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The f**king massive storm

finchyfinchy Posts: 6,686
edited November 2013 in The bottom bracket
OK, lads and lasses, are you all ready for the massive storm? I've got 2 packets of biscuits, so I should be able to hold out for a few days until the rescue services come to get me. I was planning on sacrificing a goat to appease the gods of wind and rain, but Asda was all out.
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  • napoleondnapoleond Posts: 5,992
    Important news!

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  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 56,816
    I reckon they're covering their arrises after Michael Fish farked it so badly in '87. Was very amusing today seeing the hard of thinking stocking up for Armageddon in my local supermarket this lunchtime :)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • cornerblockcornerblock Posts: 3,228
    Is there a storm coming?
  • davieseedaviesee Posts: 6,386
    All trains cancelled until 09:00 at least in the south East because it is going to be a bit blowy.

    Really :?:
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • meursaultmeursault Posts: 1,433
    Panic buy all the water, petrol and canned peaches you can, just in case.
    Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.

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  • joelsimjoelsim Posts: 7,552
    Just wear a windproof jacket. Sorted.
  • Mikey23Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    We've got fork handles...

    Missus has taped up the front of the greenhouse

    @nd ... Liking this, just spit coffee over the iPad again!
  • finchyfinchy Posts: 6,686
    daviesee wrote:
    All trains cancelled until 09:00 at least in the south East because it is going to be a bit blowy.

    Really :?:

    That might actually be quite sensible. Lots of the lines in the SE have trees all down the side and you wouldn't want one of those coming down in front of a train doing 90 mph.
  • tlw1tlw1 Posts: 21,651
    What storm? Why didn't anyone mention it?
  • napoleondnapoleond Posts: 5,992
    johnfinch wrote:
    daviesee wrote:
    All trains cancelled until 09:00 at least in the south East because it is going to be a bit blowy.

    Really :?:

    That might actually be quite sensible. Lots of the lines in the SE have trees all down the side and you wouldn't want one of those coming down in front of a train doing 90 mph.

    Indeed, as then there'd be leaves on the line.
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  • Mikey23Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    Petrol and canned peaches... That sounds promising
  • meursaultmeursault Posts: 1,433
    Joelsim wrote:
    Just wear a windproof jacket. Sorted.

    Good point, what is the best stormproof jacket? Is it Aldi? or maybe a Rapha one. I want it waterproof but breathable in tdf yellow and a helmet attached.
    Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.

    Voltaire
  • finchyfinchy Posts: 6,686
    Mikey23 wrote:
    Petrol and canned peaches... That sounds promising

    Get some codeine to go with that and you could brew up a new type of Krokodil. :idea:
  • finchyfinchy Posts: 6,686
    NapoleonD wrote:
    johnfinch wrote:
    daviesee wrote:
    All trains cancelled until 09:00 at least in the south East because it is going to be a bit blowy.

    Really :?:

    That might actually be quite sensible. Lots of the lines in the SE have trees all down the side and you wouldn't want one of those coming down in front of a train doing 90 mph.

    Indeed, as then there'd be leaves on the line.

    :lol::lol::lol:
  • kajjalkajjal Posts: 3,380
    We are getting some rain and 20mph winds ..........
  • meursaultmeursault Posts: 1,433
    Kajjal wrote:
    We are getting some rain and 20mph winds ..........

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  • GiantMikeGiantMike Posts: 3,139
    I was on the beach at Blackpool and it was very very windy, nearly hurricane. The local news predicts it could do £20m of improvements.
  • pinnopinno Posts: 50,565
    By Scottish standards, it will be no more than a light breeze.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • finchyfinchy Posts: 6,686
    pinarello001 wrote:
    By Scottish standards, it will be no more than a light breeze.

    The difference being that we'll all be sober enough to notice it. :P
  • pinnopinno Posts: 50,565
    If there is mass flooding and refugees fleeing Essex, will the Bangladeshi's have an aid appeal for us?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • davieseedaviesee Posts: 6,386
    johnfinch wrote:
    pinarello001 wrote:
    By Scottish standards, it will be no more than a light breeze.

    The difference being that we'll all be sober enough to notice it. :P
    ...and there we have what you are doing wrong. :wink:

    PS:- The train services are running empty trains in the early hours to check the condition of the lines.
    But giving everyone else a lie-in regardless of the results. :roll:
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • finchyfinchy Posts: 6,686
    daviesee wrote:
    johnfinch wrote:
    pinarello001 wrote:
    By Scottish standards, it will be no more than a light breeze.

    The difference being that we'll all be sober enough to notice it. :P
    ...and there we have what you are doing wrong. :wink:

    PS:- The train services are running empty trains in the early hours to check the condition of the lines.
    But giving everyone else a lie-in regardless of the results. :roll:

    Yes, but isn't the Massive Apocalyptic Storm of Doom forecast to last until about midday?
  • rodgers73rodgers73 Posts: 2,626
    Maximum wind speed forecast for here (on BBC's Weather site) is 17mph
  • meursaultmeursault Posts: 1,433
    That's the downside of 24hr news channels, when there is no news.
    Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.

    Voltaire
  • davieseedaviesee Posts: 6,386
    johnfinch wrote:
    Yes, but isn't the Massive Apocalyptic Storm of Doom forecast to last until about midday?
    According to the radio tonight - 03:00 - 09:00.
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • finchyfinchy Posts: 6,686
    daviesee wrote:
    johnfinch wrote:
    Yes, but isn't the Massive Apocalyptic Storm of Doom forecast to last until about midday?
    According to the radio tonight - 03:00 - 09:00.

    The Met Office warnings are valid until midday tomorrow here in the SE.
  • davieseedaviesee Posts: 6,386
    johnfinch wrote:
    daviesee wrote:
    johnfinch wrote:
    Yes, but isn't the Massive Apocalyptic Storm of Doom forecast to last until about midday?
    According to the radio tonight - 03:00 - 09:00.

    The Met Office warnings are valid until midday tomorrow here in the SE.
    Pffht.
    I still say that come 12:00, everyone will be saying "was that it?"
    Apart from the obligatory 3 trees.
    I just looked at the Met office forecast for London. Maximum gusts are forecast for 06:00 at 53mph.
    That would barely make a weather forecast elsewhere. Man up.
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 56,816
    It's all a frikkin' ruse so the lazy bar steward train drivers can have a lie in, I tell ya. There's a fair bit of rain coming down here but there's f*** all wind. And I've gone and blown my lie in by having a dentists appointment tomorrow morning :roll:
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • meursaultmeursault Posts: 1,433
    Met-office-Strava.jpg
    Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.

    Voltaire
  • team47bteam47b Posts: 6,424
    but seriously the BBC news said...

    "East Sussex County Council says refuse collections have been suspended on Monday"
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
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