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General Topics => All things that have nothing to do with Turkey => Topic started by: badger on April 29, 2012, 11:14:39 AM

Title: Rain rain go away
Post by: badger on April 29, 2012, 11:14:39 AM

 Since a hosepipe ban was announced and I purchased a water butt it  

 hasn't stopped raining :(.On the bright side our swimming pool is

 full   ;)
Title: Rain rain go away
Post by: Colwyn on April 29, 2012, 11:25:51 AM
Didn't the government advise that you should store it in jerry cans?
Title: Rain rain go away
Post by: Toky on April 29, 2012, 11:26:23 AM
Such a change for us north of the border to have had such a glorious week. It's usually us who get all the rain.
 8)
Title: Rain rain go away
Post by: Robw on April 29, 2012, 11:33:34 AM
Must be the wettest drought yet!
Title: Rain rain go away
Post by: Highlander on April 29, 2012, 11:38:14 AM
Clear blue skies over Dingwall yesterday on a very special day:D. Similar today.

(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q214/highlander_010/calisgen/DSCF0610.jpg)
Title: Rain rain go away
Post by: Christie on April 29, 2012, 11:39:20 AM
We bought a nice new hose pipe last August and the day we tried to use it, it rained, we used it for 2 days this year at the beginning of April (just before the hose pipe ban came in) and it hasn't stopped raining since, but at least both our water butts are full.  Cannot wait to get to Calis and get some sun - just under 4 weeks to go. Geoff have you got a swimming pool here as well as Calis ??
Title: Rain rain go away
Post by: Colwyn on April 29, 2012, 11:51:09 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Robw

Must be the wettest drought yet!
Ho ho.

Actually it is outclassed by 1976 - the driest summer in 200 years. By August the entire countryside seemed to be yellow-brown. The Labour Government made Denis Howell Minister for Drought. He went on a tour of the country and everywhere he went it began to rain. And rain and rain and rain. He was nicknamed Minister for Rain. But it continued to rain and rain and rain. So the Goverment changed his title to Minister for Floods.

I remember seeing a TV news programme showing a town in Somerset where household water had been shut off and the population had to fill buckets from standpipes in the road that were only switched on for two hours. The townsfolk had to struggle to get to the standpipes - wading through two foot deep flood water!
Title: Rain rain go away
Post by: bewva on April 29, 2012, 12:03:01 PM
It was pouring down at 7 this morning when I got to work and it hasn't stopped yet.
What a crap day!
Title: Rain rain go away
Post by: usedbustickets on April 29, 2012, 12:14:08 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Highlander

Clear blue skies over Dingwall yesterday on a very special day:D. Similar today.

(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q214/highlander_010/calisgen/DSCF0610.jpg)


H was it your St George's day celebrations or something ;)
Title: Rain rain go away
Post by: badger on April 29, 2012, 12:33:05 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Christie

Geoff have you got a swimming pool here as well as Calis ??


 OOPS!  I meant grandchildren's paddling pool  8)

 You can tell who the affluent members are on here

 TWO water butts   :)
Title: Rain rain go away
Post by: desmartinson on April 29, 2012, 15:20:25 PM
Thats a blast from the past, do they still have spar shops up there, i thought the coop bought them out, or was that just England[?].
Title: Rain rain go away
Post by: Colwyn on April 29, 2012, 17:43:13 PM
H, enjoy your weather while you can. The front seems to heading your way. Although the forecast is for it to weaken I reckon there is plenty more water up there. We have an inch of rainfall so far today at it shows no sign of giving up.
Title: Rain rain go away
Post by: Toky on April 29, 2012, 19:37:36 PM
Loads of Spar shops all over Scotland still.
Title: Rain rain go away
Post by: Colwyn on April 29, 2012, 19:44:31 PM
There are over 2500 stores in the UK. Perhaps not the sort of place in which Des shops. He's probably more a Kipa, Harrods and Sue Sheppard sort of guy.
Title: Rain rain go away
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on April 29, 2012, 20:20:56 PM
Lovely weather in Aberdeenshire this weekend. The Garden Centre today was packed out.
Past at least 2 Spar shops on the way back Des.
Title: Rain rain go away
Post by: savoyboy on April 29, 2012, 21:58:36 PM
Today I left home at 4.30am to go to wo on the Strand  London,it was raining all night and rained till 2.45pm then then sun came out but by
  5 pm it started raining,now it's not raining.
  I for one as much as I like rain,would like not to see it on a cold monday morning  working to the bus at 4.30am
    Some one please help me find a cheap flight on 2nd of June till 10 June (any London airport to Dalaman.
Title: Rain rain go away
Post by: c1 on May 01, 2012, 18:13:18 PM
flags are out H has bought a round
Title: Rain rain go away
Post by: desmartinson on May 01, 2012, 18:28:26 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Colwyn

There are over 2500 stores in the UK. Perhaps not the sort of place in which Des shops. He's probably more a Kipa, Harrods and Sue Sheppard sort of guy.
Spot on Colwyn with harrods, certainly not kipa now im here, rubbish in my opinion, dont know who the hell sue sheppard is, someone like ann summers perhaps. ;) :)
Title: Rain rain go away
Post by: Colwyn on May 01, 2012, 18:36:35 PM
Ann Summers, yes that's the one. I bow to your greater familiarity with sort of thing.
Title: Rain rain go away
Post by: desmartinson on May 01, 2012, 18:43:39 PM
:D:D
Title: Rain rain go away
Post by: DANKY on May 02, 2012, 09:39:56 AM
Here in hose pipe ban Essex, the Wellies have now gone away and the Waders are coming out :(