2010 YES!!! The "I'm so happy" thread.

[daveyp1970]

England's bowling attack was pretty slick and slip catching was top notch come on ENGLAND

A cracking start Dave. It looks as though the next few nights are going to be sleepless.

David i will end up looking like a panda with black bags but i will still be watching with my fingers crossed we don't have a batting collapse 29-0 looking good

[Lesley Cox]

Thanks Mark, no I missed that thread altogether. Will now have to work out how to do it.

[mark smyth]

Lesley you will be able to drag your pin to your house or roughly where you live. You can zoom in and out using the + and - to the left of the map

[johnw]

Many years ago I was in St. John's, Newfoundland and an acquiantance had a picture on his office wall of an infamous freezing rainstorm from the 1940's or 50's that lasted for days. It showed power wires with an astounding 25cm (10 inches) of ice on them and every pole snapped as far as the eye could see.  Now that's freezing rain.  I wish I had photocopied that picture.

johnw

[Lesley Cox]

Lesley you will be able to drag your pin to your house or roughly where you live. You can zoom in and out using the + and - to the left of the map

But where do I find a pin to start with?

Martin, the fact that your days were "wonderful" suggests to me that the weather was reasonable. The South Island's West Coast measures its rainfall in metres per year rather than mms or cms so yes, there's usually a lot of water abut, magnificent wetlands and the birdlife to match. But our hot is not VERY hot nor our cold EXTREMELY cold. Even droughts are relative, compared with say inland Australia's. I could do with some extra rain on this side of the country though.

[Diane Clement]

But where do I find a pin to start with?  

Click on Profile at the top, then "Modify profile" on the left, go to "Forum profile information"  At the bottom there is a map with instructions how to place your pin.

[David Nicholson]

England's bowling attack was pretty slick and slip catching was top notch come on ENGLAND

A cracking start Dave. It looks as though the next few nights are going to be sleepless.

David i will end up looking like a panda with black bags but i will still be watching with my fingers crossed we don't have a batting collapse 29-0 looking good

Not the innings I was hoping for

[Paul T]

David,

I don't know, I'd say it was EXACTLY the innings I was hoping for.   I didn't actually expect to see it though, to be completely honest.

[Anthony Darby]

Makes for a good series. Looking at the crowd in the last match you'd be forgiven for thinking the match was being played in England! You could play "spot the Aussie" - like a version of "where's Wally"!

[daveyp1970]

it wants to make me cry but credit were credits due Mitchell Johnson's was class,lovely bit of swing bowling,i thought when there slip fielder missed strauss at the start here we go this is going to be a walk over,how wrong i was, but like Anthony said it's going to make for a nail biting series.

[Kristl Walek]

this probably should have gone into the "wildlife" thread---but it gave me such a good laugh, i thought this thread might be more appropriate.

the original post of this was entitled
"Are you worried about squirrels in your garden?"

the pictures were apparently taken in BC

and the sign is something that would only be seen in Canada---do read it all the way through.
as someone who does use bear bells and carry bear spray, i have often had the same thought.

[ranunculus]

  Magnificent, Kristl. 

[Martinr]

Brilliant...if someone put that up here there would be indignant letters to the papers and no doubt questions in parliament followed by strong police advice to remove the sign as it might cause offense

[Lesley Cox]

cause ofence to the bears?

[David Nicholson]

this probably should have gone into the "wildlife" thread---but it gave me such a good laugh, i thought this thread might be more appropriate.

the original post of this was entitled
"Are you worried about squirrels in your garden?"

the pictures were apparently taken in BC

and the sign is something that would only be seen in Canada---do read it all the way through.
as someone who does use bear bells and carry bear spray, i have often had the same thought.

I love that sign