Simon Brown

@SqRaindrop A Parkrun forecast might be nice ie for 9am Saturday mornings ☀️ ☔️ ☁️

This Weekend's Weather: Unsettled, but not a complete washout for most. Next week: jet stream strengthens again - thanks to the US weather. Find out what this means for us: 👉 youtu.be/ZKSRXaUKZhk #UKWeather #JetStream #WeatherForecast

Double lottery winners in the news. Odds quoted as 1 in 24 trillion. At that point my brain refuses to accept reality and demands a maths check. Help appreciated 😅 @TimHarford #statistics

@mattforde Great news 🎉

Just got my latest scan results and I’m clear! 🥳 And Forest won last night. All I need now is a Steak Bake and it’s the best week ever.

@WeAreOpenreach Any news on this issue? No sign of progress at the site. Thanks.

@simonbrown999 Hi Simon. I can see that the job is in a queue with one of our local contractors. I've dropped the a message asking for an update. We will let you know when we get some information. Antony

@WeAreOpenreach Hi, can you give me an idea of when this repair/replacement will be made - it was first reported 27th August i.e. over 2 months ago

@BritWeatherSvs That’s a cheery thought 😞

Meanwhile, in obviously less important news 👇

@WeAreOpenreach Thanks Antony, I appreciate that.

@metdesk Congratulations 🥂

It’s the news you’ve all been waiting for… The new WXCharts website goes live tomorrow! 🎉 You read that right. In just 24 hours, Tue 11 Nov 2025 at 1 pm (UK local), eu1.hubs.ly/H0ptVJk0 will be open to everyone. #WXCharts

Vodafone down?

@BBCr4today Great description of the current situation in Jamaica from Rebecca #mellisa

@BritWeatherSvs Will we see the remnants in the UK next week?

Hurricane #Melissa is the hurricane beast of the season, spawned by unnaturally very warm waters in the Caribbean. Devastation to follow re Jamaica.

Is your #Vodafonedown again 🙄

@BBCLookEast Exciting to see you’re filming in Chedgrave this morning! What’s the story, and when will it be on TV? Thanks.

@mattforde @absoluteradio @TENAMen_ Best wishes Matt, pity it’s not a smart button so you could say ‘Alexa, time to pee’ 😂

I won’t be on @absoluteradio for a few weeks as I’m having an operation on Thursday that will blow your mind. As a result of the life-saving spinal surgery I had two years ago, the nerves to my bladder and bowel were cut. This has left me with a stoma for solids and the need to self catheterise to pee. It also left me with something called stress incontinence. Lots of women experience it after childbirth. Whenever I laugh, cough or sneeze, piss comes out. And I’m a ticklish asthmatic with hay fever. I’m sodden. It’s costing me a fortune in Tena pants. So I’m having an artificial urinary sphincter implanted. This thing is GENIUS. It’s like a lassoo, which will wrap around my pee pipe and tighten it so that I don’t leak anymore. However, I’ll still need to catheterise in order to empty my bladder. So in order to loosen the lassoo, I press a button which deflates it and allows me to get a catheter down there. But where is this button going to go? In between my balls. Here are some pictures of it. On the left is the entire device. The middle photo shows the reservoir on the left. That will sit behind my abdominal wall. On the right is the lassoo (known as the cuff). That will wrap around the pipe and inflate with fluid to tighten it. The final photo shows the button. That will sit in between my balls. Inside the bag. When it’s time to pee, I press that. (Once I can pin it down. It’s going to be like finding a penny in a bag of mozzarella). The button then deflates the cuffs by moving the liquid to the reservoir. Afterwards, the cuff will reinflate with water and tighten up again. So I’ll be off for a bit while I heal. The nurse told me ‘for 8 weeks it’ll feel like someone has smashed you in the balls with a hammer’. And she hadn’t seen Forest this season.

Before-and-after photos from different angles show the devastation from flooding in Kipnuk, Alaska. Rescuers are working to find missing residents and help people displaced after a storm brought heavy rain, strong wind gusts, and dangerous storm surge. bit.ly/4naySfl

Some Friday evening laughs. Have a fun night, everyone!!!!

John Oliver fact checking RFK Jr.

@Sophia_Moseley I think I can see a pterodactyl in the distance

Just watched the sunrise over the Jurassic coast. It was utterly beautiful as it slowly rose above Golden Cap. It was the kind of moment when you feel there should be some great revelation, when you suddenly find the solution to a problem. #WritingCommunity #writerscommunity

@BritWeatherSvs 30°C in the UK? When are you expecting this?

Good morning. The long bank holiday weekend & the +30 deg C marker will be back along with rising humidities for yet another crack at convincing those with a peanut for a brain that our climate is changing & this story will not have a happy ending.

@BritWeatherSvs Intriguing 🤔

On the way to London to do something ‘special’. Aylesbury tomorrow , then Clacton later in the week. ⁉️🤔