Spring Weather 2011

[Panu]

Seriosly speaking, I´ve once seen a bat here :/ I like the temps, but sleeping is hard. Inside temp is 27, at least now I have fan and mattress on floor. Last night I couldn´t really get sleep after 2:30 

[Anthony Darby]

27 (^o Celsius?) would be uncomfortable even with a fan!

[ArnoldT]

99 F here today 6 miles from Mid-town Manhattan.

[Anthony Darby]

Not experienced that outside a sauna.

[mark smyth]

7pm and a very chilly 7c brrrrr

[Casalima]

Chilly here too. Last night the temperature went down to 8 ºC and today the high barely scraped 19 ºC, compared with the 30s a week or so ago. We would really appreciate some rain, in fact.

[angie]

Same here, chilly and the rain has finally stopped, back to wearing the fleece. Arnold there is no need to be greedy half that temperature would do you, the other half you could send over here 

Angie

[mark smyth]

I went out bird watching this evening and my light summer fleece wasnt enough

[mark smyth]

This afternoon I saw a sun halo/sun dog which is caused by very high ice crystals

[Maggi Young]

When the hail was bouncing off the roof today those ice crystals were rather closer to the ground!
Super photos, Mark.

[Lesley Cox]

You (they) don't have dog registration in the UK? We've had it here for many years and it is supposed to keep an accurate record of who has what and what could be dangerous etc. Some breeds are prohibited altogether and needless-to-say, those who have such dogs fail to register them, which is an offence but the owners have to be caught before anything can be done about it. It is also, of course, a very lucratuve tax gatherer for local councils, though of course they do fund the pound and SPCA to some extent. Teddy and Cain have a green disc each this year. It changes each year so it can be seen at a glance whether strays are registered or not.

[mark smyth]

thanks Maggi. It was all luck because I had to point the camera with out looking in the same direction because of the sun

[Anthony Darby]

You (they) don't have dog registration in the UK? We've had it here for many years and it is supposed to keep an accurate record of who has what and what could be dangerous etc. Some breeds are prohibited altogether and needless-to-say, those who have such dogs fail to register them, which is an offence but the owners have to be caught before anything can be done about it. It is also, of course, a very lucratuve tax gatherer for local councils, though of course they do fund the pound and SPCA to some extent. Teddy and Cain have a green disc each this year. It changes each year so it can be seen at a glance whether strays are registered or not.

Dog licensing was abolished in the UK in 1988. Prior to this dog licences were mandatory, but the requirement was widely ignored, with only about half of owners having one. The final rate for a dog licence was 37 pence, reduced from 37½p when the halfpenny was withdrawn in 1984. This figure was an exact conversion from 7/6 (seven shillings and sixpence) on decimalization in 1971. The revenue went to local authorities. I think it should be brought back!

[Lesley Cox]

If the final rate was 37p, you'll get a nasty shock when you register Heidi. As well as ordinary registration, we have a version for "approved owners" (at about half price I think) but that requires all sorts of extra things like fully fenced sections with dogs on a lead at all times they're off site and other rubbish. You may as well keep your dog in a glass cage.

[Anthony Darby]

She's registered until the end of June, so we've had a partial hit already.