"Scott W" wrote in message
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On Dec 15, 12:24 am, Richard Dixon wrote:
Some comedic back-peddling and theft of BBC News theme here. What a
farce!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozm2wem7BMo

Richard

An interesting piece on the FT website today about how Swiss hoteliers
are struggling with the effects of a strong currency and mild (so far)
winter. Stephen Bader, a climatologist at Meteo Suisse, said his
employer had learnt to avoid medium, let alone long term, snow
forecasts.
"The weathermen do, however, provide a long range service for
temperatures through to the end of February. In the best tradition of
his breed, Mr Bader clarifies: "This winter, there are no clear
signals; everything is possible."
Which translates to me that nobody can have any clear idea of what
January and February hold. Perhaps the best you can predict is
'average'?


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But 'average' is as much a prediction as 'above average' or 'below
average' and has the same chance of being wrong.

Tom