Only a bit OT and ideal for Christmas ;-)

Noticed a "Weather Observation Kit" on 50% off sale for GBP 5.00 at
Sainsburys today.

It's got a basic anemometer, rain guage thermometer, record book etc.

Supposed to be OK for 8+

Might be a good little stocking filler

"Neil" wrote in message
...
Only a bit OT and ideal for Christmas ;-)
Noticed a "Weather Observation Kit" on 50% off sale for GBP 5.00 at
Sainsburys today.
It's got a basic anemometer, rain guage thermometer, record book etc.
Supposed to be OK for 8+
Might be a good little stocking filler

.... yes, noticed these in Woolies in Windsor as well; you never know
with something like this - might start off a career in atmospheric
physics! My interest was sparked by a Christmas present of the
'Observer's Book of Weather' when I was (I think) 10 years old.

Martin.

"Martin Rowley" wrote:
"Neil" wrote :

Only a bit OT and ideal for Christmas ;-)
Noticed a "Weather Observation Kit" on 50% off sale for GBP 5.00 at
Sainsburys today.
It's got a basic anemometer, rain guage thermometer, record book etc.
Supposed to be OK for 8+
Might be a good little stocking filler

... yes, noticed these in Woolies in Windsor as well; you never know with
something like this - might start off a career in atmospheric physics! My
interest was sparked by a Christmas present of the 'Observer's Book of
Weather' when I was (I think) 10 years old.

Ha! Beat you. I got the same book as a present for being a good
little boy at the dentist's. I was in Mr Brown's class so I must have
been 9. But I was already cutting the weather map out of the
Daily Express. Still got them too, as I discovered when I moved.
(Iris Says: "Who's wants a little anorak?")

Philip

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote

Ha! Beat you. I got the same book as a present for being a good
little boy at the dentist's. I was in Mr Brown's class so I must have
been 9. But I was already cutting the weather map out of the
Daily Express. Still got them too, as I discovered when I moved.
(Iris Says: "Who's wants a little anorak?")

.... my 'collection' was based on the Daily Telegraph: each month's set
of charts was carefully folded and stored in a standard envelope;
unfortunately, I don't have them anymore.

Martin. (another anorak ... first 'screen' a tatty box with holes
drilled in the side attached to the rear/north-facing wall of our
house!)

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In article ,
Martin Rowley m
writes:
My interest was sparked by a Christmas present of the
'Observer's Book of Weather' when I was (I think) 10 years old.

I think I bought my own copy. I now have three different editions,
though it might be truer to say three different books, as each new
version seems to have been written starting completely from scratch.
--
John Hall
"Sir, I have found you an argument;
but I am not obliged to find you an understanding."
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

Philip Eden wrote:

"Martin Rowley" wrote:
"Neil" wrote :

Only a bit OT and ideal for Christmas ;-)
Noticed a "Weather Observation Kit" on 50% off sale for GBP 5.00 at
Sainsburys today.
It's got a basic anemometer, rain guage thermometer, record book etc.
Supposed to be OK for 8+
Might be a good little stocking filler

... yes, noticed these in Woolies in Windsor as well; you never know with
something like this - might start off a career in atmospheric physics! My
interest was sparked by a Christmas present of the 'Observer's Book of
Weather' when I was (I think) 10 years old.

Ha! Beat you. I got the same book as a present for being a good
little boy at the dentist's. I was in Mr Brown's class so I must have
been 9. But I was already cutting the weather map out of the
Daily Express. Still got them too, as I discovered when I moved.
(Iris Says: "Who's wants a little anorak?")

Philip

I got mine for my 11th birthday, followed just over 2 years later by
the Air Ministry Meteorological Office Observers Handbook (Price £1 1s
0d) for Christmas. (Both of which I still have).

Graham
Penzance

On 16 Dec 2006 11:15:26 -0800, "Graham Easterling"
wrote:

I got mine for my 11th birthday, followed just over 2 years later by
the Air Ministry Meteorological Office Observers Handbook (Price £1 1s
0d) for Christmas. (Both of which I still have).

My 'OBOTW' is long gone but I still have a 1952 'Observers Handbook',
(12s 6d) also a Christmas present. We had a very good geography master
and he generated my interest.

Another book I had was 'The Drama of the Weather' by Sir Napier Shaw.
This took a highly romantic approach to weather processes and I think
was written before frontal theory had been fully developed.

By my right hand, as I type, is 'Climate and the British Scene' which is
an essential read.

--
Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather
Some walks and treks:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/walks

In article ,
Alan White writes:
By my right hand, as I type, is 'Climate and the British Scene' which is
an essential read.

Absolutely. If I'm allowed one weather/climate book to take to my desert
island, that will be the one.
--
John Hall
"Sir, I have found you an argument;
but I am not obliged to find you an understanding."
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

No, beat you both!

I got the "Ladybird" book of weather when I was 7 or 8 , can't quite
remember which!


"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
...

"Martin Rowley" wrote:
"Neil" wrote :

Only a bit OT and ideal for Christmas ;-)
Noticed a "Weather Observation Kit" on 50% off sale for GBP 5.00 at
Sainsburys today.
It's got a basic anemometer, rain guage thermometer, record book etc.
Supposed to be OK for 8+
Might be a good little stocking filler

... yes, noticed these in Woolies in Windsor as well; you never know with
something like this - might start off a career in atmospheric physics! My
interest was sparked by a Christmas present of the 'Observer's Book of
Weather' when I was (I think) 10 years old.

Ha! Beat you. I got the same book as a present for being a good
little boy at the dentist's. I was in Mr Brown's class so I must have
been 9. But I was already cutting the weather map out of the
Daily Express. Still got them too, as I discovered when I moved.
(Iris Says: "Who's wants a little anorak?")

Philip