Very windy and quite chilly with it. No need to leave the house today, having a lazy day :)
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Very windy and quite chilly with it. No need to leave the house today, having a lazy day :)
Welcome to my world!:D
So what will you be doing today to occupy your time/have fun?
Similar weather here, plus it's very bright and sunny... Will we get some snow this month? Pretty please, yes....:dummy::dummy:
Marco.
wind isnt as strong as last night but still breezy.. about 7c and although not raining everthing is saturated...
Blowing quite hard again, and has been all night too. only 4c and wet on off so feels pretty cold out. Think I will stay in
Showers and windy so far.
Dry and 7c so far this morning
Loadsa Sun, loadsa wind.
Same here, but the windchill factor with it, is significant. Meeting some friends later for lunch, so inside the restaurant won't be affected!:D
Happy days:)
Marco.
7c sunny.. wind is about 10/12mph..
Beautifully sunny, dry, still (zero wind) day here in Wrexham, so taking my dad out for lunch at one of our favourite country pubs! Can't wait:cool:
What's everyone else up to?:)
Marco.
Lovely in Suffolk - blue skies, very little wind although still a bit frosty this morning for the dog walk.
Actually managed first grass cut of the year yesterday (fair size garden, so will possibly do other half this afternoon). Planning on bike ride to pub this evening - without mudguards as roads are dry for the first time in weeks:)
Sounds awesome, Guy. Hope you had a nice time:cool:
Marco.
Well yesterday (Thursday) and the day before I managed to get a flight in on the paramotor. Have been waiting since January 21st for suitable weather, it has been far too windy.
All the paramotor pilots have a close relationship with weather watching, also known as parawaiting.
Unfortunately the windy weather is back for a while, though it is always better when the sun is shining and getting out and about is enjoyable. We had a very good lunch in Kinver at the 'Cafe No. 5'.
Been a nice sunny day but fairly cold. Not much breeze either.
All to change shortly tho and for the next week it's to be storms galore. Hopefully I've enough stock in to last.
Went up to see sis in law too.
Great stuff, Alan. Glad you managed a flight, too! The rest of your day also sounded nice - just good to see folks enjoying life for a change, instead of working all the time!:cool:
Marco.
I also fell through one a few years ago; due to a plank not being properly supported at one end - not as much fun as it sounds :( Resulting in a dodgy shoulder that still wakes me up some nights. Some of the crap we endure to earn a crust eh? Still nobody puts a gun to my head! You're right about putting them up yourself, only way to be sure
Yup, did a bit of training to do steel stuff well. Ali towers are all good and well for light work but steel is better. I used to tie mine in too, not just angle it
When we had a spell of fitting solar PV to roofs a few years ago, my brother sent me on a "Safe working at heights" course in Chesterfield. After I got back he asked me how I got on. I told him it all went a bit over my head. He chucked a wobbler saying that sending me on the course was money down the drain. That's when I learned that my brother had no discernible sense of humour :(
I've been on a few courses over the years, and they are invariably cack - you always get some smartarses who really should be on a more advanced course but would rather slum it with the thicko's diverting the tutor with questions that mean nothing to the rest of us. Still, always came away with a nice travel mug and woolly hat though :)
Yup only did one course and that was for dangerous goods.
Scaffolding, I just worked with a team for a while and they showed me the main tricks.
I wasn't going to be building stuff for lots of workers, just my squad. Never had any issues, but probably couldn't get away with that now. Safety rules now are a farce.
We need a thread now where you can 'compare scars' and see who's done the most mad bastard jobs!:D
Marco.
It'll end up like Jaws
These days my brother works 3 days a week for British Gas, and their safety procedures and PPE is so over the top, no wonder they are stupidly expensive - someone has to pay for all that nonsense. If I adhered to that level of health and safety, my customers couldn't afford me and would instead go to someone who doesn't mind hanging from gutters by their fingertips :(
Really? We've been with them for years (for gas and leccy) and *ultimately* always found them the cheapest, that is if you go through comparison sites. When we get their renewal quote, it's always extortionate, so we simply go onto the comparison sites, look for the best deal, and inevitably British Gas end up supplying it, and subsequently we save around £100 on the renewal quote.
Don't ask my how!:)
Marco.
i use bulb.. best company ive ever been with...
was blowy last night... A bit less at moment and sunny again but rain coming in later
not often..lol. Good prices and all green energy. one of those companies who actually drop prices when energy costs them less instead of pocketting it. They also do a referral where both get £50. referrer and referral.. Ive been with loads of companies and change after a deal ends but ive stuck with these guys..
I switched to Bulb last year and it is costing £70 less a month than I was paying utility warehouse :eek: I asked Bulb a simple question via email about isolating the supply to repair a faulty trip switch which took them over 2 months to reply to, so they gave me a £40 refund to apologise for the delay.
Sounds cool. Do they supply smart meters? Those are essential for us, as we like to 'drill down' into the minutiae of our energy usage.
Marco.
i can send you a referral.. if you switch we both get 50 notes too lol
That would be great, but we've only just renewed, so are under contract for 12 months. Give me a shout next year!:cool:
Marco.
Yeah, I'm not talking about gas supply, I mean boilers and heating systems. If you ever have to replace your boiler, get a quote from BG, then after you've picked yourself up from the floor try some local independents. The cost difference would probably buy you a spare boiler, with enough left over for a nice weekend away :)
Ah I see... Will bear that in mind then! We've had our current boiler (a Vaillant) for about 20 years and it's never given us a day of trouble:)
Marco.
Well, it looks like it's going to be a good drying day!:eek:
Managed to get all the logs and coal in from the store we will need for today, without getting too soaked!! Defo a day for staying at home huddled in front of a nice cosy fire:)
Hope no-one's going to be daft enough to work outside today.......
Marco.
base wind is about 30mph, with gusts over 50 here. was calm overnight but built up in early morning(7am) no follow this pattern i think for a while.
Little bit windy..:eek:
Loads of rain last night and local flooding, dry this morning at the moment but still very windy.
Winds picking up here, dry and blue sky, where I am.
Worst winds today, if weather forecast is accurate.
Already have glass blown out of one of the sheds and back gates down.