Another pointless thread

A terrible event, that must have rocked the city. I hope none of you knew any of the dead or injured. Funnily enough though, I was reading a John McGarrigle poem just the other day. A sad loss.

Barrie - I enjoyed the link, it made me laugh!

I do not know anyone, but the last two years Margaret and Julie have gone to Glasgow for there birthdays in December. They have gone to the pub to meet a friend from East Kilbride. They are due to go again in two weeks. Makes you think!

And to sort of add to it - the train crash in NYC - well I've also travelled on that line going into Grand Central

The thing about the Clutha Vaults is that is a tiny pub, the 120 or so people in it must have been jam packed, shoulder to shoulder. I'm amazed the death toll wasn't closer to 120. Oh, and I'm off to NYC on Boxing Day.

Have a good safe trip Ken.

As some will remember, I now have a vintage moped that I'm renovating.




So in celebration of the wheels going back in the frame (nothing else), here's a CLICKY LINK, enjoy and remember...

What make is it?

I think I dislike strong winds even more than I dislike snow.
My son is currently experience force 11 winds, we are due force 9 later.

I hope the sea defences all work, since it is combined with a spring tide, and we are well below sea level.

It will be a test of His Nibs' fencing skills if nothing else.

If you are below sea level you have nothing to worry about. By definition the sea can't get higher than sea level!

But in case my logic is flawed I recommend the tried and tested method of sticking something into a dyke.

It won't make any difference but is good fun.

Is that from experience gained fitting bathrooms

More learned from a misplaced childhood. And adulthood!

I don't think you need to worry. The sea has decided to spend the night in Musselburgh.

Thunder lightning and hail to add to the fun.

It's called the Sint storm here, since the Dutch celebrate Sinterklaas this evening. I'm not sure how Piet will cope on the roofs tonight. No doubt I'll hear if he made it or not from the grandkids tomorrow.
We don't celebrate Sinterklaas, they go to their Dutch family for that, and then get Christmas too!

Good luck to those of you on the east coast - I hope the surge is not as dramatic as they are predicting.

All the barriers here are closed, the dijk watch is active. Provided they hold we will be fine - we're actually a long way inland but very low lying.

My son should be safe on his ship, and hopefully his nearly-ex's house, which faces the harbour wall, will remain dry. She is currently sailing to Sint Maarten on a beautiful tall ship so has no worries about such things.

I'm following his town on a webcam.

When the weather is like this I'm glad I'm in the Netherlands to be honest, with all it's sea defences. At least they invested in that after 1953.

Found myself a little emotional last night. If there was one great man in our lifetime, it was Mandela. RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgcTvoWjZJU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Completely agree Pentaxophile.

The BBC going completely OTT on the news has dampened that emotion somewhat however.
Listening to Radio 4 last night I was told four times in the space of 6 minutes that he had died, Book at Bedtime was cancelled and it went straight to World Service where they told us exactly the same thing yet again. The Today programme this morning was the same - 95% Nelson Mandela and maybe 1% on the flooding in the UK.

+1 - a great statesman, leader, politician etc... makes all those yobs shouting away in the British Parliament yesterday look pathetic, on both sides of the house. Gwyn - agree with your comment. Somehow I think Mandela would have covered his own death somewhat less hysterically.

RIP, you deserve it.