We find the weather reports to be less than consistent, so a while ago Jake developed a more reliable way to gauge the weather. Every morning we look out at the harbour and make a call based on the number of cruise ships we see.- 0 cruise ships = gorgeous bright, sunny day
- 1 cruise ship = cold, grey, windy and rainy
- 2 cruise ships = call in sick because it's going to be awful
This system was developed based on much observation and our sympathy to all those happy cruise ship passengers who may be disappointed to encounter our sometimes gloomy skies.
Today however, we've found a glitch in our usually fool-proof system. There are two giant cruise ships docked in the harbour and the skies are bright, sunny and warm. The downtown streets are crowded with many khaki-clad camera-toting sightseers. It makes me smile to think of all the happy people on vacation and how much I appreciate the sun when it shines here. It is certainly not your typical two-cruise-ship kind of day here in Wellington!
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Interesting commentary on the Wellington weather. All I can say is it was BEAUTIFUL when we were there with you, and we will never forget it . . .
Thanks Mum - you were a lucky ducky to have such amazing weather when you were here. :)
How very true regarding Jake's clever weather forcasting. Every darned time a big cruise-ship comes in to this port, the weather turns foul. On days when there are none, it's beautiful. Someone up in the heavens has it in for us alright.
Look out of your window right now, Jamie. The Queen Elizabeth's in town, all gazillion tonnes of her. Big, blue, and carrying wealth beyond my wildest dreams.
Did you feel that earthquake last night just before 6pm?
I've got my Kansas City ticket booked...
Phil - The Queen Elizabeth woke me up this morning when she came into the harbour and blew her horn so I ran out a snapped a pic. It is an amazing ship! No we didn't notice the earthquake, but I see it was almost a 4. Have fun in KC - you're just in time for tornado season! :)
Tornadoes? Sweet! Just like the movies, where half of Oklahoma seems to get taken out every year.
America, I'm ready. Got my gun licence, and have already begun saving half a million dollars a month for health insurance.
I'll have to see if Dave can get me a job in construction...
I'll sign you on today Phil, insurance included. But I'll warn you...we're at the toilet cleaning stage of our current job. :)
Sounds fine by me Dave. I believe Sam Walton started off cleaning toilets, and it was all upwards from there.
Your predictive theory's yet again proved true, Jake. The gigantic Queen Mary is just ariving in our harbour and it's a miserably cold, grey, windy day.
Do you do any other predictions - like lotto numbers?
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