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Author:  Lex [ Thu May 28, 2026 6:29 pm ]
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The storm woke me up at an ungodly hour this morning: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98r2vzmm5qo

It was impressive, though.
Author:  rebbonk [ Fri May 29, 2026 12:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Weather
Apparently, the biggest seen in the area for years!
Author:  Shizara [ Mon Jun 01, 2026 1:59 pm ]
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I woke up as soon as it started - it was fierce and very quickly I heard pat, pat.. pat-pat-pat.. pat-pat-pat-pat ... A sound I recognised as water dripping on the carpet. No idea what happened on the roof but the roof itself was in good order. I got all the buckets and plastic containers then lined them up under the drips and went back to bed. When I got up I went to the PC and it wasn't working, so started checking the most obvious things. Plugged something into the power outlet, it worked. OK.. move on, check the cable between the PC and the power. the plug had partly come out of the PC. I fully unplugged, plugged it back in and it works just fine. I experienced something similar in NZ but when the lightning hit it briefly lit up the lights, so assume something similar happened - don't know, not an electrician but everything seems OK. As for the roof, a bit of a mystery. The roof itself seems intact, apparently there was something blocking the drain, but until we get another load of rain I can't be sure.
Author:  rebbonk [ Tue Jun 02, 2026 2:48 pm ]
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Shizara,

I'm not that far from you. It came down rather heavily here, and most of the roof gutters were overflowing. Could that be what happened to cause your water ingress?
Author:  Lex [ Tue Jun 02, 2026 5:04 pm ]
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The rain wasn't too bad down my end of the county, but it was very welcome.
Author:  Lex [ Tue Jun 02, 2026 5:32 pm ]
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Looks like we're in for an extended period of hot weather: https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/a ... hance.html
Author:  Shizara [ Wed Jun 03, 2026 1:06 pm ]
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We had a deluge yesterday and not a drop came in.
Author:  Lex [ Thu Jun 18, 2026 5:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Weather
The Red Cross is advising people to turn their central heating off during the upcoming heatwave. I know there's a lot of daftness in the human race, but how stupid do they think we are?

https://stratfordobserver.co.uk/news/re ... ews-62291/
Author:  rebbonk [ Fri Jun 19, 2026 11:32 am ]
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Lex wrote:
The Red Cross is advising people to turn their central heating off during the upcoming heatwave. I know there's a lot of daftness in the human race, but how stupid do they think we are?

https://stratfordobserver.co.uk/news/re ... ews-62291/


My mate actually still has his on! - Hard to believe, but true!
Author:  Lex [ Fri Jun 19, 2026 7:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Weather
Seriously?!? I've given up on listening to people gripe about the cost of living, especially with the amount of halfwits sat in their parked cars with their engines running.
Author:  rebbonk [ Sat Jun 20, 2026 11:37 am ]
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You have a valid point, Lex. It is certainly true that people waste a lot.

I try not to waste anything. If I throw food away (incredibly rare!) I consider that I have failed in my meal planning.

Then again, I was a six-sigma black-belt specialising in the removal of waste.
Author:  Lex [ Sat Jun 20, 2026 8:31 pm ]
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I generally buy just what I need. Any offcuts go in my allotment compost bin.
Author:  Lex [ Wed Jul 29, 2026 5:11 pm ]
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It's official; we've got a drought on our hands: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg35n7yny3o
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