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Summer elsewhere?
I just returned from Jersey this evening. In my son's garden there are
Gazanias flowering, along with daffodils and Coronilla and a few other things you'd expect to see in spring. Last night the wind howled and blew and screamed around their house but the Camellias remained relatively serene and the Gazanias bloomed on. I found that a slightly surreal experience! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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Hi,
Until last couple of weeks my Gazanias (tiger stripes) have been flowering but all heads are now brown and dead, but leaves are still OK, looks like I may keep them through winter. Also have carnation in floweroutside greenhouseand couple of fuschias in hanging baskets are showing early signs of shooting again, even with all the snow we have had here. Cineman (West Midlands) "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... I just returned from Jersey this evening. In my son's garden there are Gazanias flowering, along with daffodils and Coronilla and a few other things you'd expect to see in spring. Last night the wind howled and blew and screamed around their house but the Camellias remained relatively serene and the Gazanias bloomed on. I found that a slightly surreal experience! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... I just returned from Jersey this evening. In my son's garden there are Gazanias flowering, along with daffodils and Coronilla and a few other things you'd expect to see in spring. Last night the wind howled and blew and screamed around their house but the Camellias remained relatively serene and the Gazanias bloomed on. I found that a slightly surreal experience! I you find out where summer is can you let me know please. I can then go and grab the ******* and make him appear down in the southern hemisphere where he is supposed to be. Hes probably lying on a beach in the tropics having a holiday. Damned no good lazy bum summer. rob |
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"George.com" wrote in message ... "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... I just returned from Jersey this evening. In my son's garden there are Gazanias flowering, along with daffodils and Coronilla and a few other things you'd expect to see in spring. Last night the wind howled and blew and screamed around their house but the Camellias remained relatively serene and the Gazanias bloomed on. I found that a slightly surreal experience! I you find out where summer is can you let me know please. I can then go and grab the ******* and make him appear down in the southern hemisphere where he is supposed to be. Hes probably lying on a beach in the tropics having a holiday. Damned no good lazy bum summer. no good bum summer applied for the job, was offered it and took the job. Rarely bothers to turn up these days instead sending its mate spring or autumn. rob |
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"George.com" wrote in message
... "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... I just returned from Jersey this evening. In my son's garden there are Gazanias flowering, along with daffodils and Coronilla and a few other things you'd expect to see in spring. Last night the wind howled and blew and screamed around their house but the Camellias remained relatively serene and the Gazanias bloomed on. I found that a slightly surreal experience! I you find out where summer is can you let me know please. I can then go and grab the ******* and make him appear down in the southern hemisphere where he is supposed to be. Hes probably lying on a beach in the tropics having a holiday. Damned no good lazy bum summer. rob Read a Scientific Report somewhere which states that this 'global warming' is a load of crap and that the Southern Ice Cap is in fact growing and the World is going into a new Ice Age. Ho hum, good for the Government to slap yet another tax on with the Global Warming scare and for the tree huggers to jump up and down as well!! Mike -- .................................................. ......... Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com |
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"'Mike'" wrote in message ... "George.com" wrote in message ... "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... I just returned from Jersey this evening. In my son's garden there are Gazanias flowering, along with daffodils and Coronilla and a few other things you'd expect to see in spring. Last night the wind howled and blew and screamed around their house but the Camellias remained relatively serene and the Gazanias bloomed on. I found that a slightly surreal experience! I you find out where summer is can you let me know please. I can then go and grab the ******* and make him appear down in the southern hemisphere where he is supposed to be. Hes probably lying on a beach in the tropics having a holiday. Damned no good lazy bum summer. rob Read a Scientific Report somewhere which states that this 'global warming' is a load of crap and that the Southern Ice Cap is in fact growing and the World is going into a new Ice Age. Ho hum, good for the Government to slap yet another tax on with the Global Warming scare and for the tree huggers to jump up and down as well!! el nino/nina (pick which one) rather, cool mild conditions, not conducive to ripening tomatos. Great for Tomato Blight however. rob |
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:24:40 -0000, "'Mike'"
wrote: Read a Scientific Report somewhere which states that this 'global warming' is a load of crap and that the Southern Ice Cap is in fact growing and the World is going into a new Ice Age. Yes, the Ice Caps are changing. The Arctic is shrinking faster than the Antarctic is growing. Was the report one of the many sponsored by the US oil industry? Maybe global warming will balance out the coming Ice Age. Either way I think we are in for a few big changes. -- Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software Ltd EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks. http://www.easynn.com |
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"Steve Wolstenholme" wrote in message
... .. "I think we are in for a few big changes". Such as ????????? "I think" that the world is such a massive lump of matter that has existed for millions of years before man stepped foot on it, that it will do its own thing until long after man has disappeared. However, carry on panicking and playing into the governments tax fiddles :-(( along with the rest of the tree huggers Mike -- .................................................. ......... Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com |
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:01:22 -0000, "'Mike'"
wrote: Such as ????????? Well, the local stormy weather will be more frequent and more intense. That's my prediction, using my own methods. I'm not influenced by other reports. "I think" that the world is such a massive lump of matter that has existed for millions of years before man stepped foot on it, that it will do its own thing until long after man has disappeared. Yes, but I'm not interested in what happened millions of years ago. I mean now and the remaining years of my life. I'm a bit selfish. However, carry on panicking and playing into the governments tax fiddles :-(( along with the rest of the tree huggers I'm neither panicking or tree hugging. I am just using my software to predict short term changes based on the last few years. Steve -- Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software Ltd EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks. http://www.easynn.com |
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"Steve Wolstenholme" wrote in message
... short term changes based on the last few years. Short term? When it varies so much over 70 years that I can just about remember? 1940 Thames frozen 1959 Scorcher of a Summer, but 1951 a very wet one. 1947 and 1962 Winters terrible but 1976 a scorcher of a Summer followed by heavy rain. Changes all the time. Live with it. The earth will out live you and all the panic merchants!!! Just keep paying Gordon Brown's 'Environment Tax' and the next one he comes up with. Some of you will believe anything written in the Daily Mail and believe what's on TV. By the way, Eastenders is only acting. :-(( Mike -- .................................................. ......... Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com |
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:13:12 -0000, "'Mike'"
wrote: "Steve Wolstenholme" wrote in message .. . short term changes based on the last few years. Short term? When it varies so much over 70 years that I can just about remember? 1940 Thames frozen 1959 Scorcher of a Summer, but 1951 a very wet one. 1947 and 1962 Winters terrible but 1976 a scorcher of a Summer followed by heavy rain. Yes, I remember the seriously cold winters of my childhood. I'm only 58. Changes all the time. Live with it. I have not alternative but to live with it but trying to predict short term changes is more challenging that the long term ones. I like a challenge. The earth will out live you and all the panic merchants!!! Just keep paying Gordon Brown's 'Environment Tax' and the next one he comes up with. Some of you will believe anything written in the Daily Mail and believe what's on TV. By the way, Eastenders is only acting. :-(( I've no idea how you grouped me in with panic merchants - I'm just the opposite. As for the Daily Mail. It's a joke. And I've never watched Eastenders in my life. Is it any good? Steve -- Steve Wolstenholme Neural Planner Software Ltd EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks. http://www.easynn.com |
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:24:40 -0000, "'Mike'"
wrote: "George.com" wrote in message ... "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... I just returned from Jersey this evening. In my son's garden there are Gazanias flowering, along with daffodils and Coronilla and a few other things you'd expect to see in spring. Last night the wind howled and blew and screamed around their house but the Camellias remained relatively serene and the Gazanias bloomed on. I found that a slightly surreal experience! I you find out where summer is can you let me know please. I can then go and grab the ******* and make him appear down in the southern hemisphere where he is supposed to be. Hes probably lying on a beach in the tropics having a holiday. Damned no good lazy bum summer. rob Read a Scientific Report somewhere which states that this 'global warming' is a load of crap and that the Southern Ice Cap is in fact growing and the World is going into a new Ice Age. Ho hum, good for the Government to slap yet another tax on with the Global Warming scare and for the tree huggers to jump up and down as well!! Mike So you read 'a Scientific Report somewhere'. One unproven report by a lone attention-seeker that differs from the hundreds produced around the world in peer-reviewed journals which all agree the climate is being changed. You believe that one report against all of the others. Some of us have more common sense. |
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wrote in message
... On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:24:40 -0000, "'Mike'" wrote: Some of us have more common sense. Some of you are brain washed and become brain dead :-)) Live with it. Mike -- .................................................. ......... Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:12:30 +0000, Steve Wolstenholme wrote: On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:13:12 -0000, "'Mike'" wrote: "Steve Wolstenholme" wrote in message ... short term changes based on the last few years. Short term? When it varies so much over 70 years that I can just about remember? 1940 Thames frozen 1959 Scorcher of a Summer, but 1951 a very wet one. 1947 and 1962 Winters terrible but 1976 a scorcher of a Summer followed by heavy rain. Yes, I remember the seriously cold winters of my childhood. I'm only 58. So you remember the winter of 1962-1963? I remember the winter of 1946/47! Alan |
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:19:59 +0100, Martin wrote:
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:12:30 +0000, Steve Wolstenholme wrote: On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:13:12 -0000, "'Mike'" wrote: "Steve Wolstenholme" wrote in message ... short term changes based on the last few years. Short term? When it varies so much over 70 years that I can just about remember? 1940 Thames frozen 1959 Scorcher of a Summer, but 1951 a very wet one. 1947 and 1962 Winters terrible but 1976 a scorcher of a Summer followed by heavy rain. Yes, I remember the seriously cold winters of my childhood. I'm only 58. So you remember the winter of 1962-1963? Yes, very well. We had some discussion about us kids walking across the frozen lake (Hollingworth) in some other news thread (I forget the usenet group it was in). More interesting than the frozen lake was the ice covered houses along the lake bank. I few feet of snow wasn't must of a problem but a solid layer of ice tended to lock us in for a day or two. It was dangerous to try to break the ice off the walls because it weighed a few tons. Another year I remember was later (in the 1970s) when I was working in Manchester. The shortcut from my house, across the tops to the motorway, had no defined road. It was somewhere under the snow. The snow was hard packed, I think it was an effect of the wind and ice particles. I tried to drive over the hard snow by following a few other cars but we all got stuck (including the leading Volvo with snow chains on the wheels). When I went to dig my car out a few days later I found it in a field about 20 yds off the road. A snow plough had cleared the road but not the field Steve |
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