Grumpy Owl Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 Check out this patronising propaganda from Birmingham City Council, even the NHS is now offering advice for cold weather! How on earth did people cope when it got REALLY cold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macnamara Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 It's gey cauld where i'm at! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Owl Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Macnamara said: It's gey cauld where i'm at! This is nothing, even to a 'soft midlander' like myself! I did find it interesting how the NHS presents the 'direct effects' of winter weather as being very similar to effects encountered from receiving vaccine jabs. But then again, people who choose to dress like it is still summer will more likely expect those kinds of consequences. I've got my big coat and some warm jumpers, so I'm perfectly fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sickofallthebollocks Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 4 hours ago, Grumpy Owl said: Check out this patronising propaganda from Birmingham City Council, even the NHS is now offering advice for cold weather! How on earth did people cope when it got REALLY cold? I'm sure Wim Hoff will have a word or two to say to the national 'health' 'service' about all this cold being bad for you business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmaxxxx Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Grumpy Owl said: This is nothing, even to a 'soft midlander' like myself! I did find it interesting how the NHS presents the 'direct effects' of winter weather as being very similar to effects encountered from receiving vaccine jabs. But then again, people who choose to dress like it is still summer will more likely expect those kinds of consequences. I've got my big coat and some warm jumpers, so I'm perfectly fine. yeah spot on bro throw on the cromby scarf if needed everything is pure scare tactics even bit of hail rain or thunderstorms pure hysteria in todays society 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakwise Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 On 6/2/2021 at 8:35 PM, Grumpy Owl said: it is surprising that some people need to be told this, like they can't work out for themselves why it gets hot during the summer, and cold during the winter. Thank you mate. Been saying it for years. I'm really quite exasperated with people. It makes me want to become a misanthropic hermit. I really do have a dislike for people now. And I know that's politically incorrect for some of you i.e. can't be seen to be hating on humanity. But that really is the truth of how I feel - and I thought we were meant to be valuing truth above all things? I'm done with the whole shebang. I'll be leaving this realm very soon, never to return. I mean, if I get to the spirit realm and someone says to me, 'Fancy another go on Earth?' I'll be like no way mate. You can shove it where the sun dun shine. That's how much I loathe this place (curses on it all). Some of you will say, 'Ah but that's what the elite want you to think'. I say: No it's not. They want me to love this place so I keep coming back for more punishment. Why would I be so invested when I know full well this is just a temporary thing; why would I willingly submit myself to this little earth game? I'm a fucking infinite being, after all. Well fuck you all and your pathetic little games. I'm through with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy64 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 well not really surprising its cold in winter considering the amount of heat absorbed by the ground and other objects per sq meter compared to july. London receives 0.52 and 4.74 kWh/m2 per day in December and July, respectively https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_the_United_Kingdom if the sun dims we are fucked no amount of taxes or renewable technology will save us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saved Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 21 hours ago, Grumpy Owl said: Check out this patronising propaganda from Birmingham City Council, even the NHS is now offering advice for cold weather! How on earth did people cope when it got REALLY cold? 1981 in Wolverhampton, we went to school with snow up to our knees even in April. No heating in the school (frozen pipes) and so we were permitted to wear our coats. Only a few people could afford gas central heating, but I preferred my nan's house anyway because she had a coal fire and it would be great to just sit and watch the flames and the waft of smoke from Players no6 forming interesting shapes through the light. I believe it went down to minus 28 in places (Shrewsbury for one) and broke numerous records at the time. We just got the hell on with it. Everybody did. My grandad, if still alive, would just tell everybody to fuck the fuck off if they annoyed him. He used to play Father Christmas in the village, going around on a sleigh and giving out gifts to the kids in December. My dad told me how one Christmas a couple of kids started dicking about around the horses and so he told them that they were little cunts that should fuck off. Fancy Father Christmas saying that to you, lol. That was a man who saw his friends blown to pieces in muddy trenches and took no prisoners when it came to fools. There are not many left from that generation. To see Captain Tom doing his thing made me bloody sick. My grandad would have seen right through that charade and called him out for what he was. I think I get my bullshit detector from him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarianF Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 On 7/31/2021 at 8:07 PM, itsnotallrightjack said: Hotter than Australia? When Europe talks about heatwaves, I think of Marble Bar... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-01/marble-bar-christmas-hottest-town-australia/100731946 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Owl Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 (edited) OK, so today here in the UK, we've had our first decent summer day so far, temps here in Birmingham topped out at about 30C, while apparently some places reached 32C. And now, on the BBC News homepage, there is a whole 'section': I mean, this is nothing, it has of course been much hotter here in the past. But the media are carrying on like this is some 'record-breaking' new phenomenon, and of course, its all being pinned on 'climate change'. Remember 1976 anyone? Or at least do you remember 2018? https://thegrumpyowl.co.uk/2018/07/08/feeling-hot-hot-hot/ Edited June 17, 2022 by Grumpy Owl 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddsnsods Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Putins fault. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k_j_evans Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Gordon Bennet! Be odd if UK wasn't hotter than Australia right now as it is winter down there. And 23 C isn't very hot (that's what it is here). Should have been around in Summer 1976, when I was looking after some of the horses on their way to Montreal Olympics, or 1949. No blood clots then, but we started work an hour early and had 2 hours at lunch time as it was too hot to work outdoors otherwise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k_j_evans Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Grumpy Owl said: OK, so today here in the UK, we've had our first decent summer day so far, temps here in Birmingham topped out at about 30C, while apparently some places reached 32C. And now, on the BBC News homepage, there is a whole 'section': I mean, this is nothing, it has of course been much hotter here in the past. But the media are carrying on like this is some 'record-breaking' new phenomenon, and of course, its all being pinned on 'climate change'. Remember 1976 anyone? Or at least do you remember 2018? https://thegrumpyowl.co.uk/2018/07/08/feeling-hot-hot-hot/ I don't remember 2018 being particularly hot here. 1976 was hot. We went and jumped in a nearby lake at lunch times as it was too hot to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Owl Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 Good grief... Met Office issues verdict on UK being 'set for four heatwaves' as exact dates announced Quote Another FOUR heatwaves could hit the UK with 28C sunshine this summer, according to forecasts. Leon Brown, from The Weather Company, based in the US, told the Mail on Sunday more heatwaves are en route. He said: "More heatwaves imported from the Continent to the UK are forecast this summer, each reaching at least 28C – and likely higher – and each lasting several days." One will take place in late July, while two takes place in August, with a fourth reportedly set for SEPTEMBER. "We should see well into the 30s – 36C would not be at all surprising", he claimed. From: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/met-office-issues-verdict-uk-24269074 Well this is certainly unprecedented, because I really cannot fathom out why temperatures in the UK occasionally rise into the high 20s and even into the 30s, during the middle of summer through July and August. Must be because of 'climate change' or something like that, or maybe its the Russians. In fact, now I stop and think about this, actually it does get quite hot at this time of the year... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Facts Sir Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Yeah it's climate change alright....from spring to summer....crazy stuff....and it happens every year at the same time... All fixed if you ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaujangles Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 On 6/17/2022 at 5:55 PM, k_j_evans said: I don't remember 2018 being particularly hot here. 1976 was hot. We went and jumped in a nearby lake at lunch times as it was too hot to work. Couple of interesting websites here... Long before Greta was born...LOL: "The decade of the 1950s brought the Chicago area some of its hottest summers of record, landing four in the top ten warmest-1955, 1959, 1953 and 1954. The 1955 summer ranks as the city’s all-time warmest dating back to 1871 with an average temperature of 76.4, buoyed by the city’s warmest July (81.3 degrees) and third warmest August (78.7 degrees). The decade also placed five years in the top ten with the most days of 90-degrees or higher- 1955 (46), 1953 (42), 1959 (39), 1952 (38) and 1954(36). When considering the city’s longest heat waves, the city has logged four 11- day runs of 90-degrees or higher, all of them in the 1950s." https://wgntv.com/weather/the-hot-summers-of-1954-1955-and-1956/ https://stacker.com/stories/4345/what-summer-weather-was-year-you-were-born Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Owl Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 Now this is a new one... Exact hour heatwave will be hottest announced by Met Office - with Birmingham warmer than Sahara Quote The exact hour Birmingham faces roasting 36C temperatures during the sweltering heatwave has been announced by the Met Office. Tuesday next week brings with it 36C highs by 4pm, forecasters are warning. The mercury will be above 35C from 1pm that day. Birmingham will be hotter than the Sahara as it sizzles in the heat early next week, forecasters say. From: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/exact-hour-heatwave-hottest-announced-24496016 Just curious if readers of any other local Reach Plc owned news websites get the same overuse of the word "exact" in their headlines? Anyway, the Sahara itself covers a very large area, so you could pick out any one of the 'cooler' areas and claim that somewhere else is 'hotter'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Facts Sir Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 On 7/15/2022 at 4:17 PM, Grumpy Owl said: Just curious if readers of any other local Reach Plc owned news websites get the same overuse of the word "exact" in their headlines? Yes, exact... (.....) same wording. Just replace Birmingham with your local town/city of choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddsnsods Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Is the Great Barrier Reef HEALING itself? Scientists record highest coral cover in 36 years - but warn global warming could jeopardise recovery https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11081233/Great-Barrier-Reef-highest-coral-cover-36-years.html Rather than admit they were full of shit all along,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observations Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 On 6/17/2022 at 10:54 PM, k_j_evans said: Gordon Bennet! Be odd if UK wasn't hotter than Australia right now as it is winter down there. And 23 C isn't very hot (that's what it is here). Should have been around in Summer 1976, when I was looking after some of the horses on their way to Montreal Olympics, or 1949. No blood clots then, but we started work an hour early and had 2 hours at lunch time as it was too hot to work outdoors otherwise. I love saying Gordon Bennet! It's strangely satisfying, and so very British ☺ I'd like to hear some more of your experience, including the horses for the Olympics, but do stop going on about the past; you're spoiling the narrative. Get yourself a short memory? And while we're at it you sound like you're anti climate change malarky. People could die. I'm kidding, of course. Turned on the weater forecast, which I rarely do. First thing I heard was climate change ... unusually warm for the time of year. Give me a break. I still call that an Indian summer. On 6/17/2022 at 8:28 PM, Grumpy Owl said: I mean, this is nothing, it has of course been much hotter here in the past. But the media are carrying on like this is some 'record-breaking' new phenomenon, and of course, its all being pinned on 'climate change'. Remember 1976 anyone? Or at least do you remember 2018? https://thegrumpyowl.co.uk/2018/07/08/feeling-hot-hot-hot/ On 6/17/2022 at 10:55 PM, k_j_evans said: I don't remember 2018 being particularly hot here. 1976 was hot. We went and jumped in a nearby lake at lunch times as it was too hot to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Owl Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 From one extreme to the other, now we hav 'warnings' being issued about 'cold weather'... UK weather: Met Office warns of below freezing temperatures Quote The Met Office has warned severe cold weather is set to hit the UK this week, with overnight temperatures plummeting to -6C (21F) in places. Snow is likely in northern Scotland, although temperatures will be low enough to make it a possibility anywhere in the country. Frost and ice are also expected. People are being urged to use their heating, despite rising energy prices, and to look out for people who are especially vulnerable. From: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63857912 Must be climate change, can't think of any reason why it might get cold in the UK in December... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Finally back to normal temps it has been unusually cold this winter, spring and start of summer but yesterday it was 36 C where I am , today it is 10.33am and is 37 c and expected to reach 38 (I've been out mowing this morning just finished) and tomorrow it is expected to reach 38c again before the temps start to drop off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Crabtree Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 (edited) On 6/2/2021 at 8:35 PM, Grumpy Owl said: While it is very clear that modern journalism is catering for a very 'dumbed down' population, one only has to look at the way that 'weather news' gets reported in local media to see just how low we have now gotten. Take for example the following from my local Birmingham Mail today: UK weather hits 27C with heatwave now set to last for two weeks according to forecasts From: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/uk-weather-hits-27c-heatwave-20724873 My emphasis in bold. Really? Oh dear me, this is terrible! Strangely enough, it is surprising that some people need to be told this, like they can't work out for themselves why it gets hot during the summer, and cold during the winter. Do we really need 'experts' to be telling us this? Experts warn that hot weather "could last until autumn" And the reason why the UK is hotter than Australia right now? Umm, I wonder if it is due to it being winter down there? Maybe @peter would be able to confirm this astonishing fact for us? On the one hand, I shake my head at this patronising garbage being spouted out from our own Met Office, which is then dutifully 'parroted' by all local mainstream media news outlets - they only do this for 'clickbait' for ad revenues. But you can also then see how this is being subliminally used to forment this 'climate change' narrative. Here in Birmingham, we topped out today at a very pleasant 25C, before the clouds came over. But the use of vocabulary like "roasting" is used to just exaggerate things, and just wait and see what they roll out when we hit highs of over 30C come July. In my 45 years of existence, it always gets warm and occasionally 'hot' during the summer. And equally it gets cold and icy during the winter months. For me, its the same thing repeated every year. I KNOW what to expect. I don't find it surprising at all. But it is sad that so many people do. A picture from Brum in the 70's / 80's? when P.C. was just a copper, we worked on a wall at the back of the garage and those lads were lovely blokes! I think it was on the Moseley Road? but it was about forty or fifty years ago, so I'm not really too sure now! Now of course this would be considered racist, but, back then it was called 'Having a laugh'! Edited December 8, 2022 by Mr Crabtree 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Owl Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 When I started this topic last year, I lamented about how the weather was reported in the local media was a reflection on how people have been 'dumbed down'. It's not just the local media, now even the BBC has a 'current thing' section on its News homepage: Most people now seem unable to work out for themselves what is happening, and now desperately 'need' the media to tell them what to think. Of course, this all ties in nicely with what's been building up over the last few months: energy price rises, the "cost of living crisis", Liz Truss' "reckless" Budget causing interest rates to rise etc. The same media that is relentlessly telling everyone that no-one has any money to spend and can't afford anything, also collaborates with big retailers and brand names to urge them to spend money on 'hacks' and gadgets/devices that will 'save them money'. People are being frightened by the media into being afraid or fearful of things that occur naturally, ie the weather. And people are easily fearful of things they don't understand. The fact that so many people don't understand how weather works has to be very concerning, and goes to show that the 'dumbing-down' techniques employed over the last few decades are proving to be quite successful. When I was a child, some forty-odd years ago now, people were warned about the dangers of trying to walk on frozen pools/lakes/rivers - the ice could crack and you'd fall into freezing cold water and would probably die. Yet here we are in December 2022, and the top story on the BBC News site is the tragedy that three young boys have died after walking on an icy lake. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-63944005 Seems not much has changed since I was their age... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheConsultant Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Pretty much. Slowly but surely been watching this expand at the top of news websites 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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