What's the weather doing where you are?

[Snoopy]

 

[Pastis]

Nah, I prefer the previous suggestion. Always worth a re-run and it's just the weather for it 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRPDO63rI1E

[Snoopy]

I was thinking more of the TV series of that name.
http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/lotus.htm

"To eat the fruit of the lotus is to lose the desire to return home. But everyone who does has a reason." 

[Darwins Selection]

"To eat the fruit of the lotus is to lose the desire to return home. But everyone who does has a reason. . . " 

". . .grasshopper."

[Pastis]

I was thinking more of the TV series of that name.
http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/lotus.htm

"To eat the fruit of the lotus is to lose the desire to return home. But everyone who does has a reason." 

I know, me too, Wanda Ventham particularly 

[The Moan Ranger]

Glorious here, sitting in my garden with a cold pint of Murphy's talking to you lot thanks to the joys of wi-fi.

[Snoopy]

Now there's a question. Wi I can understand as it is short for Wireless but what the f*** does fi stand for?
Wi free would be good but what was wrong with wireless?

[The Moan Ranger]

Fidelity.

Next   

[Snoopy]

Bollix!
What as in High Fidelity?

High fidelity or hi-fi is most commonly a term for the high-quality reproduction of sound or images.

Surely you are not saying that WiFi which is poor quality sound and image is anything like that?

[The Moan Ranger]

Bollix!
What as in High Fidelity?

High fidelity or hi-fi is most commonly a term for the high-quality reproduction of sound or images.

Surely you are not saying that WiFi which is poor quality sound and image is anything like that?

Fidelity needn't necessarily refer to sound reproduction.

Fidelity is the quality of being faithful or loyal. Wireless Fidelity merely states that the connectivity is as faithful as a wired-in connection.

[Pastis]

Marketing.

The term Wi-Fi suggests Wireless Fidelity, resembling the long-established audio-equipment classification term high fidelity (in use since the 1930s[21]) or Hi-Fi (used since 1950[22]). Even the Wi-Fi Alliance itself has often used the phrase Wireless Fidelity in its press releases[23][24] and documents;[25][26] the term also appears in a white paper on Wi-Fi from ITAA.[27] However, based on Phil Belanger's[28] statement, the term Wi-Fi was never supposed to mean anything at all.[29][30]
The term Wi-Fi, first used commercially in August 1999,[31] was coined by a brand-consulting firm called Interbrand Corporation that the Alliance had hired to determine a name that was "a little catchier than 'IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence'".[32][29][30] Belanger also stated that Interbrand invented Wi-Fi as a play on words with Hi-Fi, and also created the yin-yang-style Wi-Fi logo.
The Wi-Fi Alliance initially used an advertising slogan for Wi-Fi, "The Standard for Wireless Fidelity",[29] but later removed the phrase from their marketing. Despite this, some documents from the Alliance dated 2003 and 2004 still contain the term Wireless Fidelity.[25][26] There was no official statement related to the dropping of the term.
The yin-yang logo indicates the certification of a product for interoperability.[25]

[Snoopy]

Bollix!
What as in High Fidelity?

High fidelity or hi-fi is most commonly a term for the high-quality reproduction of sound or images.

Surely you are not saying that WiFi which is poor quality sound and image is anything like that?

Fidelity needn't necessarily refer to sound reproduction.

Fidelity is the quality of being faithful or loyal. Wireless Fidelity merely states that the connectivity is as faithful as a wired-in connection.

But it bleedin' well isn't!

Pastis has the right of it. A marketing ploy that we have all fallen for.

[GROWLER]

Too hot for me. Struggled at work today.
Had to have water poured over me at one point as I felt so faint and sick.

15-20c is ideal thanks.

[Barman]

Too hot for me. Struggled at work today.
Had to have water poured over me at one point as I felt so faint and sick.

15-20c is ideal thanks.

You don't want to ride a motorbike to Cyprus then Growler... 

[GROWLER]

Too hot for me. Struggled at work today.
Had to have water poured over me at one point as I felt so faint and sick.

15-20c is ideal thanks.

You don't want to ride a motorbike to Cyprus then Growler...  

Nice and cooling I'd have thought?

It was so nice to get into my van and get the air con on full blast.
Flamin' iceicles draping off the headlining by the time I got home.

Dreading Italy next month if it stays this stifling.
P'raps I could get the plane diverted to Iceland instead?