It's windy in Wellington - who would have thought

[Badjelly]

was windy as all hell yesterday here as well. went into town, and basically had to parallel park to avoid the wind

What do you reckon it was on the Beaufort scale?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort_scale

Force 8 ("Twigs broken from trees. Cars veer on road.")? Or force 9 ("Larger branches break off trees, construction/temporary signs and barricades blown over, damage to circus tents and canopies.") Maybe even 10 ("Trees broken off or uprooted, saplings bent and/or deformed, poorly attached asphalt shingles and shingles in poor condition peel off roofs.")

Of course in Wellington you have to allow for the fact that the circus tents and canopies all blew away years ago. Not that it's windy here

[Pwalo]

Here we go with the bullshit about it being windy in Wellington ALL the time. Small minded parochial idiots.

Newsflash. Rugby is a minority sport. For homos.

The weather isn't THAT bad, certainly nowhere near as bad as it was in the early 90s.

If you can't cope with it, learn some skills and FFS stop whining about it.

A bad day (or 15 minutes) on a bike is infinitely better than a good day at the office. I'd rather lie under a bike in a ditch full of icy water than have to sit through yet another meeting.

You know I really miss meetings - NOT! Now stop your bloody whining and take it like the office bitch.

[sels1]

you really need a new job Jim

Yeah Jim, not enough coffee this morning....? (or too much?)

We like to talk about the weather - most people who go outdoors do!

[Timber020]

Today (a day of dealing with unrooting trees) I had to deal with 2 trees in aro valley which wanted to join the 4 that we had to crane out yesterday down a bank.
Then I had to climb and take the canopy out of a big pohut that had started to uproot a few storys above a nice tiled roof on the ridgeline above seatoun. REALLY windy, was hoping tree wouldnt give way with me in it, but we rigged it all down in record time, didnt break a single tile.
You know its bad when other tree companies call you in to do these jobs as they cant get any of there own guys to climb certain trees.

Saved the guy from having his house fucked, he will only annoy me if he thinks my bill is to high after I risked my life to do it when nobody else would.

. (PS if you have ugly trees exposed to wind on crumbling banks above your home, get them dealt to BEFORE they start to fall on your house)
Windy? Yeah, probably going to be doing lots of dumb work when the shit hits the fan this weekend.Ugly gut wrenching work, but I wouldnt swap my job for anything. LETS GO FOR A RIDE!

[gunrunner]

Yeah Jim, not enough coffee this morning....? (or too much?)

We like to talk about the weather - most people who go outdoors do!

And everyone in doors just moan about it

[MXNUT]

Yeah that weather thing is tricky. Who would have thought that climate was changeable??

I blame the Government myself, its all the hot air streams coming out of the behive, glad that you have got them down there.

[RantyDave]

you really need a new job Jim

Funny, I was just starting to think he had actually made his peace with it. To a certain extent.

Dave

[Timber020]

Of course in Wellington you have to allow for the fact that the circus tents and canopies all blew away years ago. Not that it's windy here

Yeah and once the circus tents were gone, all the clowns headed north.,,