Weather 2008

[Anthony Darby]

Charles reckons 6 weeks tops. The roof gets tiled this week and he plans to finish the floors on Friday. The inside structure in the new part is already done! He starts a new job in Bridge of Allan on Monday as he can then rotate skills as and when needed between the two sites.

[Maggi Young]

This fellow Charles is certainly a good man to know... pity he is so far away! Would that he could have been hired for next door!

[mark smyth]

a very balmy 15C/60F here today. This morning at 8am all the Crocus and galanthus were open

[Anthony Darby]

Yes Mark, the weather is barmy!

[Olga Bondareva]

A cup of winter 

[David Nicholson]

Barmy and balmy it is! Once again hardly light all day here with continuous thin drizzle (of the type that, Peter Kay would say 'wets you through' ((Peter Kay is an English comedian)) ) and temperatures upto 13C. A little frost at some stage, even for a couple of days would help.

[Anthony Darby]

My lawn is just pure glar today as it rained most of the day and temperatures reached double figures!

[Maggi Young]

Olga, what a super picture.

[Martin Baxendale]

A cup of winter 

Lovely photo, Olga. You have a good eye for creative shots.

David, I never thought I'd say this but I miss the frosts too! It just isn't winter without them - just one long dreary cloudy autumn. I want some winter sun and a bit of cold!

Anthony, what's glar? And re. the earlier haggis and whisky post, I assume Friday is Burns' night?

[Martin Baxendale]

You beat me to the draw on the Olga photo compliment by nine seconds, Maggi!  (sorry, I know I'm a nerd but I checked the posting times) 

[David Nicholson]

Martin, it's not just me that misses the frost, my Auriculas miss it just as much!

[mark smyth]

Heard the other day we have the lowest clouds this winter out of all of Europe and all because the Jet Stream is too far south

[Martin Baxendale]

Martin, it's not just me that misses the frost, my Auriculas miss it just as much!

And as I mentioned in a snowdrop thread, my snowdrop seeds aren't germinating because they're not getting enough cold. And all the 'drops in the garden are coming up too fast, too thin and etoilated and falling over because there's no winter sun.  

[Anthony Darby]

Glar is very sticky mud.

Yes, Friday is Burns Night. James is reading this poem to his P7 class tomorrow:

Address to the Toothache
(Written when Burns was grievously tormented by that disorder)

My curse upon the venom’d stang,
That shoots my tortured gums alang:
And through my lugs gies mony a twang,
            Wi’ gnawing vengeance;
Tearing my nerves wi’ bitter pang,
            Like racking engines!

When fevers burn, or ague freezes,
Rheumatics gnaw, or cholic squeezes;
Our neighbour’s sympathy may ease us,   
            Wi’ pitying moan:
But thee – thou hell o’ a’ diseases,
            Aye mocks our groan!

Adown my beard the slavers trickle!
I kick the wee stools o’er the mickle,
As round the fire the giglets keckle,
            To see me loup;
While raving mad, I wish a heckle
            Were in their doup.

Of a’ the numerous human dools,
Ill hairsts, daft bargains, cutty-stools,
Or worthy friends raked I’ the mools,
            Sad sight to see!
The tricks o’ knaves, or fash o’ fools,
            Thou bear’st the gree.

Where’er that place be priest ca’ hell,
Whence a’ the tones o’ misery yell,
And ranked plagues their numbers tell,
            In dreadfu’ raw,
Thou, Toothache, surely bear’st the bell
            Amang them a’!

O thou grim mischief-making chiel,
That gars the notes of discord squeal,
Till daft mankind aft dance a reel
            In gore a shoe thick.
Gie a’ the faes o’ Scotland’s weal
            A towmond’s toothache!

[Paul T]

Anthony,

Do you HAVE to put gibberish up here on the forum?  At least you could run a spell checker through it!!!!! 

I can muddle through some of it, but my brain started to hurt (even more than usual) after just a short while!!