On 24/02/2016 13:49, Alan White wrote:
On Wed, 24 Feb 2016 12:21:59 +0000, Graham P Davis
wrote:

So, Wattisham is on top of a Suffolk mountain! ;-)

Yes, at 85m :-)



Memories of Wattisham. The Essex Gliding Club spent a number of winters
there in recent years as our own site would become too wet in winter.
Yes, the airfield is slightly elevated above the surrounding area. Of
course being an active military airfield we were under orders to stop
whenever the hardware came out. Never did see Harry in his Apache
though. We had the luxury of an air conditioned, bomb proof hangar in
which to store our aircraft. Huge airfield, huge runway - the place
always seemed to be in the middle of nowhere (at ground level).

--
George in Swanston, Edinburgh, 580'asl
www.swanstonweather.co.uk
www.eppingweather.co.uk
www.winter1947.co.uk

On Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 2:08:21 PM UTC, Alan White wrote:
On Wed, 24 Feb 2016 04:57:13 -0800 (PST), xmetman
wrote:

Just what have I done to upset you? You seem to object to most of what I posts - if its something I truly am sorry an hope you will accept my apology.

For the record, I don't object to most of what you post. In all my posts
to ukw since 1997, over 4000, I have only responded to eight of your
posts and one of those was to compliment you on a beautiful sunrise
photograph.

You've done nothing at all to upset me so there is absolutely no need
for an apology. However, I seem to have upset you which was never my
intention and if that is the case then I also apologise.

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather

Isn't it nice to see members of this group amicably resolve issues between them - even though there wasn't any issue in the first place!
One of the problems of the internet is that it's easy to misinterpret, something today's generation will find increasingly difficult as social media continues to dominate personal interaction.
Maybe we should set up uk.sci.weather.skype? Honestly, I'm not being serious, it's far too scary a thought.

On Wed, 24 Feb 2016 09:10:30 -0800 (PST)
David Mitchell wrote:


Isn't it nice to see members of this group amicably resolve issues
between them - even though there wasn't any issue in the first place!
One of the problems of the internet is that it's easy to
misinterpret, something today's generation will find increasingly
difficult as social media continues to dominate personal interaction.
Maybe we should set up uk.sci.weather.skype? Honestly, I'm not being
serious, it's far too scary a thought.

Very true; that's why emoticons were invented - so that emotions could
be put across that might not be apparent from the bare text. However,
I've been party to many misunderstandings where people have
misunderstood each other when talking face to face, so I'm afraid that
even uk.sci.weather.skype wouldn't help.

There have been times when I've seen that someone was annoyed so I've
asked them why. They've started a reply and then stopped. I've waited
for them to continue to the point that annoyed them and they've stared
and me, looking angrier still, and eventually blurted out "Well?!" to
which I've had to reply, "Well what?" for I've seen nothing in what
they've said for anyone to get annoyed about. Sometimes, I've asked
them to repeat what the problem was and still I've heard nothing for
them to get sore about. In the end, instead of me cooling them down,
they're mad at me as well.

One example was when someone returned to work after lunch and I could
see they were steaming so, fool that I was, I asked them what was
wrong. The conversation went something like this:

Annoyed person: "I'd gone into a shop and an assistant came over and
said, 'can I help you, sir?'".
[Pregnant pause]
Me: "And?"
AP: "AND WHAT?!"
Me: "Well, what happened to get you annoyed?"
AP: "I'VE TOLD YOU!"
Me: "You mean that you were annoyed because the assistant asked you if
you needed any help?"
AP: "OF COURSE!"
Me: "Sorry, but I still don't get it. I might be annoyed if an
assistant didn't come over to offer help but otherwise I see no
problem."

At this point, again, I think it was a toss-up as to who "AP" was more
annoyed with, the shop-assistant or me. Actually, by that time, I'm
pretty sure it was me.


--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. [Retd meteorologist/programmer]
http://www.scarlet-jade.com/
I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.
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On Wednesday, 24 February 2016 11:06:09 UTC, wrote:
"Alan White" wrote in message
...
Here, -1.1°C at 05:46.

Why do you include Cairngorm (1245m), Aonach Mor (1221m) and Bealach na
Ba (c.620m)?
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Why not, they are in the UK?

Will
--
" Some sects believe that the world was created 5000 years ago. Another sect
believes that it was created in 1910 "
http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm
Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
---------------------------------------------

Although Mullingar (my old home town) and Dublin are definitely not UK!
But what of it, I'm more interested in the statistical information, Bruce, and thank you.

JC