Author Topic: another foccing washout weekend... bloody weather (Read 1859 times)

ogri48 · « **on:** 14 February 2020, 07:29:04 pm »

This was my day trying to put a roof on a triple garage im building...just got that dpm battened on the joists to protect me saw from the rain when the wind changed direction and blew it in sideways...

Trebus · « **Reply #1 on:** 14 February 2020, 09:10:50 pm »

Customer or personal project? Need a triple garage in my life! 😋

ogri48 · « **Reply #2 on:** 14 February 2020, 09:32:20 pm »

brother in law mate. I dont own a house let alone a garage

fazersharp · « **Reply #3 on:** 15 February 2020, 09:47:49 am »

Quote from: ogri48 on 14 February 2020, 09:32:20 pm

brother in law mate. I dont own a house let alone a garage

You do own a nice saw though.

ogri48 · « **Reply #4 on:** 15 February 2020, 06:07:34 pm »

I need to lol. as I get older I depend more and more on decent tools to offset the onset of age. as my wealthy mate kelv says whenever he gives me a house to do up, 'your fucking useless now your old. but you have got a van full of tools...'

coffee · « **Reply #5 on:** 15 February 2020, 11:36:18 pm »

Quote from: ogri48 on 15 February 2020, 06:07:34 pm

I need to lol. as I get older I depend more and more on decent tools to offset the onset of age. as my wealthy mate kelv says whenever he gives me a house to do up, 'your fucking useless now your old. but you have got a van full of tools...'

Are you cheap as well as old? is this why he's wealthy?

VNA - BMW Wank · « **Reply #6 on:** 16 February 2020, 08:04:55 pm »

Yup, last weekend;

This weekend - just a couple of hours ago;

steve 10562cc · « **Reply #7 on:** 19 February 2020, 12:56:34 pm »

On the bright side the bad weather get us all to do the, roundtoit jobs on the bikes, and those HWMBO has been on about for months.

VNA - BMW Wank · « **Reply #8 on:** 19 February 2020, 06:45:29 pm »

The weather is truely depressing. Saturday will be yet another stormy day around here.Maybe I'll get asked to work Saturday, might as well if I am.It's bloody freezing in my garage, can't quite muster the enthusiasm.........
The third weekend in January was the only decent weekend we've had this year so far, if a little cold;

celticbiker · « **Reply #9 on:** 19 February 2020, 07:36:07 pm »

Yeh, I've been stuck in the car for the last 2 weeks.
Glad I got a new one, just hope it's as good in the snow as the Santa Fe.

VNA - BMW Wank · « **Reply #10 on:** 19 February 2020, 08:36:24 pm »

We just don’t get proper winters anymore. I remember as a kid, every winter we would be sledging on the hills behind the town. I don’t think todays kids know what sledging is.

Winter seems to often be coming later in the season. And yeah some snow would be nice, driving my Yeti in the snow can be good fun, I just gotta remember whilst it keeps finding loads of grip on the throttle, it’s just as crap as everything else at trying to stop.

celticbiker · « **Reply #11 on:** 19 February 2020, 10:34:34 pm »

Had really good winter tyres on the Santa Fe. Bought a spare set of wheels and put the same tyres and put on them for the new Q3 so going they will behave the same.
Know what you mean about about the snow but even if kids knew about sledding they would probably do it on the Wii anyway.

VNA - BMW Wank · « **Reply #12 on:** 22 February 2020, 07:36:22 pm »

Another shitty weekend;

steve 10562cc · « **Reply #13 on:** 23 February 2020, 07:22:35 am »

It's just a squall passing through.

VNA - BMW Wank · « **Reply #14 on:** 23 February 2020, 06:28:38 pm »

It's taking it's toll on our palm trees here.

YamFazFan · « **Reply #15 on:** 29 February 2020, 07:55:58 am »

I see this weekends storm is called 'Jorge'

Now they're just laughing at us

steve 10562cc · « **Reply #16 on:** 29 February 2020, 10:39:03 am »

why name them? They were all called the same name years ago that b*st**d storm.

fazersharp · « **Reply #17 on:** 29 February 2020, 11:26:42 am »

Quote from: steve 10562cc on 29 February 2020, 10:39:03 am

why name them? They were all called the same name years ago that b*st**d storm.

It may have something to do with insurance as before it was just very windy and insurance company's wordings state it has to be a storm and would argue the toss so not to pay out, so now by naming it is recognised as an official storm. Something like that

steve 10562cc · « **Reply #18 on:** 02 March 2020, 06:04:26 am »

Don't know how they got away with that wind strength is measured on the Beaufort Scales. 8 gale39-46mph 9. strong gale. 47-54mph. 10 storm 55-63mph. 11 violent storm 64-73. 12 hurricane 73+mph. the wind speed is measured 10mtrs above ground level. So don't know how they managed to riggle their way out of paying

fazersharp · « **Reply #19 on:** 02 March 2020, 11:02:36 am »

Quote from: steve 10562cc on 02 March 2020, 06:04:26 am

Don't know how they got away with that wind strength is measured on the Beaufort Scales. 8 gale39-46mph 9. strong gale. 47-54mph. 10 storm 55-63mph. 11 violent storm 64-73. 12 hurricane 73+mph. the wind speed is measured 10mtrs above ground level. So don't know how they managed to riggle their way out of paying

I just know that my insurance for Sharp Hall says any claim for wind damage can only be if it was a named storm.