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I went outside for a walk, and got a bit wet, and it was rather windy, so I guess yes.
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Just the media building it up, and the Met Office overreacting again - so they can't be called to task over it like Fish was in the '87 one. Now that was a storm (for Britain, anyway). I made a small fortune while the electricity was out for a week (playing three card brag against the landlord of my local hostilery1).
1 It's like a "hostelry" but with an angry landlord.
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English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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I agree (media blowing it up ) mind you I slept through the one in the eighties, I'm in Surrey and apart from the odd tree down its all a bit disappointing - where's the fire and brimstone ?
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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I just went for a stroll and saw precisely ten trees down -- two of which have fallen on houses, and two on cars, in less than 1km (I'd had enough by the time I'd gone about 400m).
Not a good day for a cycling race.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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we're having a storm? an actual one? I thought it was just hype for another tv show, jeepers what we are having here wouldnt be noticed in countries that actually do get storms
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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In the Three Bridges area where we live in Crawley there have been a number of leaves blown about and around the station a few puddles forced traffic to drive around them; a squirrel was bitching about a bad hair day. That's about as frightening as it gets.
Our council, gaw'd bless 'em, decided it was was too dangerous to send the refuse trucks out this morning. Funny thing is, the traffic wardens (Ticketing Machines) were seen doing the rounds. Funny that, eh?
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Talk about overreacting - I've ridden motorbikes in MUCH worse weather than this, can't believe my train operator is not running any trains until at least 9.00am - so that means 11.00am its not even raining for f***s sake !!!
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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So have I - this is pretty trivial from what I can see on TV. (We had a load of rain, but no wind to speak of at all - most of the leaves are still on the damn trees)
It's raining here though - which means the cat has just come in soaking wet to be dried (and if I don't do it well enough he slaps my feet until he is satisfied). Then he went straight back out in it... 
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English doesn't borrow from other languages.
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Is your cat a female ?
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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No, he's a small black and white neutered male. And he rules the house with a iron paw!
In his mind, anyhow. If he developed an opposable thumb I'd be worried, but...
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English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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pkfox wrote: can't believe my train operator is not running any trains until at least 9.00am
Isn't that so they can find out all the blockages on the tracks and clear them?
Call me old mr cautious if you like, but I think it is probably best to send the special trains down all the lines to find the trees on them rather than just hurtling trains full of commuters everywhere and then just responding each one of them derails.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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Here's a good one from this morning, a pool of water a metre deep completely covering the road directly outside Anglian Water's head office, because the drains have failed... iiiiiiiiiironyyyyyyy.
The worst part? The idiots trying to drive through it.
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
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phannon86 wrote: The idiots trying to drive through it.
How to do it properly, by "Our Boys In Blue"[^]
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English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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Funny enough on the other side of said road is the Cambridgeshire Police HQ, completely covering their only way in/out...
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
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I like how they just get out of the transporter and start pushing like nothing special happened. I guess in my whereabouts they would get off and be standing around wondering what they should do 
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Two years ago, Scotland was being battered by 110MPH winds and the news reported that London was being battered by 40MPH winds. Not a mention of Scotland. The only reason this "storm" is being hyped up is because it's hitting the homes of the news presenters.
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And mine - it was so bad earlier I had to turn my wipers on.
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Your house has wipers? Lazy divil. Get out there and clean those windows yourself.
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I gave my windscreen a quick wash with the wipers. It was filthy, darling, positively speckled with bits of muck. One of our kitties is playing outside and the other two are on the bed so it's business as usual. I was sent home to work as we have a power cut at t'office.
I do hope the squirrels are well.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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My neighbour's wheely bin was knocked over - necessitating the operation of stuffing the rubbish back into it and relocating it to a safer location.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Annoyingly not, looking at the news last night it seemed my journey to work may have been disrupted, allowing a welcome lie-in.
Saying that, the train I was on was 2 over hours late, but it arrived pretty well at the time of my usual train. If anything, a bit less crowded than usual.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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I have heard about it, its chucking rain down and that's it. Storm what storm the way they were going on the BBC this morning I was expecting flying cows!
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To protect the man's identity, but ever since Fichael Mish messed up with his assessment in '87, Auntie and the Met Office can be forgiven for taking an ultra cautious approach. In the south-east, they keep taking him off the shelf and sticking him in front of a camera now and again.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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I suppose so, (I remember see the Bristol Suspension Bridge doing the wobbles when I was on holiday in the US). Aunty can be a bit over cautious just a pack train this morning! isn't he on one a Sky channel now.....
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He might be double-timing on Sky but he does appear on Auntie now and then. Perhaps they feel sorry for the old duffer. Our south-east Auntie usually only goes for weather presenters who have big wotsits; not that I'm complaining.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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