3 inches

martin · Post by **martin** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:16 am

since mid-day wednesday till now (8.15am thursday) we have had 3 inches of rain..outside we have a new lake.!

for those who would like to keep a record....a suggestion for an DIY rain guage was as follows.take a 1 litre water bottle..cut end off..invert into cut end...fill botTom of bottle until a constant line is achieved...mark and use that mark to measure each day rain.

Bruxinha · Post by **Bruxinha** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:00 am

I am not surprised it was 3" Martin. Excellent isn't it? Just have to hope it continues, so as to fill up those lakes and reservoirs. It was absolutley chucking it down most of the night and a bolt of lightening hit the house and tripped everything out. When it rains in Portugal, it really does rain.

Thunderbolt · Post by **Thunderbolt** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:21 am

oops sorry Bruxy!
That was me misfiring again.

When I have too many glasses of wine (G's fault) I can't keep control on my thunderbolts!!!

Bruxinha · Post by **Bruxinha** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:26 am

You are forgiven...just this once.

Luckily all the power points to computers etc had been disconnected.

I see you are coming round to my way of thinking i.e. giving up the shots for the wine.

Thunderbolt · Post by **Thunderbolt** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:14 am

I had no choice in the matter! I was forced to drink half a bottle of red.

And you are right, I didn't have a shot although I'm sure I remember being promised one...

Gambrinus · Post by **Gambrinus** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:20 am

Half a bottle....half a bottle evaporated by the time you had drunk it

Thunderbolt · Post by **Thunderbolt** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:06 pm

Where's that shot you promised me?

jeremy · Post by **jeremy** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:12 pm

Good for you, Thunderbolt, Wine's better than shots

Thunderbolt · Post by **Thunderbolt** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:15 pm

No it's not. Wine does terrible things to me.
I am currently suffering yet another hangover!

Shots I can handle, lots of them and feel fine the next day but the grapes don't agree with me.

Bruxinha · Post by **Bruxinha** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:24 pm

I don't know...a serious topic started by Martin has once again moved into the realms of chit-chat...incorrigible aren't we?

Thanks Martin for your useful tip and by the way what is 3" in mm???

nightrider · Post by **nightrider** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:27 pm

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nightrider · Post by **nightrider** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:32 pm

Martin...

You havn't got a spare pair of flippers and a mask...I need to get the wine out of the cellar...i.e. I have tried throwing the ball down there but our 2 coward-custards i.e. german shephards, don't like getting their paws wet unless I throw you know who's laptop in and she can be such a spoil sport at times.........................Nightrider

Thunderbolt · Post by **Thunderbolt** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:39 pm

my terrace got flooded last night (am I back on track now?)

elle · Post by **elle** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 1:21 pm

You're definitely back on track Thdblt

Ive been talking to someone about 'worms' and how,although being a gardener I don't like them

!
Out of interest--d'you get/see many worms after the heavy rainfall there? Im trying to think back and can't recall having seen that many and of course they are important to good fertile soil?
Daft question probably but I just wondered?
Hope you get 'muito chuva' for that parched soil there

ellie
p.s. never had a rain gauge..might try Martin's idea with a lemonade bottle!

Thunderbolt · Post by **Thunderbolt** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 1:37 pm

That's a good point Ellie,
I've seen a few worms but nothing like the horrible amount of them I used to have in my garden in England.

That and slugs, hundreds of slugs!