I believe the relevant acronym is LMAO. (There might be another letter that needs to go in there.)

Looks like north-east England had its summer last Monday. Now we're back to biting easterly winds, driving rain and temperatures that struggle to reach 50 degrees. I've had the living room lights on all day, that's how dismal it's been.

http://youtu.be/i864kpvJlYs

None of this is any use at all, is it?

I keep trying to use voice commands on the website and they don't seem to work. The site just looks at me and says "You want me to do what?" (look up John Malaney)

Also, been having trouble with the search feature. I search for 'who's the best looking user on Big Closet?' and my name never comes up.

Jokes aside, you're doing great.

Not even in Italy. The riders in the Giro d'Italia bike race today looked like they were riding through snow (actually hail) ... and that's before they head into the high mountains where it's expected. Moreover not only in Ireland (I know, that's hardly Italy but ...) where the first 3 stages were ridden were wet, wet, wet but so were the stages that were ridden right in the south.

As for the UK in general, I think summer was a couple of days last week. It's autumn now and we're looking forward to winter :)

Anyway, how are you doing? OK I would say but the home page isn't super fast loading here despite my 25 Mb/s download speed (several seconds). It's not a serious problem and navigating between pages seems to be fast. Not a big deal but I thought you might like know how well the site's holding up here in Blighty. Sometimes comments (like this one) load slowly too. None of that is anything to get any knickers twisted - unless you like that sort of thing, of course ;)

Robi

Dear BCTS Team,

I think you can tell just how wonderfully everything is finally working - when humans cannot find anything else to grumble about, they always turn to ....
THE WEATHER !

Just for a joke, I once, on another site from this one, (it was a Forum where people discussed Politics - yes, very boring !) I decided to describe as honestly as possible this beautiful Archepelago of Islands, where it was never too cold nor too hot, where gentle rains kept the rivers and streams softly flowing, where on hot days cool breezes kept people from getting wet with sweat, where there were hills, and woods, and fields, and small towns and villages dotted about, even the occasional City, but also wild moors, lots of lovely beaches and many a sheltered bay,... well, there was more, but I am sure you get the picture. I described the friendly inhabitants of this Archepelago, and finally I told readers its name, TUKOGBANI.

I had a few people writing back complaining that they could not find it on any map, so I had to tell them the name in full - The United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland.

Everyone who has ever visited Britain knows how the favorite pastime and favorite topic of conversation of almost every inhabitant of these islands involves complaining about the weather. You see, otherwise we have it all so good, there is little for us to grumble about.

I live on a tiny island about 12 x 4 miles and with about 900 inhabitants, one of a small group, West of the North of Scotland. Despite all the fables and jokes to the contrary, the sun shines for a part at least of almost every day, we have days when there is not a breath of Wind and the sea is like a mirror, we seldom have frost or snow, except on the peaks of the highest hills (this winter we had NONE of EITHER, and thanks to the Gulf Stream Drift, our seas have turtles, basking sharks, dolphins, seals, driftwood covered in Goose Barnacles, and an occasional Portuguese Man-O'-War jellyfish. We also have Palm Trees, though alas not the kind that grow coconuts. Our landscape is covered on the uplands with heather, gorse, clumps of Rhododendrons, Blackberry Bushes, Chile Pines, short willows, oaks, rowan trees and fir trees, and on the marshy bits Bog Iris, Rushes and Reeds. The open, grassy areas have wild Orchids, various flowers like Primroses, Buttercups, Daisies, Lupins, Dandelions, Thistles, Dogroses, foxgloves etc. .... There are rare birds everywhere, some secretive and only heard but seldom seen, like the Bittern, others very visible, like Wild Geese, various kinds of Gulls, Waders, Ravens, Owls and Eagles, and at this time of year sheep and cattle are grazing and baby lambs jumping about and playing. We have wild deer too.

For anyone feeling interested to see it for themselves, we have an airport, and can also be reached by ferry from the mainland either to a larger island to the south of us and then by car or bus over causeways that connect us with several other islands both north and south of us, there is a port where a car ferry brings one to the island to our north as well. There are hotels from the most luxurious to the basic, plus many B&Bs, Hostels, self catering holiday lets, and camping places for the young and brave. There is lots to see and do, several good restaurants, cafes, museums, art galleries, concerts, and all the usual stuff for Tourists. We have a Riding Stable where you can hire a horse to ride along the beach, and those who cannot can learn to ride, even in bad weather as there is a HUGE indoor arena too. E-mail me on [email protected] for more info.