tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post4097532849190178835..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: Tie everything downUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-2494819674195951222013-10-26T03:46:15.040-07:002013-10-26T03:46:15.040-07:00Yes, the old country ways are still the best. Goin...Yes, the old country ways are still the best. Going outside on our street means you are more likely to be killed by a cyclist going fast on the pavement in the wrong direction than you are to be hit by falling masonry.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-37650090738115223882013-10-25T21:18:10.304-07:002013-10-25T21:18:10.304-07:00We've come to rely on the old methods of weath...We've come to rely on the old methods of weather prediction...we go outside. And when we want the wind to stop, we go inside. We're brilliant like that. And yet I never thought to share my tips publically as you are now. You are a true humanitarian Tom. Donna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-33414582709435320322013-10-25T14:33:31.331-07:002013-10-25T14:33:31.331-07:00Barry Bucknall!Barry Bucknall!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-87964631606106350962013-10-25T14:32:15.847-07:002013-10-25T14:32:15.847-07:00Still quite gusty though. Don't wear a short ...Still quite gusty though. Don't wear a short skirt.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-18026738736386386192013-10-25T14:31:29.055-07:002013-10-25T14:31:29.055-07:00They're supposed to be dry on the inside, not ...They're supposed to be dry on the inside, not the outside.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-73565747588774173682013-10-25T14:30:48.452-07:002013-10-25T14:30:48.452-07:00I might just do that. Now, what should I call mys...I might just do that. Now, what should I call myself?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-43282073108624748452013-10-25T14:30:16.618-07:002013-10-25T14:30:16.618-07:00I am full of rubbish like that.I am full of rubbish like that.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-12653280786977706262013-10-25T14:29:28.137-07:002013-10-25T14:29:28.137-07:00No, I am not touching the single malt for a while....No, I am not touching the single malt for a while...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-32619140081669152742013-10-25T14:28:44.545-07:002013-10-25T14:28:44.545-07:00Hmm. That might have been a little too entrepreneu...Hmm. That might have been a little too entrepreneurial, or at least to obviously such.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-60455790376780638462013-10-25T14:27:32.165-07:002013-10-25T14:27:32.165-07:00Sounds like my idea of a cosy idyll, just so long ...Sounds like my idea of a cosy idyll, just so long as the cat is in.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-13596065040224058692013-10-25T10:14:47.674-07:002013-10-25T10:14:47.674-07:00The forecast doesn't look too bad for my area,...The forecast doesn't look too bad for my area, maximum of 42mph gusts on Monday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-9738655379631215132013-10-25T10:10:55.854-07:002013-10-25T10:10:55.854-07:00In Wales, replace 'mainland' with 'hil...In Wales, replace 'mainland' with 'hills'. rusty duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238493821002258459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-58775622806111915692013-10-25T09:12:46.672-07:002013-10-25T09:12:46.672-07:00It's pretty bad here already. My waterproof tr...It's pretty bad here already. My waterproof trousers have been doing their MC Hammer impersonation. Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-54866357148827440712013-10-25T07:40:37.292-07:002013-10-25T07:40:37.292-07:00Love the HANDY HINTS section
Perhaps a blog just o...Love the HANDY HINTS section<br />Perhaps a blog just on those<br />Now I'd enjoy thatJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-79920628863510707552013-10-25T07:09:19.381-07:002013-10-25T07:09:19.381-07:00Like that last tip Tom - we might all find it usef...Like that last tip Tom - we might all find it useful next week.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-75746045993299274702013-10-25T06:17:29.253-07:002013-10-25T06:17:29.253-07:00Batten down the hatches and get that single malt o...Batten down the hatches and get that single malt out ..... if it arrives or not, you won't know much about it !!!! XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-67046871089829695702013-10-25T05:21:19.019-07:002013-10-25T05:21:19.019-07:00The evening after the 'Hurricane', I went ...The evening after the 'Hurricane', I went to the pub' with a roofer friend. He ordered 'Champagne all round', and although it was accepted, he received some pretty dubious looks (quite rightly).<br /><br />In the Scottish Isles I believe they say 'If you can't see the mainland, it's raining. If you can see the mainland, it's about to rain'.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-12034962983361409002013-10-25T04:13:26.612-07:002013-10-25T04:13:26.612-07:00sounds like we are in for it then. Top of a hill, ...sounds like we are in for it then. Top of a hill, just 12.5 miles from the sea as the crow flies, siege weather indeed!<br />Plenty of wine and firewood, we'll survive :-)Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003521059890699861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-79995851186228564012013-10-25T03:14:26.846-07:002013-10-25T03:14:26.846-07:00I had to dodge some sheets of corrugated iron here...I had to dodge some sheets of corrugated iron here in Bath once. It almost ended up with Crinkly-Cut pedestrians.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-88811173077353447542013-10-25T03:12:55.355-07:002013-10-25T03:12:55.355-07:00... and if you can't see the seaweed, it's...... and if you can't see the seaweed, it's foggy.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-56576183225139603152013-10-25T02:55:44.309-07:002013-10-25T02:55:44.309-07:00Nice. Thanks for that advice. Though it is more th...Nice. Thanks for that advice. Though it is more the sheets of corrugated iron and eucalyptus limbs we have to avoid around here.<br />I live in a 'four seasons in one day' zone on a corner of the continent and the weather folk often get it wrong. everyone just gets philosophical about it after a while.sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-68203726995489882722013-10-25T02:55:00.346-07:002013-10-25T02:55:00.346-07:00I still prefer the stone method of forecasting, if...I still prefer the stone method of forecasting, if the stone be wet then it's raining etc.....<br />JohnJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13845113520987402425noreply@blogger.com