Jim Smith
@jim-afcb.bsky.social
Bournemouth. Retired from NATS. One wife, one crazy 8yo daughter and 2 cats. #AFCB 🍒
For weather stuff follow me @bournemouthweather
Radio chat - @G0OFE
My X account is no longer active.
For weather stuff follow me @bournemouthweather
Radio chat - @G0OFE
My X account is no longer active.
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November so far- mean temp 13.5c. This is 0.7c up on the average temp for OCTOBER, and 4.2c up on the average November.
When we do eventually get some colder weather, my goodness we're going to feel it !
When we do eventually get some colder weather, my goodness we're going to feel it !
November 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
November so far- mean temp 13.5c. This is 0.7c up on the average temp for OCTOBER, and 4.2c up on the average November.
When we do eventually get some colder weather, my goodness we're going to feel it !
When we do eventually get some colder weather, my goodness we're going to feel it !
Go in to wake my daughter this morning, and @thisisheart on her clock-radio is playing Christmas songs.
ITS NOVEMBER THE *@~#%$ THIRTEENTH !!!
It's getting ridiculous. The songs will become old even before November is out. Am I now to abandon music radio 6 weeks a year now?
ITS NOVEMBER THE *@~#%$ THIRTEENTH !!!
It's getting ridiculous. The songs will become old even before November is out. Am I now to abandon music radio 6 weeks a year now?
November 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Go in to wake my daughter this morning, and @thisisheart on her clock-radio is playing Christmas songs.
ITS NOVEMBER THE *@~#%$ THIRTEENTH !!!
It's getting ridiculous. The songs will become old even before November is out. Am I now to abandon music radio 6 weeks a year now?
ITS NOVEMBER THE *@~#%$ THIRTEENTH !!!
It's getting ridiculous. The songs will become old even before November is out. Am I now to abandon music radio 6 weeks a year now?
Looks like I'm finally done with X.
All 3 of my accounts suspended overnight for alleged "inauthentic behaviour".
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November 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Looks like I'm finally done with X.
All 3 of my accounts suspended overnight for alleged "inauthentic behaviour".
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@vo1fog.bsky.social Nice signa on 6m l this evening Larry
June 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
@vo1fog.bsky.social Nice signa on 6m l this evening Larry
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Think it's been unusually dry in recent weeks? You'd be right!
Just 13.8mm recorded here since 26th Feb. We would normally expect ~80-85mm in that time.
Sadly, true to form, BH Friday could see around 15mm fall amid low temps.
Sometimes the weather can be just plain spiteful.
Just 13.8mm recorded here since 26th Feb. We would normally expect ~80-85mm in that time.
Sadly, true to form, BH Friday could see around 15mm fall amid low temps.
Sometimes the weather can be just plain spiteful.
April 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Think it's been unusually dry in recent weeks? You'd be right!
Just 13.8mm recorded here since 26th Feb. We would normally expect ~80-85mm in that time.
Sadly, true to form, BH Friday could see around 15mm fall amid low temps.
Sometimes the weather can be just plain spiteful.
Just 13.8mm recorded here since 26th Feb. We would normally expect ~80-85mm in that time.
Sadly, true to form, BH Friday could see around 15mm fall amid low temps.
Sometimes the weather can be just plain spiteful.
Tough game today. Amid all the "Everton have never beaten us in the League on our own patch" talk, I fear an early Ev goal followed by them 💩🏠ing their way to a win in true Dyche style. Hope to be wrong #afcb
January 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Tough game today. Amid all the "Everton have never beaten us in the League on our own patch" talk, I fear an early Ev goal followed by them 💩🏠ing their way to a win in true Dyche style. Hope to be wrong #afcb
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First air frost of the season here - minimum -0.9c.
Colder out in the sticks - Hurn at -5c
Colder out in the sticks - Hurn at -5c
January 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
First air frost of the season here - minimum -0.9c.
Colder out in the sticks - Hurn at -5c
Colder out in the sticks - Hurn at -5c
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Rainfall in 2024 ended up at 1055.2mm - a relatively dry last 11 days meant that in the end we only just beat the previous wettest year this century (2023).
The annual mean here is 788mm, so 134% of the annual mean here.
The annual mean here is 788mm, so 134% of the annual mean here.
January 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Rainfall in 2024 ended up at 1055.2mm - a relatively dry last 11 days meant that in the end we only just beat the previous wettest year this century (2023).
The annual mean here is 788mm, so 134% of the annual mean here.
The annual mean here is 788mm, so 134% of the annual mean here.
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Today's rain takes the annual total to 1050.8mm, 2nd highest this century above the infamous 2014.
Only 2.4mm to go to take top spot off last year which ended at 1053.2mm.
Looks certain to be passed tomorrow when the next low comes in.
Only 2.4mm to go to take top spot off last year which ended at 1053.2mm.
Looks certain to be passed tomorrow when the next low comes in.
December 20, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Today's rain takes the annual total to 1050.8mm, 2nd highest this century above the infamous 2014.
Only 2.4mm to go to take top spot off last year which ended at 1053.2mm.
Looks certain to be passed tomorrow when the next low comes in.
Only 2.4mm to go to take top spot off last year which ended at 1053.2mm.
Looks certain to be passed tomorrow when the next low comes in.
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Over the weekend, 2024's rainfall passed the 1000mm mark. Only the third year this century to do so (the others being last year, and 2014.
Current year total is 1020.6mm and it is likely that we will beat last years century-high 1053.2mm.
Yearly average is 787mm.
Current year total is 1020.6mm and it is likely that we will beat last years century-high 1053.2mm.
Yearly average is 787mm.
December 5, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Over the weekend, 2024's rainfall passed the 1000mm mark. Only the third year this century to do so (the others being last year, and 2014.
Current year total is 1020.6mm and it is likely that we will beat last years century-high 1053.2mm.
Yearly average is 787mm.
Current year total is 1020.6mm and it is likely that we will beat last years century-high 1053.2mm.
Yearly average is 787mm.
And so it begins.
President is on borrowed time and will be overthrown by Russian thugs very soon, I expect.
Will be Belarus version 2.
President is on borrowed time and will be overthrown by Russian thugs very soon, I expect.
Will be Belarus version 2.
Mass repressions have begun in Georgia.
Opposition leader Nika Gvaramia was just dragged out of his party’s office
Opposition leader Nika Gvaramia was just dragged out of his party’s office
December 4, 2024 at 5:34 PM
And so it begins.
President is on borrowed time and will be overthrown by Russian thugs very soon, I expect.
Will be Belarus version 2.
President is on borrowed time and will be overthrown by Russian thugs very soon, I expect.
Will be Belarus version 2.
If Reform get in with a "landslide" on 33% of the vote in 2029, it will be on Starmer.
It's a disaster waiting to happen. Noit being bold enough in dealing with this country's problems will fuel populism, and it would not take much for the above to come true.
It's a disaster waiting to happen. Noit being bold enough in dealing with this country's problems will fuel populism, and it would not take much for the above to come true.
Keir Starmer Rejects Call for Fairer Votes Despite MPs Voting in Favour of Proportional Representation
The Prime Minister is blocking reform after the House of Commons voted in favour of a more representative voting system
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/04/k...
The Prime Minister is blocking reform after the House of Commons voted in favour of a more representative voting system
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/04/k...
Keir Starmer Rejects Call for Fairer Votes Despite MPs Voting in Favour of Proportional Representation
The Prime Minister is blocking reform after the House of Commons voted in favour of a more representative voting system
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:36 PM
If Reform get in with a "landslide" on 33% of the vote in 2029, it will be on Starmer.
It's a disaster waiting to happen. Noit being bold enough in dealing with this country's problems will fuel populism, and it would not take much for the above to come true.
It's a disaster waiting to happen. Noit being bold enough in dealing with this country's problems will fuel populism, and it would not take much for the above to come true.
Project 2029 is coming.
If Labour are not careful over the next 4 years or so, Farage with be PM in '29 and would be bringing all the new American shithousery with him, aided and abetted by the increasingly right wing and mendacious MSM.
If Labour are not careful over the next 4 years or so, Farage with be PM in '29 and would be bringing all the new American shithousery with him, aided and abetted by the increasingly right wing and mendacious MSM.
🔴Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK
The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world, @mc00.bsky.social reports
The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world, @mc00.bsky.social reports
Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK
The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world
bylinetimes.com
November 29, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Project 2029 is coming.
If Labour are not careful over the next 4 years or so, Farage with be PM in '29 and would be bringing all the new American shithousery with him, aided and abetted by the increasingly right wing and mendacious MSM.
If Labour are not careful over the next 4 years or so, Farage with be PM in '29 and would be bringing all the new American shithousery with him, aided and abetted by the increasingly right wing and mendacious MSM.
Agree,
If she hangs on for a while, the (hypocritical) feeding frenzy from the right wing media would ensure she is a complete distraction before being forced to go anyway.
Step down and allow the Govt to move on and govern. She's done the right thing and will probably be back.
If she hangs on for a while, the (hypocritical) feeding frenzy from the right wing media would ensure she is a complete distraction before being forced to go anyway.
Step down and allow the Govt to move on and govern. She's done the right thing and will probably be back.
It was always going to be interesting to see just how far Starmer’s zero tolerance approach to wrongdoing would reach. And I don’t know how electorally salient it will be. If there are no more ‘revelations’ to come, Louise Haigh is entitled to feel a tad aggrieved. But it’s probably right she goes.
November 29, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Agree,
If she hangs on for a while, the (hypocritical) feeding frenzy from the right wing media would ensure she is a complete distraction before being forced to go anyway.
Step down and allow the Govt to move on and govern. She's done the right thing and will probably be back.
If she hangs on for a while, the (hypocritical) feeding frenzy from the right wing media would ensure she is a complete distraction before being forced to go anyway.
Step down and allow the Govt to move on and govern. She's done the right thing and will probably be back.
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23.8mm - (just under an inch) of rain fell overnight. Thanbkfully the rain has now cleared the area.
November 27, 2024 at 6:52 AM
23.8mm - (just under an inch) of rain fell overnight. Thanbkfully the rain has now cleared the area.
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Very marginal rain/snow situation in Dorset this morning.
No snow so far in Bmth, though there was some ice in the rain when it began around 8am.
Snow in Verwood now and there are signs of the rain turning a bit sleety even here as temps fall to 2C
No snow so far in Bmth, though there was some ice in the rain when it began around 8am.
Snow in Verwood now and there are signs of the rain turning a bit sleety even here as temps fall to 2C
November 21, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Very marginal rain/snow situation in Dorset this morning.
No snow so far in Bmth, though there was some ice in the rain when it began around 8am.
Snow in Verwood now and there are signs of the rain turning a bit sleety even here as temps fall to 2C
No snow so far in Bmth, though there was some ice in the rain when it began around 8am.
Snow in Verwood now and there are signs of the rain turning a bit sleety even here as temps fall to 2C
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Any snow that does fall down here will be pretty wet given the marginality, and I would not expect any disruption.
November 21, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Any snow that does fall down here will be pretty wet given the marginality, and I would not expect any disruption.
@chrisspencersmith.bsky.social oi-oi !!
November 18, 2024 at 7:06 PM
@chrisspencersmith.bsky.social oi-oi !!
Chickens complain that they are disappointed that the fox they elected now wants to invade the henhouse and eat them.
The cofounder of Muslims for Trump tells Reuters that he is disappointed to discover the president-elect's position on the US approach to Israel, Palestine and the Middle East
www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Muslims who voted for Trump upset by his pro-Israel cabinet picks
U.S. Muslim leaders who supported Republican Donald Trump to protest against the Biden administration's support for Israel's war on Gaza and attacks on Lebanon have been deeply disappointed by his Cabinet picks, they tell Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 16, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Chickens complain that they are disappointed that the fox they elected now wants to invade the henhouse and eat them.
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November 16, 2024 at 10:24 AM
@deck.blue hello... loving deck.blue, it's so handy as I'm trying to establish my old Twitter following on here.
One issue - if we click "Follow", can we be asked from which linked acc. we want to follow from? Following ppl adds them to both my linked accounts which I don't want to happen. Thanks!
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