Minor Rant thread 2016

[jackarmy]

Why do weather forecasters always appologise for bad weather ?
Or are they actually at fault?, i wouldnt blame god ( if there was such a thing) for sheeite weather so why do some forecasters ?, dellusions of grandeur maybe ?

[KevinM67]

Nicolas Witchell - a whole career of tedious sycophantic drivel over a family that doesn't even like him.

[Glutton4...]

Just to give you a break from Lisa lol ((HUGS)) Hon.

Finally got the time and dry enough weather to cut the back grass, and the ruddy mower throttle cable snapped.

Yes, I have two more, but this is the biggest and has the biggest collector box.

[Glutton4...]

Oh, and when I do a search on the 'Bay, and specifically check 'UK Only' and double check I have checked it, how the chuff do I still end up ordering from ruddy China!?

[alldigging]

Oh, and when I do a search on the 'Bay, and specifically check 'UK Only' and double check I have checked it, how the chuff do I still end up ordering from ruddy China!?

New feature. Him indoors bought something that was marked as UK, local even, just up the road. It came from non-UK. although it didn't take that long. Annoying and deceptive practices.

And I have a poorly eye so we'll go and see what the doctor says.

[Glutton4...]

I had specifically set aside this weekend to get on top of the jobs in my back garden, as the weather forecast was good. However, it's ruddy freezing out there, and as soon as I put my boots on it starts to chuck it down with either rain or hail.

S*d it, I'm going to do Hubby's accounts instead - it's slightly warmer in here, so at least I can feel my fingers and toes. :roll eyes:

I've just turned the radiators back on, so at least we'll have warmth tomorrow. Gotta love storage radiators. NOT.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Sner OK it was only a very light dusting but this is the Trent Valley last week in April not the Scottish Highlands..................

[Potstubsdustbins]

Late getting my peas in this year usually happens mid March but building the new container delayed things.

So today in the sunshine I make a start and get....................................... bloomin snowed off.

[Yasai]

Bloomin' Poundland has taken over the 99p stores and now I can't find any netting for love nor money. Any netting. Not even the green stuff I don't want. I liked the black stuff that was for ponds but it's looking like I'm gonna have to reluctantly head to a garden centre. Not impressed.

[Potstubsdustbins]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^If you have a Wilko's near by try them I got black pond netting from there last year more than a £1 but still a reasonable price.

Potty not chatting ..............................helping

[Nannysally99]

My hubby, leaving the baby tomatoes out in - snow

[Lumpy]

Piggin ell this is just hail stones - I have never seen them this bad before.

[Snoop Puss]

We had one carton of milk left. Mr Snoop opened it last night, plenty left for tea, porridge and coffee for breakfast we said.

Well that was the idea.

He gave it to the dogs this morning with their biscuits! It's a 15-mile round trip to get more...

[Snoop Puss]

Piggin ell this is just hail stones - I have never seen them this bad before.

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Lumpy, the following is a link to a newspaper article in Spanish, but there's a decent picture of someone holding some hailstones and a video. The title means Hail turns a town in Teruel into "a sieve".

El granizo convierte a un pueblo de Teruel en «un colador»

This hit us last year. It went on for quite some time. You can imagine what the vegetable patch looked like afterwards. We had the windscreens of both cars covered with several layers of blankets and cardboard. Made no difference. Both smashed. And the cars' bodywork is well and truly dinged. Fortunately the insurance paid. One of the cats took a direct hit to the back of the head. No idea how he survived. Took him weeks to recover, but fortunately he did. Just about every house in the town had a damaged roof. Any cars on the street were in the same state as ours. I've given up on the idea of having a greenhouse or polytunnel!

[Alison]

Don't rant much as I find it depressing but am really getting annoyed by people who think that anything that isn't brand new is outdated and worthless. Sometimes the traditional methods are far better than so called progress.