Does anyone know.....

[Sis]

what this means please, I have googled plenty of examples come up but I can't find an actual explanation:

'brother-german to the laird'

 

[kernowmaid]

"Brother-german" means "sharing the same parents"
ie: 'full brother to the laird'

(If I was being fascetious (& could spell it!) I would suggest it meant a multi-national relationship: Scots & Teutonic)

Sorry, I've woken up in a funny mood today!
Must be the change in the weather - rain, blessed cooling rain!

Jane

 

[Sis]

"Brother-german" means "sharing the same parents"
ie: 'full brother to the laird'

Thank you. Where did you find the explanation or did you just know it Jane? Pleased to hear your cooling down.

 

[kernowmaid]

It rang a bell ... and Mr Google ("brother-german meaning") verified it!

Jane

 

[Sis]

OK, thanks. I think I need to shorten my words when searching, if you know what I mean. I do tend to waffle on sometimes.

 

[Auburn]

"Brother-german" means "sharing the same parents"
ie: 'full brother to the laird'

(If I was being fascetious (& could spell it!) I would suggest it meant a multi-national relationship: Scots & Teutonic)

Sorry, I've woken up in a funny mood today!
Must be the change in the weather - rain, blessed cooling rain!

Jane

Ooh! I am soooo jealous!
Not only are you in lovely "Snozzle"-it's raining!

 

[Auburn]

It's cool & rainy here now-lovely
But I'd still rather be in Snozzle-even in the rain

 

[Chimp]

It's cool & rainy here now-lovely

It's been hot and muggy all day in this part of Wales The weekend is supposed to be really hot.

 

[AnnB]

The weekend is supposed to be really hot.

Well that will make a nice change.......... My garden is beginning to resemble a cross between the Sahara Desert and a dried river bed - if I don’t appear one day, you’ll know I’ve fallen down one of the cracks.....

 

[wendymac]

Pleased to hear your cooling down.

Wish I was I’m melting in this heat - can’t stand much more of this.
28 degrees today this is the fourth week of unbroken sunshine and its here for another 2 weeks yet my lawn is all yellow - looks like straw

 

[Sis]

Oh dear, you poor things. Continuous unusual heat must be horrible for you. Hope you all get some relief sooner rather than later.

 

[Half Hour]

It's the same here in Canada.... humidexes in the 40's every day. Supposed to have a bit of a break Friday/Saturday. I've been watering, but don't want to run my well dry.

 

[Findem]

And to think we still have Climate Change skeptics, although with some, especially politicians, it's more a case of what they are trying to get us to believe.

I wonder how many of the skeptics belong to the Flat Earth Society.

 

[Archie's Mum]

Wish I was I’m melting in this heat - can’t stand much more of this.
28 degrees today this is the fourth week of unbroken sunshine and its here for another 2 weeks yet my lawn is all yellow - looks like straw

Oh dear. I am so so sorry but 28 degrees made me smile......sorry again.
28 degrees here is a lovely warm day in the garden, soaking up some vitamin d but not staying in it too long. You can keep your 40 degrees though. We have enough of that. I have been in the garden today with a temperature of 17, that’s on the cooler side here, still wearing a hoodie, ripping out overgrown gardens, pruning neglected roses and trimming hedges.

 

[Daft Bat]

I have been in the garden today with a temperature of 17, that’s on the cooler side here, still wearing a hoodie

Here, that would be T-shirt and shorts weather for me!

A couple of years ago, I went on holiday to Madeira in the April. I was in the T-shirt and shorts - you could tell who the locals were.... they were still wearing puffer jackets!

 

[Chimp]

We went to Lanzarote a while ago, the temp was 114 f (45 C) most days. At the market stalls there were sellers wearing puffer jackets.

I love this weather when I'm not at work

 

[Archie's Mum]

Some lovely surprises awaited me in the undergrowth......bulbs popping up everywhere. No idea what they all are yet...can’t wait

 

[Sis]

We are averaging 17C during the day at the moment, with a cold wind brrrrrrrrrr! 7C or 8C overnight!!!!!!

 

[Archie's Mum]

17 today was warm for here but Saturday we are looking at 7 and Sunday 6 with a minimum of -1. I’m certainly not used to it but I am loving it. It’s probably the novelty and I have new coat and gloves to wear. I have also been seen lately in a possum and alpaca knitted hat. At least summer out here won’t be humid, thank goodness.

 

[Sis]

Hate humid!!! We get a lot more humid weather than we used to.