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#11161 Re: Nothing In Particular

Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 4:13 pm
by Mike H
jack wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2020 1:42 pm Just thought that this was cool...

German artist Simon Weckert tricked Google Maps into thinking there was a massive traffic jam by pulling around a cart with 99 smart phones in it...

So, anyone using Google Maps as their GPS route planning system was routed away from the area he was in... Result? Empty roads in the centre of town :D

http://www.simonweckert.com/googlemapshacks.html
That is cool.

But when I saw cart or handcart I was thinking of something the milkman used to use, or a railway porter :D

#11162 Re: Nothing In Particular

Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:00 pm
by IslandPink
More rain on the way - especially for Nick ( Jack ) - see Met office amber warning areas :(

#11163 Re: Nothing In Particular

Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:16 pm
by jack
IslandPink wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:00 pm More rain on the way - especially for Nick ( Jack ) - see Met office amber warning areas :(
50km/h winds and heavy rain forecast on Saturday afternoon onwards...

The ground here is already saturated (we had a big rainstorm last night and heavy showers today)...

The rivers are up to the tops of their banks and there's already a fair chunk of standing water on the roads.

Went down to Hastings this morning - huge heavy seas on the beach and generally grim conditions, so no walk there for the dog... Lots of council workers out in the various dips and hollows of the road on the way back (A21) - all clearing drains...

I went and hid in a very nice cafe in the old part of town... Hanushka is just lovely, (well-behaved) dog friendly (they give you some doggy biscuits if you have a beast with you) and all-round an excellent place to spend an hour hiding from the weather with the hound... Been there several times and it's always good. Highly recommended...
Tilly trying to look cute in order to get another treat...
Tilly trying to look cute in order to get another treat...

#11164 Re: Nothing In Particular

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:21 pm
by IslandPink
Good café yes - we don't have things like that up here !
Looks like I'm in the amber rain warning area too, now. Tomorrow and Sunday.
St. Asaph is likely to take a hit - but a good test of the new flood defences. I have a retired colleague who lives in the most vulnerable bit of St.Asaph, he was evacuated in 2012 - hopefully he will not be in the same situation.

#11165 Re: Nothing In Particular

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 6:46 pm
by Mike H
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#11166 Re: Nothing In Particular

Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 9:21 am
by jack
Bought this in 1969. Been clearing out the loft and there it was: the first semiconductor book I ever bought... Heaven only knows why, 51 years later, there it is... One pound and 5 shillings... Still got its Fablon (remember that?) cover...

Some devices in there are still common... MJE370,MJE520, 2N3702, 2N3819...
IMG_20200215_091535_copy_756x1008.jpg

#11167 Re: Nothing In Particular

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 12:16 am
by IslandPink
Cool !

Bad rain here. Went to St. Asaph earlier to catch up with a friend at the pub, the back road from Denbigh was flooding, even worse on the Trefnant-St.Asaph B-road where it was down to 1 lane in places and they were doing emergency pumping onto the fields. I used the A-road to come back. Just looked out now before bed and it's lashing down and windy.

#11168 Re: Nothing In Particular

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 3:56 pm
by Mike H
jack wrote: Sat Feb 15, 2020 9:21 am Bought this in 1969. Been clearing out the loft and there it was: the first semiconductor book I ever bought... Heaven only knows why, 51 years later, there it is... One pound and 5 shillings... Still got its Fablon (remember that?) cover...

Some devices in there are still common... MJE370,MJE520, 2N3702, 2N3819...

IMG_20200215_091535_copy_756x1008.jpg
O.M.G...

#11169 Re: Nothing In Particular

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:36 pm
by jack
The Environment Agency's flood alert page at https://flood-warning-information.servi ... k/warnings is interesting - does not include Scotland or Wales [which is always underwater anyway]:
615 floods in progress or expected imminently
615 floods in progress or expected imminently

#11170 Re: Nothing In Particular

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 6:13 pm
by IslandPink
Here you go :
Wales_floods16Feb20.JPG
I have some shots from the valley this afternoon, will try & process a couple later.

#11171 Re: Nothing In Particular

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 6:22 pm
by Ali Tait
Scotland comes under SEPA.

#11172 Re: Nothing In Particular

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 6:38 pm
by IslandPink
It certainly has this weekend.

Here's a small shot from this afternoon. This is taken from the Denbigh-Llandyrnog road, which was almost underwater. This is normally all green fields. It's the most water I've seen along here, in the 33 years I've lived here. There were waves lapping up against the grass verge on the other side, like you were at the seaside. The water was pouring through culverts under the road here, I felt a bit vulnerable.
Floods15Feb_small1.jpg

#11173 Re: Nothing In Particular

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 7:23 pm
by Dave the bass
Its been really bad round this way.

The wheelie bin near the chip shop had blown over.

DIET. I'll update about coffee/travel mug warmth tomorrow 'live' en-commute. More news from the cutting edge as its made, over and out ..."DTB, BBC Wether(spoons) corespondent".

#11174 Re: Nothing In Particular

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 9:21 pm
by Dave the bass
Ali Tait wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 6:22 pm Scotland comes under SEPA.
SEPA...Oooo, lemmme guess, hmmmmm.... SEPA.

:idea:

Southern English Punching Association? :)

#11175 Re: Nothing In Particular

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 9:23 pm
by Ali Tait
Plenty flooding up this way too, but also some cold temps-

https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport ... -1-5090046

Mind you, that’s nothing unusual for a Braemar winter.

Was up at my mum’s for the weekend, bit of a dodgy drive over the top, snow gates were closed about an hour later.