't the paper a bit tricky to read with a T shirt wrapped around it? :scratch:
Audio Al
04-12-2016, 12:25
Nice here as well :)
Freezing all day here and even colder now. Only alcohol, deftly administered, can resolve this. Trouble is I have to go outside to get it.
Doesn't bode well for the winter with it being so cold so early in the season. 12 more weeks of this I could do without.
Freezing? Can't say I notice with my arse parked in front of a roaring log fire! :eyebrows:
Bring on the snow, lol, and make it nice and seasonal!! :exactly:
Marco.
P.S It was lovely and sunny today here, with blue skies throughout, although undoubtedly chilly. You need some meat on your bones, mate, to fight off the cold ;)
big fire is it?;) It can snow as much as it wants in wrexham; just not here please.
Or here, us skinny bastards have got work to go to.
Although not tomorrow :)
big fire is it?;) It can snow as much as it wants in wrexham; just not here please.
Aye, nice and wide fur ma big roon, farty, bottee! :D
We're probably well in the minority here, but both Del and I love the snow, simply because it's Christmassy... However, save it for Christmas day - let's have a white one this year for the first time in AGES!! :exactly:
Marco.
Or here, us skinny bastards have got work to go to.
Although not tomorrow :)
Work? Pah... It's grossly overrated! :eyebrows:
Marco.
walpurgis
04-12-2016, 20:36
Work? Pah... It's grossly overrated! :eyebrows:
Marco.
Ha Ha. :D
I have a job. Somebody has to keep an eye on this place! ;)
walpurgis
06-12-2016, 09:45
Fairly foggy here, but milder at around 13C.
Ditto here, apart from the temp. Much colder here, around 5C.
Going into Chester today for lunch with friends, at Telfords Warehouse: http://www.telfordswarehouse.com/ and then to buy some Beaujolais Nouveau from Tanners. Lovely fresh, fruity stuff - we love it! :)
Marco.
Cold here at 3c with so much cloud you need lights. Been very wet and still drizzling. Doesnt look like it will improve either
Slowly warming up here but very foggy. I quite like the fog.
Clifford.T Ward
06-12-2016, 12:22
We have ended a cold snap here where it was -6 or so but now it's bright sunshine and 15 degrees !
I quite like the fog.
Really?
nOZwnivtLbc
"Between midnight and one, *it* will find you...."
;)
Marco.
Much warmer today but a huge wind evolving from sw. Gonna be a storm me thinks, judging by barometer drop
prestonchipfryer
07-12-2016, 14:01
It's become very mild here, compared with the recent weather it's positively balmy. Around 15c. :)
walpurgis
08-12-2016, 09:56
Not cold today, but pretty damn gloomy. Rain on the way!
Similar here. About 9c but thankfully the wind has gone.
walpurgis
10-12-2016, 11:19
More tedious gloom. At least it's not very cold. Will be cooler tomorrow apparently.
It's a long time since we had anything like serious rain. I guess it will come with a vengance in the new year. It usually does.
Never more than a couple of days between 'serious rain' here.
just been down the shop. Grey, and not warm but within acceptable limits, temperature-wise.
About 8c today and a little breeze. Slightly brighter too. Not too bad for nearly xmas.
I believe that in New York right now, it's a bit like this:
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/oyhQ6p.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pooyhQ6pj)
That image looks *so* wonderful...
Wish I was there, as that chap in the picture, slowly making my way home from a fun shopping trip, with bags full of goodies to enjoy and share, with a lovely, cosy warm house and my wife ready to greet me when I got in, along with a nice big bowl of comforting home-made minestrone soup, as we cuddle up together and share a bottle of Brunello, beside the glow of the Christmas tree..... :)
Ah, you can't beat a nice winter! ;)
Marco.
Ninanina
10-12-2016, 18:47
I believe that in New York right now, it's a bit like this:
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/oyhQ6p.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pooyhQ6pj)
That looks *so* wonderful. Wish I was there.....
Marco.
Hey that does look nice..
It's not sunny Portsmouth today, just gloomy and a bit rainy..
Never more than a couple of days between 'serious rain' here.
just been down the shop. Grey, and not warm but within acceptable limits, temperature-wise.
As predicted, been raining hard now for 3 hours.
Hey that does look nice..
Doesn't it just? Another image, which evokes similar feelings and mood:
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/ETqL7N.png (https://imageshack.com/i/poETqL7Np)
I love dark snowy nights, around Christmas time, where the streets are dimly lit and you can see the twinkly-glow of Christmas tree lights through the windows of houses, illuminating the inky blackness of the night sky, and the chilly freshness of the air makes your nose go red, as you walk by, crunching through snowy pavements on the way home from town, where the magical excitement of Christmas day, and all those presents you'll have to open, and happy times you'll be enjoying with your friends and family, starts to kick in....
It's an image of Christmas Eve I have etched in my memory from childhood. Even though things are different now when you're older, we still always like to make Christmas time feel special :)
Marco.
Just trying to dilute the doom and gloom from all the resident grumps! :D
Marco.
Which kind? :eyebrows:
Marco.
walpurgis
10-12-2016, 20:12
Yup. Nothing like a coating of snow over the piles of builders rubble, fly tipped rubbish and dumped cars to make the place look Christmassy. :lol:
Which kind? :eyebrows:
Marco.
Bloody humbug smelly ones
Yup. Nothing like a coating of snow over the piles of builders rubble, fly tipped rubbish and dumped cars to make the place look Christmassy. :lol:
:lolsign:
That's called 'industrial chic' - and it adds another nought onto your house price!! :eyebrows:
Marco.
Bloody humbug smelly ones
Pish-stained, with a subtly acrid aroma, and still slightly warm? Lurvely! :lol:
Marco.
Audio Al
10-12-2016, 20:20
Wish I was there
If only :)
Ha - I'll be going somewhere even nicer than that soon! ;)
Marco.
Ha - I'll be going somewhere even nicer than that soon! ;)
Marco.
Only coz you'll get to prance about in shorts n braces:ner:
Hehehehe, and sing The Sound of Music [fartz in ma pantz] :eyebrows:
Marco.
The hills are alive with the smell of marco....in a falsetto voice of course:lol:
you'd suit em I think. Del needs to get you some
Lol... That image is WAY too disturbing, pre-watershed! :eek::nono:
Marco.
walpurgis
11-12-2016, 10:34
What a change. Yesterday was about the gloomiest day I can recall, seeming almost like dusk all afternoon. Today is very bright and almost springlike.
Damp and dull today. Breezy and feels cold
brian2957
11-12-2016, 11:16
Cheer up ya buncha .......:D
Only another 10 days and the nights start getting lighter again.
Hooray. Solstice, the real winter festival worth celebrating.
I'm hoping it will stay dry on 21st as I've been gathering wood to build a large bonfire which will be lit at dusk of the shortest day.
I'll be casting symbols of things from 2016 I'd like to see the back of into the flames and making some wassail gestures for a better 2017.
Hooray. Solstice, the real winter festival worth celebrating.
I'm hoping it will stay dry on 21st as I've been gathering wood to build a large bonfire which will be lit at dusk of the shortest day.
I'll be casting symbols of things from 2016 I'd like to see the back of into the flames and making some wassail gestures for a better 2017.
Burning people, no matter how odious, is not strictly legal now. .. alas
walpurgis
11-12-2016, 12:08
Not going to be a man shaped fire with a bit of wicker in will it?
Coppers in n east take note and remain indoors
Virgin coppers.
They're the ones who haven't pushed anyone down the stairs yet.
'Oh dear sir, we do appear to have taken a nasty tumble, don't we?'
https://goo.gl/images/k1hFl6
walpurgis
11-12-2016, 13:05
Virgin coppers.
They're the ones who haven't pushed anyone down the stairs yet.
'Oh dear sir, we do appear to have taken a nasty tumble, don't we?'
They have all sorts of 'little tricks'. Like appearing to restrain somebody by grabbing a handful of clothing, when they are also grabbing a handful of flesh and twisting it.
I know it hurts, it's an old judo dodge.
walpurgis
12-12-2016, 10:12
After yesterday's nice bright and breezy day, we return to the damp gloom again. Hope it brightens up.
we return to the damp gloom again
Not even bothered opening curtains this morning & I've got a stinking cold I can't shake :violin:
prestonchipfryer
12-12-2016, 12:03
Gloomy here, low cloud, fog, damp, mild, miserable after the sunshine of yesterday. :)
https://goo.gl/images/k1hFl6
Image no worky....
Marco.
walpurgis
13-12-2016, 10:36
More damp gloom. Roll on Spring!!
prestonchipfryer
13-12-2016, 11:02
Damp here (I should be so lucky) as well. Mild again though with temperatures around 14c. :)
Cold first thing, then rain and now sun is threatening. Up to about 10c
More damp gloom. Roll on Spring!!
Nah, it's nice and atmospheric...! :ner::D
Just turn it into a cosy day in, snuggle up beside the fire, light some candles and put your feet up, pour yourself a glass of something nice and spin some tunes, or watch a good film.
It's Del's birthday today, so we're going into Shrewsbury to do some shopping, and buy her something suitably expensive for her birthday, then out for a meal later at a nice restaurant. Got to keep your good lady happy! :cool:
Marco.
Fog and heavy rain here. If we were at war it would serve the purpose of preventing aerial bombardment but we aren't so it is just pointlessly nasty. Bloody cold, too.
Pah - when it's darker it shows off the lights on your Christmas tree more, and candlelight, adding to the cosy Christmassy feel! :ner:
You DO have a tree up, don't you? ;)
Marco.
Only thing ive got up are my y,s and some cards :lol: canny get into loft for tree anyways
Pah - when it's darker it shows off the lights on your Christmas tree more, and candlelight, adding to the cosy Christmassy feel! :ner:
You DO have a tree up, don't you? ;)
Marco.
No. Even if I was to have one I wouldn't put it up yet. Way too early. And I'm not here at Xmas anyway.
Are you a Christmas Eve tree-installer, then (presuming you have one)? Traditionally, that's the proper date, but for me there's not enough time to enjoy it before it has to come down again on the Epiphany (6th Jan) :)
Also, Del really enjoys decorating the tree on her birthday :cool:
Marco.
20th or after is within acceptable limits.
Modern tradition is to put up a Christmas tree the day or weekend after Thanksgiving (after the fourth Thursday in November). Thus on Black Friday. In some communities it is tradition to put up the Christmas tree on the 6th of December in honor on Saint Nicholas. The classic tradition is to put up the Christmas tree 12 days before Christmas day, on the 13th of December. In Catholic tradition the Christmas tree is put up after noon on Christmas eve.
walpurgis
13-12-2016, 21:38
I was 'instructed' that our Xmas tree was to go up on the 1st and it did.
http://i63.tinypic.com/a29nbb.jpg
All tastefully decorated by the grand daughters! :D
Bravo, the kids. Now to ket them up here and into my loft lol
I was brought up Catholic so that must be where I get the late tree thing from. I recall one of my younger brothers used to sort it all out. No-one else was that bothered until xmass eve when it was the last minute. You can't not have an xmass tree on xmass day. And it has to be a real one. And a Bond film in the afternoon. 'Zulu' on Boxing Day. Decent scoff and some boozing in the day, nothing's required of you, that's a perfect xmass.
27th Dec, back to normal.
I was brought up Catholic so that must be where I get the late tree thing from.
Umm. I think Marco is also Catholic.
Our tree routine was until this year dominated by when the local Scouts held their Christmas tree sale outside the local church. That's usually a week to ten days before Christmas, depending what day of the week it falls on. This year we're in the middle of major redecoration, so we've just bought a mini-tree, but not decorated it yet.
When I was a (Catholic) nipper, the Christmas tree went up whenever my dad could be arsed to get it out of the shed. Back then, of course, New Year's Day wasn't a holiday in England, so everyone was back to work on 27th December. (ISTR that Christmas Day wasn't a holiday in Scotland, but I could be wrong). In any case, we always spent Christmas Day and Boxing Day at my grandmother's in Liverpool. The trains ran on Christmas Day back then, of course.
It was certainly late being adopted in presby Scotland. Think late 50's. Boxing day way much much later and was in 70's.
It was certainly late being adopted in presby Scotland. Think late 50's. Boxing day way much much later and was in 70's.
Yes, as Wikipedia confirms:
Christmas Day was introduced as a public holiday in Scotland in 1958, the observance of Christmas having abolished by an Act of Parliament in 1640.
Boxing Day (26 December) became a public holiday in Scotland in 1974.
Later than i thought then.. was thinking 56/7. That was the year of my late wifes birth. Must have been the reason :D i shall now forever remember the date joe
Like a spring day here, 15 degrees (and my cold's better :) )
Was nice and sunny this morning but back to dark and overcast again. Getting cooler too.
prestonchipfryer
14-12-2016, 14:49
It has been very pleasant here this morning with bright sunshine and reasonably mild, around 11c. This afternoon though there is increasing cloud and the temperature has dropped. Wind light, westerly. :)
Was just about to say its still so dull you require lights on and sun just popped out :eek: sure it wont stay around long but nice to see its still there.
walpurgis
22-12-2016, 09:59
A dull, damp and misty start this morning, but it's cleared up and the sun is out. Could be a nice day (for December).
Storm Barbara expected from the west tonight, so things may get interesting.
Clifford.T Ward
22-12-2016, 10:02
It;s dull and wet her in Southern Clogland 5 degrees C, typical December weather for here:)
Cold, wet n windy here. Just back from a spot of food shopping. Got in b4 mad rush...just! Car park was getting ugly as i was the leaving
Started to snow here and I was about to head out 😮
A number of gale warnings are out for friday and sunday ...going to be stormy xmas and maybe power outages. My sons power is out at moment, although i dont think its connected to wind
Cold here but warms up considerably tomorrow and forecast is 12 degrees for xmas day! Could have a barbeque. Although we won't.
rmcin626
22-12-2016, 13:22
Very wet and windy today on the west coast
A number of gale warnings are out for friday and sunday ...going to be stormy xmas and maybe power outages. My sons power is out at moment, although i dont think its connected to wind
Bloody hope not or he'll need hospital treatment 😁
Awaiting specialist treatment:D
prestonchipfryer
22-12-2016, 17:53
It's been very pleasant here today with just a light wind and plenty of bright winter sun. Forecast is for strong winds and rain so not so good. :)
And it came to pass.. very stormy out there and glad i dont have to go out....a least i hope not.
walpurgis
23-12-2016, 10:34
Relatively 'normal' here for December. Dull, cool and dampish. The rain and wind arrive early evening I believe.
rmcin626
23-12-2016, 11:01
Very wet and very windy today on the west coast
We have severe rain warning for later today, but 10 degrees so not too bad on the temperature front.
Storm has picked up again to new heights
Gonna be like this xmas day too
Spectral Morn
23-12-2016, 13:30
Windy here with mizzle and sudden short down pours. I had to go out, I got soaked and managed to ruin a leather jacket, catching it on a lamp post, 2 inch long rip :( Its an old jacket, battered, near retirement but it was an 18th birthday present from my Mum, who is no longer alive.
Had better days.....
Wind getting up here and rain coming down. Keep poking my head out to see how the new roof is fairing up to its first proper test. I guess now we'll see where that money went.
Windy here with mizzle and sudden short down pours. I had to go out, I got soaked and managed to ruin a leather jacket, catching it on a lamp post, 2 inch long rip :( Its an old jacket, battered, near retirement but it was an 18th birthday present from my Mum, who is no longer alive.
Had better days.....
I did that once with leather jacket.. damn thing was new as well.:doh: i slipped a ironweld patch under it and put a cloth over it, then a bit of heat. Surprisingly it worked well. You could see it close up but not from any distance and improved as it aged. Son has it now and patch is still in place
Spectral Morn
23-12-2016, 14:12
I did that once with leather jacket.. damn thing was new as well.:doh: i slipped a ironweld patch under it and put a cloth over it, then a bit of heat. Surprisingly it worked well. You could see it close up but not from any distance and improved as it aged. Son has it now and patch is still in place
Thanks for the info Grant, I knew there was something that could be done :)
Thanks for the info Grant, I knew there was something that could be done :)
If you cant find a stick patch you can make it with a bit of leather or similar and use stick hem between both surfaces. Then heat it.you can get it better fitted using a leather glue and patch from inside but you have to open the lining and then reinstate. More a job for a pro that
walpurgis
25-12-2016, 15:57
Weather was nothing special today. They said it would be mild, but it felt the same as yesterday to me. At least the nights are noticeably drawing out, it's nearly 4pm and still not getting dark.
Still stormridden and snow now too coming at a right angle of 90o lol. Damn near pitch dark still too.
rmcin626
26-12-2016, 11:10
Very wet day on the west coast
walpurgis
26-12-2016, 11:20
Sunny and breezy, but none too warm. Just been pointing up a bit of paving to stand a new shed on, got a bit chilly.
Still stormridden and snow now too coming at a right angle of 90o lol. Damn near pitch dark still too.
Saw on the BBC weather last night that you were due to get a big dose of snow. Clear and sunny here.
1600 hrs and still broad daylight here.
Get more daylight in summer than you :ner:
walpurgis
27-12-2016, 11:34
There was a fair old frost this morning. It's melting away now and nice and bright. Doubt it'll get too warm though.
Took the opportunity to de-crap the lawn where the dog's been. Much easier when the turds are frozen! :D
Sunny but cold here. Wind has died away again... probably about 3/4c
walpurgis
27-12-2016, 19:21
It's going to be a sharp frost tonight I reckon. The sky's clear and the temperature is down to only a degree above freezing already.
4c tonight so unlikely to get a frost here. still pretty humid outside at 80%
walpurgis
27-12-2016, 23:38
0C here. Frost all over the cars.
Same here... Apparently, snow's on the way! :yay: :yay:
Marco.
Not in the next week, according to the forecast anyway.
A reasonable 7c here and almost bright.
walpurgis
28-12-2016, 10:15
2C at the moment. Frost still over everything, but it's sunny.
I've got stuff to do outside, but I'm not chancing it while I've got this cold.
Very wise geoff. Stay in the warm for now. My asthma has been playing up along with the usual so had to restart those meds too. In house whether i like it or not, but feeling a bit better. Damn angel of death aint getting me lol
rmcin626
28-12-2016, 12:59
Dry day on the west coast today
Sunny and very cold. Even though it is past midday the roof tiles are still covered in a thick frost. Looks like icing sugar. Half expecting the BBC to show up and start filming some Dickensian drama.
According to the Met Office the weather in my postcode right now should be fog. Couldn't really have got that more wrong, could they?
rmcin626
29-12-2016, 12:39
Dry today on the west coast
walpurgis
29-12-2016, 13:05
Sunny and very cold. Even though it is past midday the roof tiles are still covered in a thick frost. Looks like icing sugar.
Much the same here. Just over 2C at the moment.
rmcin626
29-12-2016, 13:18
Currently 9c
Currently 9c
Must be like the Tropics there then.
Was out putting charge on battery and blowing up a tyre in just a jersey up top, and it was fine. Think because there is no wind today. Car may not move now for a while....
walpurgis
29-12-2016, 23:09
Pretty nippy out there at the moment. The thermomenter is bang on zero and there's been a substantial crust of frost on everything for a few hours.
Really bad frost here. Worst in a long while. Went down the chippy earlier and the pavements were icy. Couldn't move at full speed or I'd have been on my arse.
The promised fog has belatedly arrived as well.
rmcin626
30-12-2016, 08:57
Very wet this morning
Heavy dark cloud todat but fairly warm 9c. Feels colder
Nice and sunny here, but cold. Just going out for my daily 4-mile (brisk) walk! :)
Marco.
walpurgis
30-12-2016, 10:39
Chilly, misty gloom here.
walpurgis
31-12-2016, 11:31
Chilly, misty gloom here.
And it continues.
Colder weather coming in for forseeable future. Cold and windy at moment, with wind picking up. Glad to be indoors tbh.
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