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Old February 22nd 16, 12:23 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Richard Dixon[_3_] Richard Dixon[_3_] is offline
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Default How are the mighty fallen!

On Monday, 22 February 2016 12:06:57 UTC, wrote:

I joined the MetO in 1970 straight from skool with A-levels. Easy peasy
interview at Manchester Weather Centre. Wanted to be a forecaster but was
told that one had to 21 years old to do that. I said, no problem and became
an assistant doing obs and plotting charts and making tea. I loved it.


It's just a shame this attitude isn't taken these days. If you've got strong A-level results there's every chance you'll end with a 2-1 or whatever in your degree course.

Richard