In defence of the weatherman
Grandad February 8th, 2007
I know you all thought we were going to have six feet of snow this morning.
So you all booked sick days in advance, or set the alarm for three in the morning to start your journey.
And most of you woke this morning to find no snow!
How do I know? Because I am looking at the traffic cameras on the Web. And they are not showing any snow, apart from Ballinteer.
So you are all cursing the Met Office, and swearing you’ll never believe another forecast again.
But they got it right. It has been snowing here all day. I had to whip out the old Box Brownie Camera, because I love the sight of snow on trees. I had to lash the film through the old chemicals to get them on the web in time, so excuse the quality, but here goes….
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Tsk. It’s Box Brownie, ye oul duffer!
Nice pics though, I’m jealous because we got no snow here in the South East, boo!
Shucks! That’s what I meant to type. The mind works slower than the fingers these days. I’ll correct it, thanks.
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If it’s any consolation, it has just stopped snowing now. Only about one and a half inches. Our dog still hasn’t plucked up the courage to go out for a pee. She must be bursting!!
Up in Belfield we got a whole millimetre of snow – yes, I measured – and I’m psyched because if it keeps snowing like that, in ten months I’ll have enough for a snowball fight!
Dammit – I’ve just discovered the weight of it has snapped the top off a tree I was very fond of. Bugger!!!!!
Grandad,
My grandson Andrew, lives in bitterly cold Chicago.
The other morning at 5 A.M. he saw the snow coming down and drifting in the street. A fun loving kid, on a lark he sent an Email to the Superintendent of schools asking if there would be school that day and in 10 minutes the reply came through. Here it is:
” Andrew, let me explain how I determine whether or not there will be classes. I open my back door and if the dog won’t go out, there is no school. I’ll get back to you.”
The dog wouldn’t go out and there was no school that day.
Nancy
I love it!!!
A sensible Superintendent.
That means there is no school here today?!
your photos are beautiful.
i wouldn’t mind some brownies. with nuts.
Thank you Laurie
Sorry – only one antique Brownie
Yes, Grandad there is no school for you today.You
have all day to keep taking those beautiful photographs.
WAIT! Isn’t it about 8:19 P.M. in Ireland now?
You’re done outside for today. Take some pictures
of your dog inside and let us see her. What’s her
name?
Nancy
I am not going to post another page about her. She’s too big for her boots as it is. I did a page last October!!!