I'm appalled. Again.

[fish]

Lovely words.

[fish]

Manchester!

Only takes a few days of no news for me to fall out of the loop.

What's this about floods in the north of England?
Looks very bad all through such a large area.
I hope you and your family & friends & everyone you know is safe Dave.

[DMt.]

[So far?] the floods haven't reached my immediate vicinity, Fishy, thanks.

The newspapers are screaming about 100mph Winds!! and Even More Rain!! but I ain't buying into it...

[Dahls]

I heard about this as well, and had to call a friend who was in Manchester up until this morning.
He drove from London to Manchester on sunday I think, and flew to Norway today, but hadn't seen much flood.
Maybe (hopefully) you're right about a little media exaggeration.

He has a sort of second home in Manchester you see, goes there maybe 10 times a year.
Old Trafford he calls it.

[fish]

...He has a sort of second home in Manchester you see, goes there maybe 10 times a year.
Old Trafford he calls it.

I hope the ferocity of the storms was less than forecast Dave, and I glad you're out of the way of the flooding.

Hope it stays that way.

[DMt.]

Thanks! So do I, Fish, the flooding isn't that far away.

Lots & lots of dark, rainy days with high winds, too.

[Dahls]

Lots & lots of dark, rainy days with high winds, too.

Sympathize with that, pretty much the same here.

Do hope you stay unharmed by the flood, Dave.

[fish]

Didn't we have Xmas last year?

How come this whole year only took a couple of months to fly by?

And why are all these people in the shops when I want to be there?


Now I've got to help organise a family feast or something similar for Sunday.

I may be AWOL until after it's all done, so I hope everyone has a wonderful Xmas.
Stay cool, or warm, whatever your weather dictates at the moment.
And above all, stay safe.

[DMt.]

Some years back, my Dad said,

"Is it the weekend already? Seems to be coming round every three days..."

Now I [and Fish] know just what he meant.

[Ian]

Merry Christmas to all!

[fish]

Manchester.
WTF

Haven't seen the full details yet of what happened and why, but it does not sound good.

I hope you and your loved ones are unharmed Dave.
Take care.

[Ian]

Just another day in the modern world.

[fish]

Sadly it seems so.
I mean, why target kids ffs?

Here's hoping they can quickly round up all those responsible.

[DMt.]

Sadly it seems so.
I mean, why target kids ffs?

To arouse popular feeling, presumably. Interesting timing, with a General Election two weeks away, no?

Here's hoping they can quickly round up all those responsible.

Yes - all those actually responsible, preferably.

[snaps]

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