General wrote:
"Bogdan Iqbal" wrote in message
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On Monday, October 6, 2014 8:53:57 PM UTC+1, Dawlish wrote:
No-one can predict the coming UK winter with any track record of
accuracy and your friend is, effectively - and he does, in essence
admit this - guessing.

...though I detect a slight cynicism in Mr Malcolm and Mr Dawlish's
reaction.
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It's not cynicism, more a statement of fact.

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May I reassure you that Mr Kasim puts many hours into his work.
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Well, let's hope he enjoys it. But let's not pretend that it makes any
difference to the accuracy of the result.
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......... and let's not discourage someone from making a thoughtful
weather based contribution to this Group. Especially as he himself says
it's not likely to be particularly accurate and is only for fun. The Met
Office don't add that rider to theirs and I doubt they are likely to be
any more accurate!