Friday, May 27, 2005
Size DOES Matter.
The new BBC weather Map, introduced a couple of weeks ago, brought a storm, indeed a flood of complaints from viewers in the North of Scotland who claimed the angle of the map made seeing the forecast impossible. They are now changing the angle of the map.
Personally, I don't need to see rain falling on a weather map to know I'm getting wet, I can feel it. And if the forecast for my area says sunshine, that invariably means it will rain anyway so what is the bloody point?
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Scotland has one of the worst records in Europe for drowning incidents (hardly surprising with the amount of rain we get, I get drowned nearly every time I step out of the door) so the Scottish Accident Prevention Council is to hold talks with Jack McConnell, the Scottish First Minister.
Our Jack, a pragmatic type of chap, badly in need of being seen to do something about something, could respond by outlawing the taking of baths and showers and encouraging the public to go jump in the river, in an effort to keep the health and fitness, tourist and Keep Scotland Tidy pressure groups happy.
This would allow him to maintain his excellent record of doing nothing USEFUL for the electorate in Scotland.
Personally, I don't need to see rain falling on a weather map to know I'm getting wet, I can feel it. And if the forecast for my area says sunshine, that invariably means it will rain anyway so what is the bloody point?
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Scotland has one of the worst records in Europe for drowning incidents (hardly surprising with the amount of rain we get, I get drowned nearly every time I step out of the door) so the Scottish Accident Prevention Council is to hold talks with Jack McConnell, the Scottish First Minister.
Our Jack, a pragmatic type of chap, badly in need of being seen to do something about something, could respond by outlawing the taking of baths and showers and encouraging the public to go jump in the river, in an effort to keep the health and fitness, tourist and Keep Scotland Tidy pressure groups happy.
This would allow him to maintain his excellent record of doing nothing USEFUL for the electorate in Scotland.
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