South East England & East Anglia Regional Weather Discussion 22/02/14

[john pike]

No he just has dandruff ..... and that's not a valid entry into the snow depth cup either

 

bugger

[Alixzandra]

ah yes, the R8 *drools....* ahem, sorry. A3 is nice. Actually I'm quite fond of all Audis. Got the start stop system in my Cooper S. Switch it off most of the time to be honest, especially around town as it just becomes annoying (sorry Greenpeace). Weather: bit chilly out.

Had a cooper (expensive little blighters) before the Audi, and then a BMW coupe, rear wheel drive, without the traction control enabled was fun for drifting, but useless in any wet/cold weather (as RWD is).  Grew up on a car lot, so a bit of a petrol head  (my dads).  

[Captain Shortwave]

Had a cooper (expensive little blighters) before the Audi, and then a BMW coupe, rear wheel drive, without the traction control enabled was fun for drifting, but useless in any wet/cold weather (as RWD is).  Grew up on a car lot, so a bit of a petrol head  (my dads).  

I can only dream, all I have is a Kia 

Might stay up until past midnight to see whether turning off the street lights reveals anything special. 

[Jax]

Had a cooper (expensive little blighters) before the Audi, and then a BMW coupe, rear wheel drive, without the traction control enabled was fun for drifting, but useless in any wet/cold weather (as RWD is).  Grew up on a car lot, so a bit of a petrol head  (my dads).  

normal person

 

errr have a car

[Jax]

just seen the time and I must go bed

night all

[john pike]

right all

 

going to flick off for now

 

 

goodnight all

 

john

 

may have a peak out late tonight to see if its raining

[Alixzandra]

normal person

 

errr have a car

Sorry Jax for my car rants, went round the top gear track last year in a Ferrari 430 with some pretty fierce wind gusts.  But I digress, 1.7 degrees here currently and off to bed :-)

[Captain Shortwave]

Well lights are off and I can see nothing.

On another note there is frost on the cars outside. Off to bed now. Goodnight

[Tom Jarvis]

Anyone able to see the arura??

[SteveCoops]

Same here - there are still some streetlights on on my street directly North of me so unless I go back out in the car (which I can't be arsed to cos I'm tired and it's freezing out!) I can't see anything. Can't see anything from the back garden either.

 

Very lively weather over Guernsey at the moment on the radar!

Edited February 28, 2014 by SteveCoops

[Wivenswold]

No street lights here and I can't see any sign on the Aurora.

[TheGate]

It got down to 2.0c before the rain arrived, now up to 3.5c so no hill snow

[Charltonkerry]

Morning all, Audis must be to popular, been lucky with my selections must have had about 6 in a row, started with an A4 now progressed to an A7 a beautiful old mans car, only trouble with it is when the rear spoilers up, the police know you have hit 85 mph, mine obviously have never risen from the boot lid. My boy describes the A7 as an armchair on wheels.

Raining hard here in dirty Dartford. Got an horrendous day today, next week, well all I can say is blow it, if I can't get all the work done, then the food industry will be struggling in 2015 and I just hope this summer ain't going to hot. Have a great POETS day, enjoy your weekend, and feel sorry for me on Sunday as I have to go to a wedding fair at Leeds castle, what have I done wrong to deserve that.

[Biggin]

Moderate rain earlier, now lessened a tad. Centre of LP visible here atm http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

[Captain Shortwave]

Light rain here, nothing of note at the moment, no snow (surprise surprise)

[Dipsy]

feel sorry for me on Sunday as I have to go to a wedding fair at Leeds castle, what have I done wrong to deserve that.

That's a shame, Leeds castle is lovely but not for a wedding fair, that's a good day out ruined! 4.5c here, quite bright. Despite living quite close to the mighty Reigate Hill there is no 8 inches of snow!

[Mesoscale]

Is there going to be a big blizzard later? I feel like I am stuck in groundhog day, to be fair I probably will step in a huge puddle if I go outside as its been so wet recently!!

I have not been very active recently as I have been trying to sort out my work situation and my living situation, Southampton City council are demanding I pay £1000 council tax by tomorrow! Which is fun considering I make less than 10% of that a month because of the 0 hour contract I am on with my work not giving out much work because its getting near the end of their budget term. I am going to ring them up and beg them to give me a full reduction considering I have no money and I don't even live in the same county any more. I am a private candidate which doesn't mean anything if you owe tax apparently! 

Edited February 28, 2014 by Mesoscale

[Lauren]

Funnily enough we're considering getting an A3 or new Mazda 3.

[Biggin]

Is there going to be a big blizzard later? I feel like I am stuck in groundhog day, to be fair I probably will step in a huge puddle if I go outside as its been so wet recently!!

I have not been very active recently as I have been trying to sort out my work situation and my living situation, Southampton City council are demanding I pay £1000 council tax by tomorrow! Which is fun considering I make less than 10% of that a month because of the 0 hour contract I am on with my work not giving out much work because its getting near the end of their budget term. I am going to ring them up and beg them to give me a full reduction considering I have no money and I don't even live in the same county any more. I am a private candidate which doesn't mean anything if you owe tax apparently! 

. Also contact CAB.

 

Brightening up here for a while atm

 

Edited for giving naff info

Edited February 28, 2014 by Biggin

[abruzzi spur]

Is there going to be a big blizzard later? I feel like I am stuck in groundhog day, to be fair I probably will step in a huge puddle if I go outside as its been so wet recently!!

I have not been very active recently as I have been trying to sort out my work situation and my living situation, Southampton City council are demanding I pay £1000 council tax by tomorrow! Which is fun considering I make less than 10% of that a month because of the 0 hour contract I am on with my work not giving out much work because its getting near the end of their budget term. I am going to ring them up and beg them to give me a full reduction considering I have no money and I don't even live in the same county any more. I am a private candidate which doesn't mean anything if you owe tax apparently! 

Meso, try really hard not to let a judgment be entered against you.  If you can come to an instalment arrangement then go for it, but try to make sure the arrangement is not on the basis that they can immediately enter judgment against you if you default. Get some help from the CAB or an Advice Centre.  If you have a judgment entered this is bad news as will damage your credit rating for years to come. 

 

AS

[legrandefromage]

cold and dry here. No Aurorararoarroa last night. I've seen it twice as far south as this, the first time back in 1990 when it was visible as far south as northern Italy.

 

As for cars, rear wheel drive is great, 4 wheel drive is better. But front wheel drive is far cheaper to build which is why its the norm for the last 30 years

Edited February 28, 2014 by legrandefromage

[Biggin]

Meso, try really hard not to let a judgment be entered against you. 

 

AS

Er good point as.

[abruzzi spur]

Er good point as.

In fairness Biggin I did go a bit further than that in my post - never good to assume people know stuff, not in my profession anyway!

[legrandefromage]

My proud statement that we will have no lying snow for our region for this winter still stands especially as spring starts tomorrow for the meteorologists 

[Charltonkerry]

That's a shame, Leeds castle is lovely but not for a wedding fair, that's a good day out ruined! 4.5c here, quite bright. Despite living quite close to the mighty Reigate Hill there is no 8 inches of snow!

It's even worse when you might have to make a big contribution to it, why do brides have to have that perfect day, and how come these days the groom father is expect to cough up? Brightening up a bit.