It is the most horrid day here in N.Lincs.
Worst thing is the wind, blowing a hooligan(thanks Sacha for the phrase)and
it is very cold indeed.
We have spent all morning in the greenhouse sowing seeds. We are hoping the
comming season will be better than the last one. But the task is done now.
Our lecky was out from 0930 to 1225, the longest outage that I can
remember.

Hoping for a good year
Baz

On 2013-03-24 14:48:33 +0000, Baz said:

It is the most horrid day here in N.Lincs.
Worst thing is the wind, blowing a hooligan(thanks Sacha for the phrase)and
it is very cold indeed.
We have spent all morning in the greenhouse sowing seeds. We are hoping the
comming season will be better than the last one. But the task is done now.
Our lecky was out from 0930 to 1225, the longest outage that I can
remember.

Hoping for a good year
Baz

I've just given up and am skulking indoors! The ground's too wet for
gardening and Ray's done all the seeds. There's no enjoyment being out
in these temps when it's also all grey and gloomy!

--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

In article ,
says...

It is the most horrid day here in N.Lincs.
Worst thing is the wind, blowing a hooligan(thanks Sacha for the phrase)and
it is very cold indeed.

Our lecky was out from 0930 to 1225, the longest
outage that I can
remember.

Hoping for a good year
Baz

Just think of those poor souls in Aran, not had any
lecky for the last 2 days and still no end in sight!

When we moved here almost 20 years ago, power cuts
were routine, usually only up to an hour, but often at
the wrong time. Things are much better now, and I
think we've only had one brief blip so far this year!

--
Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

Roger Tonkin wrote in
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Just think of those poor souls in Aran, not had any
lecky for the last 2 days and still no end in sight!

When we moved here almost 20 years ago, power cuts
were routine, usually only up to an hour, but often at
the wrong time. Things are much better now, and I
think we've only had one brief blip so far this year!


I wasn't aware of the Aran power out. Ours was a bit of a hic-up compared
with theirs.

Baz

"Baz" wrote in message ...

Roger Tonkin wrote in
:


Just think of those poor souls in Aran, not had any
lecky for the last 2 days and still no end in sight!

When we moved here almost 20 years ago, power cuts
were routine, usually only up to an hour, but often at
the wrong time. Things are much better now, and I
think we've only had one brief blip so far this year!


I wasn't aware of the Aran power out. Ours was a bit of a hic-up compared
with theirs.

Baz
..................................

Don't you have a radio which has news bulletins?

Mike

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"Baz" wrote in message ...

Roger Tonkin wrote in
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Just think of those poor souls in Aran, not had any
lecky for the last 2 days and still no end in sight!

When we moved here almost 20 years ago, power cuts
were routine, usually only up to an hour, but often at
the wrong time. Things are much better now, and I
think we've only had one brief blip so far this year!


I wasn't aware of the Aran power out. Ours was a bit of a hic-up
compared with theirs.

Baz
.................................

Don't you have a radio which has news bulletins?

Mike


Laughing.
Who writes your script? Galton or Simpson, or both? Either way, I like your
wit.

Baz

"Roger Tonkin" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

It is the most horrid day here in N.Lincs.
Worst thing is the wind, blowing a hooligan(thanks Sacha for the
phrase)and
it is very cold indeed.

Our lecky was out from 0930 to 1225, the longest
outage that I can
remember.

Hoping for a good year
Baz

Just think of those poor souls in Aran, not had any
lecky for the last 2 days and still no end in sight!

When we moved here almost 20 years ago, power cuts
were routine, usually only up to an hour, but often at
the wrong time. Things are much better now, and I
think we've only had one brief blip so far this year!

--
Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

........................................

When we lived in the country and had a garden much too large to use, we were
fed by overhead electric cables. Every '5 minutes' our power would go off
and if we had a thunder storm with excessive lightning about, then get out
the candles because the trip switch was more "OFF" than on!!

Mike on the cold but dry South East Coast of the Isle of Wight

"Roger Tonkin" wrote
,
baz says...

It is the most horrid day here in N.Lincs.
Worst thing is the wind, blowing a hooligan(thanks Sacha for the
phrase)and
it is very cold indeed.

Our lecky was out from 0930 to 1225, the longest
outage that I can
remember.

Hoping for a good year

Just think of those poor souls in Aran, not had any
lecky for the last 2 days and still no end in sight!

When we moved here almost 20 years ago, power cuts
were routine, usually only up to an hour, but often at
the wrong time. Things are much better now, and I
think we've only had one brief blip so far this year!


I think if I lived somewhere like that, certainly if it wasn't an
underground cable, I would invest in a generator and ensure I had fuel for a
few days.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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I think if I lived somewhere like that, certainly if it wasn't an
underground cable, I would invest in a generator and ensure I had fuel for
a few days.

Bob, It doesn't work like that. For some years I lived on an Islansd
in the Inner Hebrides with no mains power although there were mains
cables across the Island to supply Mull. Finaly the Laird relented and
allowed the Hydroboard to supply us all with mains power. The first
thing we all did - sold our generators!!!. There was a move for all
the households to switch their power off for one day a year so that
we could all remember 'how it used to be'. IT NEVER HAPPENED!!!

Phil
Northern Highlands, 40 miles N. of Inverness

On 24/03/2013 17:13, Roger Tonkin wrote:
In article ,
says...

It is the most horrid day here in N.Lincs.
Worst thing is the wind, blowing a hooligan(thanks Sacha for the phrase)and
it is very cold indeed.

Our lecky was out from 0930 to 1225, the longest
outage that I can
remember.

Hoping for a good year
Baz

Just think of those poor souls in Aran, not had any
lecky for the last 2 days and still no end in sight!

When we moved here almost 20 years ago, power cuts
were routine, usually only up to an hour, but often at
the wrong time. Things are much better now, and I
think we've only had one brief blip so far this year!

There was some poor soul from that area saying she was having to wash
her baby's clothes etc by hand. I's a good job she can remember how to
do that.

On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:59:21 +0000, David Hill wrote:

There was some poor soul from that area saying she was having to wash
her baby's clothes etc by hand. I's a good job she can remember how to
do that.

You mean she hasn't got more than a couple of days worth of clothes for
the bairn? More to the point you don't *need* clean clothes every day,
though a baby might as they do tend to be messy eaters. B-)

--
Cheers
Dave.

On 24/03/2013 20:13, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:59:21 +0000, David Hill wrote:

You mean she hasn't got more than a couple of days worth of clothes for
the bairn? More to the point you don't *need* clean clothes every day,
though a baby might as they do tend to be messy eaters. B-)


More to the point how was she drying them?
--
Janet T.
Amersham

On 24/03/2013 20:56, Janet Tweedy wrote:
On 24/03/2013 20:13, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:59:21 +0000, David Hill wrote:

You mean she hasn't got more than a couple of days worth of clothes for
the bairn? More to the point you don't *need* clean clothes every day,
though a baby might as they do tend to be messy eaters. B-)


More to the point how was she drying them?

Probably in front of the fire.
Probably also the way was cooking

In article , david@abacus-
nurseries.co.uk says...

On 24/03/2013 17:13, Roger Tonkin wrote:
In article ,
says...

It is the most horrid day here in N.Lincs.
Worst thing is the wind, blowing a hooligan(thanks Sacha for the phrase)and
it is very cold indeed.

Our lecky was out from 0930 to 1225, the longest
outage that I can
remember.

Hoping for a good year
Baz

Just think of those poor souls in Aran, not had any
lecky for the last 2 days and still no end in sight!

When we moved here almost 20 years ago, power cuts
were routine, usually only up to an hour, but often at
the wrong time. Things are much better now, and I
think we've only had one brief blip so far this year!

There was some poor soul from that area saying she was having to wash
her baby's clothes etc by hand. I's a good job she can remember how to
do that.

The point was, there is no mains power on the island and won't be for
weeks, many places also without water, and. If she did have access to
water it was ice cold..and no means to dry washing.

The huge team of engineers frantically trying to restore power with
hundreds of generators, say they have never seen conditions and damage
like this in Scotland; huge steel pylons crumpled under the weight of
ice.

We've just been connected to a generator after three days without
power. We were lucky, still had water phones and road access. Othr
properties are going to be cut off for at least several more days and
some are up to the roof in snow.

Janet (Arran)

"Roger Tonkin" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

It is the most horrid day here in N.Lincs.
Worst thing is the wind, blowing a hooligan(thanks Sacha for the
phrase)and
it is very cold indeed.

Our lecky was out from 0930 to 1225, the longest
outage that I can
remember.

Hoping for a good year
Baz

Just think of those poor souls in Aran, not had any
lecky for the last 2 days and still no end in sight!

When we moved here almost 20 years ago, power cuts
were routine, usually only up to an hour, but often at
the wrong time. Things are much better now, and I
think we've only had one brief blip so far this year!

--
Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

Back in 1981 I think, i was a surveyor with the South Wales Electicity Board
and West Wales got hammered . Here in the Swansea valley my home was off
supply for 5 days while I was working in Cardiganshire 16 hours a day
sorting out HV problems there. The problem with my home supply was a simple
L V line tap that was disconnected but was there was so much damage else
where we had to wait.

We had 5 different Electricity Boards involved in fault repairs.

Bill