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   Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 04:44:24 JST Mrs Cloudy

   If you're Scottish, you'll have lived a lifetime of summer events being cancelled because of the rain. Sports days, picnics, Highland games, and concerts have all fallen, by the way, forever. This year, for the first time, I'm seeing furious conspiracy theorists blaming the faceless "they" for manipulating the weather. Who are "they"? Why do "they" hate picnics?

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     Cabbidges (thedailyburble@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jun-2024 01:52:55 JST Cabbidges

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     @CloudyMrs

     Except school. It could be any extreme weather event with trees flying about and the Forth Bridge closed and -30C or a global pandemic - school is never closed.

     The they you refer to might be whomsover decides that fun is cancelled with a mere spot of rain, but nastystuff must go on no matter what.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jun-2024 01:52:55 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Cabbidges

     @TheDailyBurble school is closed more regularly than you may imagine. Every second Tuesday, it sometimes seems.

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     Rachel Greenham (strangenoises@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jun-2024 01:53:20 JST Rachel Greenham

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     @CloudyMrs it’ll be a sign of the end times to go a summer in Scotland with no such cancellations. Followed shortly by the arrival of acclaimed Scottish sparkling wine…

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jun-2024 01:53:20 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Rachel Greenham

     @StrangeNoises wine you say. 🤔

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     Cabbidges (thedailyburble@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 05:52:42 JST Cabbidges

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     @CloudyMrs
     Ah yes. I forgot.

     Can close school for instaff - but not for wilde wilde weather with trees flying about, the Forth bridge closed (lest precious traffic be damaged), nor a deadly pandemic, nor below zero temperatures - in those cases school remains open.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 05:52:42 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Cabbidges

     @TheDailyBurble no they never. They were shut for months and months.

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     Cabbidges (thedailyburble@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2024 07:03:29 JST Cabbidges

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     @CloudyMrs They were shut apart from for very necessary workers (I forget the exact term), whereupon the category of very necessary workers expanded greatly, and I only remember that being for some weeks, back open at the first opportunity. My memory may be faulty, but I'm sure records were kept.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2024 07:03:29 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Cabbidges

     @TheDailyBurble i have kids. They schools were shut for months. They also generally close for bad weather and if the heating goes on the blink. Snow days are pretty standard. Same as it ever was.