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Stefan Lloyd ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 03 Aug 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1599 |
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Yes. From http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A641305 "Certain types of seaweed can be used to measure the humidity. In the UK there is a type called lace seaweed5, a single, long strand of seaweed, looking a lot like a bootlace. Hang this up in a sheltered area and as the humidity rises the seaweed becomes damp, slimey and pliant, as humidity drops it becomes hard and brittle." The only snag with this is it didn't predict the weather; it just told you what was already happening. |
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Black no sugar ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 04 Dec 04 Location: Somewhere between Brighton and Lancing Online Status: Offline Posts: 3941 |
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And get lace-seaweed in the centreboard casing and you can't lift the blade going downwind! Arrgh!!!! That's a perfect way to predict a short, brutal spell of extremely wet conditions for the sailor....
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Jack Sparrow ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 08 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2965 |
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OK what you do is this..... get a bucket or two of seaweed, boil for a couple of hours on high, get one clothes peg, apply clothes peg to nose, drink as much seaweed juice as possible, descend into a deep psycho- tropic state, see the future and foretell the weather.... see it's simple. Or alternatively hang some seaweed by your door and if its crispy it will be fine if its soft it will be raining soon. Old salty sea dog fisher mans tip thingy.... apparently. |
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