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24. My wife and I use different apps and get different forecasts

Reply to Bluestocking (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 1, 2026, 10:33 AM

10 hrs ago

I use The Weather Channel. She uses the Weather app that comes on Apple phones. Not hugely different but different.

A coworker told me that she and her spouse do the same.

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Anything more annoying than leaving the house in shorts and flip-flops and getting caught in the rain? luv2fly 13 hrs ago #1

Leaving the house in flip-flops is bad enough Redleg 13 hrs ago #2

You must not live in California. chia 10 hrs ago #22

That is the part of the article you choose to comment upon?... MiHale 13 hrs ago #3

Indeed it is, thanks for noticing luv2fly 12 hrs ago #6

Got cha...👍 MiHale 12 hrs ago #7

I'm not partial to flip flops RB77 11 hrs ago #17

Never wore ff's..never will... MiHale 7 hrs ago #30

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I have noticed this recently Bluestocking 12 hrs ago #5

My wife and I use different apps and get different forecasts underpants 10 hrs ago #24

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Exactly dlk 11 hrs ago #14

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'leaving the house in shorts and flip flops, only to get caught in an unexpected downpour' Intractable 11 hrs ago #18

Every day it says rain that never comes. Historic NY 11 hrs ago #19

Everybody talks about the weather but no ones does anything about it underpants 10 hrs ago #27

Social Murder: littlemissmartypants 10 hrs ago #20

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