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Old 29 January 2014, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by f1_fan
They have Jonathan Powell, a crackpot weather forecaster who has been discredited by every meteorologist out there, spouting forth all the time and they print whatever he says!
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Let me guess, he is a climate change sceptic to
Old 29 January 2014, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by f1_fan
And here they go again:

The snow and ice they were predicting just a day or two ago is now off the menu and today's front page headline is

'Vicious 48 hour storm on the way - gales and a deluge to bring more misery'

FFS!!!!
We're all doomed with this global warming/climate change/global cooling or what ever it is they are calling it this week.

Me, i'll be putting on a decent jacket and a hat with a pair of gloves like I've always done rather than fly into a mad panic and make for the hills.

I often wonder how other countries view us after seeing the mad hysteria we get into with a bit of snow or some wind?
Old 29 January 2014, 10:43 AM
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I'm off out to buy 20 loaves of bread and 15 pints of milk.....just in case.....
Old 29 January 2014, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by jonc
I'm off out to buy 20 loaves of bread and 15 pints of milk.....just in case.....
I need to do that, as there will be that case. I've been informed that it already snowed here outside this evening. It's all gone for now, but It will be back. I can feel it coming.
Old 30 January 2014, 10:06 PM
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Don't forget the 150mph winds.....

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature...-rain-and-SNOW
Old 30 January 2014, 10:10 PM
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Sorry, the APOCALYPTIC 150mph KILLER winds to be exact.

So a bit breezy basically.
Old 30 January 2014, 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Moley_WRX
Sorry, the APOCALYPTIC 150mph KILLER winds to be exact.

So a bit breezy basically.
lol, I love the fact they have not just used the word Apocalyptic but they have done it it caps along with Killer and Snow.

******* sickens me to see sensationalist dung like this.
Old 30 January 2014, 10:50 PM
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Seriously, Tesco ran out of Danish bread tonight due to the frenzy caused by the media. I had to do with some other expensive make of Danish. Aldi didn't have enough on its shelves either.
Old 30 January 2014, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Turbohot
Seriously, Tesco ran out of Danish bread tonight due to the frenzy caused by the media. I had to do with some other expensive make of Danish. Aldi didn't have enough on its shelves either.
What do you expect when the media are causing a frenzy with their Apocalyptic headlines.
Old 30 January 2014, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by RA Dunk
What do you expect when the media are causing a frenzy with their Apocalyptic headlines.
I know, Dunk.

Mind you, it's very, very cold tonight. It is still winter after all, I understand.
Old 30 January 2014, 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by RA Dunk
lol, I love the fact they have not just used the word Apocalyptic but they have done it it caps along with Killer and Snow.

******* sickens me to see sensationalist dung like this.
It's almost like we need a government backed enquiry into the press and their ethics isn't it?
Old 30 January 2014, 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by f1_fan
It's almost like we need a government backed enquiry into the press and their ethics isn't it?
Why do you care so much about what the Daily Express says?
Old 30 January 2014, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Martin2005
Why do you care so much about what the Daily Express says?
Because quite simply it's all lies designed to do nothing more than scare people and as a fully signed up active member of Hacked Off I enjoy pointing out what scum the press are for the most part and they rarely let me down! The Express's obsession with the weather is one of the more trivial travesties they indulge in so at least we can laugh at them a bit along the way! I guess it beats hacking dead girl's phones and driving people to suicide!

Please don't start defending the Express. I can just about take your love affair with the mainstream politicians, but this lot are in a different league altogether.

You know what, I really cannot understand why you feel the need to take the opposite view of whatever anyone says in here. I swear if someone said the sky was blue you'd pop up and try and tell us all it's green.... very odd
Old 30 January 2014, 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by f1_fan
Because quite simply it's all lies designed to do nothing more than scare people and as a fully signed up active member of Hacked Off I enjoy pointing out what scum the press are for the most part and they rarely let me down! The Express's obsession with the weather is one of the more trivial travesties they indulge in so at least we can laugh at them a bit along the way! I guess it beats hacking dead girl's phones and driving people to suicide!

Please don't start defending the Express. I can just about take your love affair with the mainstream politicians, but this lot are in a different league altogether.

You know what, I really cannot understand why you feel the need to take the opposite view of whatever anyone says in here. I swear if someone said the sky was blue you'd pop up and try and tell us all it's green.... very odd
Oppsite view? I'm not even close to defending the Express, it's an odious publication. I'm just not going to get all hot under the collar over something that has about as much credibility as the Chuckle Brothers.

You've just had your usual comprehension malfunction
Old 30 January 2014, 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Martin2005
Oppsite view? I'm not even close to defending the Express, it's an odious publication. I'm just not going to get all hot under the collar over something that has about as much credibility as the Chuckle Brothers
Fair enough, but I am. Let's leave it there!
Old 01 February 2014, 11:32 AM
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"Storms to last until spring - another month of storm hell"..... more front page weather nonsense from the Express
Old 01 February 2014, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by f1_fan
"Storms to last until spring - another month of storm hell"..... more front page weather nonsense from the Express

Oh dear...!!!

Massive tides and waves here; just cleared a load of rocks and large branches off the road. It will be much worse tonight...
Old 01 February 2014, 11:48 AM
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Dare I ask why you keep reading the Express bearing in mind your previous comments.

For the record I don't read that particular publication so I'm not going to defend it in any shape or form.

Nik.

Originally Posted by f1_fan
"Storms to last until spring - another month of storm hell"..... more front page weather nonsense from the Express
Old 01 February 2014, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by nik52wrx
Dare I ask why you keep reading the Express bearing in mind your previous comments.

For the record I don't read that particular publication so I'm not going to defend it in any shape or form.

Nik.
I don't, the front pages of all the papers are on the front page of the BBC news site which is where I started noticing this trend. As said it amuses me as it is one of the more trivial travesties the scum that are the majority of the British press get up to. As a Hacked Off supporter I like to keep an eye on what untruths they are peddling from day to day seeing as Cameron has failed to regulate them as he promised he would!
Old 03 February 2014, 10:01 AM
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Today's front page.... "72 hours of storm hell to come"
Old 03 February 2014, 10:21 AM
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Don't forget that even the buses are being swept away too!
Old 03 February 2014, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by LSherratt
Don't forget that even the buses are being swept away too!
LOL, wish someone would sweep the Express away!
Old 04 February 2014, 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by f1_fan
Today's front page.... "72 hours of storm hell to come"
TBH for last 6 hours it's been howling like hell with winds out there. I need to sleep but the rackkit outside won't let me sleep. 66 hours to go.
Old 05 February 2014, 07:22 AM
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Crazy weather here in Cornwall!
Old 05 February 2014, 07:31 AM
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Most express readers will be hunkered down in their £250,000 semi detached properties.
Old 05 February 2014, 10:24 AM
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I think you're all sort of missing the point. It's winter and there are storms like there are every winter, but it is the Express's obsession with the weather and the mixture of over exaggeration of a genuine forecast with the frankly looney forecasts from their in house meteorological marvel all of which get splattered across the front page every other day that makes me laugh/cry! It's not news, it's sensationalist nonsense!
Old 05 February 2014, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by f1_fan
I think you're all sort of missing the point. It's winter and there are storms like there are every winter, but it is the Express's obsession with the weather and the mixture of over exaggeration of a genuine forecast with the frankly looney forecasts from their in house meteorological marvel all of which get splattered across the front page every other day that makes me laugh/cry! It's not news, it's sensationalist nonsense!
You still got your winter snow tyres on motor?
Old 05 February 2014, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Turbohot
TBH for last 6 hours it's been howling like hell with winds out there. I need to sleep but the rackkit outside won't let me sleep. 66 hours to go.
Howling winds,perfect to turn out the lights,have a few candles burning,and watch a scary movie...
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Originally Posted by jonc
You still got your winter snow tyres on motor?
Probably got chains on.
Old 05 February 2014, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by jonc
You still got your winter snow tyres on motor?
I have never had snow tyres, I do have winter tyres though and yes they are on because the ambient temperature is currently generally less than .... oh never mind, can't be ar5ed


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