I've noticed that since the last cold snap has passed, the ratio of mods to plebs is reaching worrying levels . It's amazing how the forum can be buzzing with 400 people one week then barely have 25 users the next. It's odd how we float around in life, caught up in something exciting for while, then drift off to something else.It's been a bleedin boring week so far. I've been trying to get the accounts back up to date - I hadn't touched them since January. Also had to work for the past two
well, I am now completely over my cold, but have found the reason why I've STILL been feeling very tired and a bit queezy!!! Yep, you guessed it...the Roo is going to have a Mini-Roo!!! Completely unexpected, but I am feeling great (apart from the fact that I feel completely on another planet....maybe my brain is already shrinking????). Andrew is very happy too, although it has to be said that we're both looking a little shell shocked at the mo! Actually the funniest reaction was my mum who w
well the Roo-meister has got a cold....and not one of the occasional sniff and the odd cough variety...ohhhh noooooooo! This is of the raging fever, two days in bed, hacking your guts up and sneezing variety....courtesy of Andrew's niece.....I knew I shouldn't have spent time with the common in laws last week.....conclusive proof it's bad for me health!Anyway, having coughed and spluttered through the last two days, I haven't really done a lot apart from watch loads of telly and sleep....even en
Today got off on the wrong foot.Why oh why do people insist in sitting in the outside lane of a motorway or dual carriageway doing 5mph while there is absolutely nothing in the inside lane? I can't think of many things more infuriating I much prefer the American way where you can overtake in any lane. When I mention this, most people seem to think it's much more dangerous. It's not though, it's actually safer. People have to have much better spacial awareness, they need to keep a better w
Well, I though I would get off my posterior and give some dosh to the kind folks at net-weather, it's the least I can do for filling up their servers with irrelevant gibberish for the last couple of months.You won't find anything too juicy, incase I make myself identifyable to any of my customers or worse still colleagues (yeah, like giving away the car you drive when it's rare isn't stupid enough already!).Well, about me. I'm 26, young I suppose, though I feel old to be honest! I work with
Visited Plymouth Uni yesterday, lots of new buildings and lots of building work, the attractions were nice though. I'm a big Weymouth fan so the hoe and the harbour were big plus points. I've just got to make my mind up now.I see everyone is so interested in these blogs that I've had lots of comments .Still a bit of snow on the tops here, havn't had a good snowfall shower for a while now although we'll see this weekend. After that, Spring must surely be here which means only one thing - Rain!H
well, here we are...back at Roo blog central awaiting with baited breath the pearls of wisdom....sorry ducks, pearls of wisdom is off, as always...so what has the Roo-ster been up to recently....well after blowing the penguin to 30 million smithereens, this weeks has been pretty quiet in comparison. Went to visit the common inlaws (oh, how I love that phrase...worth not getting married for!) which was the usual free for all and fixed grin affair (that's me with the fixed grin).....then went to w
Been having a great day on here!!! snow this morning, which was very nice, and then an afternoon of gooning lunacy with A Daft Penguin and the Goon Squad reforming to splat said Awfully Dangerous Pingu!!!Wonder if the joke has sunk in yet? Probably not, but we await to see whether they have as good a sense of humour about the raid as OON did....And if you haven't got a clue what I'm talking about then you probably have never looked at the Serious Discussion threads!!!Oh well! what a good friday.
well today has been another odd day in Snorbens weather....woke this morning to coldish, but damp conditions, then around lunchtime it started coming down with little bits of snow, and has been on and off ever since...nothing layed until it got dark, but now it certainly is!But the fantastic thing was, the snow during the day, was the most perfect crystalline snow I've ever seen....each flake was a little beautiful six pointed fella and none stuck together, each flake was individual and beautifu
I haven't done this for a couple of days, so thought I'd better get my backside in gear and get on with it....woke this morning to another covering of snow (went and scooped up large quantities of it for my indoor-azalea Archie, who very much hates our nasty tap water!) and had a little paddle about outdoors in my big warm coat, scarf and gloves! Of course, by now all snow has gone again, but it is almost getting to the point where, when I open the curtains in the morning, I expect snow!Anyway,
Went to Reading Uni to have a look around on Thursday, nice place. Wasn't feeling to well though. The Meteorology building looked well equipped and newly furnished.Ended up in hospital yesterday not feeling to well. My pulse was quite high and was dehydrated after stomach problems and vomitting. After getting the OK from a blood sample and a bag of saline solution later, I was feeling a lot better and managed to log on here and check the weather for the first time since Wednesday.
yippee...end of the week is here and miraculously it's been snowing for most of the day: have woken up to snow for the last 3 days, which is kinda odd!Am off out with my friend and her new boyf tonight....we are going to be the dry run, to see if he's acceptable to be introduced to all her other friends!!! Poor love, she's such a sweetie and sooo nervous about this kind of thing...I'm keeping my fingers crossed it'll be an OK night...should be, but then again you never quite know, do you? But, a
well today after waking up to an inch or snow this morning, it's all melted and gone slushy....But that hasn't stopped it snowing all morning, even though it was wet rather than cold....And I had to go out in it! NASTY! Even more nasty because the reason for going out was to visit the dentist to have a filling!!!......so now half my face is numb, I haven't been able to have lunch and all the snow is gone....and I'm feeling pretty sorry for myself!Roll on summer, I say....could do with some nice
Well today I quit smoking! According to my clock it is now exactly 15 hours and 23 minutes since I had my last cigarette........SO WHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE 3 YEARS AGO??????!!!No...I am fine...I can do this....really...I can.....maybe.....HELP!Better again...I have patches you know....and an inhalator....and lozenges.....BUT THE ONE THING I DON'T HAVE IS A CIGGIE......OH WHAT I WOULD DO FOR A SMOKE RIGHT NOW....no I can do this....Pros: I won't die as quicklyI won't smell like an ashtrayI will have
well another mad afternoon on the forum is rapidly developing.....and it all started with OON...yet again! After a failed mission to kidnap his sheep last night and the prospect of more snow today, I guess it was kinda inevitable really wasn't it???? Oh well.... roll on summer!Anyway, on another topic completely, I forgot to mention about part of my weekend....it involves a big hawk and the M40. Confused? well you're obviously not a bird person then!!!No, seriously, they have reintroduced Red Ki
went into London this morning and froze! The wind is biting...and apart from a few flakes of snow last night and this morning (which were gone before the poor little dears even knew they had left the clouds) nothing...Had a great weekend...went to my best friend's housewarming which was great fun...started at 3pm, ended at 3am; Excellent!!! Great time was had by all.....and I didn't even manage to get too trolleyed either so didn't have the 'hangover from hell experience'....yayayayayay! Maybe a
Today was the day christened Christmas by Burnley FC fans across the world. We were to take on Blackburn Rovers on home soil. Roads were closed, police everywhere and a few aeroplanes with banners attached.I had butterflies in my stomach all morning and was only made worse when a plane flew over with the words "Up the Clarets" attached.The game started, very scrappy, Blackburn (apologies for swearing), started well to the annoyance of the Burnley faithful, tackles flying everywhere and Lilly Sav
well, after all the silliness of last night I had to spend the first part of today stitching my sides back together....I then moved on to looking at 32 very small and nasty pieces of Irish prehistoric pottery, followed by typing 36 foreign addresses into a database for work....what fun, eh?After cleaning the flat, doing the washing and watching something I had recorded the other night, back on here to be faced with ghosts, archways and monks! I sense another night of lunacy imminent......Anyway,
I been a keen weather enthusiast and i always try and pick a good day to have a family BBQ. Invariably it always is windy, wet, snowing - you name it but the weather is never at its best. None of this says much for my forecasting skills!!However, i thought I would share some BBQ tales and a recipe.Memorable BBQ No 1My dad being the keen BBQ man says it doesn't matter what the weather is like, you can still enjoy a BBQ. One christmas In the late 1970's my dad and I were outside in the snow!!!!
Now, for anyone who is not already absolutely sick of the topic: sheds!............no, please come back.....don't go...I didn't mean it.....really! anyway, had a fun day today playing around with photoshop and getting the battle plans drawn up for the mission tonight (if you don't know what I'm talking about...then go check out the threads!)....Commander MM0NDX seems to have everything under control and has a capable side kick with Gunner Squits...I am sure they will be successful and OON's sh
hello all...haven't done this for a day or so (work has this irritating habit of getting in the way of all my fun!)...spent yesterday downloading maps from the internet for my other half......every continent, country and significant state has now been downloaded in outline form, ready to be played about with and then uploaded onto the malaria chairty site...and today, I spent 10am-4.30pm in meetings.......arrghhhhhhh! anyone who has ever sat on a committee will know exactly how I feel...and the
Well quite a busy time in 3rd year University, fiddling around with postgraduate applications and the like, but I still have some time to mess around on Net-weather, play Half-Life 2 and Doom 3, etc.My parents are coming up next weekend- should be good!My personal weather summary for January 2005 will be coming very soon, and also for a couple of the earlier months of 2004.Some people are already ramping up this weekend's cold snap. If it comes off it will probably be easily the biggest event o
it's cold and windy here, and apart from a bit of wet snow last night we haven't had anything else....valentine's day today....got given a lovely weather book by my other half (I think he realises this is my new thing!) lots of pics of extreme weather, types of clouds, etc. Excellent!Having a nice meal tonight, which will be nice...and a posh bottle of red too! Yum!been into London today and braved the half term traffic with all the kids...managed to keep away from the British Museum though...wh
