Thread 3 Burnham: Receso para reorganizarse

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He'd have made more going into restaurants with a cap in his hand asking diners to pay £100 not to have dinner with him.

That map is truly worrying @TemperanceWest no wonder you are smelling smoke

Our 'rain' this afternoon is elusive too - tho' can see from the weather map that it is actually raining about 60 miles away

@5128gap 😂

Someone I know on another forum has a farm right next to one of those. They got a tip off the other day to move some of their livestock and when they checked back, the next day, some of the fence to that field was burnt.

Nothing at all, @placemats -what a fucking bellend.

Good news (hopefully?) for farmers:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/14/andy-burnham-climate-response-drought-hit-farmers-labour-pressure

I'm sure our resident plopper will be pleased. Or will she find a reason to complain about that?!

This it’s outrageously stupid behaviour Yy Bellend.
Nigel must have burned through that five million if they are pimping out 30p Lee as a dinner date🤢

Thank you, @dontcallmelen. And I agree with you about the weather app, it doesn’t seem able to work out whether there will be rain or not!

I think it might be an idea to try a rain dance, like @BIossomtoes.

This is the extent of the problem in Wales. It’s scary. The accurately designated bellends are driving me mad.

No matter how small, fires can get out of hand and spread. Some join together and the spread is dependent on the wind factors: strength and direction. It's not a joke, it's serious.

Absolutely to the wind being an issue.

That and the heat this weekend is why the forest fire near me keeps flaring up.

The wind has changed direction daily and picks up every afternoon.

Its devastating. We have heathland rarer than rainforest being destroyed alongside the wildlife that lives there.

In this case it was a lorry fire and not a BBQ.

I cannot get the fuss over being asked not to do something that could cause this through choice.

Completely & ultterly off topic, if any one is looking for a midi kilt skirt in a neutral cream/brown small check just got one from Sainsburys for £28.00 its really heavy & lined admittedly polyester/viscose mix but as a winter item I don’t mind more synthetic fabric (I’m debating if it worth getting shortened as it’s very long on me.
As you were.

@dontcallmelen I’d already seen that online and made a note! It looks lovely.

I do not need more clothes

Just googled. That is lovely.

I quite like the knee length one too.

o wear dresses and skirts with tights and boots in the winter still (for work).

tempted!

Ooh @itsgettingweird i didn’t see the knee length one that would probably be mid calf on me (I’m 4ft 10”) might be a better option off to have a look.

I like that! I am 5'3" so not sure how long it would be on me.

Probably be just above the ankles @TemperanceWest its dusting the floor on me.

Fieldmouse tax

Towcester firefighters save field mouse from hedgerow blaze - BBC News https://share.google/KP4gGlOAlcd3jDiNV

I’m 5”7 so the midi one would likely be actually midi on me! The knee length one maybe a little too short

Thanks for asking @TemperanceWest
I was in a stupid car accident - low impact so just musculoskeletal pain. I find reporting to the insurance company is the worst bit but I'm trying not to let it get to me.

Glad you're alright @Willowkins .

We are on the ferry home and both Dover and Calais were nightmares, taking over 2 hours to get through passport checks. It used to be a doddle.

I’m sorry you went through that, @Willowkins, but glad you’re ok. I hope the pain goes away soon. And yes, dealing with the insurance company can be a nightmare, you really do have my sympathy.

Oh goodness how horrible for you @Willowkins i do hope the pain subsides 💐

Car accidents, however minor, knock you about physically and mentally. Hope you feel better soon @Willowkins

I was at a family gathering at the end of the M4 today so I'm late to the alarm debate.

I don't think they should have sent this alert out and at the risk of sounding like a bingo card, it was a misuse of the system. GDPR says my data can only be used in ways permission has been given for and while I assume somewhere in the small print of my phone agreement I am allowing emergency alerts, I am not convinced telling me not to light fires is an emergency.

I live near fields and my assumption when it went off is that the field was on fire and we needed to move out of the area, mentally, I was out of the door with the important stuff before reading it. I haven't yet received any emergency messages, just system testing and now this one that was not an emergency, so next time I hear it, I am less likely to react in the same way, my coping mechanisms for stress will say it's nothing to be concerned about, and I will ignore it like all the other notifications I get.

I have a friend with family in the middle East. They get alerts a lot with missiles flying over their heads. They turn the phones off, or use headphones to diminish the noise. They pretty much ignore the messages now.

On a plus note, glad that everyone (families included) is on the mend, and I can report that weirdly in three towns and villages, we didn't find a single pothole whilst in Wales.