"haaark" wrote in message
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On Sunday, 21 February 2016 16:40:30 UTC, haaark wrote:
I know it's been many years since the DT and ST were real quality
broadsheets. I also know that the circulation of hard copy is in its death
spiral-five years maybe I'd guess before the anachronism of sending
hundreds of tons of newsprint round the country every day comes to an end,
anyone?-and the papers must be haemorrhaging cash.
Phillip Eden's successor at the ST is Peter Stanford,a lightweight waffler
who today came up with a classic.
Talking about the two ways of looking at winter's end, he said that one
way was the end of February, and the other was the astrological
way-i.e.March 21st.
Like almost everybody and his wife these days, he must have a degree.
Did he get it from the University of Glastonbury?

I remember reading-it must be 40 years ago at least- that no weather
forecaster worth his salt would open his mouth without looking out the
window first.
How many forecasters today even have windows?

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Most of the forecasters in the MetO are locked in steel cabinets and are
made of silicon and have a byte at breakfast time.

Will
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" Some sects believe that the world was created 5000 years ago. Another sect
believes that it was created in 1910 "
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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