The weather man:
''They say that the British love talking about the weather. For other nationalities this can
be a banal and boring subject of conversation, something that people talk about when
they have nothing else to say to each other. And yet the weather is a very important part
of our lives. That at least is the opinion of Barry Gromett press officer for The Met
Office. This is located in Exeter, a pretty cathedral city in the southwest of England.
Here employees – and computers - supply weather forecasts for much of the world.'' Speak Up. Ano XXIII, nº 275.
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