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06 Oct 04 - 07:00 PM (#1290682) Subject: BS: Michael Fish Has Retired From: vectis He's been presenting the weather on the BBC for as long as I can remember but he retired tonight. He was a real character who frequently placed one or both feet firmly in his mouth on air. He was the one who famously said that there was no hurricane en route a few hours before the thing hit us in 1987. The weather won't seem the same without him. |
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07 Oct 04 - 04:30 AM (#1291033) Subject: RE: BS: Michael Fish Has Retired From: Dave Hanson Good riddance, he was a complete arsehole, WHAT HURRICANE ??? eric |
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07 Oct 04 - 06:33 AM (#1291116) Subject: RE: BS: Michael Fish Has Retired From: GUEST,Jon In fairness to Michael Fish, he was reffering to Florida when he made his infamous statement. Apparently it bugged him for years that it was taken completely out of context. It seems it was intended as a lead to an article on America but a bit got cut. I liked him and I think to hold down the position for 32 years indicates he must have done something right. Still I think my favourite weather forcaster was Bill Giles. |
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07 Oct 04 - 07:33 AM (#1291141) Subject: RE: BS: Michael Fish Has Retired From: Dave Hanson Bill Giles was even worse than Michael Fish, all his colleagues hated him, the BBC had to retire him to prevent the disruption he was causing. He once lost his temper on air when he said the weather was fine outside and an irate viewer rang up and told him to look out of the window. What a twat. eric |
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07 Oct 04 - 07:36 AM (#1291144) Subject: RE: BS: Michael Fish Has Retired From: Mr Red No - he told Mrs Trellis of North Wales that there would be no danger of retiring today. |
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07 Oct 04 - 08:34 AM (#1291172) Subject: RE: BS: Michael Fish Has Retired From: Dave the Gnome What will we do with the Tribe of Toffs song now??? John Ketley is a weatherman a weatherman a weatherman John Ketley is a weatherman and so is Michael Fish... Who can remember any more btw? The only memorable bit for me after that was Andy Crane has got no brain and John Ketley is a weatherman... I hope Mr F has clear blue skies, or at least sunny intervals, for his retirement anyway:-) Cheers DtG |
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07 Oct 04 - 08:41 AM (#1291184) Subject: RE: BS: Michael Fish Has Retired From: Dave Hanson John Ketley is OK, well he does come from Todmorden eric |
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07 Oct 04 - 06:42 PM (#1291660) Subject: RE: BS: Michael Fish Has Retired From: Strollin' Johnny gimme Jo Blythe any day |
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08 Oct 04 - 09:21 AM (#1292251) Subject: RE: BS: Michael Fish Has Retired From: Paco Rabanne Woof to that one johnny boy!!!! That's what weather presenters should look like!! Michael Fish was bloody dull. |
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08 Oct 04 - 09:38 AM (#1292263) Subject: RE: BS: Michael Fish Has Retired From: Jeanie Reported in 'The Times' yesterday: "The country's longest-serving weatherman intends to devote a significant portion of his retirement learning to play the drums." I trust this will include the bodhran ! - jeanie |
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08 Oct 04 - 09:57 AM (#1292271) Subject: RE: BS: Michael Fish Has Retired From: alanabit It's probably the only way he can find to annoy more people than he could by getting the weather wrong. |
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08 Oct 04 - 02:07 PM (#1292470) Subject: RE: BS: Michael Fish Has Retired From: Keith A of Hertford His reassurance about the hurricane was not about Florida. A woman had phoned in because the French were predicting hurricane force winds. He admitted his mistake but said that he had denied a hurricane, not hurricane force winds, the difference being that a hurricane is strictly a revolving tropical storm. Not much of an excuse I thought. |
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09 Oct 04 - 04:23 AM (#1292971) Subject: RE: BS: Michael Fish Has Retired From: alison John Ketley is a weatherman and so is Michael Fish, and so is Ian McCaskill!! slainte alison |
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09 Oct 04 - 04:57 AM (#1292984) Subject: RE: BS: Michael Fish Has Retired From: GUEST,Jon Kieth, I have double checked my reference in view of your comments. The article is here. Here is a short quote from it: "Earlier on today apparently a lady rang the BBC and said she heard that there was a hurricane on the way. Well don't worry if you're watching, there isn't." Jon |
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09 Oct 04 - 12:24 PM (#1293180) Subject: RE: BS: Michael Fish Has Retired From: Mr Red Michael Fish a drummer? hmmmmmmmmmm the thing about a meterologist is that at 100 paces he can tell whether. I'll get me raincoat........... |
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10 Oct 04 - 09:07 AM (#1293745) Subject: RE: BS: Michael Fish Has Retired From: Keith A of Hertford He says that now , but at the time he gave the excuse that we did not have a revolving tropical storm. I don't remember any mention of Florida. |
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10 Oct 04 - 11:36 AM (#1293803) Subject: RE: BS: Michael Fish Has Retired From: Peter K (Fionn) Keith, as stated in the BBC account quoted by Jon, a news broadcast preceding the forecast included an item about a storm causing damage in the Caribbean. Michael Fish did warn of strong winds, but at that time the met office thought that the main thrust of the storm would be along the English Channel. I wrung this out of Bill Giles, no less, when he gave a lecture to the Institution of Eletrical and Electronic Engineers in the early 1990s, when he was head of the BBC forecasts team. As for Giles himself, I would say Eric the Red has got his measure far better than Jon. The BBC was arraigned before an Industrial Tribunal on account of his bullying and tormenting of subordinates. In the lecture I attended he spent much of his time belittling his subordinates by name - not least, Michael Fish and Ian McCaskill. As for the best - well there's only one Suzanne Charlton.... and it was the icing on the cake when the Radio Times described her as Jack Charlton's niece (rather than Bobby Charlton's daughter)! |
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10 Oct 04 - 12:35 PM (#1293833) Subject: RE: BS: Michael Fish Has Retired From: GUEST,Jon Hmm... I always thought Bill Giles came over as a nice bloke! I've no reason to dispute the info given by Eric the Red and PeterK. Sounds to me in reality, he was far from pleasant. |