why does everyone think this will be a good year weather wise?

[jpd]

imo it as all the hallmarks of being another 1986

 

[Chae1]

What happened in 1986?

 

[Gerbert]

Define everyone.

 

[jpd]

Define everyone.

my farming friends and acquaintances

 

[jpd]

What happened in 1986?

it rained all summer
it was the last time hay was relied upon for feed in this country

 

[jpd]

im having chicken tonight
in case anyone asks

 

[Chae1]

im having chicken tonight
in case anyone asks

Did you have chicken in 1986?

 

[Gerbert]

my farming friends and acquaintances

You might wanna ask them then.

 

[jpd]

no
but its chicken tonight

 

[yin ewe]

it rained all summer
it was the last time hay was relied upon for feed in this country

That's probably why there are not the same fodder shortages now, need a weeks good weather for hay whereas a dry day and you can have it in a black turd. Can remember dad having 'hay' lying for 6 weeks that year, couldn't even use it for bedding.

 

[7610 super q]

Every summer is going to be another 1976. It never is.
Every winter is going to be a 1963/4. It never is.

 

[DeeGee]

Every summer is going to be another 1976. It never is.
Every winter is going to be a 1963/4. It never is.

Yes, the media are always predicting extremes. By far the worst of the lot is the Daily Express, which predicts every winter is going to be ‘the coldest for decades with bitterly cold arctic conditions and temperatures plummeting below zero.......’ They are actually becoming a joke newspaper with their monotonously boring sensational weather headlines.

PS Sorry to be sad and pedantic but the bad winter was 1962/63, and started on Boxing Day 1962. Being about six at the time I just about remember it. I think some of the worst hit parts of the country that winter were Devon, Cornwall and the south west? Others will no doubt remember more than I can.

 

[jpd]

i shud have said 1985
the year of the moving statues

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

What happened in 1986?

think he means 1985,

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

i shud have said 1985
the year of the moving statues

you should get a 1 year out T shirt off KB for that lol

 

[7610 super q]

1986 / 87 / 88 weren't much better either. We were growing soft fruit in those days. It was a struggle. We' d even spent a fortune building an irrigation pond after the dry summers of 1983/4.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Because it will be, weather is always good.
I'd despair if I lived somewhere wi no weather

How f**king boring would that be?
What would we moan about if it didn't get dry and it never got wet?

 

[anzani]

PS Sorry to be sad and pedantic but the bad winter was 1962/63, and started on Boxing Day 1962. Being about six at the time I just about remember it. I think some of the worst hit parts of the country that winter were Devon, Cornwall and the south west? Others will no doubt remember more than I can.

Memorable as having to walk to school, 2foot snowfall and in SHORT trousers

 

[bobk]

Forecast is shite after next week .

 

[jpd]

Forecast is shite after next week .

it begins