Tom Bennett wrote:
"Gianna" wrote With one seemingly imminent I was wondering where the term
comes from.

According to Chambers, it is of American origin.

N. American. I always understood that it is a warm, dry settled spell on
The Prairies in autumn, that often comes before winter sets in. And there,
I think, any similarity between us and continental USA ends.

True Tom, but it is a term much over-used by the press here, and should
really only be used once we are in October or November.

Despite the climatological definition of autumn, early September should
be still capable of late summer warmth that is anything but
exceptional; we even had 34C+ in September 1911 in Coventry!

Steve J
BWS
Coventry

In message .com,
"Steve J, BWS" writes

True Tom, but it is a term much over-used by the press here, and should
really only be used once we are in October or November.

Despite the climatological definition of autumn, early September should
be still capable of late summer warmth that is anything but
exceptional; we even had 34C+ in September 1911 in Coventry!

I'd be very surprised if we get anything above the mid-20's though -
unlike July, there doesn't appear to be a source of extremely hot air,
and besides, the nights are rapidly lengthening.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

Paul Hyett wrote:
In message .com,
"Steve J, BWS" writes

True Tom, but it is a term much over-used by the press here, and should
really only be used once we are in October or November.

Despite the climatological definition of autumn, early September should
be still capable of late summer warmth that is anything but
exceptional; we even had 34C+ in September 1911 in Coventry!

I'd be very surprised if we get anything above the mid-20's though -
unlike July, there doesn't appear to be a source of extremely hot air,
and besides......

And besides, we didn't have North Atlantic Oscillations in those days.

Not even magnitudes for earthquakes too.

And we are still awaiting something similar for the vulcanology to take
care of those negative vibes.

Once Bushland agrees to release the data for the Arctic, we should be
OK though. Pity I was so merciless on the chimp over Hurricane Bush.
But what do you expect when you cross a monkey with intelligence?

Or as Mick Jagger would have said if an African American had written
the right lyrics in time:

"Read My Lips."

OT.

Would a composite of the monkey and his sock puppet look like that
comic character from the Beezer? (Yes I know I aught to give a clue but
it was a long time ago.)

Weatherlawyer wrote:
Paul Hyett wrote:
In message .com,
"Steve J, BWS" writes

stuff snipped

And besides, we didn't have North Atlantic Oscillations in those days.

Not even magnitudes for earthquakes too.

And we are still awaiting something similar for the vulcanology to take
care of those negative vibes.

Once Bushland agrees to release the data for the Arctic, we should be
OK though. Pity I was so merciless on the chimp over Hurricane Bush.
But what do you expect when you cross a monkey with intelligence?

Or as Mick Jagger would have said if an African American had written
the right lyrics in time:

"Read My Lips."

OT.

Would a composite of the monkey and his sock puppet look like that
comic character from the Beezer? (Yes I know I aught to give a clue but
it was a long time ago.)

What the......?

Steve R.
Swansea

wrote:
Weatherlawyer wrote:

Would a composite of the monkey and his sock puppet look like that
comic character from the Beezer? (Yes I know I aught to give a clue but
it was a long time ago.)

What the......?

I am almost -but not quite, sure it wasn't the Beano. It could have
beano Dandy.

I used to read the Victor and they always made a point of any dark
skinned VC winners being promoted to servants in the white mans' most
exclusive clubs. So twasnt them.

(One has to hand it to those Democrats, getting the rednecks to install
a monkey as the top dog. Go USA!!

Any Yanks reading this care to explain why the Potus doesn't wear his
underpants over his trousers, or is that jester FBI?)

"Weatherlawyer" wrote in message
ups.com...

wrote:
Weatherlawyer wrote:

Would a composite of the monkey and his sock puppet look like that
comic character from the Beezer? (Yes I know I aught to give a clue but
it was a long time ago.)

What the......?

I am almost -but not quite, sure it wasn't the Beano. It could have
beano Dandy.

I used to read the Victor and they always made a point of any dark
skinned VC winners being promoted to servants in the white mans' most
exclusive clubs.

Did they ever bring up William Hall? It would probably be hard to get him to
serve anywhere as a servant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hall
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)