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Shipping Forecast

Robert Holmes-3
Today's conversation with Nick about weather circulation in the North Atlantic inevitably got me thinking about that great British tradition, the Shipping Forecast.

I must admit, just hearing the opening notes of its theme gets me all misty eyed…



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Re: Shipping Forecast

Nick Thompson

Robert,

 

Luffly.  Can you still get them?  I never knew what the references were. 

 

Thanks.

 

Nick

 

Nicholas S. Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology

Clark University

http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/

 

From: Friam [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Robert Holmes
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 8:41 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[hidden email]>
Subject: [FRIAM] Shipping Forecast

 

Today's conversation with Nick about weather circulation in the North Atlantic inevitably got me thinking about that great British tradition, the Shipping Forecast.

 

I must admit, just hearing the opening notes of its theme gets me all misty eyed…

 

 


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Re: Shipping Forecast

Robert Holmes-3
Yup, four times a day since WW2. The wikipedia page has a list of the areas and the broadcast format if you want to follow along.

—Robert

On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 9:08 PM Nick Thompson <[hidden email]> wrote:

Robert,

 

Luffly.  Can you still get them?  I never knew what the references were. 

 

Thanks.

 

Nick

 

Nicholas S. Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology

Clark University

http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/

 

From: Friam [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Robert Holmes
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 8:41 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[hidden email]>
Subject: [FRIAM] Shipping Forecast

 

Today's conversation with Nick about weather circulation in the North Atlantic inevitably got me thinking about that great British tradition, the Shipping Forecast.

 

I must admit, just hearing the opening notes of its theme gets me all misty eyed…

 

 

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