On Friday, 7 February 2014 18:03:10 UTC, Joe Egginton wrote:
On 07/02/2014 13:40, Weatherlawyer wrote:

On Friday, 7 February 2014 10:04:47 UTC, Norman wrote:

Graham P Davis wrote:







Somewhat OT although the oceans do influence the weather, as we've seen

this winter.

http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/bumpus



Many moons ago when I was on the Ocean Weather Ships I threw a "message in a

bottle" overboard from Station "Alpha" (62N 33W) in the Denmark Strait. A long

time later (can't remember how long) I got a letter from a fisherman who had

found it on the beach at a place with the wonderful name of Leading Tickles on

the north coast of Newfoundland. The bottle had travelled about 2000 km SW from

where I had thrown it overboard.



In my time on the Weather Ships I probably despatched 50-100 "messages in a

bottle". This was the only response I ever received.



Most of the rest not damaged by other ships etc will be circulating in the Atlantic garbage patch or consigned where the sargasso ends up.





Walked out this morning

Don't believe what I saw

A hundred billion bottles

Washed up on the shore

Seems I'm not alone at being alone

A hundred billion castaways

Looking for a home

When I got my sample results from Urology, they came in a bottle.