UK Weather Maps

[SaintHacker]

DfT has had a mare:rofl:

 

[Hobbit]

Proof, if any further were needed, just what pathetic/irrelevant nonsense some of us Scots can get a chip on our shoulder about!!!! :rofl:

As a Scot I think this thread is slightly embarrassing.

You're not the only one!

Oh I wouldn't worry too much. Everyone knows Doon is the forum's care in the community project.

As an Englishman living in Scotland, this is the only place I encounter this constant 'poor us' attitude.

Ditto

 

[Khamelion]

I'm going to hazard a guess here and say no one would notice/give a toss

Would be my guess as well. It's only a weather map, it could've been drawn out of minecraft style blocks and it would've made no difference.


As Billy Connolly said, he's a Scot I believe, if you want to know the weather stick your head out the window.

 

[HughJars]

Honestly Doom trust me we wouldn't.

As I said all it does is highlight how easily us Scots get chip on our shoulder and extrapolate some crazy conclusions from it.

You should be embarrassed trying to defend it tbh

Interesting, so the decision by Tesco & Co to remove Saltires from their packing due to the number of complaints in England would....well rather destroy your argument. Just one eg.

 

[HughJars]

Really....https://inews.co.uk/news/new-look-bbc-weather-obliterates-birmingham-shrinks-kent-viewers-complain/

And that is just making the scale correct.........imagine the outrage if England was reduced by a further 20% and Scotland was enlarged by 20% on the new maps

Hahahahaha, absolutely awesome. :swing:

 

[HughJars]

God you really dont know when to give it a rest. And you wonder why many English have a problem with some Scots?

Really? I thought that didn't exist? Funny that

 

[Robster59]

To be honest, if people complain about things like this then they REALLY need to get a life. :blah:

 

[MegaSteve]

Interesting, so the decision by Tesco & Co to remove Saltires from their packing due to the number of complaints in England would....well rather destroy your argument. Just one eg.

Sorry but I am calling poppycock on that... My larder/freezer has got plenty of products with the Saltire proudly displayed on the packaging... Some of it having been purchased from Tesco as well...

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Some complaining that the UK looks to has shrunk - well - it might look as if England has shrunk but it hasn't...

 

[MegaSteve]

Sorry but I am calling poppycock on that... My larder/freezer has got plenty of products with the Saltire proudly displayed on the packaging... Some of it having been purchased from Tesco as well...

OK.. Just googled it... And, it would appear previously, Scottish grown soft fruits got a Saltire on the packaging whereas anywhere else in the UK got the Union Flag... Perhaps they might of considered giving each regions grower the appropriate flag but can understand them just standardising it...

Jeepers... The shelves are full of Scotch whisky and I've never heard/seen any complaints about that...

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

You're not the only one!

I always thought the complaints about the weather map rather confected and sad - mind you having lived in the south of England for nearly 35yrs I find a lot of the whinging from my fellow Scots at Home rather confected and sad as it diverts attention from real and important issues.

 

[User62651]

I always thought the complaints about the weather map rather confected and sad - mind you having lived in the south of England for nearly 35yrs I find a lot of the whinging from my fellow Scots at Home rather confected and sad as it diverts attention from real and important issues.

Never heard one complaint about a weather map before I read this thread.
If you're living down there how are you getting news of all this apparent whinging up here? Right wing English media perhaps? Any whinging is likely coming from SNP politicians, not general populace.
How does whinging divert attention? - surely it raises attention, if you make no noise, no-one cares.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

To be honest, if people complain about things like this then they REALLY need to get a life. :blah:

Who said I was complaining, it's rather the opposite old boy.
I am absolutely delighted that the BBC have finally managed to get the correct scale on their UK weather maps.

 

[CliveW]

When the BBC last updated the weather map in May 2005 there were many complaints because of the way the map was slanted leading to the North of Scotland, particularly the Northern Isles, appearing much smaller in ratio than the Southern edge of the British Isles. The BBC did attempt to fix it by effectively moving the viewing angle further north thus reducing the distortion somewhat. The new, current map has now fixed the problem.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4556025.stm

 

[chrisd]

I'm more perturbed that the BBC news, on a Sunday tea time, always show a score and a clip from a Scottish football match as if anyone cares about Scottish football! 😁

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I'm more perturbed that the BBC news, on a Sunday tea time, always show a score and a clip from a Scottish football match as if anyone cares about Scottish football! 😁

I can help you out on that one.
The clue is in the B at the start of BBC.

 

[SaintHacker]

I'm more perturbed that the BBC news, on a Sunday tea time, always show a score and a clip from a Scottish football match as if anyone cares about Scottish football! 😁

They've got to find something to show after the English non-league highlights...

 

[User20205]

I can help you out on that one.
The clue is in the B at the start of BBC.

But that’s what the regional news is for. Poole town don’t get shown on national TV, so why should rangers ??

 

[full_throttle]

it's nothing to do with cost or technology it's to give the whining old gits on here something else to moan about :whoo:

 

[Doon frae Troon]

But that’s what the regional news is for. Poole town don’t get shown on national TV, so why should rangers ??

My god this is like wading through treacle.
Rangers have around the 7th biggest home attendance in the UK. Averaging around 48k [?]
What is Poole Town's average attendance 500 [?]

[Can't believe I actually had to reply to that]