I notice that the poor little bugger at the back of the group of 3 isn't being fed and then the fourth one appears from underneath the other three. Talk about a)the loudest complainers get fed and b)survival of the strongest. It's tough being a peregrine chick.
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- Fri Apr 26, 2024 9:57 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Peregrine falcons at Worcester Cathedral
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- Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:20 pm
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Yes, Beaufort is one of those whose departure I feel the poorer for. Who knows what motivates folks to leave.
I do miss his accounts of the doings of his Newfies. Did he get any replacements I wonder? Sigh.
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I do miss his accounts of the doings of his Newfies. Did he get any replacements I wonder? Sigh.
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- Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:43 am
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Buggah!! it's gone down again.
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- Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:56 am
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Re: Peregrine falcons at Worcester Cathedral
Can anyone one think of an "aerodynamic" reason for the tufts of feathers above and below the beak? Air speed indicators during their high speed dives??
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- Sat Apr 20, 2024 6:08 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: We need more
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Re: We need more
You practice a lot and fall over a bigger lot but keep on trucking. Chapeau as we say in Morayshire.
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- Fri Apr 19, 2024 3:18 pm
- Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
- Topic: Chaos in Scotland.
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Re: Chaos in Scotland.
Where's plum when we need the REAL inside story??
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- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:10 pm
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- Topic: It has been a wet April!
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Re: And it was in Jan '69....
....we returned from a few days down at Masirah to find Sharjah looking like an aircraft carrier, a runway surrounded by water. The Shackletons that had been left there looked a bit like those pewter tankards that were hand beaten. One of the techies was so overcome with his excitement to describe t...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:13 pm
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- Topic: The Capetonian WOE Thread
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Menorca? Mr Nelson a lady Hamilton. OH if correct
I'm going to be there on hols in 6 weeks time.
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I'm going to be there on hols in 6 weeks time.
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- Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:04 pm
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- Topic: My first car
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Re: My first car....
.....Was a Wolsey 1500, staid for a Flying Off, but newly wed that was the choice. It's the only car number plate I remember YZ1120, n'orn irish it was. When it ran a big end I actually repaired outside the farm cottage we were living in by lying underneath (no jack) removed the sump, and pulled the...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:14 pm
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- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re:RPC/PPC confusion.....
.....in my aging grey cells anyway. I did get it ALMOST right,come on, be fair. Just a bit of cross-over.
Thank you Madame K.
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Thank you Madame K.
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- Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:32 pm
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- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Ah yes! Of course. I associate mainly (from my experience) with the RN. And the "....pour congee" is for taking leave. It usually meant a "cockkers P" before the ship left. I have hazy memories of most of them, most memorably on HMS Rothesay in Sembawang dockyard in Singapore, shortly after Sub Lieu...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 5:42 pm
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- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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...and this Q is. On an invitation card what do the initials RPC stand for? I seem to remember it was "....pour congee" or such like and it was usually for a "leaving do" but what was the "R"? Repondez??
Google did not help.
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Google did not help.
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- Mon Apr 01, 2024 5:44 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
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Re: #62.....
.....point c) Touche
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- Mon Apr 01, 2024 2:21 pm
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Was the rebuild done with plywood? I seem to remember from the excellent book "The New Science of Strong Materials(or why we don't fall through the floor" that the Mossie had big problems in the fareast in the latter stages of the war because the humidity caused the wooden components to delaminate. ...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 2:13 pm
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- Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
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Re: #62
a) how the hell does the bridge see where they're going?
b) what are the "hydrodynamics" of the "hull" components? The phrase " the aerodynamics of a brick" come to mind.
c) why would you name a ship after an eight-legged horse?
Only because I'm curious you understand.
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b) what are the "hydrodynamics" of the "hull" components? The phrase " the aerodynamics of a brick" come to mind.
c) why would you name a ship after an eight-legged horse?
Only because I'm curious you understand.
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- Mon Apr 01, 2024 1:58 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Saw Safety
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Re: Saw Safety
I belong to a Mens' Shed and when I was a trustee one of the responsibilities that fell to me was machine tool safety. Many of the elderly chaps took a lot of persuading to take it seriously. "I've aye done it this way". Yeah but no but yeah but. If it goes wrong it's MY neck for the chop, so stop. ...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:54 pm
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- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: Sensitive toes.....
......my wife!! It used to be that when I approached with the nail clippers there would be sharp intakes of breath without my touching her feet. The resulting stramash* was very stressing for both of us such that I then refused point blank to do it. Me "Go to the chiropodist then", her "I can't stan...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:11 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Peregrine falcons at Worcester Cathedral
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Re: Peregrine falcons at Worcester Cathedral
Is the camera off for easter or because it was the Maunday Money ceremony??
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- Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:40 pm
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- Topic: Electric Cars II - Not Silly!
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Re: Toyota Hilux.....
......And then there was the series of videos made in either OZ or NZ entitled "Buggah!" made oi laff they did.
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- Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:47 pm
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- Topic: Octopus Agile electricity tariff UK
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Re: Tree Falling...
....I thought these were pretty good videos and I find I was conforming with most, nay all, that was being put across. I didn't know there were so many "named" undercuts, but I think I've probably used most of them. But I'm not cutting trees that big here. Thanks for that I've bookmarked it.. The An...