How to predict the weather

[CADplans]

My doctor told me,, when I was ten years old,, I would be able to predict the weather after I was sixty years old,,,

Well,, he missed by 5 years,, it did not start until I was 65 years old,,

I smashed my left foot, a 65 pound shop vise fell off a workbench,, and hit my foot.
I hit 60, and thought about how the doctor had been wrong,,

Well,, now, I am a believer,, when a low pressure front rolls in,, I run for some pain meds,,,

My wife even knows, if I complain about left foot pain,, she says,
"Well, another rain storm is coming!"

My foot is as accurate as a barometer at predicting rain,,,:thumbsup:

 

[newbury]

About 30 or so years ago I bought a Galileo Thermometer, about 15" high.

I thought it was pretty and put on our mantle.
About 5 years ago my wife, the attorney, was commenting on the weather and pointed to it and say it must be a high pressure system coming in.
I had to explain to her the room was warming up.

Moral - don't trust your instruments if you don't know what they measure. And don't trust people that don't know their instruments.

 

[/pine]

An old joke for a new thread...

It was autumn, and members of a Native American tribe asked their new Chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was a new Chief in a modern society and had never been taught the old secrets of Nature, he looked up at the sky and had no clue what to do. To play it safe, he replied to his tribe that the winter could definitely be cold and that they should collect firewood early, just to be prepared. So, the members began gathering wood.

Being a practical leader, he figured he should also use the resources available to the modern society. He went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked, "Will this winter be cold?"

"As of now, it looks like this winter is going to be quite cold," the forecaster said.

So the Chief went back to his tribe and told them to collect even more wood. A week later he called the National Weather Service again and asked for an update.

"Yes," the man at National Weather Service again replied, "based on incoming data, this winter is looking to be colder than we expected." The Chief was surprised, but again went back to his tribe, told them that this might be a very cold winter, and asked them to collect every scrap of wood they could find.

One week later, the Chief called the National Weather Service yet again, hoping for a new answer. "Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?"

"Positive," the man replied. "It's going to be one of the coldest winters ever."

"Really?" the shocked Chief exclaimed. "How can you be so sure?"

"First," the forecaster replied, "The Indians are collecting firewood like crazy."

 

[1930]

Good one

 

[Jstpssng]

About 30 or so years ago I bought a Galileo Thermometer, about 15" high.


I thought it was pretty and put on our mantle.
About 5 years ago my wife, the attorney, was commenting on the weather and pointed to it and say it must be a high pressure system coming in.
I had to explain to her the room was warming up.

Moral - don't trust your instruments if you don't know what they measure. And don't trust people that don't know their instruments.

Call me slow, but I'm still not sure from your post if it really was a thermometer or barometer. (I also couldn't view the image or whatever it was that you linked to.)

And to /Pine; thanks for posting that classic. It's always worth bringing back occasionally. :thumbsup:

 

[Cuban]

Well that's seems to be great observation but still it seems to be funny