In article ,
Paul Bartlett writes:
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I do realise the Ultimate Sin of weather observing, and how one may be
easily drawn into the abyss never to see mortal man again - or (of more
importance) ever again to taste the 4.3% fluid of ambrosia.
I am sure the ancient Greeks would have put it better....

Didn't the great Thomas Barker, who kept a record for something like 60
years back in the 18th century, live in Rutland? So you have a lot to
live up to.
--
John Hall

"The covers of this book are too far apart."
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)