Calling of the grit? (Read 289933 times)

tomtom · November 10, 2015, 03:10:19 pm

Quote from: nai on November 10, 2015, 12:19:39 pm

Quote from: tomtom on November 10, 2015, 12:05:54 pm
28 degrees here in Tenerife

dry and breezy in the peak today, where would you rather be?

Having the very pleasant seafood late lunch I'm enjoying

Will Hunt · November 10, 2015, 03:42:34 pm

Quote from: tomtom on November 10, 2015, 03:10:19 pm

Quote from: nai on November 10, 2015, 12:19:39 pm
Quote from: tomtom on November 10, 2015, 12:05:54 pm
28 degrees here in Tenerife

dry and breezy in the peak today, where would you rather be?

Having the very pleasant seafood late lunch I'm enjoying

He says this, but we all know he'd rather be sat under a 2 foot high boulder in Lancashire, racing the deterioration of his skin in an effort to drag himself over the top before his tips split open. The outcome? Irrelevant.

tomtom · November 10, 2015, 10:12:21 pm

nai · November 11, 2015, 07:40:39 am

Quote from: Will Hunt on November 10, 2015, 03:42:34 pm

He says this, but we all know he'd rather be sat under a 2 foot high boulder in Lancashire, racing the deterioration of his skin in an effort to drag himself over the top before his tips split open. The outcome? Irrelevant.

Oh we know that, the toys were leaving the pram on Monday because of the weather and this trip meaning he wouldn't be out all week. Fridays forecast might tip him over the edge

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lagerstarfish · November 15, 2015, 05:02:33 pm

I'm pretty sure we're in the middle of the pre-season rinse and spin cycle

honroid · November 15, 2015, 05:07:41 pm

Quote from: lagerstarfish on November 15, 2015, 05:02:33 pm

I'm pretty sure we're in the middle of the pre-season rinse and spin cycle

tomtom · November 15, 2015, 05:22:31 pm

Quote from: nai on November 11, 2015, 07:40:39 am

Quote from: Will Hunt on November 10, 2015, 03:42:34 pm
He says this, but we all know he'd rather be sat under a 2 foot high boulder in Lancashire, racing the deterioration of his skin in an effort to drag himself over the top before his tips split open. The outcome? Irrelevant.

Oh we know that, the toys were leaving the pram on Monday because of the weather and this trip meaning he wouldn't be out all week. Fridays forecast might tip him over the edge

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So friday was worth it huh?

Fiend · November 15, 2015, 06:17:45 pm

Plenty of snow around the Central Belt on Friday #fuckthisshit

shark · November 15, 2015, 06:34:29 pm

Quote from: tomtom on November 15, 2015, 05:22:31 pm

So friday was worth it huh?

SA Chris · November 16, 2015, 09:59:42 am

Quote from: Fiend on November 15, 2015, 06:17:45 pm

Plenty of snow around the Central Belt on Friday #itsthefuckingshit

Let it snow let it snow.

Johnny Brown · November 16, 2015, 10:27:05 am

Send it south quick please.

Fiend · November 16, 2015, 10:28:14 am

Why, you got a drought down there??

Johnny Brown · November 16, 2015, 10:39:08 am

No, a wet heatwave.

Obi-Wan is lost... · November 16, 2015, 11:34:42 am

4 degrees and dry predicted for the weekend...

danm · November 16, 2015, 04:26:25 pm

Good connies at Curbar today...

Will Hunt · November 16, 2015, 04:33:09 pm

Quote from: Obi-Wan is lost... on November 16, 2015, 11:34:42 am

4 degrees and dry predicted for the weekend...

Where has this beta come from? I'm not going to get excited on the basis of a 5+ day forecast...

andy_e · November 16, 2015, 04:41:37 pm

Tonight's lamping session cancelled due to forecast drizzle.

tomtom · November 16, 2015, 04:56:23 pm

Quote from: danm on November 16, 2015, 04:26:25 pm

Good connies at Curbar today...

It was alright at Burbage - though soapy underhand in the sun... Nearly there....

Johnny Brown · November 16, 2015, 06:23:14 pm

It's not been an easy few weeks. I thought I caught a glimpse of him a month back, but if it was I couldn't catch him. I went out tonight on the off chance, and there he was horns and all. Should all be downhill from here, enjoy folks!

shark · November 17, 2015, 07:06:02 am

Did you just call it?

El Mocho · November 17, 2015, 07:10:16 am

FFS I think your board building has gone to your head. Warm and wet in Hathersage. There was a brief spell when the grit could have been called yesterday but the horned one came out, caught a glimpse of you screwing plywood panels to a 30 degree board and has fucked off in disgust.

As a fully paid up member of the Grit party I have lost all faith in your ability as leader, looking over your and Masons respective vimeo accounts I can see that the campusing skinny one has done over 167% more esoteric gritstone mantles than you this year. DM for the new caller.

andy_e · November 17, 2015, 07:55:28 am

How many times have you done West Side Story this year Johnny? Maybe that's the issue.

Johnny Brown · November 17, 2015, 08:26:46 am

It's just this sort of lack of faith that causes warm autumns.

tomtom · November 17, 2015, 08:39:58 am

Whilst this years Grit Calling has been problematical - it is nowhere near as bad as Dobbins year of shame with the lime calling.

But - maybe we should adopt more of a probabilistic approach to grit calling rather than the yes/no binary system we have now. This way, there could be a 'gritometer' that could shift from Zero (no chance - its lime season you pillock) to 100% (get out there its mintio..) etc...

It could even be positioned on UKB's front page. Mind you, seeing the resistance to a 'like' button I expect this would take a full decade to work its way through the various committees and make it to implementation.. By which time there probably won't be a grit season anymore...

Fiend · November 17, 2015, 10:19:13 am

As much as I approve of BB's admonishments, I do think it is a particularly difficult call this year. Partly due to the weather being particularly shittingly bollox.