tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post6632199970913628939..comments2024-01-22T20:47:55.482-08:00Comments on SherWords: Weather WarningsSherwood Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575868746160608731noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-59876693038159888632010-07-14T22:40:09.754-07:002010-07-14T22:40:09.754-07:00Where e'er we go we celebrate the land that ma...<i>Where e'er we go we celebrate the land that made us refugees.</i><br />-- the Pogues, <i>Thousands Are Sailing</i>Sherwood Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575868746160608731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-597986590419565792010-07-14T17:44:07.037-07:002010-07-14T17:44:07.037-07:00Nobody expects the POTATO BLIGHT!
Oh, wait - I gu...Nobody expects the POTATO BLIGHT!<br /><br />Oh, wait - I guess they do now.<br /><br />Too bad they didn't have this service in the 1800s. Of course, Canada and the US would be poorer for it now, as it turns out...ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-85424965186070907922010-07-11T15:51:00.293-07:002010-07-11T15:51:00.293-07:00We sometimes get interesting marine forecasts here...We sometimes get interesting marine forecasts here. <br /><br /> Not much of a window of opportunity to look after the spraying!Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12726740154167156916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-60859677561623592262010-07-07T01:14:45.500-07:002010-07-07T01:14:45.500-07:00Xtreme English:
But then this would never have ha...Xtreme English:<br /><br />But then this would never have happened (jump forward to EXACTLY one minute in for example):<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBos2YV9bJg<br /><br />...then go back and watch the whole thing if you'd like. Less than two minutes but highly educational.<br /><br />:-)<br /><br />Cloudy with a chance of riots out here.<br /><br />:-(<br /><br />Hey Dad, when you retire are you gonna keep showing up to the planetarium every September to UNretire, ala Bret Farve?Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556701860150800510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-26120554995492436642010-07-04T19:21:47.005-07:002010-07-04T19:21:47.005-07:00There would have had to be an additional warning i...There would have had to be an additional warning in the 1840's, M.E., something along the lines of:<br /><br /><i> And don't expect any help from your rich neighbours across the Irish Sea, no matter how much you've given them in the way of taxes, tribute, and blood.</i><br /><br />A worthwhile thing to remember on this fourth of July, I think.Sherwood Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575868746160608731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-78371913229445375422010-07-04T16:12:05.019-07:002010-07-04T16:12:05.019-07:00what a handy weather service!! if only it had been...what a handy weather service!! if only it had been operating in the 19th century, i could still be living in the auld sod!!Xtreme Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07536661018563937509noreply@blogger.com