Wind

mudcow007
mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
edited January 2012 in Commuting chat
right ok im probably going to get ripped to shreds for this but...

Does a Northerly wind mean its coming from the north or does it mean its going towards the north?

likewise if its a north west wind, does that mean its blowing towards the Northwest or coming from the Northwest?

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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    From.
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    Fanks!
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    I used to work with a girl who honestly thought that north was whatever way you were facing.
    Nothing to do with the wind, but still funny.
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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    Love it!

    I used to date a girl with the weirdest brain - once she was in stitches over a sign that said "this portacabin is alarmed".
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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Should have told her that the door was ajar too, she'd have been going for ages.
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    A friend saw this sign:
    slow-children.jpg and thought it meant that we were near a school for 'educationally challenged' kids.
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,773
    I saw a notince by Bushy Park that said "found dog remote control". I liked the image of either someone having a hand unit to direct their dog or a TV remote with large buttons that paws could operate.
    Apparently it's a torture device for canines, nowhere near as much fun.
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    Depends on how much you dislike dogs.
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,773
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    Depends on how much you dislike dogs.
    I don't blame dogs for being unpredictable. I'd like to fit an electric collar to many of their owners though.
    This morning3 dogs drinking out of a stream as I approach. I'm well aware of them, slow a little just in case. As I'm getting really close one of the idiots, I mean owners, on the other side of the path calls their dog so it doesn't get run over. Naturally the dog then goes to it's idiot, right across my path, causing me to brake sharply and mutter something at the idiot.
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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    Oo, almost forgot. Seeing a lorry branded Renta-Crates and howling with laughter imagining it being driven by an ancient Greek guy in a toga.
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  • gbsahne001
    gbsahne001 Posts: 1,973
    "Slow Plant Crossing" always makes me chuckle
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    The toilets at work have a sign 'wash your hands at all times'. I find this quite tricky
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  • davis
    davis Posts: 2,506
    A public toilet (with a tiled floor) near me has a sign that says
    Ladies
    Slippery when wet.

    In my defence, I was about 14 when I first giggled at it.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Do_Not_Read_This_Sign.jpg

    Anyone reading this thread is now under arrest.
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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    Do_Not_Read_This_Sign.jpg

    Anyone reading this thread is now under arrest.

    Naaah, they are safe. They are just reading a picture of the sign. If it just said - "Do not read this", then they'd have been in trouble :lol:
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  • Initialised
    Initialised Posts: 3,047
    Veronese68 wrote:
    I saw a notince by Bushy Park that said "found dog remote control". I liked the image of either someone having a hand unit to direct their dog or a TV remote with large buttons that paws could operate.
    Apparently it's a torture device for canines, nowhere near as much fun.

    Like the Remote Controlled Rat but scaled up.
    I used to just ride my bike to work but now I find myself going out looking for bigger and bigger hills.
  • Twostage
    Twostage Posts: 987
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    A friend saw this sign:
    slow-children.jpg and thought it meant that we were near a school for 'educationally challenged' kids.
    They're not slow when it comes to getting to the ice cream van judging by their shape.
    Looks like the girl is carrying a bottle of vodka and the boy a top hat.
    Weird.

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