28-07-2014, 10:47 AM
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buenas dias all. No exciting weather news from here, just the usual hot and sunny. Lovely photo Alan. Here too last night turned out as somewhat of a party due to the arrival of unexpected, but very welcome, visitors. Lots to do today, visit to the bank, then to our little local town, book the dogs in for clipping and some shopping to do also. Have a good day all.28-07-2014, 11:09 AM
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Good morning, folks and it is very early morning here. Had a very wild thunder storm last evening and rain off and on through the night. Looking very wet out my window but still too dark to see much. Might be more rain today and warning of high winds. Would like to go over to the beach and see what "beach warning" means. Have a good day..
28-07-2014, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Alan Cooke
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We have florescent tubes in our kitchen and I never know whether it's the tube or the starter which has had it, is there any way of telling?
I have two so can check which it is by switching them over.
28-07-2014, 04:34 PM
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Good afternoon all, cool cloudy and showery here today. My little grandson is coming home from Rome on Thursday, the family have been over there for the past six weeks, I'm looking forward to seeing him again, really missed him, hope he still knows me he's only eighteen months old.Lovely happy picture Alan and doesn't herself look smashing.
Meg I have a 4feet long florescent light in my workshed and it's still going strong after 25 years!, one of those fat tubes housed in a heavy metal casing, weighs a ton, they sure knew how to make them to last in those days, if it ever goes I'll have to chuck the whole sheebang out as I don't suppose they make tubes like that anymore.
Take care everyone.
28-07-2014, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Uncle Joe
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Good morning all - wonderful morning today - we've had a thunder storm over us here in Sussex for almost 2 hours - there's no wind and so it seems 'stuck' right over us. We have torrential rain and hail stones which has caused floods all over the place, lightning has struck the power supplies to the Railway and disrupted rail services to and from London.
Hope that's the last of it !
28-07-2014, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Patsy
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Joe - just seen this on the news - looks bloomin awful Hope that's the last of it !
Hmmm - was a trifle exciting this morning and no we're not done yet - expecting another storm front from the continent this evening and overnight.
29-07-2014, 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Patsy
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I hope it doesn't happen Joe - those poor people their flats wrecked .....
Patsy darlin' - many years ago the council had a big lorry with a hose on the top of a large tank - it was an industrial sized vacuum cleaner that used to suck out and clean all the drains of rotted leaves and all the other detritus that had been washed down the drains. The Council no longer do this, so the drains get quickly blocked particularly at Autumn when all the leaves drop. This is probably what happened yesterday - the drains were partially choked and therefore unable to cope with the vast amounts of water and ice (from the hail stones) and overflowed into the basements of the buildings nearby.
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