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........For a few weeks the VW has been vibrating as I accelerate. Getting gradually worse. Been to the VW doctor this morning for a diagnostic test drive. Flywheel diagnosed. Waiting estimate, booked in 29th for two days. I suspect that blows my UK savings and then some.... Had something similar s...

The husband of former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been charged in connection with the embezzlement of funds from the Scottish National Party. Police Scotland launched a formal investigation into the SNP's finances in July 2021 after receiving complaints about how donations were used. Question...

Ex-Ascot wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 13, 2024 12:43 pm

No neither of us get that one.

spoonerism......loving shepherd v shoving leopard....

My first car was a grey 1956 Austin A35 Reg. 975KMV bought secondhand in 1964 for £175. Paid for with a £5 deposit and the rest was a bank loan that my bank manager father set up for me. About 6 months later later I was driving overnight from a weekend assignation in Bournemouth with my girlfriend -...

With reference to the ludicrous Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act which appropriately came into force on April 1st there have been more that 3000 cases registered in the first week which are being investigated by 40 "specially trained" police officers. Here is an extract from a letter writt...

A priest, a rabbit and a minister walk into a bar. The bartender asks the rabbit "What'll you have?" The rabbit says "I dunno. I'm only here because of autocorrect."

Looking at Arrivals at TER for 3 April it seems there were a lot of cancellations and a diversion. FR6066 is now showing as shortly arriving back at Lisbon on FR24!! Just shows it needs using with caution. So it now appears after a couple of holds FR6066 diverted and never landed at TER. A blocked r...

Just looking at the No.1 tracked flight on FR24......a scheduled flight from Lisbon to Terceira which should take 2:35. It appears from FR24 that after a couple of holds near the destination he set course back towards Lisbon. TER METARS have been fine all evening. After quite a while the aircraft ap...

Ireland with that clue. 50 years since I've been there but perhaps Kinsale?

Botswana offers to send 20,000 elephants to Germany.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-68715164

Dushan wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 01, 2024 1:45 pm

Unless it’s made of styrofoam, I don’t think so.

Here's a two year old video - it's real enough! The bit at 3:12 is impressive.

When I was at woodwork school the asbestos wall behind the table saw operator had a number of holes in it, each signed by the operator who had experienced the kickback. Some of those names went on to become quite acclaimed woodworkers. I've also seen a tooth come off a blade and go through the wall...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck5w9zlg1r7o

Perhaps they need Sleipnir. Two revolving cranes can lift up to 20,000 tonnes in tandem. In my day I thought Hermod was big but this is huge. Edit, posted the Hermod photo in error - here's the Sleipnir, decommissioning the Brent Alpha in 2020. The jacket weighed 10,100 metric tons. Sleipnir (1).jpg...

A Cirrus SR22T (G-RGSK) suffered an accident while performing touch-and-goes at Duxford Airfield.

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/372326

Boac wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:36 am

Amazing pic, C16. Where were the two boats in the pic?

It was at Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia.

In our rural setting the roads are few and far between. In their wisdom Aberdeenshire Council Roads Department have notified two separate diversion routes to avoid two places near home where two separate roads are closed for maintenance this week. The only problem is that both diversions take you to...

A size comparison of the Nimitz and Ark Royal R09. Ark was around 54,000 tons displacement. .
and Ark during a storm in the Indian Ocean in 1966...

....Regarding electricity tariff is it worth then to have a smart meter to take advantage of the hourly fluctuating prices? The Octopus Agile tariff requires a smart meter to be fitted in order to take advantage of the half hourly prices plus my usage is transmitted to Octopus at the same frequency...

The electricity board tree cutter guys seem to come round about every four years and have a look at where our line runs next to the adjacent small wood. I phoned them a couple of years ago as about 6 sycamores had grown up in our garden and were within falling distance and close to the line as well ...