Bye bye summer 2011

Thunderball · 2011-08-31 12:57:06

Well today is the last day of summer 11, How was it for you? Is it one you will remember for years to come ? I think it was a bit of a forgettable summer tbh

31-08-2011 01:57PM

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Well today is the last day of summer 11, How was it for you? Is it one you will remember for years to come ? I think it was a bit of a forgettable summer tbh

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#2 31-08-2011 01:59PM

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Not great, just a bit of a meh summer.

What's not forgettable is that there's a weather forum

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#3 31-08-2011 01:59PM

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Thunderball wrote: »

Well today is the last day of summer 11, How was it for you? Is it one you will remember for years to come ? I think it was a bit of a forgettable summer tbh

This post means I shall remember Summer 2011 forever. Thanks, friend.

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#4 31-08-2011 01:59PM

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August is the first month of Autumn. You're a tad late to be mentioning the end of summer!

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#5 31-08-2011 02:00PM

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Did we actually have a summer? Come to think of it, have we had one in the last four years?

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#6 31-08-2011 02:01PM

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Fairly ****e summer and the evenings are a bit bet.

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#7 31-08-2011 02:01PM

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Thunderball wrote: »

Well today is the last day of summer 11,

May, June, July is summer

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#8 31-08-2011 02:01PM

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Feckin dark at 9 o'clock too. At least I wont feel guilty for sitting onn my hole when I come in from work

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#9 31-08-2011 02:01PM

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Roll on next year's summer! I think it's on a Tuesday.

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#10 31-08-2011 02:02PM

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Not a single blackberry ripening on the bushes behind my house. No blackberry jam to get me through to Cakemas. Arse.

'cptr

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#11 31-08-2011 02:07PM

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What is everyone complaining about. Its been a lovely summer....

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#12 31-08-2011 02:07PM

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I have to say it's actually been one of my better ones.

End of May/early June I spent in Cuba with a mate of mine and without doubt it blew away every other holiday we've been on. The day after returning I had a 3 night stag in Dingle on the June bank hol weekend and it was the best weekend of the summer without doubt (weather wise too). That wedding was on 6 weeks later and turned out to be the 2nd best weekend of weather! The weekend after that was another mates stag in Liverpool. Had something on every other weekend in June/July as well.

The one downside was that this incredible French Canadian girl I met in Cuba was trying to come over at the end of July to visit, but couldn't for several reasons. However, the good times hopefully aren't over yet as I'm very close to booking flights to Montreal to go there for the second half of September.

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#13 31-08-2011 02:08PM

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Summer 2011, best day ever

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#14 31-08-2011 02:09PM

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Summer 2011 ??

Who? what? where? why? when?

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#15 31-08-2011 02:24PM

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Thread title should be bye bye first month of Autumn.

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#16 31-08-2011 02:33PM

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I love the miserable dark cold days and nights of winter being warmed up by hours of Soccer Saturday, The Premiership, Magners league ( or modern day equivalent) & the Heineken Cup.
Its also a time where we welcome back the Late Late Show and its second rated cousin on Saturday night, which I rearly bother watching because of my aforementioned sporting commitments.Also those pesky kids are all locked up in their rooms doing their homework giving the neighbourhood a beautiful silence instead of the racket of joyous play.

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#17 31-08-2011 02:46PM

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I thought the seasons were....

Dec, Jan,Feb = Winter
Mar, Apr, May = Spring
Jun, Jul, Aug = Summer
Sep, Oct, Nov = Autumn

Is this wrong?

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#18 31-08-2011 02:50PM

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Fizman wrote: »

End of May/early June I spent in Cuba with a mate of mine and without doubt it blew away every other holiday we've been on. The day after returning I had a 3 night stag in Dingle on the June bank hol weekend and it was the best weekend of the summer without doubt (weather wise too). That wedding was on 6 weeks later and turned out to be the 2nd best weekend of weather! The weekend after that was another mates stag in Liverpool. Had something on every other weekend in June/July as well.

The one downside was that this incredible French Canadian girl I met in Cuba was trying to come over at the end of July to visit, but couldn't for several reasons. However, the good times hopefully aren't over yet as I'm very close to booking flights to Montreal to go there for the second half of September.

Ok everyone, don't get too excited but I think we have a legend in our midst!!

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#19 31-08-2011 02:58PM

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westendgirlie wrote: »

Is this wrong?

yes

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#20 31-08-2011 03:03PM

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westendgirlie wrote: »

I thought the seasons were....

Dec, Jan,Feb = Winter
Mar, Apr, May = Spring
Jun, Jul, Aug = Summer
Sep, Oct, Nov = Autumn

Is this wrong?

maybe some place where there are actual seasons like northeast usa, in ireland its basically winter year round its been freezing last couple of nights here in roscommon and i have seen loads of folks around here with their heating on at night and smoke from fires

the headline from this scottish newspaper pretty much sums up summer :rolleyes: 2011 http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/editor-s-picks/wet-cold-and-gloomy-that-was-summer-2011-1.1120882

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#21 31-08-2011 03:09PM

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mikemac wrote: »

yes

Thanks! Feel better now that's all cleared up

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#22 31-08-2011 03:10PM

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CardBordWindow wrote: »

August is the first month of Autumn. You're a tad late to be mentioning the end of summer!

mikemac wrote: »

May, June, July is summer

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Thread title should be bye bye first month of Autumn.

Met Eireann says summer is June-August. Ask anywhere other than Ireland in the temperate northern hemisphere when summer is and they'll tell you that.

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#23 31-08-2011 03:11PM

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Spring - February, March, April.
Summer - May, June, July.
Autumn - August, September, October.
Winter - November, December, January.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_calendar

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#24 31-08-2011 03:14PM

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This is the only country that widely thinks Spring starts on Feb 1st so its hardly a surprise people think Autumn starts in August.

Anyway Met Error declared this coolest August in 25 years earlier today and I imagine the whole summer is likely to be close to the misery of 1985.

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#25 31-08-2011 03:15PM

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Oh I forgot the OP. This summer has been an average Irish summer. Not as bad as many other ones.

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#26 31-08-2011 03:39PM

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Fizman wrote: »

I have to say it's actually been one of my better ones.

End of May/early June I spent in Cuba with a mate of mine and without doubt it blew away every other holiday we've been on. The day after returning I had a 3 night stag in Dingle on the June bank hol weekend and it was the best weekend of the summer without doubt (weather wise too). That wedding was on 6 weeks later and turned out to be the 2nd best weekend of weather! The weekend after that was another mates stag in Liverpool. Had something on every other weekend in June/July as well.

The one downside was that this incredible French Canadian girl I met in Cuba was trying to come over at the end of July to visit, but couldn't for several reasons. However, the good times hopefully aren't over yet as I'm very close to booking flights to Montreal to go there for the second half of September.

Pics or GTFO

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#27 31-08-2011 03:41PM

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I HATE GOODBYES!!!!!!!!

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#28 31-08-2011 03:46PM

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Tbh our seasons should move up one month, it would fit our weather pattern much better.

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#29 31-08-2011 03:50PM

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westendgirlie wrote: »

I thought the seasons were....

Dec, Jan,Feb = Winter
Mar, Apr, May = Spring
Jun, Jul, Aug = Summer
Sep, Oct, Nov = Autumn

Is this wrong?

Depends on who you ask, Met Éireann thinks it starts in September but they are seldom right anyway

wikipedia wrote:

In Ireland, the autumn months according to the national meteorological service, Met Éireann, are September, October and November.[5] However, according to the Irish Calendar which is based on ancient Celtic traditions, autumn lasts throughout the months of August, September, and October, or possibly a few days later, depending on tradition.

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#30 31-08-2011 03:52PM

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Its been a good summer craic wise. The weather has been sh1te!

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#31 31-08-2011 03:53PM

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It was no 1995, that's for sure

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