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Post by thehartshillbadger on Dec 10, 2022 22:50:25 GMT
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Post by felonious on Dec 11, 2022 10:14:11 GMT
Don't quote the Sun Badge you'll lose all the credibility you've amassed....
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Post by somersetstokie on Dec 11, 2022 10:27:19 GMT
Don't quote the Sun Badge you'll lose all the credibility you've amassed.... I personally hate the Weather reports based on the Daily Express Versions, and their derivatives. They always seem to exagerrate or sensationalise a weather non story. Each winter they must have a dozen or more dire predictions of heavy snowfalls that never actually happen, as these things seemingly sell newspapers. I will also see a headline such as "Massive Snowstorms to hit Somerset", and then when you read on they will say that if conditions are right, then there might be isolated strong snow flurries on higher ground over Exmoor. Which is rather different than the headline. All a literary "storm in a teacup" in fact! Can any knowledgeable Stokies tell me where the "Storm in a teacup" saying originated? Maybe from reading the tea leaves? |
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Post by cerebralstokie on Dec 11, 2022 10:31:29 GMT
I live 10 minutes drive from Ringway. There was 1 cm. of snow, if that. Absolute disgrace.
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Post by somersetstokie on Dec 11, 2022 10:37:21 GMT
I live 10 minutes drive from Ringway. There was 1 cm. of snow, if that. Absolute disgrace. To be fair, that's probably enough to trap a Sunderland FA Cup team in their hotel!  |
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Post by Northy on Dec 12, 2022 9:11:09 GMT
I live 10 minutes drive from Ringway. There was 1 cm. of snow, if that. Absolute disgrace. when you are coming into land at 150 mph, you want a decent surface to land on don't you ? These cars aren't trying to move much, they just are sliding along, the roads had been gritted twice in the night but the snow just came so quick www.facebook.com/reel/540190074668877/?group_id=678901795475743&s=group |
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Post by andystokey on Dec 12, 2022 9:26:00 GMT
Don't quote the Sun Badge you'll lose all the credibility you've amassed.... I personally hate the Weather reports based on the Daily Express Versions, and their derivatives. They always seem to exagerrate or sensationalise a weather non story. Each winter they must have a dozen or more dire predictions of heavy snowfalls that never actually happen, as these things seemingly sell newspapers. I will also see a headline such as "Massive Snowstorms to hit Somerset", and then when you read on they will say that if conditions are right, then there might be isolated strong snow flurries on higher ground over Exmoor. Which is rather different than the headline. All a literary "storm in a teacup" in fact! Can any knowledgeable Stokies tell me where the "Storm in a teacup" saying originate? Maybe from reading the tea leaves? I do like a good derivation, the English ones are usually seafaring but this seems to be one that Boris might have guessed as originally attributed to Cicero. idiomorigins.org/origin/storm-in-a-teacup |
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Post by raythesailor on Dec 12, 2022 10:47:02 GMT
Breaking News: Snow fell yesterday evening in London and the South East.!!
The Govt to hold crisis talks. 🤨🤪
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