sidewinder Posted June 26, 2018 Report Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, mjazzg said: Heatwave confirmed. No rain in Manchester!! Official Northern definition - No rain in Manchester plus no rain Leeds/Bradford.. Not a comfortable night’s sleep, with worse to come ! Edited June 26, 2018 by sidewinder Quote
Royal Oak Posted June 26, 2018 Report Posted June 26, 2018 We'll be talking about the Summer of 1976 before long. Another utterly glorious day in Manchester today Quote
Royal Oak Posted June 26, 2018 Report Posted June 26, 2018 3 hours ago, jlhoots said: Hot & dry!! So, you're in Manchester then? Quote
Royal Oak Posted June 27, 2018 Report Posted June 27, 2018 Was just about to post that Sidewinder. Sounds fairly grim, described on Manchester Evening News website as the "biggest fire in living memory" Quote
BillF Posted June 27, 2018 Report Posted June 27, 2018 I checked out the evacuated area on Street View. Very recently built. The locals say that moorland fires are almost a yearly occurrence, though not as serious as this, of course. Just another case of present-day house building in areas (cf. flood plains) that the "ancients" in their wisdom wouldn't touch? Quote
Royal Oak Posted June 27, 2018 Report Posted June 27, 2018 Manchester bus drivers complaining at not allowed to wear shorts is now a Manchester Evening News headline. Quote
BillF Posted June 27, 2018 Report Posted June 27, 2018 1 hour ago, rdavenport said: Manchester bus drivers complaining at not allowed to wear shorts is now a Manchester Evening News headline. I should think not! Quote
BillF Posted June 28, 2018 Report Posted June 28, 2018 This morning's Stagecoach driver was suitably shorted, so perhaps the battle has been fought and won. Quote
Brad Posted June 28, 2018 Report Posted June 28, 2018 Saturday through next Friday are going to be dreadful in the Northeast US: in the 90s. Quote
sidewinder Posted June 28, 2018 Report Posted June 28, 2018 On 27/06/2018 at 5:20 PM, rdavenport said: Was just about to post that Sidewinder. Sounds fairly grim, described on Manchester Evening News website as the "biggest fire in living memory" Biggest fire since ‘The Crazy World of Arthur Brown’. Incredible weather we are having down here - just too bad that work coincides with it.. Quote
Royal Oak Posted June 28, 2018 Report Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, BillF said: This morning's Stagecoach driver was suitably shorted, so perhaps the battle has been fought and won. A victory for common sense! We've been allowed to wear shorts at work this week too, first time in my 31 years of work. Still boiling in Manchester btw Edited June 28, 2018 by rdavenport Quote
BillF Posted June 28, 2018 Report Posted June 28, 2018 Now Winter Hill's burning as well, so we're ringed by fire! Now playing: Quote
BillF Posted June 28, 2018 Report Posted June 28, 2018 2 hours ago, sidewinder said: Biggest fire since ‘The Crazy World of Arthur Brown’. Apropos of nothing in particular: Arthur Brown went to the same school as me, as did The Magnificent Goldberg. I knew Arthur Brown at school, but didn't know Goldberg. Just thought you'd like to know. Quote
sidewinder Posted June 28, 2018 Report Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) Arthur Brown and Ed Dipple..(but not MG) Pretty amazing ! incidentally - that AB ‘Fire’ performance when broadcast on Top Of The Pops (1967/68?) scared the beejeesus out of me, back in the day Edited June 28, 2018 by sidewinder Quote
BillF Posted June 29, 2018 Report Posted June 29, 2018 9 hours ago, sidewinder said: Arthur Brown and Ed Dipple..(but not MG) Pretty amazing ! incidentally - that AB ‘Fire’ performance when broadcast on Top Of The Pops (1967/68?) scared the beejeesus out of me, back in the day Ed Dipple was a few years later - university, not school (along with Brian Priestley). Now playing: Quote
Royal Oak Posted July 7, 2018 Report Posted July 7, 2018 Still shmokin' hot here in Manchester. Still allowed to wear shorts at work, England still in the World Cup. We have entered a parallel universe Quote
erwbol Posted July 7, 2018 Report Posted July 7, 2018 8 minutes ago, rdavenport said: Still shmokin' hot here in Manchester. Still allowed to wear shorts at work, England still in the World Cup. We have entered a parallel universe One where the Belgians become world champions before the Dutch. Quote
JohnS Posted July 8, 2018 Report Posted July 8, 2018 Even the usually cooling sea breeze here is hot. Quote
sidewinder Posted July 8, 2018 Report Posted July 8, 2018 3 hours ago, JohnS said: Even the usually cooling sea breeze here is hot. Almost unbearable here ! Quote
erwbol Posted July 8, 2018 Report Posted July 8, 2018 No rain here for ages and none on the horizon. In the forest some tree's leaves are turning yellow and falling to the ground. Not good. Quote
soulpope Posted July 8, 2018 Report Posted July 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, erwbol said: No rain here for ages and none on the horizon. In the forest some tree's leaves are turning yellow and falling to the ground. Not good. Same situation all over Vienna since last week .... looks more like late September ..... Quote
Royal Oak Posted July 8, 2018 Report Posted July 8, 2018 (edited) My red Acer palmatum has been dropping odd leaves for a couple of weeks now, which has never happened before. Fortunately, a fairly mature specimen, so I think he'll make it. Edited July 8, 2018 by rdavenport Quote
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