[06:16] <brobostigon> morning
[08:33] <zxmoypi> o/
[08:42] <brobostigon> \o/
[18:22] <penguin42> west coast mainline Manc-London services saying they're only running hourly tomorrow and taking 4h due to the expected winds
[18:23] <daftykins> some kinda storm coming?
[18:24] <penguin42> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51425482
[18:24] <daftykins> ooh, thank ye
[18:25] <penguin42> it's supposedly going to hit about 58MPH winds and a 99% chance of rain somewhere around 11am tomorrow
[18:25] <penguin42> (average not gust)
[18:29] <zxmoypi> they upgraded all ireland to status orange from yellow and it was a bit of hard work coming home in very strong wind
[18:29] <daftykins> are you sure sir, it does mean changing the lightbulb?
[18:30] <zxmoypi> and rain in 58mph wind is technically sand blasting :-)
[18:30] <zxmoypi> bbc won't be making comedy that good when there's no licence fee :-(
[18:30] <penguin42> zxmoypi: Well yes, we would appreciate if you'd take all our shit weather before it reaches us
[18:30] <daftykins> is there talk of the fee being abolished?!
[18:31] <zxmoypi> they're decriminalising not paying the licence fee
[18:31] <zxmoypi> allegedly