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  • GDB2222
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Well, you might not ... e.g. sockets upstairs could have been blown out... house certainly shook! And, it's what happens next that's the big fear.... dealing with it!

    I've never liked the responsibility/ownership part of house-dwelling :)

    You are insured, so the downside of the storm is quite limited. Just get on with the groin thrusting and forget about the storm. Let your insurers do the worrying. And their reinsurers, and so on.

    It stormed here at about 3AM. I got up because I thought I had left a window open on the top floor. It turned out I was wrong, so I could have stayed in bed, after all.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • GDB2222
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    chewmylegoff wrote: »
    GDB see article on bbc about iOS update:

    Thanks. I'll do that, then. I had avoided iTunes as it is yet another piece of software that I don't need on my PC. But, I may have to give in.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • PasturesNew
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    GDB2222 wrote: »
    On the plus side, maybe the furries have drowned?

    They don't drown .... they swim very well. If in a cataclysmic situation .... see which direction they're fleeing as they're usually good at getting away from danger zones.
  • PasturesNew
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    GDB2222 wrote: »
    You are insured, so the downside of the storm is quite limited. Just get on with the groin thrusting and forget about the storm. Let your insurers do the worrying. And their reinsurers, and so on.
    Easily said, but when one's "alone" in all aspects of realising, dealing with it, getting it sorted, decisions, stress.... just "you", nobody to discuss it with, nobody to give valid input/opinion ... just "you".... things can quickly become overwhelming. There'll be nobody to make a decision, no knight on a white horse.... just you, alone, despairing ... and not where you wish to be.
  • Nikkster
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Easily said, but when one's "alone" in all aspects of realising, dealing with it, getting it sorted, decisions, stress.... just "you", nobody to discuss it with, nobody to give valid input/opinion ... just "you".... things can quickly become overwhelming. There'll be nobody to make a decision, no knight on a white horse.... just you, alone, despairing ... and not where you wish to be.

    :wave:

    Hope the storms pass over quickly PN
  • zagubov
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    Yorkie1 wrote: »
    Can't remember if I've posted this link before; it's to a real-time lightning map
    http://www.lightningmaps.org/realtime?lang=en

    That's really useful. I remember we discussed this before, and it was mentioned that dog's ancestors first appeared in places like Alaska or Yukon or thereabouts, and lightning's rarer the further you go from the equator. Maybe they've no inbuilt tolerance for it.
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  • lostinrates
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    GDB2222 wrote: »
    You are insured, so the downside of the storm is quite limited. Just get on with the groin thrusting and forget about the storm. Let your insurers do the worrying. And their reinsurers, and so on.

    It stormed here at about 3AM. I got up because I thought I had left a window open on the top floor. It turned out I was wrong, so I could have stayed in bed, after all.

    I didn't even think about open windows yesterday, which in retrospect was really foolish.
  • michaels
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    DD1 has been voted house captain at school :)

    I played the Peter Madleson role in her campaign :o
    I think....
  • LydiaJ
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    michaels wrote: »
    DD1 has been voted house captain at school :)

    I played the Peter Madleson role in her campaign :o

    Congratulations to DD1 :T:T:T
    Did you stay up all night watching the coverage of the vote counting for it? ;)
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    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.     :)
  • silvercar
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    They don't drown .... they swim very well. If in a cataclysmic situation .... see which direction they're fleeing as they're usually good at getting away from danger zones.

    So in a crisis, follow the rat.
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