Northerners!

[snohare]

But I do object to paying hundreds of pounds a year in extra tax so that wind farms become economical for the companies that build and operate them.

I'm with you on that one, I think the current setup is disgraceful. Really is the worst of all possible worlds from the point of view of the customer. But don't forget - the companies that run normal power stations (most of whom are the same, i.e. EDF, Centrica et al) have been getting subsidies for doing so for donkey's years.
Alas, I think the standard way of doing things now is such, that the lobbyists have convinced government that without some form of bribery, no power utility will so much as lift a pen to sign a paycheque, never mind build infrastructure to invest in the future.

Hey Wayne - Excellent !!

Blooming chilly here tonight, must wax my skis...

[Davyburns]

Aye, you know you're really far North when the electrons slow down and the rules of grammar and punctuation change !

and some say, as do the laws of physics!!

[snohare]

some say, as do the laws of physics!!

There is no appeal against the laws of physics. Ask any biker taking a bend too fast, or any Greenlander Inuit caught up in the Tea Party's "cooling trend".

But having felt how rapidly it warmed up today, I'm not waxing my skis for this weekend.

[BUFFS]

Don't nanas come from Fyfe? [We saw Perthshire Coffee yesterday...or should that have been Persia?]

i think we are showing our ages,remembering fyfe nanas,what next,remembering what we could get for a farthing?,or getting a florin for pocketmoney?...ooooooooooohhh me aching bones,must have a lie down.....

[zazen999]

Don't nanas come from Fyfe? [We saw Perthshire Coffee yesterday...or should that have been Persia?]

i think we are showing our ages,remembering fyfe nanas,what next,remembering what we could get for a farthing?,or getting a florin for pocketmoney?...ooooooooooohhh me aching bones,must have a lie down.....

fyffes nanas are still going...sorry

[Pies]

It was from the song the riddle IIRC

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

Snohare, get yir skis waxed caused there's snow on them thar hills I've looked out my bedroom window and guess what's covering the tops?

[HeyWayne]

Snohare, get yir skis waxed caused there's snow on them thar hills I've looked out my bedroom window and guess what's covering the tops?

Fleece?.....

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

Nope not fleece, would you like another guess?

[BUFFS]

Nope not fleece, would you like another guess?

is it candyfloss,is the fair in town?

[snohare]

It's not fair !!

Sadly, no snow here. It's no fair, it's no here, for snohare !

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

Nope not candy floss either and yes the fair is in town (plunked down in it's usual site in An Aird)

[HeyWayne]

Temperature has dropped significantly here - t'was 29 degrees only 4-5 days ago.

Just walked up to the shops with a colleague who gave me a fleece to wear as he said it was chilli out. I think I'm part Northern as I don't feel the cold. Almost had a bit of a dab on when I got back to my desk.

[snohare]

If it was chilli out HeyWayne, I'm surprised you didn't end up with a Scotch Bonnet !

[snakeshack]

it's tougher down south ...even our water is hard