WHATS YOUR WEATHER LIKE 2019

Hi,

No Blackie but sunny intervals forecast for today so what's in-between the sunny intervals?

The temperature has got its lead boots on with frost and ice but it's not all bad news; I've just tested our Michelin Cross Climate tyres while doing the usual supermarkets shopping.

I'll force myself into the workshop today.

Kind regards, Colin.

 

Lovely day yesterday sitting in the sun enjoying a glass of red following Thanksgiving dinner at a favourite restaurant. Temp was about 18c. Today and tomorrow forecast for same, which is normal for this time of year.

 

Sunny and light wind temp 5c

 

-3c hard-ish frost

 

Get some Vaseline and wipe around the rubber door seals, sometimes works

 

Mild c8°C, gray. With wind and rain this afternoon.

 

Blue skies peeping through some light clouds. Had a really lovely sunny day yesterday and are to have more of the same today too albeit with slightly more cloud this afternoon. High of 9C with a low tonight of 2C.

 

Good morning all light cloud and light wind temp 0 to 2c
Frosty start to the day but no ice around.

 

Hi,

Yesterday we had a black car now every car on the street is white after a severe overnight frost; the wheelie bin lids are welded closed; water dishes outside frozen but the real icing on the cake NO BLACKIE.

Yesterday morning I gathered all the oak leaves; after dinner I finally had a window without Blackie so washed and dried the car; later I had a soak in the bath. Now with everything sorted I could finally settle in the workshop this weekend to some TIG welding?

4 o'clock this morning my plans of TIG welding were well and truly scuppered; it's an awful long story but I've been trying to get into the workshop to practice TIG welding for over 14 weeks; the new welder exploded; now on my third gas supplier; the regulator was faulty making it highly dangerous; yesterday I collected a new full cylinder of gas; I now have a brand new BOC regulator; the welder is working fine; full cylinder of gas; new regulator; filler rods; tungstens with collets and collet holders; spent a small fortune on sheet aluminium so why can't I weld?

When I took my faulty regulator to be tested it still had the flow meter attached; the flow meter is either with The Wakefield Welding Center or has been collected by Parweld; TWWC is closed Saturdays; on Monday it will be yet another journey to Wakefield; I'll return home with a flow meter even if it means buying another then I can look forward to the next problem to resolve. I feel very privileged having both the new welder explode and the new regulator faulty it must be unique.

I'm about to wrap up like an Eskimo and wander down to the workshop; once the fan heater gets a grip I'll soon be cosy and can shut out the world's problems. Me miserable; not likely; I just hope I live long enough to become proficient at TIG welding. There are always those who are better off than me. :rasp:

Kind regards, Colin.