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Interesting recollections LB, keep them coming.
I'm a little surprised that nobody has yet mentioned how a Weather-Guesser could be replaced with a simple stone placed on an outside window ledge.... allegedly just as accurate!
One of my pleasant duties when I was doing penance in Civil was to run the Met. Office marquee and presentations at the Yorkshire Show and the Welsh Show and at big events such as RAF Open Days. Our rescue mongrel Katie was a great character, loved people and was very intelligent. We made a collar attachment. It read
I AM WEATHERDOG KATIE. IF I GO BACK WET = RAIN; WHITE = SNOW; DUSTY = SANDSTORM; RUFFLED = GALE; LOST = FOG.