BBC news item about a white magpie photographed in Pembrokeshire:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68651330
@El Loro posted:BBC news item about a white magpie photographed in Pembrokeshire:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68651330
What a beautiful magpie El 
According to the MyLondon website, the Southern Lights/Aurora Australis will be visible in Scotland tonight 
https://www.mylondon.news/weat...t-place-see-28881183
I'm not aware that the world has suddenly turned upside down 
@El Loro posted:BBC news item about a white magpie photographed in Pembrokeshire:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68651330
gorgeous EL thank you -love it 
night EL slim moonsiieee velvet
A Met Office map
The red area to the north east of the UK is a blocked high pressure system.
The blue area to the west of the the UK is a blocked low pressure system.
The effect of these is to push the jet stream further south than normal.
The result is that the south of the UK will be unsettled until those pressure systems go,
Met Office don't know when this will be. Looks to be long term,
@El Loro posted:A Met Office map
The red area to the north east of the UK is a blocked high pressure system.
The blue area to the west of the the UK is a blocked low pressure system.
The effect of these is to push the jet stream further south than normal.The result is that the south of the UK will be unsettled until those pressure systems go,
Met Office don't know when this will be. Looks to be long term,
So what's blocking those systems?
Someone needs to go and have a word 
@slimfern posted:So what's blocking those systems?
Someone needs to go and have a word
The Met Office article about this:
https://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/...h-in-the-atmosphere/
@El Loro posted:A Met Office map
The red area to the north east of the UK is a blocked high pressure system.
The blue area to the west of the the UK is a blocked low pressure system.
The effect of these is to push the jet stream further south than normal.The result is that the south of the UK will be unsettled until those pressure systems go,
Met Office don't know when this will be. Looks to be long term,
Very interesting El. Thanks you ð
night EL slim moonsiee velvet
@El Loro posted:Good morning everyone
Dry here at present with some blue sky and clouds. Rain forecast to resume shortly,
I hope everyone has a good
Wednesday
Palm Sunday, Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday, Holy Wednesday (or Spy Wednesday re Judas), Shrove Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday (or Black Saturday in the Philippines), Easter Day.
Good in the Old English meaning of holy or pious, for instance as in Good King Wenceslas,
Storm Nelson (named by the Spanish equivalent of the Met Office) hits the south of the UK tomorrow. Yellow wind warning for the most southerly counties. Gust forecast in the 40s in my region.
Met Office's latest long term forecast indicates that weather in the south may start to become more settled in the latter part of April. An improvement over previous long term forecasts 
@El Loro posted:Storm Nelson (named by the Spanish equivalent of the Met Office) hits the south of the UK tomorrow. Yellow wind warning for the most southerly counties. Gust forecast in the 40s in my region.
Met Office's latest long term forecast indicates that weather in the south may start to become more settled in the latter part of April. An improvement over previous long term forecasts
I'm quickly going off the Met office 
Two BBC news articles posted today, the first being:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68674088
and an hour later:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-68464798
@El Loro posted:Two BBC news articles posted today, the first being:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68674088
and an hour later:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-68464798
The water companies should never have been privatised
All that profit that has been shared out between shareholders and the ridiculously high salaries the top knobs in each company get...should have been ploughed back into making our sewerage system capable to cope.
The growth in population and the climate change haven't just happened overnight..
It's a bloody disgrace! 
@slimfern posted:The water companies should never have been privatised
All that profit that has been shared out between shareholders and the ridiculously high salaries the top knobs in each company get...should have been ploughed back into making our sewerage system capable to cope.
The growth in population and the climate change haven't just happened overnight..
It's a bloody disgrace!
You probably heard on the news about sewage spills in England more than doubled since the previous year (heavy rain according to Water UK, the industry body for sewerage companies).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-68665335
That article has an interactive map of England showing spillages. The larger red blobs show the number of times and the total hours during 2023.
@El Loro posted:Two BBC news articles posted today, the first being:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68674088
and an hour later:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-68464798
wow love the super sewer El and not surprised about Ecoli - what is going on - its getting worse
@El Loro posted:You probably heard on the news about sewage spills in England more than doubled since the previous year (heavy rain according to Water UK, the industry body for sewerage companies).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-68665335
That article has an interactive map of England showing spillages. The larger red blobs show the number of times and the total hours during 2023.
The sewage situation is a real worry and problem EL - just down to lack of money and funding probably- thank you EL
The word Maundy comes from the Bible John 13 v 34.
The first recorded Maundy service where the monarch made gifts was back in 1210. At that time, the Bible was in Latin, The verse above in Latin is "Mandatum novum do vobis: ut diligatis invicem: sicut dilexi vos, ut et vos diligatis invicem". Maundy coming from mandatum. In English that's "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another."
Just to say ... I've got a 1838 maundy silver 2 pence
@El Loro posted:Good morning everyone
The weather here at present is sunny but there's already been over 6mm of rain this morning and the forecast for the rest of the day is very unsettled and gusts in the 40s, Rain though, not snow.
I hope everyone has a good day
It snowed in South Wales this morning ðŪðŪ
@El Loro posted:The word Maundy comes from the Bible John 13 v 34.
The first recorded Maundy service where the monarch made gifts was back in 1210. At that time, the Bible was in Latin, The verse above in Latin is "Mandatum novum do vobis: ut diligatis invicem: sicut dilexi vos, ut et vos diligatis invicem". Maundy coming from mandatum. In English that's "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another."
A more palatable sentiment El than in verses 13:14â17, Christ instructs His disciples: If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
@slimfern posted:
A more palatable sentiment El than in verses 13:14â17, Christ instructs His disciples: If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
That still takes place around the world today, Slim on Maundy Thursday. Typically water poured over the feet, then the feet dried with a towel. Symbolic rather than a thorough washing. It's to show that the priest doing that is to serve rather than to be served.
You can find Youtube clips of the popes doing that, and they even kiss the feet afterwards.
@El Loro posted:That still takes place around the world today, Slim on Maundy Thursday. Typically water poured over the feet, then the feet dried with a towel. Symbolic rather than a thorough washing. It's to show that the priest doing that is to serve rather than to be served.
You can find Youtube clips of the popes doing that, and they even kiss the feet afterwards.
@El Loro posted:Two BBC news articles posted today, the first being:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68674088
and an hour later:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-68464798
What do OFWAT do? Feck all. Anybody would think they're in their pockets. They should be up in court too! Government doesn't give a monkey's. Environment Secretary
Thames Water are bust. Taxpayer pick-up. Sure England has the only privatised water in the world.
Hope ALL are A1 
@velvet donkey posted:What do OFWAT do? Feck all. Anybody would think they're in their pockets. They should be up in court too! Government doesn't give a monkey's. Environment Secretary
Thames Water are bust. Taxpayer pick-up. Sure England has the only privatised water in the world.
Hope ALL are A1
You're not kidding...
When they were privatised, water companies had all the debt written off, so they started with zero. Since then, they have borrowed ÂĢ53 billion, much of which has been used to help pay ÂĢ72 billion in dividends. The investment has been made by borrowing and putting it on to customers' bills.