Why do TV weather forecasts on ITV and BBC ignore Eire? It is a next door neighbour after all. Seems a bit churlish or do the BBC and ITV channels that the Southern Irish watch include the Emerald Isle? Sounds like a question for the dark eyed Irish nymph to answer.
tonyted Sun 03/03/13 19:57
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Agreed , although i'm not a dark eyed nymph, only dark eyed 
H worked in Eire for 6yrs and he couldn't understand why it wasn't shown. I agreed, as when I went across to spend time there *all* the weather was forecast although they did concentrate on Eire and the North, they even gave details of ferry crossings to the mainland, was really helpful.
Was kinda prior to *everyone* having internet access though !!
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The net is good for that. I get the weather for my general postcode but it is invariable wrong.
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lol...same here !! Blowing a blizzard, snowed in and they say there's a slight chance of snow flurries on higher ground 
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Yeah, "Hazy sunshine all afternoon" and it p!sses down. 
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I think it's because we still see ourselves as a Union, although Scotland do have an auld alliance with France 
I know loads of guys who work in Eire and vice versa with guys from Eire working in England so it seems closer to home, to me anyway.
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France might be closer in geographical terms but not in cultural or historical terms. In historic ways Eire cannot be blamed for hating the English. We raped that country, we were totally guilty. The Irish were forced to export food to England during their famine. Figure that one out. It is indefensible.
Sorry, having an 'off subject' rant.
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Hello wildside, nice to see you back again. 
Why do you think there is a blank area between Newcastle and Norwich? Is it unihabited?
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Nothing exists above Newcastle.
When I watch the BBC or ITV weather bulletins, not the regional ones, when they refer to up in the North I naturally think Aberdeenshire/Highlands and Islands...nope it's Newcastle !
Tony you rant all you like it's fact, you can't argue with fact,
I won't mention Bannockburn at this point....
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Good one for the Scots.
I was with Braveheart and Bonny Prince Charley. OMG, I was for Eire earlier, am I really English?
I believe in justice and freedom. Eff the national boundaries.
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Course we're close to France historically, where do you think William the Conqueror came from.............
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its is not part of the uk. im sure the irish have their own weather forecast. and id doubt they would be interested in the forecast for london ! :-
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Crafty, that was in the dim and distant, we are talking about the more recent past. Where do we draw the line, how far back do we go? Angles, Saxons and Jutes?
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I always liked the Saxons..............
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Crafty, you are too highly sexed, I like that in a woman, what's your email address and phone number?
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Weather forecast
Variable
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Good post, Leg, real food for thought.
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I know that Tony
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Granted im no michael fish
but its parettty accurate m8
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