Why do have to read weather like this?

On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 06:21:42 -0400, Cub Driver
wrote:

On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 12:37:54 -0500, wrote:

Kind of like the farmers here who said that we were messing with God's
time when we went to daylight savings time.

Are you suggesting that they were wrong?

Or can your cows read a clock?

Dan, these folks don't understand that both farmers and the farm
animals are conditioned to listen to the Farm Report on the radio
first thing every morning, where the local version of Les Nessen reads
the day's futures prices for sow bellies and so forth. It gives the
farmers some hope they're going to be able to pay off this year's
loans, and for the animals, well, it's like the way silverbacks like
you and I read the obituaries. Now along comes daylight savings time,
and they're getting the news an hour later. It's unsettling.

Don

On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 06:21:42 -0400, Cub Driver
wrote:

On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 12:37:54 -0500, wrote:

Kind of like the farmers here who said that we were messing with God's
time when we went to daylight savings time.

Are you suggesting that they were wrong?


Of course not! Especially after the lightning stroke that I took
right after I posted the original message.

Or can your cows read a clock?


No, but my dogs sure can. It confuses the crap out of them
(literally) when the 6 o'clock news gal, and her music, are out of
sync with their stomachs.


-- all the best, Dan Ford


Mike Weller

wrote:

No, but my dogs sure can. It confuses the crap out of them
(literally) when the 6 o'clock news gal, and her music, are out of
sync with their stomachs.

Same with my cats. Furthermore, one of my cats "owns" my stepson. We have
custody of Peter on weekends. Meercat knows how many days are in a week and,
consequently, what day Friday is. She hangs out near the front door all
afternoon every Friday. If, for some reason, Peter doesn't come home on Friday,
Meerie goes into fugue state. It gets really nasty during summer camp time.

Then she'll bite Peter for being late when he finally does show up. :-)

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.

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I know, and I can read it. And someone is going to say that they
prefer it that way.

Yes. It fits on the small screen of my cell phone very well. I'd hate to
have to read three or four pages of 'human language' TAF on the small
screen of my phone (which is very handy for getting weather updates when
you're in the middle of nowhere). Even a nasty complex forecast fits on
one screen.

If you're using a computer, even DUATS will give you human language
forecasts. If you don't have a need to read METAR/TAF, you never have
to, I don't think I've encountered weather sites that can't translate
them.

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