Weather reports from the forum ?

[mollinary]

I downloaded my eCopy this AM and it's presentation might be different than the print version. Virtually everything was Simon's 28s but they had two pop-up side bars. "Scale and Time" which was illustrated with one of your 10mm M&P units ( although there was no specific caption for the picture).

The hard copy has this captioned "6mm ECW  figures by Baccus, see more on page 59"

The "6mm" sidebar had several pictures of what APPEARED to be your 6mms. Maybe they listened to you for the e-copy. 

Not really. The top right photo is of my 6mm Baccus King's Lifeguard, but the other three photos are of a 10mm command group (2 Pendraken, 1 AIM/Minifigs, 1 Old Glory),  AIM/Minifigs Artillery and AIM/Minifigs Horse.  In their picture of a 'subtly marked grid' I also pointed out that Simon sells 'battlemats' not 'battlements' but that didn't get accepted either!

Andrew/Mollinary

[paulr]

Good to hear you are all coping reasonably well

Currently 14C heading for a forecast high of 28C, some morning cloud and light winds

... The wind is so fierce (gusts of 60 mph!) that while it is not snowing here (blue sky) the air is thick with snow. It is a balmy 31F but the windchill is murderous.

The following may be read with a Yorkshire accent

60 mph, you call that fierce, in the last storm that came through Wellington the Meteorological Service issued strong wind warnings for the lower North Island, gusts of 120kmph (75mph) in exposed areas, 140kmph (87mph) in Wellington. We reached 137kmph (85mph), 7 days last month with maximum gusts over 100kmph (62mph)

Wellington is well know for its wind

[paulr]

No snow here overnight, nor yet today. Lane still blocked, so walked the three and a half miles in to Bury St Edmunds, whipped by a howling, freezing gale.  Bought my copy of Wargames Illustrated, did my shopping, and got a taxi back to within four hundred yards of home. Once home time to thaw out the condensation pipe on my boiler (again, for the third time), and then settle down to read the 8 page spread on our new FK&P Rules. Pity they didn't take any of my offered corrections regarding errors of identification in the pics of my figures.  All 10mm  labelled as 6mm!

Mollinary

That's true dedication

[Dr Dave]

...walked the three and a half miles in to Bury St Edmunds...!

Mollinary

I didn't know he was dead!

[Aksu]

I wonder if in the future we can look back and enjoy a bit if banter with friends, the Four Wargamers talking about "how we used to live in the bottom of the lake, and it was frozen, and we had to dig our way out with a dull scalpel, and walk uphill - both ways mind you! - to the Mill to earn our tuppence to pay for our figures..." "Figures!? You were lucky! We had to make our own molds from wet newspapers!"
I wouldn't mind watching that sketch and explain to the skeptical youth the dedication we have to the hobby...

Anyway, I'll get me coat and apologies to those who have been seriously affected by the weather.

Aksu

[Techno]

Just started to 'sleet' here.....definitely some wet stuff coming down with the snow.

It must be getting a little warmer !

Huzzah !!

Cheers - Phil

[sunjester]

2-3" yesterday afternoon and evening, just enough to bugger the roads up so I didn't get to club last night
Still, looking out the back window this morning there is definitely the start of a thaw.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Snow lying this morning, not much. According to Yahoo and Google it's wamer today, as much as 4 c

IanS

[Steve J]

We had between 4"-6", excluding the snow drifts. Now it's all starting to melt rather quickly. Side roads still a tad tricky, but anything resembling a main road is fine.

[Leman]

Awoke to a good covering of snow on Feb 28th but by midday was gradually starting to melt. Over the next three days very cold wind but clear roads and most pavements. Most of the snow had gone by yesterday afternoon, but awoke to a light dusting this morning - probably the last of it for us in this coastal enclave of Merseyside. Odd to think that 40 miles away people were stuck overnight in their  cars.

[mollinary]

Set to get the car out today, and found the neighbour digging out the snow drifts. He was already 80% done, but I gave a hand with my own spade, and it is, at least for now, passable for ordinary cars.  All roads clear, once you get the mile from my house to the main road.  Forecast to get warmer. Fingers crossed!

[Westmarcher]

Snowmen photographs from the BBC Scotland website.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-43255374

Good news and bad news! The road is now open (hurray!). The beer order did not arrive (boo!). The Pikeman's Lament arrived (hurrah!).

[d_Guy]

Wellington is well know for its wind

As is my great uncle Josh!

Winds have still not moderated - expect to touchdown in Yorkshire later in the day.

[Ithoriel]

[sunjester]

Snowmen photographs from the BBC Scotland website.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-43255374

Good news and bad news! The road is now open (hurray!). The beer order did not arrive (boo!). The Pikeman's Lament arrived (hurrah!).

You should enjoy those rules, I've had some good games using them. But no beer....