The Capetonian WOE Thread
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Sir Humphrey Davy?
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Sir Humpty Dumpty it is, and it is located in Market Jew St, Penzance. The figure has a miners lamp in his right hand. Davy was apprenticed to an apothecary at a shop about 20m from the statue which remained a chemist (pharmacy) for a couple of centuries but is now a charity shop. How times have changed!
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Time for a bridge
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Pont du Gard, three-tiered, ancient, Roman aqueduct, arch bridge, Gardon River, Vers-Pont-du-Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Pretty sure correct. If so OH as we are going into the bush.
Pretty sure correct. If so OH as we are going into the bush.
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I looked at that picture and wondered which bridge of the three you were asking about.
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They engineered-in redundancy in those days.
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As a couple of days have elapsed and no-one has responded to the OH I will put this up. Apologies for the quality, it is copied from a 40 year old slide. I don't think the place will have changed much.
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Korea?
Been in data comm since we formed the bits individually with a Morse key.
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Tanah Lot Temple, Bali?
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Spot on FD2, Tanah Lot it is. Had a company paid flight there from Sumatra in the company aircraft a Fokker F27 about 40 years ago when I took the pic. Wonder how many F27's are still around?
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How many F27 still flying?
Per The Google MachineTM:
As of August 2022, less than 20 Fokker F27 aircraft (Cargo and military variants only) remained in airline and military service around the world. Few airlines operate numbers of the type as they are used only for cargo and military operations.
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Any truth to a story I was told?
An F27 pilot rather smashed his aircraft into the runway, I think in The Netherlands, and the radio calls were:
Tower:"That was a bit of a Fokker"
Pilot:"Yes. Nearly the end of a beautiful Friendship"
An F27 pilot rather smashed his aircraft into the runway, I think in The Netherlands, and the radio calls were:
Tower:"That was a bit of a Fokker"
Pilot:"Yes. Nearly the end of a beautiful Friendship"
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Thanks Smeagol. Here's an easy one for some on this site:
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It's Banks' Peninsula just south of Christchurch, New Zealand. The inlet top left is Lyttelton Harbour and the port which serves Christchurch. The other one at the bottom is Akaroa Harbour where Shackleton's captain Frank Worsley was brought up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Worsley
The city of Christchurch is plainly visible top left.
Banks' Peninsula is named after Sir Joseph Banks who accompanied James Cook on his first voyage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Banks
Cook made a remarkably accurate map of New Zealand with only two errors which were understandable because of the weather keeping him further offshore - Banks' Peninsula he thought was an island and Stewart Island he thought was a peninsula.
Open House declared.
It's Banks' Peninsula just south of Christchurch, New Zealand. The inlet top left is Lyttelton Harbour and the port which serves Christchurch. The other one at the bottom is Akaroa Harbour where Shackleton's captain Frank Worsley was brought up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Worsley
The city of Christchurch is plainly visible top left.
Banks' Peninsula is named after Sir Joseph Banks who accompanied James Cook on his first voyage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Banks
Cook made a remarkably accurate map of New Zealand with only two errors which were understandable because of the weather keeping him further offshore - Banks' Peninsula he thought was an island and Stewart Island he thought was a peninsula.
Open House declared.
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I had no ideas......on the same theme, lets try this one:
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