Malcolm writes
Ours routinely mows the grass in the village whether or not it needs it
or whether or not it is dry or pouring with rain

Funny you should mention that - the picture that comes in to my mind
when I think of your village is of grey skies (1), settled rain, and a
man mowing the grass verge.

(1) it wasn't always like that, of course, but those were the only days
when we'd be hanging around enough to be wandering along to the shop
mid-morning.
--
Kay

On 26/3/07 17:11, in article , "Malcolm"
wrote:
snip

Is "settled rain" another name for a puddle?

Isn't it translated into Irish as "a soft day"? ;-)
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

In article ,
Sacha writes:
| On 26/3/07 17:11, in article , "Malcolm"
| wrote:
|
| Is "settled rain" another name for a puddle?
|
| Isn't it translated into Irish as "a soft day"? ;-)

No. A soft day is when you can still see the hills around you;
settled rain allows you to see only things within a couple of
hundred yards. With heavy rain, you are likely to drive off the
verge because you can't see where the edge of the road is.

I spent a week in Skye with weather like that ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 26/3/07 19:08, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
Sacha writes:
| On 26/3/07 17:11, in article , "Malcolm"
| wrote:
|
| Is "settled rain" another name for a puddle?
|
| Isn't it translated into Irish as "a soft day"? ;-)

No. A soft day is when you can still see the hills around you;
settled rain allows you to see only things within a couple of
hundred yards. With heavy rain, you are likely to drive off the
verge because you can't see where the edge of the road is.

I spent a week in Skye with weather like that ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Ah. Well we've had quite a few 'soft days' round here!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)