Thursday, 4 February 2021

5 February: Quotes about the weather

 Today is Weatherman's day. 10 quotes about weather:

  1. In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours. Mark Twain
  2. Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. Charles Dudley Warner
  3. We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us. O Henry
  4. Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own. Charles Dickens
  5. There's no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothes. Billy Connolly
  6. Sometimes I wish that I was the weather, you'd bring me up in conversation forever. And when it rained, I'd be the talk of the day. John Mayer
  7. There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people. Bill Bowerman
  8. Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. John Ruskin
  9. There's no such thing as good weather, or bad weather. There's just weather and your attitude towards it. Louise Hay
  10. I've lived in good climate, and it bores the hell out of me. I like weather rather than climate. John Steinbeck


Who's That Girl?

Matt Webster lives in a tower block and attends a failing school. He dreams of being a spy like James Bond. Little does he know that he is being watched by someone who can make him into even more than that – a superhero.


His first solo mission is to attend a ball at the Decembrian Embassy and discover who is planning to steal a priceless diamond. While there, he meets the mysterious Lady Antonia du Cane, and is powerfully drawn to her. It soon becomes clear, however, that Lady du Cane is not what she seems. Matt’s quest to discover who she really is almost costs him his career.


A modern day Guy Fawkes gathers a coterie around him with the aim of blowing up Parliament with a nuclear bomb. To achieve this, they need money. Lots of it. Selling the Heart of Decembria Diamond will provide more than enough. All that stands in their way is the Freedom League – but the League is beset by internal disagreements. Can the heroes put their differences aside in time to save the day?


Prime Minister Richard Miller and his wife Fiona grieve for their daughter, Yasmin, who has been missing for three years, and is presumed to be dead. Viper agent Violet Parker could hold the key to what happened to Yasmin, but Violet is accused of giving away the organisation’s secrets. She is to be executed without trial. Will she take her knowledge of what happened to Yasmin with her to her grave?


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