On Wednesday, 4 November 2020 at 21:57:24 UTC, Chip Bearden wrote:
In the old days, the weatherman made an appearance in the morning and then--as it became evident that the actual conditions most closely resembled the forecast only in the day, date, and time of sunset--disappeared to craft his excuses until reappearing the following morning.

Chip Bearden
JB

That didn't happen in any of our competitions, or in internationals I've been to.

The briefings at one club are held in what we call a blister hangar, a temporary then permanent construction clad with sheets of curved corrugated steel.

One day years ago the met man was telling us about showers, with occasional very heavy ...

The rest of the sentence was drowned out by the sound of hailstones hitting the roof exactly on cue.