The Retirement Thread

[Mo1959]

The rain went off, although still very overcast. I went a wander round the town in case it suddenly poured so I wouldn’t have too far to get home. It’s exceptionally mild, almost humid.

 

[Drago]

I may have snoozed off there.

 

[Dave7]

I may have snoozed off there.

For me it was no "maybe"..... I really crashed out for an hour.

 

[screenman]

Your horse?

No, although I did have a bit of a sore throat last night.

 

[welsh dragon]

Wow. The heavens have opened now. Very heavy rain.

 

[Poacher]

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Wet and grey, horrible.

How very dare you! Grey and horrible I may be, indeed am, but never a wet!

 

[postman]

Wow. The heavens have opened now. Very heavy rain.

Two questions.One,when heaven opened did you see anyone you knew,Q2 how heavy is rain has anyone ever weighed any.

 

[welsh dragon]

Two questions.One,when heaven opened did you see anyone you knew,Q2 how heavy is rain has anyone ever weighed any.

1. It was raining so hard that i couldn't see anyone at all.

2. Its heavy, very heavy although when it falls as rain it isn't, as each plop doesn't weight much at all.

 

[classic33]

Two questions.One,when heaven opened did you see anyone you knew,Q2 how heavy is rain has anyone ever weighed any.

1: Never saw it open, so can only speak for myself.
2: One inch of rain on a square foot of land weighs 5.20 pounds. One inch of rain on one acre of land weighs 113.31 tons. This means that someone has weighed rain.

 

[postman]

I know you can weigh pork pies at the end of rainbows,I read it,Somewhere over the rainbow weigh a pie.

 

[classic33]

1. It was raining so hard that i couldn't see anyone at all.

2. Its heavy, very heavy although when it falls as rain it isn't, as each plop doesn't weight much at all.

1: An average raindrop weighs just 0.001 ounces (0.034 grams), according to the physics department at Union University in Tennessee. That’s less than an eyelash.

2: For typical rain drop sizes, falling speeds will range as shown below:

Drizzle drops fall roughly at speeds 0.7 to 2 m/s (2 to 7 ft/s) for drop sizes of Ø 0.2 to Ø 0.5 mm diameter.

Rain drops fall at speeds roughly 2 to 9 m/s (7 to 30 ft/s) for drop sizes of Ø 0.6 to Ø 4 mm diameter.

Larger drop sizes greater than 4 or 5 mm have been observed to fall at around 9 m/s (30 ft/s) and larger drops at up to 13 m/s (42 ft/s) but only in rare occurrences.

 

[welsh dragon]

1: An average raindrop weighs just 0.001 ounces (0.034 grams), according to the physics department at Union University in Tennessee. That’s less than an eyelash.

2: For typical rain drop sizes, falling speeds will range as shown below:

Drizzle drops fall roughly at speeds 0.7 to 2 m/s (2 to 7 ft/s) for drop sizes of Ø 0.2 to Ø 0.5 mm diameter.

Rain drops fall at speeds roughly 2 to 9 m/s (7 to 30 ft/s) for drop sizes of Ø 0.6 to Ø 4 mm diameter.

Larger drop sizes greater than 4 or 5 mm have been observed to fall at around 9 m/s (30 ft/s) and larger drops at up to 13 m/s (42 ft/s) but only in rare occurrences.

OK smart arse

 

[classic33]

OK smart arse

Now you know. Blind them with science the next time someone says it's raining heavy.

 

[screenman]

OK smart arse

I reckon he got it from Google.

 

[classic33]

I reckon he got it from Google.

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