furrfu (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} furrfu) wrote,@ 2009-04-07 20:15:00 |
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Southerly backing southeasterly 5 to 7, veering southwesterly later.
Even though I've never been in a position to have any use for it, I love the shipping forecast. And somehow, today, it triggered a memory of hearing, on the Belgian radio, similar reports on the situation of various inland waterways. A lot of people will remember, with some amusement, things like "opgehaalde schotbalken" and "geopende doorlaatklepjes".
Sadly, some research reveals that Belgian radio ditched these reports many years ago, and most weirs have now been motorised and automated anyway.
So much for writing an interesting post about shipping forecasts. Damn you, progress.
(And if there is an English word for "peilgebied" then Wikipedia doesn't know of it. Anyone?)
