tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post3288971074635841352..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: Another Weather WindowGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-25038322388654753802015-01-29T15:25:25.343+00:002015-01-29T15:25:25.343+00:00Now you've got me thinking Virginia: quite an ...Now you've got me thinking Virginia: quite an achievement. I can recall at Uni having to answer questions on whether things were art or science. At least then I had the incentive of a degree to spur my thoughts along.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-3505763904896341002015-01-29T15:23:43.297+00:002015-01-29T15:23:43.297+00:00Pauline I never liked the cold (who does?) but as ...Pauline I never liked the cold (who does?) but as a child that was the norm (except in the family living room which was always toastie) and we got on with it. I'm not sure how I'd cope now if I had to do without my centrally-heated luxury in this weather.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-85057446987439107772015-01-29T15:19:36.276+00:002015-01-29T15:19:36.276+00:00Monica I always walked to Prep School ( probably a...Monica I always walked to Prep School ( probably about the same distance as you) but Grammar School was 3 miles away and I cycled unless conditions were impossible.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-39531811344741860072015-01-29T15:16:18.818+00:002015-01-29T15:16:18.818+00:00Red if I had to wait for the sun I'd be houseb...Red if I had to wait for the sun I'd be housebound quite a lot!Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-4642270211048780832015-01-29T15:14:06.206+00:002015-01-29T15:14:06.206+00:00Thank you Sue. Now that I know this was meant for ...Thank you Sue. Now that I know this was meant for the 'Andrew' post I understand.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-16003771022950842952015-01-29T15:13:01.410+00:002015-01-29T15:13:01.410+00:00Carol I've been trying to blog on and off for ...Carol I've been trying to blog on and off for most of the day but the broadband connection is pathetic today.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-5956981121541793682015-01-29T15:11:33.268+00:002015-01-29T15:11:33.268+00:00Norma I was thinking of people now and in the UK p...Norma I was thinking of people now and in the UK particularly. Only once or twice since I've lived on Lewis can I recall serious blizzard conditions and they were several decades ago and, yes, my children seemed to cope better then. I think, perhaps, our expectations of what the authorities could do were less demanding.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-22465855716213717492015-01-29T00:11:41.797+00:002015-01-29T00:11:41.797+00:00You definitely have "the window for travel op...You definitely have "the window for travel opportunity" down to an art, or is it a science for you now????<br />Hope your internet settles down soon.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-71241022713198113702015-01-28T14:09:25.320+00:002015-01-28T14:09:25.320+00:00Thanks for that. Thanks for that. Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-38880488607126608352015-01-28T07:43:11.290+00:002015-01-28T07:43:11.290+00:00I can't recall temperatures at school ever get...I can't recall temperatures at school ever getting anywhere near that Meike. In New Zealand the schools would be closed a lot though because that is a pretty common temperature in the summer there.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-71865452572176420702015-01-28T02:18:19.123+00:002015-01-28T02:18:19.123+00:00I think I was lucky growing up in the tropics. If...I think I was lucky growing up in the tropics. If it was too hot, it simply meant we'd be allowed to go for a swim. I'm glad you made it home through the weather window and hope the internet performs for you.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276284964859313257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-31205475140672095702015-01-27T21:33:44.404+00:002015-01-27T21:33:44.404+00:00"In MY day..." (LOL at you and Frances) ..."In MY day..." (LOL at you and Frances) ... Sometimes I think modern technology makes us more vulnerable to the weather even if, when it does work, it also offers better protection and warnings. (We probably should not forget that there has also been a certain increase in traffic over the past 50 years, though.) - In my childhood, most of the year I had a walk of about 2 km to school. But in the snowy part of winter we got to go by taxi (a big black one much like the classic London style). (We = a bunch of kids living in the same neck of the woods.)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-67228534361576413812015-01-27T20:14:49.073+00:002015-01-27T20:14:49.073+00:00Those of us who live on the mainland have no idea ...Those of us who live on the mainland have no idea of what islanders have to face. You pay for the pleasure of island residency. It's also interesting what we did as younger people and thought nothing of it. Now the sun has to be shining before I go out of the house!!!Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-28926361681492378252015-01-27T19:54:02.607+00:002015-01-27T19:54:02.607+00:00Just x no more just xxx
Just x no more just xxx<br />marshallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15968278770934680335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-948374153347523142015-01-27T18:19:39.640+00:002015-01-27T18:19:39.640+00:00internet been really poor the last week or so. We...internet been really poor the last week or so. Welcome home<br />carleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01413681851223241965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-88392556693961204882015-01-27T18:05:24.535+00:002015-01-27T18:05:24.535+00:00even my kids had to endure walking in a blizzard b...even my kids had to endure walking in a blizzard because our car couldn't get through our half mile road. They took turns carrying their lightweight younger brother through the waist-high snow. So not all today's younger people were spoiled.Nonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08623569563122986528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-17002573668316693382015-01-27T18:04:19.121+00:002015-01-27T18:04:19.121+00:00Good to know you timed your trip just right once m...Good to know you timed your trip just right once more! If I should ever be faced with the decision about a similar trip, I think I'll ask your advice on when to go.<br /><br />When I was still at school, there was a rule about "Hitzefrei" (literally, "heat free"). It said that when the thermometer rose to 28 Celsius at 10.00 in the morning, the last lesson of the morning and all lessons after lunch were cancelled for the day. I don't know how much that was done for our benefit, and how much for our teachers - they surely didn't like the idea of sweating it out in front of a bunch of kids totally apathic from the heat.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-13573765376478610582015-01-27T16:48:06.962+00:002015-01-27T16:48:06.962+00:00Frances I agree. I recall the three mile cycle to ...Frances I agree. I recall the three mile cycle to and from school in the most atrocious of conditions of freezing fog (often smog) where it was difficult to see the hand in front of your face. Then there was the snow which, as you say, you waded through almost to your waist. Hardship is not something we will put up with now and effort - heaven forbid that we should have to make an effort.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-78033404636145214902015-01-27T14:45:52.881+00:002015-01-27T14:45:52.881+00:00Graham, I think we used to be much better at copin...Graham, I think we used to be much better at coping with weather than we are now. I don't recall my school ever closing because of snow. In fact when the school bus broke down some distance from my home, I walked home through thigh high drifts without giving it a thought. I can't have been more than twelve at the time. But....I'm glad your Internet problems are solved. Long may it last.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-92026415198893851432015-01-27T14:37:02.787+00:002015-01-27T14:37:02.787+00:00I'm having a good afternoon so far as the inte...I'm having a good afternoon so far as the internet is concerned YP. <i>Iolaire</i> is the Gaelic for <i>eagle</i>. Baile is town. The Gaelic translates literally as town of the eagle.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-56502305294602082982015-01-27T14:33:01.672+00:002015-01-27T14:33:01.672+00:00I'm having a lucky streak so far as travel is ...I'm having a lucky streak so far as travel is concerned Adrian.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-15770257753784813412015-01-27T13:58:19.040+00:002015-01-27T13:58:19.040+00:00I just watched an old episode of "Coast"...I just watched an old episode of "Coast" which explored the HMY Iolaire Disaster in 1918 and then I noticed the word "Iolaire" appears in your signpost at the top of "Eagleton Notes". What does it mean? (Assuming of course that your internet problems allow you a small blogging window)Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-71858825037337619042015-01-27T13:44:01.202+00:002015-01-27T13:44:01.202+00:00Good to see you made it.Good to see you made it.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.com