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    After the storm

    24 hours later still no power, road still blocked by fallen trees. The winds brought down a telephone pole so no phone and internet, BT on the ball as usual with fix not scheduled for over a week
    Me, me, me...

    #2
    It has finally stopped raining down south. And I managed to try out Google Sky Map last night, and it was lucky timing for a break in the clouds as it turned out. Augmented reality works really well and this app gave my Android sensors a nice test, which they passed with flying colours. I was wondering what those two stars were, Castor and Pollux, but couldn't make out the rest of Gemini's stars.

    Is your anemometer broken?

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      #3
      Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
      24 hours later still no power, road still blocked by fallen trees. The winds brought down a telephone pole so no phone and internet, BT on the ball as usual with fix not scheduled for over a week
      I presume you live outside the M25

      DA in "feeling smug" mode
      Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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        #4
        Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
        It has finally stopped raining down south. And I managed to try out Google Sky Map last night, and it was lucky timing for a break in the clouds as it turned out. Augmented reality works really well and this app gave my Android sensors a nice test, which they passed with flying colours. I was wondering what those two stars were, Castor and Pollux, but couldn't make out the rest of Gemini's stars.

        Is your anemometer broken?
        The weather station stopped transmitting a week ago, haven't been able to get it back for replacement or repair.
        Me, me, me...

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          #5
          Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
          The weather station stopped transmitting a week ago, haven't been able to get it back for replacement or repair.
          Have you tried rolling the batteries like you have to with the TV remote?

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            #6
            It's been very windy here, but nothing like as bad as Scotland.
            I had to go on a trek yesterday as our bin blew off down the road. The nerdy neighbours solar panels were making alarming noises and I was half expecting them to be gone this a.m.



            (\__/)
            (>'.'<)
            ("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to Work

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              #7
              Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
              The weather station stopped transmitting a week ago, haven't been able to get it back for replacement or repair.
              Maybe now that you've put your toe in the water using a cheap weather station there's something on the market more suited to surviving a Scottish winter?

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                #8
                Lost the top 20 feet off one of the fir trees in our garden, snapped almost cleanly through. Will have to get the bow saw out and climb up about 20 feet to do some tree doctoring.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
                  Maybe now that you've put your toe in the water using a cheap weather station there's something on the market more suited to surviving a Scottish winter?
                  When I was on St Kilda, we put a new tracking radar on top of mountain. The MOD ordered an American radome because the British ones were nowhere near robust or durable enough for the harsh conditions.
                  So the yanks turned up with 'their goddam fckng-A cksucking mfcker ARCTIC tested radome. Goddam shtkicking Brits need to understand that we got twelve of these mfckers at the goddam north pole'

                  First storm we had it shredded then blew off into the Atlantic




                  It's wild up there


                  (\__/)
                  (>'.'<)
                  ("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to Work

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                    #10
                    Cliphead have you ever thought of moving to at least 20 miles of the next house?
                    What happens in General, stays in General.
                    You know what they say about assumptions!

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