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Costa Concordia: today
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probes » Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:23 am
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What's inside:
the bridge:
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First Officer John Coward - remind me, was he the 'one with the daffodil implant'? =))
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Last post by Boac
Tue Jan 19, 2016 2:49 pm
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A question about PVA woodglue
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Fliegenmong » Mon Jan 18, 2016 12:18 pm
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Hi All, ... so....I am building a madel Junk for my Nephews birthday....he seems to like boats....and chinese food..so right?
I kinda put together a...
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But absolutely no good for sniffing at all - has no effect whatsoever.
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Last post by OFSO
Tue Jan 19, 2016 1:48 pm
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"Voluntary" tax?
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by
boing » Mon Jan 18, 2016 2:38 am
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An estimated $40 billion is needed annually to help the rapidly growing number of people needing humanitarian aid...
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Always wondered why all these lefties that moan and scream about everything being underfunded, cuts and tax rates being too low don't ever just pay a...
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Last post by OFSO
Tue Jan 19, 2016 1:43 pm
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You can check out anytime you like...
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by MoreAviation » Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:38 am
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But you can never leave! Sad to hear this news...
Glenn Frey, Eagles guitarist, has died at the age of 67 in New York.
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and how come the likes of Keith Richards are still alive?
Can you imagine any bacteria or virus entering Keith Richard's drug-soaked body of its...
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Last post by OFSO
Tue Jan 19, 2016 1:33 pm
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5 Planets and a Comet
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rgbrock1 » Tue Jan 19, 2016 12:34 pm
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Don't know if anyone else is interested but for the first time in over a decade 5 planets and a comet are visible in the morning sky approx. 45...
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Nice shot Alisonn, especially with part of the Milky Way included. :-bd
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Last post by rgbrock1
Tue Jan 19, 2016 12:40 pm
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JW
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OFSO » Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:33 pm
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I found a couple of not-so-young ladies fumbling at my gate switch this afternoon; when I appeared they thrust a religious tract into my outstretched...
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I don't consider JW's to be particularly sincere or caring; my school chums and their brother left at the age of 18 and were all ostracised by their...
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Last post by Mrs Ex-Ascot
Tue Jan 19, 2016 7:43 am
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4 very talented ladies
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Fliegenmong » Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:00 am
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:YMAPPLAUSE:
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At the risk of incurring the wrath of those more PC than I am - not just incredibly talented, but eight very nice legs as well.
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Last post by MTOW
Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:53 am
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Bunnings goes to the UK
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by Sisemen » Mon Jan 18, 2016 11:16 am
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Just been announced that Wesfarmers, who run the Bunnings chain of DIY stores in Australia, have bought out the UK chain Homebase.
They'll certainly...
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I think it is a bit more than that but not by much.
They certainly don't dominate like Coles and Woolies do.
The other thing to factor is is...
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Last post by 500N
Tue Jan 19, 2016 3:31 am
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The newest in Global Warming
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rgbrock1 » Wed Dec 16, 2015 1:57 pm
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According to findings, after considerable "research" by a bunch of scientists (who remain unnamed) "global warming" is causing...
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C'mon guys, think logically ! I only wore them while they were still warm to keep my balding pate comfortable. Once they cooled off, I took the...
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Last post by OFSO
Mon Jan 18, 2016 9:10 pm
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Are Really Well Made Things Made Anymore?
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by
BackToAllNightLights » Wed Jan 13, 2016 11:06 am
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Cars have been built/designed to be replaced in a few years for eons now and more expensive to fix.
Car engines forced to be less polluting and more...
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Speak for yourself Slasher.
I think that my Leatherman and Mrs Ex-Ascot who are both always with me can be counted as a good products. One is a bit...
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Sun Jan 17, 2016 11:19 am
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Last post by Flame Lily FX
Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:47 am
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Hurricane Alex, a January storm in the Eastern Atlantic!
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by MoreAviation » Fri Jan 15, 2016 11:53 am
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For the weather bores like me.
Alex's strength is surprising, because tropical storms thrive most over warm waters, something that's unexpected in...
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The east coast of what, pray tell?
The US, if it had followed the normal storm track. As it stands there it looks like it hung a left and is...
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Last post by Stoneboat
Sat Jan 16, 2016 4:54 am
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Black holes have hair around them
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Boac » Thu Jan 14, 2016 3:16 pm
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Exciting news for all of JB inclination. Stephen Hawking has declared that soft hair around the event horizon of a black hole explains the problems...
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Carry on up the Quantum
Starring Kenneth Williams as Erwin Schroedinger
with Hattie Jacques as his cat Tiddles
Sid James as market trader Werner...
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Last post by OFSO
Fri Jan 15, 2016 3:31 pm
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Last post by Chuks
Fri Jan 15, 2016 1:22 pm
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Si...Sand...and Sun
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by Slasher » Thu Jan 14, 2016 12:05 pm
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My broker sent me an email about it and wonder if anyone else thinks there might be something in it?
Any advances in solar power instantly raises my...
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duhh. thats why they want you to invest in them. to get more capital (money).
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Last post by dubbleyew eight
Fri Jan 15, 2016 12:23 pm
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Fascinating Aida
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by
CharlieOneSix » Fri Jan 15, 2016 10:13 am
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Well Alison wanted more aviation content so here's Fascinating Aida's experience of a certain Irish airline. If you want an evening of close to the...
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Hmm...sheltered life?? I had to go look up the term 'dogging'....
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Last post by Fliegenmong
Fri Jan 15, 2016 10:57 am
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Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
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Alisoncc » Thu Jan 14, 2016 4:45 am
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Follower of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has won the right to wear a colander on his head in driving licence photo, in Russia of all...
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I think that we can see that His Noodleyness has been at the sauce again!
Calumny, sheer calumny. His Noodleyness had not imbibed anything but the...
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Last post by MoreAviation
Fri Jan 15, 2016 9:05 am
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Oh you Kinky English feckers!!
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Fliegenmong » Wed Jan 13, 2016 1:10 pm
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Going through some old photos I found one of Fliegs at the Noke Thistle hotel in St Albans Hertfordshire............I was the night Doorman in...
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As for Ballard, he was quite a strange chap! He was a pilot (or had been) after all and then there was the whole Shepperton thing! :)
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Last post by MoreAviation
Fri Jan 15, 2016 3:08 am
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RIP Alan Rickman
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by Capetonian » Thu Jan 14, 2016 12:46 pm
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One of my favourite actors. Starred in many well known films, including the Harry Potter films, Love Actually, and many others.
Left us earlier...
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Another good one gone.
I did like him as Hans Gruber in Die Hard.
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Last post by 500N
Thu Jan 14, 2016 10:56 pm
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The Love and peace activists are at it again.....
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Fliegenmong » Thu Jan 14, 2016 12:53 pm
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In Jakarta today....
So....um...why do they go in for killing fellow Muslims as well??
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They say ISIS, I wonder if this was ISIS only or JI.
They say quite a few Indo Muslims have gone to join ISIS, I would imagine JI type sympathizers...
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Last post by 500N
Thu Jan 14, 2016 3:22 pm
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Reality
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by Sisemen » Wed Jan 13, 2016 1:51 pm
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Where are we going to be in 20 year's time
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Always said that when R2D2 projected the image of Princess Leia it really did happen like in the movie. :-bd
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Last post by Alisoncc
Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:50 am
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Return of incandescent light bulbs
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by
admin » Tue Jan 12, 2016 1:39 am
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Return of incandescent light bulbs as MIT makes them more efficient than LEDs.
The clinical white beam of LEDs and frustrating time-delay of ‘green’...
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However, the total energy consumption remains constant. ...except that the water is losing heat from the time heating starts. The longer it takes to...
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Last post by A Lutra Continua
Thu Jan 14, 2016 5:18 am
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Lotions, potions and liniments
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by MoreAviation » Tue Jan 05, 2016 4:26 pm
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I was perusing some old photographs (actually very old) of MoreAviation when he was a mere 4 year old and noticed what looked like a strange rash on...
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The skin is not impervious, though: dermal application of a medication or chemical is well-known, e.g. nicotine patches.
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Wed Jan 13, 2016 8:42 pm
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Wed Jan 13, 2016 7:31 pm
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Domestic Technology
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by henry crun » Tue Aug 25, 2015 10:33 am
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Better cheaper leds on the way
Scientists at Rutgers are working on a better phosphor mix with a warmer spectrum:
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Brilliant and friendly illumination: IKEA candles. Of course, one has to endure the horrors of going there to buy them.
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Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:39 pm
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