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Winter 2011/2012

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    #2882
    Joe Public
    Registered Users Posts: 1,778 ✭✭✭Joe Public


    Any mention of a tax on berries in the new year?


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    #2883
    Wild Bill
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,129 ✭✭✭Wild Bill


    Joe Public wrote: »
    Any mention of a tax on berries in the new year?

    Not yet!

    But I can demonstrate the missing berries, gone, when the snow fell last week.

    IMG_0046-1.jpg

    Is that graupel I see......nah...just itsy bitsy snowflakes....


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    #2884
    Deep Easterly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭Deep Easterly


    nacho libre wrote: »
    It seems he is the type of person that can't admit when they're wrong. Either that or he just wants notoriety. I suspect that's definitely what Madden is up to with his forecasts.

    BBC Weather presenter Paul Hudson agrees with most of us on here as well:
    "There are several reasons why we have seen a rise in sensationalist weather stories recently.

    Firstly, weather sells newspapers. I remember when I worked for the Met Office they tried to tackle one national newspaper about their 'over the top' coverage of weather stories only to be told that weather sells newspapers (a rise in circulation of 10% was quoted by one newspaper editor each and every time there was a front page weather headline)".

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulhudson/2011/10/the-winter-forecast-and-media.shtml

    It's all about what sells.


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    #2885
    blackius
    Closed Accounts Posts: 469 ✭✭blackius


    baraca wrote: »
    A change of tune BB. Didn't think you were one for the nature signs.
    :confused::confused: I've posted on it here before.I'm all inclusive me :D
    I do believe the wondrous crop of berries has something to do with the pulverizing they got last year but living and working on the land as I do I'm not averse to making observations like when they disappear and speculating why.

    Of course I also believe nature is a great equalizer too,for instance,after a wet time comes a dry,after a cold comes a mild,vice versa etc.
    Ok the models are shoite for intense cold at the moment but I've never relied on them beyond 10 days anyhow,nobody should.

    Anyhow,here's my good neighbour clearing the snow off the lane to my house last december,ah...the memories :(
    You wouldn't think we are just 2 miles exactly from the irish sea.

    bb087.jpg


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    #2886
    Wild Bill
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,129 ✭✭✭Wild Bill


    Deep Easterly wrote: »
    Firstly, weather sells newspapers. I remember when I worked for the Met Office they tried to tackle one national newspaper about their 'over the top' coverage of weather stories only to be told that weather sells newspapers (a rise in circulation of 10% was quoted by one newspaper editor each and every time there was a front page weather headline)".


    It's all about what sells.

    Indeed.

    Just as right here if the weather is snowy we get folk piling in and if it is meh-meh-mild and featureless I have this all to myself!

    It ain't money - it's the human condition.

    Remember the worst headline of all time? :eek:

    "Small earthquake in Chile, no damage, nobody hurt"


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    #2887
    missrandomer
    Registered Users Posts: 390 ✭✭missrandomer


    bb087.jpg[/QUOTE]

    that looks strangly familiar to me blackius...
    on another note, amazing snow wish we had it again. Confifers laiden down with snow awwwhhh memories


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    #2888
    blackius
    Closed Accounts Posts: 469 ✭✭blackius


    missrandomer wrote: »

    that looks strangly familiar to me blackius...
    on another note, amazing snow wish we had it again. Confifers laiden down with snow awwwhhh memories
    ah...I remember a certain group of snow boarders arriving alright on a regular basis to ski the hill at the back..I never got round to installing the button lifts...no grants available :p


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    #2889
    davidsr20
    Registered Users Posts: 768 ✭✭✭davidsr20


    Come on mt give us an update or are u sticking by ur previous predictions for January! :)


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    #2890
    WalterMitty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,582 ✭✭✭WalterMitty


    where in europe has snow and i can get cheap flight with ryanair over next few weeks? Noticed fresh wild musrooms sprouting in the park today.


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    #2891
    Vudgie
    Registered Users Posts: 858 ✭✭✭Vudgie


    Wild Bill wrote: »
    Not yet!

    But I can demonstrate the missing berries, gone, when the snow fell last week.

    IMG_0046-1.jpg

    Is that graupel I see......nah...just itsy bitsy snowflakes....

    For the love of god no, who stole the berries!!!?

    This is a case for.....;)


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    #2892
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,741 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    blackius wrote: »
    Anyhow,here's my good neighbour clearing the snow off the lane to my house last december....

    Your neighbour must be Black Briar! :D I think that's his Bobcat. He used to post on here as well but he hasn't posted for a while. I do hope he's o.k.? :p


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    #2893
    Sponge Bob
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    To Quote the Korean Central News Agency of the DPRK...seeing as they are snow obsessed too. :D

    http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2011/201112/news21/20111221-13ee.html

    "Such Biggest Loss Can't Happen, Unbelievable"
    They were in great sorrow as Kim Jong Il passed away so suddenly and so early to their great sorrow. He used to weather the first snow on this land, going in a jumper. He could not have good rest even in a single day, suffering all sorts of hardship for the people's happiness and the prosperity of the country.

    Beating the ground, unable to recognize the reality, they wept bitterly.

    Sniff!


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    #2894
    Sponge Bob
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    More news. I'm amazed he never discovered this forum you know. Which one of ye snow bunnies wrote this lot then???? :cool:

    http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2011/201112/news21/20111221-48ee.html
    Kim Jong Il's Life Bright as Snow
    Pyongyang, December 21 (KCNA) -- Snow fell over Pyongyang on Wednesday when its citizens are overwhelmed with bitter sorrow and grief over the loss of the sun of the nation.

    Snow fell gently on the heads of an endless stream of lamenting mourners.

    Not thinking about wiping away snow from them, they recollect the words of leader Kim Jong Il who likened his revolutionary philosophy to snow he loved so much.

    Kim Jong Il told officials that devoting himself to the immortality of President Kim Il Sung, the prosperity of the country and the happiness of the people means his philosophy on snow and that means self-sacrifice.

    Looking back on world history, there were many statesmen who advocated patriotism and dedication. But, no one has ever made such total dedication with a pure and true mind like snow.

    It was only Kim Jong Il who made his life shine like snow.

    He worked hard day and night, having uncomfortable sleep and taking rice-balls. He was the first to greet dawn like a man in his twenties. Seeing his dedication in tears, the people would ask him to stop making any more journeys along snow-covered roads in cold weather and sitting up all night. Hearing this, he said he considered it as his pleasure and his routine to do so and continued his journeys despite strong wind and snow and spent nights full of enthusiasm.


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    #2895
    Wild Bill
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,129 ✭✭✭Wild Bill


    Maybe, now that Kim is gone to the Great Helmsman in the Sky, we could intrude on his munificence to shower us with mountainous snow over the next three months?

    He could divert it away from the weeping Korean masses - a win win scenario.

    Maybe a few rice balls while he's at it........?


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    #2896
    Sponge Bob
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    If there was a bit more "having uncomfortable sleep and taking rice-balls" around here there would be more snow. Simples innit! :D


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    #2897
    WolfeIRE
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcIG9GPa1vg


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    #2898
    mcriot29
    Registered Users Posts: 386 ✭✭mcriot29


    Anyone seen AO today wow is alli can say 14 days out its up at a plus 6 record high never seen it that high , if it turns neg all that cold air this will produce over the pole comes south i think we could very well see record cold in Eire . Lets hope it turns neg soon of course plenty of time yet.


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    #2899
    WolfeIRE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,667 ✭✭✭WolfeIRE


    Control run takes a trip south toward the end of the first week of January

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    #2900
    faktisperminute
    Registered Users Posts: 139 ✭✭faktisperminute


    this thread is dead cya in January :)


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    #2901
    YouTookMyName
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    Absolutely gorgeous December day outside.


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    #2902
    davidsr20
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    faktisperminute wrote: »
    this thread is dead cya in January :)

    X2


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    #2903
    Lucreto
    Registered Users Posts: 1,003 ✭✭✭Lucreto


    YouTookMyName wrote: »
    Absolutely gorgeous December day outside.

    If by gorgeous you mean dull, overcast, damp with light drizzle blowing in the wind and still requiring a decent coat.

    I agree with you.


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    #2904
    missrandomer
    Registered Users Posts: 390 ✭✭missrandomer


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Your neighbour must be Black Briar! :D I think that's his Bobcat. He used to post on here as well but he hasn't posted for a while. I do hope he's o.k.? :p

    i hope he's ok too ;), he was always great at letting me know what the weather is like at the time where he was then ten mins later it would hit me here.

    although i have a sneaky feeling he is still around these parts :D


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    #2905
    jimmy.d
    Registered Users Posts: 200 ✭✭jimmy.d


    something to get some hope up a bithttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FQePAfE35Ek andhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dXn_9VY3BQ&feature=related


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    #2906
    Wild Bill
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,129 ✭✭✭Wild Bill


    jimmy.d wrote: »
    something to get some hope up a bithttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FQePAfE35Ek andhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dXn_9VY3BQ&feature=related

    Meh.

    I think Mark is having uncomfortable sleep and taking rice-balls.


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    #2907
    Su Campu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭Su Campu


    I see he finally let go of the daft idea of a white Christmas, admitting, if very briefly, that he got it wrong. He didn't dwell on why he got it wrong, or why he continued to slate the "other forecasters" for going for a mild one, but I suppose an admission is an admission so we'll give him that one.

    I'm still not convinced by him though.


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    #2908
    derekon
    Registered Users Posts: 836 ✭✭✭derekon


    jimmy.d wrote: »
    something to get some hope up a bithttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FQePAfE35Ek andhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dXn_9VY3BQ&feature=related

    No Jimmy D, his forecast gives me absolutely no hope.

    This is the guy who forecast a White Xmas for the UK and Ireland with the real brutal cold coming after Christmas Day and in the run up to new year with the severe cold going from 1st Jan to around the 10th/15th Jan. No sign of any such weather.

    His reputation is in tatters and as Su Campu has pointed out before, Mark Vogan finds its difficult to admit he is wrong. His forecasts (particularly the recent one about how it could snow on Christmas Day 2011) are quite frankly, delusional.

    Vogan has lost all credibility with me.

    D


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    #2909
    YouTookMyName
    Registered Users Posts: 3,361 ✭✭✭YouTookMyName


    Lucreto wrote: »
    YouTookMyName wrote: »
    Absolutely gorgeous December day outside.

    If by gorgeous you mean dull, overcast, damp with light drizzle blowing in the wind and still requiring a decent coat.

    I agree with you.

    Was dry here on the west coast. No breeze or rain until it got dark. Nice and dry here today as well.


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    #2910
    WolfeIRE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,667 ✭✭✭WolfeIRE


    Anniversary of the below.


    −18.7 °C (−1.7 °F)
    Castlederg
    23 December 2010


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    #2911
    Scubadevils
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    derekon wrote: »
    No Jimmy D, his forecast gives me absolutely no hope.

    This is the guy who forecast a White Xmas for the UK and Ireland with the real brutal cold coming after Christmas Day and in the run up to new year with the severe cold going from 1st Jan to around the 10th/15th Jan. No sign of any such weather.

    His reputation is in tatters and as Su Campu has pointed out before, Mark Vogan finds its difficult to admit he is wrong. His forecasts (particularly the recent one about how it could snow on Christmas Day 2011) are quite frankly, delusional.

    Vogan has lost all credibility with me.

    D

    Agreed, I want all those minutes watching and listening to Vogan back!


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