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The ball dropped in NYC, and the TV channel switched from their
concert to Chicago concerts waiting for our fireworks. Less than 6
hours left in the old year, globally. :)
(http://www.fodors.com/wire/New-York-Times-Square-Ball-Drop.jpg)
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Buon Anno!!
Happy New Year!!
May 2013 bring you all joy and happiness :)
Con affetto
Silvia
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Happy NewYear - Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
How's the headache? ;D
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What headache? (http://serve.mysmiley.net/innocent/innocent0007.gif) (http://www.footballerpictures.co.uk)
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Happy New Year!
It's starting hopefully in Lancashire. It's not raining and I can see a little bit of blue sky :)
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Happy New Year!
Here in France, or at least in Provence, it is considered bad luck to wish someone happy new year before the new year begins.
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No danger, then. I fell asleep 3 hours before midnight. Happy New Year everyone!
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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO OW, WHEREVER YOU ARE!
Starting very well here in Oxfordshire - blue sky, sunshine, no rain, puddles drying up ....
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Happy New Year to everyone!
May we all have another happy year of transcribing/editing in 2013!
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Happy New Year!
Here in France, or at least in Provence, it is considered bad luck to wish someone happy new year before the new year begins.
Well, that's what we are here for, to learn stuff. ;)
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Hello OW. :)
Back to normal for most of us; another holiday in Scotland, New Zealand etc.
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Good evening Caro, 'evening all,
Definitely getting summery
here in the new year. Low to mid-30s in Canberra for the next week,
while Adelaide is rejoicing at the approaching sequence of 39, 42, 31,
36, 41, 41 and 37C days. Not very nice!
(Insert sweating emoticon here)
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I wouldn't mind a bit of heat but 42 is a bit too much!
Cloudy and 5C here.
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Here's one you can use, Howard, http://www.desismileys.com/smileys/desismileys_1846.gif
(http://www.desismileys.com/smileys/desismileys_1846.gif)
Chicago's
record breaking "warm" spell ended yesterday - for the first time in
history we went 310 days straight with all highs above freezing.
Our snow drought is still working on setting a similar record for days
without an inch or more of snow. And 2012 is officially the
warmest year ever, overall average temp was 54.5F (12.5C)
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=lot&storyid=91085&source=0
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Thanks Janet, that should do the job!
H
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Much the same here in Niagara Falls. 52.?F (11.32?C) for the
year. Lake Ontario is 9.8" (25cm) below seasonal normals
with several other Great Lakes significantly below 100 year lows. It's
going to be an interesting season if we don't get some serious moisture
during the rest of winter.
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Just a bit north of you the temperature is -15 C, here in
Ottawa-Gatineau, going down to -23 C tonight. But it is not consistently
cold - a high of - 1 C predicted for Saturday. The jet stream must be
bouncing around.
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OOPS!! Should have been clearer with the data !!! ::) The 52F
(11.3C) is the AVERAGE Temp for the YEAR 2012! About 2 degrees
warmer than the earlier record warm year.
This morning 2 Jan 2013
at 7:00am when I did my report for the National Weather Service the
temp was 24F (-4C) and tonight should be around 17F (-11C). We have 5.8"
(14cm) snow on the ground and so far the ground hasn't frozen (I have
some instrumentation this winter because they are trying to determine
how deep the 'frost line' really goes!)
This may finally be a
'normal' western New York winter which we DESPERATELY need sine Lake
Ontario is 10" (25cm) below the 100 year average and dropping yet.
You folks in Gatineau may have no water in the st. Lawrence if it all
leaks out of Ontario :o :-\
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If you can find a way of getting it there, you can definitely have
some of ours! We've had a couple of dry days now, but there's
still a lot of flooding. I took the bus into Oxford today, and
where we pass over the river (Thames I think) there was no sign at all
of the usual course of the river - just water and more water, and some
boats which had probably been tied up to the bank now entirely
surrounded by quite fast flowing water. In Oxford itself the water
was very nearly over its banks still. We could certainly spare
you some .... :D
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Was that Magdalen Bridge over the Cherwell, Helenj? - just happened
to go across there this afternoon - the Botanic was looking fairly
soggy. If it was the Abingdon Rd then that is the Thames that you
go over just at the edge of the centre of town. My friends live just
along the way in Marlborough Rd looking onto the parkland that runs from
Abingdon Rd round to the ice rink...the park is so deep in water that
their 9 year old is rowing over it for fun in his little pump-up beach
boat during the holidays. ::)
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No, it was the historic toll bridge (and traffic bottle-neck!) on
the way in from Eynsham; and then the bridge over the river on the road
into the railway station. A lot of the allotments near there were
under water too. But I suspect it's the same all over - they're
all connected after all. I bet your friends' son will remember
this winter!
I wasn't down as far as Magdalen Bridge today - and
probably won't be now until we get back to lectures in the Examination
Schools, by which time I hope it will all have gone down a bit.
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Oh that's the Thames too Helenj..it's just a bit deeper (and
normally skinnier) there as it goes through Osney. Actually that's a
very religious bit of the river - it arrives from within site of the old
Abbey grounds at Eynsham, then goes onto Godstow Nunnery, from there to
Binsey's Holy Well of St Frideswide's, and carries on past the Nunnery
at Osney past the grounds of the Cathedral at Christ Church. I'd never
thought of that connection before now.
Sorry to hear about the allotments - not for the first time though! ::)
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Joan & Helen,
If you can spare a few inches of the wet stuff
(or, if you want it in metric terms, [a few] x 25.4mm of the wet stuff),
we would gladly take it off your hands at the moment. Lynne and I
are finding it fascinating to read your posts as we were meandering up
and down the canal out of Oxford only 7 months ago. It was
flooding then also, but nowhere near as severely.
If you can get a
copy of the December 2012 issue of the Scientific American, there is an
excellent article titled 'The winters of our discontent', with the
lead-in 'Loss of Arctic sea ice is stacking the deck in favor [not my
spelling!] of harsh winter weather in the US and Europe'. A
preview of the article is at
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-winters-of-our-discontent
(http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-winters-of-our-discontent).
It sounds like you should make sure that your inflatable boats are topped-up and leak-free.
;)
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Hello OW.
Indeed. The UK has just 'enjoyed' its wettest year on record.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/31/wettest-year-ends-with-downpours
Make that second wettest:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20898729
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Thanks Steeleye and Caro,
Interesting articles...very crazy weather. I can't recall the last time we had a completely dry 24 hours. :-\
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I have to thank you folks for feeding my OTHER addiction! ;)
I'm halfway through 'The Eyrie Affair' with 2 more Ffordes and a couple Pratchetts sitting on the shelf!! ;D ;D
BTW - I NOW begin to understand 'Thursday Next' ;)
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-20897522 ;D
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-20897522 ;D
The Sydney duck hangs around for a while and definitely trumps this:
http://www.nbcchicago.com/the-scene/events/Windy-City-Rubber-Ducky-Derby-52097242.html
;D
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;D
Monster! Monster!
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Those monster duckies pop up all over the place:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/gallery/2012/dec/11/giant-rubber-duck-thames-in-pictures
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:D Ghostbusters :D
(http://www.adventuresinpoortaste.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ghostbustersheader.jpg)
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;D
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-20897522 ;D
The Sydney duck hangs around for a while and definitely trumps this:
http://www.nbcchicago.com/the-scene/events/Windy-City-Rubber-Ducky-Derby-52097242.html
;D
It's going to be a bit of a squeeze to get the baby in the bath as well.
::)
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Maybe the London and the Sydney ducks met.
That could explain all the Chicago ducks?
:D
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I admit, 44,000 rubber duckies (with sunglasses!) make us glad the
main stem of the Chicago River is wide enough. It does please a
lot of young children and raise good money for the Special
Olympics. ;)
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Everybody sing....Rubber Duckie you're the one, You make bath time
lots of fun. Rubber Duckie I'm so in love with you!! ;D
A song from around here at Sesame Street - a kid's Educational Program! ;)
http://youtu.be/Mh85R-S-dh8
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How small is sometimes a man against nature.
wave (https://www.youtube.com/tv?vq=medium#/watch?v=t-HaTWIznGE&mode=transport)
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oh dear -I think that rubber ducks were about my level of seamanship! Fetch the Sealegs Tablets... :P :P :-\
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A really delightful afternoon in southern Oz today - 45C in
Adelaide, 41 in Melbourne, 42 in Hobart. In Canberra, it was an
almost temperate 37. ... But heading for 39 tomorrow.
Swap you Brits some degrees for some rain?
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Hello OW, hello Howard.
I hope you get a break from the heat soon. Phew.
It hasn't rained where I live for at least two days!
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Hi everyone, good to some familiar faces are still here. Any ships
that you need help on? I have a bit of spare time at the moment.
;D
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More on the hot day that we have just been goingugh here: bad
bushfires in southeast Tasmania (Hobart had its hottest day in 120 years
of records), definite property damage and unconfirmed reports of
deaths.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-04/forcett-fire-places-homes-at-risk/4453038
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-04/forcett-fire-places-homes-at-risk/4453038)
Bad day for the Taswegians.
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With the heat come the bushfires. A sad fact.
Nice to see you
again Sean. There are quite a few ships in need of crew. Take your pick
(http://www.oldweather.org/ships/). :)
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Oh, by the smoke will be cold! :-X
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yep was 41C here (Melbourne), pretty sure the dog would have melted if we left her outside.
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Hi Sean,
Good to see you back on board. This is good
weather for transcribing and editing, while maybe listening to the
cricket in the background. Anything more strenuous and/or outside
is definitely to be avoided!
:D
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With the heat come the bushfires. A sad fact.
Nice
to see you again Sean. There are quite a few ships in need of crew.
Take your pick (http://www.oldweather.org/ships/). :)
Welcome back Sean, Happy New Year!
For more info see: * * * Index - Use this to find your Ship * * * (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3210.0)
;)
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Thanks everyone.
On the topic of rubber ducks and oceans:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly_Floatees
;)
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8)
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Hello OW.
Animal pics. Many wonderful, some sad:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2013/jan/04/week-in-wildlife-in-pictures#/?picture=401877591&index=11
Love no 12. :D
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I especially like nos 2 and 16.
This one is fun too:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2013/jan/03/london-zoo-annual-stocktake-gallery?intcmp=239#/?picture=401855403&index=0
My favourites - 7, and 8.
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I agree with 7 & 8!
I wonder what they do if they find some animals have gone missing?
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Declare them to be deserters? :D
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Disrate them!
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And stop their rations!
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Wouldn't that be shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted? (almost literally!)
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Indeed - though it didn't seem to stop them on board our various ships.
On
the Zoo's counting day - I saw a wonderful picture in a newspaper of
the penguin counter sitting beside a sign saying 'line up here to be
counted' - I think it was cunningly placed beside a bucket of fish, so
may well have worked!
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Hello OW.
Today ... fog. :P
Personally, I have had enough of cake (shock!) and cooking but there is this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/0/20915415
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In my community (in west Quebec) there is a "f?te des rois" every
year at this time. I haven't attend for some years now but normally all
guests get a piece of galette like the one shown and the man
and woman who find a little pea in their slice become the king and queen
for the year. This is put on by a Quebec group that promotes French
language and culture. I never been the king but I think the powers were
quite limited. ;D The event used to be a lot of fun with
traditional music and dances. There would be a "caller" who would
explain the dances and lead the singing.
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Hello OW.
Today ... fog. :P
Personally, I have had enough of cake (shock!) and cooking but there is this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/0/20915415
They
say that the 'f?ve' has been replaced by a figurine, but here in
Provence we usually have both. The 'f?ve' is a fava bean (also called
broad bean) and the figurine is called a 'sujet'. Traditionally, the
'sujet' is religious, for the creche, but nowadays it can be anything
from a cake with the bakery's name on it to a cartoon character.
We
have the pastry 'galette des rois' (almost always frangipane, but
sometimes apples or nuts) and the brioche 'g?teau des rois' with candied
fruits (which I find generally too dry and too sweet).
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Do they have anything like our "fete des rois" with dancing etc. in Provence?
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http://www.aixenprovencetourism.com/aix-news-marchesnoel.htm:
Dimanche 6 janvier
La Marche des Rois
Tradition
proven?ale | 13h50 d?part ?cole St Joseph, cours St-Louis | Arr?ts avec
chants et danses proven?ales : 14h Palais de Justice, 14h15 Statue du
roi Ren?, 14h30 Rotonde, 15h cours Sextius, 15h30 place de l'H?tel de
Ville | 16h c?r?monie Cath?drale St Sauveur | T?l. 04 42 20 89 58 / 04
42 52 63 15 - www.histoiresdaix.org | Gratuit
Histoires d?Aix et de Provence perp?tue une tradition vieille de deux si?cles : la c?r?monie religieuse de l?Adoration des Rois.
Suivis
de leurs trois dromadaires et de leurs serviteurs, accompagn?s de
nombreux santons, ils s?arr?teront de place en place pour chanter avec
la foule les chants traditionnels de No?l.
There is a procession of the Kings in costumes with attendants and camels (and other animals too, I think).
Unfortunately, bus service isn't very good on Sundays (although it has improved recently).
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I must say, Aix-en-Provence takes Christmas even more seriously than
American merchants. And in a much nicer way. Interesting,
thanks. :)
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Don't stop baking yet. Here's another one:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/jan/06/nigel-slater-epiphany-cake-recipe
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I'm available for beta testing.
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I'll help sample that one!
All my childhood memories of
Epiphany are puny compared to this European stuff. The day after
Epiphany was the day my mother stripped all the christmas decorations
from the house and dragged out the tree. (We did Advent for real,
and the stuff didn't go up until the weekend before Christmas.)
And that weekend we had a festival church service with lots of hymns
about the 3 kings. And the church tree etc. was removed the Monday
after that.
What the two of you have sounds much more fun, and definitely tastier. :)
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Problem is..I gained 10 pounds (4.5 Kilos) just READING about this stuff! :D
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Then there's the nearly one-mile long cake from Mexico ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2257044/Mexicans-celebrate-Three-Kings-Day-mile-long-giant-cake-Mexico-City.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
I
can't work out how you could possibly make a single cake that big -
surely it must have been made in sections, which to me makes it a
collection of smaller cakes!
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I agree with you Su. It is made up of lots of squares and should be called so.
some long cakes are made in one piece, baked in an open ended oven.
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First day back at work tomorrow ( :'() after two weeks off (lucky
me ;)) - only one tiny remnant of xmas goodies left - two pickled
walnuts for my cheese sandwiches. I wish I had one of these Epiphany
cakes though! Love almonds.
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Hello OW.
We've let anyone who may be able to help know that some of us cannot log in to the interface this morning.
Let's hope things get moving again soon.
Update: problem solved. Phew. :D
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Hello OW.
We've let anyone who may be able to help know that some of us cannot log in to the interface this morning.
Let's hope things get moving again soon.
Update: problem solved. Phew. :D
What ever it was it must have started 'late/early' as I couldn't sleep and worked from about 1:30 - 3:30am EST.
Glad it's fixed.
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Hello OW. Plain sailing today.
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Hi Caro.
I was away yesterday and missed the rough seas. Highway driving was not bad, despite the snow.
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Soooo glad we have no snow. ::)
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They made a point of showing snow cover on a national map (lower 48)
and southern Canada yesterday. Everywhere north, south, east and
west of Chicago has snow on the ground. Chicago and its western
suburbs make a very tiny snow-drought island in this sea of white.
I've never seen that happen before. Chicago broke the old record
of 313 days without at least an inch of snow present on the ground
yesterday; the new 2012-13 record is still growing.
It makes me
feel a little better about the Lakes - Lake Michigan finished the year
12 inches below average, so I'm glad most of its drainage basin is
accumulating at least a little white stuff.
Meanwhile, winter
went away again after a 4 day visit. We are back to frost at night
and 30s to 40s thaw during the afternoons.
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We'd give our back teeth for a bit of snow right now. Not very likely, I suspect.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-08/live-blog-nsw-on-catastrophic-fire-alert/4455940
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-08/live-blog-nsw-on-catastrophic-fire-alert/4455940)
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We'd give our back teeth for a bit of snow right now. Not very likely, I suspect.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-08/live-blog-nsw-on-catastrophic-fire-alert/4455940
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-08/live-blog-nsw-on-catastrophic-fire-alert/4455940)
Sounds
like you need to borrow some winter from Canada and rain from
England. Both would probably be glad to give these to you.
Really crazy weather, nobody's getting anything good from it.
Completely unbalanced globally.
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Happy birthday to the Dutch Navy.
525 years and still going strong.
If only we could get access to their logbooks.
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We would need folks to translate them into English - it would be
incredibly frustrating to transcribe the words without knowing what they
meant! ;D ::)
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But numbers ist numbers ... and they're the most important part!
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We
would need folks to translate them into English - it would be
incredibly frustrating to transcribe the words without knowing what they
meant! ;D ::)
Yes,
but I continue to be amazed by the number of you folks who transcribe,
edit, help in Forum who are NOT 'Native English' speakers!!
Thank you all! :-*
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well, yes, I suppose you are right ::)....
But for me, the numbers are the brocoli I need to eat to get to my desert ;D
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... or the aperitif to get to your filet mignon ...
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Good morning world.
Glad to hear the heat has died down a bit in Oz.
And happy 150th anniversary to the London Underground.
Love this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/16/steam-train-london-underground-anniversary
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The first underground tunnel under the Thames was designed for foot
and carriage travellers - it eventually became part of the Metropolitan
line. It was designed and built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, no less, in
his early years. During the tunnel digging they accidentally didn't go
low enough and ended up with the river flooding into the works. Brunel
himself stayed to rescue his workers from drowning. In order to not
waste the tunnel he decided to pack the river above it. So he went, at
great risk inside a diving bell, down to the river bed with wattle
hurdles in a basket shape and filled with mud to plug the hole. :o
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Glad to hear the heat has died down a bit in Oz.
There's a bit of a bite in the sun still to come (check the colour scale):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-09/australia-heatwave-forecast-one-animated-gif-map/4458006
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-09/australia-heatwave-forecast-one-animated-gif-map/4458006)
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Stay away from those deep purple and magenta bits!
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We're avoiding those bits like the plague!
:D
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Astonishingly fierce weather down there. Do take care of yourself.
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Good morning world.
I hope the weather is being kind to you today.
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Slightly cooler today - managed to get my walk in without
melting. Back to the high 30s again from tomorrow though.
Plenty of grass fires around and a few biggies still out of control:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-10/fire-burns-near-unexploded-bomb-site/4459658
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-10/fire-burns-near-unexploded-bomb-site/4459658)
This all just a regular aberration ... right?
Things all good up your way?
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I know someone who lives at Cooma; worrying times.
Sleet and snow >:( possible here this weekend.
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It's supposed to turn cold here.
We have had some very cold days, but mostly the winter has been fairly mild.
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It's supposed go up to +8 C on the weekend and rain with lows above
zero. The "normal" max is -7 and the low is -17 for this time of
the year.
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Hi Caro,
One of the major fires (the 'Yarrabin fire') has been
burning about 30-40km east of Cooma since the start of the week.
It's burnt out ~9400Ha (about 23000 acres) so far. It's officially
described as 'Being controlled' at the moment - one step up from 'out
of control' and one down from'under control'. If your friend lives in
Cooma, he/she should be fine, apart from the smell of the smoke.
It's the people in the country who are having most of the problems.
Lynne
and I are heading off for a few days at the Lake Crackenback resort
late next week. We have to drive through Cooma to get there - it will be
interesting to see what the countryside looks like.
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42c on the veranda today.
Don't worry Howard, the hot weather
is bound to change as we are getting our household A/C fitted in two
weeks, just in time for Janeece's 65th, (I can call her the old lady for
6 months. ;D )
We are going to Tasmania in a months time with the caravan. I hope the fires are out by them.
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Good news Stuart!!!!!
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Good morning Old Weather :)
Am I the only one having trouble with
the site? Only 4 vessels available and 79 pages done (according to OW
home page)?
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That is what I am seeing too. I assume the team is working on something, but I will notify Arfon just in case.
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Good morning Old Weather :)
Am I the only one having trouble with the site? Only 4 vessels available and 79 pages done (according to OW home page)?
Good morning Sylvia!
It's a mess - dear oh dear.
I
got in, but on the way to 'my old weather' I saw one little window
that's part of the start up stuff (the 'we need your help' window). Then
I was told that I was not following any vessels. And yes - only 4
vessels there - Bear, Corwin, Manning and Rodgers (4 of our very
earliest US boats). Crew numbers are also exceptionally low. It's almost
like the state of things about October last year. Very odd. The Bear
opened up at June 20th 1884 if that rings a bell with anyone working on
it.
:P :(
PS - morning Randi!
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On login, I got half a page (sideways) of the Manning which is not my startup ship.
Home, Vessels, Rodgers seems to work.
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Me too! 'MyOldWeather' showing most recent logs as 6 months ago,
from Beta testing. But then I didn't do any transcribing after Beta
testing until recently.
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Has anybody done a voyage to Antarctica recently. I am looking for advise in selecting a trip.
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I think that the Patterson is about to round the Southern Cape on
her way from Rio to the Arctic. Just can't recall if the log gets that
far. Asterix135 might know as he/she is way ahead of me on that journey,
but I'm not sure if she/he has signed into the forum. Sorry not to be
more helpful.
Hope you are well away from the fires Stuart.
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Coffee cups down everyone - I've just managed to get into Patterson
with no problems visible on the way there. Looks like one of our whizz
scientists have effected a cure. Back to the coal face ;) ;) ;D
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Greetings all. All the ships are back I see. ;D
Antarctica Stuart? Not me. I try to keep away from ice and snow.
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I
think that the Patterson is about to round the Southern Cape on her way
from Rio to the Arctic. Just can't recall if the log gets that far.
Asterix135 might know as he/she is way ahead of me on that journey, but
I'm not sure if she/he has signed into the forum. Sorry not to be more
helpful.
Hope you are well away from the fires Stuart.
Hi.
Fires over 100km away thank goodness.
I meant a modern day ship to sail on for a holiday say late this year or next year.
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Hello all,
HMS Rodgers needs some help. I've gone as far as I could on her.
The logs stop on November 29th, 1881.
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OK. Thanks Hanibal. I'm sure somebody will answer your call.
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Maybe they removed the duplicate logs?
Craig - would you please take a look at Yukon?
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Has anybody done a voyage to Antarctica recently. I am looking for advise in selecting a trip.
Not
for almost 30 years Stuart, and they were all work trips. Not
only have the ships since either sunk (Nella Dan) or probably been
turned into razor blades (SP Lee), but they could definitely not double
as cruise ships.
There is quite a number of companies offering
cruises (mainly to the Antarctic Peninsula), but I don't know much about
their relative quality. In years past, some companies have also
operated ships from Hobart; the down-side is the 6-7 days of 'cruising'
broadside-on to the Southern Ocean swells just to get to the
continent. Friends of ours did a cruise from South America to the
Peninsula a few years ago and they certainly enjoyed it. They went with
Hurtigruten (Norwegian company) on the Nordkapp. Nordkapp
is a largish ferry that works the Norwegian coastal route in the
northern summer and then does Antarctic tourist work in our
summer. They should be worth investigating.
Have fun!
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My nephew Steve went in 2008. His photo album is at My trip in December 2008 from Ushuaia, Argentina to the Antarctic Peninsula
(https://picasaweb.google.com/stevebein/Antarctica2008) and his cruise
ship was the "Ocean Nova". He absolutely loved the whole
experience, but I don't know much about the logistics of repeating the
experience.
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Maybe they removed the duplicate logs?
Craig - would you please take a look at Yukon?
The Yukon is still where I left off - Mate's log, May 23.
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:P
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My nephew Steve went in 2008. His photo album is at My trip in December 2008 from Ushuaia, Argentina to the Antarctic Peninsula
(https://picasaweb.google.com/stevebein/Antarctica2008) and his cruise
ship was the "Ocean Nova". He absolutely loved the whole
experience, but I don't know much about the logistics of repeating the
experience.
Thanks Janet.
That
company looks like it is worth looking into. Bit pricy but at Howard
mentioned the sea gets a bit choppy down there and their option of fly
out and back looks good.
I am also looking at Shackleton's Voyage on the MS Fram Nov 2013 run by CruiseNorway
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Good luck and have great fun. One of Steve's photos was of the
wind map for their passage with force 6 or so winds; his caption was
"25' waves? Pass the seasickness pills!" That meets my definition
of a "bit choppy". :) The good news is, the tip of Argentina is
only 500 miles from the continent, I don't think Australia is anything
like that close.
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Wave height (trough to crest) refers the average height of the
highest one-third of the waves. Some will be smaller, just tell me how
you find those ones %^)
Seasick pills are reasonably cheap and Ginger also helps.
Since I left the M.N. I get seasick, go figure, i can't.
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As someone who has dealt with motion sickness her whole life, I can
tell you it is caused by a dissonance between 2 or more senses as to
what is really up and down and how violently you are or are not moving,
which confuses the brain in a way that can be similar to symptoms of
food poisoning or stomach flu - hence the better-safe-than-sorry
physical reaction. Having over-sensitive inner ears pretty much
assures my sense of balance will not agree with what my eyes see, but
there can be other causes. Try various combinations of
focusing eyes on horizon and/or holding neck and head still and not
nodding, turning or bobbing. Or figure out why the moving deck
seems like terra firma to your eyes or some other sense. :)
It would be well worth putting up with to see Antarctica I think, I'd just want to minimize the time of passage. ;)
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Good morning OW.
Only 1,640 miles of seasickness between Hobart and Commonwealth Bay:
http://www.coolantarctica.com/Travel/antarctica_trip_new_zealand_australia.php
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Not necessarily seasickness, Caro. Hobart to Commonwealth Bay
will have the swell right on the beam, so rolling will be the order of
the day. Most people seem to find pitching, from heading into the
sea, is a far more uncomfortable motion ... like going up and down in a
lift every 20 seconds or so, 24 hours a day.
Fond memories!
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Yes, I have been on a 'short' trip in those conditions.
What should have taken 45 minutes took close to three hours. Bleh.
I was too frightened to be seasick.
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As
someone who has dealt with motion sickness her whole life, I can tell
you it is caused by a dissonance between 2 or more senses as to what is
really up and down and how violently you are or are not moving, which
confuses the brain in a way that can be similar to symptoms of food
poisoning or stomach flu - hence the better-safe-than-sorry physical
reaction. Having over-sensitive inner ears pretty much assures my
sense of balance will not agree with what my eyes see, but there can be
other causes. Try various combinations of focusing eyes on
horizon and/or holding neck and head still and not nodding, turning or
bobbing. Or figure out why the moving deck seems like terra firma
to your eyes or some other sense. :)
It would be well worth putting up with to see Antarctica I think, I'd just want to minimize the time of passage. ;)
This
is indeed the main explanation of the 'issue!' My wife suffers
similarly so she rarely sails with me! :'( With friends
sailing and a doctor sister I have learned that - as silly as it seems -
there are wrist bands that act on pressure points - which work
amazingly well. My wife even wears then in the car sometimes. The are
for sale at most of the boating type stores for usually under $10.00USD a
pair, are washable, reusable, and quite effective! I keep a couple pair
on the boat for visitors who think they might need something.
I'm not sure I should post a 'company' name here but if you are interested shoot me a PM and I'll send details!! ;D
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Trips to Antarctica (Stuart). Here are my thoughts regarding
commercial travel to 'the ice'. First choose whether you want to go to
the peninsula region from South America or the Ross/continent area from
NZ or Oz. The first option is arguably more scenic with mostly 'inside'
passages and the trip across the Drake Passage from Cape Horn is short
(three days). Out of fifty-odd crossings only one was truly awful and
just one ended on a rock. The major disadvantage is the peninsula has
been over-run by tour ships in my opinion. The other side is much closer
to you and there are fewer operators. Second big choice is whether to
go on a small expedition-style ship or a big one. I would choose the
former hands-down since I don't get seasick, and well-run ones offer
more fun shore excursions etc. You might go to the website of the Int'l
Assoc. Of Antarctic Tour Operators (IAATO) and check out what's on offer
from their members. I have personal experience with Heritage
Expeditions (NZ) - VERY good lamb chops! Send me a PM if you have more
questions. Or - get a job with the Australian Antarctic Division
(cheapest way to go!).
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Hellooooo OW.
Just above freezing here. Sunshine :o later, maybe.
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Back to all over the place here again Caro ... like a toddler's
breakfast. The last couple of weeks, it's been 30+ at about
8pm. Today, it's 14 and I almost feeling like putting a tracksuit
on! The hot stuff's moved a bit further north today - Thargomindah (SW
Queensland) had a couple of hours above 47. Not civilised.
A
couple of years ago I did some contract work in Malaysia, where the
daily weather went through radical variations from hot and humid with
storms to ... very hot and very humid with storms. Weather
forecasting there did not take a remarkable level of skill.
8)
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Don't fancy 47+ thanks.
Glad to hear it has cooled down in the south at least, Howard.
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+10 C with rain here (normal max minus 7). Almost like England except for the snow I shovelled off my roof yesterday.
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It is coming up to noon and I've still got the lights on. The
worst part of Scottish winters; not the cold but the lack of daylight
with short days and lots of cloud. I can cope with reasonably cold
but bright weather much better.
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Hope the sun comes out for you soon Rosemary.
It came out here in the south for at least 15 minutes this morning. Now it's business as usual.
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It was also pretty murky round here this morning Rosemary ... smoke
in this case. No fires burning anywhere near at the moment, so it
must have drifted in from afar. I must say that I don't miss those
northern England winter days of my childhood - leaving for school in
the twilight and getting home just before dark as well.
Wouldn't life be monotonous if the Earth was flat instead of spherical-ish on a tilted axis.
???
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True. When I was in Aswan a few years ago the locals got quite
excited - it drizzled! (Apparently they get proper rain about once every
decade but it might have increased a bit now Lake Nasser has
established itself.)
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Stuart:
Tube 150th anniversary: Steam train takes commemorative journey (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20998737)
Although, you probably know about it already ;)
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Grey, foggy, misty and warmish here - high 50s low 60s here - and we
were supposed to have a snowy winter this year ::)
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It's raining at the moment, but we are supposed to have snow this week.
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Stuart:
Tube 150th anniversary: Steam train takes commemorative journey (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20998737)
Although, you probably know about it already ;)
I have seen pics of the trial run last year but not the 'Official run'.
Thanks.
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I certain amount of cold came back, we're actually below freezing still at noon. But it's a dry, very gray breezy day.
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Hello OW. The ice and snow have arrived.
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Morning OW - some light snow in London, will get messy later!
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Morning OW
Beautiful winter.
20cm of snow, temperature:-5C, no wind,
Who likes to ski 100-120cm of snow in the mountains.
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At last, a bright day up here in the West of Scotland.
Curtains back, lights off and much higher energy levels. I don't
think I could cope with living in the Arctic - I think my metabolism
would like to be an arctic tern - Nov to Feb in Antarctic, May to August
in Arctic, more sunlight than any other species. Forecast gives
us 'bright' weather, not really sunny, for the next few days!!!
:) :) :)
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My answer to too much dark - working in a factory there were no
outside walls on my office, ergo no windows or sunlight ever during the
day - is to go a garden shop and buy lights with full spectrum for
starting seedlings and maintaining house plants. I've seen them
called "grow lights" or "plant lights", and I put them in my living area
and bedroom lamps so I get good light all evening. I've been told
scientists use expensive, carefully calibrated lights for this and make
them ultra-bright so you can get enough light by staring into them for a
half-hour a day. I'm of the opinion, if its good enough for plants when
used constantly, it will be helpful for me.
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I'm going out to get coffee knowing it is 12F (-11C) on the
thermometer, and -2F (-19C) wind chill. Shiver!!! We've had
so much warmth this season so far, my body is NOT acclimated to this
January reality. The coffee is worth it.
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I've got a posh lamp. I find it difficult to use effectively
although it does work if I spend the right time with it. Life is
better now I've retired - at least I can take advantage of much of the
sun we do have. I'm too restless when I've got the light on-I keep
finding things to do at the other end oft the room, in the
kitchen,upstairs or whatever. I need some low energy full
spectrum, bright, instant lights to put all over the house to get the
full benefit. I still like the sun though,you can look out of the
window and feel your mood lift.
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I do suffer from SAD, and get around wanting that mobility by buying
grow-lights that screw into standard lamps and putting them in lots of
them, lots of places. Less brightness than they posh lamp.
Very much longer exposure. :)
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It's SNOWING!
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If you could send us some snow randi, even if only as an email attachment, it would be most appreciated.
Janet: after your post, I had to go and google 'SAD', such is my ignorance. That is a problem I would hate to have.
:o
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Hello OW.
No snow here this morning, I'm pleased to say.
There could even be some (shhhh) sun later. :o
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No bus service!
We haven't had a huge amount of snow (yet!), but we are not used to snow here and it is VERY slippery.
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Go careful and look after yourself! :o :o
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It must be a slow news day in Chicago - Sweden made the noon hour
newscast when a cleaning lady stole an electric train and drove off the
track into a building. (Crazy is embedded in people, I
guess.) ::) ;D
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/15/sweden-train-crash_n_2477762.html
(http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/274830/slide_274830_1986632_free.jpg)
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That will make a nice long extension to the living room once the dust settles. ;D
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That wouldn't have happened if she had been transcribing logs. ;)
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:D :D :D Transcribing as the answer to all possible problems?
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(http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/userpics/10001/type-smiley.gif)
;D
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:D :D :D Transcribing as the answer to all possible problems?
Either that or EDITING!!!! ;D
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It doesn't have to be OR, it can be AND!
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Good morning world.
We have a frosty -2C morning with sunshine ahead.
Back to the editing and/or transcribing.
Or playing that Google game. ;)
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Good Morning to you too - Dreary yesterday; dreary today; dreary tomorrow - :P
I
would love to have been a party to that internal conversation: the
decision making process would have been something to behold:
1) Need to go to the store
2) How?
a. car - No
b. walk - No
c. bus - No
d. train - Yes
3) How to utilize the train -
a. ride - no
b. drive - yes
&c ( ;D)
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;D ;D ;D
I fear the comments about women drivers ( ::))
that might come out of the train escapade so I'm going to throw this one
in the pot.
Today a VERY large supermarket in the UK was found
selling 29% horse in its beef burgers. For those who wish to enjoy some
very silly jokes the Grauniad has the following:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2013/jan/16/horsemeat-burgers-best-worst-jokes
I'm guessing that they went alright with horseradish sauce.
::) ;D
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;D
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Hannibal's been rounding up the OW crew of the Rodgers to finish her
log. I had forgotten what a bunch of poetical love-lorn sailors they
are:
In the middle of a blustery night off the Siberian Coast with snow and the like...
"A little blue sky with some stars shining brightly down"
Awwww -bless
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/USS%20Rodgers/Rodgers_1881/b001of010_0130_1.jpg
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"A little blue sky with some stars shining brightly down"
Lovely. ;D
Good morning OW.
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45C on the way home from seeing our first newborn Grandchild (Olivia Jane ....)
They say it will cool down in a day or so to mid 20's.
Bring it on.
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45C? :P Blimey.
I bet seeing Olivia Jane was worth it though.
Morning all.
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Congratulations Grandpa!
1C here and the odd snow flake in the air.
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I can't imagine that temp, I'd have been wiped out.
Bet you enjoyed seeing the new wee one though.
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You could say that.
Sorry had to post one pic.
6 hrs old.
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Awwwwwww!
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Cute little one, Stuart! Congrats.
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To go with the beef/horse burgers - WWII lard washes up on beach
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-21079285)
Scottish Natural Heritage said the lard was still a brilliant white and smelled "good enough to have a fry up with."
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Congrats, Grandpa! Olivia Jane is a winner. And please
keep yourself cool, I haven't been that hot since my job put my lab in
the finishing department next to all the ovens and steam presses.
Be very careful of yourself, that's dangerous.
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But is it a dry heat? ;D
What a doll! Congratulations! Has she picked a ship yet?
What a wonderful grandpa you'll be -
to the new sweet cutie we see.
Dress up and tea parties galore,
when you take leave on the shore ;D
And you'll teach her to be a great little Aussie!
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Another application I hadn't considered:
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/01/14/wwii-coast-guard-grumman-duck-crash-site-located.html (NORTHLAND is in Q).
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Congrats, Grandpa! ;D A real cutie!!
-10C here with a couple cms of snow. Sunny and a promise of -5 by midday!! ;)
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45C on the way home from seeing our first newborn Grandchild (Olivia Jane ....)
They say it will cool down in a day or so to mid 20's.
Bring it on.
Grandad (https://www.youtube.com/tv?vq=medium#/watch?v=6KJGJRd8pGE&mode=transport)
Fantastic news - great days ahead! ;D ;D
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Another application I hadn't considered:
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/01/14/wwii-coast-guard-grumman-duck-crash-site-located.html (NORTHLAND is in Q).
I copied this, to use as a "suprise" when Northland appears in our fleet. :)
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Congratulations on your new status, Stuart. She looks delightful.
I'm
snowed in at college, where I don't usually stay for the weekend.
May be a good opportunity to do some more editing (as well as large
amounts of studying as well, of course!) ;D
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Oh yes, studying, of course! ;D ;D
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Thanks for all the nice words.
Looking forward to 26C today.
Enjoy
the cool weather when you have it, you can always put on more clothes, I
get in trouble when I take mine off in the heat, and you also have to
stop when you reach the skin.
%^)
Helen, what had you in mind to study? ;)
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Stuart - I'm studying at a theological college, to become a
priest. This weekend in particular I have some Hebrew to learn for
a vocabulary test, and a complicated essay on St Paul to begin to study
for - plus lots of other things to read. But this evening - it's
editing Andes!
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That sounds heavy.
Good luck.
Stuart.
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Way to go Stuart! We had our first grandchild almost 9 months ago
and we are enjoying him thoroughly. It only seems yesterday that
he was a helpless little blob; he's now been crawling for several weeks
and is working up the courage to tackle bipedal locomotion. It's
very pleasant NOT to have to get up at 3am for him though!
Yesterday
was a stinker, wasn't it? We are having a few days at Lake
Crakenback in the Snowy Mountains. It made it to 37C yesterday - so no
snow - and this morning it's so misty and cool that I wish I had brought
my tracksuit.
Good luck with the studies Helen, but don't Get too far behind on the editing!
I
just checked the website for my local Canberra newspaper and I see that
we picked a good time to be away. At 41.6, it was the hottest
January day on record, and the second-highest ever on record. 37
almost qualifies as mild. And the fires burn on.
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34 49s, 150 40e
3PM, ese, 16kn, 1015.9hPa, - , 14.8, - , - , o, nim str, 0
What a change from yesterday 41.5C local and 45C in West Sydney.
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But is it a dry heat? ;D
What a doll! Congratulations! Has she picked a ship yet?
Waiting for another typed log (she is a bit young for 'real riting' ;)
What a wonderful grandpa you'll be -
to the new sweet cutie we see.
Dress up and tea parties galore,
when you take leave on the shore ;D
And you'll teach her to be a great little Aussie!
Your a poet and you know it. ;D
Thanks Kathy and all others.
Try and wipe the smile off my dial.
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Good morning OW.
Still frozen here.
Glad to hear the temperature has come down a bit in Oz, Stuart and Howard.
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Your a poet and you know it. ;D
Thanks Kathy and all others.
Try and wipe the smile off my dial.
No way! Grandpa's are supposed to gloat and spoil the young ones rotten! That's their primary job in life. ;D
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Morning all -
chilly and sunny here -
It has become
all Inauguration around the area - and is it kinda funny: not that
an inauguration is commonplace, but this time, it is simply another
inauguration - which, when you think about it, is really the way it
should be.
Also, after 3+ years of working on this project, I
finally realized what the display name field was for - honestly!
How sad for a database designer ::) :P
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I wondered why you'd suddenly changed name!
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Anybody having trouble with the OW interface? I clicked on "I've
finished with this page" about 3 hours ago and nothing has happened. I
clicked again just now and I see a message at the lower left of the
screen "Read www.oldweather.org" but it doesn't get any further.
Firefox shows the little moving circle indicating that it is busy ???
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It's working fine for me.
Let us know if you are still having problems Craig.
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It works now, Caro. I don't know what happened. I lost a whole page
of transcriptions. Must have been all the great poems that distracted
the software.
I would like to change my name on the Forum too, Kathy - where is the "Display Names" field? I hesitate to change my username.
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Good luck with the studies Helen, but don't Get too far behind on the editing!
Reporting for duty ... Back on the Andes and making progress through 1917.
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In the forum headings, "profile" / "Forum profile" / "extras"
Using "profile" / "Forum profile" / "avatar", you can upload any picture you want as an avatar.
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The Display Name field can be found thusly:
Profile hot button to Account Settings on the drop down list to the Extras hot button to the field Display Name
and then position the cursor in that field and enter what you want your
display name to be - this will not interfere with any other setting(s)
you have -
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So far, we are snow-free in Exeter, but I don't think you need to go
far out of the city to find it. Keeping my fingers crossed that
it will stay clear here!
Lovely video on the BBC website of the tigers at Longleat Safari Park playing in the snow:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21088766
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Plenty of snow still lying around here (Oxfordshire) - and there may be more to come, depending on who you listen to.
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The Display Name field can be found thusly:
Profile hot button to Account Settings on the drop down list to the Extras hot button to the field Display Name
and then position the cursor in that field and enter what you want your
display name to be - this will not interfere with any other setting(s)
you have -
You've definitely started something here, Kathy - we're all doing it now!
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;D ;D
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Plenty of snow still lying around here (Oxfordshire) - and there may be more to come, depending on who you listen to.
How
much snow? Chicago is in the middle of a record-breaking snow
drought, to the point where the total lack of January whiteness is
giving me the creeps. I'd like to see anything an inch or more.
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A friend sent me this - it's a high school student's class
project. This kid is definitely going to go places. :)
Our Story in 2 minutes/Notre Histoire en 2 minutes (http://marcbrecy.perso.neuf.fr/history.html)
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Janet - only an inch or two here; further south and west they've had
a lot more. One of our brothers' friaries was cut off yesterday
morning by about eight inches of the stuff .... Hope you get
some before long!
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A
friend sent me this - it's a high school student's class project.
This kid is definitely going to go places. :)
Our Story in 2 minutes/Notre Histoire en 2 minutes (http://marcbrecy.perso.neuf.fr/history.html)
Very impressive, Janet. 8)
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Great project.
But did he pass?
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Lovely video on the BBC website of the tigers at Longleat Safari Park playing in the snow:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21088766
Great big cats!!
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A
friend sent me this - it's a high school student's class project.
This kid is definitely going to go places. :)
Our Story in 2 minutes/Notre Histoire en 2 minutes (http://marcbrecy.perso.neuf.fr/history.html)
Brilliant!
Could do with a few more ships ;)
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A
friend sent me this - it's a high school student's class project.
This kid is definitely going to go places. :)
Our Story in 2 minutes/Notre Histoire en 2 minutes (http://marcbrecy.perso.neuf.fr/history.html)
Excellent.
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A
friend sent me this - it's a high school student's class project.
This kid is definitely going to go places. :)
Our Story in 2 minutes/Notre Histoire en 2 minutes (http://marcbrecy.perso.neuf.fr/history.html)
Brilliant!
Could do with a few more ships ;)
;D
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Plenty of snow still lying around here (Oxfordshire) - and there may be more to come, depending on who you listen to.
How
much snow? Chicago is in the middle of a record-breaking snow
drought, to the point where the total lack of January whiteness is
giving me the creeps. I'd like to see anything an inch or more.
Same
here in Western New York State. We are so far about 30" (75cm) below
average. It's due to be cold this week but not enough snow to count! :-[
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Just looked outside ... Couldn't see any snow. Maybe later?
:o
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Morning all.
I see snow and little birds eating breakfast from the feeders in the garden. ;)
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Windy and rainy here.
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Just mixing up trex (veg fat), soaked raisins, and millet to put out for the birds as the snow begins to fall again.
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Windy here all night. Winds in the 40's MPH with gusts in the 60'sMPH.
In Knots 35 - 55.
In Beaufort Force 8 - 10.
In anything else HOLD YOUR HAT AND PUT STONES IN YOUR POCKETS!!!!!! ;)
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km/hr please ;D
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Chain hangs down,
Chain horizontal,
Links blown off chain.
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Is there an ISO standard chain weight? ;D
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km/hr please ;D
64 - 96.5 KPH ;)
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Hello world.
About -2C and lying snow where I am.
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Is there an ISO standard chain weight? ;D
Probably not what you meant but try this.
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=BIJjtXB_qHQC&pg=PA289&dq=standard+chain+weight&hl=en&sa=X&ei=x__8UL2NE4ehmQXRm4Ag&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=standard%20chain%20weight&f=false
(http://books.google.com.au/books?id=BIJjtXB_qHQC&pg=PA289&dq=standard+chain+weight&hl=en&sa=X&ei=x__8UL2NE4ehmQXRm4Ag&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=standard%20chain%20weight&f=false)
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Hello world.
About -2C and lying snow where I am.
It's an icerink outside our building today. :(
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Standard Handbook of Chains - not exactly what I wanted by I'm sure it makes for fascinating reading, Stuart. ;D
It's -20 C (-4 F) here this morning. We're back to normal winter weather.
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Winter nightmare!
-2C and rain which immediately freezes.
Everything is covered with a 5mm layer of ice. Driving is roulette.
This ice storm
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Standard Handbook of Chains - not exactly what I wanted by I'm sure it makes for fascinating reading, Stuart. ;D
It's -20 C (-4 F) here this morning. We're back to normal winter weather.
That's the price to live in a lovely country, we are the opposite (very hot). ::)
There is no such thing as bad weather just bad clothes.
Enjoy, at least you can do things in the cold, you just melt in the heat. ;)
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I hate ice storms - at least with snow, you can get some traction. Cozy up inside!
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Doesn't sound very cheery up there. Here's a small reminder
that the sun is still shining somewhere. Photos from our balcony
at Lake Crackenback (just got back from a few days there) and from our
front balcony (at home) this morning.
Back to 35 later today, maybe with a storm (not of the ice variety).
;)
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Mmmmm. I like the look of Lake Crackenback.
35C is not too bad is it? I would really like a temperature of more than 1C at the moment.
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35C is 95F, which is a bit on the warm side for my blood!
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Doesn't
sound very cheery up there. Here's a small reminder that the sun
is still shining somewhere. Photos from our balcony at Lake
Crackenback (just got back from a few days there) and from our front
balcony (at home) this morning.
Back to 35 later today, maybe with a storm (not of the ice variety).
;)
Thanks
for the warm pictures. We're on the slide down to about -2F (-20C
tonight, with winds 3-5 force. They are rating the wind chill at
-19F (-28C). No long hikes scheduled. ::)
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Presenting a poster about Old Weather at the Alaska Marine Science
Symposium in a few minutes. Special thanks to all contributors often
found hanging around here :)! You can check out the poster
(page down to link at the bottom):
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/arctic/rediscover/about.html
It's snowy, cold and now dark here in Anchorage.
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Thanks, Kevin. I recognize your silhouette ;D. Hope you get lots of converts.
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Cool poster! I see NARA has started its own citizen helper site. :)
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Yes, though you'll note the Old Weather redirect on our part!
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I very much noticed the very real advertising we were given. :)
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Morning all.
Love the poster Kevin!
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Steeleye
Beautiful ....
Only 35C is a bit much. I wonder how hot is the water?
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It's only a small lake and quite shallow - probably mid-20s C.
;D
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Arctic ice: The exhibition that melts before your eyes (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21125177#)
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Interesting!
Greetings all. 1C predicted today. Phew. :P ;D
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It's only a small lake and quite shallow - probably mid-20s C.
;D
Yummy - sounds idyllic - is it safe to swim in?
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It's only a small lake and quite shallow - probably mid-20s C.
;D
Yummy - sounds idyllic - is it safe to swim in?
I expect so. Antipodean ducks are not known to be carniverous although I can't vouch for the waterfowl.
[Insert emoticon of toothed duck here]
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It's only a small lake and quite shallow - probably mid-20s C.
;D
Yummy - sounds idyllic - is it safe to swim in?
I expect so. Antipodean ducks are not known to be carniverous although I can't vouch for the waterfowl.
[Insert emoticon of toothed duck here]
;D ;D ;D
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Good morning all. -30 C this AM and we are hoping for a high of -22 .
This should compensate some of the hot weather down under.
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Excuse my ignorance but can someone tell me why they are hoisting the Union Jack
to celebrate George Wasghington's birthday? The Canadian flag was
called the Union Jack before we adopted the Maple Leaf about 40 years
ago. I thought the Union Jack was British?
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jeannette/vol002of004/vol002_055_1.jpg
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We were British when he was born.
Found this: http://everydaysaholiday.org/george-washingtons-birthday/
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Hi,
I think it could be another kind of Union Jack: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_of_the_United_States (the number 38 in 1880)
The blue, starred jack is referred to as the Union Jack, not to be confused with the British Union Jack of the same name.
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Yeah, in Navy terms the National Ensign is the regular flag of the
united states, the Union Jack is the blue and white field of stars.
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That makes much better sense! ;)
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I keep learning new things. It makes sense, in that our flag
is complicated to recognize at sea. Wiki says
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_of_the_United_States#Future_of_the_jack),
some of our military ships have gone back to using the striped flag
with the rattlesnake "Don't Tread on Me" as their jack.
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I can finally throw down in the low temps game - ;D
17 F with wind chills in the single digits - :P
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Welcome to the cold crowd, Kathy ;D
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Today is a definite improvement - we are now up to 15F (-9C) and the
wind chill numbers are going to stay in the positive single digits
F. With snow flurries - we may accumulate as much as a 1/4 inch (1
cm). The big chill may still be traveling towards you ,
Kathy. Bundle up and keep warm.
And they are saying we may possibly actually get a real amount of snow next week. January weather has finally arrived.
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This may interest some of us, from the Chicago Tribune. "King
Peter II of Yugoslavia long had the distinction of being the only
European monarch buried on U.S. soil. Now he has the distinction of
being the only European monarch disinterred from U.S. soil." I
never knew any European Monarch had been buried in this country.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/libertyville/ct-met-king-remains-returned-0123-20130123,0,1556113.story
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Today
is a definite improvement - we are now up to 15F (-9C) and the wind
chill numbers are going to stay in the positive single digits F.
With snow flurries - we may accumulate as much as a 1/4 inch (1
cm). The big chill may still be traveling towards you ,
Kathy. Bundle up and keep warm.
And they are saying we may possibly actually get a real amount of snow next week. January weather has finally arrived.
I can finally throw down in the low temps game - ;D
17 F with wind chills in the single digits - :P
We'll
send you some cold! -6F (-14C) with wind chills at - 15F
(-26C) ;) Janet usually 'sends' it to us as weather here
travels West to East! Not much snow but North and South of here
got 'clobbered!'
(http://www.desismileys.com/smileys/desismileys_6557.gif)
(http://www.desismileys.com/)
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I think we are going to get the deep freeze - and we are supposed to have a clipper come thru tonight -
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As a change from the dry heat and bushfires, the northern coast of
Queensland is getting dumped on by ex-tropical cyclone Oswald at the
moment - 6 inches of rain in the last 24 hours and still falling.
Temps are normally in the low- to mid-30s at this time of year, so it
should be nice and muggy.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/weather/ (http://www.abc.net.au/news/weather/)
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Ya'll just cannot catch a break!
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I think we are going to get the deep freeze - and we are supposed to have a clipper come thru tonight -
What's a clipper Kathy?
Here it is snowing big fat soft jumbo snowflakes - the sort that land and expire straightaway.
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Rodgers in St Lawrence Bay.
North, Force 0-9, that is some wind gust in the 1 hr period.
"At
1.15 brilliant Aurora began. Shortly after fell calm. Then sprang up
suddenly from the north in a heavy squall during which the Barometer
fell to 29.50. Moderated as suddenly as it commenced and after 2AM
settled to steady breeze."
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I think we are going to get the deep freeze - and we are supposed to have a clipper come thru tonight -
What's a clipper Kathy?
Here it is snowing big fat soft jumbo snowflakes - the sort that land and expire straightaway.
If flakes like that expire, you haven't been cold enough to freeze your soil and pavements. ;)
A
clipper is slang used by our TV forecasters describing a fast moving
system that will disrupt life but be quickly gone. I'm not sure if
they mean we are being clipped by bad weather, or if it moves like the
fast clipper ships in the days of sail. Or both. This
below-zero arctic air mass is going to hit Kathy about 48 hours after
hitting Chicago a thousand miles west of her, and had largely moved out
of Chicago again after about 24 hours. That's fast.
Thankfully. :)
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Looks like Kathy is soon going to have to find someone to cuddle up to to keep warm. 8)
(Lucky Kathy.) :D
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... and the small township of Tully - notoriously wet - has managed
600mm (24 inches) of the wet stuff in 48 hours. What depth would
that be in snow?
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That depends on the type and density of the snow. From Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow#Density
New
snow commonly has a density of around 8% of water. This means that 33
centimeters (13 in) of snow melts down to 2.5 centimeters (1 in) of
water.
...
Once the snow is on the ground, it will settle under
its own weight (largely due to differential evaporation) until its
density is approximately 30% of water. Increases in density above this
initial compression occur primarily by melting and refreezing, caused by
temperatures above freezing or by direct solar radiation. In colder
climates, snow lies on the ground all winter. By late spring, snow
densities typically reach a maximum of 50% of water.
24
inches (600 mm) of rain would therefore be about 312 inches or 26 feet
(7924 mm) of snow, if and only if that weight of snow didn't compress
itself with its own weight. When fully compressed (short term), it
would be closer to 7 feet (2133 mm). :o
Altogether, way too much, liquid or solid, no matter how it stacks up. Did that poor town get caught by a tropical storm?
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Tully was the lucky recipient of water from the remains of tropical
cyclone (= hurricane) Oswald, which has been inching its way down the NE
coast for the past couple of days.
Tully is situated on a very wet part of a wet coast and celebrates its good fortune with a local 'sculpture', the Golden Gumboot
(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gumboot
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gumboot)). Nearby Bellenden
Ker has Oz's 24 hour rainfall record (in 1979) of 960mm, or just over 38
inches. Doesn't leave a lot of airspace between the raindrops.
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Clipper is short for Alberta Clipper - it is a fast moving storm
system that doesn't have a lot of moisture for snow - very cold air
though. Usually, any snow it may produce is dropped in the around
the Great Lakes (not to be confused with lake-effect snow) or the west
side of the Appalachian Mountains. This means we get the very cold
weather. Sometimes though, the path of the clipper changes and
picks up moisture and then we can get a lot of snow -
It is called a clipper because it moves fast - just like a clipper ship.
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Thanks for the expansion - and exactly what came through here.
The block of frigid cold came from western Canada, and the few flurries
came in on its tail and laid down less than a quarter of an inch of
white stuff. Michigan on the east lake shore got lots of lake
effect snow from it.
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Good morning OW.
More snow overnight here. Thaw by the weekend is promised.
Howard, the Golden Gumboot is ... unique.
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For those OWers with an interest in the climate and weather (which
seems to be quite a few people!), there are three articles of interest
in the 19 January copy of New Scientist.
The Editorial is titled
'Extreme is the new normal' and is found at
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21729003.200-wild-weather-extreme-is-the-new-normal.html
(http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21729003.200-wild-weather-extreme-is-the-new-normal.html).
An
article titled 'Welcome to Earth's future' is only available to
subscribers (or in the hard copy) (The full list of contents is at
http://www.newscientist.com/issue/2900
(http://www.newscientist.com/issue/2900)). This article focuses on the
ongoing drought in the USA, the unusual cold in Asia of the last few
months, and northeast Brazil, which is going through its worst drought
in decades.
The third article, a bit topical down this way, is
titled 'Australian inferno previews fire-prone future' (different title
in the hard copy) and is at
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21729004.400-australian-inferno-previews-fireprone-future.html
(http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21729004.400-australian-inferno-previews-fireprone-future.html).
All three articles are well worth reading, as long as you don't mind being unsettled.
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As it turned out, I was not the cuddlee, but rather the cuddler -
one rather proprietary pup plopped herself right up against my
legs ;D
We did get about an inch of snow from the clipper - just enough to coat the trees and grass and make everything pretty!
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This is ice.
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Is this in Chicago now?! :o
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In pictures: Ice covers Chicago warehouse after fire (http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/21179684)
What a pity; it looks like it had been an elegant old building.
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It was in the style of century old warehouses and factories - lots
of tall buildings and big windows, and nice architecture. And like
many such, as Chicago changes from a blue-collar manufacturing town to
something more updated, it was empty and abandoned. I do not doubt
it would have been reprocessed into apartment living if it had survived
until financing for such projects gets back on its feet. The good
news is, no one had their livelihood burned out and no one was hurt,
except one fireman who slipped and fell on the ice. That was our
first below 0 night, and I suspect squatters were using it for shelter
and had built a campfire to keep warm. And totally terrible
weather for those trying pump out water and spray it.
They had it
on the late evening news on the cameras up on Willis Tower - 7 miles
away!! The blaze was so enormous it looked like the whole block
was going up like a torch. It took a third of the fire department
to keep it from spreading - the biggest fire in 7 years. And
today, they've been there all day hosing down hot spots and smolders,
and with all floors and roof entirely gone, the weight of all the ice
from the fire hoses is likely to cause those 5 stories of brick to
collapse into the street.
(http://abcnews.go.com/images/US/gty_chicago_warehouse_kb_130124_wblog.jpg)
neighboring alley:
(http://www.trbimg.com/img-1359065532/turbine/chi-warehouse-fire-2-aj-20130124--20130124/768)
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That is a terrifying story, and those pictures are surreal. It really does look like an elegant building.
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The inherent elegance of 1920s functional buildings is why so many
of them now are condo buildings. The shell is worth preserving.
It
broke out into full fire again, in one corner, this afternoon.
The fireman talking to TV news said, that's why they are still there 36
hours after it broke out - all the heavy timber floors are buried under
roof debris and heavy ice, and are still smoldering.
They brought
out old equipment I didn't know existed. "Big Mo" - technically, a
"deluge unit" - a tiny, 1960s-era fire truck that looked like it
belonged in a museum with turret guns, pumping out a combined 2,500
gallons of water a minute, made the traditional snorkels and tower
ladders look like garden hoses. The TV reporter said the stinky
diesel motor rattled.
(http://www.suntimes.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.common.streams.StreamServer.cls?STREAMOID=qf$cBm0n24aMbN8qNUJrzc$daE2N3K4ZzOUsqbU5sYsgCj8dkov1cv$ouioG356$WCsjLu883Ygn4B49Lvm9bPe2QeMKQdVeZmXF$9l$4uCZ8QDXhaHEp3rvzXRJFdy0KqPHLoMevcTLo3h8xh70Y6N_U_CryOsw6FTOdKL_jpQ-&CONTENTTYPE=image/jpeg)
"It's
operating just fine - like it was supposed to do," said Chicago Fire
Cmdr. Dan Swift, sipping black coffee from a Styrofoam cup. "It's the
largest fire we've had in a long time. So you've got to bring out
everything you've got."
(Sun-Times Newspaper)
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Change of subject: The level of Lakes Michigan and Huron
(apparently for things like water level, the two operate as a single
lake) has dropped 24" below average, setting a new all time record low.
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2013/01/24/great-lakes-hit-lowest-water-levels-history
Many fishing harbors fear being left high and dry.
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Good morning OW.
Everybody getting ready for Burns Night (http://www.scotland.org/celebrate-scotland/burns-night)?
Nothing to do with the pics above. ;)
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Oh dear I forgot to get the haggis (again!). Perhaps a wee dram will do.
Amazing photos of the building in Chicago.
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So this morning I opened up google and, with hope ever ready,
plugged in 'haggis on a boat'. In the back of my mind was 'and it's
Chinese New Year any day now too'.
Never would I have tried putting
all three in together. Enjoy: another group of (dragon boat racers)
sunny souls such as ourselves out enjoying themselves!
Address to the Haggis (You tube pop-out):
https://www.youtube.com/tv?vq=medium#/watch?v=D0GpCU3RIxI&mode=transport
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Gung haggis fat choy! Too funny. ;D
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... and down this way, we're getting ready for 'Orstralia Day' (26th).
8)
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Well there is a chippy in Edinburgh which serves curried
Haggis!! I've never tried it although the real thing is acceptable
even if not my first choice. Don't like the whisky though
(whisper it quietly). I once had to reply to the 'Toast to the
ladies' when the students decided to hold a Burns Supper which was a
challenge - my first day back after two weeks teaching in Greece on an
Erasmus course, so no time for preparation.
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Ah Edinburgh, do they serve haggis deep fried in batter (or is that
exclusively a Gorbals dish)? just trying to work out the calories per
ounce...but my calculator keeps showing 'E' ;D ;D :P
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We anticipated Burns Night here at college, and had it on Wednesday
(which is our more formal 'dinner' night) - we had the works, haggis
with bashed neeps and tatties and peas, followed by cranachan. And
the haggis was piped in and addressed, and then we had the immortal
memory, and the toasts afterwards. Followed by a ceilidh, with a
reading of Tam o Shanter, dancing, which didn't quite descend into total
chaos despite coming quite close sometimes. Also spirited
renditions of those traditional Scottish songs, the Jeely Piece song,
and 'You canna shove your granny off a bus'. I'm hoping the
dancing helped to work off some of the calories of the meal ....
;D
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There are some things that you eat because you love them and they
are delicious and those things don't get the calorie counter ;D
For
me it is fried chicken - I only have every couple of months, so down it
goes, in all its fried, fatty skin, crusty goodness. :P
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No, the haggis is cooked normally, it is Mars Bars (Hershey Bars
across the pond) which are batter dipped & deep fried but that is
mainly Glasgow.
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No,
the haggis is cooked normally, it is Mars Bars (Hershey Bars across the
pond) which are batter dipped & deep fried but that is mainly
Glasgow.
I never heard of that combination. It sounds delicious and sinfully caloric. ;D
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Chicago's snow drought streak is officially broken. The new
record is 335 days without at least 1" of snow on any one day. As
of 9:30 am, the official record at O'Hare Airport has accumulated 1.1"
so far today. (The old record was 319 days in 1940.)
January weather has finally arrived. ;D
(http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/userpics/13911/0012.gif)
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I'm glad you've finally got it - just as we seem to be getting rid
of it. They're threatening a little more this evening, but then
it's turning to rain and there will be rising temperatures. So the
next weather warnings we're getting are about floods as everything
melts into already sodden ground .... :o
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Don't worry Helenj - I've seen the surface pressure chart for the
start of next week - the wind should blow it dry..advice - lead line
your shoes now! ;D
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If you want to try something sinful, then let me commend to you a fried Oreo cookie (biscuit?) OH MY GOODNESS!!!
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Don't
worry Helenj - I've seen the surface pressure chart for the start of
next week - the wind should blow it dry..advice - lead line your shoes
now! ;D
Maybe the haggis will help to weigh me down!
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Fried oreos and haggis - well - they make an impressive sounding ballast my friends! ;D ;D
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I'm
glad you've finally got it - just as we seem to be getting rid of
it. They're threatening a little more this evening, but then it's
turning to rain and there will be rising temperatures. So the next
weather warnings we're getting are about floods as everything melts
into already sodden ground .... :o
I
heard on the radio that we should all be building snowmen as this will
slow down the melting snow and help prevent flooding (not that I have
any snow here to build a snowman...)
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Yes, I think they've left this advice a bit late for most of us -
though Scotland seems to be getting plenty more material to play with.
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We had our first real snow of this weather system today! However, it
looks as if it will be warmer and wetter next week. If there is
any Christmas cake left, I find that puts on the pounds around my middle
very efficiently.
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Currently Oxford is getting a thorough washing...and blow dry all mixed up together....
Just bought a pair of yaktraks and now I'm looking for my water wings. ::) ::)
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Rodgers should be VAL. %^)
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It's 100% but it just gave me Oct. 1st 1881 to transcribe. Finishing crew needed to take her into the harbor.
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Greetings all.
Happy Australia Day to Aussies everywhere.
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Thanks Caro. I've just had a glass of Clare Valley riesling which
went down rather well. As soon as the current storm passes and the
rain eases, I'll drive out to the suburbs to make sure our daughter's
house still has a water-proof roof (she's away). Australia Day
celebrations were cancelled in parts of coastal Queensland today as they
contains to watch the post-cyclone Oswald deluge drop out of the
sky. Gladstone has counted just over 21 inches of rain in the past
two-and-a-half days; areas further south are checking their umbrellas
for leaks as the rain depression trundles their way. It would be
useful if the rain fell in the same places as the recent bushfires, but
that might be expecting a bit much!
Enjoy the day, Australian or otherwise, shipmates.
;D
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It's a bit early for riesling here but I might raise a glass of fizz later.
Enjoy!
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Dad is watching the Australian Tennis Open (I don't know if it is live or not), and I can hear the fireworks.
Happy Australia Day!
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And, UK dwellers, don't forget to count your garden visitors this weekend:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21059915 :))
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And, UK dwellers, don't forget to count your garden visitors this weekend:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21059915 :))
Will
be doing. Hopefully the sparrows will sit still long enough to count -
they tend to flit between various trees and the feeders and I have to
guess enthusiastically!
Should you be distracting people from their transcription? ;D
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Enjoy Australia Day Stuart and Steeleye!
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Enjoy Aussie Day - have some Vegemite and throw some shrimp on the barbie!
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Non-unique mate's / rough copies are now taken down.
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Thanks Kevin. Good news.
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And, UK dwellers, don't forget to count your garden visitors this weekend:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21059915 :))
I used to do this, but gave up as my garden birds all seem to go away for the weekend when the bird count is on. :(
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Enjoy Australia Day Stuart and Steeleye!
Thank You Joan.
Can defiantly report RTL for an hour last night then rtl for a couple after that.
We were (are) due to go on water restrictions very soon.
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Bad luck - if that restriction does the same as our water ban did
last year - meant rain pretty much every day from Easter through to
September! Wettest drought I've ever
swum lived through. ::) ;D
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Perhaps you need a visit from the Queen. She broke a bad
drought in Africa (I don't know if she fully appreciated it herself
though).
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Enjoy Aussie Day - have some Vegemite and throw some shrimp on the barbie!
Hi Kathy,
I'm
not sure I know any local who can stomach vegemite, other than
occasionally and in small doses (preferably with the antidote close to
hand). I think that the mythical Aussie love of the wretched stuff is a
myth propagated by the manufacturer! Or perhaps it is a joke being
played on the rest of the world. Vegemite is known by a variety of noms
de plume here, most of them too uncouth to be reproduced on OW.
A
minor correction to your post - shrimps are little beasties that get
caught between the teeth. The full-sized crustaceans here are
referred to as 'prawns'. But hey, thanks for thinking of us.
In
Canberra, as in most places, we have a fireworks display on Australia
Day. Ours was scheduled for 9pm. At about 8pm we had a ripper of a storm
and the event was called off. Most people had gone home soaked well
before the start time. Perhaps they can save the fireworks for Canberra
Day in March.
The remains of Cyclone Oswald are still pottering
slowly southwards, giving everybody down the coast a good soaking on the
way. Gladstone was I think the wettest place with about 27 inches
of rain in less than three days.
Y'all have a good one. (I hope my phrasing is not too far off.)
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Heresy! I ♥ Vegemite.
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Shhhhhh! Not so loud until I've covered the ears of my jar of marmite! :o ;D
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Looks like our friends in the UK are getting 'clobbered!' :-[
Stay safe!!!
Crazy weather!
http://cocorahs.blogspot.com/
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Your phrasing is pretty good, however, in the interests of accuracy, ya'll
is always plural (a contraction of you all) and never singular. I
do wish TV and movies would get that very simple thing correct.
If you are watching or reading something where ya'll is being used to address a single person, thrust it away from you with great vigor and loudly denounce it as false!
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Good (insert appropriate timeframe) to you all from a wet Bowral, but fortunately not as wet as further up the coast.
Being
originally English, I get a little worried somebody may take me up on
it when I enter 'Bath Me.' in the logs. ;D (ask Howard
for clarification if you don't get it)
Concord Sept 1891
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Heresy! I ♥ Vegemite.
Caro,
Have
you considered just shaking salt directly on your toast for breakfast,
instead of spreading the vegemite? That way, you can eliminate the
middleman.
???
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No. :-*
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I hope they do not mean this literally. :-[ :o
9:50am
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Concord/vol012of040/vol012of040_022_1.jpg
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(http://www.desismileys.com/smileys/desismileys_0856.gif)
(http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/basic/smileyvault-shy.gif)
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Dad always said To be a 'hit' in 'Society' wear more or less than everybody else - preferably less! ::)
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I never did want to be a 'hit' in 'Society' ;D
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I want to know if Dean followed his father's advice, and if so, in which direction? ;D
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There is one direction I am not sure I want to know about. ;D
Not telling which. :-X
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On the advice of my Solicitor.......................... ;D
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;D
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Dad always said To be a 'hit' in 'Society' wear more or less than everybody else - preferably less! ::)
Which makes you wonder if "sword" was a euphemism. ::)
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:o ;D
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And now for something completely different -
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO BUNTS??!!
Has anyone been in contact with him?
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He was checking in with us once or twice a week until the middle of
October - we haven't heard from him since. I miss him.
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And now for something completely different -
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO BUNTS??!!
Has anyone been in contact with him?
Kathy
- you spoke my mind - I just mentioned him to someone yesterday. I miss
him too. It is very sad if he has left us. :'(
:'( How can we lure him back again??
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Maybe someone has a way to contact him and at least see how he is doing -
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If he was doing some editing then someone could probably contact
him...it feels a little naughty, but it would be nice to let him know
that we care. I have my fingers crossed... :-\
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I've been worried about him too.
He sure is missed!
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He didn't want to edit, at all - he was asked and the job felt all
wrong to him. Doesn't at all lessen his presence in our community,
and I still miss him.
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Yes, I miss him too :( I hope he is OK.
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:-\ :'(
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I seem to remember he said something about being involved with a
couple things that were going to take 'mega' time and effort. I think
one was connected to a 'church project' and one was connected to 'caring
for someone.' I,too, hope someone has a way to contact him and
see if he's OK. :)
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Greetings OW.
I will try (again) to reach B. Tosser.
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From time to time over the past few months I have wondered where the
famous Bunts has disappeared to - but I always do my wondering when I
am not near my computer.
I would love to see him back on board again; his posts were invariably both informative and good humoured!
Hunt him down!
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Comment posted in the Editorials of one of my Boating Magazines re: hoax 'Mayday' calls made to the US Coast Guard:
"Call
me old fashioned, but I miss the days when a good flogging, a little
keelhauling, then a good stout yard arm would discourage miscreants."
I think we need him to sign on to OW!!!!! ;D
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Comment posted in the Editorials of one of my Boating Magazines re: hoax 'Mayday' calls made to the US Coast Guard:
"Call
me old fashioned, but I miss the days when a good flogging, a little
keelhauling, then a good stout yard arm would discourage miscreants."
I think we need him to sign on to OW!!!!! ;D
It's not just the expense, it might mean that the Coast Guard ship is not available to answer a real emergency.
Take their boat away and auction it off.
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Better still, stick them in a boat with a dicky engine, force 8 on
lee shore and let them wonder whether anyone is coming to get
them. Only if they beg, grovel and promise to do penance!!
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Right! - but surely no rush to get them...
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I've wanted to send this along, but forgot - fascinating story
http://thephotopalace.blogspot.com.br/2013/01/french-wwi-images-found-still-in-camera.html
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Wouldn't it be fantastic if a descendant or two could put names to faces and we could know something of their history.
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Comment posted in the Editorials of one of my Boating Magazines re: hoax 'Mayday' calls made to the US Coast Guard:
"Call
me old fashioned, but I miss the days when a good flogging, a little
keelhauling, then a good stout yard arm would discourage miscreants."
I think we need him to sign on to OW!!!!! ;D
It's not just the expense, it might mean that the Coast Guard ship is not available to answer a real emergency.
Take their boat away and auction it off.
The
original article mentioned just that AND the fact that the USGS has
been MOST active in finding and punishing those responsible. They have
made it a FEDERAL OFFENCE with long jail terms etc.
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Which is why only true idiots try to hoax the gov't. The last
thing the CG wants is to find out that someone died on the water while
they were chasing someone's joke. Getting caught at it is supposed
to be scary.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/jan/29/surfer-garrett-mcnamara-100ft-wave
Gnarly.
Hello OW.
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What is the OldWeather term for 'mind boggling insanity'?
The
video clip is apparently preliminary and jumps around a lot.
However, one of the blogs on the page contains a link to the clip of the
same surfer on a (estimated) 90ft wave at the same location in
2011. Seriously disturbing to my optic nerves! The link is:
http://visao.sapo.pt/novo-video-mostra-ainda-melhor-a-dimensao-da-onda-de-mcnamara-na-nazare=f709671
(http://visao.sapo.pt/novo-video-mostra-ainda-melhor-a-dimensao-da-onda-de-mcnamara-na-nazare=f709671)
I particularly liked the comment on the Guardian page that said: 'That wave couldn't have been more than 99.5 feet high.'
:o
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What is the OldWeather term for 'mind boggling insanity'?
nut case ;D
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Could we adopt the term 'Doing a McNamara' for out and out voluntary lunacy? :P
I'm just glad for him that it was only 99.5 feet - anything bigger might have been deemed dangerous ( ::) ;D)
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Reminds me of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Awards
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Reminds me of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Awards
He
is still here and capable of adding to the human genome, so doesn't
qualify. His interview on US TV news has him admitting, that wave
came very close to dumping him on shore rocks that would have killed
him. He didn't sound impressed enough by the risk to stop trying
again. ::)
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It's interesting to note that we (humans) probably owe our existance
to risk takers like that and that is also why these genes still exist
in the gene pool. Imagine the risks taken by our African ancestors to
master the skills necessary to populate all continents, for example. The
Darwin Awards are often amusing just the same. With any luck, we learn
from their errors. I, for one, would not want to surf those waves
(smiley for "trembling in my boots") ;D
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The surfing is risk taking, but this guy is an experienced big-wave surfer.
The Darwin awards are more for outright stupidity (like if I tried to ride a big wave ;)).
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It's
interesting to note that we (humans) probably owe our existance to risk
takers like that and that is also why these genes still exist in the
gene pool. Imagine the risks taken by our African ancestors to master
the skills necessary to populate all continents, for example.
;D
Good
point Craig. I suppose Mr McNamara's African predecessors on the
savanna would have been the sort of people who would have said: "Oh
look, there's a large lion. I wonder if he'd like to play 'tag' with
me."
I think that the descriptive term for Mr McNamara that I was looking for last night was actually 'star, raving bonkers'.
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I think that the descriptive term for Mr McNamara that I was looking for last night was actually 'star, raving bonkers'.
I
agree - if he was in the 99.9% of humanity who would be lucky to stay
on top of a 6 foot wave. He's crazy enough to try for the
impossible, and sane enough to put in the years of practice and
trial-and-error learning to make the impossible possible. I don't
want to want his adrenaline addiction, but Craig is right: he's the 0.1%
of humanity who proves to the rest of us that we can dream of the
stars, and get there if we are willing to work hard enough.
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Hello OW. February already. :o
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Winter's half over. And announced it has finally decided to
stay in Chicago by FINALLY lining up some snow storms and sending them
in our direction. If the forecasters know what they are talking
about this time.
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Here's some fun. Welcome to London.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/interactive/2013/feb/01/view-from-top-shard-london-interactive
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Well don't go there unless you have your bonnet well tied onto your
head! What an astounding view! Loved all the noises and arty
extras. Excellent sense of the height ( :P green faced) too soon after
lunch.
great find - it'll be fun to see what the locals decide are London's real places.
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That is a fun tour! Leaves me feeling like I might know what London looks like. :)
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Mark & Co are commissioning our second hi-res imaging station at A2 today.
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Great!! More transcriptions in the works. :)
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Here's some fun. Welcome to London.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/interactive/2013/feb/01/view-from-top-shard-london-interactive
I wonder if you can see Geoff place from up there?
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They've labeled the Old Royal Navy College at Greenwich, so probably yes. :)
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I had no idea where he lives. Lovely area Greenwich, memories from my short visit there.
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I only remember that during the Queen's Jubilee, he mentioned seeing
the tall ships while walking to his favorite coffee shop. So he
has to be somewhere in the vicinity of that stretch of the Thames.
Not a small area. I'm hoping nobody ever publishes their actual
address online here, that doesn't feel safe.
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I agree, but I don't know what goes on behind the scenes. ;)
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Geoff lives on the Isle of Dogs I believe, on the other side of the river from the Royal Naval College.
Good morning all. :)
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http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/348007/description/Life_found_deep_below_Antarctic_ice
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Now the molecular biologists will be really licking their
lips. I forsee an outbreak of DNA analysis and attempts to culture
any living organisms. Just wait for those who believe in aliens
to come up with a whole new prehistory for planet earth.
What fun!!
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"zargburble three to zargburble four.(crackling noise)..come in
zargburble 4..(crunching noise)..oh no are you stuck under that Mars
ranger thing again? We just got discovered in Lake Whillans - IS there
no-where safe from the humans?"
When cells (are) divide(d):
(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8522/whencellsdivide.jpg)
Lonely Planet - pah! ;D
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;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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Very good, Joan ;D
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I like your aliens!
;) ;D
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Hope you have/had a
Happy Groundhog Day, Happy Groundhog Day, Happy Groundhog Day ;D
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They say there will be an early spring. Since Phil comes out
to the glare of bright spotlights, I'm a bit confused as to trusting him
when he fails to see his shadow most of the time. ::)
It's an
interesting twist to keeping the old world Candlemas Day
(http://www.groundhog.org/groundhog-day/history/) going, because the
eastern marmots (a.k.a. groundhogs) tend to break hibernation and pop
out of the burrows this time of winter.
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Hello OW.
I hope Phil's 'prediction' of an early spring is correct. ;D
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Hello again.
Congrats to the Baltimore Ravens. :D
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I had my purple on! ;D It was an exciting game - I thought the 49ers might just pull it out.
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:o
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/02/04/skeleton-found-in-parking-lot-identified-as-that-englands-king-richard-iii/
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Yeah, I was amused that the king who was willing to trade his kingdom for a horse ended up in a parking lot. :D
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And now there's a whole lot of (ahem) debate about where he should
be reburied .... Seems a lot of places feel they have the best
claim.
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;D
There is a great book by Elizabeth Peters mystery called The Murders of Richard III - it convinced me that Richard III got a very bum rap from Shakespeare! Also one by Josephine Tey called The Daughter of Time
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As a long term fan of RIII I'm very excited by this. Richard
survived his family's waxing and waning fortunes during the Wars of the
Roses, being ever faithful to his brother, Edward IV. He really found
his footing as his brother's right hand man in the North of England. He
was much beloved of the people of York/the Northern Country, and sorely
missed by them when he died. They used the diminutive northern version
of Richard, Dickon, as his name.
However, the disappearance of
Edward's children (The Princes in the Tower, Edward V and Richard)
during Richard's protectorate must be viewed in a rather dim light!
Henry
VII won at Bosworth Field and, after parking the ex-King in Leicester
(sorry about the joke) thanks to his business-like ways, made England
wealthy enough (again) to afford a decent navy. Hurrah!
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I'm a fan too - there is historical evidence of the princes all
during Richard's reign - expense reports and the like, and those do not
stop until the reign of Henry VII - I think a very strong case could be
made for Henry being the one that did away with the young lads.
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I remember reading that the first Tudor kings vilified Richard (and
the House of York) in order to strengthen their claim to the throne.
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The archaeologists certainly kept us on tenterhooks waiting for them
to say yes or no! And a nice touch by Lauren Laverne on her
6Music show this morning by playing "Richard III" by Supergrass to
indicate that the news had finally come through!
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I'm
a fan too - there is historical evidence of the princes all during
Richard's reign - expense reports and the like, and those do not stop
until the reign of Henry VII - I think a very strong case could be made
for Henry being the one that did away with the young lads.
Hello
Fan! ;D That's interesting about expense accounts. It's not at
all beyond belief that Richard should claim the crown to maintain
stability - he could always abdicate when Edward V came of age. I
think if they were alive to Henry VII's reign they would not have
survived Margaret Beaufort that's for sure - nothing was going to get in
the way of her boy. And using their disappearance to defame Richard
would be useful to boot. Fascinating times.
Brilliant prog on Uk 'Channel 4' about the bones (NOT for the faint-hearted) tonight - hope you can get it over in the USA.
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I was aware of the excitement over this discovery as I read an
Archaeology magazine, so it is really exciting that they have now
confirmed that the skeleton is indeed that of Richard.
I thought
the programme on channel 4 last night was very well done. It was clear
that for a change they had got in right at the very beginning of the dig
and followed it through well, rather than coming in after a discovery
had been made and trying to put things back together after the fact. I
suspect that this was partly foresight by C4 and also part of the strong
lobbying done by the Richard the Third society to get the dig done in
the first place.
The luck that the first trench went through the
church at all, let alone at the exact point of that specific grave was
incredible.
The descriptions of the injuries both before and after death are indeed fairly horrific.
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A friend sent this video of a full moon rise in New Zealand.
Beautiful!!
MOON rise last week in Wellington, NZ.
http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/video-full-moon-rise-over-nz.htm#.UQxLeCi19Hd.email
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8)
I found this interesting: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130205-sahara-life-giving-sands
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Unfortunately your link isn't available to us in the UK - what was it about, Randi?
However, while trying to find a UK-accessible account, I came across this, which I found interesting!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21352427
I'd love to see a really spectacular comet - the others in my lifetime have all been a bit over-hyped!
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How excessively strange - a BBC site that is available in the US but
not the UK. They have a future film coming out studying the
life-giving nutrients coming from Sahara sand being blown across the
Atlantic to the Amazon rain forest. But they failed to say when it
would be released.
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;)
The
world?s hottest desert in the world is also one of the largest,
covering an area that stretches across the North of Africa from the Red
Sea in the east to the Atlantic in the west. In total, it spans
9,400,000 sq km (3,500,000 sq mi) - nearly as big as China or the United
States.
In the searing heat of the day it is hard to imagine a
more desolate place. But hidden within the vast dunes and swathes of
dust are minerals left from an earlier, more fertile time when the
region was home to agriculture, along with plants and animals now more
commonly found in the savannahs further south.
Today, these minerals continue to support life. But to do that they must first go on an extraordinary journey.
Blown
up into the high atmosphere, this dust is carried across the Atlantic
where it falls with the rain across the Amazon rainforest, injecting
much needed nutrients into this bio-diverse ecosystem.
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Thanks, Randi and Janet, that is interesting.
Apparently we can't access the site in the UK because it is funded by
BBC Worldwide and not out of the licence fee. ???
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I'm too American for the BBC - in their place, I'd want it all
public to entice folk to pay for the channel, but what do I know.
This alert came through this afternoon. The Great Lake are indeed in trouble.
Water level of Lake Michigan continues to drop, reaches record low (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-lake-michigan-reaches-recordlow-level-20130205,0,7562811.story)
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Now that's more than a little disconcerting. Strange things are happening out there.
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Good morning OW.
Chilly but sunny in this neck of the woods.
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Good evening Caro,
Sunny here, until the sun went down a
couple of hours ago. But definitely not chilly. Fires
perking up again in Tasmania
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-07/crews-battle-fires-on-high-danger-day/4505378
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-07/crews-battle-fires-on-high-danger-day/4505378))
. The Taswegians just can't take a trick this summer.
There is, unsurprisingly, little chance of anyone hurting themselves by slipping on the ice in the morning!
Enjoy your trascribing and editing.
:D
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Hello Howard.
Sunny until the sun went down huh? :D
Check out the front page of The Guardian. Amazing weather pic.
http://digital.guardian.co.uk/
Adding a snip for latecomers. ;)
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:o :o :o That's a whopper!
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Thanks for posting this link, Caro. This photo was mentioned
in the "tomorrow's papers" section of the Radio 4 midnight news
bulletin, so I'm glad to have seen it for myself.
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WOW
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That will rock your boat!!!! :o
Good evening Caro,
Sunny
here, until the sun went down a couple of hours ago. But
definitely not chilly. Fires perking up again in Tasmania
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-07/crews-battle-fires-on-high-danger-day/4505378
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-07/crews-battle-fires-on-high-danger-day/4505378))
. The Taswegians just can't take a trick this summer.
There is, unsurprisingly, little chance of anyone hurting themselves by slipping on the ice in the morning!
Enjoy your trascribing and editing.
:D
Today's forecast: Sunny followed by dark! :P
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Really WOW! that wave is scarey!!
Fog/mist and freezing rain here this morning. Nothing like as pleasant as others.
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Nervous flyers, don't look at this:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2013/feb/07/white-knuckle-airports-in-pictures#/?picture=403674176&index=0
Does anybody else remember the good old days of Kai Tak in Hong Kong?
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/9853128/Giant-waves-batter-car-by-Seaham-coast.html
Car wash ;)
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Some people are complete idiots. I love watching angry water,
it's magnificent - from a safe distance!!!! Anything that angry
should obviously be treated as dangerous.
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Just as well the gate on the sea wall in front of the car was
closed; that twit gives every impression of wanting to keep going.
:o
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Wait til he goes to the next MOT - "That'll be a 800 pound job to
replace your salt-rotted sills sir" Expensive viewing spot ::) ::)
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Well, it is a Nissan Micra - they do have a bit of a
reputation for being driven by the elderly confused. (I am allowed
to say this because I used to have one myself! ;D)
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800 pounds would buy a new micra. ;D
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800 pounds is also the weight of a new Micra, isn't it?
The Micra is more favoured by young ladies here, Su. My 28 year-old , 5' 0" niece drives one - it's just about her size.
::)
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800 pounds would buy a new micra. ;D
I wish. ;) Good morning all.
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;D ;D ;D
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/9853128/Giant-waves-batter-car-by-Seaham-coast.html
Car wash ;)
;D
Hi szukacz!
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The Micra is more favoured by young ladies here, Su. My 28 year-old , 5' 0" niece drives one - it's just about her size.
::)
Just
about my size, too - though one of the main reasons I changed to a
Peugeot 107 was that the latest model Micra was too big!
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I've tried all my usual tricks. I can get the page but not the video. :-[
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/9853128/Giant-waves-batter-car-by-Seaham-coast.html
works for me, but it does take awhile to come up.
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I've tried all my usual tricks. I can get the page but not the video. :-[
Works perfectly in Chicago. Try this link instead - has different editing and captions
http://www.northnews.co.uk/article/592
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I've tried all my usual tricks. I can get the page but not the video. :-[
The atmosphere's probably getting a bit gummed up with the cold. Maybe you should try again when it warms up a little?
:-\
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Has anyone else had difficulty attaching small pics? Sometimes
I'm blocked from uploading the attachment, sometimes not.
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Have you seen? (http://www.youtube.com/embed/eIZTMVNBjc4?feature=player_detailpage)
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Wow!!
Thanks, szukacz!
See also
http://www.youtube.com/embed/eIZTMVNBjc4?feature=player_detailpage
http://www.youtube.com/embed/eIZTMVNBjc4?feature=player_detailpage
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I've tried all my usual tricks. I can get the page but not the video. :-[
The atmosphere's probably getting a bit gummed up with the cold. Maybe you should try again when it warms up a little?
:-\
Not only cold. we picked up a foot (30cm) of snow since last night! Better than the East Coast who are to get BOMBED!!!Has anyone else had difficulty attaching small pics? Sometimes I'm blocked from uploading the attachment, sometimes not.
I
get stopped sometimes due to the size limits of the site. I didn't know
it affected the Mods too. :o I usually can STILL post if I open
the file in "Preview" or something and reduce the size and resave THEN
send.
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Not only cold. we picked up a foot (30cm) of snow since last night! Better than the East Coast who are to get BOMBED!!!
And
all that from the storm that first soaked Chicago with freezing
moderate rain and then dropped about 2" of very heavy wet white stuff on
it. (It's the driving that was seriously affected, snow on top of
ice creates the worst possible pavements.) Amazing what the Great
Lakes do to feed a dryish storm! And the poor East Coast is
getting your lake-fed storm merging into and feeding a bad
Northeaster. I really do NOT want to live on that coast this year.
I get stopped sometimes due to the size limits of the site. I didn't
know it affected the Mods too. :o I usually can STILL post
if I open the file in "Preview" or something and reduce the size and
resave THEN send.
And
that is what the mods and probably everyone does when they are
overloading the forum. The 2 pics of mine it stopped were 45 KB
and 22 KB - size isn't the problem. Since members aren't fussing
about it, we're giving Amazon a few hours to straighten it out before
bothering Arfon.
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I saw the problem last night with a 2k text file.
Just now, it worked...
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Trying now.
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It works! Hopefully permanently. Thanks, Amazon.
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Hello OW.
History! ;D http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/9859321/Bayeux-Tapestry-finally-completed-after-900-years.html
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The sky last night was brilliantly clear. Woke up at 7ish this
morning to gentle snow falling in Oxford...fat wet flakes so nothing
laying. Sounds like the East Coast in the USA is getting clobbered by
the stuff! Take care all! :-*
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Here in western New York (near Niagara Falls) we totaled 11.7"
(29.5cm) for the storm. Lots of snow - not much wind but the east coast
got hammered!
Just in from digging out this morning. Did 3 digs yesterday.
Glad for the snow as it may help our disastrously low water levels in the Great Lakes!
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I was hoping that it would help your water levels Dean...and it
sounds like you've had to dig a lot already! We are predicted snow here
tomorrow and, although it's not so bitter today, the winds are moving
round to northerly and then we move into easterlies by early next week -
fab - weather from the arctic swaps for weather from
Russia....bbbbrrrr!
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Hello OW.
History! ;D http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/9859321/Bayeux-Tapestry-finally-completed-after-900-years.html
They're very dedicated - good candidates for OW and they may have us in stitches. :D
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:P
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;D ;D ;D
So which one of us is going to write to them and ask...
(http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/5066/bayeuxmeetsow.jpg)
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;D ;D ;D
Marvellous, Joan! I think you should contact them, for sure. (Only Force 3?)
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Here is an article about the snow and the results on the east Coast of the US.
http://entertainment.verizon.com/news/read.php?ps=1011&rip_id=%3CDA4AJ51O0%40news.ap.org%3E&_LT=MNEW_LARSDCCLM_UNEWS
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;D ;D ;D
So which one of us is going to write to them and ask...
I've got some very good memories of Pevensey and Pevensey Bay.
Summer holidays, camping in Pevensey Bay, tasting the ales in the Royal Oak and Castle in Pevensey. ;D ;D ;D
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That is so clever, Joan! Is nowhere safe from OW? Now those would be challenging logbooks ....
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Send that one with an invitation to join OW. ;D
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;D
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Send that one with an invitation to join OW. ;D
All right I will........
Though
I actually have a better idea than that and it came out of looking at
the website for the Alderney Museum and helping Brenda Boardman at work
(a world renowned Fuel Poverty scientist) to do a talk over in Western
Canada by Skype (a MASSIVE saving in carbon footprint - well done
Brenda). Alderney Museum encourages people to give talks there - I'd
love to go but it's a LONG way (remember I live in parochial England)
and not cheap. But if they had a little technology we could do it. If
only we had a talk that we could give. That's something we could work
on. Anyone up for it? Anyone got any idea of how to do it? Anyone been
out to give a talk about OW before? Is this a project beyond our
time limits? Hmmmm...makes you think.
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Mine the blogs, the The Science: What You're Doing This For
board, and Philip's videos at http://vimeo.com/channels/345571 for
content - you'd have to have some kind of computer hook-up that could
show your graphics and videos on a tv screen.
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Here is an article about the snow and the results on the east Coast of the US.
http://entertainment.verizon.com/news/read.php?ps=1011&rip_id=%3CDA4AJ51O0%40news.ap.org%3E&_LT=MNEW_LARSDCCLM_UNEWS
Hi Dean,
Yes
- we just had the news on over here and they say half a million in N
America have lost their power supply. I hope you and yours are all
OK...., same for all our OW N America folk. It's pretty dramatic
looking.
Take care y'all :-*
PS just been watching this: http://www.weather.com/travel/nemo-travel-updates-20130206
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Very dramatic - the evening news here showed radar of Nemo finally
pulling away from land, and at that late point it was starting to
develop an open eye in the middle, like a category 1 hurricane.
Which it theoretically was not.
They'll be good for public trans by Monday, probably, and have the side roads drivable by the end of the week.
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All the material that the US team have developed can be borrowed.
See for example the poster on www.PMEL.NOAA.gov/arctic/rediscover
(bottom of about), and various photos etc. on the site. One of my
colleagues from the U is doing a science cafe on citizen-science at the
Pacific Science Center next month for which we are providing some
material....
Send that one with an invitation to join OW. ;D
All right I will........
Though
I actually have a better idea than that and it came out of looking at
the website for the Alderney Museum and helping Brenda Boardman at work
(a world renowned Fuel Poverty scientist) to do a talk over in Western
Canada by Skype (a MASSIVE saving in carbon footprint - well done
Brenda). Alderney Museum encourages people to give talks there - I'd
love to go but it's a LONG way (remember I live in parochial England)
and not cheap. But if they had a little technology we could do it. If
only we had a talk that we could give. That's something we could work
on. Anyone up for it? Anyone got any idea of how to do it? Anyone been
out to give a talk about OW before? Is this a project beyond our
time limits? Hmmmm...makes you think.
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Send that one with an invitation to join OW. ;D
All right I will........
Though
I actually have a better idea than that and it came out of looking at
the website for the Alderney Museum and helping Brenda Boardman at work
(a world renowned Fuel Poverty scientist) to do a talk over in Western
Canada by Skype (a MASSIVE saving in carbon footprint - well done
Brenda). Alderney Museum encourages people to give talks there - I'd
love to go but it's a LONG way (remember I live in parochial England)
and not cheap. But if they had a little technology we could do it. If
only we had a talk that we could give. That's something we could work
on. Anyone up for it? Anyone got any idea of how to do it? Anyone been
out to give a talk about OW before? Is this a project beyond our
time limits? Hmmmm...makes you think.
Contact Dean - he is working on something!
You might ask Kathy too - she has lots of experience ;D
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Looking forward to the embroidered logs ;D ;D ;D
Actually sailors were supposed to be good at sewing so you never know!
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This might backfire and they will have us restoring tapestries :o ;D
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Is anyone having trouble with the interface this morning? When I
click on "I've finished with this page" nothing happens. The message in
the lower left corner of the screen is "Read www.oldweather.org". I have
been waiting for 10 minutes now. I am using Firefox.
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The Old Weather BOINC team has just passed the Ten Million credit mark!
(http://boincstats.com/signature/-1/team/54739893/sig.png)
OW
BOINC Team - Offer your excess computer capacity for climate model
simulation (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=2028.0)
http://boincstats.com/en/stats/-1/team/detail/458b2e76b918586f0d0d1a65026f9317/
http://climateapps2.oerc.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/team_display.php?teamid=9976
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Good for us! 8)
I finally had to abort my Firefox
session and lose 24 weather transcriptions. I re-started on the same
page and just tried one line and then saved it successfully. Must have
been a momentary glitch in the interface.
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I am seeing some odd behavior in the forum. Once in a while as I am typing it just hangs up for 30 seconds or so :-\
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Snowing!
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Looking forward to the embroidered logs ;D ;D ;D
Actually sailors were supposed to be good at sewing so you never know!
;D ;D ;D
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Raining freezing water (not snow, but very very cold rain - yeeuurrrgh
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Raining! Repeat ad nauseam.
More great work by the OW BOINC team.
(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/smileys/top-points-smiley.gif?1292867690)
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Send that one with an invitation to join OW. ;D
All right I will........
Though
I actually have a better idea than that and it came out of looking at
the website for the Alderney Museum and helping Brenda Boardman at work
(a world renowned Fuel Poverty scientist) to do a talk over in Western
Canada by Skype (a MASSIVE saving in carbon footprint - well done
Brenda). Alderney Museum encourages people to give talks there - I'd
love to go but it's a LONG way (remember I live in parochial England)
and not cheap. But if they had a little technology we could do it. If
only we had a talk that we could give. That's something we could work
on. Anyone up for it? Anyone got any idea of how to do it? Anyone been
out to give a talk about OW before? Is this a project beyond our
time limits? Hmmmm...makes you think.
Contact Dean - he is working on something!
You might ask Kathy too - she has lots of experience ;D
Thanks
Janet, Kevin, Randi, jil, Dean and Kathy, and all for your
suggestions. Dean - if you have got something along these lines up
your sleeve I'd be glad to help if useful.
I thought quite hard about suggesting a talk, but it doesn't seem entirely mad.
Joan
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I just talked to Joan on SKYPE. A wonderful chat!
Here is
what I 'posted' to Randi a bit ago about where I am in the 'process.'
Any one with suggestions or videos I'm glad for the advice. Send either
email, PMs, SKYPE......
I'm doing Ok. My main 'issue' is
that most of what I have found as videos etc. are for VIEWING and don't
seem to be able to be DOWNLOADED (I know, copyright violations and all! )
As I said, I have been asked by a couple Groups I belong to to present
about the project. One of the places doesn't have Internet so I need to
'bring' everything. I'm building a PowerPoint in the hopes of doing
that. The other group meets at a University Campus near here and I'll
have full access so I can just go online and pull what I want to show,
explain, etc.
One is a retired men's group many of whom are WWII
vets and will be VERY interested in the History. The other is the local
chapter of the American Meteorological Society and they will be MOST
interested in the weather part. Some of THEM may sign on to help us with
the Phase 3 ships.
I got the 'original' OW Tutorial video.
I've copied some log pages and can show what they look like and then how
they got transcribed, etc. I also plan to bring parts of the Word Files
and show how the stuff gets edited and back to Gordon for
'publication.'
We'll see. I'm MORE than willing once I get it together to SHARE with anyone who wants it!
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I think there are some strict limits on copying the Royal Navy log pages.
Caro? Janet?
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I know the Admiralty has loosened up a little from our very
beginning, but I think not much. We should ask the PTB - I know
they'll love having us do some missionizing for new members. Using
them in talks may be different than publishing them on sites.
Crown copyright on scan pictures, not transcribed information:
Can
anyone please explain who owns the copyright for the images? For
instance if something particularly interesting shows up and it can be
used as a reference on Wikipedia or more specifically added to the
site/copied elsewhere or not?
Thanks :)
The
National Archives owns the copyright, and it has been a tiny issue in
the past when magazines and newspapers wanted to reprint pages.
I'll see if there's been any change in that, Blackaqua.
Deej
Please don't copy the logbook images to Wikipedia or any other site.
The
logbooks are British Crown Copyright and, as DJ says, are owned by the
National Archives (TNA). TNA have always been helpful and supportive in
our use of the logbooks - please help us maintain this productive
relationship, and respect their copyright.
Philip
Philip's email reply, for my use.
--------------------------------------------
Re: Wikipedia issues...
...
A
thorny problem is the question of links to log pages. We can't put the
log images up on any other site, and I'd rather not create a lot of
direct links in to jpegs on oldweather.org pages - they are not
permanent links and The National Archives won't be happy. But
fortunately this isn't necessary - a W reference need not be a Web link,
it should be sufficient to link to a text reference of the form 'Log of
HMS Torch from May 22nd 1914; National Archives reference ADM
53
63330 Page 20' Which will allow any sufficiently diligent researcher to
find the exact page. (You can get the TNA catalog number from the page
URL, here http: //oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ADM53-63330/ADM53-63330-020_1.jpg).
Regards,
Philip
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US logbooks are not a problem.
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Send that one with an invitation to join OW. ;D
All right I will........
Though
I actually have a better idea than that and it came out of looking at
the website for the Alderney Museum and helping Brenda Boardman at work
(a world renowned Fuel Poverty scientist) to do a talk over in Western
Canada by Skype (a MASSIVE saving in carbon footprint - well done
Brenda). Alderney Museum encourages people to give talks there - I'd
love to go but it's a LONG way (remember I live in parochial England)
and not cheap. But if they had a little technology we could do it. If
only we had a talk that we could give. That's something we could work
on. Anyone up for it? Anyone got any idea of how to do it? Anyone been
out to give a talk about OW before? Is this a project beyond our
time limits? Hmmmm...makes you think.
Hi
Sorry this is a bit late. Only just seen the post about talks about OW.
Su
(Thursdaynext) and I went to a talk given by our own Philip Brohan at a
conference on naval history in Exeter during the summer. That was great
from the Carbon Footprint POV as Phillip's office is in Exeter. That
presentation was a really good indication of the work that we have done
and had exactly the right mix of serious science and fun. It would be
great if that could be presented over an internet system.
PS. There were some shots of individual log pages and bits of text from logs in Phillip's talk.
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Great! Thanks Keith! Nice to hear from you. I spoke to Dean by Skype
earlier on and he's a little way into developing something - I know
he'll see this - so thank you again. I've left it with Dean for now
(with working it's beyond my time scale until the Easter Hols). But I'm
looking into some of the technical bits about presenting a talk by
Skype.
Joan
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I've just heard a clip from this short series (5 of them) of short programmes on weather (15 minutes each) - worth a listen.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qknt7
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The Old Weather BOINC team has just passed the Ten Million credit mark!
This
decided me to add another project for those quiet days when CPDN is
unable to provide some goodies. I hope not to have completely mucked
things up - I'll keep an eye on it! I'm now fighting malaria as
well.
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Hi all!
Two things:
1. I plan to NOT accept
money or anything for the talks I will do for the groups I belong to. I
know from past experience that can be a real issue with copyright and
all. I will also check with those who made the videos before I use them.
The log pages etc. will be for 'example' and not published anywhere by
me or anyone else.
2. It looks like this might be a 'great topic'
so I will start a new thread 'OW PRESENTATION' rather than 'clog up'
the Chat. Mods - please feel free to move anything I have already
posted wherever you think it will help the most.
Blessings, Dean :)
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Morning all. Snowing again. Bleh. :D
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Today the Dockside Cafe proudly presents Fat Tuesday special - Pancakes
happy Mardi Gras all!!!!!!
(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9939/largestpancake.jpg)
(World's largest pancake)
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Burp!
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They forgot the syrup. ;D
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I read that particular pancake "weighed three tons and contained an estimated two million calories".
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That appears to outdo Paul Bunyon's exploit. http://www.paulbunyantrail.com/page16.html
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They forgot the syrup. ;D
Oh could you imagine - you need a whole bath-full of it.... gross :P
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They forgot the syrup. ;D
That's in a Concrete mixer just out of picture, :P
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yeeeuuurrrggghhh :P :P ;D
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8)
I found this interesting: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130205-sahara-life-giving-sands
This
is a PBS / UK / Canada co-production (according the credits at the end)
that is very interesting. It was on tonight in Chicago, so I
assume everyone in the UK and in North America will get it this week.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/earth-from-space.html
"Earth
From Space" is a groundbreaking two-hour special that reveals a
spectacular new space-based vision of our planet. Produced in extensive
consultation with NASA scientists, NOVA takes data from earth-observing
satellites and transforms it into dazzling visual sequences, each one
exposing the intricate and surprising web of forces that sustains life
on earth. Viewers witness how dust blown from the Sahara fertilizes the
Amazon; how a vast submarine "waterfall" off Antarctica helps drive
ocean currents around the world; and how the sun's heating up of the
southern Atlantic gives birth to a colossally powerful hurricane. From
the microscopic world of water molecules vaporizing over the ocean to
the magnetic field that is bigger than Earth itself, the show reveals
the astonishing beauty and complexity of our dynamic planet.
...
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Hello OW and happy Valentine's Day to you all.
(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/smileys/roseg-smiley.gif?1292867664)
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(http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/userpics/12962/valentines_day~0.gif)
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Awwwwww...so cute! :-*
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A little something for Valentine's Day:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/09/color-photos-of-paris-in-_n_2653184.html?ncid=wsc-huffpost-cards-headline
:-* :-*
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I like! ;D
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Superb!! ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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Neat!
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I love #26 - the little boy in the lower right hand corner just cracks me up!
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I love #26 - the little boy in the lower right hand corner just cracks me up!
He looks like a right cheeky little chappy! ;D :-*
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Good morning OW.
No shortage of interesting events this week: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21442863
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Just heard Chris Lintott from Oxford Univ on BBC Radio Oxford
talking about the asteroid. When asked, in the absence of Bruce Willis,
how we could change the course of an asteroid he said that the best way
thought up yet would be to change its colour in order to alter the
effect of the sun's radiation on it. So - anyone got a paint brush and
some magnolia? :-\ ;)
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I think we would still need Bruce Willis to do the painting.
Funny Google doodle today too. ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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And also meteors in Russia (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116). Anyone spotted four horsemen? :o
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If anyone does, please let me know immediately. I'm going to be very cross if the end of the world arrives just after
I've spent my half term weekend working furiously on various
essays. If the end is nigh, I'll do something more frivolous!
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http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/348294/description/News_in_Brief_Melting_Arctic_may_make_algae_flourish
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21457155
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There is an instruction in the Edwin Smith Papyrus of the Ancient
Egyptians using honey to treat wounds - the one I remember was for skin
lacerations over a fracture. (They did not attempt to treat open
fractures though.)
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Honey is the only food that never spoils, only dries up. It is very antibiotic.
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It's a brilliant old cure. Sugar or honey. Honey does carry
significant antibiotic effects as you say Janet - especially manuka
honey made form the blossom of the Tea Tree. In fact bees make a
waxy antibiotic door carpet for their hives to catch any nasties coming
in. My mother had an un-healing ulcer, after 6 weeks of getting
nowhere with modern stuff I finally talked her into getting the
community nurse to dress it with honey. The nurse was reluctant because
other patients had deemed it too sticky and messy. Within a week the
ulcer was almost gone... I've seen really severe wound sinuses cleaned
out and healed using sugar packing. Other good treatment for heavy
grazing - the thin layer of skin between onion layers..rough side to the
wound.
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An old news story local to Pittsburgh went viral this week - I love
it what gets found during slow news weeks. And seriously hope that
children's hospitals in other cities make arrangements with their
window washers to copy this next Halloween. :)
Superhero Window Washers at Children's Hospital [Video] (http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/04/uperhero-window-washers-children-hospital-video-pittsburgh/)
http://bcove.me/urqzna1a
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.comicsalliance.com/media/2013/02/bcdd3q4ciaaobru-1360018604.jpg)
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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That's a cracker! I love it :-* ..... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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;D
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This has nothing to do with ships, weather, etc., but for some reason it makes me laugh till my sides hurt -
https://www.youtube.com/tv?vq=medium#/watch?v=PpccpglnNf0&mode=transport
Be forewarned - for some reason, this video can't be popped out like others -
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I never heard the like of this before -hilarious ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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In pop-out mode now.
Truly bizarre. ;D
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Thanks Caro - all you can do is shake your head! ;D
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Leonardo da Vinci's notebook has been fully digitised and made
available online
(http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Arundel_MS_263),
thanks to the British Library. Now that would be a challenging
transcription project, considering it's in renaissance italian and in mirrored writing. At least his drawings and diagrams are pretty to look at.
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First someone has to run it through a program that gives us the
mirror image of the mirror writing (easy) and then we have to turn
Lollia and Propriome loose on it. ;D
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;D ;D ;D
I just took a look :o - forget it....the pictures are pretty though as Olems says ;)
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;D ;D ;D
It would be a pretty challenging task even
knowing the language, and even being from Tuscany as Leonardo (Vinci is
not so far from here)... 1400 Florence dialect was the closest one to
current Italian, but still quite different from it ;D
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- The problem with 600 year old language is recognized by
every English-speaking high school teenager who tried to Chaucer.
His English isn't even close to ours! :o 8)
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I was just wondering about that :) :)
My English courses at
high school just mentioned Chaucer, and I think we read something
translated in modern Italian. I'm pretty sure I'd still have problems
today in reading his English.
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The trick with Chaucer is to listen to it. Best use of Chaucer - to make Shakespeare's works look easy. ::) :D
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Canterbury_Tales#Text
written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century...
To telle yow al the condicioun,
Of ech of hem, so as it semed me,
And whiche they weren, and of what degree,
And eek in what array that they were inne,
And at a knyght than wol I first bigynne.
And that is digitized. You need to read a little German Fraktur to read the real thing.
It's a teenager's nightmare. ;D
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Chauser_knight_from_prologue.png/667px-Chauser_knight_from_prologue.png)
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Any OW'rs in Tasmania?
I catch the ferry for there tomorrow for a 4 week holiday.
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Lucky you, Stuart. Enjoy yourself.
Morning all. :D
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Enjoy, Sir (and the Missus)! Have a wonderful trip - and please send pics! :D
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Any OW'rs in Tasmania?
I catch the ferry for there tomorrow for a 4 week holiday.
Have a great time Stuart, & the good Mrs PommyStuart of course!
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What kind of example is that for your crew? :o
Have fun!
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If Stuart takes weather measurements from the ferry (both ways) his crew might forgive him. ;D
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That sounds like a wonderful vacation. Hope you and Ms. PommyStuart enjoy it. :)
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Have fun Stuart, the Bass Strait can be an enjoyable place when the
weather is feeling unsociable. While you are heading south, Lynne
and I will be taking the Indian-Pacific from Sydney to Adelaide and then
the Ghan north to Darwin. Life can be so tough in retirement,
don't you think?
::)
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Hmmm. Tough life, Stuart and Howard. :D
Send us a postcard.
Morning all.
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Sorry guys. Blame your parents, they should have had you earlier then you could have joined us.
Ferry trip like a mill pond 1mtr on a 1mtr swell.
Camp site full of Argentinian ants. %^(
Weather cool, cloudy and 90% chance of 1-5mm rain. (what did you expect, a log book type report, I'm on holiday. %^)
Enjoy the train trip Howard & Lynne, it's very relaxing.
Happy Birthday Nicolaus Copernicus, only 540 years young. Now that's taking being born earlier to extremes.
All
for now, I'm of to town to buy new poles for the annex which I forgot
to bring, (the poles not the annex) and lots of ant spray.
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Morning OW.
Glad you explained that it was the poles, not the annexe, that you had forgotten, Stuart. ;D
Great Copernicus Google doodle today.
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I may let someone else enter this please.
See these 2 log pages
Page 1
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Concord/vol012of040/vol012of040_154_1.jpg)
and here Page 2
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Concord/vol012of040/vol012of040_155_1.jpg) for Court Martial details.
They make interesting reading, especially page 2.
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Very interesting. Thanks for posting it.
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Hi all.
I like the bit about John Blake 'being disrespectful ... in language and deportment' to his superior officer.
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Hmmmm...it's interesting to think about being on bread and water -
when you think of the quality of the bread the navy had, and the state
of most water. Grim. :P
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A lot of them on the Concord seem to like it, also they seem to be
into heavy metal judging by the number in irons (double and single)
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Hmmmm...it's
interesting to think about being on bread and water - when you think of
the quality of the bread the navy had, and the state of most water.
Grim. :P
More than once, as here, I have seen the notation that every 5'th day was normal rations...
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I hope they got the occasional glass of lemon or lime juice
otherwise scurvy could be the outcome of too long a punishment on bread
and water.
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It is generally thought that lime juice alone was an effective cure back in the day but it was not. See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scurvy
Quoting:
"Indeed, a 1918 animal experiment using representative samples of the
Navy and Merchant Marine's lime juice showed that it had virtually no
antiscorbutic power at all."
Many polar expeditions had lime
juice AND scurvy, alas. The process of handing and bottling the juice
destroyed the vitamin C (incidentally not identified until the 1930s).
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For all you 'Problem Solvers' out there!
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"I have a very responsible position. Whenever something goes wrong, everyone says I am responsible"
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Been there, done that, got the T shirt and scars to prove it! ;)
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Big time YES! The lot of quality inspectors, you are not
allowed to mess with the production line and if they blow it, it's all
your fault. ;D
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Hi Dean.
Have you the need for one of these?
Only AU$350.
I can pick it up for you if you want.
Stuart.
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That seems a rather expensive way to keep the wind from blowing your sign over. ;D
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Don't you get scratches on your vinyl if you play them on yachts? ;)
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Ah, come on guys. Its the ANCHOR that I meant, The sign just happened to be there. :P
Here
is a typical letterbox in the Wilmot area, and also look at the
town road sign, it's the place you go when you have "No where else' to
go.
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Now that's very good folk art! Twice over? ;)
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It's a fab anchor and a fab letter box Stuart. And I bet the road-sign is good too..can't wait to see it. ;) ;) ;D
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Opps, changed now. :-[
Real Post Office Mailbox at 'Little Crackpot' and some local wildlife.
Will put the rest of my pics up on Picasa when I get back.
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Don't think I've ever seen an echidna before - what a strange
creature! It looks as though it has its feet on back to
front. :D
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Very observant Janet.
Echidnas and the platypus are the only egg-laying mammals, known as monotremes.
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Stunning sea horses - the UK ones come in khaki green
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Beautiful sea horses indeed.
No pics of a Tasmanian devil yet, Stuart? ;) :D
A charming description from Wiki:
"It
is characterised by its stocky and muscular build, black fur, pungent
odour, extremely loud and disturbing screech, keen sense of smell, and
ferocity when feeding."
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The babies who nap in sub-zero temperatures (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21537988)
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Hi Dean.
Have you the need for one of these?
Only AU$350.
I can pick it up for you if you want.
Stuart.
Thanks,
Pommey. Believe it or not, I already HAVE one! I have a smaller,
lighter, more modern one that I usually use but I DO have THAT one just
in case of a blow!! It weighs about 35 kilos.
Looks like you are having a great trip!!
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I just stopped for a tea break and thought I'd sign in to see,
slightly absent-mindedly, what was going. My eyes scanned
"The babies who nap in sub-zero temperatures" then this.....
"It
is characterised by its stocky and muscular build, black fur, pungent
odour, extremely loud and disturbing screech, keen sense of smell, and
ferocity when feeding."
right.....ummmm ::) ::) ;D
(Me
and my twin used to get wrapped up and put outside as much as possible
in one of those big old-fashioned prams. When it was bad weather (that's
wet or snowing) we'd be left in the unheated kitchen with the window
slightly open.)
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Yes, snow kept us in and fog was a real keep the baby inside day -
we lived near a big chemical factory. To horrify modern mums - in
frosty weather there would be ice on the inside of baby's bedroom
window! Somehow we survived.
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Beautiful sea horses indeed.
No pics of a Tasmanian devil yet, Stuart? ;) :D
A charming description from Wiki:
"It
is characterised by its stocky and muscular build, black fur, pungent
odour, extremely loud and disturbing screech, keen sense of smell, and
ferocity when feeding."
I trust the wiki description was about the Tasmanian devil and not this devil. ;D
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I remember my sisters - 8 and 10 years younger than me - being taken
out for walks long before they could sit up and see anything, because
fresh air was needed. They (and probably I) were never just left
outside alone, but the weather limits seemed to be everything was okay
as long as my mother wanted to go walking in it. Taking a
well-wrapped baby out on a cold day is perfectly fine to my American
soul; just leaving a baby out of sight and hearing alone in the weather
is what appalls. I can see the logic of it, especially in the safe
suburban neighborhood my sisters were born to, it just is simply an
un-American thing to do. Colds and illnesses come from other
people, not from being outdoors.
I question the logic of it in the center of bigger cities; at what point do too many cars make the air not fresh?
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Yes,
snow kept us in and fog was a real keep the baby inside day - we lived
near a big chemical factory. To horrify modern mums - in frosty
weather there would be ice on the inside of baby's bedroom window!
Somehow we survived.
I can remember chipping the ice of the inside of the window in my parents house when I was a child. Didnt bother us at all.
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Yes,
snow kept us in and fog was a real keep the baby inside day - we lived
near a big chemical factory. To horrify modern mums - in frosty
weather there would be ice on the inside of baby's bedroom window!
Somehow we survived.
I can remember chipping the ice of the inside of the window in my parents house when I was a child. Didnt bother us at all.
oh
yes -do you remember making nail-scraped pictures in hoar frost on the
inside of the windows? You could 'huff' on them, wait for your
breath to freeze - and start all over again. Kids with central-heating -
they don;t know what they are missing ( :o ;))
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I remember my dad ironing the bed sheets to make it warm enough to
jump in. The only source of heat, apart from the oven, was coal oil
stove in the livingroom of our little cottage on a cliff overlooking
Puget Sound.
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I now expect Kathy to contribute something from an old Monty Python routine. ;D
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or perhaps a Dickens novel? ;D
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I'm horrified! You poor people - I'm swooning here with my fan
and mint julep - ice should only be in a glass! All I can say is
this
(https://www.youtube.com/tv?vq=medium#/watch?v=HXSyJkkFVAk)
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Ho Caro (etal)
Tas devil pic and others.
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Cool!
The cove is beautiful - looks like my kind of spot -
is that you? you still have that air of nonchalantness like in your younger picture -
That Devil looks like how I feel right now - the dog had to go out at 4 am - ugh!
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Excellent pics! Thanks Stuart.
Your Tasmanian devil looks quite friendly.
You have had good weather obviously. Looks lovely.
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What a wonderful vacation with such wonderful weather. Enjoy!!
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Thanks Kathy. That's me. Well I am only 64 1/2 years young. Missus Pommy was in the Crackpot Post Office picture.
We
have been blessed with the weather, glad not sailing back today as the
seas are starting to rise, only 2m to 3m on a 1m swell but getting
bigger. I saw the forecast as 'Seas, Confused'.
Did you know the average depth of Bass Strait is only 50 mtrs (160 ft)
Raining with a capital R back at home, we needed it.
The
Cove is actually Dove Lake @ 800mtrs in the Cradle Mtn Range Tasmania.
There was SNOW there in January (mid summer) when there were Fires in
the south of the Island. Go figure that for weather in a small Island
(26 409 sq miles or 68 401 sq km).
Many tourists fly in to Hobart,
bus to the Cradle Mountain Lodge for a day or so and then fly home with a
tick on the to do list for Tasmania. That is a pity as there is so much
to do.
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I thought that was Mrs. Pommy - she seems to be having a fine time!
I'm glad your trip is going so well - We have got to go Down Under some day -
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Actually, Mrs Pommy is an Ozi but lets not get technical she just married a Pommy. :D
Please do drop Down Under, see a lovely country of many contrasts and see us if you want.
If
you do come then you had better allow a few days to look around as it's
only about the size of the Contiguous USA, and we have farms as big as
the state of Texas. :P
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This is a great tour of Tasmania for us, Stuart! I really enjoy seeing the pics.
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COLD and SNOW here.
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Good afternoon (just!) OW. Cold here, no snow, but grey and
windy. It's going to have to be a brisk walk this afternoon.
The rooks just outside my window aren't daunted though, and are busy noisily building their nests.
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Sounds like a great trip, Pommey.
BTW - I'd LOVE the steam boat. Can you sneak it out in your luggage??!! ;)
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Memorial park in Launceston.
Very user friendly, not just a list of people and they even had a table for me. ;D
There was also hut with a fireplace and wall art (example shown)
Lazy day today.
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They clearly knew you were coming, when they named that table! 8)
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Memorial park in Launceston.
Very user friendly, not just a list of people and they even had a table for me. ;D
There was also hut with a fireplace and wall art (example shown)
Lazy day today.
Great pics Stuart...looks like a lovely holiday. Of course you should bag the cap'ns table! ;D
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The Sailor's Prayer is truly special! We should find a place for it
in our Archives somewhere as a tribute to all our sailors in OW! :)
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The right hand side picture probably should NOT go in the archives. "Liberty Men to Clean" ;D
Again it was from the Memorial park.
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If we wanted the poem as a serious memorial, we'd need to crop the
picture. I personally am glad to have an idea what was pleasing
the young woman at the cafe table.
And your new avatar is both fierce and cute.
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For Janet.
The other half of the lady picture, though, I don't get the tag line?
Stuart
I can send the full size pic of the poem to an email if anybody wants it.
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I know from my parents and grandparents stories, during WW2 soldiers
regularly brought home other soldiers who weren't close enough to go to
their own homes on a short leave. I would guess they called
first, to be sure Mom was actually home and cooking that evening.
And women in the military were fairly new. I'm thinking in this
case, Mom was expecting a boy and had invited a young woman to give one
or both of them company. And got an already engaged romance
walking in her door instead. (Not that the romance got very far
under her roof in those days.)
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Coin drops.
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...And your new avatar is both fierce and cute.
I agree Janet. Mind you....
It's a dentists dream/nightmare..."open wide sir ...M1 good. M2 clear....yes they all look fine, good, you can close now sir."
It's almost got a flip top head...and no sense of humour. Are you sure about this one Stuart? ;D
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....
And your new avatar is both fierce and cute.
It sums up me and the misses, I am the cute fierce one. she is the fierce cute one. %^0
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Good morning OW.
News from the supercontinent:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21551149
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Neat!
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Yes. It's hard for me to imagine how the continents came to their
current configuration from what the pieces looked like 700 m years ago.
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Shhhh! Don't mention continental drift - or someone will issue peak-time tickets for the ride. ::)
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I'm only beset and drifting in the ice floes, Joan. ;D
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Whoa! Don't get dizzy Craig - your floe is moving like the speed of
light compared to my continent....don't get swimmy in the head and fall
off! ;D ;D ;D
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Howdy all.
And the winner is .... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21588327 ;D
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;D Yes! Yes! Yes! ;D
The Vulcanis closer than we thought
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True szukacz. I thought it was in another solar system at least! ;D
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;) :) :D ;D ...last frontier
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To boldly go....... ;) ;D
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Oh no! Vulcan! Do any of you remember Plomik soup?.... ;D ;D ;D
Lets Trek Me Hearties.. oh yes...
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http://www.geekychef.com/2010/01/plomeek-soup.html
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;D ;D ;D...next time your passing by for lunch... ;)
in the meantime - live long and prosper 8)
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Hello OW.
Mind-boggling: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/feb/27/supermassive-black-hole-rotate-speed-light
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This is worth another post (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=23.msg62720#msg62720):
http://blog.zooniverse.org/2013/02/27/calling-all-zooites-your-chance-to-attend-the-second-zooniverse-project-workshop-in-chicago/
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Congratulations!!!
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/press/press_releases/press_release.php?id=2057
ISS on the Earth
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Two very interesting articles. Thanks, Caro and Szukacz.
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Hello OW on this Dydd Gŵyl Dewi.
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Well done Caro.
Had to use that famous search engine to find that one.
And a Happy St Davids day to you.
Dewi Sant yw Nawddsant Cymru. Mae Dydd Gwyl Dewi yn cael ei ddathlu ar Mawrth 1.
(St. David is the patron saint of Wales. The St David's Day is celebrated on March 1.)
Bet you didn't know I don't speak fluent garlick, did you. ;D
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I knew there was a reason I'd bought leeks yesterday. ;D
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The saddle you have to go over to see Wineglass Bay in the Freycinet National Park.
View from the lookout.
Local friendly wildlife.
Some not so friendly wildlife, they toss cars for sport.
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Great pics Stuart.
That is either a very small car on the sign or a very big roo.
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Well done Caro.
Had to use that famous search engine to find that one.
And a Happy St Davids day to you.
Dewi Sant yw Nawddsant Cymru. Mae Dydd Gwyl Dewi yn cael ei ddathlu ar Mawrth 1.
(St. David is the patron saint of Wales. The St David's Day is celebrated on March 1.)
Bet you didn't know I don't speak fluent garlick, did you. ;D
Ummmm...it's Welsh ( ;) ;) ;D)
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just say caws -
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Bet you didn't know I don't speak fluent garlick, did you. ;D
Ummmm...it's Welsh ( ;) ;) ;D)
I still don't speak fluent garlick. ;D
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Good to see that you are enjoying yourself Stuart. Tassie is a
great place for a break, particularly if you are partial to
seafood. We just got back from the Ghan train trip (amongst other
things). I suspect that we were a little bit warmer than you were!
44C in Alice Springs, 41 in Katherine Gorge, mid 30s and high 90s
humidity in Darwin. A couple of snaps below.
The Finke River crossing, south of Alice Springs - not usually the place for a refreshing dip, unless you enjoy hot sand:
A Thorny Devil, an example of the aesthetic desert wildlife:
A pair of Steeleyes posing in front of the wetlands of the Kakadu National Park.
It was a tough ten days, but we somehow struggled through!
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Welcome back Howard. Looks like you had a great trip.
The thorny devil is very impressive. :D
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That train trip sounds wonderful. It's good to see you. :)
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Sounds like a grand trip Steeleye ;D (but I'd have melted down at the north end of it :o)...
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I'm left wondering if the male Steeleye is a thorny devil too!
;D
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Me too. I thought the thorny devil was the fellow with the white beard :D ;)
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I am envious of Howards beard, I can only get half that before I get in trouble from 'her indoors'.
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As we are playing leapfrog with the Concord pages, If anybody see's
crew joining or leaving the ship would you please PM me with their
name(s). I can then update the crew list.
Thanks
Stuart.
pommy stuart
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Me too. I thought the thorny devil was the fellow with the white beard :D ;)
Aren't we all feeling comedic this morning ... it was all just comedy, wasn't it?
In truth, I think that the Thorny Devil has more cause to feel disgruntled at any mistaken identity than I do.
;D
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;D ;D ;D ;D
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The latest report from the Australian Government's Climate
Commission says the weather extremes experienced around the country this
summer were made worse by climate change.
See
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-04/climate-commission-says-summer-extremes-made-worse-by-climate/4550894
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-04/climate-commission-says-summer-extremes-made-worse-by-climate/4550894)
for one version of the article and a link to the actual report.
I
only intend to provide a link that is relevant to the work that we are
doing here, not to provoke a "yes we do, no we don't" argument on human
impacts on climate change.
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This too: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21651067
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Wellingtons and broad-brimmed sun hats will be issued to all 'new arrivals' on leaving the Maternity Hospital!
:-*
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One for Randi. ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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One for Randi. ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Very good, Mmopy Arsttu. ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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Ha ha ha. ;D ;D ;D
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NO! It's 'aH, aH, aH!!' ;D ;D ;D
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KO, that's enough :D
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I had this on a T shirt a long time ago. - took a while to track it down on the Internet :P
http://www.goines.net/Writing/the_alphabet.html
The Alphabet in Alphabetical Order ::)
Aich (H)
Arr (R)
Ay (A)
Aye (I)
Bee (B)
Dee (D)
Djee (G)
Double-you (W)
Ee (E)
Eff (F)
El (L)
Em (M)
En (N)
Ess (S)
Ex (X)
Jay (J)
Kay (K)
Kew (Q)
Oh (O)
Pee (P)
See (C)
Tee (T)
Vee (V)
Wye (Y)
You (U)
Zee (Z)
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Very good, Mmopy Arsttu. ;D
And a good morning to you Sir from Hobart, Tasmania. :D
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Tasi pics.
Wineglass Bay Freycinet Peninsula Nat Pk.
Abel Tasman thing in Hobart.
Woodies in Constitution Dock (Back on is the May Queen)
A plastic fantastic (?)
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A beautiful country. The plastic one looks like it wants to fly. :)
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Now you've thrown out a challenge to US OW readers of difficult writing, Stuart. What is the name of the plastic fantastic?
Is it Penguin Sea on the left side? and something like Brigitte Bordee on the right?
If you don't remember, you'll have to go back and check. ;D
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Easy. Brigitte Bardot: https://www.facebook.com/SeaShepherdBrigitte
Morning all.
Gool Peran Lowen!
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Gool Peran Lowen! Well spotted Caro!
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gOEMBFej9PU/TXJM1vAxmiI/AAAAAAAAArQ/0_RUUOfDYVQ/s1600/cornish_pasty430x300.jpg)
a fine platter of teddy oggies (or 'the vegetarian's lament')
and a toast to Trelawney to boot.
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And it's almost like this:
Roll clouds
(http://www.google.pl/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=Mqzw7GXPEo-0AM&tbnid=02qkbIPo8SoExM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Faibob.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F11%2Fmorning-glory-clouds.html&ei=acc1UblxydGyBqOOgOgP&bvm=bv.43148975,d.bGE&psig=AFQjCNEPVrheNCdhuQaVWK2WotQa4TH1Zw&ust=1362565316715259)
Greetings to Australians. 8)
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And good evening to our Polish colleague/s. The 'morning
glory' clouds are certainly amazing. Unfortunately, like a lot of
amazing things in the natural world, they tend to be a long way from
anywhere that isn't remote! It's just as well that we have cameras
and an internet.
I was just looking at the weather up your way,
szukacz, and I see that you have a chilly spell on the way. My source
shows Warsaw at -16 to -5C at this time next week. I hope you
didn't think that spring was on its way.
:o
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And it's almost like this:
Roll
clouds
(http://www.google.pl/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=Mqzw7GXPEo-0AM&tbnid=02qkbIPo8SoExM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Faibob.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F11%2Fmorning-glory-clouds.html&ei=acc1UblxydGyBqOOgOgP&bvm=bv.43148975,d.bGE&psig=AFQjCNEPVrheNCdhuQaVWK2WotQa4TH1Zw&ust=1362565316715259)
Greetings to Australians. 8)
True! But I bet the clouds don't taste as nice Szukacz (keep well wrapped up in Poland)
J
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Tasi pics.
Wineglass Bay Freycinet Peninsula Nat Pk.
Abel Tasman thing in Hobart.
Woodies in Constitution Dock (Back on is the May Queen)
A plastic fantastic (?)
I'll take the 'woodies' but they are an AWFUL lot of WORK!!! (Besides, THAT would keep me from my OW addiction! ;D)
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GOOL PERAN LOWEN! (http://gemheaven.blogspot.com/2013/03/gool-peran-lowen.html)
I keep learning new things here. ;D
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Good Morning all -
something cool for your perusal -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/the-structure-of-a-snowflake-photos/2013/03/05/9349ca40-854f-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_blog.html?wprss=rss_local
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Giant camel fossil found in Arctic (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21673940)
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lumey - if one of those spat at you, you'd know it alright. :o
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And it's almost like this:
Roll
clouds
(http://www.google.pl/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=Mqzw7GXPEo-0AM&tbnid=02qkbIPo8SoExM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Faibob.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F11%2Fmorning-glory-clouds.html&ei=acc1UblxydGyBqOOgOgP&bvm=bv.43148975,d.bGE&psig=AFQjCNEPVrheNCdhuQaVWK2WotQa4TH1Zw&ust=1362565316715259)
Greetings to Australians. 8)
And to you also (insert first name here please).
A lot of Glider pilots (well the ones who have a lot of money) go up north to fly along the Morning Glory.
The occasional Hand Gliders and Paragliders have been known to surf the cloud.
What would you put in the OW log for that formation?
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Good Morning all -
something cool for your perusal -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/the-structure-of-a-snowflake-photos/2013/03/05/9349ca40-854f-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_blog.html?wprss=rss_local
My
friend Tom Niziol who was Head of the Buffalo National Weather Service
Office until his recent retirement was a real snow flake freak.(Say THAT
3 times fast!) ;)
He posted many great pics which I share for your further enjoyment: http://www.buffaloflakes.com/
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I've always loved the tiny beauty of snowflakes. Very
appropriate today, just north of Chicago I've got about 5 inches outside
with another 4 hours of snowfall to go. The nice part, it's March
and spring snow rarely hangs around for a month.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OvonoKii_ds/S6T8qB0i6hI/AAAAAAAAFY4/C08eRCfzMGc/s400/snowchicago.jpg)
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Very nice - if what the models are saying is true, we are about to see many, many different flakes ;D
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It's definitely a big snow covering a smallish area - the south
suburbs got away with only 3", while the northwest suburbs were buried
in 10". You'll have to wait to see what part of it hits you, and
what it has morphed into getting over the lakes and mountains.
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Hi Janet,
We've just been watching the TV news and Chicago's
weather woes featured prominently. It looks like you're having a
real good dumping of snow at the moment. May I suggest that it's a
good oportunity to stay in and do some serious transcribing and
editing?
;D
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I instinctively stock up before a big storm hits - comes from a
lifetime of this climate. Curling up inside while it is snowing
outside is very cozy. :)
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35C and calm sea.
Not saying what today was like.
Two dolphins at play some distance away.
Hi from the seals.
Don't blame me, it just framed that way.
Where am I?
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I suspect that No 4 is Cape Pillar light house. Close?
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Yeah. Tasman Island. http://www.lighthouse.net.au/lights/TAS/Tasman%20Island/Tasman%20Island.htm
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Giant camel fossil found in Arctic (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21673940)
I
just saw the article in today's paper. It was found in the Canadian
Arctic by a scientist from the Canadian Museum of Civilisation. They'll
have to do a rewrite of Lawrence of Arabia ;D
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St. Lawrence of Canada?
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He's already got things named for him, there - ;D
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St. Lawrence of Canada?
;D ;D ;D
We did have a prime minister named Louis Saint Laurent but I don't think he had any camel riding experience.
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Yeah. Tasman Island. http://www.lighthouse.net.au/lights/TAS/Tasman%20Island/Tasman%20Island.htm
And 5 points go to Caro.
For the next quiz go the Tas Trip post.
Tas Trip (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3626.0)
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If anyone is interested in complicated iron-work, they are replacing
a 91-year-old double-decker draw bridge in downtown Chicago. The
Wells Street bridge crosses the Chicago River, carrying cars and
pedestrians at ground level and 'L' trains on the higher level, and can
be raised to allow masted ships through. Interesting. Both
the Brown Line and the Purple Express Line trains must use that bridge
to get to the Loop.
http://www.npr.org/2013/03/06/173597138/chicago-commuters-brace-for-delays-during-bridge-repair
(http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2013/03/06/bridge-01-079ac51584926610276c4f3ab892e9f48a297be1-s3.jpg)
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Are you going to give us regular updates as you did the last time
they did this kind of thing near you? I surprised myself by
finding that really fascinating to follow. :D
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The last time, it was one block away and I could go out and snap a
pic every few hours. This is a hour's 'L' ride away (because my
Purple express is shut down!) so no, I won't. I can't spend 9 days
down there. But I found the city's YouTube animation of the
process:
https://www.youtube.com/tv?vq=medium#/watch?v=MHBK-v4LSco
It
used to be, the mouth of the Chicago River was the industrial harbor,
with grain silos and everything. That all moved when they dredged
out Calumet Harbor and the Cal-Sag channel. (Used to be a tiny
lake connected to Lake Michigan by a very short river, both of which had
silted shut creating unusable swamp land, called ancient Lake Calumet
by geologists. They just dug out the silt and let water flow back
in.) Before then, all bridges had to let large boats through
hourly. Now, it's only pleasure boats and they schedule when the
bridges will be opened, and they all go in or out together. Every
spring or fall there is a regatta - everyone who winters their boat on
the river wants to get to the lake marinas. Someone did a YouTube
also of the first spring bridge lift. The first 2 double-decker
bridges carry cars on the bottom and trains on top. The last one
has cars on both levels - the outer Lake Shore Drive and Lower Wacker
Drive (which is another story.)
https://www.youtube.com/tv?vq=medium#/watch?v=mJhnaTKEPOU&mode=transport
A time-lapse look at most of the active moveable bridges on the south and main branches of the Chicago river.
What's moving (in order):
Canal Street Railroad Bridge (built 1914)
St. Charles Airline Railroad Bridge (built 1919)
Roosevelt Road Bridge
Jackson Street Bridge
Adams Street Bridge
Madison Street Bridge
Washington Street Bridge
Lake Street Bridge
Wells Street Bridge
La Salle Drive Bridge
Clark Street Bridge
Dearborn Street Bridge
State Street Bridge
DuSable (Michigan Avenue) Bridge
Outer Drive (Lake Shore Drive) Bridge
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Thanks for that Janet - it made it look quite simple! I hope the reality is as easy and it all gets done to schedule.
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It's simple only when seen from a distance. I still haven't
figured out how can bend both levels without damaging the rails on the
top. But it does look very elegant somehow.
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Good day to you all.
Paddle steamers, including the wonderful Medway Queen.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/21634967
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Good morning to you Caro - love the paddle steamers -very enjoyable.
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I know we don't work down south but this is interesting
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21692423
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It's amazing stuff, Rosemary.
I heard a member of the team speaking about mapping the Gamburtsev mountains on the radio this morning.
As the BBC article says:
"This
range is the size of the European Alps with the tallest peaks reaching
3,000m above sea-level - and yet they are still hidden below more than a
1,000m of ice."
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Amazing stuff. Thanks, Caro and Rosemary.
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Interesting links Caro and Rosemary. I wouldn't like to have
been crammed onto one of those early paddle boats. There didn't appear
to be any lifeboats either.
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Hiya all.
Another day, another interesting pic; this time from The Guardian.
How many owls?
(http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/3/7/1362671499880/86fd5cd8-44e6-4c6a-ab1d-3d503f296a8d-320x480.jpeg)
Photograph: Marina Scarr/Caters News Agency
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3?
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2? ;)
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2 for sure, possibly a third?
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Yes, there are two. Mamma and baby.
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Good morning OW.
Happy Mother's Day, or Mothering Sunday, to all mums in the UK. :D
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Daylight saving begins here. I got an extra hour of transcribing this morning.
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3 weeks to wait for that in the UK! :'( (it'll be ;D all day in 3 week's time though)
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All day transcribing, Joan, or all day saving daylight?
Just
realized that I lost an hour rather than gained one. That's what
happens when you're retired. But I put in an extra hour anyway. ;D
We
wouldn't be putting our clocks ahead so early in the year if it weren't
for the U.S. Just when it's nice and bright at 7 AM and they plunge us
back into darkness.
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Around here the opposite of PROgress is CONgress!! ::)
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Oh darn - it is an hour less for the day isn't it?....nope...hate this one.....very much. :( :(
Never
mind - we are pretty much at the vernal equinox so the the length of
the day is changing at maximum speed just now. Good for us but Stuart
will have to get his long socks out to go with his shorts soon...
::)
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Around here the opposite of PROgress is CONgress!! ::)
;D and :'(
So true. Same for the current Canadian government.
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Oh darn - it is an hour less for the day isn't it?....nope...hate this one.....very much. :( :(
Never
mind - we are pretty much at the vernal equinox so the the length of
the day is changing at maximum speed just now. Good for us but Stuart
will have to get his long socks out to go with his shorts soon...
::)
I
hate it too! And to make it worse it is Easter weekend and I have
a lot on. Thank heaven for retirement - at least I can take as
long as I like afterwards to get over it!
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Today is Canberra Day ... in Canberra. Usually a beautiful
time of the year and a great time for the hot air balloon festival (the
politician-powered versions have a lower carbon footprint).
The
balloons come in all sorts of shapes, all of them large. The
turtle is particularly eccentric (snapped from our balcony early this
morning). The basket (for about 8 people), just below his right foot,
gives an idea of his size. In previous years, we have had balloons
in the shape of a milk carton and a giant gas bottle. About 25 years
ago when we lived in the 'burbs, one of them managed to lose one of its
gas storage bottles (about a metre high and weighing plenty) through the
roof of a house a couple of streets from where we lived. The bottle
landed in the dining room, fortunately not when the owners were having
their cornflakes.
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That is one cool balloon. What fun!!
Have you seen the Google doodle today? Douglas Adams birthday. ;)
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Excellent turtle - very tempting to try and tie those laces..
Great
google. I still have the towel my mum gave me when I left home -
and that's a long time back. And I don;t often panic, perhaps
Douglas Adams had it right!
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Hello all.
No panicking here either!
Nice to see Mr Adams remembered. :)
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Oh darn - it is an hour less for the day isn't it?....nope...hate this one.....very much. :( :(
Never
mind - we are pretty much at the vernal equinox so the the length of
the day is changing at maximum speed just now. Good for us but Stuart
will have to get his long socks out to go with his shorts soon...
::)
Lovely legs in shorts now, soon lovely legs hidden in jeans. :(
Daylight saving begins Sunday 7 Oct 2012 ends 7 April 2013
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Last week we had a record breaking 18.7C, today it's around freezing point (-10C wind-chill) and snowing.
You
can't help but start to blame the climate change, or has Slartibartfast
started to create his famous fjords further down south?
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Only if the mice approve! ;D
PS - does anyone remember a list of Mediterranean place names? I was sure I'd seen one sometime around. TVM, J
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Yes, it is in the editor's board http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=2320.msg32889#msg32889
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If only I had a vessel with an improbability drive...
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(I always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe - A. Dent) ;) ;)
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If only I had a vessel with an improbability drive...
Surely an INFINITE improbability drive? ;)
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Yes, it is in the editor's board http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=2320.msg32889#msg32889
Thanks! - lots!
J ;D
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Hello ALL - I need help! Is anyone interested to come and help with
this Weather day in Oxford...the Museum of the History of Science have
had a poor response so far and are very enthusiastic about our project
and about having anyone there to represent it! If anyone is Oxford that
day, and wishes to help please let me know. If anyone wishes to come up
to Oxford to help please let me know - I can put one person up for sure
for the Friday/Saturday night. If fares to Oxford to help are a problem
please let me know too.
Any suggestions for things for kids to do on a table to do with OW = please let me know!
Best, Joan
Hi Joan.
Thanks
for telling us about that - It sounds as if they should include a talk
on oldWeather.org as amateur historical meteorology, which should
ideally be given by a local enthusiast - that's you, of course.
Don't
feel obliged, but if you feel at all tempted to talk to them about
oldWeather - go for it. You know as much about what we're about, and why
it's interesting, as anybody. (And you've probably seen enough talks at
AOPP to realise you could give a clearer and better presentation than
many scientists).
I can't be in Oxford on April 6th, but I'd be
happy to help you (or anybody else) with material to talk about oW to
the museum (or anybody else).
This is a serious suggestion,
but don't get stressed by it - go for it if you're tempted, but let it
go if you'd rather not.
Cheers, Philip
P.S. I'll be in Oxford for the Zooniverse event on June 22nd (forum post coming up shortly). With luck I'll see you at that.
I
nearly fell off my chair with excitement when I read this on a circular
email at work a few minutes ago. PLEASE NOTE, Michelle Holloway
is only in the office on Mondays and Tuesdays - and the deadline to show
interest is Friday week. If anyone wants to call for further info her
number is 0044 (0) 1865 277297. I called them today and apparently
they also have some sessions for navigation instruments, one was being
held today I think. The museum url is: http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/
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Seeking Meteorological Speakers!
The
Museum of the History of Science is holding a day of weather-related
activities to mark the end of its current special exhibition,
Atmospheres on Saturday 6th April from 10am-5pm. We are looking for
enthusiastic meteorological-types to give a series of 'flash talks'
(15-20 mins each) throughout the day. These may be about current areas
of research, or speakers could choose from some possible topics that we
thought might interest our audience. Interactivity or demonstrations
would be encouraged.
Possible topics:
- How to read weather forecasts
- Understanding the shipping forecast?
- Extreme weather
- clouds and rain formation
- manipulating the weather, e.g. cloud seding
- weather on other planets
- a history of Radcliffe Met
Talks
or demonstrations should be aimed at a general audience with little or
no expert knowledge of meteorology. If you would like give a talk, or
discuss possible topics and timings, please contact Michelle Holloway at
the Museum (michelle.holloway@mhs.ox.ac.uk) by Friday 16th March.
Please do pass this email on to any colleagues with a passion for public engagement.
Laura Ashby
Audience Development Officer
Museum of the History of Science
Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3AZ
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I always liked Douglas Adams's quote about deadlines, and how he liked the whooshing noise they made as they went past!
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And its fun what the calculator does when you click the arrow. ;D
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Hello OW.
Anybody seen Pan-STARRS yet?
http://astronomical-calendar.org.uk/index.php/comet-panstarrs
It has made an appearance on INCOMING over on Solar Stormwatch.
http://www.solarstormwatch.com/spot_and_track/incoming
It starts near the middle of Stereo B's video.
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Thanks for the video, it looks to be the only sight I'll get of it.
To see the comet we suggest;
A clear uncluttered southwestern horizon;
A reasonably clear sky;
Binoculars.
Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/100619/update-comet-panstarrs-makes-its-northern-hemisphere-debut/#ixzz2NKa3dJXR
I currently have the binoculars but with a ocp sky with Chicago to the SW. :'(
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We may not be alone. Conditions where life may have formed found on Mars. Watch out for the little green men. ;)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21755976
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Hello OW.
Pan-STARRS? Here is an amazing pic.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/skynoir/8553652192/
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Good mormning Caro, and all,
That IS an amazing picture! :o
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Love that pic!
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.......................
Breathtaking
.....................
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Look at this, comet watchers! http://vimeo.com/61684192
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I feel weak at the knees... what a stunner
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That's a better view than we could ever get in any urban location. Very stunning!
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Wow Helen J - what do you think of that? Francis I!
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The first non-European pope in more than 1400 years. Things are changing.
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Definitely ;D
The first Francesco in church history too, and that name had been carefully avoided in past centuries.
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Hello Old Weather-ers! I haven't been in here for ages I know (too
much Solar Stormwatching and Moon Zooing...) but I do still dabble in
the occasional ship's log! Nice to see a Solar Stormwatch Panstarrs
mention here too. :) How are you all doing?
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Hiya Jules. Nice to see you here. :D
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Hello
Old Weather-ers! I haven't been in here for ages I know (too much Solar
Stormwatching and Moon Zooing...) but I do still dabble in the
occasional ship's log! Nice to see a Solar Stormwatch Panstarrs mention
here too. :) How are you all doing?
Welcome back!!
We're
collecting lots of aurora sightings lately - you may wish to play on
the Jeanette, Solar Watch has been asking for those records. It
lets you feed both. :)
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Definitely ;D
The first Francesco in church history too, and that name had been carefully avoided in past centuries.
Any
reason why it was avoided I wonder? Saw the announcement at the
Vatican - and was surprised that the crowd were so silent when the
name was announced. He was a front runner for the job was he not?
:-\
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Any reason why it was avoided I wonder?
San
Francesco (Saint Francis of Assisi) in creating the Franciscan order
brought up the curch to several radical changes... the rule of poverty
(amongst others) was so distant from 1200 Curch, that his order could
have been easily accused of heresy like the Waldesians.
The name
Francesco has remained tied to the figure of a radical reformer, willing
to break with the past, and no Pope before this one wanted to use that
name, even if S.Francesco remains one of the most important figures in
all the Church history...
Bergoglio was quite an "outsider"...
according to last days newspaper here, the most probable names were the
Italian cardinal Scola or one of the three North Americans (one US and
two Canadians if i'm not wrong).
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I suspect (don't know for sure) that he may have taken the name in
honour of the Jesuit saint Francis Xavier, rather than 'my' St Francis,
given that he's a Jesuit. To my ears, I have to confess, it sounds
a bit odd, being so accustomed to 'my' Francis not wanting to have
status or power .... I'm sure I'll get used to it though, and it's
a significant move to have a Pope from outside Europe.
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...
The
name Francesco has remained tied to the figure of a radical reformer,
willing to break with the past, and no Pope before this one wanted to
use that name, even if S.Francesco remains one of the most important
figures in all the Church history...
Bergoglio was quite an
"outsider"... according to last days newspaper here, the most probable
names were the Italian cardinal Scola or one of the three North
Americans (one US and two Canadians if i'm not wrong).
On
this side of the pond, Scola and cardinal Scherer from Brazil were on
top, and the cardinals from New York and Boston on the bottom of the
short list as long shots. After the fact, they acknowledged
Bergoglio had been a front runner at the previous conclave, but had
asked to be eliminated from the vote. That combined with his age I
think dropped him from everyone's thinking. And the Jesuits are
seen as a big power in the church frequently opposed to the pope, and
therefore unlikely to be elected ever - the head of their order called
"the black pope". And wondering what that will do to that old
power struggle. (Just saying what's on the news, I'm born
Lutheran, now Episcopalian, and know little.)
There is
much rejoicing everywhere that the Roman church finally after more than a
millennium is looking out from Europe to the rest of the world, given
Europe hasn't contained the majority of Catholics in a very long
time. And hope that someone in power may finally properly handle
the world-wide scandals of child abuse that have appalled everyone
outside Rome. That has injured the Catholic Church immensely.
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Hello OW.
Today, archaeology: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21784141
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That also sounds exciting. New things found constantly.
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Le' Fha'ile Pa'draig Sona Duit
and
a thabhairt dom mar an gce'anna leis an fear ar an urla'r.
The accented a and e did not copy so I used a' and e'
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I thought you didn't speak garlick? ;) :D ::)
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I still don't know if I do. :-[
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Anyone into restoring old boats might find this of interest - http://hsl2552.co.uk/the_type_3.html
A
WWII Air Sea Rescue Launch that's been recovered from the bottom of a
canal near Preston earlier this year as part of someone's plan to retire
to a large wooden boat and take her round the world.
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Does anybody know if any of the PII or PIII weather data has been analyzed yet?
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Phase III, not even close, except maybe the Rodgers which is
guaranteed complete. Each ship won't be touched until they are
sure no more logs are coming. (The poor Rodgers of course made
that completion very certain.)
Phase II, all of it has been
analysed and given to 4 different global databases to use. Our
work will never be lost in someone's dark closet. ;)
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Does anybody know if any of the PII or PIII weather data has been analyzed yet?
See http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3620.msg62767#msg62767
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Thanks Randi.
The boards getting that big now but with a bit of
logic I should have been able to find that, (but it is not a logic day
today). :-[
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I remembered it was there - which is why I was so certain our
analyzed data had gone out - but was just too lazy to search.
Thanks, Randi.
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Sorry Janet, thanks to you also.
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;D :-*
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Morning OW.
La Fheile Padraig sona daoibh! :D
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oh yes - St Patrick's Day! Google is very funny! Top o' the mornin' to you ... ;D
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Good morning OW - snowing this morning here in Oxfordshire.
The weather continuing its strange ways this year .... ???
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Cold, rainy, and windy - a nice day to be indoors ;)
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Back to winter weather here. Its -16 C now with rising temperatures
and snow and flurries forecast for the next few days. Getting off the
Jeannette hasn't warmed things up noticably ;D
Saint Patrick would not have liked Canada.
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Cold, overcast and dry here. Not particularly pretty, not difficult.
Happy St. Pat's to all from Chicago, where everyone is Irish today and the river runs green. ;D
(http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/286698/slide_286698_2228845_free.jpg?1363452463572)
Plumbers' Union boat, mixing in the orange dye.
(http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/286698/slide_286698_2228849_free.jpg?1363452474221)
Final results of said mixing.
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Apparently crowd-sourcing is nothing new - there was an interesting
piece on Radio 4 on Friday night from Professor Lisa Jardine about
comets and 17th century crowd-sourcing. The transcript is now on
the BBC website:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21802843
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It's nice to be into something with deep roots. 8)
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Ye Comet Zoo? ;)
Thanks for mentioning that. I usually listen to the repeat of A Point of View on a Sunday, but missed it this morning.
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The Antiques Roadshow (BBC1), showing now, is coming from Chatham
Docks this week - Fiona Bruce 50ft up the mast and all! Hope some of you
can see it. ;D
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Yes! And just had a log from SS Great Eastern - Captain's rather than navigational though and only saw one page :'( .
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do you think we could get the rest of it?? ;) ;) ;D ;D
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Our new GEOGRAPHICAL HELP board is just amazing.
Many thanks to Randi, Matteo and Joan for getting all that information in order.
Gold stars all round.
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Curiosity breaks rock to reveal dazzling white interior (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21340279)
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Happy new SPRING everyone :D
Not
that you can tell spring has begun, because it has been snowing all
morning and the weather forecast for the coming week shows temperatures
around freezing point during the day. :(
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Spring has sprung, the grass is riz. I wonder where the flowers is??!! ::) ::)
Half inch of new snow and 24?F (-4?C) in beautiful Niagara Falls New York! :P
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(https://www.t-mobilepictures.com/myalbum/thumbnail/photo57/a2/6c/6a0dc0b04165__1363782104000.gif?tw=0&th=720&s=true&rs=false)
And
even tho the temps are 15F (-6C) this morning, tonight will be shorter
the tomorrow's day and Spring will come!! (Eventually.)
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Hello OW.
A happy vernal/autumnal equinox to you all. :))
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And I can only thank you very much Scandinavia ;)
The weekend-21C! sic! brrrrrrr
They would just be wrong.
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Cold,wet & windy here in Devon today - who said Spring had Sprung?! >:(
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Cold,wet & windy here in Devon today - who said Spring had Sprung?! >:(
Not
me. Chicago is still freezing, with a threat of Snow on
Sunday. At least the day is pretty with bright blue skies.
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Spring ??? - sq all day here. Doing better than a lot of the UK though, at least it's not sticking.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21885817
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Apparently we're on for the coldest March in 50 years - and British
Summer Time starts officially on the Monday after next. This day last
year we were coping with 21deg.C.
Brrrrr! ::)
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I think Szukacz has us all beat with -21 C. It's warming up nicely here.
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I think Szukacz has us all beat with -21 C. It's warming up nicely here.
Stay cosy Szukacz! :-*
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And I can only thank you very much Scandinavia ;)
The weekend-21C! sic! brrrrrrr
They would just be wrong.
That is not late winter, that is the depths of winter. Shiver!!
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2 1/2 " (6 cm) snow and 18?F (-8?C) Friday morning. BTW - I just saw
my first robin of the spring - FROZEN TO THE FENCE POST!!!!!!!!!! :P
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Hello OW.
Snow falling here too. Enough!
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Yep -snow in Oxford too...just a sprinkling. :( :(
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Just a sprinkling here too but down on the coast they are having
problems with electricity supplies - Arran & Bute both lost
theirs. Yesterdy the wind chill was really bad, not quite so
fierce today.
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Here, we got a dusting :D
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I'm watching the movie "Global Weirding" on the BBC and here?!
Documents shown in the film, strikingly similar to a log-book.
The documents are dated to the seventeenth century (about 1683-1684) and related to the Little Ice Age, and sunspots.
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Dad lend me his account for a while so I will simply specify my problem:
While
reading and watching the Game of Thrones there appeared word 'ale' that
wasn't translated into Polish equivalent of beer. I always thought that
ale is Middle Age beer. Are translators right?
My dad said that
you have enormous knowlegde of history and you'll be capable of
answering to my question so I'll look forward to it.
Thank you in advance.
~Kalina
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Dear Kalina,
Welcome to the forum! Well your dad is almost right. There's probably one or two things we don't know... ;D
Ale
is a very old form of beer typical to Britain. It is malted, brewed
grains of wheat or barley. In early days it was a way of producing
a drink that was not as strong as the drinks we make today - but the alcohol made the water safer to drink.
It
sometimes had useful health giving herbs added to it. Around the
11th century, I think in Germany, people started to add hops to the
brew. Hops are anti-bacterial, but don't kill off the yeast that is part
of making the alcohol. They add a bitter flavour which you do not find
in Ale. They also help the beer to last longer and so beer, instead of
ale, became the common drink.
In early days the use of hops was
criticized because it was thought that it made people more likely to
become bad tempered when drunk!
You can still buy hop-free ales, especially during winter when the beer brew is thicker.
I'm sure there will be other replies more knowledgeable than mine.
Here's a wiki article on hops: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hops
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Thank you.
I'm suprised now that translators left it as it
was some special kind of beer. In every book, game ect. related to
Middle Ages that I have it usually has been translated as 'weak beer'
(there is in Polish more precise name for it, but it has that meaning)
and nobody don't even think of modern beer.
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Pleased to meet you, Kalina.
I think that in the Middle Ages ale was known as 'small beer'.
Everybody drank it, including children.
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Pleased to meet you too.
So it's 'small' not 'weak' - that's
something worth of keeping it in mind. I knew that children drank ale
and it wasn't strong beverage. It seems that translator hadn't
sufficient knowlegde and decided to left it as it was.
You fully satisfied my curiosity. Thank you. :)
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You are welcome, Kalina. We may not always be experts but we enjoy answering (and asking!) questions. :)
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Welcome to our group Kalina! We enjoy helping others (and ourselves) understand our World.
There
was/is something also called 'near beer' brewed with less than
the 'standard' alcohol content. 'Regular' beer is likely about 5%
alcohol by Volume while this was 3.2%. When I was in university a long
time ago this was all that was available in some states.
Check this reference for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-alcohol_beer
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Hi Kalina.
Is your name correct as it came through with a ~ in front of it. (~ sometimes prints when a post has letters it cannot display)
We would hate to continue calling you the wrong name.
Stuart.
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Morning all.
Another frozen day in the UK.
Has anybody in the northern hemisphere seen the sun lately? ;)
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Yes, we've got a nice bright morning - cold with a vicious windchill
but bright. The snow is scarcely thawing even when the sun comes right
out.
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I'm embarrassed to admit that it is rather pleasant in the Antipodes
at the moment - mid-20s, light winds, clear and mainly cloudless, not
even any bushfires or floods to disturb the tranquility. Certainly no
windchill.
Hang in there shipmates, there has to be a spring around the corner sometime soon.
:-[
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Cold and overcast here in Chicago after three days even colder with
bright sun. A big winter storm is going through downstate
Illinois, making us Chicagoans grateful that storm didn't twist a bit
north.
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I'm
embarrassed to admit that it is rather pleasant in the Antipodes at the
moment - mid-20s, light winds, clear and mainly cloudless, not even any
bushfires or floods to disturb the tranquility. Certainly no windchill.
Hang in there shipmates, there has to be a spring around the corner sometime soon.
:-[
Well
- you're right - the sun will expand into a red giant in about 5
billion years - so a bit of patience is not much of an ask.... ;D ;D ;D
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that's certainly worth waiting to see. ;D
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I'm
embarrassed to admit that it is rather pleasant in the Antipodes at the
moment - mid-20s, light winds, clear and mainly cloudless, not even any
bushfires or floods to disturb the tranquility. Certainly no windchill.
Hang in there shipmates, there has to be a spring around the corner sometime soon.
:-[
Well
- you're right - the sun will expand into a red giant in about 5
billion years - so a bit of patience is not much of an ask.... ;D ;D ;D
We
had better have the transcribing and editing finished before then,
because the red giant stage is going to play havoc with our wireless
internet connections.
???
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Not to mention our other connections. ;D
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Some people just can't resist temptation:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-24/giant-dinosaur-statue-stolen/4590922
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-24/giant-dinosaur-statue-stolen/4590922)
:'(
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Where would you possibly put a 10-foot long sculpture so that you
could enjoy it while it is hidden from that neighbors? Maybe they
should check the backyards of any college groups of young men who like
to get drunk. :)
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Where
would you possibly put a 10-foot long sculpture so that you could enjoy
it while it is hidden from that neighbors? Maybe they should
check the backyards of any college groups of young men who like to get
drunk. :)
Talk
about sexist, Janet! Are you telling me that groups of young
college women don't get blotto also? Young men are far more
responsible than that!
:P
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College women get equally stupid and drunk, but I can't see them
wanting to haul off a 10-foot long very heavy monster. That
particular prank I do believe is sex-linked.
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Good morning, in a gender-neutral kind of way. ;D
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Some people just can't resist temptation:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-24/giant-dinosaur-statue-stolen/4590922
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-24/giant-dinosaur-statue-stolen/4590922)
:'(
There
were times when I was trying to get my godchildren to bed when I'd have
given my eye teeth to have had one of these to pull out of the
closet... ;D :-X
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There are closets, and there are CLOSETS ...
:o
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OK, Janet ... you were right and I was wrong (sigh):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-25/stolen-dinosaur-discovered/4593428
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-25/stolen-dinosaur-discovered/4593428)
I
suppose a dinosaur is a sort of lizard, and lizards can drop their
tails when under attack. He must have had fun getting it through the
door.
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Quite an interesting story.
For some odd reason, when I
clicked on that link, I got a Chrome popup saying "This page is in
Russian. Would you like a translation?"
??? ??? ???
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How on Earth did you manage that ? ! Perhaps the link only works in the Southern Hemisphere.
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It works fine in Aussie English when clicked in Chicago. But
I've had a number of links show up in various languages, I suppose it
depends on the transmission route.
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Firefox came up in English.
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How on Earth did you manage that ? ! Perhaps the link only works in the Southern Hemisphere.
No, the page came up fine, but Google's page translation thingy apparently had a brain fart (CPU fart?).
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Hi all -
About 5 inches of snow here today - the trees look like they have cotton candy on them -
Ahem
- it is not just drunk college boys who do that sort of thing - I could
tell you a story about a dead alligator, beer, and a local police
force ::) ;D (from my high school days)
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Hi all -
About 5 inches of snow here today - the trees look like they have cotton candy on them -
Ahem
- it is not just drunk college boys who do that sort of thing - I could
tell you a story about a dead alligator, beer, and a local police
force ::) ;D (from my high school days)
I
did say college girls get just as stupid and drunk as anyone of the
opposite sex, and while high schoolers are hopefully sober, the
stupidity index seems to go up. (Based on personal memories
here. :-[ ) I just said girls are less likely to team up to
install a 10 foot very heavy monster in their home. (Alligators,
dead, are much easier to carry - I wouldn't bet on uninvolvement in
that. The issue is how hard they would have to work to carry the
thing.) ::)
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Well, we had some um, altered, male colleagues with us to handle
that part - the, a, specimen was at least 10 feet long, I'm not sure how
much it weighed.
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Flirting is a wondrous thing - it can get all kinds of stuff,
especially when the males involved got to participate in all the fun. :)
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Well,
we had some um, altered, male colleagues with us to handle that part -
the, a, specimen was at least 10 feet long, I'm not sure how much it
weighed.
Well -I'm intrigued even if no-one else is....what ever became of the alligator Kathy? ;D
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I'm intrigued too, but I was afraid to ask ;D
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Because it was a girl thing, I just assumed they tried to turn it into handbags. ;)
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Or shoes!! ;)
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And where did you carry it off too? Did some teenager actually
have parents that allowed it in their garage or yard? :D
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Ok, here is the story of the beer, the dead alligator and the
police. I was born in Dallas, but I grew up in a small town in the
middle of Louisiana - which had a bayou on one side of it, with yes,
alligators and cottonmouths, the two primary reasons I do not know how
to water ski and why I'm not a big fan of swimming in anything but a
pool. This town was very small - there were only about 500
students in the high school in total. We had no movie theater, no
mall, no McDonald's, no nothing to do, but cruise around town, mainly
drinking Miller ponies (a small bottle of beer). One night, while
cruising with some of my more adventurous buddies, a second group showed
up with what had to be a 10 foot dead alligator draped across the hood
of their car. As a now larger group, we consumed several ponies
and discussed the situation. After the consumption of a few more
ponies, it was decided that we should drive the alligator into the
middle of town, drop it off in front of the police station, and then,
well, see what would happen. The alligator was not freshly dead,
and thus was quite aromatic, so we poured some beer and then some Brut
cologne on it to improve the air quality. As an aside, let me just
state that neither beer, nor cologne actually helped. We now had a
dead alligator that reeked of Miller beer, Brut cologne and general
decay. We (and by we, I mean the guys in the group, who had
consumed many more ponies than I) draped the alligator over the hood of
one of the cars and drove off into the center of town. To this
very day, I don't know why no one who drove past us seemed to notice
this alligator on the car - the car was light colored and an alligator
is not...one of life's mysteries. Anyway, we drove to the police
station in town; honked the horn; slammed on the brakes so the alligator
fell off; and then, exercising the better part of valor, squealed off
in a cloud of burnt tire. Curious to see what was transpiring in
front of the police station, we circled back and there, with guns drawn,
pointed at this dead alligator, were all the officers in the station
(needless to say, there were only 4 or 5). We then drove off, back
into the night from whence we came. I'm not sure what happened to
the alligator - I heard someone took it from the police station and put
it in the mayor's front yard, but I have no proof of this. Some
time ago, I began confessing my various misdeeds and misadventures to my
mother. She gasped when I told her this story, for apparently,
there had been a lengthy front page article in the local weekly
newspaper about this incident - where did the alligator come from?
How did it get into the middle of town? Why did it smell of
Miller beer and Brut cologne? I never saw the article, but I wish I
had.
There you have it - and I promise you, this is the way it happened.
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;D
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Well, living in Louisana certainly enables more dramatic bad
behaviour than, say, Edinburgh, where dead alligators (or live ones for
that matter) were singularly lacking. Great story, Kathy
.... :D :D
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What an interesting and fun crowd of kids ;D ;D
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I am surprised that Randi or Janet haven't found a link to the newspaper story yet ;D
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It's too modern, all the archives I know of that are free cut off at
1923 - and Kathy's generation weren't even dreamed of at that point.
::)
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and she didn't specify the town...
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Cracking hoot Kathy...I had a real good laugh at that! The mental
picture of that alligator flying off the bonnet just outside the copshop
is brilliant. A real cracker ;D ;D ;D
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Good morning all.
Great story Kathy. I'm surprised you haven't turned it into a narrative poem yet. ;)
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Kathy, excellent tale!
A nice momento for anyone who's been
on a ship sailing into Glasgow? - Ailsa Criag for sale
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21878099)
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I buy only ?1.5m.
As already buy, I invite you to a party!
And what an opportunity that only take discount :) ;D
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OK Kalina, I will go halfs in it with you.
You put in the 1.5 Million and I will put in the 1.0 Million discount.
;D ;D
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Sorry for the confusion :)
Daughter received a reply and the account is now back to me :)
I\
I\
I\
\..SzukacZ../
ps. And the million share in half ;D ;)
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I just read this article about a Canadian old weather project
started by a retired climatologist from Environment Canada.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/predicting-future-climate-change-may-lie-in-the-past/article10133670/?cmpid=rss1
Here
is the link to their project site:
https://sites.google.com/site/historicalclimatedata/canadian-historical-data-typing-project
I
am tempted to help them but I have too much to keep me busy with our OW
project. They have some historial records at early as the 1700s. It
makes you wonder what exists in Europe if they can find so much in
Canada.
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Sorry for the confusion :)
Daughter received a reply and the account is now back to me :)
I\
I\
I\
\..SzukacZ../
ps. And the million share in half ;D ;)
Kalina was a lovely person to talk to, thanks for letting us meet her. :)
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Sorry for the confusion :)
Daughter received a reply and the account is now back to me :)
I\
I\
I\
\..SzukacZ../
ps. And the million share in half ;D ;)
Yes! and we will be here to help should she have further questions for us!! ;D
Kalina was a lovely person to talk to, thanks for letting us meet her. :)
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:'( :'( :'(
My laptop blew up!
The Foxglove file that I have been editing - gone!
:'( :'( :'(
(Other stuff too, but that one really stings!)
No BOINC right now -
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oh Kathy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Big Hugs........ you poor thing! Is there no hope at all?
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Oh Kathy, that's a real pain to have lost so much work! My heartfelt sympathies!
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Oh No!!
Off to back up my files!
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Total sympathy from me!!! I'm doing a back up immediately!!!!
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:'( :'( :'(
My laptop blew up!
The Foxglove file that I have been editing - gone!
:'( :'( :'(
(Other stuff too, but that one really stings!)
No BOINC right now -
Chin up old girl.
There still may be hope if it is not your Hard drive that has failed.
A
decent computer shop should be able to recover your data to your new
machine (or at least the OW files if someone can tell us which they
are).
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My sympathies too, Kathy. :(
It happened to me a couple
of years ago. Once the initial shock was over I got a terabyte external
drive and automatic incremental back-up software. I still had many of
my files on a laptop but not the ones I wanted the most.
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:-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
About time I make a backup too!
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Thanks for the sympathy - I have a backup device for our desk top,
but hadn't really given it any thought for my laptop - my baby is now in
Kentucky, hopefully having the files pulled from the hard drive. I
don't know if it can be repaired or not yet.
:'( :'( :'(
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Oh,my! Hope no one was hurt! (Except your pride?!) :'(
Computers are wonderful - when they work - but they sure leave a mess when they don't!!
Please let us know if we can help :-*
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Pity :-\
Maybe the hard drive survived? :o
You have to go to the doctor.! ;)
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Aaargh! It's one of the most heart sinking things to happen -
you have my sympathy. Having had it happen to me, I now have an
external back up hard drive, set to do a backup every day. And for
my editing files, I do a copy on a memory stick as well, every time
I've done some work. Belt and braces, that's me!
Hope your files are rescued OK, and maybe the laptop will take its cue from Easter and rise from the dead too!
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Good morning OW.
I hope your files can be recovered, Kathy. :-*
I keep a copy of my editing files in online storage.
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Happy Easter everyone!
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;D
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Happy Easter everyone!
And to you also Su.
May the Irish Santa bring you many Merry Easter Bunnys. :o
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(https://www.t-mobilepictures.com/myalbum/thumbnail/photo14/3e/cb/c857a6b4bfba__1303647636000.jpg?tw=0&th=720&s=true&rs=false)
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Wishing you a very Happy Easter
Buona Pasqua
:)
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Morning all.
Go easy on the chocs, OK? ;)
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Happy Easter!
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Happy Easter (and Buona Pasqua ;) ) to everyone!
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HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!
The chocs are fine as long as you keep one hand free for transcribing .... :D
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That's what I call organized! ;D
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Champagne sounds good. Happy Easter everybody.
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Caro -
I know you said something, but I don't understand what you said - :o
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So yes, Happy ... ;D
Within 12 hours dropped 22 cm ::) of snow and the snow falls harder :-\
I'm going to take pictures
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szukacz, that happens sometimes when Easter is in March. When I
was a child, Dad helped us build a snowman that weekend, stuck 2 short
branches into the top of its head and packed snow around them making is a
snowbunny. Fun and a good memory.
Doesn't change the fact that seeing Spring come in that day would have been better. ;)
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Happy Easter to all! :-*
(http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/3241/pasqueflowerpetemorris3.jpg)
Pasque
flowers - though it is still too cold for them here as we continue the
coldest March on record...last day of it though! And today we
swapped to British Summer Time ( ::) ::) ::)
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;D
This is not a typical spring.
8)
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:o :o
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Well, those pictures make the view from my window look quite springlike, though it doesn't feel like it outside!
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Please don't send that over this way, szukacz. ;)
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Caro -
I know you said something, but I don't understand what you said - :o
Me too - my brain's giving me a "failed to compute" message on that one!
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I most definitely want to keep Chicago's bright balmy spring-like
feel. Call me selfish. (11C bc light breeze; no buds or
flowers yet, this is just the start of breaking winter's hold.)
For szukacz:
(http://weather.thefuntimesguide.com/images/blogs/snow-bunny-public-domain.JPG)
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Caro -
I know you said something, but I don't understand what you said - :o
Me too - my brain's giving me a "failed to compute" message on that one!
I'm sorry, Su and Kathy. I will try to speak more plainly in future. Promise. ;)
Nice bunny, Janet!
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Great to hear of everyone's Easter!
Makes the world a small and cosy place despite the weather we're all getting (how's autumn coming on you Ozzies?) ;) ;) ;)
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HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!
<
All I need to know,
I learned from the Easter Bunny!
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Everyone needs a friend who is all ears.
There's no such thing as too much candy.
All work and no play can make you a basket case.
A cute tail attracts a lot of attention.
Everyone is entitled to a bad hare day.
Let happy thoughts multiply like rabbits.
Some body parts should be floppy.
Keep your paws off of other people's jelly beans.
Good things come in small, sugar-coated packages.
The grass is always greener in someone else's basket.
To show your true colors, you have to come out of the shell.
The best things in life are still sweet and gooey.
May the joy of the season fill your heart.
AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU!
Happy Easter!
< ;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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Love the snowbunny! ;D
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Downunder has just started to cool down.
No snow yet in my area, Tasmania could get some today.
Usually, we start getting cold around 'Anzac Day' 25th April, the winds and chill seem to come out for parade day.
8c - 21c forecast for this week.
Will you please post COLOUR pics in future, Black and white is so out. ;D
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Thx JJ
Extraordinary, just nice so warm bunny 8)
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Hello OW.
Bizarre stories of our time: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21991622
Please remember the date.
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Spaghetti+tree
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Hello OW.
Bizarre stories of our time: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21991622
Please remember the date.
But see "10 Stories that look like pranks but aren't"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21993582
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http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTrX_VfyuiuOPvVHiXhsKBFqal2wsUMXxG2G374mh3pQ3SFwIis
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;D for both of you
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Spaghetti+tree
I saw that programme - it was brilliant!
;D ;D
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Good morning all. How's the weather?
Still chilly here.
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Good evening Caro,
It's a bit of a mixed bag down this way in the
past couple of weeks. Autumn/Fall in Canberra can be wonderful - warm,
still, blue skies and generally idyllic - but we've also had a few cool
grey days thrown into the mix. But nobody's complaining, especially when
we see what out northern colleagues are having to put up with
8)!
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The cherry blossoms are delayed here because of the below normal
temps - last year at this time, temps were 10 degrees above
average -
arggg...
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The
cherry blossoms are delayed here because of the below normal temps -
last year at this time, temps were 10 degrees above average -
arggg...
And
this year we are balancing that to maintain averages. This is why
I dislike breaking records, even on the pleasant side. :(
We
are still freezing at night, this afternoon is supposed to thaw
some. Supposedly warmer (not warm) spring weather is to blow in
tomorrow. I hope. :)
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It's typical spring weather here in Quebec. It still goes below zero
C at night, but this is good for the maple syrup producers. The snow is
melting fast and daffodils are poking through now (a few tentative
bystanders rather than a host of golden daffodils ;D).
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Still snowing >:(
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good grief! :o
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Snowing here too. :P Which season is this?
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We are less cool today, in the 40s, warmer tomorrow, and sunny -
very nice and pretty. Hopefully some leaf buds and daffodils will
risk this and start showing themselves.
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More rain ::)
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We are supposed to be chili today and hot tamale ;D
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::) ::)
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;D
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(http://www.markmcgraw.com/knowzone/style_emoticons/default/groan.gif) ;)
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We are supposed to be chili today and hot tamale ;D
(http://www.markmcgraw.com/knowzone/style_emoticons/default/groan.gif) ;)
I'll second that Janet ;D ;D ;D ;D
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We are supposed to be chili today and hot tamale ;D(http://www.markmcgraw.com/knowzone/style_emoticons/default/groan.gif) ;)
I'll second that Janet ;D ;D ;D ;D
We call that a Mexican weather forecast!! ;D
I'll
make summer start (or cause a BLIZZARD - I'm not sure which :P) I'm
heading to the Lake Friday morning to take the tarps off the boat and
start 'Preparing ship for Sea' at the end of the month! ;)
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Keep hoping for luck - rain I'd like for the trees' sake. But
any blizzard you catch will pass thru here first, and I don't need that,
any more than your boat does.
Good sailing! :)
(http://www.animatedgif.net/nauticalboats/sailboat_e0.gif)
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Janet! I looooooove your little boat...sooo much. It is very cute. :-*
(up a bit late tonight finishing paperwork for the museum do.....sigh)
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Good luck at the museum - you are going to be magnificent! :)
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Janet! I looooooove your little boat...sooo much. It is very cute. :-*
(up a bit late tonight finishing paperwork for the museum do.....sigh)
Best of luck Joan. Do let us know how you get on.
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Good luck Joan and enjoy it!
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Have fun Joan!
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Break a mast, Joan!
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Good luck Joan and have fun! :) :)
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Thanks folks, 8) ;D
It's at 1pm tomorrow...just enough time for
me to chew my nails to a frazzle....I'll be finished there about 4/5ish
BST so I'll let you know how it goes then.
Cheers :-*
J
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Hello OW.
Good luck tomorrow Joan. You will be a star. :D
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Good luck Joan - I'm sure it will go brilliantly!
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Has anyone received an e-mail about participating in an interview? I
am hoping it's not a phishing message. It seems strange to me that they
would offer $50. I am also suspicous because they didn't ask for
any ID when I went to their site for the consent form. It was foolish of
my to click before checking but because Alexandra mentioned she would
be contacting people I had my guard down.
Dear Zooniverse volunteer,
On
behalf of the Zooniverse, I want to thank you for contributing to our
research, and to invite you to make a little money by participating in a
project of our own.
Zooniverse, in partnership with the Adler
Planetarium, is undertaking a research study of how volunteers' views of
science are influenced by their participation in the various Zoos. You
have been selected for this invitation based on your level of activity
in Zooniverse. What you have to say on this subject will be very helpful
to us for understanding and improving Zooniverse for volunteers like
you.
We would like to interview you about your experiences with
the Zooniverse. The interview should take between 45 and 60 minutes, and
will be conducted through Skype. Any information you provide will be
kept confidential, and will only be publicly connected to you if we
explicitly ask you and you agree to it. If you choose to participate,
you will receive a US$50 gift certificate to Amazon.com.
To
participate in this study, please go to
http://cdi.zooniverse.org/?id=798981 to read the official consent
statement and to register your consent to be interviewed. Once you have
done so, we will contact you by e-mail to arrange a time for the
interview and to give you instructions on how to access our Skype
profile.
Thank you again for contributing to Zooniverse. We hope you will consider contributing to this study as well.
Sincerely,
Ryan J. Cook, PhD
Citizen Science Learning Researcher
Adler Planetarium
1300 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago IL 60605
312-542-2423 ofc
rcook@adlerplanetarium.org
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Yes I got it. As they didn't ask for anything in terms of
passwords or whatever, I thought it was OK - I hope I'm right!
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It sounds right to me, as long as they don't ask for any private ID
info. For sure, Ryan Cook is indeed connected to Adler. I
copied/pasted the first 3 lines of his signature (Ryan J. Cook, PhD Citizen Science Learning Researcher Adler Planetarium) into Bing Search and eventually found this bio:
http://adlerplanetarium.academia.edu/RyanCook
Do you want me to check with Philip to be sure?
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Good luck for tomorrow, Joan! I am sure you will be brilliant!
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It sounds OK, but it would be good to have confirmation - others may
be wondering too. It's a shame we have to be so suspicious these
days .... ::)
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I had the email too. Virgin Media didn't flag it as suspicious
and they usually seem to be pretty effective at identifying phishing
emails. (Although as I don't have Skype I won't be taking part in
the research even if it is OK.)
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It might be good to check with someone, Janet. Everything looks
credible except how do they connect our consent form to our e-mail
address? When you go to their site you click yes in three boxes and
that's all. I don't know of any way they can match this to my e-mail
address or any other information about me. I replied to the e-mail
message early this morning and there is no response yet. I'll let you
know if I get a response. Until we get a confirmation I would recommend
that nobody else click on the link.
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I think it is from the folks who are studying us - remember the
survey? One of the lead investigators posted a message here on the
Forum that they would be contacting folks who responded to the survey
for followup interviews. With regard to the $50 Amazon gift card,
at least here in the States, it is customary for study participants to
receive some sort of compensation.
Of course, I freely admit I could be completely wrong about this -
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I thought it might be related to Alexandra's survey but why would
she send out a general message and why wasn't her name on the e-mail?
And why didn't she contact us by a personal message.
Just
to say that I have started to send out invitations for follow-up
interviews. I have used email where this has been enabled, but
mostly I am corresponding via the forum - so if you don't log in very
frequently, please check your personal message inbox.
And thank you to those people who have already responded. We're looking forward to talking to you!
Alexandra
I'm even more suspicous now.
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Hi all -
I actually called Ryan Cook and spoke to him about
this - the research project is completely legit - he said Arfon is
involved in this one also. Mr. Cook thought it "fascinating" that
we were suspicious ;D
Anyway, hopefully this will help - and I hope Arfon jumps in and adds his confirmation -
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Hi all, I can assure you this is genuine. These emails are coming
from team@zooniverse.org and are from my colleague Dr Ryan Cook.
Please contact me directly at arfon@zooniverse.org if you have any concerns.
Cheers
Arfon
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Thanks for the reassurances - I'm glad to have my gut feeling that this was legit confirmed!
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Well, sorry to be so suspicious but one can't be too careful these
days. I get spam and phishing messages daily. If the message had had
something other than just my e-mail address, say my username, I would
have been reassured.
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I know - I get maybe 30 emails a day and simply delete 20 of them
out of hand - I have to admit though, I do enjoy reading the ones,
sometimes, that offer me large sums of money because I am such a good
person and/or related to the bequestor. ;D
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I think you definitely deserve these messages, Kathy ;D
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;D ;D
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In a bit of a serendipitous occurrence, I'm currently processing the
metadata for Coast Guard documents regarding invasive species in the
Great Lakes, as well as one about cruise ships in Alaska - work and
addiction intersecting! ;D
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8) 8) 8)
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I'll
make summer start (or cause a BLIZZARD - I'm not sure which :P) I'm
heading to the Lake Friday morning to take the tarps off the boat and
start 'Preparing ship for Sea' at the end of the month! ;)
Well, No blizzard YET and as I said 'Preparing Ship for Sea.' ;)
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Maybe they should interview 'Eric Olthwaite' of Denley Moor. He is
interested in precipitation patterns in West Yorkshire, shovels and
black pudding.
Those in the know, know what I am on about. ;D
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That is one very pretty boat, Dean. Have fun prepping her. :)
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Kathy - any news on your laptop?
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Who knew that women and minors were among the crews of US merchant
vessels in the coastwise trade during World War II? Many served, some
were killed, none recognized. This is the subject of HR 1288 ?WW II
Merchant Mariners Service Act? and, FYI, why our team is providing
advice on imaging and data recovery so that these sailors can finally be
recognized for their service, and, where in the few cases still
possible, granted veteran status. What we're all doing seems to find a
new application every other day.
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Who
knew that women and minors were among the crews of US merchant vessels
in the coastwise trade during World War II? Many served, some were
killed, none recognized. This is the subject of HR 1288 ?WW II Merchant
Mariners Service Act? and, FYI, why our team is providing advice on
imaging and data recovery so that these sailors can finally be
recognized for their service, and, where in the few cases still
possible, granted veteran status. What we're all doing seems to find a
new application every other day.
Kevin, this says that bill has been hung up in committee for 2 years:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:h.r.1288:
Do you want us (Americans on this) to write to our congress reps to get it moving?
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I'll let the PTB on the project weigh in on that when they're ready. I was taken aback by the story though.
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Thanks for asking - it is very dead - :'( :'( :'(
It would cost $1,350 to recover the data from the hard drive - I said no...
So, it is getting a new hard drive and I should have it back in 2 weeks -
I'm going to need to get the Foxglove file again.
The only good news is that our European trip pictures are on another computer and so are not lost
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If the hard drive is taken as beyond recovery you could send it to
me. I know a guy who might get something off it for a fraction of the
cost - or he may kill it the rest of the way dead.
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Thanks for asking - it is very dead - :'( :'( :'(
It would cost $1,350 to recover the data from the hard drive - I said no...
So, it is getting a new hard drive and I should have it back in 2 weeks -
I'm going to need to get the Foxglove file again.
The only good news is that our European trip pictures are on another computer and so are not lost
Kathy's Hard Drive R.I.P. :-\ :'(
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That is one very pretty boat, Dean. Have fun prepping her. :)
Thanks!
This will be our 34th season together. By the end of the first couple
sails we'll have completed 7000 (11,300km)miles together all on Lake
Ontario. 8)
Maybe THIS year we'll get 'up river' to Chicago!
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Hello OW.
She certainly is a pretty boat, Dean. I hope you get good sailing weather.
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Kathy,
Miserable news mate...RIP the computer - I'd take Kevin up on his offer...could be a last chance. :'( :'(
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Cute boat Dean...very dapper ;D
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Hi everyone - the talk went really well!
THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH FOR ALL THE HELP YOU GAVE
I'm
trying to get a couple of pictures of the 'desk' off my phone for you -
hopefully soon. There will be a podcast of the talk - I'll let
you know when that turns up.
Sadly it was a beautiful day outside so
they had their lowest attendance numbers in weeks - sigh! So I had about
10 people plus some standing back listening from around the gallery.
Those who were there seemed very interested. I was asked if Melville
(Jeannette and Thesis ) was related to Melville - Moby Dick. Not that
I'm aware. The chap asked about a few more fiction writers - whether
they get ideas from the stories of these ships. The chap
introducing the talk asked about a return to British ships. I think a
few of the cards on my desk went. I've attached a poster that I used on
the desk.
Anyway what I discover is that OW seems to have a
reputation as being very interesting, much more so than most of the
other zooniverses, and that it's noted for being a honey pot for so many
other groups - scientists and historians &c &c Well
- we know that don't we folks? ;D
I got very interested
faces for the view of log pages, they were glued to the Jeannette story,
and I got laughs for every light bit I put in. And a round of applause
at the end. Job done.
So - that's why I thank you all. And I'll hand on a bucketful of Goodluck to Dean for his next talk!
(http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/8415/a1detailsowcsv2.jpg)
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I'm glad they appreciated the work you put into the preparation, I'm glad it went over well. :)
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Good work!
and
Good night ;)
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Well done Joan.
You can have a few more EARLY nights now.
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Yeah Joan! I'm glad it went well -
I think I will take Kevin up on his offer - maybe something can be saved from the drive!
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Often if the HDD itself is not physically damaged (the laptop blew
up but not the disk) the drive can connected up to another PC and the
data read.
If the HDD electrics are fried then the platters can be
removed and placed in another HDD to be read, not an easy task but can
be done.
Good luck.
If the worst come to the worst you can
strip out the HDD magnets and make very strong fridge magnets from them
to hold your paper data. ;)
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The fellow here takes the disks out - just in his basement, not a
clean room. I also have a dropped while running 250 GB external that I'm
going to take.
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And that question about fiction writers, Joan. It is well known that
Melville used the story of the whaler Essex in Moby Dick (i.e. N.
Philbrick's 'In the Heart of the Sea'). Less (or un) known is the degree
that material from Scoresby's 'An Account of the Arctic Regions'
appears in Moby Dick. If I had the free time I'd compare certain
chapters using anti-crib software just to see how it would turn out. The
chapter on the definition of 'a struck whale' and the section on the
thunderstruck compass and induced magnetism are obvious candidates.
In modern times, Andrea Barrett's 'Voyage of the Narwhal' is a kind of synthesis of 19th century Arctic experiences.
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Hello OW.
Glad to hear your presentation went well, Joan.
Looking forward to the pics and the podcast!
Observer article (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/07/science-behind-britain-coldest-easter) on the UK's weird weather.
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Hi Joan,
I am really glad your talk went well :) Congratulations!! :)
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Well done. You've done us proud.
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Well done Joan! Congrats!! :) :)
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Glad it went well, Joan - and it sounds as though you did a lot of
work in preparation which will be very valuable for you and others in
the future as well, which is a bonus. Congratulations on taking it
on and making it work.
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And
that question about fiction writers, Joan. It is well known that
Melville used the story of the whaler Essex in Moby Dick (i.e. N.
Philbrick's 'In the Heart of the Sea'). Less (or un) known is the degree
that material from Scoresby's 'An Account of the Arctic Regions'
appears in Moby Dick. If I had the free time I'd compare certain
chapters using anti-crib software just to see how it would turn out. The
chapter on the definition of 'a struck whale' and the section on the
thunderstruck compass and induced magnetism are obvious candidates.
In modern times, Andrea Barrett's 'Voyage of the Narwhal' is a kind of synthesis of 19th century Arctic experiences.
Kevin
- what a mine of information you are - thanks ever so for that! I think
he did mention Barrett. I did wonder if Pullman chose his character Lee
Scoresby from the His Dark Materials trilogy after the Scoresby that
you mention. I've never read much about the Arctic. I'm still trying to
get through Apsley Cherry-Gerrard's version of the Scott trip to the S
pole.
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I'm glad it went well, Joan!
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My two favorite and most readable nonfiction Arctic books:
Neatby: In Quest of the Nortwest Passage http://archive.org/details/inquestofthenort012745mbp
MClintock: Voyage of the Fox http://archive.org/details/voyageoffoxinarc00mcliuoft
The
latter is one of the best of the published first-hand accounts. Modern
'interpretations' - especially of expeditions that didn't go so smoothly
- often suffer from the interpretation itself to an annoying extent.
Neatby is one of the few who tell the story without doing alot of "if
they only hadn't made that silly mistake, x would have happened. And yet
another reason OW is so cool - great stories as they happen.
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Thanks for the reading tips Kevin! My bookshelf continues to evolve ;D
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Joan: I replied in a PM but DEFINITELY should also say PUBLICLY:
Joan: I KNEW you'd do well! I had utmost confidence in your ability to Dazzle 'em!
Glad it went well! We'll have to get together and form an 'OW Speaker's Bureau - Have Powerpoint, Will Travel!' ;)
Blessings, dean
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Thank you Dean - that's very kind - I think it's a good idea for us
to have those sorts of resources around...we can keep them updated and
be ready for other chances to speak. There's a whole huge Women's
Institute out there in the UK...and perhaps the group on Alderney. It's
well worth while thinking about potential audiences - I know you've
already done your group of Historians, we've both done crowd-sourcing
citizen scientists. What do the moderators think about this?
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I think it is GREAT! ;D
We may not have huge numbers of transcribers, but what we lack in numbers we make up in enthusiasm!
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And
that question about fiction writers, Joan. It is well known that
Melville used the story of the whaler Essex in Moby Dick (i.e. N.
Philbrick's 'In the Heart of the Sea'). Less (or un) known is the degree
that material from Scoresby's 'An Account of the Arctic Regions'
appears in Moby Dick. If I had the free time I'd compare certain
chapters using anti-crib software just to see how it would turn out. The
chapter on the definition of 'a struck whale' and the section on the
thunderstruck compass and induced magnetism are obvious candidates.
In modern times, Andrea Barrett's 'Voyage of the Narwhal' is a kind of synthesis of 19th century Arctic experiences.
Kevin
- what a mine of information you are - thanks ever so for that! I think
he did mention Barrett. I did wonder if Pullman chose his character Lee
Scoresby from the His Dark Materials trilogy after the Scoresby that
you mention. I've never read much about the Arctic. I'm still trying to
get through Apsley Cherry-Gerrard's version of the Scott trip to the S
pole.
Glad your talk went well, Joan.
I've
had the Apsley Cherry-Gerrard book on my wish list for a while - is it
heavy going? I wanted to read it after it was cited as a source by
Kevin Brockmaier for his novel "The Brief History of the Dead", since
we seem to be on the subject of non-fiction sources used by
novelists.
According to Wikipedia, Phillip Pullman says:
"Lee Scoresby comes from two sources. One is the actor Lee Van Cleef,
who looks just like the character. And the other is the name of an
Arctic explorer, William Scoresby." Go to the top of the class!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_His_Dark_Materials_characters
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I wonder if Pullman was familiar with Scoresby that's also where the
idea of 'sky iron' comes from (as in panzerbjorn armor) - or maybe
that's only in the movie? There was an iron meteorite in Greenland that
was culturally significant until it was nipped by some 19th c. explorer
or other who passed it on to the Smithsonian.
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You know some of the best of these books just go to show how much
research some writers are prepared to put into a gripping novel (well I
enjoyed it anyway), and how that work pays up. As my Yorkshire
mother used to say (very often) you don't get ought for nought. I love
learning new things - and that is indeed a real attraction of OW.
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Spotted recently an item that Randi may like.
http://www.sciencemuseumshop.co.uk/Home/Kitchen/product/322331/The-OCD-Chef-Chopping-Board.html
(http://www.sciencemuseumshop.co.uk/Home/Kitchen/product/322331/The-OCD-Chef-Chopping-Board.html)
and only 22 quid. ;)
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;D ;D ;D
Unfortunately, given my poor coordination, those lines would only serve as decoration ::)
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Must NOT get myself one of those!
Hello world. :)
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And
that question about fiction writers, Joan. It is well known that
Melville used the story of the whaler Essex in Moby Dick (i.e. N.
Philbrick's 'In the Heart of the Sea'). Less (or un) known is the degree
that material from Scoresby's 'An Account of the Arctic Regions'
appears in Moby Dick. If I had the free time I'd compare certain
chapters using anti-crib software just to see how it would turn out. The
chapter on the definition of 'a struck whale' and the section on the
thunderstruck compass and induced magnetism are obvious candidates.
In modern times, Andrea Barrett's 'Voyage of the Narwhal' is a kind of synthesis of 19th century Arctic experiences.
Kevin
- what a mine of information you are - thanks ever so for that! I think
he did mention Barrett. I did wonder if Pullman chose his character Lee
Scoresby from the His Dark Materials trilogy after the Scoresby that
you mention. I've never read much about the Arctic. I'm still trying to
get through Apsley Cherry-Gerrard's version of the Scott trip to the S
pole.
Glad your talk went well, Joan.
I've
had the Apsley Cherry-Gerrard book on my wish list for a while - is it
heavy going? I wanted to read it after it was cited as a source by
Kevin Brockmaier for his novel "The Brief History of the Dead", since
we seem to be on the subject of non-fiction sources used by
novelists.
According to Wikipedia, Phillip Pullman says:
"Lee Scoresby comes from two sources. One is the actor Lee Van Cleef,
who looks just like the character. And the other is the name of an
Arctic explorer, William Scoresby." Go to the top of the class!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_His_Dark_Materials_characters
Thanks Thursdaynext.
Well blow me down...Lee van Cleef had come to mind but I ignored the thought... that's interesting.
The
A C_G book is moderately heavy going - but very good, I'm nearly
through it now. My mum got through it quickly, but exploration in cold
parts of the world became her speciality in her late 70's. We both liked
that he was critical of Scott's methods. I think it might be back in
print again now, but if it's not on line and you can't track it down let
me know and I'll lend you mine. I got my copy through Abebooks.
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(http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons/emoticon-looney-toons-001.gif) (http://www.freesmileys.org/emoticons.php)
urg...
I am so bored with work right now...
How is everyone doing?
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I presume when you say "work" you are not referring to OW? ;D
As
for me, the Yukon is pretty boring these days. The only thing keeping
me from dozing off is the abrupt changes from civil time to sea time and
back. But this is still not "work".
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Oh yes, I do not mean OW - I mean the soul crushing thing I do to
help put food on the table and a roof over our heads - I really need to
win the lottery! :P
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The work part of life is quite varied - an interesting essay to
write (though it's a little hard to see quite when it's going to get
done); also beginning to think about the agendas for a meeting in South
Korea in August (I know, that might be a bit too exciting!).
OW -
Rinaldo is stuck in Durban refitting and so not wildly exciting, but
there's the odd 'interesting' transcription to look out for and the hunt
for the less readable names of ships to keep me engaged. And I've
looked ahead and know that she sets off again in a month or two.
Hope the lottery turns up trumps for you, Kathy!
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'Work' is now voluntary but have an exam to revise for and a
possible presentation to sort out for the autumn and I am hoping to hear
about some volunteering at the local museum resource centre.
Manica
is pootling around the coast of German East Africa, hoisting her
balloon and flying off her seaplane. One town surrendered after
shelling and they sometimes fire at shore and today the shore has fired
back!
Hope you either get a good win or a reasonable retirement
approaches with rapidity but I can remember spells when I was working to
earn my daily crust when todays life seemed a dream beyond reach.
(I could do with the joints I had then but you can't have everything)
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Hope you get the lottery Kathy. ;)
My work is boring x10 -
just where I like it - I'd be sad to use my brain to a frazzle during
the day and have nothing left for OW on a night. ;D 8)
But come next Michaelmas term (Autumn) at work I'll be pulling my hair out and begging for mercy. >:(
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Thanks everyone - I should probably buy a lottery ticket now ::)
It is just an out of sorts kind of day for me today -
and since I refuse to live an unexamined life, I think I have figured out why -
1) The Nationals got schooled by the Reds this weekend (heavy sigh)
2) It is FINALLY warm here and I'm stuck inside (arg)
3)
One of my favorite characters seems to have been killed off by her
author in the most recent book of her series - I finished the book
yesterday, during the baseball game, no less. (ack!)
It doesn't
help that I had to walk the puppy dog at 3:30am this morning, but at
least she woke me up as opposed to just going potty on the floor..
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I too spent many years doing a soul-destroying job to pay the
bills. I am so pleased to be retired and love my voluntary work -
socializing cats at the local Cats Protection adoption centre!
This does not mean I spend all my time cuddling beautiful, purring
pussycats - there is a lot of leaning into pens, waving cat toys, with a
cat sitting just outside the catflap glaring at me! But when a
shy cat comes round and starts to enjoy the company of people (thus
becoming much easier to home) it is very satisfying to think I made a
small contribution. And I can always indulge myself by cuddling a
pretty, friendly one when I feel I've been glared at for long enough!
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That does sound very rewarding!
We have 2 cats, so I can definitely appreciate what you are doing.
I don't think any creature on the earth can glare like a cat -
I really shouldn't complain - I work part time, from home and get a decent pay out of it, I just don't want to do it today!
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Just saw this -
Rest in Peace Margaret Thatcher -
Love her or hate her, she made her mark on the world -
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She was an incredible woman. Rest in Peace, Margaret.
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Almost 6 months we've been waiting for the footy season to get started. This is why we love it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BAaCBC1V1Q (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BAaCBC1V1Q)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHtWaNa3Db4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHtWaNa3Db4)
With the Ashes also being on in England this year, I could be up for a few sleepless nights as well.
:o 8)
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Hello OW.
Bit of a giggle: flashmob Rembrandt in Breda. ;D
https://www.youtube.com/tv?vq=medium#/watch?v=u8YhJs00nX0&mode=transport
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Hello OW.
Bit of a giggle: flashmob Rembrandt in Breda. ;D
https://www.youtube.com/tv?vq=medium#/watch?v=u8YhJs00nX0&mode=transport
Stunner! Loved the frame coming down at the end.
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Almost 6 months we've been waiting for the footy season to get started. This is why we love it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BAaCBC1V1Q (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BAaCBC1V1Q)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHtWaNa3Db4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHtWaNa3Db4)
With the Ashes also being on in England this year, I could be up for a few sleepless nights as well.
:o 8)
Go to bed on time Steeleye - we're keeping the ashes....hehehehe! ;D ;D ;D 8) 8)
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Almost 6 months we've been waiting for the footy season to get started. This is why we love it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BAaCBC1V1Q (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BAaCBC1V1Q)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHtWaNa3Db4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHtWaNa3Db4)
With the Ashes also being on in England this year, I could be up for a few sleepless nights as well.
:o 8)
Go to bed on time Steeleye - we're keeping the ashes....hehehehe! ;D ;D ;D 8) 8)
I
might have been here for 48 years Joan, but the one thing in which I am
still avowedly English is the cricket, and specifically the Ashes! So
yes, I hope we are retaining the Ashes. The other reason for regular
late nights in our winter is the coverage of the Tour de France.
Life would be so much simpler if the world was flat.
:-*
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I'm staying out of this. ;)
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I am so glad I don't know what the "Ashes" are - it sounds very passionate. ;)
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Having been Lobotomized from an Englishman to an Australian I can barrack for either side.
Come on the winners.
;D
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I am so glad I don't know what the "Ashes" are - it sounds very passionate. ;)
As
someone here once said about their particular sporting passion: "It's
not a matter of life or death. It's much more important than that."
The Ashes are like that, Janet.
;D
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I am so glad I don't know what the "Ashes" are - it sounds very passionate. ;)
As
someone here once said about their particular sporting passion: "It's
not a matter of life or death. It's much more important than that."
The Ashes are like that, Janet.
;D
I figured. I've watched my sister talk about the Green Bay Packers - do NOT insult them while she is in the room!! ::) ;D
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Steeleye - I didn't know - you need these... :-* :-* :-* :-* and an
apology...stay up late - celebrate. Erm - do England stand a chance?
The sad thing is, of course, that the weather will probably win the day and it'll all be rained off. ::) ;D ;D ;D
BTW My sister and brother in law are obsessed with the TdeF. I like it too but can't get it on my telly. :(
I'm still riding high on Oxford bagging the Boat Race last weekend. ;D
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This
should go to the speaker's bureau resource page when we get one...but
here is a link to the seminar announcement (tomorrow at UW) and monster
ppt for download:
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/arctic/rediscover/about.html (bottom of page)
Kevin
- we do have one in the Old Weather News board, Randi moved all of
Joan's planning to set it up. I just stickied it to make it more
findable and moved your comment and its reply over there.
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Steeleye
- I didn't know - you need these... :-* :-* :-* :-* and an
apology...stay up late - celebrate. Erm - do England stand a chance?
The sad thing is, of course, that the weather will probably win the day and it'll all be rained off. ::) ;D ;D ;D
BTW My sister and brother in law are obsessed with the TdeF. I like it too but can't get it on my telly. :(
I'm still riding high on Oxford bagging the Boat Race last weekend. ;D
No apologies necessary, Joan. Only politicians claim to be omniscient.
Interesting
that you can't get the TdeF on the TV from the other side of the
Channel. For at least the last decade we have been getting it live
on a free-to-air channel every night of the tour. The broadcast
starts about half-way through each stage (around 9.30-10.30pm) and
continues through to the end of the stage around 1.30am. We also get
live broadcast of some of the classics, such as the Tour of Flanders and
Paris-Roubaix (last Sunday night). I think that 'peloton' is French for
'masochist'.
::)
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Good morning, sports fans.
As far as I know, the Tour de France is shown on ITV4 (Freeview channel 24) in the UK.
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I don't get it.
What's so special about ashes?
U.S.S. Yorktown is shovelling them out by the lighter load when in harbour. ;D
And before you start explaining, I do know what The Ashes are. ;)
Meanwhile, for those cycling fans waiting for the Tour de France, this is the month of the spring classics.
This Sunday the Amstel Gold race in The Netherlands.
Combine this with the F1 in China, and I already now how my Sunday will be waisted. :D
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I wish there was a drop down box for the Location where you could
store place names. Typing Norfolk, Va. is getting very boring. ???
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I
wish there was a drop down box for the Location where you could store
place names. Typing Norfolk, Va. is getting very boring. ???
... but I'm sure that Norfolk, Va is a very exciting place to be.
We've just had to suffer through another perfect Autumn day. Eat your hearts out, Northerners!
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Firefox is the only Browser with dropdown boxes for locations.
With this many thousands names globally being used, I would not want to
be the one to assemble that list. :P
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Sorry, I did mean one could compile the list myself.
May try Firefox.
Thanks.
Tried it, works for me. :)
Now if I can just get NONE in the clouds box and the cursor in the Hour box then I would have nothing to grumble about. ;)
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I couldn't possibly comment. :-X ;D
I'm glad to hear that you have made friends with Firefox, Stuart.
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Now I have removed the stupid 'Deal Spy' which seems to come with Firefox, it seems OK.
I have Forum/ Concord crewlist up in Google and OW data entry in firefox. Alt tab between them.
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Deal Spy can be bundled with Chrome, Firefox and IE apparently.
As you have found, Stuart, there is plenty of advice on the web on how to get rid of it.
And good morning all. :D
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A slightly different video clip of this made the news last night. Interesting things pop up on slow news days.
Lion, tiger and bear - oh, my!! a video (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=o3c-I_Y98tg)
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The video is not available in the UK, sad to say.
Google it: Lion and Tiger and Bear, Oh My! - National Geographic Channel.
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Caro, both our nations' broadcasters have to start thinking global. ::)
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Hello OW.
Allegedly, it will be 16C here tomorrow.
Spring has been a looong time coming.
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... and another tough day here. Topped out at 25 C (26
tomorrow). Currently 13 with the wind 0 knots, gusting to 0 knots,
according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
We're continuing to struggle through autumn.
:-*
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2.8" (7.2cm) and the 4th day in a row for rain here. :'(
We need the water for the lakes but at this rate we'll need a lifeboat from the Royal Navy in the driveway!!!!!! ;)
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cool but gorgeous here (60s) - Spring has really busted out!
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It was glorious here this morning but now raining ::) . It is warmish rain though (14C)
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2.8" (7.2cm) and the 4th day in a row for rain here. :'(
We need the water for the lakes but at this rate we'll need a lifeboat from the Royal Navy in the driveway!!!!!! ;)
Just get your swimming trunks on, blow up your arm floats, and head down to the shops Dean ;D
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2.8" (7.2cm) and the 4th day in a row for rain here. :'(
We need the water for the lakes but at this rate we'll need a lifeboat from the Royal Navy in the driveway!!!!!! ;)
Just get your swimming trunks on, blow up your arm floats, and head down to the shops Dean ;D
Lake temp currently 32 to 36?F ( 0to +2?C) Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :P
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ok - I'll let you off Dean - 36F sounds a tad chilly ;) :D
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Sounds as if you'd better hurry down to the stores and get yourself
one of those snazzy dry suits that divers use for really cold water and
don't forget the instructions on the construction of arks jist in case.
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;D Studentforever's right, Dean...and just make sure you dust off your cubit measure... ;)
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;D Studentforever's right, Dean...and just make sure you dust off your cubit measure... ;)
So What's a cubit?!-----Classic Bill Cosby - http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=so9o3_daDZw
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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We even have the ark log. 40 days of R. The dates and location are a bit fuzzy though. ;D
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;D
My baby is back! I have been redoing book
marks, contacts, etc. I'm going to be the Backup Queen from this
day forward!
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Great news Kathy! Did you manage to recover any files?
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Alas, no :'(
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Sad to near about Boston. %^(
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Terrible.
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I mourn both the pain and that someone is that ill.
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I mourn both the pain and that someone is that ill.
Yes
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Very, very sorry to see what happened in Boston today. I hope the
injured have a swift recovery to full health. :-* :-*
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All are in our thoughts and Prayers tonight. :'(
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People in Boston and all the United States are in my prayers. I am more sorry than I can say.
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What a sad day for Boston.
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I simply don't understand how someone could do something like
that. I think there are things worth fighting for, but to hide in
the shadows and attack innocent people - :'(
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Exactly
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Reminds me so much of the IRA London bombings in the early 70s. We
were all very aware of any odd package/item sitting on the street or in
the Underground. These days you go up to London and no-one seems to take
real notice or bother to make an issue of left luggage. About a year
ago I was on a train and spotted an unattended case. I asked if it
belonged to anyone - I might as well have been speaking Martian. So I
said, even louder, 'I'm pulling the emergency cord so this train goes
no-where at the next stop'...the owner sort of rustled up to it, grunted
and put it next to them. Sheesh! ::) ::)
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I
simply don't understand how someone could do something like that.
I think there are things worth fighting for, but to hide in the shadows
and attack innocent people - :'(
I
agree with you, Kathy, and I feel very sorry for the victims of this
heinous act. However, we must remember that U.S. drones are killing
innocent people in Pakistan. Certainly, they are not intentionally
targeting innocent people but that doesn't change the perception of
those who have lost loved ones. Those operating the drones are "hiding
in the shadows" too. I know that not all Americans agree with this sort
of warfare and we outside the U.S. share some responsibility to the
extent that it saves us from sending our troops to fight on the ground.
It's a nasty business and we shouldn't be surprised if there are
repercussions. I don't know if these events are connected but I wouldn't
be surprised.
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:'( [`] [`] [`] :'(
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To a certain extent I agree with you about the drones, however, I
think using them is better than just dropping bombs or firing missiles
willy-nilly. Yes, their use is hiding in the shadows, but they are
very specifically targeted on people who think it ok to kill thousands
of people for some sort of twisted political/religious reason. I
certainly do not advocate the killing of innocent bystanders...maybe the
best thing would be to send in strike teams ala Osama Bin Laden to
protect those used as shields by these cowards who have no honor, and in
my opinion, no Faith. Christian, Muslim, whatever - this is not the way
honorable people treat each other.
I hate this whole sorry mess :'( -
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Rather than letting this become a discussion of the
military/political/moral aspects of US policy - especially when it could
be like the Oklahoma city bombing...
Let's think about the
people who rushed in to offer first aid, who opened their houses to
total strangers, and who offered transportation, and restaurants that
offered WiFi access, food, and comfort to all (and employees that came
in to help on their day off).
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I agree -
I think it will turn out to be something like that, especially since no group seems to have claimed responsibility yet -
It
is not in the good times, but in the bad that people show their true
selves - there are a lot of people, around the world, who show how we
all should be.
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Well, this is my turn to dust off my cubits measure. So far in
the last 24 hours, we've had a bit more than 4.5" of rain
(11.5cm). Very ocgRtl. And more happening and coming.
Some expressway stormdrains are not handling the volume:
(http://tribwgntv.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/framegrab.jpg)
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By my reckoning, Janet, you've had 0.25 cubits of rain ... or 1.125
hands, if you adopt my daughter's approach of viewing the world in horse
terms!
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This is a storm that is good for the lakes, and terrible for the
farmers. Broken up into 5 smaller storms would have made everyone
happier.
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try not to float away - :o
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I'm in a very safe place for floods, halfway up to a ridge that was
an ancient lake bluff, before the lake level dropped catastrophically
1,000 years ago. It all keeps flowing past me downhill into the
needy lake, not puddling in the streets much. (I'm not promising
the same happiness for my landlord's basement.)
In the suburbs,
Oswego High School kids had an illusion of getting out of school today,
but their staff had the geyser tamed before classes opened.
(http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/wls/cms_exf_2007/_video_wn_images/9070134_335x188.jpg)
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The back edge of the bad storms has finally moved out of the north
side of Chicago, south side still getting some. Just some hours of
light rain left. Final total, 5.76" (14.7cm) of rain in 26
hours. It may or may not climb to an even 6". Some weather
records we really don't need to make.
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I think this qualifies as 'extreme weather fluctuations'. Keep safe.
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Happy Birthday, Superman!
(http://www.comicstalkblog.com/wp-content/uploads/75_years-300x225.jpg)
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Thanks. ;D
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In simple terms, there were probably only 5 actions of significance
between fleets in World War I - Heligoland Bight, Coronel, Falklands,
Dogger Bank and Jutland. Four of those occurred in the first 6 months of
the war. Previously I have edited histories from Heligoland, the
Falklands and Jutland. Mostly the ships' logs contained remarkably
little information, presumably reflecting the very restricted
perspective on a ship (Falklands was something of an exception).
I have just edited the history for HMS Princess Royal
which was a participant at the Battle of the Dogger bank. Her log for
the day of the battle is far more detailed than the other logs that I've
com across and makes interesting reading when you have a full account
of the battle in the other hand. The log for this day is at:
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ADM53-55960/ADM53-55960-045_0.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ADM53-55960/ADM53-55960-045_0.jpg)
Enjoy your reading.
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Happy Birthday, Superman!
(http://www.comicstalkblog.com/wp-content/uploads/75_years-300x225.jpg)
I'm going to get a cape and wear my britches on the outside - perhaps I'll be a super hero too.
Go Superman!
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In
simple terms, there were probably only 5 actions of significance
between fleets in World War I - Heligoland Bight, Coronel, Falklands,
Dogger Bank and Jutland. Four of those occurred in the first 6 months of
the war. Previously I have edited histories from Heligoland, the
Falklands and Jutland. Mostly the ships' logs contained remarkably
little information, presumably reflecting the very restricted
perspective on a ship (Falklands was something of an exception).
I have just edited the history for HMS Princess Royal
which was a participant at the Battle of the Dogger bank. Her log for
the day of the battle is far more detailed than the other logs that I've
com across and makes interesting reading when you have a full account
of the battle in the other hand. The log for this day is at:
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ADM53-55960/ADM53-55960-045_0.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ADM53-55960/ADM53-55960-045_0.jpg)
Enjoy your reading.
Interesting! Thanks for posting.
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It has finally felt like spring here in Devon today! Tulips
coming into bloom, apple tree coming into leaf, and some warmth to the
sun at last! :D
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Nice day up here in Oxfordshire too. Lots of Blackthorn blossom just
going over, and leaves coming out. Five Mile Drive is about to do its
cherry blossom thing (it's a long road with alternating light and dark
cherry trees). :D
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Can't decide WHAT it's doing here in western New York! :-\
Thursday was sunny and 85?F (30?C) - This morning it was 32?F (0?C) and we had 1/4" (4mm) SNOW! ::)
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Same here, Dean. Yesterday I was walking around without a jacket and today it's freezing. Typical April.
This
reminds me of one year when Easter was rather late. The weekend was
beautiful with temperatures up near 80 F (this was pre-metric days). I
went out and began turning the soil to prepare my garden. The next day
we got a foot of snow! But it didn't last long.
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First we had 70F and so much rain every river in NE Illinois set new
records for a flood crest. The next day it was so cold we had snow
flurries. Today it is dry but quite chilly. Still no leaves
on the trees, thought crocuses are beginning to show hope.
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Same pattern here too.
About a week of abnormally warm weather, and then today it turned cold with some rain.
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There was a 1917 fleet action in the North Sea. Sadly I can't
remember the name or the date of it. It was basicly a long range running
gun battle through the minefields. I get back if i can find more
information.
They got the Boston bombers.
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I know they found both bombers - I'm glad, I'd have really hated if someone got away with that kind of evil.
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Happy Birthday
Janet Jaguar!
(http://www.zooborns.com/.a/6a010535647bf3970b01538e009762970b-500wi)
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Happy birthday Janet!! :D :D :D
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(http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/6944/img2566sd.jpg)
;D ;D HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANET !! ;D ;D
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Thank you!! I love the name-sake cupcakes. ;D
Turning 65 makes this a milestone year for me.
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Happy Birthday Janet!
Those cupcakes are making me hungry - time for coffee and brownie! Or possible brownies ;D
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There
was a 1917 fleet action in the North Sea. Sadly I can't remember the
name or the date of it. It was basicly a long range running gun battle
through the minefields. I get back if i can find more information.
Following
Jutland, the High Seas Fleet put to sea three more times. On August 18
and October 18, 1916, both operations were rapidly aborted with some
blood being drawn by submarines on both sides. The Grand Fleet and
High Seas Fleet did not come close to making contact. The third
occasion was when the High Seas Fleet sailed to its surrender in
November 1918. As far as I am aware, the only significant surface
actions in 1917 were between light forces when the Germans attempted to
interdict the convoy traffic between Britain and Norway.
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Happy Birthday, Janet. I will try to be a gentleman, and not ask you what the relevant number is!
Cheers,
Howard
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Happy Birthday Janet!!!
:) :) :)
(http://images.pictureshunt.com/pics/h/happy_birthday_balloons-2007.jpg)
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Happy Birthday, Janet!
Craig
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Happy Birthday, Janet. I will try to be a gentleman, and not ask you what the relevant number is!
Cheers,
Howard
Except
I learned early in my adulthood to appreciate survival. I've made
it to 65 - very unAmerican of me to want to celebrate that. ;D
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My dad always said 'Considering the alternative - keep getting OLDER!!!' ;)
Janet
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Jaaaannnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeettttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt,
Happy Birthday to you!
Hope it's a happy one and that you get lots of neat presents!
Hope also you get to share with family! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Happy Birthday Janet -
Happy Birthday to a favorite feline -
who works hard to keep us in line,
answers queries sublime,
never begrudging the time -
she reminds me of a very fine wine!
And now for something completely different (yet somewhat related ;D )
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/03/130326-animals-medieval-manuscript-books-cats-history/
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oh wow Janet - that's a big birthday - hope you are having a party
to celebrate! ;D :-* Just think of all the societies in this
world that properly value the wisdom that age brings.
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As someone who passed that milestone a year or two ago, savour the
life you have. Some bits definitely improve, others I'm afraid
tend to go downhill (like the wrinkles!). Have a lovely day, enjoy
the fun and look forward to the future.
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I intend to live to my best. Kathy, thanks for the poem and the link - those paw-prints are priceless. :)
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Happy Birthday, Janet!
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Happy birthday Janet.
When you looked in the mirror this morning and saw that big 65 above your head, just remember it was the mirror.
In reality it's 56 that's hanging over your head. ;D
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;D ;D
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;D ;D 8)
(http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/emoticons/mood/mood-emoticon-0017.gif)
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Today is St George's Day (dragons beware!) and is therefore the
traditional day on which dandelion heads are picked to make dandelion
wine. I made dandelion wine once...can't remember drinking it -
nor can anyone else who imbibed its delicious sweetness...but we did
live to tell the tale of how we forgot it. ;D
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Hello all,
Not sure if this is the right place to post this,
but I was wondering, how do people choose which ships to
transcribe? I've gone between a couple different ones over the
past couple months. I was a captain for a few weeks after the new
ships were released... but there's no way I can catch up with the
current captain now!
Thoughts?
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Dear Paging500:
Welcome to our World! Glad you could join us! ;D
I
picked my ships in the old Phase II for many reasons. A most because I
recognised the name - knew something about them - thought they sounded
interesting - had small 'crews' so I had a chance for Captain - some
just 'appeared.'
I never DID make Captain and quickly gave up the chase and just enjoyed the ships and the learning!
Right now I am editing ship histories (now on my 6th ship) so I'm not transcribing but will get back to it soon.
Come back often. This is a great place for questions and you WILL get answers ;D ;D
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Which ship "hooks" someone is very intuitive. You find "your"
ship only by lots of trial and error. Some people choose a ship
with slow growth just to have the joy of becoming captain, checking on a
ship's page several times a week and comparing the numbers recorded
each time will help you spot these. Others prefer to switch back
and forth between a couple of very different ships, going for variety
rather than captaincy or first lieutenant. Both the period of
history and the type of log format influence choice.
Having said
that, there are several ways of intelligent choosing. You can look
through our Dockyard Ship Index
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3210.0) for a sense of the
mechanics involved for that log. Gordon's Naval-History.net
(http://) ship index also has full history and an easier-to-see list of
choices. His write-ups end in the links to the US military's links
to the ships' histories.
We have naval ships which may travel anywhere, if that suits you.
We
have Coast Survey ships - they are quiet and completely civilian, not
military. It is their job to take all the surveying and soundings
and water analysis to create the US navigation charts for our entire
12,000+ miles of coastline. We also have one scientific survey
drifter, the Jeanette. Her crew chose to get her locked into the
ice for 2 years so as to take measurements of what really happens in the
high arctic, state-of-the-art 19th century science that is now critical
for establishing long histories of arctic climate.
And we have
Revenue Cutter Service / Coast Guard cutters that managed everything in
the arctic from stopping foreign ships from killing seals to supplying
starving native villages with reindeer herds to replace the seal meat
they are losing to the sealers. The Bear was the first such cutter
ever, and established what to expect from these ships for the first
time.
I hope you can find something you like.
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Jeannette is interesting, but be warned that it tricky to
transcribe. It uses a standard log book format, but then it adds all
sorts of extra data. If you want to work on it, I strongly suggest
reading through the corresponding Discussion topic
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3338.msg53911#msg53911).
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Hiya paging500,
Just after I started with OW I wondered how I
could be a captain...and then realized I'd never make it. I work full
time, but am lucky enough not to have big home commitments. I
wandered around a few ships, and settled on a small gunboat in HongKong
in the end. Small predictable days were such fun when they went
wrong...'returned from target practice. Junk with a hole in it on tow
behind'. For which read 'some nit went and shot the wrong floaty
thing'. Just as you get your eye into the hand writing you get to
spot those little comments that bring the whole thing to life. The US
boats tend to have a bit less of that, although you could join the
Concord and work out whether you can get beyond signing up 10% of the US
nation given the number of those who leg it at every port. Still
most of them have immense histories...which we are now becoming part of.
Or take The Rodgers (US, now complete since she had a sort life)
'making the ship snug for winter (in the arctic), building a reading
house and smoking room on deck for the winter'...hmm... and who snugged
the tinder dry hawser rope under the engine and watched the boat burn
down a few days later..oopsie!
Anyway as we got close to
finishing ships last year there would often be a rush to get on the crew
list to complete it...I did quite a lot of that. But the best way
to be captain is to watch out for new logs coming on,
get in quick, take a screen image and frame it for your old age...then
pick which boat you'd rather do. When Philip
Brohan and Kevin Wood go off to collect their joint Nobel Prize for this
project we'll all be basking in the glory, captain or not (well - it's a
nice pipe dream!). If you want to know which ships are going slow I
keep a little list each week. Thetis and Bear were bottom markers
last week...but have the problem that they are coming round for session 2
so all the old stats are still there. I think there will be other
entirely new boats out soon...
I hope you stay with us paging500, it's really cheering to see the amount of work you've covered already. ;D ;D ;D
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Errata for replys 5312,5321,and 5328 the 1917 action was the 17 Nov
1917 2nd Battle of hegigoland Bight. The final operation of the High
Seas Fleet (A misnamed force if there ever was one) was the 23-24 April
1918 operation against a british convoy off Norway that they couldn't
find do to poor inteligence. The HSF had a major problem in the fact
that coal was in short supply in Germany and every major German
operation burned up something like 25,000 tons of the stuff. The Germans
planned a major operation in October 1918 but it was stopped by a major
mutiny in the HSF.
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Greetings all.
Belated happy birthday Janet!
My excuse is that I was temporarily without internet access.
Back to 'normal' now. ;D
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The better excuse is that your walking around head down now-a-days. Blood is rushing into your brain. :)
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but there's no way I can catch up with the current captain now!
Thoughts?
Remember that each log page has to be transcribed by 3 people.
So,
perhaps you're not going as fast as your current captain, but when
you're the second person to transcribe, you have every change to catch
up in the end.
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but there's no way I can catch up with the current captain now!
Thoughts?
Remember that each log page has to be transcribed by 3 people.
So,
perhaps you're not going as fast as your current captain, but when
you're the second person to transcribe, you have every change to catch
up in the end.
Hi paging500,
Nice to meet you :)
wWhat
Maikel says comes from his own experience, in fact he became Captain of
Thetis after I held that position for a long time :)
So do not get discouraged and keep transcribing :)
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Jeannette
is interesting, but be warned that it tricky to transcribe. It uses a
standard log book format, but then it adds all sorts of extra data. If
you want to work on it, I strongly suggest reading through the
corresponding Discussion topic
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3338.msg53911#msg53911).
Hmm.
I have done some transcribing of the Jeanette in the past, and maybe I
missed something, but I don't remember noticing any "extra" data apart
from lunar observations in the bottom left corner of the events page,
and (sometimes) records of soundings. Should I have been
transcribing both of those as well? Should I go back and fix some
of my earlier pages?
Thanks!
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Hi Paging500.
At a later point in the Jeannette logs they
began recording specific gravity and water temperatures at 3 different
depths. I transcribed all of these but I am not sure that they require
three transcriptions of each one since there is no fixed format for
these. They also began reporting Max and Min temperatures when the went
to 3-hourly observations.
You are right that there were
discriptions of auroras. Clewi has transcribed all of them. So, it may
not be necessary to pick anything but the regular weather observations.
Craig
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Oh, by lunar observations, I actually meant something like this:
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jeannette/vol001of004/vol001_098_1.jpg
which indicates in the bottom left that it was full moon.
It looks like I haven't gotten far enough to see the other details in the logs.
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paging500, the bottom line on comments is that they are all
optional. How much you do depends only on how much you want to
do. At one end of the spectrum, you can skip the whole page,
except for the date; at the other end, you can do a full transcription
for the historians. Once you know from the forum that a
transcriber has covered a subject completely, it clearly gives you more
freedom to skip things without guilt. They are very different than
the weather readings, nothing gets discarded ever even if 3 copies of
it doesn't exist. One transcription is sufficient. Since
anyone can look up moon phase from the date, that topic is somewhat
trivial.
For all our ships, if you want to do only the important stuff, some comments are more desirable in the here-and-now than others.
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have an active project, lead by Kevin Wood, that will collect any and
all comments regarding sea ice and animal life (indicating climate) as
part of the Arctic Rediscovery
(http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/arctic/rediscover/index.html) project.
In Jeanette's case, it is particularly critical since there are no other
readings ever taken those years where she is, but again check with her
earlier transcribers if those are still needed.
- We have an
active communication with the Zooniverse Solar Stormwatch
(https://www.zooniverse.org/project/solarstormwatch) for any and all
aurora or crazy compass readings. Scientists in that project are
checking posts Old Space Weather: sightings of aurorae and sunspots
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3670.0)
for
notification and page jpg links on what you can find. Jeanette has
been completely covered there by Clewi, but it is to be remembered when
you are transcribing other ships.
- They US
Navy has never established a historical list of their enlisted seamen
and sailors. We have periodically had people searching for their
ancestors come thru our forum because we have begun to note their names
when logged. See the "crew lists" for your ship - if someone has
already covered that, it does not need to be repeated.
Do what you are comfortable with, and know that whatever effort you choose to invest will be useful.
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I recorded everything to do with ice and animals for the Jeannette.
So I don't think there's much optional information that hasn't been
done. I don't know if Clewi got all the descriptions related to the
flooding of this ship, though. There were many months where DeLong
indicated the water levels at the bottom of the flooded compartments in
the ship. I didn't transcribe any of that. This would have been critical
information for officers and crew, of course. There is a very
interesting section where he describes the cobbling together of a
windmill pump from various pieces of equipment on hand. Lot's of
entertainment, especially towards the end.
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Ok, great! Thanks so much. I've definitely been
transcribing the supplementary kinds of data (animals, ice, ships, etc.)
when I run into them in the logs. I just didn't know about some
of these unclassified (that is, by the transcription tool) extra bits of
information that were being mentioned for the Jeannette. If other
transcribers have already taken care of them, then that's great!
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The other really fun part of doing the Jeanette is that the
Captain's Log for that voyage (very different from the ship's log that
we are the first to transcribe) has been edited and published by his
widow. So we can read, for example, a page-long description of how
they celebrated Christmas Day. Think of it as the back story to
the ship's story and the climate background that we are working on.
The
Voyage of the Jeannette: The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. De
Long, Lieutenant-commander U.S.N. and Commander of the Polar Expedition
of 1879-1881
(http://books.google.com/books?id=_SUaAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Voyage+of+the+Jeannette:+The+Ship+and+Ice+Journals+of+George+W.+De+Long,+Lieutenant-commander+U.S.N.+and+Commander+of+the+Polar+Expedition+of+1879-1881&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JIZ4UciBHKXP2QWuwIHgDQ&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Voyage%20of%20the%20Jeannette%3A%20The%20Ship%20and%20Ice%20Journals%20of%20George%20W.%20De%20Long%2C%20Lieutenant-commander%20U.S.N.%20and%20Commander%20of%20the%20Polar%20Expedition%20of%201879-1881&f=false)
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As noted above, everything but date and location (if they appear on the Events page) is optional.
Just remember that duplicate information from the Events page doesn't hurt!
It is far better that two or three people transcribe the data than that everyone assumes that someone else has done it ;)
With
the challenge of reading some of the names of people, places
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=1229.msg65772#msg65772) and
ships multiple interpretations can be very useful ;D
(You do realize that ocd can mean obsessive compulsive disorder don't you?)
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Hi paging500,
When the Jeanette started out she had sheets and
sheets and sheeeeeets of provisions (including one crow's nest AND nine
and a half door handles?!?). I did the transcription and jil (and many
more) checked them for me. Whilst three out of three agreeing is
wonderful there are times when, especially if it's just history stuff, a
bit of creative time use is helpful to get past these stodgy paperwork
moments that all ships seem to have. Crew lists are a fairly obvious
case in hand.
Carry on number 1! 8)
Joan ;D
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When I read the entry on this Princess Royal log page
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ADM53-55960/ADM53-55960-055_1.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ADM53-55960/ADM53-55960-055_1.jpg))
that says:
10.0 Wesleyans to New Zealand.
My sense of the absurd thinks: "I wonder if they made it back to Princess Royal in time for lunch'.
::)
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;) ;)
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One take on the 'navigator's days work':
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigation#Day.27s_work_in_navigation
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Greetings from Winton, Queensland
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winton,_Queensland). Dinosaur capital of
Australia. Age of Dinosaurs Center
(http://australianageofdinosaurs.com/aa-visit-us.php)
32/19C today. 33/16C at Mount Isa Tomorrow.
Enjoy the cold whilst you can.
Sorry not much OW going on having travelling 2800KM in the last 10 days.
You can tell the boss is not with me.
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IT IS A VERY SMALL WORLD!
At church today, we had as a guest
preacher, a Dominican sister, Elaina, Elana, (I'm not sure how she
spells her name) and she has meet our very own Helen Julian! :o
They were at a conference in San Francisco and Elana said one of the
things she remembers best from that conference is the British high tea
they had one afternoon. I just had a feeling she would know Helen
J. and so I asked her, and sure enough she does!
:o
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Oh that's a small world alright! Wonderfully small though! What a
co-incidence. You must have so pleased Kathy! ;D ;D ;D
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I've had a whole fortnight of 'small world' moments, so somehow I'm not at all surprised!
I've
been away in a small Shropshire town, where I've never been before in
my life. The first week I stayed with someone who had been brought
up about a mile from me in Edinburgh; the second week with someone who
had been brought up a few houses away from our community house in
Birmingham. One of her daughters had studied at the same college
as me about 10 years after me, and did the same course that I'd done.
At
the final service I sat next to an elderly woman who asked me
afterwards 'are you a Franciscan?' and when I said I was told me her
brother was too - he's one of our brothers, originally from England, who
now lives in New Zealand. Despite living so far away, I have
actually met him several times.
It is indeed a small and very connected world!
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Greetings from Wilson, New York. S/V Viking Too launched and masted this weekend! ;D ;D
A couple more hours of rigging and tuning and we shall try for the first sail of the season later this week. :D
If you want to check out her home port: http://www.wilsonnewyork.com/webcam.htm
I'm off in the distance to the left of the long channel so you can't see my dock from the camera. :-[
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;D
I drive my family crazy, because I can't seem to go
anywhere, even a hotel in Ljubljana, Slovenia without running into
someone I know or someone who turns out to know someone I know -
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;D ;D ;D
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Breaking Bee News! The EU has agreed to suspend for two years
the use of pesticides which are suspected of killing bees ;D -
though sorry to hear the UK's environment minister voted against the
measure >:(
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(http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/5503/as5629.gif)
Yeh! At last good news for the bees! (but SHAME on the UK minister)
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What a wonderfully happy looking bee! It's excellent news,
even if our government once again makes me want to hold my head in my
hands ....
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They do have one good argument - will the replacement chemicals be
even worse. Blame the regime for pesticide testing - they test for
the chemical killing the bees but don't look very assiduously for
longer term, non-lethal effects. These seem to damage the bees and
the early death is more incidental than a direct effect.
There
are times I despair of this world, more and more humans wanting to
consume ever more per person and a finite world with less and less space
for any other species. It's almost a relief to have no children
as hostages for the future.
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...
There
are times I despair of this world, more and more humans wanting to
consume ever more per person and a finite world with less and less space
for any other species. It's almost a relief to have no children
as hostages for the future.
Same here.
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They
do have one good argument - will the replacement chemicals be even
worse. Blame the regime for pesticide testing - they test for the
chemical killing the bees but don't look very assiduously for longer
term, non-lethal effects. These seem to damage the bees and the
early death is more incidental than a direct effect. AAAAAGghhh -
Nightmare - didn't think of that - oh dear
There are times I
despair of this world, more and more humans wanting to consume ever more
per person and a finite world with less and less space for any other
species. It's almost a relief to have no children as hostages for
the future. Same for me too!
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I am sure that some of the problems I have had with my bees over the
last few years are due to Neonicotinoids. They seem to have so many
effects at sub lethal doses. All beekeepers are saying that things such
as colonies going queenless, or apparantly healthy hives dying off
suddenly etc are most likely to be pesticides such as Neonics.
Bee
colonies can survive losing a few bees each day, that is understood and
built into their survival strategy, but chemicals that affect their
behaviour in unexpected ways may well be worse.
The only way forward is to increase the proportion of organic agriculture.
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Speaking of queens, since about 10.15 a.m. C.E.T., after being a
'Queendom' for 123 years, The Netherlands is a Kingdom again after the
abdication of Queen Beatrix and the coronation of King Willem-Alexander.
Or, how 'Prins Pils' became 'Koning Krat'.
When
Willem-Alexander was a student 'Prins Pils' (Prince Pilsner) became his
nickname for his, let's say, enthusiasm in participating in student
live.
Has he grown up to be 'Koning Krat' (King Beer Crate)? :P
Or
if you believe in fairy tales, or for the more romantically inclined,
how an Argentinian girl is now allowed to carry the title Queen of The
Netherlands.
Not having a queen after such a long time will take some time to get used to.
The first presenter as been signalled mentioning Queen Willem-Alexander. :o
And no more Queensday on 30 April.
From now on it will be Kingsday and will be celebrated on the king's birthday 27 April.
Unless it's a Sunday, then it will be celebrated a day earlier.
Like next year. :)
The format will most probably the same, so come over to enjoy the festivities. :D
And to keep in the OW tradition: At 9 a.m. Hr. Ms. Evertsen fired 101 shots to salute King Willem-Alexander.
It took 8 minutes to fire all shots.
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Good life and luck to your new king, Maikel
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Not having a queen after such a long time will take some time to get used to.
The first presenter as been signalled mentioning Queen Willem-Alexander. :o
;D
By the time they get used to having a king, it will be back to a queen ;)
Best wishes to them all!
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Hope it has been an enjoyable swap-over day on the regnant front! It
looked to be a very dignified hand-over. Let's hope that the new king
outlives his beer drinking early days..he looks like a fairly regular
family sort of guy these days. Any chance you could persuade her retired
majesty to spend a bit of time on OW? ;) ;)
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The next time I'll meet them, I'll pass on your wishes and requests. ;)
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As someone who has children, I don't see them so much as hostages to the future, but rather as hope for the future -
;)
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It was more despair over what sort of world would they inherit.
:( :(
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Does anyone know if there is some sort of device you can buy so that
you can see through a cat? I sometimes (like now!) have terrible
problems trying to see my computer screen! It's no good shooshing
him off, because he just comes straight back!
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Awwwwww...cute! :-* :-* :-*
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He's trying to assist you with your addiction - let him help you!
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You need a cat scan :D
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:P
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Joan was spotted today in Townsville QLD hiding on the Pandora. ;)
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Was I? :o 8) Well -I often feel like I need to be in two places at once.. ;D ;D ;D
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Opps, forgot the picture. :-[
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Sorry about the state of deshabille
folks - obviously it's still a bit warmer south of the
equator...strategically placed box helps to hide a bit of myself, I
quite liked that hair colour though. ;)
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That's 'Pandoras box'.
The Pandora went in search of the mutineers from the Bounty.
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And you just wait until I find those naughty mutineers - it'll be
early to bed and no breadfruit for a week...... >:( ( ;D)
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This is what you call a flood.
Note the level at the bottom of the pole (13 Mtrs) that is above the flood zero mark of the river.
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:o
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They should put such markers in flood plains where city officals
have given into developers and allowed building. This might make people
think twice before buying there.
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Summer is 'officially' here! ;D
S/V Viking Too had her sails
bent on, decks holystoned, crew mustered, prepared for sea, and got her
first sail in today. ;D ;D ;D
Wind swung NE at 3 weather b
and with 400 miles (644km) of fetch and water temps on Lake Ontario at
42?F (5?C) it got a bit chilly.
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A lovely start to summer. I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)
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House for sale. Free flow air conditioning for summer, going cheap.
I don't think this was a 'con trail'
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Great house...but if any rain falls on that tim roof I'm not sure
there are ear defenders stern enough to withstand the decibels. ;D ;D
Are you in that bit of Oz that has those huge long cloud rolls?
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After watching the Con trails today I think it may have been one after all.
This is pic certainly not a con trail.
What type of cloud is it. Cirrus?
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the long wispy stiff is cirrus - also known as 'mares' tails-and this certainly looks like those..lovely example. ;D
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Today
is St George's Day (dragons beware!) and is therefore the traditional
day on which dandelion heads are picked to make dandelion wine. I
made dandelion wine once...can't remember drinking it - nor can anyone
else who imbibed its delicious sweetness...but we did live to tell the
tale of how we forgot it. ;D
Today I cycled past a pasture and couldn't help but think of Joan. :)
Perhaps I should dub it Joan's Heaven or Joan's Dream. :D
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Oh Noooooooooooooooooo! My internet has gone crunchy and I can't get into the picture....wwwwaaaaahhh! :'(
I'll try later/tomorrow - it SOUNDS like a lovely day! Thanks Maikel! ;D ;D
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Hurrah! GOT IT! And there's a lot of dandelion wine
could be made from those....beautiful sunny heads in some rich looking
grass. And, coming from Essex, pleasantly flat. ;D ;D Thank
you! 8)
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The most boring job has got to be the Tide Observer for the Yukon.
They drop him off in some desolate place in the morning while they go
and do their soundings, and pick him up in the evening. For 12 hours he
observes the tides. Perhaps he composed poems as well or perhaps a novel
about tides and mermaids. Or maybe he was thinking about general
relativity. (This was 1923). He probably noted that time passes much
more slowly when observing tides. It probably wasn't very warm in
Alaska, even in July, judging by other logs (these guys don't appear to
have a thermometer). I wonder if it was always the same one who got the
job. "OK, Henry, see you in 12 hours. If you spot any submarines,
don't forget to record them. Have you got your pen with waterproof ink?
If we don't come back tonight don't be alarmed - we'll get you tomorrow
if we can find this spot again - ha ha, just kidding. Oops, almost
forgot, here's your lunch. If that's not enough I hear the seaweed is
especially tasty in these parts. See ya later".
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I was inspired by your beautiful mental picture to steal these words Craig:
With apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and all ancient mariners:
Day after day, day after day,
We stuck him on the beach, no motion,
As idle as a tide-recorder
Upon a tidal ocean.
Water, water, every where,
all froze, with sounds like 'clink';
Water, water, every where,
and too much time to think.
(Can
you imagine going to see the careers officer at school...'sit down my
boy', 'thanks', ' now tell me what you want to be when you grow up?'
'well, I think I'd like to be a tide recorder', ' Well that sounds
commendable, carry on') ;D
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Great, Joan! I sure Sam wouldn't mind, but the wedding guest might still be beating his breast over career choices ;D
How about this one:
There was a young man from Nebraska
Who shipped way up north to Alaska
The waves he did count
Coming in, going out
How boring is this, I do ask ya?
But such is life on this schooner
Sounding and marking the lunar
Imperial or metric
It?s so bloody hectic
Can?t we get home any sooner?
Randi, feel free to move this to the doggerel thread ;D
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Nice one Craig. So much poetry - it's almost like being on The Rodgers again... ;D ;D ;D
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This should perhaps go in the addiction thread -
this is my anniversary present from my husband -
(http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee462/Pwendolk/th_ACBD2BB5-D972-48FC-8D17-CE91A81B097B-872-0000015AEA5723D8_zpsc465c102.jpg)
(http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/Pwendolk/media/ACBD2BB5-D972-48FC-8D17-CE91A81B097B-872-0000015AEA5723D8_zpsc465c102.jpg.html)
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Woha... i was planning to buy a very similar present for my wife
this evening (for no particular reason). Her last name can be roughly
translated as 'Seamen'...
Now i'll need to take a photo of it and post it here :D :D
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;D
I don't think the crystals are real diamonds, but I love it -
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This should perhaps go in the addiction thread -
this is my anniversary present from my husband -
(http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee462/Pwendolk/th_ACBD2BB5-D972-48FC-8D17-CE91A81B097B-872-0000015AEA5723D8_zpsc465c102.jpg)
(http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/Pwendolk/media/ACBD2BB5-D972-48FC-8D17-CE91A81B097B-872-0000015AEA5723D8_zpsc465c102.jpg.html)
Awww -that's lovely, and very thoughtful of him to feed your addiction.!
J ;D ;D
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You'll have to wear it to any OW functions you attend or any talks you give. Sounds like a supportive mate.
:) :)
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That's lovely, Kathy. It's not easy to find really nice,
nautical-themed jewellery - I know, I've looked! (Perhaps I should
also be in the Addictions thread!)
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;D ;D ;D
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Woha... i was planning to buy a very similar present for my wife this evening (for no particular reason). Her last name can be roughly translated as 'Seamen'...
That's the best reason of all!
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He still lurks in the background.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Concord/vol015of040/vol015of040_218_1.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Concord/vol015of040/vol015of040_218_1.jpg)
At 2:15 made the Bunting Islands.
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As of last night FF was still working normally for me.
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A little late (and the picture is a little dark), but here is my version: :D
(http://imageshack.us/a/img843/5716/cam00017i.jpg)
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Very nice! Did she like it?
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Yes... she liked it very much (and I should get her presents more often - she really deserve them) :)
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He still lurks in the background.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Concord/vol015of040/vol015of040_218_1.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Concord/vol015of040/vol015of040_218_1.jpg)
At 2:15 made the Bunting Islands.
:'( :'( :'( Still miss him
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Me too :'(
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Happy Mothers Day to everybody it applies to.
I have no idea
what todays Google thing is about. Something to do with presents? You
click one of the pictures on the left and things happen. ???
Question. Is there a Singles Day? (or is that held on International Day of Peace ;D )
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Google here is just plain old Google??!! :-\
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Where is he? :(
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It must not be today where you are yet.
12 May 2013
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In France,
Florist's Mother's Day is the 26'th of May
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Florists Good one. ;D
OK, try www.google.com.au (http://www.google.com.au)
Yes, Mothering Sunday is on some other day in England and probably elsewhere, but the sentiment was there. :(
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It's a steampunk mother's day card - very a la mode! I like it!! ;D ;D
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Traditionally in Britain Mothering Sunday is in lent so the date
varies each year as Easter is a lunar festival (the first full moon
after the spring equinox).
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The Doodle is a Rube Goldberg contraption
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine) to allow children
to generate a mother's day card. Lots of different steps to get
there. Cute. :D
(http://www.webmastergrade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Happy-Mother-Day.jpg)
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It's a steampunk mother's day card - very a la mode! I like it!! ;D ;D
Where is he? :(
He (I) are in western New York State and forgot that some of you are tomorrow before the rest of us!!!!! ::)
Happy Mother's Day to all who deserve!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D
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I'm sorry - I was referring to Bunts - in reply to an earlier post. I hope he is ok.
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Last I heard - maybe 3 months ago - he said he was 'very involved'
with helping 'someone' with 'something' and wouldn't be around for a
while. I know he's been thought of by many of us and been mentioned at
times by several of us 'old folks.'
A couple times people who knew him said they'd check but I don't remember them ever coming back here to tell us what they found.
I DO hope he's OK - we miss him!! :'(
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I don't know if ya'll have seen this - way cool!
https://www.youtube.com/tv?vq=medium#/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo&mode=transport
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I don't know if ya'll have seen this - way cool!
https://www.youtube.com/tv?vq=medium#/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo&mode=transport
Chris
has been ISS Commander for the last 6 months and came home yesterday!
He is QUITE the musician and has been VERY active on TV getting people
interested in Space. Being just across the border here we get the
Canadian News and have watched quite a bit of Chris's stuff.
FASCINATING!! ;D
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I have just been watching our nightly news on SBS television, which
could roughly be described as our multicultural channel (their
catch-phrase is: 'News from home if you live in the world').
I see that our colleagues down Devon way are buried under snow and suffering 100 km/h winds again.
May I respectfully suggest that, as summer is almost upon you, you consider ordering in some civilised weather?
:-*
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I haven't used Lighthouse Depot for a long time, and this link
http://www.lighthousedepot.com/lite_explorer.asp?bhcd2=1295510891 takes
me to GoDaddy dot com.
Does the site still exist?
Thanks!
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Nope, Randi :(
When a site brings you to a registrar like godaddy, it generally means the site does not exist anymore.
According
to whois data, the domain name has been last updated by godaddy on 20
March 2013, probably the time of site closure, and has been renewed
until 07 July 2015.
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It is gone.
http://www.cafepress.com/+lighthouse-depot-wells-maine+gifts?utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=lighthouse-depot-wells-maine&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=AKE-2013-01-All-T&utm_content=search-e
I've removed it from the Helpful Links list.
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I
have just been watching our nightly news on SBS television, which could
roughly be described as our multicultural channel (their catch-phrase
is: 'News from home if you live in the world').
I see that our colleagues down Devon way are buried under snow and suffering 100 km/h winds again.
May I respectfully suggest that, as summer is almost upon you, you consider ordering in some civilised weather?
:-*
I
don't know if there are any other OWers in Devon, but I didn't get any
snow here in Exeter - it was flipping cold for the time of year though,
and we had very heavy rain here on Tuesday. I think the snow was
confined to the moors. I did also record my lowest barometric
pressure since records began - 981 millibars/29.0 inches. (I
should perhaps add that my records only began in February this year! ::)
) If anyone knows who I need to ask to get in some more
appropriate weather for May, please let me know!
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Well - the Great Bard himself said 'rough winds do shake the darling
buds of May'. Though I'm guessing that Shakespeare didn't have howling
water laden hurican'oes shaking his darling May buds. I'm determined NOT
to put my heating back on, but I've been sat in my overcoat at work
this week - and home has scarcely been better. Anyone want to buy a
small bbq? Or would swap for a ticket to the warmer zones of the
world.... ;D
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Well, a saying from my Cheshire childhood was 'Ne'er cast a clout
'til May is out'. My mother used to say she could remember a snow
shower on Derby Day, I think in 1947 or 8, and that is the beginning of
June. I would like some summer this year though. We had
about 3 weeks in April last year and more or less went into Autumn.
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Around here we say 'April showers bring May Flowers and Mayflowers bring PILGRIMS!' ::)
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We went from the 40s in the morning to the 80s in the afternoon yesterday - I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WEAR!
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LAYERS! ;D
Leave the house warmly dressed.
Mid-morning, shed the coat.
Noon, shed the sweater.
Mid-afternoon, shed the long-sleeved shirt, leaving the sleeveless blouse on.
Notice that your arms are aching, carrying around all the above layers and wish for more consistent weather. ;)
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;D
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We also have a saying in western New York (and I'm sure elsewhere!)
'If you don't like the weather - wait 10 minutes and it will change!' ;D
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Now that one applies to Chicago! ;D
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Well,
a saying from my Cheshire childhood was 'Ne'er cast a clout 'til May is
out'. My mother used to say she could remember a snow shower on
Derby Day, I think in 1947 or 8, and that is the beginning of
June. I would like some summer this year though. We had
about 3 weeks in April last year and more or less went into Autumn.
I
was brought up with that one too! Apparently it's not May month,
but May blossom that has to be 'out' before you cast your clout (quick
translation for all those who left on the Mayflower and left Ye Olde
Englishe behind, clout = 'cloth' or 'coat'). The May blossom is not out
here yet - it's very late this year.
I've no doubt your mum was
right about Derby Day - first year I lived in Oxford (1979) it snowed on
Monday June ?1st. But by the end of the week we were all back in
t-shirts and shorts. Mad place! ;D ::)
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Typical UK weather - 3 seasons in one day (in random order).
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I know it snowed on Derby Day the year Hermit won (1867) - and, no, I
don't actually remember it! I had a quick look on line and
couldn't find any mention of more recent occurrences, though of course
that doesn't mean it hasn't happened.
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A good bit further north - but I can remember snow one year on my
birthday - which is June 1st. I don't suppose it's been mentioned
as a notable event though ....
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Hello everyone.
I've been catching up on the UK weather news ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-16302606
:)
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A
good bit further north - but I can remember snow one year on my
birthday - which is June 1st. I don't suppose it's been mentioned
as a notable event though ....
It has now. ;)
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Hello everyone.
I've been catching up on the UK weather news ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-16302606
:)
Nice show of Lenies.
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21 euphemisms that readers grew up with - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22552326
16.
Having served in the Royal Navy for 33 years, I heard many euphemisms
but one that particularly springs to mind is wardroom fire party. The
wardroom is the officers' mess and the fire party is a team of
fire-fighting and damage repair specialists on constant duty on board a
vessel (one team in each watch). There is a feeling amongst many senior
and junior ratings (ratings are non-officers in a ship) that anything
resembling a foul-up or complete mess can seem akin to the wardroom
providing the fire party - they would be absolutely hopeless and
clueless as to what to do. For example, if a ship was to suffer a major
incident or machinery breakdown and was floundering or in danger, then
the situation could be described as being like a wardroom fire party.
Stephen A Bielby, Lee-on-the-Solent, UK
I gather that the officers were not always held in the highest esteem - at least not where practical matters were involved ;D
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Sounds just like the shop floor's view of managers, especially those who have never got their hands dirty.
;) ;)
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clearly the precursors to the chocolate teapot ;D
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Received this from a friend. It's Sooooooooo bad I had to share!!!! ::)
Most people don't know that back in 1912, Hellmann's mayonnaise was
manufactured in England . In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of
the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico , which was to be
the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York . This
would have been the largest single shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to
Mexico . But as we know, the great ship did not make it to New York . The
ship hit an iceberg and sank. The people of Mexico , who were crazy about
mayonnaise, and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the
loss. Their anguish was so great, that they declared a National Day of
Mourning.
The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5th and is known, of
course, as -
Sinko De Mayo.
WHAT ??? You expected something educational ?. :P
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::) ;D ;D
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oh Dean....that's a truly cheesy joke! Made me laugh though! ;D ;D ;D
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::) :P ;D
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;D :P
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Are you having a spot of tea in honour of Queen Victoria today in
England, or is this just a colonial carry-over for us in Canada? In
Quebec, where there is no fondness for these traditions - c'est la
journ?e des patriotes.
This is traditionally the weekend when we
put in our tomotoes and other warm-weather crops. It has been the
average annual start of frost-free weather - we almost had a frost last
week and I have been bringing my seedlings indoors at night.
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No, definitely not having tea in honour of Queen Victoria, I'm
afraid. Not heard of it being celebrated in the UK.
According to my calendar it is specifically Canadian, so you'll have to
raise a glass to her on our behalf!
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In Scotland when I was growing up there was still a Victoria Day
holiday around this time - but always on a Monday I think. I
gather it still happens a bit, but tends to get swallowed up in the
various May bank holidays which have come into vogue more recently.
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I had to share (and/or brag!) at 1050AM this morning the knot meter went from 999.00 to 000.00.
This means that S/V Viking Too and I have sailed 7000 miles together.
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All 7000 on lake Ontario, Dean?
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Now that is a solid, long-term friendship!!
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Please pray for the dead in Oklahoma. An EF-5 that was 2 miles
wide at one point went through the town of Moore this afternoon, at
least 51 dead and still looking, including 7 children in an elementary
school it destroyed.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/20/us/oklahoma-tornado-developments
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Terrible scenes there Janet. Very sad to see them, very sad indeed. They are my thoughts.
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A terrible tragedy, indeed. The only good thing to report is
that, according to the news bulletin I heard at 5pm UK time, the death
toll has been revised down to 24.
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The same afternoon, they were asking the workers, and trying to add
it all up. Later, after the bodies had had time to travel to the
coroner's office, they asked that office for a clear body count.
The really good news is the elementary schools. One of them had
time to put everyone in a safe room which survived the building being
flattened. The other more tragic school with 7 known dead, they
thought 20 children were still lost in the wreckage - 16 of them were
found in various churches and shelters were strangers had taken them to
wait in safety.
Oklahoma is not a gentle place to live.
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Looks like our Russian friend wasn't serious about OW.
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I don't know what kind of attraction we would have for her.
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Just to add more info to the question about Queen Victoria and her
tea party. (For experienced forum members I was studentforever but
have now appeared in a new incarnation as oldstudent after a nightmare
with the password reset.) In Glasgow, at least, the last Monday in
May was known as 'Queen's Birthday' holiday. Different parts of
Scotland had this break at different times though, this caused me great
confusion when I first came up north - I arrived home from work to find
the local shops closed although I had taken my Monday break the week
before!
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The reset has aged you that much, Sue? :o Usually a reset puts things back to the initial conditions ;D
I
live on the border between two cultures so it can be confusing at times
to know which holidays are being observed. The good thing (or bad,
depending on your point of view) is that if the stores are closed in one
province they are likely to be open in the other (except for Christmas
and Easter).
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No Craig, I am not Sue but in UK terms I qualify for a bus
pass. I believe in lifelong learing and delaying the dementia
symptoms as long as possible.
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Sorry. It must be Thursday next who is Sue, oldstudent. I'm the one
with dementia symptoms. I reverted to my real name on OW so that I could
remember who I am ;D
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I know the feeling. Yesterday when I was trying to circumvent
the system I went through so many identities, passwords, addresses etc
that I was suffering from multiple personality disorder. Randi is
trying to sort me out. May be reverting, may have to stick with
the latest incarnation.
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Arfon has waved his magic wand and I am back as my first OW
incarnation - studentforever. I now feel much more settled without
the necessity to establish my new identity. Great to see you all
again!
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Congratulations! You look much younger already :D
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Sorry.
It must be Thursday next who is Sue, oldstudent. I'm the one with
dementia symptoms. I reverted to my real name on OW so that I could
remember who I am ;D
Yes, it is
Thursday Next who is Su - and I also qualify for a bus pass. It
is interesting that you are not the first Forum member to get myself and
studentforever momentarily confused - I wonder why that is?
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We seem to have picked up a few members who aren't interested in
ships - I think I'll pass on the hemorrhoid advice and shopping tips
recently posted ;D
;D :P
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Yes, it is Thursday Next who is Su - and I also qualify
for a bus pass. It is interesting that you are not the first
Forum member to get myself and studentforever momentarily confused - I
wonder why that is?
[/quote]
Next Thursday is forever when you're a student. ;D
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We are being barraged by spammers.
Don't be afraid to click on the Report to moderator.
Tell us if it looks suspicious even if you don't SEE any links.
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The posts seem to be gone - did a Mod remove them?
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yes - that's about all I have done this afternoon - it makes washing dishes look good :P
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Big time yes - what Randi says. I estimate we've caught 3
dozen or so in the last 24 hours. And all the Zooniverse forums
are being bombarded. Having members click Report to moderator
helps alot - having the posts disappear is a sign of our success at
eliminating them. They are starting to slow down, we aren't
producing sales like they want.
Randi, let's take it in shifts - go have a peaceful evening.
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Thanks Janet - I'll be here a little bit longer then off to the kitchen
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You are doing a great job keeping the forum clean for the rest of us.
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:-*
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:)
Thank Arfon also, he's working on giving us a stronger gate in.
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The eternal problem, balancing friendliness and security. OW
is friendly so to an extent is vulnerable to the evil minded.
Thank goodness there are more of us than them.
:-*
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The
eternal problem, balancing friendliness and security. OW is
friendly so to an extent is vulnerable to the evil minded. Thank
goodness there are more of us than them.
:-*
And we shall CONTINUE to help each other and be eternally vigilant! ;)
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Here's a good article by Myles Alan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/may/21/matt-ridley-joined-real-climate-debate
Matt
Ridly is a fairly well informed climate skeptic with a passionate
dislike of government intervention in the economy or in just about
anything else. I read one of his books, The Origin of Virtue,
which is pretty good if you make allowances for his libertarian bias.
There is no bigger dilemma for a libertarian that to have to deal with a
problem that can't be solved by the free market.
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And if the climate warming is over, how did he turn off all the
additional carbon fuel engines being introduced in Asia and Africa?
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He's betting on a low CO2 sensitivity.
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From the logs of U.S.S. Yorktown:
Navy Yard workmen on board
as follows: At 8, 3 in Engrs. Dept. came on board, 2 plumbers, 2
painters, 1 in Constr. who left ship at 9:30 returned at 10:20, 2
plumbers left ship at 8:45; 2 joiners working on dead-lights, 1 came at
8:00 and 1 at 9:15. 1 painter left ship at 9:45, 3 joiners left ship at
9:50 together with 1 painter, 1 joiner returned at 10 and 1 left at same
time; 2 joiners working on dead-lights left at 10:00, 1 in Engr's Dept.
left ship at 10:10, 2 painters + 1 in Engr. Dept. returned at 10:20, 2
joiners working on deadlights returned at 10:30, at 10:35, 2 joiners
returned, 3 joiners returned at 10:40 together with 1 in Engr. Dept. At
10:45 joiner, 1 plumber, returned on board, 1 joiner returned at
10:30, 1 joiner left ship at 10:55: 2 in Engr. Dept. + 1 joiner left
ship at 10:55, same time 1 joiner returned, 1 joiner + 1 plumber
returned at 11:00, 2 plumbers left ship at 11:15.
Having typed the above, I couldn't help but think it was some school problem that would be followed by:
How many man-hours have the joiners been working on board? :)
Or perhaps something silly, like:
What colour was the ship? ;)
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;D
Gray?
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Sorry Randi, it's white. 8)
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Excellent Maikel!
Also reminds me of Flanders and Swan 'The Gas Man Cometh'
Here's the unmissable, delightful, quite charming Lego version:
Gasman
Lego
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::) :-[ :'(
;D
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Brings back happy memories!!
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;D LOL ;D
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How come I have Janet J's Birthday down as the 28th May?
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How come I have Janet J's Birthday down as the 28th May?
I have no idea, since it was celebrated timely on April 22nd. A special milestone this year, turning 65. :)
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Entry amended.
I join you at 65 in about 5 weeks and I will not be able to call Janeece the 'Old Lady' for another 6 months. ;D
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You youngsters!
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;D
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How come I have Janet J's Birthday down as the 28th May?
I have no idea, since it was celebrated timely on April 22nd. A special milestone this year, turning 65. :)
Different Time Zone in Australia??!! ::) ;)
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Nice one Dean. :P
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I try 8)
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Nice Google for the 31 May.
Click the arrow, wait, then mouse over the dishes. Yuck. :o
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gotta wait another 5 hours for it to arrive. :) But thanks for the notice, I like to catch the fun ones.
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Mr Petri dishing it out... yeeeeuuurrrghhhh! Very clever - nice find Stuart :o :P
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Hello everyone.
Those Petri dishes are an unpleasant sight at 7 am. :P :)
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3rd from the left (yellow) is a worry.
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One of my scientist friends used to come and teach my middle school
Science classes how to culture specimens and then would have them swab
their locker shelves. She'd come back a few days later and teach them
what they found!
I had the cleanest lockers in the SCHOOL after that! ;D
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One
of my scientist friends used to come and teach my middle school Science
classes how to culture specimens and then would have them swab their
locker shelves. She'd come back a few days later and teach them what
they found!
I had the cleanest lockers in the SCHOOL after that! ;D
That's what I call applied science!
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Applied science, and a serious life lesson. 8)
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Applied science, and a serious life lesson. 8)
This
was when there was a real push to keep girls interested in pursuing
science. It was even more fun since I was NOT allowed to tell the kids
anything about her except her name. She'd come in 'dressed to the nines'
- talk to the kids for a bit, ask them what they thought she did
(they'd say housewife, secretary, designer, model.....) , - and then
she'd show them her 6 degrees and explain the she was DOCTOR Gail and
I'd then tell them that she was a World Renowned Expert in Yeast and
Yeast Genetics! Then she'd show them microscoped cultures, teach them
how to make the dishes and then we'd do the locker thing. GREAT
fun!! Got the kids AND the girls VERY interested!! ;D ;D
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We had a project called WISE (women into science and engineering)
and I remember doing SEM demos and simple estimates of skin
extensibility round the knee joint and other such delights to visiting
schoolgirls. Don't know how many got the message - we were
post-grad and so rather specialised.
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Here is a very interesting short article referred to us in another
thread by Philip . It describes the use of the earliest available UK log
books from 1688 to 1700. There are no instrument data but it is
surprising what can be deduced from the weather descriptions. This
period is important because it coincides with the coldest phase of the
Little Ice Age. Images of the typical log pages of the time are shown -
they are quite recognizable to anyone doing OW. See the cute face figure
for the sun.
http://www.meteohistory.org/2005historyofmeteorology2/10wheeler.pdf
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Ah well, noses back to the grindstone. We will provide the
grist for the climatological mill. even if we work our fingers to the
bone, and rub off the symbols on our keyboards.
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Here
is a very interesting short article referred to us in another thread by
Philip . It describes the use of the earliest available UK log books
from 1688 to 1700. There are no instrument data but it is surprising
what can be deduced from the weather descriptions. This period is
important because it coincides with the coldest phase of the Little Ice
Age. Images of the typical log pages of the time are shown - they are
quite recognizable to anyone doing OW. See the cute face figure for the
sun.
http://www.meteohistory.org/2005historyofmeteorology2/10wheeler.pdf
That is cool. Whatever were they notating in that narrow column that used astrological symbols and that smiley-face-sun?
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The heading looks like "week days". Could these by the symbols for
the days of the week? The 6th would be Sunday and the 7th Monday?
However, this site says June 6 1697 was a Wednesday using the Gregorian
calendar.
http://www.dayoftheweek.org/?m=June&d=26&y=1697&go=Go
Perhaps he was referencing his horoscope ;D
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Wrong calendar. That same article says, "...the Julian Calendar, which was then ten days behind the more accurate
Gregorian Calendar that was used across much of Europe. The latter was not adopted in England
until 1752."
6th June 1697 Julian would be 16th June 1697 Gregorian, which is a Sunday.
And yes, those are weekday symbols.
http://www.dglenn.org/defs/daysymbols.html
Thanks. :)
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Happy Birthday, Helen!
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Happy Birthday, Helen!
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Happy Birthday, Helen
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(http://supergify.pl/images/stories/Kwiatki/kwiatek__4_.gif)
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Thank you all for your birthday greetings - even the sun came out
for it (at last) so it's been a good day. I'm afraid I've been
neglecting OW a bit lately; but term ends next week and I hope after
that to be back a bit more regularly.
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All the best, Helen!
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Happy Birthday to you Helen!
:-* :-* :-*
(Can't get my font to go big - oh well!)
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Happy Birthday to you Helen from Joan & Stuart
:-* :-* :-*
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Here
is a very interesting short article referred to us in another thread by
Philip . It describes the use of the earliest available UK log books
from 1688 to 1700. There are no instrument data but it is surprising
what can be deduced from the weather descriptions. This period is
important because it coincides with the coldest phase of the Little Ice
Age. Images of the typical log pages of the time are shown - they are
quite recognizable to anyone doing OW. See the cute face figure for the
sun.
http://www.meteohistory.org/2005historyofmeteorology2/10wheeler.pdf
Did
you see that they log was written in the first tense. I did this, I did
that, also can you imagine the drop down box size to show:
(Monday 7th June.)
"~ hours at times much wind all around the compass and calms ~ and thunder, lightning and rain."
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Happy Birthday, Helen
(http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/userpics/13911/0003~4.gif)
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Did
you see that they log was written in the first tense. I did this, I did
that, also can you imagine the drop down box size to show:
(Monday 7th June.)
"~ hours at times much wind all around the compass and calms ~ and thunder, lightning and rain."
Yeah,
I liked that "all around the compass" entry. I wonder if they entered
"NSEW" or perhaps just Var. I hope they saved some of those logs for us
to do.
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Sunday he entered "~ hours the wind Variable but small winds ........."
What was the difference between variable and all round the compass? ???
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It seems, however, that there was a good consistency in the use of
terminology by mariners. The article shows how many of the wind force
terms survived in the Beaufort scale. Too bad they dropped "stark calm",
though. I think that is very evocative. And how do you like "a fret of
wind", which is only one degree below "a storm"? "Fret" doesn't really
pack much punch in my mind.
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It
seems, however, that there was a good consistency in the use of
terminology by mariners. The article shows how many of the wind force
terms survived in the Beaufort scale. Too bad they dropped "stark calm",
though. I think that is very evocative. And how do you like "a fret of
wind", which is only one degree below "a storm"? "Fret" doesn't really
pack much punch in my mind.
Could it be a corruption of "a fright of wind"?
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Helen:
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Hellllllllllllleeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn,
Happy Birthday to you!
Hope it's a happy one and that you get lots of neat presents!
Hope also you get to share with family! ;D
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Happy Birthday to you Helen from Joan & Stuart
:-* :-* :-*
Cheers Stuart! That's more the ticket - a big happy birthday for our Helen! :D
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Could it be a corruption of "a fright of wind"?
It's
hard to hear you with all the birthday celebrations going on,
Janet ;D Did you say "a fright of wind"? You may be right. My
Websters says that one of the many definitions of the word is "to become
agitated", speaking of running water. But fright is certainly a good
guess.
Happy birthday, again, Helen ;)
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On this side of the pond it most often means to irritate or agitate,
emotionally. (She fretted over how to define this.) But
Webster's is much more. I wonder if they were describing the
effect on the sails.
Fret Pronunciation: frĕt
v. t. ...
2. To
rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away;
to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a
worm frets the planks of a ship.
With many a curve my banks I fret.
- Tennyson.
3. To impair; to wear away; to diminish.
By starts His fretted fortunes give him hope and fear.
- Shak.
4. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple; as, to fret the surface of water.
5. To tease; to irritate; to vex.
Fret not thyself because of evil doers.
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As a child I remember someone using 'sea-fret' to refer to the spray blown off the top of waves, sometimes called spume.
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That matches the older definitions, and also describes a violent
state of the sea. Interesting the things we learn, I'd have placed
that word before to be only an emotion or things on guitar necks.
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More thanks for the worldwide birthday greetings - a wonderful part of the OW community!
And I too have heard of a sea fret, though I think it was more a sea mist ....
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so I looked up "sea fret" as a phrase:
the free dictionary
sea fret n (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a wet mist or haze coming inland from the sea
Bing search images "sea fret"
(http://www.ianforsythphotographer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Sea-fret-on-Saltburn-beach-007.jpg)
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3247/2887162994_9817fb5187_z.jpg)
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beautiful pictures
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Thanks Janet, for those very evocative pictures. They take me
back to childhood walks on the beach, usually in a chilly wind!
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Suggest you stay clear of the Concord as we have an outbreak of Varioloid on board. (14 Jan 1894.) :o
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Ouch!! Aside from being itchy, that has to be frightening.
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Hello world.
News of the discovery of a particularly old fleet:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/jun/04/eight-prehistoric-boats-bronze-age
:o
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Wow. Thanks for posting this Caro. That whole area is such a
wonderful place for neolithic and bronze age artifacts, but these look
very special. If you havent been there I can recommend a day out at Flag
Fen, even without these new boats.
I expect that if they keep digging they will find the log books. Bags first at transcribing. ;)
K
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Some of the dialects could be a bit interesting. Might need a new forum thread.
8)
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If they find those logs, do we have to learn runes? ;D
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If they find those logs, do we have to learn runes? ;D
It would be a challenging task indeed ;D ;D ;D
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But we're up to it (we can recruit from Ancient Lives)!
I have some doubts about David Rumsey being able to supply maps though ;)
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;D ;D ;D
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Hi Helen -
On Helen's 111 Birthday
I'm sorry this is so late,
but my brain has been taking a break -
I just wanted to say,
hope you had a fantastic Birthday -
and ate lots of chocolate cake!
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This is an interesting article (and very readable).
http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2013/05/reducing-uncertainty-should-be-priority-in-climate-modelling,-say-scientists
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Hi Helen -
On Helen's 111 Birthday
I'm sorry this is so late,
but my brain has been taking a break -
I just wanted to say,
hope you had a fantastic Birthday -
and ate lots of chocolate cake!
Thanks Kathy - chocolate cake was indeed eaten, how did you guess!
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Not terribly difficult Helen. 'Chocolate cake (or
chocolate anything) and birthday' are practically synonymous, like
'Christmas and Christmas Tree'. ;D
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How could there not have been chocolate cake? Did you not also share in the anguish of the Mantua?
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Oh, Kathy, indeed I did! I still remember the angst of that posting ....
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Sitting in the garden with a Kir Royal - transcribing doesn't get better than this ;D
(Must try not to spill alcohol on laptop!)
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Bit of a jump from sitting in the garden with a kir .... here's a
poem by Jo Shapcott inspired by one of the ways in which those hunting
for Franklin's expedition tried to make contact with them. It's
part of a project linking up poets with various museums in Cambridge and
asking them each to write a poem inspired in some way by that museum.
http://www.thresholds.org.uk/museums-collections-poets/the-polar-museum/
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I was transcribing Jeanette, beset in the Arctic pack, so not as huge a leap as all that!
I
remember hearing the Erebus play on Radio 4 and enjoying it then.
Thanks for posting the link, I've just read a book about the attempts to
find the NorthWest passage and was thinking I'd really like to listen
to that play again.
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Off to the Danish Meteorological Institute in Copenhagen tomorrow.
Giving a talk about something to do with Old Weather and other polar
stuff.
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Good luck and enjoy it Kevin!
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Nice Google Doodle coming up for those behind the times. :D
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We see it now, thank you Stuart. :)
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Charming, quite charming. Well done to the designer! :D :D
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Someone had a whole lot of fun making that one. :D
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Hello everyone. How's your weather?
This has amused/terrified me this morning. :o
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bike-blog/2013/jun/10/penny-farthings-making-comeback
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Imagine getting a flat on the front :o :o :o
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Don't forget the local fauna:
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And you can only catch children!
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Just three though.
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Why do I think that fishing sign was deliberately worded for the double reading? :)
I love this one, found during general surfing. Someone thinks birds are smart and educated?
(http://www.jumpthecurve.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/no-birds1.jpg)
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Love both of this pictures! Where does the low flying owls one
come from? And given that they're mostly nocturnal, how does
anyone know?
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Chicagoans know and love the bronze lion sculptures outside the Art Institute.
(http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4780660444171279&pid=1.7&w=198&h=164&c=7&rs=1)
Starting tomorrow, they are going to be supporting the Chicago Black Hawks push to win the Stanley Cup. :)
Cheesy but fun. :)
(http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Art+Institute+Lions+Sport+Blackhawks+Helmets+8r0GdvxPNVVl.jpg)
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Hello everyone. How's your weather?
This has amused/terrified me this morning. :o
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bike-blog/2013/jun/10/penny-farthings-making-comeback
Hi Caro. Try this site for Penny Farthings.
http://www.evandalevillagefair.com/ (http://www.evandalevillagefair.com/)
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Looks like fun, Stuart. :o
The gallery is interesting ...
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I was pleased to discover that June 12th is 'Hug a Climate Scientist
day' - http://www.ansto.gov.au/AboutANSTO/News/ACS016994 and
http://ow.ly/i/2kXND
Everyone associated with oW is, of course, a
climate scientist; so don't hesitate to remind your friends and
relations to do their duty.
I'm not sure if there's an equivalent
event for marine historians - but keep your eyes open, because we'd all
qualify for that too.
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:D :D :D
Good to know! Will remember at once to my wife and relatives :)
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Virtual hugs all round!
(http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-hug008.gif) (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php)
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Caro, Love that emoticon!
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Extra hugs for you, Janet. :)
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If you like baseball why not come down under in 2014.
http://deadspin.com/this-mlb-in-australia-thing-is-really-happening-512901478
(http://deadspin.com/this-mlb-in-australia-thing-is-really-happening-512901478)
I like some of the side column comments. ;D
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Yus can all come back now, the Concord Quarantine has been lifted. :)
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You sure? You don't have any spots left but the backs of your hands are still very hairy.... :o
Hahahaha! Made you look! ;) ;D
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I've sent it to Myles' group...they are meeting at the moment, but I
sit with my back to the board room door so I can't see if they are
hugging. :-\ ;)
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June 12 is over and I missed it. I'll have to wait another year :'(
Maybe there will be a keyboarders' day in the meantime.
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Concord 22 Feb 1894
Crew given holiday (at sea) for George Washingtons Birthday.
Do you still have that holiday nowdays?
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It has been combined with Lincoln's birthday and is now called Presidents' Day
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Like Kathy says, too many businesses complained about celebrating
with full holiday 2 president's birthdays just 10 days apart.
(Lincoln's Feb. 12th and Washington's Feb.22nd.) So now we
officially celebrate President's day on the first Monday in between
them.
Unless like me you live in the state of Illinois, "The Land
of Lincoln". Then we celebrate President's day in full with the
nation, and all state gov't functions (and parking meter rules) also
celebrate Feb. 12th as the real Lincoln's birthday. There
are 2 presidents who called Illinois home, but President Grant is
better remembered for his generalship in the Civil War, as he was not a
'good' president. Both these presidents lived down state, not in
the Chicago area, but Chicago has honored them both by naming enormous
lakefront city parks for them. The 7-mile-long north side Lincoln
Park includes the official statue of Grant, and the smaller but ritzier
Grant Park between the Loop and the lake contains the official statue of
Lincoln. Now with a sitting president who calls both Illinois and
Chicago home, I'm trying to figure out which park will be renamed
Obama Park. I'm thinking maybe Jackson Park (south side like
Obama's home and quite big abutting the Museum of Science and
Industry.) But no one official is talking about that yet. It
will be nice to have the city's official statue of Obama in the park of
the same name. Unless they do something different with it.
Washington also has his own Chicago park, but being from the east coast he got a smaller park inland a bit. ;)
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Concord 22 Feb 1894
Crew given holiday (at sea) for George Washingtons Birthday.
Do you still have that holiday nowdays?
I used to tell my students it was 'George Birthington's Washday' and we'd celebrate the discovery of soap! ::)
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The 7-mile-long north side Lincoln Park includes the official
statue of Grant, and the smaller but ritzier Grant Park between the Loop
and the lake contains the official statue of Lincoln.
???
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"Official" means it has to go thru City Council - and Chicago
Council Wars are famous among us natives, frequently stupid. That
arrangement makes us laugh but doesn't surprise.
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It was just the placing of the 'other' statue in each park that amused me.
"Council Wars are famous among us natives, frequently stupid." I think that applied most everywhere. ;D
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Too true. Makes you wonder what makes someone want to go into
politics. I have absolutely no idea whatsoever why they did that
with the statues - all were made in the 1890s, well before anyone living
can remember. And Lincoln Park is so astoundingly long, they also
made room for a different Lincoln monument also. Both Lincoln
statues are by Saint-Gaudens, 1890s. But it's not as much fun to
say that at the beginning.
Lincoln in Grant Park: (big marble lead up to the memorial, but you can get close)
(http://mytravelphotos.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Lincoln-Statue-in-Grant-Park-Pictures-1-3-286x300.jpg)
Grant in Lincoln Park: (this no one gets close to, ever)
(http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/17900/17947v.jpg)
Lincoln in Lincoln Park: (another large marble surround to memorialize, but again you can get close)
(http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/art/gaudens.jpg)
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Morning all and congratulations Sir Baldrick
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jun/14/queens-birthday-honours-tony-robinson).
:)
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It's all thanks to his cunning plans with turnips ;) ;D
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Hello world.
Happy father's day, fathers. :)
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I'll second that Caro! :-*
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Hello world.
Happy father's day, fathers. :)
Down
this way, we still have about three months to wait for that
event. I can never decide if we are three months late, or nine
months early.
:-\
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Happpy Father's Day!
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Wonder whether we'll get a mention - they are looking at sea ice and ocean currents.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22937375
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Here's an article about why it is always reported that UK weather
records only begin in 1914 (or in 1910, which I saw in another article)
when there is information going back as far as 1659.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/sep/03/weather.features11
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Well some of our RN records are pre-1914 so they can have a go at those as well.
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Here's
an article about why it is always reported that UK weather records only
begin in 1914 (or in 1910, which I saw in another article) when there
is information going back as far as 1659.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/sep/03/weather.features11
Very good.
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Here's
an article about why it is always reported that UK weather records only
begin in 1914 (or in 1910, which I saw in another article) when there
is information going back as far as 1659.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/sep/03/weather.features11
Well some of our RN records are pre-1914 so they can have a go at those as well.
The naval records go around
Britain, not in it. Coastal weather is always different than
inland. That said, this feels really, really odd. Chicago
has had an established weather station since the mid-1800s - although
they moved it from the lake shore to OHare airport eventually. Our
official records start in December 1871 only because the station and
all its records were burnt in the Great Chicago Fire in October of that
year. Given Britain's highly variable weather, I'd have thought
they'd have the same interest in recordings and predictions. The
US weather service started out in the army, and was switched to civilian
status only after a major storm disaster.
Excerpt from Evolution of the National Weather Service (http://www.nws.noaa.gov/pa/history/timeline.php)
1849:
Smithsonian Institution supplies weather instruments to telegraph
companies and establishes extensive observation network. Observations
submitted by telegraph to the Smithsonian, where weather maps are
created.
By the end of 1849, 150 volunteers throughout the United
States were reporting weather observations to the Smithsonian
regularly. By 1860, 500 stations were furnishing daily telegraphic
weather reports to the Washington Evening Star, and as the network grew,
other existing systems were gradually absorbed, including several state
weather services.
1860: 500 stations are making regular observations, but work is interrupted by the Civil War.
1869: Telegraph service, instituted in Cincinnati, began collecting weather data and producing weather charts.
...
1870:
A Joint Congressional Resolution requiring the Secretary of War "to
provide for taking meteorological observations at the military stations
in the interior of the continent, and at other points in the States and
Territories...and for giving notice on the northern lakes and on the
seacoast, by magnetic telegraph and marine signals, of the approach and
force of storms" was introduced. ...
May 30, 1889: An earthen dam breaks near Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The flood kills 2,209 people and wrecks 1,880 homes and businesses.
October 1, 1890:
The weather service is first identified as a civilian agency when
Congress, at the request of President Benjamin Harrison, passes an act
transferring the meteorological responsibilities of the Signal Service
to the newly-created U.S. Weather Bureau in the Department of
Agriculture.
...
1891: ... Weather Bureau becomes
responsible for issuing flood warnings to the public; Telegraphic
reports of stages of rivers were made at 26 places on the Mississippi
and its tributaries, the Savannah and Potomac Rivers.
...
Who'd have thought we had older official weather history than Europe?
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What goes back to 1914 are the carefully-constructed,
high-resolution, UK-wide datasets made from the original observations.
Our archives hold records going much further back, but it's hard to use
the limited old records for precise estimates.
UK average
rainfall is not easy to calculate, because rain varies so much from
place to place. ideally we'd have a rain gauge every 10-metres over the
whole country, but we have MANY fewer, even today, (the pre-1914 England
and Wales precipitation series is based on only 63 observations sites).
My
colleagues work hard to estimate rainfall everywhere in the UK from the
limited number of weather stations: they allow for the extra rain that
falls on hills, changes in station sites, the difficulty of measuring
light rain and snow, and various other factors, and we are pretty
confident that our records back to 1914 are good enough to rank the
years and seasons in order of wetness (though never certain). We are
working on extending those records back in time, but it's slow work.
If
you are willing to make bolder assumptions, you can estimate UK-wide
rainfall from a much smaller and less well-characterized set of station
data than the Met Office uses, and so go further back in time (but with a
much bigger chance of error). There is nothing wrong with doing this
(the Met Office does it with the HadUKP/EWP dataset
(http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadukp/)), but it's important not to
confuse such estimates with the official statistics. These sorts of
records are typically good enough to say which years were wet and which
dry, but not good enough to say which of the wet years was the wettest.
The
data we are putting into oldWeather does not feed into UK rainfall
estimates (they only look at land data and we only look at marine data).
What we are doing is improving understanding of the global circulation -
wind strength and direction, which is what we need to understand WHY we
have wet (or sometimes even dry) summers. We are also not UK focused -
we are collecting data for everyone.
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As a data collector, I'm really not counting diaries, etc.
Fascinating and useful maybe, but I wouldn't trust them until an expert
had made a map out of several. I'm looking things like this:
...A
local newspaper, the Washington Evening Star, first began publishing
weather forecasts in 1857, based on the telegraph reports received by
the Smithsonian.
I'm
assuming the US Army Signal Corp was providing original readings with
known instruments - which the Smithsonian itself was supplying by the
hundreds. Like I said, it feels really odd - all my life I've
thought of the US as being the historical johnny-come-lately of
science. It also feels kind of good. :)
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Interesting reading in here!
Reporting the end of another era ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-22953657
Blackadder gags included. :)
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Yes, the Queen has been sending cards for some time. At least
the families of servicemen killed or injured now get visits. But I
can remember getting a telegram to say I was accepted for Cambridge Uni
(in those days you sat separate entrance exams, rather than being
accepted on your A levels).
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Rest in Peace - this is the technology that first created long-distance connections for private conversations.
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I was just telling my 10 year old granddaughter how quickly things
are changing and told her about the older telephones (live operators no
less) and then the telegraphs before that. She thought that the
telegraph must have been really awkward to use, especially when you had
to use a code.
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I remember a few years back when we visited a hotel that had a
rotary dial phone in the room. My daughter (who was like 5 at the
time) stuck her fingers in the holes and asked how you dial the phone
because nothing was happening.
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My brother was a science teacher and he fascinated a class when he
brought a slide rule because his calculator battery had run out.
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My
brother was a science teacher and he fascinated a class when he brought
a slide rule because his calculator battery had run out.
I still have mine and know how to use it! But I'm not as good as I was in college! ::)
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I've still got mine too - double sided log-log and I can't even remember what some of the scales do!!
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I agree with that!!!!!! ;D
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Happy Winter/Summer (Delete as applicable)
[I had a circular slide rule but never got round to using it much.] :D
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Got two of those too! Used to use a 'special' model for
Navigation (Speed Time Distance calculations) when flying and now on the
boat.
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Hello world. Happy summer/winter solstice from me too.
There was no chance of seeing the solstice sunrise where I live!
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Happy Solstice, World.
Happy Sunrise on a new season. :)
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and get set for the Supermoon on Sunday.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/20/supermoon-june-2013-perigee-moon_n_3461899.html?1371748354
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You bet.
"June's Supermoon rises in the UK at around 9-30pm -
9-45pm [BST] on 23 June, and will be visible all night low to the
southern horizon."
I think that should read 'and may be visible' ... the forecast is not good.
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Supermoon:
(http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/06/19/supermoon.jpg.CROP.original-original.jpg)
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Good one, Asterix135! ;D
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Oh Asterix135 -
you have been hanging out with Dean for too long! :P
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Hey!! I resemble that remark!! ;)
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;D ;D ;D
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Two things found/happened today.
Regarding the high
wire walk across the Grand Canyon. Yahoo News article included
this comment taken from an interview with the Navaho president of the
tribal community that allowed/sponsored the event:
"Mr.
Wallenda needs to buy a GPS or somebody give this guy a map," said
Milton Tso, president of the Cameron community on the Navajo Nation.
"He's not walking across the Grand Canyon. He's walking across the
Little Colorado River Gorge on the Navajo Nation. It's misleading and
false advertising."
The
gorge he crossed was 0.25 miles across, which is impressive. The
Grand Canyon is about 1 mile across, I don't think they make cable that
can remain taut for that distance.
Second, Chicago Black Hawks hockey team have just won the Stanley Cup!! Yea Hawks!!
(http://www.bing.com/th?id=ATGyw0jfS3OLB2Q300C300&w=110&h=110&c=6&qlt=80&pid=16.1)
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Congrats Hawks! :)
(http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/6/24/1372061169963/Tightrope-Walker-Nik-Wall-003.jpg)
I can barely look at this photo.
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There isn't enough money on earth to pay me to try this stunt - some people are both incredibly talented and totally nuts.
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Crazy mad! Crazy mad! - and who CARES if it's not the grand canyon - isn't it enough? :P :o
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I think the Navajo tribe objected to having the location allegedly
moved onto federal lands. Beyond that, anyone who thinks about
doing that is way beyond spectacularly nuts. A quarter of a mile
on a 2" (5 cm) cable in erratic canyon winds is ridiculously beyond most
abilities.
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As I regularly tell people --- 'How would you normal people
know you are normal if it weren't for the rest of us??!!' 8)
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Truth - stuff like that definitely draws boundaries.
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Keep an eye on Old Weather News to see what Joan has been up to ;) ;D ;)
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Keep an eye on Old Weather News to see what Joan has been up to ;) ;D ;)
this?
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;D
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I just now did the posting that was missing. :-[
See OW on Radio... (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3882.msg69314#msg69314)
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Joan Arthur. Star of the small swarky box. %^)
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that was really quite nice - very effective -
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Ha ha. I like the pic, asterix.
Joan, Keeren, Fredi and Alexandra did a great job.
Gold stars all round.
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Love the pic Asterix - very funny! It can't be me - I always wear my red dress when tight rope walking (hahahahaha!)
Glad
you folks enjoyed the radio excerpt - that was about 1 hour's
worth+Alexandra's bit, all reduced to 7 minutes - an amazing bit
of chopping!
Couldn't help cringing at my residual London twang.
Quick correction - it's Alexandra Eveleigh (Keeren is correcting the original).
Right - where's that balancing pole? :o ;D
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8) Great piece of audio. Well done Joan et al!
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Indeed, it was a great piece of radio drama, Joan! I loved it. You
could take over for Orsen Welles doing the Jeannette. 8)
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Indeed,
it was a great piece of radio drama, Joan! I loved it. You could take
over for Orsen Welles doing the Jeannette. 8)
Whoa! There's an idea - the Jeannette meets War of the Worlds! That'd make a colossal read! :o
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That's a great piece of audio - well done, Joan! Had a lot of
problems actually getting it to play, but well worth the hassle in the
end!
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thanks Thursday next, and jil.
If Philip is going to spread the good word let's hope we all get a chance to do some advertising!
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Good work, Joan, and nothing at all wrong with the accent!
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O - 6 ;D
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Chocolate as Sunscreen (also improves blood flow)
(http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/7437/description/Chocolate_as_Sunscreen)
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Excellent news 8)
Eating some chocolate immediately, although looking at the weather I won't need it so much today.
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Just been out in the sun - I wonder whether it works
retrospectively? I'm willing to give it a go, in a spirit of
scientific enquiry. ;)
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I don't think so, but you could get ready for the next time ;)
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Sun!! Up here it has been drizzling all day and I am sitting with a fleece top. It's a conspiracy!!
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Probably not a lot of encouragement, but it has now clouded over ....
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O - 4 ;D
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It's been monsoon season over here! We just spent Friday and
Saturday days sucking 4" (10cm) of water out of the first level of the
Church in Lockport NY. Sunk 5 classrooms, the Fellowship Hall, our
'restaurant' type kitchen,... Fortunately the boilers stayed dry
and the facilities in the kitchen were high enough. Just filled the
lowest drawers. :'(
http://lockportjournal.com/local/x1293877191/Sights-from-the-Lockport-flood
Managed to get it dry enough to run a scheduled Chicken BBQ for 500 people this afternoon! 8)
Big cleanup starts tomorrow! ::)
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Just back from ten days at the old family place in northern Florida.
Pretty much the same as when I was five - except now there's AC in the
car & cabins. Missed hearing the night sounds with every window wide
but not the chiggers. Got to see an awesome summer thunderstorm, too -
don't have those much here in the placid Pacific Northwest. Also 'gators
and river otter but no b'ar nor panther this time.
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Nice to go home to memories sometimes. Welcome back.
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A story just appeared on the local ABC (that's 'A' as in 'Oz') on
the Arizona bushfires. A bushfire that kills 19+ trained
firefighters goes way beyond serious and into the realms of frightening.
I haven't heard of any OWers beavering away in the southwest, but our thoughts are with you anyway.
Hope things improve soon.
:(
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It was horrific; here in the UK it's difficult to imagine a scene
like that. Our thoughts are with their families & friends.
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:o
I would not want to be caught up in this!
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/radar-dust-bugs-texas-weather-130821240.html
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Around here when the Dopler Radars first came out they had a similar
problem -- NIGHTLY storms in a certain area. Came to find out is was a
bazillion bats leaving the caves. Now they just 'ignore' the
return. 8)
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O - 2 (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=2560.msg69563#msg69563) ;)
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I am quite mystified by your codes, Randi, but I predict the next one will be O - 0 ;D
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If 0 comes after 2, are you sure about that? ;)
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O - 6 ;D
O - 4 ;D
O - 2 (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=2560.msg69563#msg69563) ;)
I think it will be O - none.
;D
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Well bless me I finally got it!!! ;D ;D ;D
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Cerchink. (or how ever you spell it)
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Just
back from ten days at the old family place in northern Florida. Pretty
much the same as when I was five - except now there's AC in the car
& cabins. Missed hearing the night sounds with every window wide but
not the chiggers. Got to see an awesome summer thunderstorm, too -
don't have those much here in the placid Pacific Northwest. Also 'gators
and river otter but no b'ar nor panther this time.
Been
very busy - just to say that it's good to hear that you had a good
time! The night sounds from my window as a child were of the docks at
Dagenham - bit different to crickets in the grass! :D
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Thanks Stuart, but what does it all mean ??? I think
Randi is trying to signal something important to us. Perhaps some new
ships coming tomorrow ... ;) Clearly, Janet is intentionally
trying to confuse us by playing innocent.
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Stay tuned ;D
(new ships coming, but probably not tomorrow - hopefully this month or next)
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Smoke on the horizon.
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or sails?
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Think personal 'O' ;)
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We have had bear sightings here in Montgomery County (Rockville to be precise), MD and probably the same bear in DC -
:o
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Makes you remember this continent is not entirely tame. No
bears near Chicago that I've heard of, but there have been several
cougars that managed to get lost enough to end up down around the Loop
area.
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O - 1 (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3741.msg69582#msg69582)
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or sails?
Mainly smoke from oil-fired steam turbines - though there are some more revenuers like the BEAR making way.
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I found some friends for Joan's lovely lady at the Maritime Museum in London. :)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HAh9HqOezvc/UdSBZKHaaEI/AAAAAAAAOvw/ZDpuVdkbD5A/s512/maritime%2520museum.jpg?gl=GB)
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;D ;D ;D ;D
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It is O - 0 here and as you will be busy when it is O - 0 your time,
Best Wishes for the day,
Helen J.
(Sorry Randi but I am out most of today.)
Here is the link for 'O - 0': http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=2560.msg69616#msg69616
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It is O - 0 here and as you will be busy when it is O - 0 your time,
Best Wishes for the day,
Helen J.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/6vnqRDTaLGacm_0PJygZeovgJ2kgE2A3fqnomsTQ74k=w162-h207-p-no)
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I found some friends for Joan's lovely lady at the Maritime Museum in London. :)
A fine selection if ever I saw one - thanks Caro! ;D
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Hello world.
Happy 4th of July to the USA and good luck today, Helen! :-*
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Celebrations all round today.
:) :)
May this be a wonderful new chapter in your life, Helen
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Happy 'now what's the name of the day' to the OW Americans. ;D
(Pommystuart)
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May God be with you today, Helen.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-oJKIYRbC4s8/UdUm0hP6TnI/AAAAAAAABrs/GMVPttYdP9c/w417-h531-no/4th+of+July.GIF)
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Celebrating
the anniversary of America's new life, and the 0th anniversary of
Helen's. Blessings upon all. Have an enjoyable day Helen!
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luxknxCWO31qlsiq8o1_500.gif)
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Happy Ordination Day, Helen!
Is there something else going on today? ;)
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Congratulations, Helen!
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Excerpt from the BBC News website
'Four people had to be rescued off the Dorset coast after the yacht they were in began to sink.
The
crew in Poole Harbour sent a Mayday to coastguards just after 19:00 BST
after the 38ft Ketch rapidly started to take on water.
Poole's inshore lifeboat crew were able to stem the intake caused by a broken pipe and towed the vessel to Holes Bay.
Helmsman Glen Mallen said: "When there is any sign of water ingress it is best to raise the alarm and ask for help."'
Could there be a more appropriate destination for a boat with a hole in a pipe!!
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Hope you enjoy your day Helen!
:-* :-* :-*
Keep an independent spirit ;)
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Happy Ordination Day, Helen! May God's blessings be upon you and those you serve!
And as Randi said last year:
Just remember:
He who goes forth with a fifth on the fourth will not go forth on the fifth. ;)
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Helloooooooo! Is anybody home?
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It sure is quiet here! ;D
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Good Morning from beautiful western New York State! Even if it HAS been raining for 40 days and 40 nights! ???
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Hello - It's sunny here so been in the garden. 8)
Just popped in to avoid too much sunburn!
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It's cloudy here but dry so we count our blessings and don our jackets.
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Second time in a few years that July 4th fireworks have set marinas
ablaze on Lake Union - last time the NOAA marine ops dock went up in
smoke, this year a storage yard + 14 boats (1.5 million in damage).
Somebody needs to get Fireman Sam's 10 Top Tips for firework safety in
Pontypandy.
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Hello all! I have finally managed to get a connection in the depths
of Dorset so I can thank you all for your good wishes for yesterday. It
was truly a very special and wonderful day and I was very aware of all
who were supporting me from around the world. And as for the surprise
which Kathy organised well I was speechless! I believe some pics are on
their way....
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I so glad it went well - I know an Episcopal Church in
Gaithersburg, MD that could use an Assistant Rector (hint hint hint)
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Congratulations, Helen! So glad to hear the special day went so well!
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Congratulations Helen. Looking forward to some pics. :)
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Congratulations, Helen. Glad you found a calling. :)
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Really pleased for you Helen - enjoy the calling. I feel very excited for you,
Joan :-*
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:-*
Do you know where you will be doing your curacy?
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Hope the next year goes well for you and that your new parish is
welcoming & supportive. Then next year you will reach your
final goal and be a fully fledged priest and we can all rejoice with you
again!
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Hello - It's sunny here so been in the garden. 8)
Just popped in to avoid too much sunburn!
That is what the umbrella is for Jil. ;)
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Stuart,
Only really used to using them for rain protection round this neck of the woods. ;)
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I
so glad it went well - I know an Episcopal Church in
Gaithersburg, MD that could use an Assistant Rector (hint hint hint)
Glad everything went well.Looking forward to the pics.
I think we could find a church here near Niagara Falls too!!!!! ;D
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:-*
Do you know where you will be doing your curacy?
I'm
going to be a part time and unpaid curate in the parish where I'm
living - Hanborough and Freeland, just a bit outside Oxford. It
should be interesting; there are four churches, and a big ministry team,
so there will be lots of variety.
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I
so glad it went well - I know an Episcopal Church in
Gaithersburg, MD that could use an Assistant Rector (hint hint hint)
It
was an absolutely wonderful day and your part in it made it even more
special. As to taking on a job, I think my community might want to
have some say in that! And I don't think I'm qualified to be any
kind of Rector for a while yet ...
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Well, it wasn't just me. Several fellow shipmates also had a
hand in things :-*. And I think you would probably be a
fine asst rector.
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I
so glad it went well - I know an Episcopal Church in
Gaithersburg, MD that could use an Assistant Rector (hint hint hint)
It
was an absolutely wonderful day and your part in it made it even more
special. As to taking on a job, I think my community might want to
have some say in that! And I don't think I'm qualified to be any
kind of Rector for a while yet ...
We'd
take a Deacon in my parish in Evanston also - but I'm glad you found a
spot close to home for your "field year" before priesthood. :)
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Hello Pommy Stuarts ;D
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Hello Pommy Stuarts ;D
Hats off to Pommy for sheer dedication and cloning 8)
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I thought folks might like to see the interior of St MtV in
Freeland, Helenj, since it is a very beautiful piece of Victorian
work. :D
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Freeland_StMaryV_Chancel.JPG/360px-Freeland_StMaryV_Chancel.JPG)
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Joan, what church is St MtV? I'm assuming it is where the ordination took place. And it is beautiful.
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Hello Pommy Stuarts ;D
Hats off to Pommy for sheer dedication and cloning 8)
That is the benefit of being ambiguous, I can work equally as bad with either hand.
Good Rugby game last night.
The best team won. The second best did not.
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Greetings all.
I didn't know you were ambiguous, Stuart. ;)
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Joan, what church is St MtV? I'm assuming it is where the ordination took place. And it is beautiful.
St
Mary the Virgin in Freeland is one of the churches where I'm going to
be curate - and is indeed beautiful. In fact I'll be there tonight
for my first official service as a deacon - but just being introduced
and doing the intercessions.
The ordination happened at Hilfield
Friary in Dorset - a very different chapel, converted from a
cowshed. If someone can tell me how to insert a picture, I may be
able to post one of the rehearsal before the service!
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Not wasting any time! ;D
Posting Links and Images (A Guide) (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=1073.0)
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A lovely way to begin your new life. :)
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Has any one heard from Craig today? Doesn't he live in Quebec?
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He's well away from the explosion - I looked at the map last night!
And he is current on line!
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You're right, Randi.
The train accident occurred Lac Megantic
in the eastern townships - about 400 - 500 km from Gatineau. The last
time I heard they still hadn't determined how many people were killed.
The site was still too hot to get near. You probably know more about
what's going on right now than I do, Kathy.
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I'm glad you are ok - I really don't know anything about the whys
and wherefores of the accident - I didn't finish reading the AP article -
I saw Quebec and hopped on to see if you were ok - :-*
I really need to get a map and mark locations ;D
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I'm about 200 km west of Montreal. Lac Megantic is about 250 km to the east.
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At least some happy news for those of us in the UK - first British Wimbledon Mens' Singles Champion since 1936!
Congratulations to Andy Murray!
And
I say this even though I have pretty much wasted my entire day at a
fundraising event which was very sparsely attended due to the world and
his wife staying at home to watch the tennis! ::)
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At least some happy news for those of us in the UK - first British Wimbledon Mens' Singles Champion since 1936!
Congratulations to Andy Murray!
And
I say this even though I have pretty much wasted my entire day at a
fundraising event which was very sparsely attended due to the world and
his wife staying at home to watch the tennis! ::)
Ah, Su, but your heart was in the right place to try to raise funds for a worthy cause!! ;D
Craig: Glad to hear you are safe. Trains - planes - I think I'll stick to SHIPS!!! ::)
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There ain't no safe travel in this world, just walking and you can
trip on a bad sidewalk crack. But that fuel train is beyond
bad. I'm praying for those town people.
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At least some happy news for those of us in the UK - first British Wimbledon Mens' Singles Champion since 1936!
Congratulations to Andy Murray!
And
I say this even though I have pretty much wasted my entire day at a
fundraising event which was very sparsely attended due to the world and
his wife staying at home to watch the tennis! ::)
Ah, Su, but your heart was in the right place to try to raise funds for a worthy cause!! ;D
Craig: Glad to hear you are safe. Trains - planes - I think I'll stick to SHIPS!!! ::)
Like the Costa Concordia?
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Not wasting any time! ;D
Posting Links and Images (A Guide) (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=1073.0)
Well,
here's an attempt at posting a picture of the chapel where I was
ordained. This was the rehearsal which is why we're all standing
around in a somewhat disorganised fashion!
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At least some happy news for those of us in the UK - first British Wimbledon Mens' Singles Champion since 1936!
Congratulations to Andy Murray!
And
I say this even though I have pretty much wasted my entire day at a
fundraising event which was very sparsely attended due to the world and
his wife staying at home to watch the tennis! ::)
Ah, Su, but your heart was in the right place to try to raise funds for a worthy cause!! ;D
Craig: Glad to hear you are safe. Trains - planes - I think I'll stick to SHIPS!!! ::)
Like the Costa Concordia?
Opps!!!! :o
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Well,
here's an attempt at posting a picture of the chapel where I was
ordained. This was the rehearsal which is why we're all standing
around in a somewhat disorganised fashion!
And very lovely it is too... much more simple than Freeland, but less distractions for one's thoughts. :D
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Big contrast although both have their own beauty. Enjoy your new role.
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At least some happy news for those of us in the UK - first British Wimbledon Mens' Singles Champion since 1936!
Congratulations to Andy Murray!
And
I say this even though I have pretty much wasted my entire day at a
fundraising event which was very sparsely attended due to the world and
his wife staying at home to watch the tennis! ::)
Andy must have heard you Thursday Next.
'ANDY MURRAY last night donated his ?73,000 prize money to charity after securing a third Queen?s Club title.'
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Hi Randi.
All quiet on the Western /Eastern front. ;) (Not sure which it is from my location)
Nice Google Doodle coming up.
Try going both ways.
You have to do some funny clicks to help the alien find his space ship parts. Hint, the can helps to find two parts.
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I really need to get a map and mark locations ;D
I have started a map if anybody is interested send me a PM and I will put there town on the map.
PommyStuart.
http://goo.gl/maps/RSbP9 (http://goo.gl/maps/RSbP9)
Try http://goo.gl/maps/Z2IsJ (http://goo.gl/maps/Z2IsJ)
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Good morning people and aliens.
My Google alien is currently at the bottom of a hole. :'(
It's OK. He has escaped.
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Here is another photo from my ordination - the moment when I became a deacon.
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And one more wonderfully atmospheric one, of me censing the people in the congregation.
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Thanks for posting the photos, Helen. Lovely to get a glimpse of your special day. :)
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What a wonderful ceremony, with your sisters witnessing. Thanks for the pictures.
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Looks lovely - :-*
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Thanks for the photos!
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Looks wonderful - thanks!
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A day to remember indeed.
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Great pictures, Helen. Congratulations once again!
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Thank you for sharing these photos, Helen. :)
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Come on Steeleye put your name down, its a bit lonesome down on the map.
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Censing the people is a wonderful photo HelenJ. Again, very best wishes for your calling.
Joan
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Come on Steeleye put your name down, its a bit lonesome down on the map.
I've lost the map reference (Joan - the only geog help moderator who could lose a planet. ::) ::) ::))
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I have started an OW people map at http://goo.gl/maps/Z2IsJ (http://goo.gl/maps/Z2IsJ).
If you want your town (not address) on the map, message me with the info.
pommystuart.
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phew! thanks! 8)
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I have started an OW people map at http://goo.gl/maps/Z2IsJ (http://goo.gl/maps/Z2IsJ).
If you want your town (not address) on the map, message me with the info.
pommystuart.
Thanks, but no thanks. I am always very paranoid when online because I once lost my account on an MMORPG to a scam.
This may be the friendliest forum I have ever known, but I will not give anything personal away. Ever.
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As they say, sooner safe than sorry.
This may be the friendliest forum I have ever known
Thank you!
However, it is true that anyone can access it, and some may do so for malicious purposes :(
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WOW - IT'S ROASTING HOT OUTSIDE AND IT IS ST SWITHUN'S DAY....YEH! We will have a summer this year. ;) ;D ;D ;D
The
name of Swithun is best known today for a British weather lore proverb,
which says that if it rains on Saint Swithun's day, 15 July, it will
rain for 40 days.
St Swithun's day if thou dost rain
For forty days it will remain
St Swithun's day if thou be fair
For forty days 'twill rain nae mare
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We are also roasting this week - supposed to reach 100 degrees at some point (that would be F and not C) ;D
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WOW - IT'S ROASTING HOT OUTSIDE AND IT IS ST SWITHUN'S DAY....YEH! We will have a summer this year. ;) ;D ;D ;D
The
name of Swithun is best known today for a British weather lore proverb,
which says that if it rains on Saint Swithun's day, 15 July, it will
rain for 40 days.
St Swithun's day if thou dost rain
For forty days it will remain
St Swithun's day if thou be fair
For forty days 'twill rain nae mare
>:( :( >:( :( >:( :'(
Now
that is just really bad news! I hate hot weather! I am
already sick of watering the garden, and my water butt ran out last
night so from now on I have to get water from the mains supply. It
was bad enough the weather forecast saying it would go on for at least
another week - 40 more days is just unthinkable!
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Almost as hot in Chicago this week - highs in the 90s and so humid
that heat index should be up to 100. Fahrenheit. It's the
mugginess that hurts, hard to cool off with that much humidity.
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Likewise in sunny Gatineau, Janet. It makes you want to stay inside with the A/C going.
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It has been so murky here that the sky looks like a winter sky - the same sort of grey -
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Dear St Swithun,
I just heard from my friends - any chance you could cancel the promise curse for this year around? Moderate temperatures with rain overnight would be preferred.
8) 8) 8) ;)
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Summer. I like it. :o :)
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Too blasted hot for me :P
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Dear St Swithun,
A PS - please can you keep it sunny, even if
not quite as hot? Some of us are really enjoying having blue
skies after a very long spell of grey.
Many thanks.
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Thank you for your intercession Helen ;)
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It's the least I can do!
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I don't know. There is no satisfying some people. :o
If it wasn't for the changing weather we would have nothing to talk about.
8.5C outside, 15C inside.
Slight chance of showers outside, no chance of showers inside (I hope)
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It's the least I can do!
Always best to have an expert on the case...
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It's the least I can do!
Always best to have an expert on the case...
As my best friend, Retired Minister Fay says "Sorry I'm Labour, NOT Management!!!" :P
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Another 'hot' day forecast. Hooray! ;)
Good morning world.
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Not a hooray for us in Gatineau (and Chicago, I presume). Highs
today and tomorrow of 34 C with humidex readings over 40 C. Yuk!
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Holiday Greetings to all.
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And where are you, pray tell? :P
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I don't think it's Pszczyna. ??? :)
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Dear St Swithun,
I just heard from my friends - any chance you could cancel the promise curse for this year around? Moderate temperatures with rain overnight would be preferred.
8) 8) 8) ;)
I'd be quite happy to go along with that!
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oh what a view! Can I guess at somewhere in the Adriatic?
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Dear St Swithun,
I just heard from my friends - any chance you could cancel the promise curse for this year around? Moderate temperatures with rain overnight would be preferred.
8) 8) 8) ;)
I think there once was such a place -
http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/camelot/camelot.htm
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+1 point for Caro ;D for humor !!! bravo!
+2 point for AvastMH !!!
little tip but not too easy
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Oh deliciously interesting! Given that we are probably talking
about Macedonia let's try something to do with Alexander the Great. :)
It is a very beautiful place....in the viewfinder.
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Dear St Swithun,
I just heard from my friends - any chance you could cancel the promise curse for this year around? Moderate temperatures with rain overnight would be preferred.
8) 8) 8) ;)
I think there once was such a place -
http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/camelot/camelot.htm
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D (and if only Richard Harris could sing - Camelot would have been perfect!)
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Too Hot here! I did, however, manage to find a slightly cooler place to reside for the afternoon! 8)
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jealous! ;) ;)
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Turkey? The symbol on one looks like a crescent moon and a
star. An old crusader port maybe? Rhodes? or Malta?
Pula (Where I have been - loved it! ;D )
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The other looks to me a bit like a sword in a stone - don't suppose it is Camelot ;D
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You're really good at getting closer to the big steps.
A tiny piece to the puzzle.
:) Randi +1
AvastMH +1 Macedonia
Kathy +1 for Malta and Rodos not Turkey
+1 Dean The same climate.
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I think szukacz is in Croatia.
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+5 point for Pommy
end of the game :)
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Thank you.
Now specific locations please.
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Hey! Pula is in Croatia. That should get me some
points ;D :o. The largest Roman coliseum outside of Rome is
in Pula. Also there is at least one Fort used by both Napoleon and the
Hapsburgs.
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It's not a very historical place. I would call this place: entertainment.
But
how to look for it, you can find interesting places. We can continue
playing the guessing game but I do not want to clutter up the forum.
Sorry, Kathy.
In fact, Pula is shot almost 10 Sorry three point for you.
Kathy here, almost all the Towns, villages have ports. This information will not help you.
Air: 33C, water: 23 W, b
Best regards
szukacz
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So, somewhere in Istria, not very historical, resort - humm going to have to do some searching for this - ;D
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My guess is Rabac. :)???
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Relic of communist Yugoslavia.
I "visited" the two places in the CRO, one on the island of Brac, Bol town, and this is the second.
Of course chosen so that the image could not see the name of the hotel. And this is not Havana :)
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How is your Panasonic DMC-LZ7 camera going in SPLIT, szukacz?
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;D Pommy +2p
Pommy are close, very close but it does not Split.
Clever but the camera is too stupid and there is no a GPS :)
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Ummm, Makarska?
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Dubrovnik Riviera maybe, there are lots of derelict hotels on the coast near there.
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Caro +7 pkt.
Almost almost, very hot.
It's a finger's breadth!!!
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What scale is the map for the Finger's breadth? ;D
Lastovo-Pasador?
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Oooo. I'm going for Tučepi.
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Hurray Caro!
+10 points and win mini-game.
I know that this game is a little unfair: time zones, some sleeping, others are working and the third goes to sleep.
I'm going on a hiking trip to visit four old thirteenth century churches.
rgds
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Sounds nice - have a good hike...hope it is not too HOT!
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Keep to the shade if you can! :D
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Yet another 'log book' birthday day.
No wonder I am feeling old, that's 4 this year (and a real one.)
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Morning OW.
Enjoying a good summer vacation on the New Jersey
shore, although it is quite hot here (around 90 F most of the time) and
also very humid.
So pretty much all my time is spent indoors or in the water.
But it is great to have a good long break after my first real year at work.
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Holidays seem to be the theme at the moment. I'm in Edinburgh
on mine, and it's hot here too - for Edinburgh really hot (ie about mid
70s!). Yesterday I visited HMY Britannia - the last Royal Yacht,
which is now moored in Leith, Edinburgh's port. Fascinating to see
around, and to recognize various terminology on the bridge such as the
state of the watertight doors and the wireless telegraphy. You can
go through pretty much the whole ship, from the royal apartments at the
top to the crewmens' quarters, laundry, and engine room right down at
the lowest level.
Altogether a very superior vessel, and well worth a visit if you're in Edinburgh.
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Glad you are both enjoying your vacations!
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I love the Jersery Shore - Cape May and Atlantic City ( ::) ) are my favorite spots.
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Great! Maybe some tiny photo?
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I love the Jersery Shore - Cape May and Atlantic City ( ::) ) are my favorite spots.
I'm close to Long Beach Island, which is very nice. I'm staying with relatives who have a house right on a lake.
It's really great for summer vacations, but according to the relatives, it's not that good the rest of the year.
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I've just finished my hols - back to work next week in all this heat
- rats. Never mind - I'll think of Hannibal bobbing around in the cool
water and try to 'think cold' (you could swap Angry Bird for a happy
duck?).
Edinburgh festival sounds good - did that one year..it was great - especially some of the street shows.
Enjoy!
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Helen, you could take a couple of side trips if you want to enhance
your nautical experience - Dundee waterfront or Glasgow Riverside
Museum. Both have sailing ships on show if you want to have a look
at some of the rigging etc.
Enjoy the weather, this is
unusual. Over the Glasgow Fair it is almost unheard of; I can
remember only another 2 or 3 like it in 40 years!!
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Good heavens! Most Online Ever: 137 at 07.07pm today!
What on earth was happening at that time that so many people were logged
on to the Forum? And who were they?
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I've
just finished my hols - back to work next week in all this heat - rats.
Never mind - I'll think of Hannibal bobbing around in the cool water
and try to 'think cold' (you could swap Angry Bird for a happy duck?).
Edinburgh festival sounds good - did that one year..it was great - especially some of the street shows.
Enjoy!
I couldn't find a happy duck, but I did find a summer themed Angry Bird.
It shall be my new avatar until summer ends.
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Good
heavens! Most Online Ever: 137 at 07.07pm today! What on
earth was happening at that time that so many people were logged on to
the Forum? And who were they?
That
total includes lurking guests who were not signed in. Could be
anything from (hopefully) an organization who told the members about us
or (unfortunately more likely) a whole bunch of spam 'bots trying to
break in and post bad stuff. You have to look at the break down of
Guests and Members to see what is happening. Anything in red or
maroon ink down there is a link that lets you see more detail.
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For those who can not get out of the house.
http://geoguessr.com/ (http://geoguessr.com/)
http://www.mapcrunch.com/ (http://www.mapcrunch.com/)
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Three cheers and a 21 gun salute for the new king of Belgium. :)
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For those who can not get out of the house.
http://geoguessr.com/ (http://geoguessr.com/)
http://www.mapcrunch.com/ (http://www.mapcrunch.com/)
1st guess - 15000km out, but 2nd guess:
Your guess was 0.007 km from the correct location and gave 6479 points.
that was fun! ;D
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My guess was that IE 8 doesn't work for this site and I got 100% but no points ;D
With your success, Joan, I hope we don't lose you to this game. ;D
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Oh, another addiction possibility! I got remarkably close on
my first guess (about 120 km off) and then got worse and worse ...
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Ha ha ha. I guessed Cyprus. It was Sardinia.
Only 2177.751 km from the correct location. Must try harder. :)
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My guess was that IE 8 doesn't work for this site and I got 100% but no points ;D
With your success, Joan, I hope we don't lose you to this game. ;D
Too
true - very dangerous territory! Unlikely that this will compare with
life on the high seas (or grovelling round the Magellan Straits in the
Patterson!). ;) ;)
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That could be very distracting!
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"Your guess was 6.61 km from the correct location and gave 5959 points."
A big improvement. :)
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I was going to stop and then the next one was a lighthouse! How
could I ignore that? It looked possibly Shetland/Orkneys. With massive
thanks to photos on Lighthouse Directory I found it was Esha Ness.
I've stopped now - really!!
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Found myself outside a major US Post Office with a healthy sized
sign on it - eeeeeeezzzeeee...which contrasted nicely to being in the
middle of nowhere on the Eyre Highway (not short is it Stuart? ;) :D
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For those who can not get out of the house.
http://geoguessr.com/ (http://geoguessr.com/)
http://www.mapcrunch.com/ (http://www.mapcrunch.com/)
1st guess - 15000km out, but 2nd guess:
Your guess was 0.007 km from the correct location and gave 6479 points.
that was fun! ;D
How did you get a second guess? or was it a guess on the second place?
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For the newcomers to the forum and for those those who may have missed it in other posts.
I have started an OW people map at http://goo.gl/maps/Z2IsJ (http://goo.gl/maps/Z2IsJ).
If you want your TOWN (not address) on the map, message me with the info.
pommystuart.
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For those who can not get out of the house.
http://geoguessr.com/ (http://geoguessr.com/)
http://www.mapcrunch.com/ (http://www.mapcrunch.com/)
1st guess - 15000km out, but 2nd guess:
Your guess was 0.007 km from the correct location and gave 6479 points.
that was fun! ;D
How did you get a second guess? or was it a guess on the second place?
Sorry
Stuart - I meant place 2 - I couldn't work out a way of re-doing one
guess, although that would lead to a stupendous score ;) ;)
The clue
for 2 was that it pitched up right by a moderate sized un-named drainage
cut. That put it into Bedfordshire or Lincolnshire. Then I had a scoot
round the local villages and found a few with more northern names, so
focused on Lincs - then found a drain by a river at a T junction...all
took time. 8)
Off to work :'( :'(
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Good morning world.
Did somebody have a baby?
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Apparently.
My advice to the parents - there is only one way to change a nappy - fast. 8)
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Good morning world.
Did somebody have a baby?
Huffington Post UK had quite a good take on the story du jour:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/22/royal-baby-spoof_n_3634135.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
(http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/22/royal-baby-spoof_n_3634135.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular)
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Good morning world.
Did somebody have a baby?
Huffington Post UK had quite a good take on the story du jour:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/22/royal-baby-spoof_n_3634135.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
(http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/22/royal-baby-spoof_n_3634135.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular)
Good one! Some of the other links there are also pretty great.
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All babies deserve the love heaped upon this one. May the future king live long and prosper. :D
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Good afternoon OW. I am still enjoying my picnic. *NOM NOM NOM*
Does anybody want an antique Chinese vase? (http://www.youtube.com/embed/3e0yZCLjwfU?rel=0)
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3-D jigsaw puzzle perhaps?
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Winter has finally arrived, -4C .
Question. No wind today, but if there was would it be PLUS wind chill factor or LESS wind chill factor?
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Wind chill always subtracts apparent temp. Minus minus Minus produces more Minus. ;)
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I am thrilled to say that it is finally raining in the West Country! ;D
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Well the BBC announcers always say "-4 plus the wind chill factor
means that it will feel more like -10" for what it's worth!
Keep snug Stuart! ;)
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I am thrilled to say that it is finally raining in the West Country! ;D
ERmmmmm....you are going to get a LOT of rain...... but we do need it...enjoy!
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Wind chill always subtracts apparent temp. Minus minus Minus produces more Minus. ;)
Actually, the second part is wrong. Two minuses make a plus, so minus minus minus would make more, not less.
Example:
-4 - (-2)
-4 + 2
-2
To make less, it has to be minus plus minus (or minus minus plus):
-4 + (-2)
-4 - 2
-6
I didn't do Advanced Math in school for nothing!
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I think I will let Janeece hang out the washing today.
I know you subtract the wind chill degrees from the actual, it was just the wording to say that I was puzzled about.
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1) Stuart - That's crispy alright! NOT the kind of day to put out
the washing- unless you want it to fracture as you pull it off the
line ;)
2) Hanibal - I love your picnic ready avatar! (Unlikely to be setting up in Stuart's garden though eh?).
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I am thrilled to say that it is finally raining in the West Country! ;D
ERmmmmm....you are going to get a LOT of rain...... but we do need it...enjoy!
Well, that should mean I won't need to water the garden again for a little while!
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Quote Joan, 2) Hanibal - I love your picnic ready avatar! (Unlikely to be setting up in Stuart's garden though eh?).
I wonder what Hanibals taste like? %^)
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NO! I am not edible! Go away before I sic the Mighty Eagle on you!
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OK. :D
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Greetings all.
The weather: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23466469 :P ::)
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This is NOT appropriate July weather. We've got:
(http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/fxc/lot/wx/File.png)
Brrrrrr!
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We have had quite cool nights for the last while - down to 10 C once. This is a welcome relief from the previous week.
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Send them this way!
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Our lightning showers have just petered out... but pity anyone in Belgium, and possibly Maikel and possibly Randi.... :o
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Crazy weather all around.
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Yeap, at 12.30am half an hour of continues thunder and lightning and fast amounts of rain.
Nicely refreshing after the oppressing humidity of the last couple of days. :)
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It slowly is not pleasant :-\
Saharan air. Heat.
add:
out:35C
h:31C
sun:45C
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Ouch! That's really hot! Stay cool! 8) 8)
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Drink lots, and drinks with electrolytes. That's dangerous.
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As long as we are sharing weather pictures I'll share from about
half way through a thunderstorm the other night. We received a total of
4.5" (11.5cm) in just over 3 hours. The programers for the weather
station had a sense of humour!! ;)
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Dean,
cool weather station. 8)
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Dean,
cool weather station. 8)
Thanks.
It's
a relatively 'basic' unit from Davis Instruments here in the 'States. I
believe I paid about $250 USD. The sending unit resides on my house
roof.
The 'official' gauge that I use to report to the National
Weather Service (I do snow and rain daily) is out in the back yard but I
have found the Davis unit to be VERY close. ;D
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I like the fine precision of the rain report ;D
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I like the fine precision of the rain report ;D
I'd
never seen that before! Just happened to check it during a very hard
rain because I didn't want to go outside to check the 'main' gauge until
my 'normal read time!' :D
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They would have had to calibrate "raining cats and dogs". I wonder if this is a cumulative measure or an instantaneous one?
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is it more rain or less rain than 'coming down in stair rods' please? ;)
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It must be raining cats and dogs because I just stepped in a poodle! ::)
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(http://www.markmcgraw.com/knowzone/style_emoticons/default/groan.gif)
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... speaking of weather ... if Canberra had a top temperature of
more than 12C today, then we would have had our warmest July on
record. It made it to 15, so we shattered the old record (by about
0.1C). It really has been beautiful today - only needed a T-shirt
for tai chi this afternoon (don't panic - I did have tracksuit pants on
as well).
::)
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pictures please then.... ;D
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The weather, the T-shirt, or the trackies?
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;D ;D ;D
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As it's currently 17C here in the middle of Britain's heatwave, that a pretty impressive winter temperature.
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From
http://www.theleader.com.au/story/1673565/figures-in-july-heat-points-to-hot-2013/?cs=7
(http://www.theleader.com.au/story/1673565/figures-in-july-heat-points-to-hot-2013/?cs=7)
This
year has already seen the hottest day, month and season on record, and
after a warm July - about 1.5 degrees above the long-term norm - the
hottest 11-month period on record. July itself will come in as the
nation's third-warmest.
Sydney, for instance, had its warmest
day, at 45.8 degrees back in January, a March with every day above 20
degrees, and the most July days of 20 degrees or warmer with Tuesday
marking the 12th - two more than the previous record set in 1975
Year
to date, average mean temperatures are running 1.07 degrees above the
1961-90 baseline, placing the year just behind 2005, the hottest in more
than a century of national data.
___________________
Sydney
Observatory Hill recorded 316.4 mm of rain during June, more than double
the historical average of 131.2 mm. This is the wettest month in Sydney
since 510.6 mm was recorded in June 2007, with well above average
rainfall recorded across the city.
Most of the rain fell during the
final week of the month, with an eight-day total to the 30th of 239.8 mm
at Sydney Observatory Hill and up to 268.4 mm at the Botanic Gardens.
Sydney
Airport recorded an average of just 4.0 hours of bright sunshine during
June, well below the historical average of 6 hours and the least June
sunshine since 1989
__________________
Global warming, climate change, never happen. ;)
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Hello world, hello August.
Expecting 30C+ today, which is just fine with me.
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Hi Caro. 30C+ is nice if it's not too humid and there's a breeze. It usually is too humid here when it gets hot.
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Well now Craig, it's 31C at about 3.30pm, sunny, not a cloud in the sky, and not humid.
Yes. ;D
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Enjoy it while it lasts, Caro! From what I gather from the
Jamestown logs, the weather in the Canaries and the Madiera is
"pleasant" most of the time.
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Just popping in for 2 minutes.
Yesterday night was wonderful -
balmy breeze plus crystal clear sky...so bags of satellites, the usual
run of planes heading into London's various airports, and several very
faint shooing stars - plus one serious sized one around 11.30pm
Overall - 8/10 marks - fabulous - hopefully better around the12th to 14th. ;D
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So pleased to learn that the new Dr Who is Peter Capaldi - one of my very favourite actors! ;D ;D ;D
(In the US you may know him as Malcom Tucker in "In The Loop" - don't worry, he's very versatile!)
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He'll make quite a difference to the last three (but I'm surprised
that they used an actor who had already been in an episode). We'll have
to wait a long while to see him in action though! ::) :D
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Happy Birthday US Coast Guard
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(https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ1k0DzGzUTFrew585XEoWF_OEZpifGZvh94ET59jePkS7Mb47P)
and best wishes for many more!
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So pleased to learn that the new Dr Who is Peter Capaldi - one of my very favourite actors! ;D ;D ;D
(In the US you may know him as Malcom Tucker in "In The Loop" - don't worry, he's very versatile!)
Yes, he should be great!
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The wreck of the Astrid (photos):
http://www.thejournal.ie/tall-ship-astrid-kinsale-1022401-Aug2013/
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Amazing photos - very atmospheric - thanks for posting Kevin. :)
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Just a shame that during the night thieves managed to steal the antique compass, ship's bell and binnacle. >:(
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/owner-expresses-dismay-at-theft-of-items-from-sunken-sailing-ship-off-west-cork-coast-1.1479991
(http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/owner-expresses-dismay-at-theft-of-items-from-sunken-sailing-ship-off-west-cork-coast-1.1479991)
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I absolutely second your >:( Maikel
That is a
disgrace indeed. And to what gain - the bell's hardly going to be
un-noticed with it's name inscribed on it! I hope they catch these
miscreants, for an oakum picking session.
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For anyone living near to Canary Wharf, the Italian tall ship
Amerigo Vespucci is docked there and visitors are allowed. Pictures and
information here
(http://www.wharf.co.uk/2013/08/amerigo-vespucci-docks-at-whar.html).
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Looks yummy....the gold swirlies!
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14 tall ships are arriving today at Navy Pier, Chicago, for TALL SHIPS CHICAGO 2013 Festival (http://navypier.com/tallshipschicago/).
Parade of Sail - 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday
Festival with tour and sail opportunities - 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
I've got to get down there this week, and I'll try to find you pictures. :)
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Old Weather has Real World application!
For the job I
dislike, but get paid for, I am prepping postcards to be posted on the
Web. Said postcards have handwritten notes and signatures, as well
as what can be called printed names (for some) only generously.
The project lead said "try your best to read the names." I just
started laughing. ;D Please...these cards are a walk
in the park.
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really cool party!
http://www.sailtraininginternational.org/home
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Old Weather has Real World application!
For
the job I dislike, but get paid for, I am prepping postcards to be
posted on the Web. Said postcards have handwritten notes and
signatures, as well as what can be called printed names (for some) only
generously. The project lead said "try your best to read the
names." I just started laughing. ;D
Please...these cards are a walk in the park.
I hope you're getting paid by the card? ;D
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lol - alas, no -
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;D ;D
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Thought you might like to see this.
She is HMS Caroline, one of our ships and I believe the last British WW1 warship still afloat.
I
managed to take a few minutes out of a trip to Belfast recently to
visit her. Sadly you cant go aboard, but I understand that money has
been allocated to preserve and refurbish her.
Sorry about the picture quality, it was taken with my phone through a wire fence.
Isnt she beautiful!!
K
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Very nice! Great job Tegwen.
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What a grand old girl she is!
nice one Keith :D
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Lovely!
I do hope they manage to sort out a refurb. It would be
amazing to have a look around inside - the next best thing to a Tardis
to visit one of our ships.
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The Parade of Sail yesterday was fun, and the ships will be around
all weekend. All 14 ships can call the Great Lakes their home
waters right now, which makes the feel of them different from the
ocean-going ships that show up at New York or London. The weather
was gray and rainy, and my camera phone failed me, so I borrowed these
pictures from the Chicago Tribune picture gallery
(http://galleries.apps.chicagotribune.com/chi-130807-tall-ships-chicago-2013-pictures/).
Click pics to enlarge.
This is NOT good weather for photography, although it improved towards the end.
(http://www.trbimg.com/img-1375919456/turbine/chi-ships07rain-20130807/1640)
This is the rebuilt Flagship Niagara
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Niagara_(1813)#Museum_ship),
Commodore Perry's ship in the Battle of Lake Erie. (The Peacemaker
is behind her.)
(http://www.trbimg.com/img-1375919460/turbine/chi-ships07peace-20130807/1024)
This is the Lynx
(http://privateerlynx.com/history.html), a museum ship which is a
modern approximation of the privateers and naval schooners of the war of
1812. (Last year and this year are the bicentennial of that war.)
(http://www.trbimg.com/img-1375910302/turbine/chi-ships7skylineshot-20130807/1024)
The S?rlandet
(http://www.fullriggeren-sorlandet.no/en) is currently leased to the
Canadian sail training institution Class Afloat, and was the only full
rigged ship present. She is the oldest of Norway's training ships,
and came in dressed overall with both the yards and the rails
manned. She is also marking the 80th anniversary of her most
memorable visit to Chicago - at the 1933 World's Fair, she spent the
whole summer here as Norway's pavilion.
On parade:
(http://www.trbimg.com/img-1375919461/turbine/chi-ships07lynx-20130807/1024)
Entering the harbor
(http://www.trbimg.com/img-1375919459/turbine/chi-ships07sorlandet-20130807/1024)
(http://)
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I really like the pictures - very atmospheric!
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I don't think Australia have had that number of tall ships in one place since the Bicentenary in 1988.
Happy Birthday to Wilbur Norman "Chris" Christiansen (9 August 1913, Melbourne, Australia ? 26 April 2007)
Maybe they got the pic from Zooniverse?
https://www.google.com.au/webhp?hl=en&tab=iw (https://www.google.com.au/webhp?hl=en&tab=iw)
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Lovely pictures Janet, Thanks.
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I don't think Australia have had that number of tall ships in one place since the Bicentenary in 1988.
Happy Birthday to Wilbur Norman "Chris" Christiansen (9 August 1913, Melbourne, Australia ? 26 April 2007)
Maybe they got the pic from Zooniverse?
Nooooo - Stuart - don't do it - don't go over to the dark side ;) ;) ;D
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You HAVE to see this:
Rembrandt in action (http://www.youtube.com/embed/a6W2ZMpsxhg?feature=player_embedded)
If I have the link wrong, please fix it or PM me with the fix (the format I have doesn't match the example given ::)).
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The link is perfect and the video is priceless. What a wonderful way to get viral PR for an art museum! :D
(http://www.reproductionsart.com/img/works/Rembrandt_Paintings_Reproductions_001N.jpg)
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Marvellous!
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That's brilliant!
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Quiz question from the final of "Only Connect":
What is the fourth in the sequence: Dardanelles / Sea of Marmora / Bosporus / ?
"Only
Connect" is such a difficult quiz - it was nice to have one of those
rare smug moments, thanks to OW, when I was shouting the answer at the
TV before the contestants got there!
(For anyone who hasn't
worked on ships in that area, the answer is Black Sea - bodies of water
proceeding East to West :) )
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"Only
Connect" is such a difficult quiz - it was nice to have one of those
rare smug moments, thanks to OW, when I was shouting the answer at the
TV before the contestants got there!
;D Me too!
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Quiz question from the final of "Only Connect":
What is the fourth in the sequence: Dardanelles / Sea of Marmora / Bosporus / ?
"Only
Connect" is such a difficult quiz - it was nice to have one of those
rare smug moments, thanks to OW, when I was shouting the answer at the
TV before the contestants got there!
(For anyone who hasn't
worked on ships in that area, the answer is Black Sea - bodies of water
proceeding East to West :) )
me too! - - I was out of my chair shouting it at the TV! Hurrah for Janet's map.
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;D
I never heard of that particular show, but I know the feeling!
(http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/userpics/12962/47b20s0.gif)
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And none of you spotted my "deliberate" mistake! (Or you were
too polite to mention it :) ) It is, of course, bodies of
water proceeding West to East. No wonder I can't get many of the
questions right! ::)
Janet - maybe a US television show will buy the format someday.
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I sincerely do hope you export it sometime. My interior
compass is so completely non-existent, I worry only about the order of
the list and don't even look at the cardinal direction. :P
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You HAVE to see this:
Rembrandt in action (http://www.youtube.com/embed/a6W2ZMpsxhg?feature=player_embedded)
If I have the link wrong, please fix it or PM me with the fix (the format I have doesn't match the example given ::)).
Thanks so much for posting that Randi. It took me and my daughter straight back to last Christmas, which we spent in Amsterdam.
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A Google Doodle coming up for Caro I think, but when I look it is
gone, look away and it's there again. (well, something like that.) 12
Aug 2013 in Australia.
Anybody guess who's Birthday it would have been from the clue before you see it? I couldn't.
https://www.google.com.au/ (https://www.google.com.au/)
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Not sure. The cat that's both dead and alive smacks of Shroedinger's thought experiment but it's too obscure for me.
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Well done Craig, spot on.
(The cat was Caro's Avatar)
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Thanks for the heads up. Happy birthday, Erwin Rudolf Josef
Alexander Schroedinger! (Even if you are a dog-person not a
cat-person. :) )
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He actually thought of this cat as being alive and dead at the same
time - but not like a zombie. Perhaps he liked his cat after all.
;D
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"Entanglement" producing a sense of helpless "I don't know" is about
the only part of the mind experiment explanation I understand.
Quantum mechanics is denser than I want to bother with, simply because
I'd rather fill that brain space with other things. It was locking
the cat in a steel box with a flask of poison and an unreliable trigger
at the start of it that made me decide he didn't like cats.
I do sincerely admire and like someone who can take a subject that abstruse, and put it in such a clear visual picture.
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Just a shame that during the night thieves managed to steal the antique compass, ship's bell and binnacle. >:(
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/owner-expresses-dismay-at-theft-of-items-from-sunken-sailing-ship-off-west-cork-coast-1.1479991
(http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/owner-expresses-dismay-at-theft-of-items-from-sunken-sailing-ship-off-west-cork-coast-1.1479991)
Some good news regarding the tall ship Astrid.
A number of the items feared stolen have been recovered. :)
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/owner-of-astrid-expresses-delight-at-recovery-of-items-from-tall-ship-1.1491026
(http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/owner-of-astrid-expresses-delight-at-recovery-of-items-from-tall-ship-1.1491026)
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They may have been too heavy, and dropped by the thieves on the way
out. It's hard to see how else they got outside the hull.
I'm glad they are found.
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Sometimes there is good news: Alfredo Moser: Bottle light inventor
proud to be poor (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23536914)
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WOW! What a GREAT idea!!!
Truly inventive. 8)
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That is so cool. Nice to get good news sometimes. :)
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This use of fizz bottles is wonderful! ;D ;D
(It
reminds me that back in the old days of candle light you could get
'upside down stools' that had an additional longer leg in the middle -
that leg carried a candle, and the outside legs carried glass balls of
water that focused the candle light. The whole thing sat on a table. It
was possible to get very bright spots of light for
reading/sewing.)
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I remember seeing one of those in a museum - for lace-makers.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7trIDXpC_dw/TOnxoyaYE6I/AAAAAAAAAq4/QyHople1We0/s200/lacemakerslight.jpg)
and (http://www.cowanauctions.com/itemImages/aa6541.jpg)
and, for more details: http://lace.lacefairy.com/Lace/Gallery/LaceLamps.html
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Aha!! Well done and well remembered Randi - that's the very thing!
The example shown with fully adjustable 'legs' is excellent - you could
keep the candle well up, adjust all the balls as needed to each worker.
Nice! ;D
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I have just had the Western equivalent of the water bottle lights installed in my rather dark landing.
They cost a bit more than the plastic bottle ones, but they do give a beautiful & free light.
http://www.velux.co.uk/Private/Products/Sun_Tunnel
( I suspect that other manufacturers are available!!)
K
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Very nice Keith! 8) (but where does the old black film case go in your version?? ;D ;D)
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That Joan is the reason that these expensive western versions were developed. :)
Black
plastic film cases are very difficult to get hold of now, due to
digital photography so they had to create a version that didnt need
them, hence the sun tunnel.
Ah progress!!!
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Funny you should mention this - as I wrote the note I thought -
ouch! digital photography's done for it! :-\ I bet they'll
find a good alternative somehow... 8)
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If you make your tunnel without water, it won't have an opening to
cap. But I think failing to extend down into the room must make
for deficient spread of the light. The high tech version is
missing an advantage in the cheap. :)
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You are correct on both counts Janet.
I am not sure I want
my tunnels full of water as it will mean that the builders installed
them wrong. The tunnels could hold quite a bit, of water, which would
undoubtedly end up on my landing!!
They do provide a lovely
light, and plenty of it, even without the projecting bottle. It is
particularly attractive at dusk, a sort of blueish glow.
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I've seen them, installed into an unusually dark kitchen in an old
house. Very useful and the light is actually comforting - I think
the eye and body recognize real sunlight.
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Eureka! I just discovered that you can go directly to the last last
posting in a multi-page thread (like this one) rather than in two steps;
simply click on the last page number that is shown at the bottom of the
post! It only took me a year and a half to figure that out :-[
I
also discovered the "mark read" button that gets rid of all posts you
don't want to see. I wonder what other handy Forum features are waiting
for me to discover. ;D
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Eureka!
I just discovered that you can go directly to the last last posting in a
multi-page thread (like this one) rather than in two steps; simply
click on the last page number that is shown at the bottom of the post!
It only took me a year and a half to figure that out :-[
I
also discovered the "mark read" button that gets rid of all posts you
don't want to see. I wonder what other handy Forum features are waiting
for me to discover. ;D
You
can also click the "New" icon that shows up in the forum listings and
be taken directly to the postings you haven't yet read - nice if they're
at the bottom of a longer page of a thread
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Just think of how much more time I will have to transcribe weather reports ;D
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I usually just click on the "Last Post" icon at the far right...
(It will take you to the last unread post or, if you have read all the posts, to the last post.)
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I have set up Chrome browser tabs to start on my unread threads, Concord cruise map, Current crew and google.
Firefox is set to Transcribe and Crew that have left.
Got the lot in one go, an advantage when you are lazy like me, alt tab between them. ;D
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"Insert Image" when sending a PM or post.
Is it set up to work? If so how?
Thanks
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For posts, see Caro's Posting Links and Images (A Guide)
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=1073.0), currently in the
Library / Reference Desk
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?board=26.0).
Basically,
there are 2 choices. If you have the picture from or saved on a
website, click the far left icon that looks like a miniature Mona Lisa
and insert your pic's web address between the bracketed codes: [img]your
picture's url[/img]. If you want to upload a pic from your
computer, click the + to attach it - only JPEG and GIF formats seem to work.
In PMs, only the insert pic icon works, attachments and other options never happen.
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Attachments were fine.
I did not realize the Insert Image needed a WEB site, I thought it just was not activated.
Thanks Janet.
S xxxx
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Good morning America.....
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Group_of_Deck_Prisms.jpg/640px-Group_of_Deck_Prisms.jpg)
A deck prism is a prism inserted into the deck of a ship to provide light down below (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deck_prism)
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what's with the purple one I wonder? :-\
I like juicer one :D
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How about Wild Cherry? :D
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Amethyst ?
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Nice puffin loafing ledge pic, Joan. 8)
Chat is our loafing ledge ;D
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Nice puffin loafing ledge pic, Joan. 8)
Chat is our loafing ledge ;D
:D :D :D
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Ha! caught you all napping! Goooooood morning from the UK ;D
Today we have Coverack Bay in Cornwall (I'm not there - never mind!)
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Good morning Joan, good morning Coverack, good morning all. :)
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and I'm finally getting sleepy. Just to enlarge the exchange
of pictures, this is someone else's pic from 10 days ago - I do not have
either the location or the equipment to get anything this good. A
good summer thunderstorm, coming in unusually from the east over the
Lake.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-NlnKkW3E9pA/UhMgU7PSAOI/AAAAAAAABvw/T1cJtn7ZtMk/w702-h465-no/Chicago+summer+storm+2013.jpg)
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That's dramatic - very Blake-like! :o 8)
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The buildings look as though they are leaning into the wind, bracing themselves for the worst to arrive.
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A bit calmer in our neighborhood on Lake Ontario. Got out for a sail yesterday.
Btw
- the line is a safety line hooked to my harness which lets me roam the
deck without being able to fall off when I'm alone. :)
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Good morning OW.
I just noticed something interesting: When
you look at the vessels page, all the ships have two stars next to them,
except for the Bear, which has three.
Could somebody please explain the meaning of this?
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I was wondering about that myself! ;D
Arfon and Stuart are working on some changes...
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A bit calmer in our neighborhood on Lake Ontario. Got out for a sail yesterday.
Btw
- the line is a safety line hooked to my harness which lets me roam the
deck without being able to fall off when I'm alone. :)
That looks lovely Dean!
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Kevin is in Chicago working with Arfon and Stuart. So several
things may be happening. New ship(s) coming fairly soon also,
timing vague but encouraging. :)
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Relaxing Doodle coming up, worth watching to the end, see if you can spot what I think is a mistake.
(It's nautical)
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Was it "sponsored" by Travelers Insurance Company? It was nice - I didn't see anything that jumped out at me -
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I think the row boaters were rowing stern first.
That or the
ship had sails and smoke but that would have been somewhat common at
that time period since they often used 'steadying sails' to increase the
'mpg.' 8)
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The rowboats were going stern first (which I missed at first), and the falling star was falling 'up'.
The
sails' mast on a small steamer looked remarkably like some of our
ships, I'd go with it as normal. And the umbrella wasn't anyone's
logo, wrong color and shape. I like this doodle. :)
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Travelers Insurance Co's logo is a red umbrella - ;D
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Travelers has a bright solid red umbrella with very sturdy handle
that never needs your help. This umbrellas is a shaded rose-red,
with a pretty slender handle you need to hold on to.
Now I know I've been here too long, trivial is fun!! ;D
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;D ;D :P
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Morning all.
Back to the plain old Google.
Look at the way the rowers are facing and the direction they are both going.
Yes the lady was stern first.
I think the star was a shooting star, don't see many now days since they banned hunting.
I liked the way the lights, smoke and other stuff was in line with the music.
Not playing the piano I don't know if the window lights were close to the key positions.
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It's still playing by me, so I checked. No, there aren't
anywhere near enough windows at any one time, and sliding them all out
of sight so they have to move puts the final kibosh on it. But the
synchronizing with the music and approximate right and left movement
are perfect.
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There are a few times when a repeated note lights up, for instance, the line of double street lights, but it's not reliable.
Gosh it's nice.
There
is a place on google where they keep the old googles - this one is very
nice and I'd be happy to try it out again sometime. Very romantic end.
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http://www.google.com/doodles/finder/2013/All%20doodles (http://www.google.com/doodles/finder/2013/All%20doodles)
I think that's the one you want Joan.
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oh - yes! Thank you Stuart. :D
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400 pages of chat! How do we ever find time to do anything else .... ;D
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400 pages of chat! How do we ever find time to do anything else .... ;D
I wondered if anyone would notice! ;)
Guess that's evidence of our 'careful examination of the data!!' 8)
Addicted??!! MOI??!! :o
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I'm choosing to take it as evidence of my wonderful attention to
detail, and being tuned in to figures. The reality is probably
more to do with the fact that I'm sitting in a small hot flat in Korea
with rain tipping down outside, and so am very much looking for ways to
amuse myself!
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;D ;D
Page 1 - October 12th 2010; lots of 'hello's with
tea and coffee attached..except Geoff (the old sea-salt) who
attached rum. It ended with the proposal of champagne. Well -it's good
for the brain to keep up your fluids.
Page 100 was October 2011, a
year on, and the banner headline was 'We want more logs'. Tastiger
reckoned only 72,000 pages left (which is enough to get Sylvia through
the morning..oh great transcriber!) and this led to some heavy
statistical analysis about how long it would take us to finish. The page
featured some old names...Jennfur, Bunts, Heffkit.
Page 200 saw us
back a year ago starting with August 13th 2012, eight months on. Randi
had just taken the King's Shilling - well the Moderator's Penny - and
had stepped up to the plate. Dean said "We shall TRY to
behave!!"....erm...well.
Page 300 came in January 2013, just 5 months
on, when we were all locked in snow in the UK, Dean was putting stones
in his pockets and glueing his hat to his head in a Beaufort scale 8-10,
and we were busy discussing chain lengths and weights. Poor Szukacz was
beset by an ice storm whilst Stuart fried down South.
Page 400 -
23rd August 2013, 7 months on (so we must be slowing up a bit) and we
have been busy debating Debussy (thanks to Google) and also that we have
clocked up 400 pages - thanks to HelenJ (currently out East) and Dean
(currently still West).
Here's to the next 100!
Joan
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How quickly the time goes.
/I
/I
/I
\..SzukacZ../
fixed :)
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Morning all. Love your little boat, szukacz!
Carry on chatting ... :)
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Happy 400!
An amazing clip of noctilucent clouds and aurora from North Scotland - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23779447#
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And congratulations on being the author of the 6000th reply in the thread! :D
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Happy 400!
An amazing clip of noctilucent clouds and aurora from North Scotland - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23779447#
Oh
No ! I scoured the webcams of Scotland/NOrway last night in the hope of
a view of something. The NOAA POES site showed a very extensive aurora
area. Fab picture!
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And congratulations on being the author of the 6000th reply in the thread! :D
Wow! I didn't spot that or that it would actually end up on page 401 ::)
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Try deleting one of your previous posts, Jil. You might be able to nudge your last message back one page ;D
Nice retrospective, Joan 8)
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Try deleting one of your previous posts, Jil. You might be able to nudge your last message back one page ;D
Nice retrospective, Joan 8)
Yes, excellent!
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Try deleting one of your previous posts, Jil. You might be able to nudge your last message back one page ;D
Nice retrospective, Joan 8)
But then she would be reply #5999. :)
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Sharing the 400th page with other members has to be more valuable than a solo exploit ;D
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Nothing to do with ships or weather, but interesting:
'Space beads' push back origins of iron working
Ancient
Egyptians heated and hammered meteorite metal into ornaments
(http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/352642/description/Space_beads_push_back_origins_of_iron_working)
And a 'public service message':
Impactful Distraction
Talking
while driving poses dangers that people seem unable to see
(http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/352266/description/Impactful_Distraction)
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Interesting articles, Randi. We have a law in Quebec against using
cell phones while driving, although hands-free phones are allowed. At
least the law favours keeping hands on the wheel, if not the mind on the
road.
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This one has to be shared. The 'Feedback' page of this week's New Scientist magazine has the following little gem:
"Being
'somewhat deaf', Ted Webber had the subtitles on for the televised
keynote speech at a meeting of the National Press Club of Australia.
During her discourse, Suzanne Cory, president of the Australian Academy
of Science, referred to Professor Brian Smith as an 'Australian Nobel
laureate'. The subtitles rendered this as 'noble lawyer rat'. "
Is the the ultimate 'lawyer joke'?
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Just got this error message after entering a page of weather and clicking the button.
Closed the OW tab and re-opened it, similar message.
Restarted browser same message.
Posted also in interface problems.
Win7 & Firefox.
Also Win 7 & IE
Craig had the same problem. Wait and re-boot seems to have fixed it. The programmers may know what the problem is.
(Nice one Steeleye) %^)
Also from New Scientist 27/07/2013. The Last Word.
"By the way, US Navy cooks traditionally cracked a raw egg into brewing coffee to clarify the Joe."
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(Nice one Steeleye) %^)
Also from New Scientist 27/07/2013. The Last Word.
"By the way, US Navy cooks traditionally cracked a raw egg into brewing coffee to clarify the Joe."
[/quote
Be
polite in your laughter - my grandmother did the same thing when she
was making a very large urn of coffee for a big to-do and wanted it to
taste very good. :)
I passed the error message problem upstairs. It being weekend, expect a long wait.
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Good morning OW.
Lovely weather around here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23827999
;)
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...
I passed the error message problem upstairs. It being weekend, expect a long wait.
Pretty short wait ;)
We
had a problem with our database server earlier which should be fixed
now. Please reply on this thread if you're still getting this error.
Cheers
Arfon
;D
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It was raining cats and dogs here last night. Well ... raining one
cat, at least. It fell through our skylight. I heard the the screen fall
to the floor but thought I was dreaming. Then I heard a cat crying. At
first I thought it was outside our window but my wife said no, it was in
our bedroom. We turned on the lights and there it was - a pretty young
black cat with white trim. Fortunately, it wanted outside and ran out
when I opened the door. It must have climbed a tree near our house to
get onto the roof. Our last two cats have just shown up at our place and
adopted us. I wasn't ready for another one quite yet - especially one
that breaks and enters homes. Our previous cat, Charley, died last
October. It was a windy, blustery night and it went out as usual but
never returned. We never found any trace of him.
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That's hard. I know how much I miss our cats. Our previous cat
adopted us. Someone gave her to our neighbor, but she moved in with us.
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Good afternoon, everybody.
Today, I will show you how to face your fears. (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=6DeBfvPiFN0)
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OoooooooooooooooKay ?
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Good evening Hanibal94.
Ermmmmmmmmmmmmm....think you might have confused us with that one.......
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Maybe the 'teacher' panicking when the toast suddenly pops up?
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I thought it was time to change my Avatar. Bad move. Cannot see it now.
Went
to Profile/forum profile/upload/ picked picture from my PC and
updated. Message picture to large or not avatar. (Pic was less
than 250k)
Then tried Profile/forum/specify by url/ copied site url and updated. Page now shows url but post shows no picture.
Tried still pics (.gif & .jpg) tried animated .gifs.
I hate Fridays Mondays.
Anybody help?
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I don't know, but try using just: http://www.123gifs.eu/free-gifs/man/mann-0035.gif
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Just keep your blank box, Stuart. I used to have to wear my sunglasses because your searchlight blinded me ;D
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Mine is 65px ? 65px and 1.61kb :-\
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Seems to be working now. Now I am not sure what made it work. I
think it was when I changed it in Zooniverse or maybe it just takes
time to sail from Australia to the UK.
Glad I brightened up your day Craig. :P
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Glad you managed to get it to work - it's fun!
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The lighthouse is still there - what were you trying for? And
was that new avatar online someplace or still on your computer?
Because it has to look online, but then my avatar was reassigned a forum
url, from where they refiled it.
I do like the lighthouse. :)
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Hi Janet.
I tried both locations.
The new avatar now shows up on my pc.
Maybe it only shows up when you log out and back.
Sometimes I look through the telescope, other times I just beat my head with it. ;D
I will keep the lighthouse for when I need to brighten up a bit. %^)
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Morning all. I like the new one, Stuart. :)
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love the new avatar Stuart.. ;D
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Ta.
;)
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That new avatar is nice!
Note: If you can't see it, try emptying your cache. Worked for me.
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Yep! Cute! ;D
BTW - I aslo had to clear the browser cache to make it work. Logging in and out didn't work. :P
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Still too frenetic, Stuart. Try paddling more slowly - we have many
year's worth of logs to complete and there's no point in getting
tired. ;D
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;D ;D
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I cannot make everybody happy.
Any one of these take your fancy Craig? :P
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The one you chose is great, Stuart! ;D
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Hooray. :P
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Some of you have mentioned the Tardis as a useful tool in the past.
Have
you had a look at the Police Telephone Box
(https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=51.492159,-0.19092&spn=0.005291,0.013937&sll=51.492140,-0.193028&layer=c&cid=12502927659667388442&panoid=c9UMhWP_MWm9U0L48xEjYw&cbp=13,291.8,,0,18.86&gl=US&t=m&cbll=51.492132,-0.192862&z=17)
in Google Maps?
Click the double arrows.
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That's great! ;D
If you want to get the full vibes with some Whovian music try this (BUT NOT AT HOME!!! :o :o :o):
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=PdrqdW4Miao
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Where can I play with one of those?
It would be one more off the bucket list.
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Just make sure you put the clobber on correctly Stuart - or you'll
be dealing with the bucket and not the list..... :o ;) ;D
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I suppose dealing with the bucket is better than kicking it. :o
Seriously, I would love to try it.
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Perhaps the bungee jumper organizers could start up sessions for
those who really can't take the vertigo of bridge jumping? :-\
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Joan.
You could almost call this Horizontal Bungee jumping.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sorry about the pre adv.
I think this is what you need to use:
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Q-UvZ35QnnE
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=18.msg69057#msg69057)
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The ref is already changed to the pop up version...isn't it? :-\
Confused of etc etc
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It's Labour Day here in Canada. I'm still working on the logs, though ;D
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It' Labor Day here in the US. I'm going out to treat myself at
a movie, and maybe construct a picnic of sorts. :D
And it's very good to share a holiday with our best neighbor. 8)
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Indeed, Janet, even though we don't agree on the spelling of labour. :D :P
I notice in the 1850s the U.S. ships' logs I have seen have the British spelling.
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Indeed, Janet, even though we don't agree on the spelling of labour. :D :P
I notice in the 1850s the U.S. ships' logs I have seen have the British spelling.
It took us a while to weed out some the extra oddness of English spelling? ;) ;D
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Twitter will finish the job. ;D
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Twitter will finish the job. ;D
Nooooooooooo! :o I'm going to start a new protest group - 'save our useless vowels'. ;) ;D
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English spelling makes no sense wherever it is used. Why take the
'u' out of neighbour but leave the 'eigh' as it is? :o :-X ;)
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A very timely episode of Fry's English Delight
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039c5cs) on Radio 4 today on the
weirdness of English spelling!
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'As Stephen Fry puts it "I before e except after c. Weird!" ' ;D
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And I thought it was "E before I, except after Y" - as in "yield" ... ::)
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Starter word: Ghoti
pronunciation?: 'Fish'
that's 'gh' as in to cough
and 'o' as in women
and 'ti' as in station
Happy spelling bees! ;D
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Happy Labour Day - HOWEVER you spell it!
Picnic would be fine, Janet but it's rainy and windy here. NOT good for a sail! :-[
I've
been doing so much editing in the 'Queen's English' my spell checker
has learned it and my friends wonder and comment about my spelling!! ::)
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I admit we only shaved off a few rough edges. The whole
dictionary is beyond salvage, as far as logical spelling rules go.
::) :P
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Wot yer say misiz. ;D
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Propa speling is rekwyrd in this thred.
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Good morning OW.
Here is your laff of the day: The magic beard (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=zEYCPc9P-Q0)
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Good morning Hanibal.
That was a weird start to the day. :)
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Hello,
Greetings from the Walkie Talkie building in London 8)
Do not expose your Jaguar to be eaten. 8)
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-03/london-walkie-talkie-owners-probe-tower-s-car-melting-light-ray.html :o
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Just been listening to a Radio 4 reporter trying (and failing) to fry an egg in the heat from the building ...
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how goofy is that video :P
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Hello,
Greetings from the Walkie Talkie building in London 8)
Do not expose your Jaguar to be eaten. 8)
Would it cook an Angry Bird? :P
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Good morning OW.
Here is your laff of the day: The magic beard (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=zEYCPc9P-Q0)
That's a guy with much too much idle time on his hands!! :)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-03/london-walkie-talkie-owners-probe-tower-s-car-melting-light-ray.html :o
Just been listening to a Radio 4 reporter trying (and failing) to fry an egg in the heat from the building ...
New
architecture sometimes has unintended consequences - Helen, how long
did the reporter give the egg to cook? he's roasting it slowly
there, not frying it fast. :)
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Good morning OW.
Here is your laff of the day: The magic beard (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=zEYCPc9P-Q0)
(Normally I hate this kind of stuff - but I've got to admit) - that had me in stitches. ;D
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Anybody know what W.W. stands for?
Last line
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Concord/vol018of040/vol018of040_212_1.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Concord/vol018of040/vol018of040_212_1.jpg)
Kelly had just been declared dead a few days before by drowning, body not found.
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I think it is D.D. rather than W.W. :-\
Possibly: Discharged Dead
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Yes, it was Discharged Dead in the RN logbooks.
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Thanks.
DD it is.
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Hello,
Greetings from the Walkie Talkie building in London 8)
Do not expose your Jaguar to be eaten. 8)
Would it cook an Angry Bird? :P
(http://www.kletka.net/uploads/posts/2012-01/1327253672_no-meme.jpg)
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Good. I hate the smell of burning feathers. %^)
(Love the self portrait)
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Most may not get (see) this Doodle as it is specific for AU for 7 Sept.
https://www.google.com.au/
Not the best they have done but then the subject is boring (for some).
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A very colorful, useful reminder. I'm sure we'll tell you if
it turns up anywhere the other side of your world. :)
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Had to share this from the local Newspaper this morning!! ::)
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Thank you!! That one is perfect, given some of our log keepers. ;D
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I fear that with the increasing reliance on satnavs etc that may become only too true to life.
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I fear that with the increasing reliance on satnavs etc that may become only too true to life.
SatNav, GPS, etc. is great as long as the power stays on!!
I
was out sailing on another boat (not mine) a couple weeks ago when they
had a power failure just as the fog started to roll in! After the
initial 'panic' I calmly reached into my sailing bag and pulled out my
portable GPS that I ALWAYS carry and booted it up. I ALSO always keep a
'mental picture' of where we are so the 'panic' became just a 'teachable
moment' to those on board. (WILL ADMIT to a 'scare factor' :o on
my part thinking of navigating back into the harbour by GPS - but the
fog thinned before we got home! ;))
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Glad you are all safe. I was thinking of all the drivers who have
blindly followed their satnavs into fords after heavy downpours, got
their lorries stuck in villages with narrow roads etc etc. Despite
roadside signs they seem to blindly follow the 'voice'. There is a
suggestion of a new road sign to indicate 'Ignore satnav instructions
in this area'. But some of them will ignore that too, no doubt.
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It can be worse in a desert; there was a story this year of 3 women
whose GPS sent them wrong places in Death Valley. The temp that
day there had a high of 121oF (49oC).
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=N1ISZq0R1-I
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Had to share this from the local Newspaper this morning!! ::)
That's wonderful! ;D
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Good morning OW.
I see the first of our reinforcements has arrived - and in bite size pieces too.
I might check it out, but first I MUST finish the Jeanette.
Furthermore, Unalga II and Yukon are both stuck. I've gone as far as I could on each of them.
They both have far fewer logs than most ships, and often less than 24 WR per day.
Anybody here willing to step up and finish the job?
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Thanks Hanibal94, I'm principally doing the Patterson - but I'll
filter in some Unalga II as I've already got a bit of a start
there I see. Nice to know that one of the boats is a third finished
though! ;D
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Craig might want Unalga II ;)
I'm sticking with Jamestown 1844 for now, then I will probably go back to Yukon I.
None of those newfangled steam engines for me ;D
P.S. There is a third person working on Jeannette - camiller.
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That's a perfect candidate for vertically transcription. There are
so many variables on the page that it's easy to get lost. And with the
narrow rows and no gap you could fill all 24 hours for one variable
without even moving the box. I don't like all the different handwriting
but at least it is legible.
You might want someone who is willing to record all the people mentions, though ;D
RUGE,
Donald H. (262-455) 5 i/c was injured while assist-ing in
lowering pontoon hatch cover, being pinned between hatch cover and boat
cradle. Diagnoses: 1. Simple complete transverse fracture, left middle
third humerus. 2. Abrasions, multiple, left arm, hip, and side, 3.
Contusions, left arm, ribs, side, and hip.
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Matteo has probably done that ;)
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Yep :)
All crewmember and officers (plus visitors - there
have been a lot of passengers, military and civilians, on the
Seattle/Alaska trip) mentioned in logs of Unalga II should be already in
the Crew List topic
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3500.0)...
The whole
1947 (January to December) and the period April-December 1946 should be
covered (don't know if there are more records now - I still cannot
access that ship).
Also all mentioned places should be present in
the topics of the Geographical Help Board, since Alaska, Canada
(British Columbia) and US non Alaskan placenames list have been built up
almost entirely with Unalga (II) voyages.
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That's dedication, Matteo 8)
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Thank you very much Craig :)
It has been a funny task, and less difficult/boring than what it could seem.
Unalga (II) was overall a pleasant ship to work on... enjoy the transcription! ;)
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I don't see your name in the crew list for Ungala (II), Matteo ???
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Unalga I and II started out merged, and the crew list never did get
correctly sorted when Arfon separated the two vessels. One of the
reasons why they probably won't try to separate the 2 Yukons from their
current merger.
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The Albatross 1890 looks like it will be fun.
I tested the first 5 pages and so far have had :
One in double irons for smuggling liqour on board.
One discharge bad conduct.
One deserter
and twice sent out a search party for men drowned.
Short comments on Misc page should be an easy ship to do.
Back to Concord now with its long comments. %^(
Cor! They sound like a dangerous bunch of brigands to me - what fun! 8) :D
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Hi Joan.
We must have been typing at the same time.
Moved the comment to the Albatross 1890 comments page.
Notice how the good crew follow me around (NOT) %^)
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And they are not even a war ship, not even Coast Guard. :D
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Hi Joan.
We must have been typing at the same time.
Moved the comment to the Albatross 1890 comments page.
Notice how the good crew follow me around (NOT) %^)
Yep - couldn't believe it...very funny...great influence you have on the past ;) ;) 8) ;D
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RIP 9/11
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Thank you. I've been pondering both our losses and the aftermath off-and-on all day long.
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One of our UK TV channels has been running several short
documentaries about different events on that day.They have been very
poignant.
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There were videos, pics on the news just now showing a Lake Michigan
waterspout(s) like I've never seen on this side of the lake in my
life. Awesome power, and more than a bit scary. They were
just north of the Illinois/Wisconsin border. Storms that violent
just don't tend to twist like that near our shore, I don't know
why. There was a report of a sailboat caught, but no debris found -
I think all with small boats got immediately out of the way of that
violent storm.
merged into one big one video (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?feature=player_embedded&v=XWPIqfWr9eM)
(http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/eet-content/uploads/2013/09/waterspoutslakemichigan-676x450.jpg)
(http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2013/09/13/1226718/372612-aptopix-water-spout-lake-michigan.jpg)
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Wow. That is scary.
Morning, world.
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Yep, getting out of the way would seem a good idea. Glad things are a bit gentler this side of the pond.
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We've had some unseasonably warm and humid weather up here, with a
threat of voilent thunder storms that didn't materialize. It could be
the same weather system that produced those frightning spouts. The poor
sail boat must have end up in Oz (not the one down under, of course).
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:o :o :o
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I wonder if Harry Dresden was mixing it up with something? ;D
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Apparently it's Friday the 13th .... http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/13/friday-13th-flight-666-hel?CMP=twt_gu
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Hello. We're back. Server trouble today.
No interface yet, as far I know.
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Interface just came back up. Hope it stays this time. :)
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Hands up - who was joking about Friday 13th!!
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The blackout interupted my intention to say, I didn't experience bad
things on Friday the 13th!!! That proved me wrong!!!! ::)
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Are you being served?
What was the cast up to this time? :D
U.S.S. Yorktown, at anchor Callao, Peru
Sent
steam launch out in search of Grace Brother's boat which had been
reported as missing with four men. The latter boat was picked up and
towed into the harbor by the French steamer.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol007of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol007of040_065_1.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol007of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol007of040_065_1.jpg)
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I don't know about the 13th, but some folks got really lucky on the
12th - by a ticket to fly anywhere you want for $10 or less? ;)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-united-fares-20130912,0,1126614.story
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Are you being served?
What was the cast up to this time? :D
U.S.S. Yorktown, at anchor Callao, Peru
Sent
steam launch out in search of Grace Brother's boat which had been
reported as missing with four men. The latter boat was picked up and
towed into the harbor by the French steamer.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol007of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol007of040_065_1.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol007of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol007of040_065_1.jpg)
;D Well I never.
Some crew members pictured here.
(http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/512xn/legacy/supporting/630d9477fba25c3bb6291e9109d4e41e4040b8dd.jpg?nodefault=true)
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Happy Birthday, Randy!
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-45-4rz1OHzM/Ucc03NI8CaI/AAAAAAAAAmI/8YSIpc8GwUY/w801-h456-no/All_20110517104025_Happy+Birthday+2_284.jpg)
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Thank you, Janet.
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Many Happy Returns!!
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v738/LadyFire/Cats/cat-n-bd-cake.gif)
Happy birthday Randi
:) :-*
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Randi, have a great day!
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Bonne anniversaire, Randi!
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Have a jolly fine birthday Randi !! ;D ;D ;D :-*
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Randi
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Raaaaaaaaannnnnnnnddddddiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii,
Happy Birthday to you!
Hope it's a happy one and that you get lots of neat presents!
Hope also you get to share with family!
Blessings, Dean
Do not be afraid of Tomorrow,
for God is already there.
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Enjoy your birthday, Randi! Perhaps even take an hour or two off OW? (But don't go mad ....)
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Happy birthday Randi!!! :) :)
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Happy Birthday, Randi! Have a great day!
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Thank you, everyone!
Some friends took me to see another old ruin this afternoon ;D
The Oppidum d'Entremont, built by the Salyes (http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Salluvii) about 180 BC.
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How fascinating. I'd never heard of them, looks like a hill-fort or walled estate. Cool. :)
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Happy Belated birthday, Randi!
Carolyn
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Thank you!
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For Randi on her 111th birthday
So today is the day of your birth,
(Or yesterday? Tomorrow? It's based on your berth.)
I just wanted to say, hope you have a great day,
With plenty of chocolate and mirth!
:-*
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Thanks, Kathy!
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1 ::) ::) for Randi !!!
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Pictures for Sabastian. Tycho Braye.
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Good morning OW.
I just found out about this year's Ig Nobel Prizes: For research that first makes you laugh and then makes you think.
Medicine
Prize: Masateru Uchiyama, Gi Zhang, Toshihito Hirai, Atsushi Amano,
Hisashi Hashuda (Japan), Xiangyuan Jin (China/Japan) and Masanori Niimi
(Japan/UK) for assessing the effect of listening to opera on mice heart
transplant patients.
Psychology Prize: Laurent B?gue, Oulmann
Zerhouni, Baptiste Subra, and Medhi Ourabah, (France), Brad Bushman
(USA/UK/, the Netherlands/Poland) for confirming that people who think
they are drunk also think they are more attractive.
Joint Prize
in Biology and Astronomy: Marie Dacke (Sweden/Australia), Emily Baird,
Eric Warrant (Sweden/Australia/Germany], Marcus Byrne (South Africa/UK)
and Clarke Scholtz (South Africa), for discovering that when dung
beetles get lost, they can navigate their way home by looking at the
milky way.
Safety Engineering Prize: The late Gustano Pizzo (US),
for inventing an electro-mechanical system to trap airplane hijackers.
The system drops a hijacker through trap doors, seals him into a
package, then drops the hijacker through the airplane's
specially-installed bomb bay doors through which he is parachuted to the
ground where police, having been alerted by radio, await his arrival.
Physics
Prize: Alberto Minetti (Italy/UK/Denmark/Switzerland), Yuri Ivanenko
(Italy/Russia/France), Germana Cappellini, Francesco lacquaniti (Italy)
and Nadia Dominici (Italy/Switzerland), for discovering that some people
would be physically capable of running across the surface of a pond -
if those people and that pond were on the Moon.
Chemistry Prize:
Shinsuke Imai, Nobuaki Tsuge, Muneaki Tomotake, Yoshiaki Nagatome,
Hidehiko Kumgai (Japan) and Toshiyuki Nagata (Japan/Germany), for
discovering that the biochemical process by which onions make people cry
is even more complicated than scientists previously realised.
Archaeology
Prize: Brian Crandall (US) and Peter Stahl (Canada/US), for observing
how the bones of a swallowed dead shrew dissolve inside the human
digestive system.
Peace Prize: Alexander Lukashenko, president of
Belarus, for making it illegal to applaud in public, and to the Belarus
State Police, for arresting a one-armed man for applauding.
Probability
Prize: Bert Tolkamp (UK/the Netherlands), Marie Haskell, Fritha
Langford. David Roberts, and Colin Morgan (UK), for making two related
discoveries: First, that the longer a cow has been lying down, the more
likely that cow will soon stand up; and second, that once a cow stands
up, you cannot easily predict how soon that cow will lie down again.
Public
Health Prize: Kasian Bhanganada, Tu Chayavatana, Chumporn Pongnumkul,
Anunt Tonmukayakul, Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn, Krit Komaratal, and Henry
Wilde (Thailand), for the medical techniques of penile re-attachment
after amputations (often by jealous wives). Techniques which they
recommend, except in cases where the amputated penis had been partially
eaten by a duck.
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Thank you, szukacz!
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;D :o & 8) to the Ig Nobel prizes
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Good morning world.
I like the winner of the Ig Nobel Probability Prize best. :)
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Yesterday I read an article about the find of a submarine in the vicinity of Texel, The Netherlands.
It is presumed to be British WW1 submarine E26.
The original article (in Dutch) can be found at the newspaper "Noordhollands Dagblad".
It also has some of the sonar images.
www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/stadstreek/denhelder/article24570173.ece/Duikboot-WO1-gevonden-bij-Texel
(http://www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/stadstreek/denhelder/article24570173.ece/Duikboot-WO1-gevonden-bij-Texel)
I haven't been able to find an article in English, so here is my best translation.
TEXEL
- On the western side of the Razende Bol near the Dutch island of Texel
a wreck was discovered, presumably of a British submarine from WW1.
Sonar
images made by Hans Eelman near the village of Oudeschild show the
wreck laying in what are considered popular fishing grounds.
There is a considerable risk of unexploded torpedoes.
Eelman has reported his find to the KLPD [Korps Landelijke Politiediensten - National Police Services Agency].
The wreck lays at a depth of about eight meters.
Eelman
is fairly confident that the submarine is E36, a submarine with a crew
of thirty that was lost and never heard from again in the area in 1917
after a collision with it's sister ship the E43.
The wreck is about fifty meters long.
This corresponds with the length of submarines of the E-type.
These were about fifty-five metres long and carried armaments that included five torpedoes.
Eelman:
"On a German Kriegsmarine chart dated 1939, and updated until 1945, the
water depth for this location is listed at around 2,5 meters.
A submarine of this size can't have been sailing there at that time, so we are looking at a submarine from WW1."
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Thank you for the translation, Maikel :)
And for sharing a very interesting news :)
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Keep us posted Maikel. You are more likely to get early news
than the rest of us and if it is one of 'our' submarines it would be
good to pay tribute to its crew.
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Pictures of modern sail loft, from Dean: http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3209.msg52138#msg52138
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I've been sewing since I was 6 years old - but I never had to worry
about the customers accidentally stepping into my lap. :o ;D
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Really amazing!! Easy to see why they could be used to hold large Sunday services on occasion. Thanks, Dean.
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A friend sent this along to me -
http://www.youtube.com/embed/MDOrzF7B2Kg?rel=0
Gotta love the sailors - no matter what they sail.
What a shock - that is our Washington Navy Yard!
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Thank you for finding this, reminding us of the good in us.
I've been quietly weeping inside for the Washington Navy Yard
victims. This is really wrong!
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BEAUTIFUL, MOVING film Kathy!!!!!
Any shooting it terrible, but with all the time we spend in Navy Yards, this is personal.
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Navy week down under.
http://www.navy.gov.au/ifr/events (http://www.navy.gov.au/ifr/events)
http://www.navy.gov.au/ifr/tickets (http://www.navy.gov.au/ifr/tickets)
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Unalga (II) is complete.
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Nice job Craig! :) :D
Now, since you're already used to that log format, you could join Unalga I ;)
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;D ;D ;D 'Let joy be unconfined!' It's great to be popular Craig! ;) ;)
(I was sat on one last weather page - then I got 'Yorktown' as my next page - about 5 minutes ago).
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You were doing Dec. 30, Joan? I thought it skipped a day but I
blamed it on the log keeper.. Someone had done the first part of
December while I slept but I didn't notice any skips until the end this
morning.
I was thinking of going back to the 19th century, Matteo
- but it would take me some time to adjust (I was typing 1846 and
correcting it for a long time with the Unalga ;D ). I'll have a
look at Unalga (I)
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You
were doing Dec. 30, Joan? I thought it skipped a day but I blamed it on
the log keeper.. Someone had done the first part of December while I
slept but I didn't notice any skips until the end this morning.
I
was thinking of going back to the 19th century, Matteo - but it would
take me some time to adjust (I was typing 1846 and correcting it for a
long time with the Unalga ;D ). I'll have a look at Unalga (I)
Yes it was Dec 30 - I got a smattering of Nov/Dec days yesterday evening so you probably had a few oddies missing.
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Unalga (II) is complete.
Alright! Great job Craig, Caro, Joan and everyone else who helped finish it!
(http://pressxordie.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/a-winner-is-you.jpg)
Next
target: Yukon. She has been stuck at 92% for quite a while now. I know
she often has unusual formats, but these are OK once you get used to
them, and there's usually less than 24 WR per page (always a big plus
point for me!).
So let's do this, people! Yukon aut nihil!
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Oh go on then.....then I yearn to go back to Patterson!
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I hope you are all knocked over by the next Doodle.
My home town used to have a big one of them. Maybe still does, have not been there for a while.
see also http://www.abc.net.au/science/kelvin/k2/pendulum/intro.htm (http://www.abc.net.au/science/kelvin/k2/pendulum/intro.htm)
and
http://wwwtw.vub.ac.be/werk/Mechanicasite/Slingers/foucault/alles%20over%20foucault%20(5)/pendulum.jpg
(http://wwwtw.vub.ac.be/werk/Mechanicasite/Slingers/foucault/alles%20over%20foucault%20(5)/pendulum.jpg)
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This has been swinging in a stairwell of our
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Science_and_Industry_(Chicago)
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Science_and_Industry_(Chicago))probably
since its founding - certainly longer than I've been around. I
think I was in kindergarten the first time my parents took me thru at
least part of that museum, and it has always fascinating me. I
can't wait to see the Doodle. :)
Old: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=mvS4oCylyYE
(http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/51/85/2e/51852edba5c18f51a480568493b42651.jpg)
is
a 4-years-old pic. Judging by this video, they've either replaced
it or installed a second one. I've got to get myself back there
to see.
New: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=-QQZUuI-CnA
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I'm crushed! For as long as I can remember - even til about 8/9
years ago - the Sci Mus in London had a very long FP with an elegant
brass ball at the end of it right inside the front door, you could check
how long you had been in there by the degrees passed as you left
(science in action, and relevant - a great learning tool) - it's now a
chunky boring bit of grey metal over a rather unpleasant marker plate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ScienceMuseum-Pendulum.jpg
which is a nice picture of it since it is viewed from the top and therefore almost entirely invisible.
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I regret the loss of the sense of age and history in both our
displays. Although yours matches the new ceiling
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Science_Museum_London_Main_Hall.jpg)
and mine gives children the fun of watching the steel wings get knocked
down.
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There is one at the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History too -
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I think I saw one in the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, but I can't remember for sure.
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There's a small one in the Harris Museum, Preston, UK but (unless
I'm imagining this) it used to have a much bigger one that swung over
the whole of the centre of the floor in the pic (Stuart, is this the one
you meant?). There's a cafe there now so I suppose they were worried
about knocking over the occasional coffee cup!
http://www.harrismuseum.org.uk/images/General_Gal/03.jpg
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It's still there, off to the side over the double fan pattern in the floor to the right of the pic. :)
(http://www.harrismuseum.org.uk/images/General_Gal/03.jpg)
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There's
a small one in the Harris Museum, Preston, UK but (unless I'm imagining
this) it used to have a much bigger one that swung over the whole of
the centre of the floor in the pic (Stuart, is this the one you meant?).
There's a cafe there now so I suppose they were worried about knocking
over the occasional coffee cup!
http://www.harrismuseum.org.uk/images/General_Gal/03.jpg
Well done Jil (and Janet).
I also thought is was a big one.
Thanks, good find.
Will have to look next year when we visit for our 40th wedding anniversary.
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Hello OW.
After the pendulums, here are some lovely wee books: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24124626
:)
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell talking about Citizen Science (mostly Galaxy
Zoo) on Radio 4's Seven Ages of Science
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03b0yqg) - in last 5 mins (or so).
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Cool!!
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Jocelyn
Bell Burnell talking about Citizen Science (mostly Galaxy Zoo) on Radio
4's Seven Ages of Science (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03b0yqg) -
in last 5 mins (or so).
I heard it last night and was getting really excited, and saying 'mention Old Weather' but sadly she didn't hear me ....
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Jocelyn
Bell Burnell talking about Citizen Science (mostly Galaxy Zoo) on Radio
4's Seven Ages of Science (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03b0yqg) -
in last 5 mins (or so).
I heard it last night and was getting really excited, and saying 'mention Old Weather' but sadly she didn't hear me ....
Not just me then ;D
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Jocelyn
Bell Burnell talking about Citizen Science (mostly Galaxy Zoo) on Radio
4's Seven Ages of Science (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03b0yqg) -
in last 5 mins (or so).
I heard it last night and was getting really excited, and saying 'mention Old Weather' but sadly she didn't hear me ....
Not just me then ;D
oh
wow - must try to hear her. Last Friday at the CPDN day out at the
Royal Society -sorry I will give a report about it soon - I wasn't sure
what break-out group I'd get, but one was based on whether credence is
really given/due to citizen scientists. I took along some
excellent pictures of Einstein (on a boat, as a captain of a boat, sat
on a verandah with fluffy slippers on), and one of Jocelyn Bell-Burnell
because she discovered pulsars when she was a DPhil student - not yet a
fully fledged scientist - and her boss won a Nobel Prize for that work.
ONE DAY a CS project will win a Nobel P and THEN there will be a few
dissenters left eating their words. Quick someone - put the cloth back
over my cage... ;)
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This was very good. It reminds me of something CBC did on its Ideas program several years ago, called How To Think About Science
by David Cayley. It was very wide ranging in time and scope - even
considering some of the fringe theories and how they were treated by the
mainstream. I copied all the podcasts onto my MP3 player and still have
them to enjoy again.
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Philately news!
New stamps from Royal Mail celebrating the British merchant navy:
http://www.norphil.co.uk/2013/09a-Merchant_navy_and-Arctic_convoy.htm
eg
(http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/9/19/1379603515602/HMS-Vanoc-on-Atlantic-Con-004.jpg)
Atlantic convoy with HMS Vanoc, WWII.
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Oooh! May have to lash out on some 1st class stamps .... :D
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1st class? It will still not get there any faster (or at all). :P
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That's OK because it's never going to get anywhere if she keeps it in a stamp album. ;)
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Only first class because they don't do these interesting ones in second class!
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Off to the Arctic again in a few days. Not on a boat this time -
instead with one of NOAA's P-3 Hurricane Hunters
http://www.aoc.noaa.gov/aircraft_lockheed.htm We'll be studying the
movement of heat through the air-sea-ice boundary and its potential
influence on the larger scale atmospheric circulation (aka weather in
Chicago and Pittsburgh). Flying over the sea of the BEAR and CORWIN,
YUKON and PATTERSON with much the same sort of mission they had back
then.
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Have a safe journey, Kevin, and come back with lots of good information!
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Best wishes for a fruitful trip Kevin :)
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Off
to the Arctic again in a few days. Not on a boat this time - instead
with one of NOAA's P-3 Hurricane Hunters
http://www.aoc.noaa.gov/aircraft_lockheed.htm We'll be studying the
movement of heat through the air-sea-ice boundary and its potential
influence on the larger scale atmospheric circulation (aka weather in
Chicago and Pittsburgh). Flying over the sea of the BEAR and CORWIN,
YUKON and PATTERSON with much the same sort of mission they had back
then.
Travel safe, Kevin. Hope the trip is fruitful.
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Enjoy the trip, come back safe and well and ready to crunch the data.
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Have a safe, productive, and fun trip, Kevin!
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Enjoy yourself, Kevin. Hope you have a great trip. :)
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Much the same sort of mission but slightly better instruments? ;D
Have a good trip, Kevin, and let us know if you see any remnants of the Jeannette.
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http://www.nps.gov/vick/historyculture/life-aboard.htm:
On
board, a landsman (present-day Marine) was responsible for guarding
prisoners. According to crewman George Yost, these wrist and leg irons
were used not just for enemy prisoners but for members of the Cairo's
crew as well. An excerpt from his diary reads,
"Tuesday Oct 21,1862 ? William Smith confined in Irons by order of Captain."
(http://www.nps.gov/vick/historyculture/images/legrstn.jpg)
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I remember the typhoons in the Pearl River Delta when I was
transcribing the Moorhen. They are expecting a huge one Sunday night. I
think I heard 1000 millimetres (1 metre) of rain! :o
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(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xIG0qpfZuJ4/Uj57NpDOmGI/AAAAAAAAB6E/TugPaeZ9uxk/w506-h750/Happy+Equinox.GIF)
This looks right for both north and south hemispheres. ;)
And then there is this: Seeing Equinoxes and Solstices from Space (http://www.youtube.com/watchpopup_?v=FmCJqykN2J0)
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The link doesn't work for me, Janet.
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sorry, nor me.
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"
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if you google
seeing equinoxes and solstices from space long version
you'll get the vid - WARNING - I can't find a pop out version (probably my fault)
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I'll attach it here. I put it in my Google+ album, and I could
see the insertion just fine. I have no idea what is happening.
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The OldWeather BOINC team just passed
16,000,000
(http://boincstats.com/signature/-1/team/54739893/sig.png)
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Go team! :o :)
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So less than 30% of our credits come from CPDN :o. I didn't realize that.
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Their fault - not ours ;)
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It's amazing - what you can achieve just by swanning off for the odd cup of tea...hurrah for BOINC! :D
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Morning all.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24149439
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Morning Caro.
Wish we had the Australian election in 90 secs like you show on the Broken Biscuit Co web page.
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We should be so lucky. ;)
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Try it here... They are ALREADY starting for President and the election isn't until Nov 2016!! :'(
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I remember being in the States when the Prime Minister called a snap
election and the general stupefaction that we could call an election
and the whole process would be complete in 6 weeks.
One
disadvantage of fixed term parliaments - the political practioners can
plan their electioneering and bore the rest of us to tears for
ages. A year to the Independence Referendum in Scotland and I want
to put my earplugs in already. Just give me a nice concise
summary of the two positions a few weeks before the event and I'll sort
out my vote and turn up on the day.
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Yes, that will be a year-long campaign to endure/enjoy.
Good luck Rosemary!
Good morning world. Great big, autumnal fog here. :o
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Heavy fog in Oxon too. Lot's of 'summer-abandoned' students' bikes
are showing off tremendous numbers of spider webs in the foggy weather -
a very autumnal sight for Oxford.
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There has been a lot of concern recently that cyclists and
pedestrians (and there are a lot of both of those in Oxford) are more at
risk from silent electric cars...
Well - it's not a new problem..I spotted this next to Randi's newspaper columns about the Perry:
The San Francisco Call 14 Oct 1895 (column 2):
The Arrival of the Cutter Perry.
The Aleutian Volcanoes in Activity. (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1895-10-14/ed-1/seq-7.pdf)
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http://www.worldindustrialreporter.com/electric-cars-must-make-noises-can-hear-under-u-s-rule/
Most
electric car makers in the US have complied even before Congress
manages to come up with a technical definition of "make a detectable
noise."
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That's good news Janet! :D
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It's kind of simple minded - adding a $35 thingamajig to each car
can save lives and damage to said car. If you are very selfish and
think only of protecting the car owner from having to pay to repair the
car (which most people are not), it is very cheap insurance. Not
even yearly fees. A number of associations of blind people got it
started over here, since sound is their ONLY clue they are stepping out
in front of a car.
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Sounds like the sort of thing that will save you an insurance extra
on your premium. The Insurers are bound to back it. Hurrah! :D
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I have a software storage problem, and I'd like some advice.
The background is, the T-Mobile Photo Album site I used for years has
been shut down. They arranged with Google+ to take all their
photo customers. As it turns out, neither did anything to aid in
the transfer. T-Mobile dumped us leaving just a link to go to, and
Google+ refused to help us transfer anything.
I finally got
everything backed up on my computer, and up-loaded into Google+ but the
uploading was a total nightmare. Half their apparent uploading
mechanisms don't work for me, and every single one of my hundreds of
photos in a dozen albums made me decide who to share them with. I
didn't want to share ANYTHING that day, just pack it away in usable
storage. And the Equinox card I made proved that if I decide to
share/embed something put there earlier, my original decision to not
share it that day locks it away from the public forever.
So, what
stable sites will allow me to easily store pics in albums that will be
available to be embedded on a later date just because I marked the whole
album as public? I don't know how to shop for quality here.
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Hi Janet,
I'm not an expert here (the only shared photos i've
got are on my facebook account, low-res), my wife used flickr until she
hit the maximum allowed number of photos for a free account (this was
several years ago, maybe things have changed in the meantime). While I
generally appreciate Google products, I don't like Google+ (which is
becoming mandatory for all Android based cellphones).
I've found
these comparisons and lists on the internet (and there should be a lot
of others - free ones could be worth a try with a few pictures, to check
they're effectively what you're looking for):
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57462902-285/comparing-the-best-ways-to-store-your-photos-online/
http://web.appstorm.net/roundups/media-roundups/top-20-photo-storage-and-sharing-sites/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_photo-sharing_websites
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Thanks, Matteo, those are the kind of comparison shoppers I needed. I"ll take it from here.
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Barely half an hour after they were jolted by a
major earthquake on Tuesday, people of the Pakistani coastal town of
Gwadar had another shock when they saw a new island emerge in the sea,
just over a kilometre from the shore. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24272552)
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My oh my!!! In all the centuries before portable photography,
they'd have called all these reports lies. Amazing creation.
:)
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Lloyd's List goes digital: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24272336
A bit sad.
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They are right about coming full circle. They didn't start as a
newspaper, but as a public notice. But it makes me worry about
more general papers, there's a ritual to sitting down and opening the
paper.
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It sounds to me like they didn't have much choice because only 25 people were still using the print edition.
When it gets that bad, there's not really much you can do.
I know that sounds kinda cynical, but I am a member of Generation WiFi, so I'm already used to getting all my news online.
So I must admit, this makes it hard for me to feel sad when I hear about something going out of print.
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Old clams give clues to rate of global warming (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24271594)
This
was covered in the Today program on Radio 4 this morning and I did
glare at the radio a bit when they said it was the only way to get old
sea temperatures >:(
I suppose if the clams are upto 500 years old they are going back a bit further than us.
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At last, clams' reputation will be restored after so many centuries
of being maligned as tight shelled. Now they are spilling the
beans, as it were :D With that, I will clam up.
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::) ::) ::) ;D ;D
Yes - clams can never be described as being s(h)elfish with their knowledge.
Perhaps when we are finished with the boats we can get new work interviewing elderly clams in their beds. ;)
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;D ;D ;D ;D
They're a crusty bunch, I've heard. I'd prefer to interview mermaids. :P
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Great Doodle coming up for the 27th.
101 111 132 137 score to beat. (so to speak ;D )
I am NOT addicted, honest.
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Digital do-gooders: Why do we help strangers online? (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24207047)
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I
have a software storage problem, and I'd like some advice. The
background is, the T-Mobile Photo Album site I used for years has been
shut down. They arranged with Google+ to take all their
photo customers. As it turns out, neither did anything to aid in
the transfer. T-Mobile dumped us leaving just a link to go to, and
Google+ refused to help us transfer anything.
I finally got
everything backed up on my computer, and up-loaded into Google+ but the
uploading was a total nightmare. Half their apparent uploading
mechanisms don't work for me, and every single one of my hundreds of
photos in a dozen albums made me decide who to share them with. I
didn't want to share ANYTHING that day, just pack it away in usable
storage. And the Equinox card I made proved that if I decide to
share/embed something put there earlier, my original decision to not
share it that day locks it away from the public forever.
So, what
stable sites will allow me to easily store pics in albums that will be
available to be embedded on a later date just because I marked the whole
album as public? I don't know how to shop for quality here.
Hi Janet:
I
don't do much 'sharing' but have learned to use www.dropbox.com as one
of my sailing friends got a boatload of pics of my boat and I his.
Rather than days of emailing one or two at a time - he uses dropbox and
told me to try it. It's not 'intuitive' but it IS pretty neat. ;)
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I've used DropBox for business stuff that is never to go on the web
publicly. But couldn't figure out how to make my pics to have a
publicly available url to embed.
The best (least connected to
FaceBook) was Picassa but that is now enfolded into Google+. Only
old members can get that set-up. I'm trying to teach myself how to
use this thing until I can find something special.
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I'm not very good on the Google doodle. Top score of 100. Pathetic. :P
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Not good enough. >:(
Try harder. ;)
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Oooo. 128. That's pretty good. I retire. ;D
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The best I got on the Google Doodle was 139.
Sorry Pommy, but it looks like I win by 2 points.
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I am no good at that game - high score of 80 :P :o
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I have terrible hand-eye coordination and am not even entering my pitiful score in the competition, but it was indeed fun.
Trust Google to give themselves the one doodle that is addictive. :D
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I win!
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Look at you! :-*
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Also fun for nostalgia
Google:
Google in 1998
(https://www.google.com/logos/google.jpg)
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http://earthsky.org/earth/how-likely-global-warming-is-human-caused-95-says-new-ipcc-report
I wonder if our data is a part of this?
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By all accounts they've been very comprehensive in what they've
reviewed in order to write the report, so I should think so. Even
though it's not good news, it is good to feel that we may have had a
small part in helping the scientists to write this new report. Now
all we need is for the politicians to take it seriously ....
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You most certainly do win, well done asterix135.
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By
all accounts they've been very comprehensive in what they've reviewed
in order to write the report, so I should think so. Even though
it's not good news, it is good to feel that we may have had a small part
in helping the scientists to write this new report. Now all we
need is for the politicians to take it seriously ....
We
have been a part - Myles Allen helped write that IPCC report - so I
guess that's Climatepredict.net in the mix for the report. :D
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I made 130 on the google game - then I thought I ought to stop before beating the tassels off the star. ;) :D
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By
all accounts they've been very comprehensive in what they've reviewed
in order to write the report, so I should think so. Even though
it's not good news, it is good to feel that we may have had a small part
in helping the scientists to write this new report. Now all we
need is for the politicians to take it seriously ....
We
have been a part - Myles Allen helped write that IPCC report - so I
guess that's Climatepredict.net in the mix for the report. :D
How very, very nice to know our work was in a database that was behind this conclusion. Definitely satisfying. :)
I just wish it wasn't bad news.
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Looks like a great week coming up downunder.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/what-to-see-and-where-to-watch-as-sydney-harbour-plays-host-to-spectacular-array-of-warships-destroyers-and-historic-tall-ships/story-e6frg6n6-1226727227414
(http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/what-to-see-and-where-to-watch-as-sydney-harbour-plays-host-to-spectacular-array-of-warships-destroyers-and-historic-tall-ships/story-e6frg6n6-1226727227414)
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8)
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What serious fun!! Enjoy. :)
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May I just say ...
(http://www.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/AFL/Files/Images/0928_all_hail_the_hawks_6620.jpeg)
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Looks like a great week coming up downunder.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/what-to-see-and-where-to-watch-as-sydney-harbour-plays-host-to-spectacular-array-of-warships-destroyers-and-historic-tall-ships/story-e6frg6n6-1226727227414
(http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/what-to-see-and-where-to-watch-as-sydney-harbour-plays-host-to-spectacular-array-of-warships-destroyers-and-historic-tall-ships/story-e6frg6n6-1226727227414)
oh
wow - what fun! Our boss is in Sydney during the event - he's going
down to Woolongong too...perhaps he'll get to see the ships &
fireworks... 8)
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Smithsonian: The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There | Time and Navigation (http://timeandnavigation.si.edu/)
In particular Navigating at Sea (http://timeandnavigation.si.edu/navigating-at-sea) ;)
Reported by Dean who found it in "this month's Boat US Magazine"
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Cool!! Thanks. :)
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Good one Dean - had a go at navigating by star - it was good! :D
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Looks like a great week coming up downunder.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/what-to-see-and-where-to-watch-as-sydney-harbour-plays-host-to-spectacular-array-of-warships-destroyers-and-historic-tall-ships/story-e6frg6n6-1226727227414
(http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/what-to-see-and-where-to-watch-as-sydney-harbour-plays-host-to-spectacular-array-of-warships-destroyers-and-historic-tall-ships/story-e6frg6n6-1226727227414)
oh
wow - what fun! Our boss is in Sydney during the event - he's going
down to Woolongong too...perhaps he'll get to see the ships &
fireworks... 8)
Participating Warships (http://www.navy.gov.au/ifr/participants/warships)
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Looks like a great week coming up downunder.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/what-to-see-and-where-to-watch-as-sydney-harbour-plays-host-to-spectacular-array-of-warships-destroyers-and-historic-tall-ships/story-e6frg6n6-1226727227414
(http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/what-to-see-and-where-to-watch-as-sydney-harbour-plays-host-to-spectacular-array-of-warships-destroyers-and-historic-tall-ships/story-e6frg6n6-1226727227414)
oh
wow - what fun! Our boss is in Sydney during the event - he's going
down to Woolongong too...perhaps he'll get to see the ships &
fireworks... 8)
Participating Warships (http://www.navy.gov.au/ifr/participants/warships)
That
is likely to be the most impressive collection of modern warships ever
seen together. Really, really impressive. Now I am seriously
jealous - do you think I could get away with mailing myself to you?
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Maybe, if you use Caro's First Class stamps.
There is a spare bed here.
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We'll have to see if I fit in the box. ;D
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This is strictly for auto buffs. Which doesn't include me, but
this event is so extremely rare it made the national evening news and
caught my interest.
Vintage Chevy auction to deal in low-mileage
gems
(http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/08/21/chevy-chevrolet-auction-nebraska-corvair-silverado-cameo/2682061/)
Nebraska
auto dealer auctions $500,000 of classic Chevrolet collection
(http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/auto-dealer-auctions-500-000-classic-chevrolets-article-1.1470894)
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All you cat lovers: check George , crew member...
http://www.picton-castle.com/ship-and-crew/the-crew.html
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<-------- Well hello, George. ;)
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I'm sorry to have to report that the earlier report
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=5.msg73880;topicseen#msg73880)
of the possible discovery of British submarine E36 turns out to be the
remains of an old merchant ship.
The local newspaper Texelse
Courant
(http://www.texelsecourant.nl/lees/15681/wrak-niet-van-onderzeeer) (in
Dutch) published an article on the research into the wreck by divers.
I've attempted to translate it.
The
wreck near the Razende Bol, suspected to be the English submarine E36,
has proofed the be no more than the remains of an old merchant vessel.
This
is the conclusion after research by the Northseadivers, associated with
Stimon (Maritiem Onderzoek Nederland - Maritime Research Netherlands).
Last Saturday they have researched the wreck, which might be dangerous to shipping because there could be torpedoes on board.
The research team already had doubts it would be a submarine, because the remains are scattered over a length of 220 metres.
Based on sonar research it was decided to send down divers for visual inspection.
During
the first diving session the conditions were too bad to acknowledge the
suspicions, but this Saturday attempts were successful.
The sonar
images published earlier, on which basis it was assumed to be E36, are
nothing else than the propeller shaft of an old merchant ship.
The Northseadivers also found a steel reserve propeller, several wooden blocks and rigging.
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The rigging is pretty conclusive evidence. The story was interesting while it lasted.
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All you cat lovers: check George , crew member...
http://www.picton-castle.com/ship-and-crew/the-crew.html
What a gorgeous creature! I hope he enjoys the voyage.
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If that is the doctor's 'Medicine Chest' I think I'll take to the life boats!!! ::)
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Hello world. Happy October!
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:) :) :)
The trees are turning colour in the Parks - time to get the crab apple jelly sorted.
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Well done, HMS Illustrious. :)
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/01/owl-refuge-hms-illustrious-eurasion-scops
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And it was the meteorology forecaster that saved the owl - very appropriate :)
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Great story - and a beautiful picture too.
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:)
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:) that's a really nice story - heart warming.
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Thanks for posting that story, Caro. Reading about good news (http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/) is always nice.
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Hi Hanibal...THANK YOU for that link to the good news network. I've
had a terrible day and that really raised it above the waterline. I
wonder how we would feel if, for one week, we could only see good
news? :-\ 8)
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(http://www.academy-florists.com/images/shop/lrg%5Cpink_fresh_flowers_white_fresh_flowers-Cut_Flower_Bouquets.jpg)
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My apologies the the captains of the Tall ships.
I should never have hung out the washing today.
After a month of good weather it hailed today at home and rained on Sydney Harbour for the entry of the ships. :(
Michael, saw the Canadian tall ship on TV.
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They had fog and bad weather a century ago at their first ever entry
- the climate was merely trying to have the re-enactment accurate. ;D
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Morning all.
Good news is scarce at the moment so here are some lovely photos celebrating Kodak's 125th anniversary.
http://www.theguardian.com/business/gallery/2013/oct/03/kodak-camera-anniversary-photography#/?picture=418905298&index=5
I'm sure that's Holmes and Watson on deck of the ship!
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(http://www.academy-florists.com/images/shop/lrg%5Cpink_fresh_flowers_white_fresh_flowers-Cut_Flower_Bouquets.jpg)
Looks good to me Randi - I'd feel like that! :D :D :D
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Wow, that was some Aurora display you yanks put on over Minnesota.
Green is common but lots of red is unusual.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50156307n (http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50156307n)
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Very impressive. Do you often get to see the aurora australis, Stuart?
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Hi Craig.
Occasionally they are visible from Tasmania but as it is a long way from the aurora ring they are not very bright.
It would have to be a 9 or better to be seen from my location.
I hope the Aurora are still working in November down at 65oS, 60oW.
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Pics of the fleet review in Sydney:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-04/live-blog-warships-descend-on-sydney-harbour-for-fleet-review/4998392
At the moment, today's pics are not included so these are pics of the ships, not Prince Harry. :)
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I especially liked the Timeline article, it lets us born on the
other side of the world know more. An amazing and impressive
show. Do you know if all the small boats in the water with the big
ships were allowed pleasure boats, or all support craft? They
made the waters look very full and busy. :)
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Great pictures, but not the most informative captions.
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Saw the fireworks last night. Great, but we were on the wrong side
of the bridge and missed the lazer display on the Opera House. :(
We were left of the second down burst of RED fireworks picture just above the Opera House picture. (You cannot see us)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-05/fireworks-spectacular-marks-australian-navy-100-years/5001068
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-05/fireworks-spectacular-marks-australian-navy-100-years/5001068)
captions = Fireworks. ;D
The small craft are spectator craft.
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A few more from the camera of Stuart. :D
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Wooo! Thanks Stuart. What a show.
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The Viking photo would be great for your avatar, Stuart. You would
just have to touch it up a bit to put on a fierce expression ;D
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...and, for authenticity, take off the sun glasses ;)
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Indeed ;D.
That reminds me of the Peter Sellers
movie, The Party. It opens with a grandiose battle scene with what seems
like thousands of soldiers dressed up to fit some early historical era.
Then you hear "Cut! Cut! Cut!" The director strides out, comes up
to to face Sellers, who is one of the soldiers, and says, "take off
your wrist watch, you idiot!"
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Great pics Stuart! ;D ;D
I think you look good for a C21st Viking ;) 8)
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Thanks for all the pics - a truly wonderful experience. :)
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Great pics. Wonderful spectacle 8)
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I could be asking for trouble here, but if I post a couple of 250k
pic of the Viking could someone doctor them,(and get rid of the watch as
well) %^)
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second pic.
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Stuart, I toned down the sunglasses (best I can do) and cropped the watch.
I don't think you should worry about the sunglasses really; your shirt doesn't look authentically Viking.
I prefer the second, cropped pic, with the genuine Viking shirt, shorts, socks etc. :)
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Well somethings you just cannot improve on. %^(
:'(
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I agree, Stuart. I tried in vain ;D
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Stuart looks like he is suitably attired for tomorrow (10th) -
forecast of 31C in Canberra and a total fire ban in ACT and NSW.
We're not even half-way through Spring yet.
:'( :o
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Hello all.
Interesting weather here too, Howard.
Strong NE wind, sunshine and a top of 11C. Bit of a shock after recent temps of 18-20.
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Someone told me that a few flakes of snow fell over oxford last night - haven't been able to verify this. :-\
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Please join us on the project and the forum and make our third birthday (October 12) one to remember. :)
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Happy Birthday, OldWeather.org !!!!
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Happy birthday all!!! I am still jealous of all of you who were in at the beginning!
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Somebody is celebrating our Birthday by launching a Facebook page for us. :)
https://www.facebook.com/oldweather
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;D Hello everyone just popping in to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY Old Weather!!
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Nice to see you here, Liz. :)
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Morning all and happy birthday again OW, now that it is well and truly October 12 on this side of the world.
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Buon Compleanno Old Weather!!!
Many Happy Returns!!!
:) :) :)
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Enjoy!
Good morning world.
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Thank you, Janet and Caro, on behalf of Canadians. We (in central
Canada, at least) have had an "Indian summer" for most of this month.
Only the falling leaves suggest the autumn, but the sugar maples are
still holding tight to their red, yellow and orange adornments. And of
course, there are already the impatient devotees of underworld spirits
anticipating Halloween, an event that now rivals Christmas and Easter in
commercial exuberance.
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Somebody is celebrating our Birthday by launching a Facebook page for us. :)
https://www.facebook.com/oldweather
So we now have two pages? We already had: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-Weather/167752819901957?fref=ts
I'm not bothered, I've "Liked" both of them!
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Good evening everyone.
Anybody else tried this version of Planet Hunters? (https://www.zooniverse.org/invaders) I got a high score of 3540.
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The new Facebook page was set up for operational purposes.
The
original
[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-Weather/167752819901957?fref=ts
(https://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-Weather/167752819901957?fref=ts)] is
the one to watch for blogs, posts, updates etc, but there is no harm in
liking both of them. :)
Hi Hanibal. Good score!
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Not exactly the timeframe of oldweather ships, but it's maritime and humorous:
https://twitter.com/usmanm/statuses/388407160159211520
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That shipload of ships is shipping ridiculous!!! :D
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Randi found this, looking for something quite different. It is
not naval, but very interesting information I had never heard of
before.
Night Witches: The Female Fighter Pilots of World War II (http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/print/2013/07/night-witches-the-female-fighter-pilots-of-world-war-ii/277779/)
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That's really interesting - thanks for posting!
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Got to love those Night Witches.
This isn't naval either but it's worth a look:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24534864
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It looks like my dad's first computer, circa 1960s. He was
head of computing for his company then, and they employed one punch card
operator on Saturdays to let high school kids to come in with
hand-written programs to be entered and run. It earned me 2nd
place in the state science fair that year - even thought the chemistry
was very boring, none of the judges had seen the results mapped the way
only a computer could.
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We got a mention on a site with an unusual name. (search in your browser window on the page for Oldweather)
http://bottledmonsters.blogspot.com.au/ (http://bottledmonsters.blogspot.com.au/)
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;D
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Morning all. Glad to see the US government is open for business, at least for a while.
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Captain Morgan in the Christmas Cake, Caro? For those of us
who like our drop of rum, that's perilously close to sacrilege!
Have you no soul?
:o
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To change the subject entirely ... things are warming up down this
way - and it's only half way through spring. Map below shows
bushfires currently burning between here (Canberra, bottom left)) and
north of Newcastle (top right). Blue symbols are fires under
control; red and yellow are fires out of control; not sure about the
blank symbols.
Not good.
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Definitely not good, Howard. It's very early in the season for such bad fires.
On
the other subject, I maintain that Christmas pudding is made heavenly
by the addition of the good Captain's finest. I ignite the pudding with
Bundy though. :-X :)
Captain Morgan is not so necessary for the cakes but it sure doesn't hurt either.
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I read that your new PM, Tony Abbott, says that climate change is
absolute idiocy and he wants to dismantle all the environmental laws and
actions the last government put in place. This is the same as our PM
except that he pretends to believe in climate change while doing
everything he can to encourage it.
Yes for some rum in Christmas cake :D
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Please don't start me on politics and climate change, Craig.
It does no end of damage to my blood pressure and might lead to discord
on these pages! While in Canada a couple of weeks ago (how we
retirees love to name-drop), Lynne and I were stunned by the damage
being wrought by the Mountain Pine beetle. It's one thing to see
the dead trees on TV; it's much more confronting to see them in the
flesh, so to speak.
I must say that you live in a very attractive
part of the world, Craig. We had two nights in Ottawa, and just
snuck over into Gatineau for a few minutes on a double-decker bus
tour. You are a lucky man.
8)
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I agree Steeleye, it's all very upsetting.
Too bad you didn't
look me up when you were in Ottawa/Gatineau. I could have given you a
tour of the Gatineau Park. You must have seen the colourful leaves,
though. It was the best time of the year to visit here.
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Apologies, Craig. I thought that Gatineau was a bit further from
Ottawa than it actually is. When we saw the sign that said we were
driving into Gatineau, I realised that it is almost a suburb of Ottawa.
The
trees were just starting to colour up in Ottawa; by the time that we
got to Montreal and Quebec, they were starting to look pretty
spectacular (and they were the main reason for the trip!)
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Michael (MAPurves) arrives in Oz on Saturday. I hope things cool down for him.
http://www.themercury.com.au/news/national/hundreds-left-homeless-as-the-gravest-bushfire-emergency-in-a-decade-strikes-nsw-this-is-as-bad-as-it-gets-says-barry-o8217farrell/story-fnj3ty2c-1226741636446
(http://www.themercury.com.au/news/national/hundreds-left-homeless-as-the-gravest-bushfire-emergency-in-a-decade-strikes-nsw-this-is-as-bad-as-it-gets-says-barry-o8217farrell/story-fnj3ty2c-1226741636446)
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Indeed. Let's hope that promised 10-degree temperature drop helps to bring the fires under control.
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The bottom set of dots are about 30km North from my home and the wind is currently n - nnw slightly away from us.
"Smoke
plumes from raging wildfires in New South Wales, Australia, as captured
by NASA?s Aqua satellite on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Each red dot
represents a location where a fire was detected by Aqua. Sydney is
located on the coast under the thickest plume. (Image: NASA)"
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/files/2013/10/Blue-Mountains-Fire2.jpg
(http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/files/2013/10/Blue-Mountains-Fire2.jpg)
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Nearest fires to us are about 90km away - and they are not upwind of
us. However, we awoke to a strong smoke haze this morning and it has
just got heavier as the day has gone on.
Might not need to throw a
prawn on the barbie come Christmas time; I think we'll just leave them
outside in the sun for a while instead.
:'(
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Both of you take care - fires that big are scary at any time. We'll be thinking of you.
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Stay safe, you guys! We'll keep you and yours in our thoughts and prayers.
Please keep us advised as you can about your safety. ;)
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Thanks.
No problems just yet, waiting for Monday.
The local
fire is nowhere near the size of the last Californian fire but it only
takes a stray ember to burn down a house as a friend found out in
Springwood on Tuesday
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Frightening.
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Morning world.
Hope some cool, wet weather arrives in NSW soon, Stuart and Howard.
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Thanks Caro. The cool days, such as they were, were over the
weekend, although there are several big fires still out of
control. Back into the 30s today and the winds are predicted to
strengthen on Wednesday. The consensus among the NSW fire service is
that conditions are the worst they have been since the late 60s.
A few bits from the ABC website:
[i]Emergency
warnings have been issued for two major bushfires which have flared up
in New South Wales, as fire crews warn the crisis could worsen in the
coming days.
The Rural Fire Service (RFS) has upgraded the danger
status for the fire burning near Springwood and the State Mine fire
near Lithgow.
A watch and act alert remains in place for Mount
Victoria and the Hall Road fire in the Southern Highlands, though fire
crews warn the situation could deteriorate at any time.
The RFS
has called the bushfire threat an "unparalleled" emergency, and fire
crews have spent the day aggressively back-burning in a bid to stop two
major bushfires joining up.
At least 200 homes have already been
lost and a state of emergency is in effect across the state, giving
authorities powers to forcibly remove people, cut electricity and water
supplies, and shore up or demolish buildings.[/i]
Latest gallery of
photos is at
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-17/nsw-bushfires-in-pictures/5030166
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-17/nsw-bushfires-in-pictures/5030166)
Nothing much closer than about 80km away for us.
Our
daughter is a volunteer in a local unit of the State Emergency
Service. She (and we) are rather relieved that she is not a
volunteer in the Rural Fire Service - floods and storm damage are
slightly more predictable than bushfires.
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Horrific pics.
Keep safe.
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Stay safe, take care, both of you. That is really scary.
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:'(
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Very scary and sad photos.
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I just had a look at the Wikipedia entry for bushfires in Oz, which
includes a list of all the significant fires, mainly in the last 70
years. With a couple of exceptions, the fires occur during the
peak season of December-March, by which time much of the bush has dried
out, particularly in an El Nino year.
The 'real' bushfire season
is still two months away. That is worrying. Our US friends have
been having some bad years recently; are your fire seasons starting
earlier?
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:'(
Very scary and sad photos.
Stay safe, take care, both of you. That is really scary.
We'll keep you all in our thoughts and prayers.
Stay safe!
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Thinking of everyone affected by the fires, and those who can only wait. Stay safe.
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Good evening all,
Thanks for your kind thoughts at this
time. While Stuart and I both live in SE Oz (Canberra and
Wollongong), we are both out of the line of fire at the moment ... well I
certainly am, and I think that he is also. However, a 2-hour drive from
here, and about one hour from Stuart, and things would be very
different.
Cheers,
Howard
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Relieved for you two - but so sorry for those who are in the area.
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So glad to hear that neither of you are in immediate danger - but
those pictures really bring home the tragedy of the situation. I
just wish I could let you have some of the heavy rain we are
experiencing in the UK.
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They were talking to a young wife from Oz on the radio at lunchtime
and they escaped in the car with the clothes they were wearing, the hard
drive on the computer and the dog. Makes you think.
Stay safe.
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Picture (from 5yrs ago) relates to up coming Doodle. I have so far landed in 8 different areas in the doodle.
The instructors let go of me about 5000ft above the ground, %^(.
Location, above Wilton NSW, just north of the 'Balmoral' fire and about 40 km north of home.
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What a spectacular way to celebrate coming of age by growing! :D
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Morning. Great Google doodle, yes. I landed the parachutist on a passing yacht. :)
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Mine landed on an iceberg with lots of penguins.
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Mine landed on the iceberg once, and in the ocean everytime after that, but it never sank.
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You still have an Elephant, Horse & carrage, whale, houses, windmill, palm tree and some other stranges trees to find.
Keep playing.
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Not a lot done but a nice matching set of figures.
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Congrats and a serious accomplishment. :)
I too tried several, I got all of yours but never Caro's yacht. The crowded iceberg loved me too much.
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Yep, those cute penguins have that attraction.
I will say your hello to then in 3 weeks time. %^)
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Seriously enjoy that trip, it's the chance of a lifetime. :)
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Hello world and bon voyage Stuart.
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Have a good trip and tell us about it when you get back.
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Thanks for your best wishes.
5 Nov. shorts and Tee shirts packed.
3 1/2 weeks holiday in Antarctica/Argentina/Peru.
Looking forward to it. %^)
Janeece stays at home. %^(
Pics will follow.
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I just saw this today. Everybody in the US, think back over the last 3 days - has anyone spotted Marty McFly?
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;D Aww... it's a prank circulating widley these days ;D
The real date should be 21 Oct 2015, we'll have to wait just a little more :D :D
From the original movie (unless it's a prank too :o): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrIqYeRVzHE&noredirect=1
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Thanks - I just informed my niece of the joke on her, as I had
gotten it from her site. It made me think, tho, on the fun of
checking the imagination in these movies against current events.
:)
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Marty McFly Returns
Hoax
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/bttf.asp
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Yup, i was tricked too when a friend posted it on facebook, then
some other friend pointed out the real date... movie industry is enough
old to have films on the future which can now be checked (by the way,
we've had not a space odissey in 2001, as far as i can remember ;D).
It's
curious that this does not happen with books... I'm pretty sure
H.G.Wells or Ray Bradbury, for example, wrote stories within a specific
year in the future, which is now past - but I have never heard someone
saying in 1999 "today starts the Rocket Summer" (from Martian
Chronicles). :)
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I seem to remember people getting a bit nervous as we got close to 1984, though!
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My blood pressure has just gone off scale. I use bt for my internet
and they've just changed their system. Yes, they have been warning us
that e-mail log in will be changing soon for the last couple of months. I
logged on this afternoon as usual, this evening the system had
changed. Could I find the calendar that I usually used -
No!. On-line help was useless. The automated phone help system
didn't give an option that fitted. Eventually I managed to get a
human. It took two goes and a safe mode reboot to manage to log
onto a program that allowed him to almost sort out my system. A
quick check of tomorrow's entries took about 2 hours. Before the
change I had a quick alert on the homepage - gone!
I can now use
the same system on the tablet I don't have, the smart phone I don't have
and no doubt several other gadgets that I also don't have but the
system doesn't give me the nice little touches that I actually used and
valued - like messages waiting on e-mail and calendar alerts. I
don't need to check my bt account every time I log on - I don't use the
net through mobile phones - but I do like my calendar alerts.
Does anyone know how to wring someone's neck in cyberspace because that is what I'd like to do!!
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Problem is that No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery. ::)
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Does anyone know how to wring someone's neck in cyberspace because that is what I'd like to do!!
Please
share that information with me. I've gone thru this 3 times with
different agencies in the last couple of years -this month, my new cta
bus pass system took me 4 hours on the phone to fail to get the card
mailed to me twice. And we finally got me a card, but now they
cannot give me the $12.60 still sitting unused in the old card system -
which loss they promised everyone wouldn't happen - because I wasn't
using one of the cards lost in the mail. (And no, this time it was
definitely not the Post Awful's fault; when I finally could look at my
own new account, they had put my address on the wrong street entirely.)
>:(
Problem is that No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery. ::)
;D
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Janet, whether being glad it's not just me is schadenfreude or not I
don't know but at least now it isn't personal. So far my bus pass
(free!!) is working just fine. Whatever freaked Windows a few
weeks ago was sorted at Microsoft by a lovely lass. The lad tonight was
very patient but the system he was working with upset my system and we
had to work in safe mode. Two reboots of the machine.
I might be a
pedant but warning me that it would happen is not the same as
explaining in advance how to use the new system. I bet the chap
who had the bright idea doesn't have to sort out the problems over the
phone though - if he did he might think things through a bit more
carefully.
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Yeah - people who understand cyberspace inside out get very arrogant
- it never occurs to them to check if the system can also work for the
non-geek users, let alone the computer illiterate.
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Me too anti-BT! Although I haven't used the calendar so not quite as
bad for me. But I still miss the home page that could be set up with
various news feeds that I've been using since the BBC changed their home
page from the nice one that could be set up with panels of the bits of
the BBC you were interested in (i.e. NOT sport or entertainment!) to the
whizzy picture strewn one (I presume it's still like that - I've been
boycotting it - previous technology >:( )
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I took one look at a Windows 8 desktop and thought 'No Way!'.
So I went to a local shop and got a new notebook with Windows 7. I
quite like Windows 7 but Windows 8 is a horror. I gather there has been
such an outcry that 8.1 has been quite extensively modified. I
don't want a touch screen on my notebook however good they are on
tablets or smartphones.
I've now set Yahoo as my home page - it
isn't as nice as the old btYahoo one but it is a darn sight more
friendly than the BT one. I just hope that I don't lose the
ability to see email alerts in the future.
You have my sympathy
over BBC as well - you used to be able to get program listings with a
couple clicks, now it is quite frustrating. No doubt it is all due
to their new, improved digital services!!
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Me
too anti-BT! Although I haven't used the calendar so not quite as bad
for me. But I still miss the home page that could be set up with various
news feeds that I've been using since the BBC changed their home page
from the nice one that could be set up with panels of the bits of the
BBC you were interested in (i.e. NOT sport or entertainment!) to the
whizzy picture strewn one (I presume it's still like that - I've been
boycotting it - previous technology >:( )
Yes,
it is still like that - I did stick with it as my homepage, but do miss
the old customizable one. However, there is a plus side - I now
spot very little that distracts me so I am less likely to be diverted
from what I intended to do, so must be saving lots of time.
Although I am no doubt missing out on lots of interesting
information! Three years ago Old Weather came up on my
personalized home page and that's how I found out about it - that would
pass me by now. (I did subsequently hear an item on Radio 4, so I
would still have got here eventually.)
Sorry to hear about the
problems you are all having with BT. I'm relieved that I am not
with them - and now I can prepare myself for the rant I am undoubtedly
going to hear from one of my friends in due course!
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MSN homepage (US) (http://www.msn.com/) is full of interesting
stuff, and if you scroll down there is a customizable calendar.
I've never used it, so I don't know what other bells and whistles it
has. And I have no idea whether or not it is availble for the UK.
Maybe just google "pc calendar app"?
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They call the BBC the 'BROKEN Biscuit Co.' ? or in your case 'The Broken Broadcast Company'
What do you expect.
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Sounds like our ATT - "the company you love to hate" :(
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There are times when the B in both BT and BBC is replaced by something considerably more forceful than 'broken'.
As
my ex-Prof once said 'If you weren't a lady I would tell you what I
would like to do to those b...s in the finance office. Since you
are an engineer, work it out for yourself.
If this wasn't a public forum ...
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;D
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Concord 3/4 Aug 1895.
Interesting, (well it may be to some) log book comments.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Concord/vol019of040/vol019of040_191_1.jpg
The
detention of Charles Hansen (Actg ships cook 1st c) being essential to
the public interests, he will, by order of the Commanding Officer,
receive from this date an addition to his pay of one fourth of the pay
he was receiving yesterday, when his enlistment expired.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Concord/vol019of040/vol019of040_192_1.jpg
The
detention of Elias Mitchell (Fireman 2nd class) being essential to the
public interests, he will, by order of the Commanding Officer, receive
from this date an addition to his pay of one fourth of the pay he was
receiving yesterday, when his enlistment expired.
I wonder what the public interest was?
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Public interest = avoiding hiring Korean replacements who know no English at all?
I
do wonder, if these men really wanted to be crew until they got all the
way home, but thought it worth the raise to fail to re-enlist.
25% is a very hefty raise.
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Good morning OW.
Hope you are all OK, southern UK dwellers.
The wind has been ferocious here in the SE but I think it's starting to slow down.
Good luck Netherlands and Denmark!
From Twitter:
'There are no trains in Sussex this morning owing to leaves on the line, most of them still attached to trees.'
:)
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;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D
(old joke - what's the definition of a tree? Something that stands still for 300 years then leaps in front of a adriver)
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How are all you UK folks doing - are your homes still in place? This sounds unbelievably ferocious.
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From Twitter:
'There are no trains in Sussex this morning owing to leaves on the line, most of them still attached to trees.'
:)
Good
one, Caro! It reminds me of a story from my former place of work dating
back to the 70s. The organisation that I worked for (Bureau of
Mineral Resources, or BMR) was carrying out a long-term geophysical
survey of the Australian continent using a helicopter operated by a
contractor. BMR had a 'client rep' who used to fly with the contractor
and operate the gravity measuring equipment. One morning, our man
rang the office in Canberra from somewhere in the Northern Territory and
said:
"The pilot says we won't be flying today. He says it's because
there's water in the carburettor. I thinks it's because the helicopter
is upside-down in a creek."
:-[
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;D That old excuse!
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;D ;D ;D
Well, that might get water in the carburetor ;)
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There's a saying in aviation, a code of honor:
Fly it all the way to the scene of the crash. ::)
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Interesting week in Sydney.
- Bushfires
- Hail
- Severe rain
- Strong winds
Climate change, bull
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If it was four-seasons-in-one-day-Melbourne, you could possibly have
added a dash of snow (or at least a little sleet) to the mix.
A
fair amount (maybe half) of the Canberra region grape crop got
clobbered by a couple of sharp frosts in the past week or so. An
interesting counter-point to the fires.
Better get used to it, Stuart.
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I could never get used to loosing a wine crop. :'(
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Greetings all.
Calm, sunny and 8-9C where I am; no complaints.
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I could never get used to loosing a wine crop. :'(
Around here after a freeze or two they collect the grapes and make ice wine! ;D
http://www.winesofcanada.com/icewine.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_wine
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I've always thought ice wine was invented by vintners desperate to
save a crop after an early frost. I hear it is wonderful.
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Hello world.
First frost of the season (autumn!) this morning.
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Sitting straight 'bad for backs' (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6187080.stm)
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I've
always thought ice wine was invented by vintners desperate to save a
crop after an early frost. I hear it is wonderful.
I have some at home. Come round for a tipple.
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Sitting straight 'bad for backs' (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6187080.stm)
Hmmm - and if I recline at 135o I'm not sure how my keyboard and mouse would need to be placed ... I could see this leading to shoulder and arm problems!
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Shoulder and arm problems can be fixed by swinging a pint or three. ;D
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And my mother used to yell at me for tipping back in the chair. I was doing GOOD! Who knew! ::)
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Happy Halloween everybody!
Here
(https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=b20KFYFhBZg) is a four
(https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=DJCkQUdA9QQ) part guide
(https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=ofXPOaoZP_) on the fine art of
pumpkin killing. (https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=ZpblkKZBJc8)
Enjoy, but be careful or this could be you:
(http://www.funnypica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Halloween-Funny-Pumpkins-49.jpg)
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It's an appropriately dark and blustery day here by me.
Happy Halloween everyone!
(http://www.picgifs.com/graphics/h/halloween/graphics-halloween-551456.gif)
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The Trick or Treaters are out!!!
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Scary and not a little weird!
Good morning all.
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Some VERY patient dogs ;D
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I'll bet that pose didn't last longer than the click of the shutter.
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The just freezing Chukchi Sea - not so far from the where the Jeannette was beset. Three more flights to go.
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Beautifully cold, thanks for the look-in, Kevin. :)
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Thanks, Kevin. Very nice!
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Thanks, Kevin; makes our windy autumn day here in England look very summery!
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The problem here is the daylight or rather lack of it. I'm
having my lunch and haven't yet been able to switch off the light.
This is the part of winter that I find difficult. Some people
reckon that as the climate warms Scotland may get cloudier. I find that I
want very much to up my carbon footprint and fly south to find some
SUN. Somehow I think that the lack of light & greenery would
bother me as much in prison and the lack of freedom.
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Rosemary, there are light bulbs constructed to give full spectrum
light to plants, available at any plant nursery. Many able to be
put in very ordinary desk lamps, for anyone working in a windowless
cubicle. I always put them in my room lamps in winter.
They never been tested by experts working with SAD because they are
very ordinary without carefully measured output and without the
intensity that force users to use them in specific, quantifiable
ways. But they stay on for hours all evening long, and make the
difference between depression and my room feeling comfy.
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The
problem here is the daylight or rather lack of it. I'm having my
lunch and haven't yet been able to switch off the light. This is
the part of winter that I find difficult. Some people reckon that
as the climate warms Scotland may get cloudier. I find that I want very
much to up my carbon footprint and fly south to find some SUN.
Somehow I think that the lack of light & greenery would bother me as
much in prison and the lack of freedom.
I
find this a difficult time of year as well, though obviously I am
getting more daylight than you, being further south. For me, it is
not just the short days, but knowing that they are going to get shorter
still for quite some time before we get to the solstice. At least
once we get to January I can see it getting lighter earlier and darker
later, and that makes me feel more cheerful, even though the days are
still very short.
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I'm with both of you - I always just want to hibernate in
November. I think it is the shorter days, and knowing it's a long
time until they get longer again. Even though January/February
often have much worse weather, I find them much less gloomy.
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I had a friend who every autumn started squirreling/hording/stocking
up her pantry like there was no tomorrow, frantic to have enough.
And then just burrowed in and spent the winter sleeping as much as
possible. I guess some of us just never lost the hibernation
instinct, convinced this was not a good time to do anything energetic.
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I have got a SAD lamp which lifts the depression but not the sense
of deprivation. I might try the full spectrum bulbs but I've got low
energy ones in all the living spaces - you can't win. I miss the
teaching I used to do in Greece at the end of Jan - I stopped shortly
after I retired. That gave me a real boost.
Thanks for your suggestions - I do get the urge to stock up the store cupboard though.
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I've had my SAD lamp out at work this week. I've spent 4 years
working almost entirely without day light. A move at work left me,
hurrah!, next to a huge window. The sky mostly blocked by the next door
neighbours, at least the walls were white and the lighting good. Then
huge 'pin boards' arrived surrounding my desk in mid grey. I felt so
cast down, it was instant misery. Shamefully I admit to throwing my toys
straight out of the pram - just as the chief administrator came in with
the architect in tow. I have to see the chief administrator at
10.30 on Monday morning. Think of me then. :-\ ;)
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Unlucky timing. Good luck with the meeting. :-*
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Thanks Janet! :-*
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(http://justcoopit.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/four-leaf-clover.jpg)
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Know how you feel. I spent years in an inside office and a lot of
time doing electron microscopy in a blacked out room with most of the
lights off then in the darkroom dealing with the products of the
microscopy session.
I once organised the poster session at a
conference and solved the problem of getting people to look at the
posters during the coffee break. I persuaded them to let me put spot
lighting over the boards so that the posters were the brightest part of
the room - add in plenty of space between the boards so people could
circulate and chat and the delegates were drawn like bees to flowers.
If all else fails see if you can get some led lamps over the grey boards and cover them with some attractive posters.
Good luck
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Good luck for Monday, Joan. At least the administrator knows
you're really unhappy about your lightless condition - hope something
can be done to improve it.
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Not to mention all the stress you have been under for the last several weeks.
(You could mention the loo with the clear glass windows :o ;))
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I, too, spent a long time working in a dark corner of a large office
with little natural lighting. I used to call it "The
Dungeon". It was very, very depressing. Good luck with your
meeting tomorrow, Joan. I hope your chief administrator can
understand how important it is to have light and colour around you in
the work environment.
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My office the last 9 years I worked was walled off in the dead
center of the factory floor. Lots of windows so I could see what
was happening, but no spec of sunlight. I really do get it.
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I,
too, spent a long time working in a dark corner of a large office with
little natural lighting. I used to call it "The Dungeon". It
was very, very depressing. Good luck with your meeting tomorrow,
Joan. I hope your chief administrator can understand how important
it is to have light and colour around you in the work environment.
Please do not use colorful language to enlighten him. :o
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:P
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Thanks everyone! :-* :-* :-*
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THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
Won't let Satan blow it out.
I'm gonna let it shine.
Won't let Satan blow it out.
I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
Let it shine til Jesus comes.
I'm gonna let it shine.
Let it shine til Jesus comes.
I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
Hide it under a bushel, no!
I'm gonna let it shine.
Hide it under a bushel, no!
I'm gonna let it shine, Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
Let it shine over the whole wide world,
I'm gonna let it shine.
Let it shine over the whole wide world,
I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine... ;D ;D ;D
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(http://www.desismileys.com/smileys/desismileys_0496.gif)
:-*
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You are all wonderful - what would I do without you? I felt quite
buoyed up by you all - even had Dean warbling in my ear as I went to the
meeting!
Actually no great problems - we had a chat about the
ongoing troubles with the new building. In fact it was rather nice just
to sit down and be able to talk common sense about the whole thing.
Phew! I'm hoping that another couple of weeks will see the worst over
and me able to get some time back here - where the real work of life
is...
Thanks again you good people!
(http://imageshack.us/a/img7/7485/2xrq.gif)
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Good morning all,
In view of the wintery messages that I've
seen here in the past couple of days, I thought I would post a couple of
photos taken from our two balconies earlier this morning to try to
convince you that the sun is still shining somewhere in the world.
The
first is from the outside balcony looking across at the Australian
Academy of Science admin building, and the second is our courtyard
balcony soaking up the sun's rays.
Winter will come to an end, I promise you!
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What's missing from those photos? - ME! Looks lovely - you enjoy it! ;D
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Just about to enjoy it by walking round the lake and doing our
shopping (about 8 km). Warm, but not hot, cloudless and
windless. I keep trying to feel guilty, but I'm afraid it's just
not working this morning.
:-[
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Will try and send you some iceberg photos to warm you up. %^)
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You
are all wonderful - what would I do without you? I felt quite buoyed up
by you all - even had Dean warbling in my ear as I went to the meeting!
Actually
no great problems - we had a chat about the ongoing troubles with the
new building. In fact it was rather nice just to sit down and be able to
talk common sense about the whole thing. Phew! I'm hoping that another
couple of weeks will see the worst over and me able to get some time
back here - where the real work of life is...
Thanks again you good people!
Good to hear!
Now I can go to sleep soundly.
:-*
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A view of a snow squall in the Chukchi Sea the other afternoon.
Tomorrow off again to 74 30 N 165 00 W. If the weather is clear we may
get an oblique view of the spot the JEANNETTE was stuck. Maybe see some
PBs. Going home to Seattle Wednesday to spend a few days with family
before sailing off again to Reykjavik on Saturday.
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Amazing pic! Thanks Kevin, and enjoy your short break at home.
Well done Joan. ;)
Hello OW.
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Hello OW - lots of lovely things here this morning! Glad to
hear all went well, Joan, and enjoyed all the pics. Trying to type
over a very determined cat .... who is very keen to sit on my lap
although it really doesn't work while at my desk. Means I'm typing
at arm's length as I can't get any closer. One of us is going to
have to give up doing what we're doing - any guesses who it will be?
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If your cat is anything like my late cat you have two choices - give
in or arise from your seat and accept the indignant response.
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Better to remind yourself how lucky you are to have a cat sitting on your lap :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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When a cat chooses you as his own pet (humans generally think the opposite... they're clearly wrong) you're a lucky person :)
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Nice picture, Kevin. Makes me regret my desk job ;D
My cat never returned from last year's Halloween. I set my wireless network name to Charlie in case he is still prowling around.
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About our previous conversations on Foucault pendulums, I spent the
day yesterday at the Museum of Science and Industy. The one that
is as old as the museum itself is still there and well, in the blue
staircase well. The new one is part of the Storm Weather wing,
which is very fascinating. It has everything from a 40' artificial
tornado to a giant Tesla Coil in the ceiling to an avalanche
demonstration that never stops moving. And the Story of Trains
still has 20 model trains running constantly over a 1400 sq.ft. surface,
but has been updated to show modern Chicago and the industries that
ship by rail between us and Seattle. This is really a great museum
to see if anyone visits us. :)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-bPpqoXWSX9w/UnkEEQCixZI/AAAAAAAACa8/ClDYhcB49i4/w383-h511-no/MSI+Foucault+Pendulum.jpg)(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-oN0rK6DBNBo/Unj9QWonTWI/AAAAAAAACZg/NxXW63p8ehE/w383-h511-no/MSI+Storm+weather+5.jpg)
Replica Wright Bros. flyer and one-winged body of Boeing 727 (exhibits inside).
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ypblSm3Yrdc/UnkEscilheI/AAAAAAAACcE/4rwfue5syDc/w681-h511-no/MSI+flight+Wright+to+727.jpg)
18th century barometers - the dial is on a "wheel barometer" however that works.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4WphaVcEUcQ/Unj_H6zEzoI/AAAAAAAACas/EkR2OrdFoSI/w383-h511-no/MSI+barometers.jpg)
And
everyone like to watch moving model trains!! These travel from
Chicago with its 'L' thru the plains and the mountains to Seattle.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dnnD7xJhQ9U/UnkIU27s3LI/AAAAAAAACeg/zTP6q0mRBsc/w681-h511-no/MSI+Story+of+Trains+6.jpg)(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6qZouI5G2Ug/UnkIP2I9dJI/AAAAAAAACeE/vy-bKir08Y0/w681-h511-no/MSI+Story+of+Trains+1.jpg)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-qIGm1vVsaog/UnkIP6jGhhI/AAAAAAAACeI/_isJ4k8Y7AY/w681-h511-no/MSI+Story+of+Trains+2.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BviICzc1zDM/UnkIP5b3zsI/AAAAAAAACeM/qCwHtZUgt_c/w681-h511-no/MSI+Story+of+Trains+3.jpg)
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Craig, sorry to hear about Charlie, my Ginger went missing many
years ago and I can still remember the heartache of not knowing.
Janet,
the Museum looks fab and if I ever get over my resentment of the amount
of personal data required by the US Government before they will let me
set foot on the continent I will definitely have it on my list.
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If
your cat is anything like my late cat you have two choices - give in or
arise from your seat and accept the indignant response.
Enjoyed
all the cat lover comments - all very true! We came to a
compromise (well really I compromised - are you surprised?) and I moved
to the armchair with several books I needed to be reading, and the cat
(who isn't even mine, but lives in the house I live in) happily settled
on my lap. Cat 1, Human 0.
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Ship's Cat does not do 'compromise'.
She frequently complains about my bad attitude.
Excellent museum, Janet.
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I don't think any cats know the word 'compromise' - certainly not as something relevant to them. :D
Loved the museum too, Janet.
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Janet, et al.:
Here's your railroad/Airport set up to visit!!
http://devour.com/video/miniatur-wunderland/
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I will be amazed! ;D
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Dean that tops anything I've seen anywhere. Thanks for the link. :)
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Janet, et al.:
Here's your railroad/Airport set up to visit!!
http://devour.com/video/miniatur-wunderland/
WOW ! ! !
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I have been to Miniatur Wunderland. It really is something. My
husband is a serious train enthusiast, so most of our trips involve some
sort of rail. There were some parts of the Merklin layout we found
rather shocking - a murder investigation and a couple in a field that
were inflagrante delicto!
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Yes indeed, there is a lot going on in Knuffingen and surrounding countries. :)
Morning all.
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Hello OW.
Feeling sorry for the Philippines suffering in 195 mph winds.
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Terrible :(
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I'm praying for all in the path of that storm.
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I can't even imagine what that must sound like -
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I found this when I went to look up today's weather - a super
storm I had never heard of. Bear in mind, the Great Lakes have
waves of much shorter periods than oceans, so a 35-foot wave would be
hitting the ships less than a minute apart.
Great Storm of 1913 (http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/dtx/climate/1913Retrospective.pdf)
Nothing at all to compare with what grew in the Pacific this week, but it did surprise me at its length and size.
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For those with access to BBC Radio 4, there's a short programme
tomorrow morning (11.45am) on the work of the Commonwealth War Graves
Commission, called Some Corner of a Foreign Field.
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/San+Serriffe ;D
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Good evening, all. Nice joke, Randi.
Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=6a6VVncgHcY) is a great bit of good news just in time for Veteran's Day.
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Great!
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Powerful!!
Here is another for Veterans/Armistice/Remembrance Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=9dR3h2HdnBQ)
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That was beautiful Hanibal :-*
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Powerful!!
Here is another for Veterans/Armistice/Remembrance Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=9dR3h2HdnBQ)
Fascinating - and horrible.
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Good morning OW on this Armistice Day.
Lest we forget.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24745705
Bless 'em.
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Veterans Day
by Roger W Hancock
We honor you, who fought for us,
for country's sake of freedom's plight.
You kept the greatest country great,
by sacrifice of you who served.
Honor to military, soldiers served.
There seems no risk in peace to serve.
When war breaks the silent peace,
no peace when security cease.
Sacrifice of civilian life,
careers succumb to enlist, or draft.
Families wait in fear, in prayer,
for loved ones return alive, not dead.
Returned Heroes and those deceased,
we honor, thank, though insufficient.
Parades, programs, our pride convey,
we honor you on Veterans Day.
- 12-28-2001 Roger W Hancock www.PoetPatriot.com
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Good morning OW on this Armistice Day.
Lest we forget.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24745705
Bless 'em.
Was going to post that link myself, but thought either you or Randi might beat me to it!
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;D
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And thinking of all those in the Philipines who know the meaning of loss in a very raw way today.
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YES
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Praying for all in the path of that storm.
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Help is already on the way:
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/civics/tourists-stranded-in-philippines-help-pack-relief-supplies.html
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That is good to see, Hanibal.
Let's hope that the bereaved and desperate people of the Philippines get the help they need as soon as possible.
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Vast Antarctic iceberg 'could threaten shipping' (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24912233)
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more than a bit frightening.
And some still say our climate is not changing? ???
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Good morning OW on this Armistice Day.
Lest we forget.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24745705
Bless 'em.
Wonderful post, Caro! Thanks!
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Evening everybody.
Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=PSpoMWQRCiU) is another great piece of good news I just have to share.
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Thanks, Hanibal, what a wonderful man enriching our future. :)
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The uploader has not made this video available in your country
:( :'(
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Ouch - it's a CBS News clip. Apparently they are returning the
BBC refusal to allow Americans into their clips - both of which
irritate me muchly.
Uploaded on Dec 14, 2009
A
retired Scottish-born man should have died long ago. But after facing
death on more than one occasion, he decided to share his secret to
happiness ... music. Steve Hartman reports.
He
buys harmonicas and makes "strum sticks" and visits schools teaching
music and giving away 10s of thousands of instruments to the young.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/316NUWyF%2BTL._SY300_.jpg)
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Here is something from my step-brother, quite amazing in its precision. Hope this one crosses the Atlantic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=HW3QVLlK-kE#t=182
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WOW!
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Absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing.
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The uploader has not made this video available in your country
:( :'(
Sorry to hear, Asterix. Try using this - it works for me:
https://proxtube.com/
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Here is something from my step-brother, quite amazing in its precision. Hope this one crosses the Atlantic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=HW3QVLlK-kE#t=182
That is quite stunning - thanks Janet.
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A bit late for Remembrance/Veterans Day and it is WWII but a
stunning impact of the cost of the war. May they all Rest in
Peace.
http://thefallen9000.info/
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Perhaps the same concept could be expanded as a traveling demonstration outside appropriate parliaments.
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...and congresses. In person when you can see the wide expanse covered, it must have been even more breath-taking.
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I just discovered that one of my great uncles had a close, if
pecuniary, connection to the HMS Drake. His company was responsible for a
considerable amount of the salvaging operations after the ship was
wrecked on the outer coast of Rathlin Island in 1917. Furthermore, his
steam laundry company cleaned the clothes of the crew when this ship
visited Portrush N. Ireland prior to the war. (Presumably, it wasn't his
steam laundry company that did the salvaging of the Drake). Another
interesting note, "he was always interested in mechanical invention and
possessed the second motor car owned in Portrush, in which he drove to
the Dublin Exhibition of 1908".
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8) He sounds like an interesting chap.
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I wonder what the roads were like driving from Portrush (north coast of Ireland) to Dublin in 1908?
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Neat!
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I'm wanting to talk to friends - we currently have a large tornado
on the ground, starting SW of Joliet, IL, currently SE of Frankfurt, IL,
moving into the nearer SW suburbs and possibly the southern edge of
City of Chicago. Damage and casualties as yet unknown - all smart
first responders in its path are taking shelter. I personally am
15 miles north of any possible path, just getting drenching rain with
possible hail, but this is scary. We get these rarely, once every 5
to 10 years thanks to lake-effect weather, but that is too often when
you are looking at one coming at you.
The bad news is, this is a
well settled corner of the country with lots of people who don't get
yearly practice in responding to tornado warnings. I'm praying for
them.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lot/
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:-*
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The spotted tornado has now dissappated, but the cell is still
severe enough to sustain the tornado warning - it's now approaching
Gary, IN.
No reports yet of casualties, thank goodness. Lots of pictures from the area south of Joliett of destroyed homes.
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Something not so scary - The Bears-Ravens football game had started
at noon, with 60,000-plus fans sitting outdoors watching. The game
has been delayed until sometime after 2pm (UTC-6). They are
currently indoors, packed into the concourses with all the food and beer
vendors. I'm betting the more good humored of them are turning it
into quite a party. :)
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I bet the food and beer vendors are happy! ;D
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Glad to hear that you're OK Janet and that the weather has passed
you by. I'd just heard about the weather system on the radio and
was concerned about you in particular, as they mentioned Chicago.
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Still risk of full gale winds here, but the rest of it has moved out
of our area - unbelievably, there is bright sun just now coming in my
windows. A very fast moving storm.
Some injuries, and in
Coal City in particular, a swath of destroyed homes needing
searching. But we seem to have listened to the sirens and taken
appropriate cover. Nice.
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Glad you're safe.
Hope they find any injured soon and get them to hospital.
:-* :-*
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Casualties largely unknown as far as reporting officially is
concerned, and only 1 confirmed death so far. Most of the damage
is around Peoria in Washington County, and no one there is taking the
time to write reports. But they are fearing injuries in the
hundreds. But some are messaging pictures to the Chicago TV
stations. Very scary skies, quickly gone. Scarier damage.
(http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/wls/cms_exf_2007/news/local/media_2.jpg)
(http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/wls/cms_exf_2007/news/local/media_14.jpg)
(http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/wls/cms_exf_2007/news/local/media_13.jpg)
(http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/wls/cms_exf_2007/automation/images/9329185_600x338.jpg) Hail stone.
(http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/wls/cms_exf_2007/automation/images/9329178_600x338.jpg)
(http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/wls/cms_exf_2007/automation/images/9329159_600x338.jpg)
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Stay safe and keep you head down, Janet.
We will pray for those in the area and for the First Responders as they try to help.
Please keep us advised and if there is anything we can do besides pray!
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Thanks, Dean, but the rescue teams are all being aided by
professionals coming in from everywhere near this. Long term,
apparently a path about 600 yards (550 m.) wide by about 6 miles (9 km)
long is gone, turned into match sticks, so a long period of rebuilding.
I'm
still praying that most of those families were like the one I just saw
interviewed. The man's house was gone, but he'd been in his
basement with his wife and children and mother-in-law, and none of them
were hurt.
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Glad you're safe, Janet. My thoughts are with the people in Washington County.
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Latest casualty reports untangled some confusion. The storm
cell entered Illinois in the far south of the state in Washington
County, resulting in at least 2 deaths and unknown injuries. It
passed thru the towns of Coal City, Diamond and Washington in central
Illinois, dropping another tornado, resulting in at least
1 3
deaths and dozens of known injuries, and around 100 buildings destroyed
which are still being searched for more survivors. Altogether
there are reports of tornado touchdowns in 11 counties across the state,
still unknown if it was multiple tornadoes or one big one lifting and
setting down again often. There are pictures of high voltage lines
being brought down live by the twister completely crumpling one of
those tall towers and damaging the adjoining towers.
The storms
are gone, and a cold front is passing thru with high winds still.
Tomorrow morning should dawn about 25F lower than this morning did, and a
great deal calmer. All around a difficult day.
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I'm glad you are ok :-* - there were 79 tornadoes
spawned by that storm - I've don't think I've ever heard of such a storm
this late in the year!
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Our ABC station stayed on news all afternoon, and filled in little
blank spaces with history. In the last 50 years, Illinois has had
12 tornadoes including this as one, with 6 of them all falling on the
12th. They said November twisters are rare but generally stronger
than most seasonal storms. Which is understandable - we are
experiencing a 25 degree drop in temps this evening from the following
cold front. That is a lot of energy.
I'm just glad Chicago isn't in the middle of a tornado alley. A bit selfish of me, but realistic.
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More wild weather; more tragic scenes.
Thinking of all affected in the US mid-west.
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US mid-west - I hope you are getting calmer weather now! We are
about to get a beating over here - strong winds, temps plummeting, snow
on the way. Winter draw(er)s on..... :-\ ;)
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;D
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Check! ;D
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Storm and then cold front gone, calm but cold tomorrow. I'm
having to ask if our Canadians and east coast members are all right - it
left this area headed NE. Current count is 6 dead, uncounted many
injured. And no sign of it lessening as it left us.
Now we rebuild and worry about others.
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I woke up to a strong wind blowing and it's still about +10 C. The
forecast high today is only +3 C. There is no storm warning in effect
here.
I am glad you are OK, Janet. That was a close call for you.
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Good to hear that you came through OK Janet, though others have been far less lucky and our thoughts are with them.
Is
there anybody on the OW forum who has not had their share of unusual or
out-of-season weather phenomena in the past year or so? Between dirty
weather in the UK, unusually early fires down this way and unusually
late tornados in the US, it seems that the abnormal is gradually
becoming the new normal.
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Glad to know Janet is ok.
I cannot believe someone still says
climate is not changing (one can debate wether it's due to human
activities or not - i'd say yes - but climate IS changing, and is doing
it rapidly)...
Here in the south, we've started losing our
mediterranean climate with warm summers, gentle winters and overall
moderate temperatures years ago... actually summers are growing hotter,
and winters are colder, each year. Floods from too much rain are more
and more common in autumn.
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I agree, Matteo. And one can debate if humans are the cause but one
would be up against some very strong evidence supporting the
affirmative. And even if it turns out humans aren't the cause we can't
afford to take the risk of doing nothing.
Here in Quebec we used
to be able to count on cold winters for outdoor activities. It used to
be that after Christmas the temperature would drop below zero and it
wouldn't rise above zero for a couple of months. Now we get frequent
thaws through January and February, much to the chagrin of those who
plan events such as Winterlude in Ottawa (across the river from
us, in Ontario).
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Glad to hear you are OK, Janet.
I, too, find it hard to
understand how any reasonable person can fail to be convinced by the
evidence that the climate of our planet is changing.
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When I first moved to Scotland the leaves were off the trees at the
front of my house by the end of October with maybe just a handful left
fo the first week in November. One tree has lost about half its leaves,
the other one has only just started to drop its leaves. The trees
respond to climate we should listen to their message.
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Yes, things are just very strange now. On a walk yesterday I
was admiring the changing colour of the leaves on the trees, and also a
number of roses which were still fully in bloom. We have to listen
to what nature is telling us!
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One effect of having winds of 9-11 force coming thru in November, it
no longer looks like autumn outside my windows. Every single
deciduous tree has been stripped winter bare of colored leaves.
Very noticeable against the pure bright blue cloudless sky. Feels
odd, jumping seasons in a day.
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Meanwhile, Mount Etna is blowing smoke rings ...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2013/nov/18/mount-etna-volcano-blows-rings-in-pictures
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Here is a summary of the damage as it is currently known.
All those folks are in our thoughts and prayers.
http://entertainment.verizon.com/news/read/category/Us%20News/article/ap-statebystate_look_at_storm_tornadoes_in-ap-3
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Thank you, all.
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Yes,
things are just very strange now. On a walk yesterday I was
admiring the changing colour of the leaves on the trees, and also a
number of roses which were still fully in bloom. We have to listen
to what nature is telling us!
My vine is still going strong too! :-\
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Hi.
I survived the Drake Passage. Fortunatly it was only force 5.
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Hi Stuart!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_Passage
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Glad you got there whole, Stuart. :)
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One of the better uses of Facebook - paper debris (most of it
irreplaceable) is being found all over Illinois from the tornadoes, some
of it 140 miles away from the home it was ripped from. Counties
are establishing collection sites, and the photos are being posted on Found items from the Washington Illinois and Diamond Illinois Tornadoes (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Found-items-from-the-Washington-Illinois-and-Diamond-Illinois-Tornadoes/625148424190038).
The
National Weather Service has finished its ground survey of the storm,
and concluded that 14 tornadoes touched ground across the full length of
Illinois and SW Indiana, 2 of them EF-4 (over 190 mph, 300 kmh,
winds). The one that went thru the town of Washington was on the
ground for 46 miles, most of an hour. The other went thru the
county of Washington, down state. (Talk about names creating
confusion!)
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One
of the better uses of Facebook - paper debris (most of it
irreplaceable) is being found all over Illinois from the tornadoes, some
of it 140 miles away from the home it was ripped from. Counties
are establishing collection sites, and the photos are being posted on
Found items from the Washington Illinois and Diamond Illinois Tornadoes.
Beautiful.
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A good news story out of all the tragedy in the Midwest USA:
http://www.weather.com/news/man-finds-missing-dog-illinois-tornado-rubble-20131118
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:) :)
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On another tack I just got my zooniverse email for the week:
"The
Zooniverse has passed a few notable milestones recently. Planet Four
passed 4 million classifications, Planet Hunters passed 20 million"
20 million - gasp! that's HUGE. :o
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Star gazing is more popular than thermometer watching, alas. :(
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Dare I say that Old Weather is a labour-intensive project? ;)
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Well I say that, if we get our temperature readings right and help
save this planet there will be less need to look around for another
planet...hehehe! ;) ;)
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Well said, Joan.
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And it's labour well used - and educational too.
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Only 20 million?
I myself must have entered that many characters. ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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Hi Stuart!
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Happy birthday Doctor Who.
Entertaining, if time-wasting, Google Doodle marks the occasion. :)
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You have to use the UK search engine, https://www.google.co.uk/, the
US is showing the plain-old plain-old Google. But the games you
can play with the different doctors are endlessly frustrating. :)
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Hi Stuart!
Hi Randi.
Kayaked on to the Antarctic mainland. Sorry no log kept but do have pics.
Will post when I get back to my PC.
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8) Sounds exciting!
No log though - tut, tut ;)
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That Dr Who minigame was fun. I got all 6 letters in 3:34 without losing any Doctors.
I dare anyone to beat me.
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Sadly, many Doctors have been exterminated in my attempts to spell out Google.
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It requires too much hand-eye coordination for me, I quit after finally getting the G. :P
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Coordination? ::) :o :'(
Didn't even try :P
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That Dr Who minigame was fun. I got all 6 letters in 3:34 without losing any Doctors.
I dare anyone to beat me.
Oh
my that's awesome...in 20 odd minutes I got several sets of Drs
exterminated and deleted - I couldn't even work out how to get him back
in his tardis on the second level...never mind - he'll be on the
other side of some other universe laughing at my efforts!
I feel
an insane pleasure in being able to say - I watched the very first
episode...from the sofa. I watched the second episode from behind the
sofa. And not long after that a dalek moved into my wardrobe. :o
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Dr. Who didn't make it across the pond until I was an adult - that somewhat dilutes the effect. :)
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That Dr Who minigame was fun. I got all 6 letters in 3:34 without losing any Doctors.
I dare anyone to beat me.
Beat me
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8) Sounds exciting!
No log though - tut, tut ;)
I actually have a short ver of the ships log but it is easier to post from my PC.
Ok then, kayaked onto Antarctica at,
Brown Bluff, Antartic Sound.
63 30.40S, 53 53.60W
Vis good
Overcast
Wind w 3
Temp 0
Polar dipped at
Whalers Bay, Deception Island
62 58.90S, 60 33.70 W
Vis Mod
Overcast
Snow squall
Wind WSW 5
Temp 2
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Very clear weather readings, we'll be able to run a Journey Plot on you. :)
Are those temps in Fahrenheit? If so, I must ask if you really shouldn't have waited until later in summer. ::)
(http://images.clipartof.com/thumbnails/33821-Clipart-Illustration-Of-A-Cold-Penguin-Mascot-Cartoon-Character-In-A-Hat-And-Scarf-Shivering-And-Surrounded-By-Blocks-Of-Ice.jpg)
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It appears I won the Dr Who game with 3:34, no Doctors lost.
asterix135 comes in second, with 4:02 and no Doctors lost.
Guess that's how it is when you're 19 and have awesome hand-eye coordination, honed by years of video gaming.
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(http://www.southill.dorset.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/trophy.jpg)
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Degrees C.
Not that silly to swim in Water 0F, I do have to say
they were both very short dips. Forgot to turn camera on to record the
first one :-[
Well done Hanibal, but I bet some of could have given you a run for your money when Dr Who first came out. ;D.
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More to the point we might have given Hanibal's Dad a run for his money!
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%^)
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More to the point we might have given Hanibal's Dad a run for his money!
I wouldn't be so sure. My dad does have a few surprises in him.
He and I once saw a still-working copy of Pong at the Science Museum in London.
Thinking it would be easy, I challenged him to a match.
Despite not having played it for over 30 years, he beat me 15 - 1.
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Just goes to show that you can't keep the 'oldies' down.
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Less embarrassing than when my father, my brother and I played pool
with my grandfather (a very long time ago.) According to my
grandmother, none of my family every hung out in pool halls (true for
the two younger generations) so when we had an idle hour in the college
student center, we decided to play a game just for fun that was likely
to last a while. My grandfather was legally blind, he could see
general shapes but we had to make pointing gestures for him to exactly
locate the balls he was interested in.
He wiped the floor with all 3 of us, beating us so badly we couldn't stop laughing at ourselves.
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Quite a story, Janet, but at least he didn't beat you with his hands tied behind his back. ;D
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He was a remarkable man. Told me once he felt sorry for my
generation, because we would never experience awesome change like he
had. I asked what he meant, and he said that as a child he saw a
world where horses were the main transportation in Chicago, and then
lived to see a man walk on the moon. He was right, I'll see
anything even close to that.
Rest in Peace, Grandpa, I still miss you.
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Science News:
Deep network Real-time monitoring of the seafloor reveals unexpected links (https://www.sciencenews.org/article/deep-network)
Thomsen
and his colleagues have discovered that changes in ocean currents
triggered by storms raging on the sea surface can alter the release of
gas from the hydrate mounds. The team reported last year in Geophysical
Research Letters that as currents scouring the seafloor increase in
intensity, more methane seeps out of the mounds. So while it may take
decades for warming at the sea surface to change deep-sea temperatures,
alterations in wind-driven events may have more immediate effects.
NEPTUNE?s continuous monitoring allowed Thomsen?s team to make the first
connections between hydrate release and climate-induced changes
hundreds of meters above.
When
the acoustic data are paired with wind measurements from buoys at the
surface, Rona?s team can correlate changes in the plumes? activity with
events happening above. ?The plumes bend and sway with the wind and
tides,? Rona says. ?Most people think of tides as something that rise
and fall on the beach, but it actually affects the deepest ocean, and
we?re watching it.?
Rona?s team reported in the July Geochemistry,
Geophysics, Geosystems that wind-driven waves on the ocean?s surface
take 13 days to propagate to the vents 2,000 meters below. Their
wavelengths stretch as they travel to the bottom, a change the team
calls a ?blue-shift.? As changes in climate affect storms and ocean
currents, Rona expects the activity of the plumes to change as well.
These alterations could have an impact on the chemistry, and therefore
life, in the ocean and on the rest of the planet.
Ocean Networks Canada (http://www.oceannetworks.ca/)
Interactive Oceans - University of Washington (http://www.interactiveoceans.washington.edu/)
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Oh dear. Out of sight, out of mind indeed.
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He
was a remarkable man. Told me once he felt sorry for my
generation, because we would never experience awesome change like he
had. I asked what he meant, and he said that as a child he saw a
world where horses were the main transportation in Chicago, and then
lived to see a man walk on the moon. He was right, I'll see
anything even close to that.
Rest in Peace, Grandpa, I still miss you.
Randi's
post is an appropriate comment on yours, Janet. We are seeing something
that is unique in human history - the effects of human-caused climate
change. This is awesome change of another kind. :(
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Somehow, I'd rather trade with Grandpa, this really, really doesn't sound like fun. :(
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Not the sea, but still WWI -
some of them are graphic -
http://lightbox.time.com/2013/11/11/rare-color-photographs-from-the-trenches-of-world-war-i/?iid=lb-gal-viewagn#1
(http://lightbox.time.com/2013/11/11/rare-color-photographs-from-the-trenches-of-world-war-i/?iid=lb-gal-viewagn#1)
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Good evening y'all.
Here,
(http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=iurrkqsZzqY) here
(http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=N1jbEvhFzQM) and here
(http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=QX-xToQI34I) are three doses of
dopamine. Enjoy!
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Beautiful!
Sniff.
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Good evening y'all.
Here,
(http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=iurrkqsZzqY) here
(http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=N1jbEvhFzQM) and here
(http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=QX-xToQI34I) are three doses of
dopamine. Enjoy!
awesome-
just awesome. thank you soooo much Hanibal. I'm glad to have these to
spread around...the more we see them, the more they will be the norm. :)
:-*
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Things we can be thankful to give as well as get. Thanks, Hanibal. :)
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Hello world and happy Thanksgiving, USA. :)
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(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9dOeTNVaREI/Ucc06_AqMaI/AAAAAAAAAm8/PvyMZPW-0RI/w648-h357-no/All_20111123131105_Happy+Thanksgiving%2521_219.jpg)
Happy Thanksgiving, USA
(http://jmclblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/hanukkah.jpg)
Happy Hanukkah, World
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For all of the above and so much more we are truly Thankful!!
Happy Thanksgiving, USA - Happy Hanukkah - Enjoy the day ;D
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For all of the above and so much more we are truly Thankful!!
Happy Thanksgiving, USA - Happy Hanukkah - Enjoy the day ;D
I whole-heartedly second that Dean! ;D ;D
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Happy Thanksgiving! :D
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"Giant prehistoric toilet unearthed" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25126333)
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69S, 120W from 30000ft
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lots of broken ice. Beautiful. :)
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That's a significant find - you can't poo-poo science like that ;D ;D ;D
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::) ;D
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::) :P
Great pic, Stuart.
Morning all.
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8) Stuart
::) Joan
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That's a significant find - you can't poo-poo science like that ;D ;D ;D
Tony Abbot poo poo'd climate change but there it is to behold ;D
Nice picture, Stuart.
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It's amazing how things don't change:
Patterson log, 26 November, 1915 (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Patterson/Book%2019/IMG_6947_1.jpg)
Picked up 5 Bassnett tubes and 1000 fms piano wire at a 50% discount at Black Friday sales in Seattle
Hope all the Americans are enjoying shopping today!
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;D
What I have seen on TV is not my idea of enjoyable ::)
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"Giant prehistoric toilet unearthed" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25126333)
sidebar story from above.
Penguin poo seen from space
Well this is my foot and
Penguin poo seen from above.
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:P
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:P
I have reduced the pic to 250k, how do I reduce it in size to display fully on the screen?
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When you click the image icon above, modify the the initial part (
[img] ) to include width in pixels [img width=400] - choose your
own desired width.
Note that anyone who clicks on the pic will cause it to enlarge to real size, click again and it will shrink back.
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It's amazing how things don't change:
Patterson log, 26 November, 1915 (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Patterson/Book%2019/IMG_6947_1.jpg)
Picked up 5 Bassnett tubes and 1000 fms piano wire at a 50% discount at Black Friday sales in Seattle
Hope all the Americans are enjoying shopping today!
Are all (most) misc pages like that one (short)?
If so I might move over, just kidding.
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That's a significant find - you can't poo-poo science like that ;D ;D ;D
Tony Abbot poo poo'd climate change but there it is to behold ;D
Nice picture, Stuart.
My
entire life, I've successfully avoided even walking thru a shopping
district on black Friday. That's for extroverts who get energized
by being crushed in a crowd. I wish the merchants well, most
especially those who didn't disrupt their employees' Thanksgiving by
opening up Thursday night. ::)
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Happy Birthday, Caro!!
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C7mPpbARCpY/UplE7lmUg0I/AAAAAAAACj8/Qp2--spgsTM/w449-h483-no/Happy+Birthday.GIF)
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Happy Birthday Caro!
:-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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:P
I have reduced the pic to 250k, how do I reduce it in size to display fully on the screen?
I think that you have to change the dimensions of the picture that you attach :-\
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Happy Birthday indeed, Caro!
As your present, I got a short but awesome Star Wars cartoon (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=cF3ocZu4cZo).
Enjoy!
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There you go, Caro, a little exercise to warm up those stiff muscles ;D
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Happy birthday Caro.
I'm sure your not as old as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which starts celebrating it's 200th birthday today. :)
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Happy birthday Caro - tot of rum maybe
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Hello everybody. Thank you for the birthday wishes, Janet, Randi, Hanibal, Maikel and Rosemary. :-*
I'm not quite 200 years old but I'm working on it.
And strangely enough, I got three light sabres for my birthday ... oh no, they're stylus pens.
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Happy birthday Caro - splice the mainbrace and dress the ship overall!
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Happy birthday Caro.
I'm sure your not as old as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which starts celebrating it's 200th birthday today. :)
AND today is St Andrew's Day! So for all the Dutch, Scots, AND most especially your birthday Caro - 'lang may your lums wreak!'
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Happy Birthday, Caro!
Here's a harrowing but heartwarming
story about a dog that accompanied John Muir (American naturalist and
founder of the Sierra Club) on an excursion on a glacier during one of
his Arctic explorations. In the book containing Muir's writings, the
story is described as "one of the noblest dog stories in the English
language". (I couldn't find any harrowing but heartwarming stories about
cats for you ;D)
http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/stickeen/the_story_of_a_dog.aspx
Muir's
writings about the Arctic in the late 1800s are a must read for anyone
transcribing our ships that visited the Arctic at that time.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CARO
Let's all give Caro her due,
And say, "Happy Birthday to you!"
May your troubles be few,
And all your wishes come true!
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Very nice!
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Happy Birthday, Caro!
Here's
a harrowing but heartwarming story about a dog that accompanied John
Muir (American naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club) on an
excursion on a glacier during one of his Arctic explorations. In the
book containing Muir's writings, the story is described as "one of the
noblest dog stories in the English language". (I couldn't find any
harrowing but heartwarming stories about cats for you ;D)
http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/stickeen/the_story_of_a_dog.aspx
Muir's
writings about the Arctic in the late 1800s are a must read for anyone
transcribing our ships that visited the Arctic at that time.
I
just watched A Muppet Christmas Carol :'(, then read Stickeen's
story :'(. Well - that did for another box of hankies,
Craig! But brilliantly heart-warming though. :-* :)
(Well done Messrs Dickens and Muir)
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Thank you also, Helen, Joan, Craig and poet-in-residence, Kathy. :-*
I haven't read Stickeen's story yet but I will, with a box of tissues handy. I ♥ dogs, especially tough little ones.
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Happy birthday Caro!! (sorry for being so late)
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Grazie, Matteo. :)
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The Zooniverse Advent Calendar (https://www.zooniverse.org/advent) is up.
(http://zooniverseblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/galaxy_from_galaxies_new.jpg)
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Pretty merging galaxies of galaxies!
Good morning world and hello December.
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Hello December!
Just make sure to behave - or else:
(http://s3.amazonaws.com/theoatmeal-img/horrible/card_santa_ready.jpg)
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Ummmmmm..... :-\
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A bit early but:
I saw three ships come sailing by, come sailing
by, come sailing by, I saw three ships come sailing by on Christmas Day
in the morning...
(http://imageshack.us/a/img201/636/ykff.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img716/8899/nwru.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img850/6448/kmox.jpg)
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Wonderful, Joan - and it is December after all. ;D
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I think I'm back now...
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Good to hear from you, Kevin. Welcome back! I hope your trip was successful.
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Welcome back, Kevin. :)
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Caro:
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Caaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooooooooooooooo,
Happy Birthday to you!
Hope it's a happy one and that you get lots of neat presents!
Hope also you get to share with family!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Belated Happy Birthday, Caro!
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Welcome back, Kevin, and thank you kindly, Dean and Su.
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A couple of articles folks might be interested in -
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2013/november/ancient-naval-battle-site-relics-of-war.aspx
(http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2013/november/ancient-naval-battle-site-relics-of-war.aspx)
and
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/american_military_history/2013/11/the_battle_of_gallipoli_winston_churchill_mustafa_kemal_and_the_battle_that.html
(http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/american_military_history/2013/11/the_battle_of_gallipoli_winston_churchill_mustafa_kemal_and_the_battle_that.html)
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Kathy:
Thanks for the Gallipoli link! I'll read it very carefully!
I'm 'there' on ARK ROYAL! Right now it's October 1916 and I've been there several months. It will be good research!
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What has Grumpy Cat got to do with Mars? (see Advent Calendar)
??? Or is this just gratuitous use of a cat picture?!
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I believe it is an example of the pre-Internet generation trying (and failing) to look cool by using memes.
But I think it just makes you look like a clueless copycat.
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(http://troll.me/images/all-the-things-psycho/use-all-the-memes.jpg)
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A question from the afore mentioned pre-Internet generation:
What in the world is a "meme" and how is it pronounced?
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Hi Janet,
It's more or less what could be called a cliche'... two pretty detailed links on the subject (wiki):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme (general)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme (particularly on internet and social networks)
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And for pronunciation: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/meme
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Thank you. A new name for something very old. :)
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It was coined by biologist Richard Dawkins. For him, it is sort of a
cultural gene. An idea can be a meme. A meme can replicate and produce
new ideas which are subject to selection. It is not strictly a Darwinian
process but there is a similarity.
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I know that, it's fun to watch how some of these ideas evolve.
Young people telling me a meme was created by something that happened
10 years or more after I learned to use it for somewhere else entirely.
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Still don't get the grumpy cat....or any of day 3. :-\
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Hello Grumpy Cat fans and others.
How about this for a definition of an internet meme?
An
image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that
is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users, often with slight
variations.
The 'slight variations' is the thing here. These are
popular memes that have been adapted for Planet Four's Mars exploration
project.
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It's not a ship, strictly speaking, but it sure is big. :o
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25213845
Got to love those tugs. :)
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Some paintings of submarines through the 20th century with explanatory notes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/mypaintings/Royal-Navy-Submarine/my-collection#/0
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Both very interesting reading. Thanks.
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It's not a ship, strictly speaking, but it sure is big. :o
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25213845
Got to love those tugs. :)
Did you get the adv for Chevron before the Shell video, or are the ads random?
I bet shell would have been pleased with that.
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Beautiful Antarctic image on NASA Earth Observatory (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/) today. :)
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For any kindle fans (you can get a free app on most computers) you can get Massie's 'Castle's of Steel' for 99p, today only.
I haven't had chance to look at it but it billed as an account of the war at sea in WW1 and the reviews are good.
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Did you get the adv for Chevron before the Shell video, or are the ads random?
I bet shell would have been pleased with that.
No ads where I am.
Morning all.
Thanks for the links, Rosemary and Maikel. Interesting stuff!
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No ads by me either - does having Chrome Ad Blocker matter here?
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For any kindle fans (you can get a free app on most computers) you can get Massie's 'Castle's of Steel' for 99p, today only.
I haven't had chance to look at it but it billed as an account of the war at sea in WW1 and the reviews are good.
Thanks for that - definitely a bargain not to be missed!
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No ads by me either - does having Chrome Ad Blocker matter here?
It was a short ad which started when I started the video.
Did you notice the ship/barge? is coming down under when finished?
Massie's 'Castle's of Steel' just cost me $9.39 for kobo on my nextbook.
It looks like it should be worth it.
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Yes, the 'ship' will be sited in the Browse Basin (which I had to look up), north of Broome.
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A great spirit has left this world. Nelson Mandela has passed away. :'( :'( :'(
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I've spent a few holidays in S Africa in the last years. I hope so
much that the country maintains his legacy of peace and reconciliation
as a beacon of hope for Africa.
RIP Nelson Mandela
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Amen to that - may he rest in peace and rise in glory.
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I've
spent a few holidays in S Africa in the last years. I hope so much that
the country maintains his legacy of peace and reconciliation as a
beacon of hope for Africa.
RIP Nelson Mandela
As Helenj said - Amen to that
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Yes. Rest in Peace, Nelson Mandela. May we remember and
celebrate the great change he worked for, and the peace he helped
maintain.
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And also remember the many people, especially on the east coast of
England, who have already been flooded or who are expecting the tidal
surge tonight to flood their homes. This is fierce weather ....
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Also the people in North Wales, facing flooding yet again in places
like Rhyl. I faced a house which was damaged by clean water from a
burst pipe and I can't imagine what the results of flood water must be
like. Stay safe and strong.
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Amen to that too - the coasts must be very nervous tonight. Special thoughts for them and the rescue services.
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RIP Nelson Mandela. Blessed forever be your name.
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For any kindle fans (you can get a free app on most computers) you can get Massie's 'Castle's of Steel' for 99p, today only.
I haven't had chance to look at it but it billed as an account of the war at sea in WW1 and the reviews are good.
Thanks for that - definitely a bargain not to be missed!
'Castles
of Steel' would be one of the best half-dozen non-fiction books that I
have read and is not to be missed. I would also strongly recommend
Massie's other major work, 'Dreadnought', which mainly covers the
period from the formation of Germany until the night that war was
declared. It is also a wonderful account of the politics and the
naval arms race. A lot of detail in both books, but his writing style
never left me bored.
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RIP Nelson Mandela. Blessed forever be your name.
He certainly lived by your mantra, Hanibal: Better to do it, than live with the fear of it.
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RIP Nelson Mandela. Blessed forever be your name.
He certainly lived by your mantra, Hanibal: Better to do it, than live with the fear of it.
Right you are, Joan. It is a great mantra.
I got it from an awesome Fantasy trilogy called The First Law, one of the best I read. It's like a fun size version of A Song of Ice and Fire.
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How are our European folk fairing in this terrible storm? Are you all safe?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25243460
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/12/07/uk-europe-storm-idUKBRE9B40II20131207
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It's not a ship, strictly speaking, but it sure is big. :o
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25213845
Got to love those tugs. :)
Did you get the adv for Chevron before the Shell video, or are the ads random?
I bet shell would have been pleased with that.
Yes - I get the Chevron ad!
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I'm over on the West of Scotland and it wasn't too bad here.
They closed the railways and some of the high bridges over the morning
(the railways have overhead electric cables and there is always the risk
of fallen trees). The East coast got battered and some coastal
areas of North Wales (Rhyl) and the Wirral were flooded. Some
power lines went down but only 2 deaths reported so under the
circumstances the country coped well.
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Thanks, Janet - I was in London and then back in Oxfordshire so
wasn't affected. I had to go to a funeral in Leicester yesterday
which fortunately is well inland too, and I think everyone made it
OK. The flood defences stood up well, though a few houses very
near the coast simply collapsed into the sea, so there were some serious
losses, and a good bit of flooding to clear up.
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I heard this story on NPR yesterday. Its a StoryCorps interview with
the sole survivor of the wreck of the bulk carrier Daniel J Morrell in
Nov. 1966 in Lake Superior. Intense - especially the first moments of
the interview when he describes when the ship broke in half.
http://cdn.storycorps.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/hale.mp3
http://storycorps.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Daniel_J._Morrell
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I know the Great Lakes are not oceans, in many ways. But they
are indeed large and dangerous bodies of water. Thanks for the
story, Kevin.
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http://blog.zooniverse.org/2013/12/08/cats-love-the-zooniverse/
<--------- True.
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;D ;D ;D
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Good evening OW.
Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=G9EJaDneTkQ) is a little something to get you in the holiday spirit.
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This made the national news last night from the The National Air and
Space Museum (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=LT62VoH62hw).
Apparently, flash mobs are even infiltrating gov't. :)
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Is this a natural prediction of a cold winter? We did hit -1F (-19C) at OHare last night.
Once-elusive snowy owls spotted in Chicago (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-snowy-owl-return-met-1210-20131210,0,4437955.story)
Reasons for Arctic birds' large migration south uncertain
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Now that comes close to being something desirable coming out of climate change! Aren't they spectacular birds?
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Something I never thought to see in Monroe Harbor, which is very
urban. Apparently our lakefront parks house enough wildlife to
welcome these hunters. Very beautiful.
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For any kindle fans (you can get a free app on most computers) you can get Massie's 'Castle's of Steel' for 99p, today only.
I haven't had chance to look at it but it billed as an account of the war at sea in WW1 and the reviews are good.
Thanks for that - definitely a bargain not to be missed!
'Castles
of Steel' would be one of the best half-dozen non-fiction books that I
have read and is not to be missed. I would also strongly recommend
Massie's other major work, 'Dreadnought', which mainly covers the
period from the formation of Germany until the night that war was
declared. It is also a wonderful account of the politics and the
naval arms race. A lot of detail in both books, but his writing style
never left me bored.
Stopped
at our local Library and picked up both books! Got a hernia lifting
them AND it's a good thing I own a truck! I'll start on the reading
tonight!
Thanks, Howard. It will give me something to do on cold nights when I'm too tired to transcribe ARK Royal! ;)
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Coldest spot on Earth identified by satellite (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25287806)
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I'll keep that spot in mind (to avoid) when planning my next vacation ;D
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'Coldest spot on Earth identified by satellite'...only because it could not see my bathroom floor this morning :(
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;D
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Morning all. Chilly here this morning, but not that chilly.
More
news from the Southern Ocean and Antarctica:
http://www.theguardian.com/science/antarctica-live/2013/dec/10/antarctica-live-fishing-plastic-southern-ocean
Oh yeah. In this part of the world, today is 11/12/13.
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;D
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Good evening OW.
Anybody up for real life Mario Kart? (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tJel8dJuPH8)
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No. But thanks for asking. :)
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Good evening OW.
Anybody up for real life Mario Kart? (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tJel8dJuPH8)
I would be in that.
I like the rope pull back, it beats walking.
Maybe for my 66th B/day.
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Good evening OW.
Anybody up for real life Mario Kart? (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tJel8dJuPH8)
I would be in that.
I like the rope pull back, it beats walking.
Maybe for my 66th B/day.
I'll join you!! ;D
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In today's Weird News: James Bond drinks too much. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25349738)
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One bit of good (highly qualified) news on arctic ice.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25383373
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Highly qualified, yes, but good news all the same.
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It's remarkable that this satellite can detect ice thickness.
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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152431288458294&set=a.10150380501333294.428217.779183293&type=1&theater
I have a feeling this little guy speaks with an English accent - I wonder if he? she? will make it home -
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Or possibly a Scottish one - let's hope so!
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No point in sharing him on my side of the pond. I hope he gets
back to his young owner for Christmas, he looks like he has enjoyed
some hard loving. :)
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Hi szukacz!
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Hi all.
I am a faithful reader of the forum, but I have little time to write.
I had to limit the number of computers for BOINC, I had to give it back. : (
The weather is a dream for walks sunny, 7C, SW 1 :)
Best regards 4all
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Great to see you, szukacz.
Pozdrowienia sezonu. (I hope that makes sense. ;))
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Oooo, I see that you already have on your head cap :) :D
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szukacz, Hi!!! Nice to see you still around. ;D
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Zebra stripes mystery 'explained' (http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/25260311)
The
results also might help us understand how similar camouflage might
function in man-made situations, such as the large-scale 'dazzle'
camouflage patterns used on battleships."
Camouflage painting - Dazzle camouflage,
also known as razzle dazzle or dazzle painting, was a military
camouflage paint scheme used on ships, extensively during World War I
and to a lesser extent in World War II.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage [Janet Jaguar]
[AND]
False bow-waves
seem to have been one of the more common anti-submarine subterfuges
employed over the years. On the
http://www.worldnavalships.com/monitors.htm website there is an amusing
photo of HMS Medusa (ex-M29), a monitor with a top-speed of 10 knots
when new, with a 'bow-wave' that gives the impression that she's doing
15-20! [Steeleye]
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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152431288458294&set=a.10150380501333294.428217.779183293&type=1&theater
I have a feeling this little guy speaks with an English accent - I wonder if he? she? will make it home -
I
heard on the radio yesterday evening that the heartbroken little girl
who owns this bear was indeed traced through the Facebook campaign and
they have been reunited. ;D
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Here's a nice picture of the Motor Torpedo Boat PT-139 in 1942
(nicknamed "Zebra", she was stationed at the Motor Torpedo Boat Training
Center in Melville, RI - Unalga crossed her from time to time in 1943
and 1944) :)
http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/120513902.jpg
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talk about crazy zebra stripes!!!
we are having some security problems with images I think - I had to open that pic in a separate tab to see it.
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??? Weird... I've no problem with the image here (Firefox 26 on WinXP), it's hosted on navsource, reachable from PT-139 page: http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05139.htm
Nevermid...
i've just refreshed the page and it has disappeared... maybe the
width/height attributes for the img bbcode tag has something to do with
that... will try a couple of edits.
Edit: Nothing to do (in a
couple of words, images from navsource.org are served in an unusual
manner, so there are problems in using them directly inside an img
tag)... i've just transformed the original img to a link ;D
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I don't see it either in your original post - we have had that sort of problem before :P
It comes up fine when I click on the link: http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/120513902.jpg
WOW!!!
Now I can see it in your original post ::) ;D
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Oh Boy! The thought of using a stereoscopic range finder on that makes my eyes hurt.
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Good morning all.
Love the pic, Matteo.
Here's one from The Guardian:
Journalists Alok Jha and Laurence Topham have landed in Antarctica with the 2013 Australasian Antarctic Expedition
(http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/12/17/1387303308020/10cccbab-9162-4bfb-9e1a-1f4c76ed1815-620x372.jpeg)
An
Adelie penguin observes expedition leaders Greg Mortimer and Chris
Fogwill as they get ready for their initial reconnaissance of
Commonwealth Bay by quad bike.
Photograph: Laurence Topham/Guardian
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Aggressive little beasties, the Adelie penguins. One hates to
'name drop', but I remember once our ship being moored against an ice
flow down that way, while we unloaded supplies on to the ice to be
helicoptered into Mawson Station. During a break, the Danish crew,
being Danes, decided to play some soccer/football on the ice. The
local Adelie clan decided that a football was an alien, threatening
creature that needed to be seen off. The two-foot Adelies totally
ignored the 6-foot Danes and tried their best to shred the football.
I
wouldn't mind seeing an ice flow at the moment. Summer is really
starting to bite down here now. Tomorrow we're looking at 35 in
Canberra, 37 in Hobart, 40 in Melbourne and 43 in Adelaide. Would
anyone like a few degrees (Janet?) - there's quite a few to spare at the
moment.
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Wouldn't mind a bit of your heat, though we're probably not the most
in need. Some sunshine would be very welcome - we're getting a
lot of very grey and depressing days at the moment.
I liked the image of the penguins taking on the football!
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Only if you are stingy in how much you send me. I want to keep some of the sense of winter. ;)
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Good evening OW.
Anybody else hoping for a White Christmas? (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Ooc5eJc5SHA)
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Excellent. :)
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Wonderful. Brings back good memories. Thanks, Hanibal. ;D
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Or maybe Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer??!! ::)
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=MgIwLeASnkw
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Thanks Hanibal and Dean...good xmas chuckles ;D ;D ;D
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So it's 19 days into the Zooniverse advent calendar and old weather
hasn't shown up once, while Serengeti snapshot has shown up 4x.
Are they saving the best for last or something?
>:(
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That must be it. ;)
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Either that or they realise we're so dedicated that we don't need bribing by fame or fortune .... ;D
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I don't need fame but I wouldn't object to bit of fortune. ;D
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I don't need fame but I wouldn't object to bit of fortune. ;D
I agree 100%, Craig.
P.S. Here's (https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=SzXJ3vuCzCc#t=32) another good Christmas song - love the bass!
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Part of our problem on the advent calendar is that our scanned pages
aren't photogenic. Serengeti is very photogenic if you pick the photos
carefully (I visited them a few times and found the site really
addictive). Philip and friends have done a great job on the blogs
but log pages don't grab the eye.
But of course we know that the
quality of OW is second to none - we have fed data from the logs into
projects which the original team never thought of (like the Alaskan
volcanoes, studies on the flu epidemic etc.) So, the advent calendar
doesn't work for recruiting but I am sure that there will be many
opportunities over the WW1 anniversaries.
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We should tell them to raid Caro's artwork in the forum gallery
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=25.435). :)
One of many:
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-szUqVCW7-0M/UkFwxOzss1I/AAAAAAAAPJk/OhXJVpHf8LM/s789/Perry.jpg)
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Definitely!
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a total change of subject.
If it fitz, I sitz (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=cKXzrWSdgOE)
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;D ;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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So cute... ;D ;)
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;D ;D ;D
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;D It's what the internet was made for!
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;D It's what the internet was made for!
That, and funny pranks (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=g7z4bPNU4dE#t=13) as well.
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It's officially winter - and google is leading the way. Knitting
needles out folks (but only during 5 minute OW breaks of course)! I
imagine that a lot of our jolly tars of old had the skill... :D
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Happy winter/summer solstice everybody
(from the world's worst knitter). :)
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(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-UrfcvUCEmRI/UrVX3HmidiI/AAAAAAAACvc/mYhV8_QYv5M/w599-h411-no/Winter+2.GIF)
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Now it's official. But we've had winter weather here since November. Must be something to do with OW pointers ;D
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Or calendar labels which insist spring and autumn are 3 months
long. Everyone in the US and Canada knows better than that. ;)
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People here in western New York State insist that we have 2 seasons - '4th of July and WINTER.' ;)
Or maybe Winter and 'Construction Season.' ::)
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But this year is unusual. In recent years I have been able to keep
riding my bike well into December without any snow on the paths, even
though the temperature often dropped below zero. Cross-country skiers
have been disappointed as well. This year the snow came very early and
it stayed. We certainly won't have to dream of a white Christmas.
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Neanderthals could speak like modern humans, study suggests (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25465102)
The question is: "Could they transcribe?" ;)
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Neanderthals could speak like modern humans, study suggests (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25465102)
The question is: "Could they transcribe?" ;)
Maybe. They did write books:
(http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/4/1/4/101414.jpg?v=1)
And they had Autocorrect:
(http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/8/7/5/155875_v1.jpg)
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;D ;D ;D
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;D
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Christmas comes early for Royal Navy ship HMS Protector (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25483818)
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Seems like a pleasant summer's day there, doesn't it?
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Wait... Did I just see a dude wearing a T - shirt and a Speedo in Antarctica?
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It's the second day of summer :D
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It's the second day of summer :D
Which
only gives them sunlight - snow is cold, regardless of season.
Just guys being guys, I think - "I can function colder than you can
function, and I don't care if it gives me serious frostbite." From
a woman's POV. ;)
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Now, Janet, you're on dangerous ground when you try to tell a
Canadian about snow (I do have a few degrees of latitude on you)
:D :D :D
I remember skiing with the reflection of the warm spring
sun on the slopes and having to peel off my jacket. More daring young
skiers were in shorts an t-shirts, and some would end up in the pond of
snow-melt at the bottom of the run. It's certainly not that warm in the
above picture but I am sure it's not very uncomfortable.
But you're probably right about hubris aspect too. :D
I just tried out my new shoes today. The snow keeps coming!
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Here, the current storm is passing thru in and just south of the
city, so to date, I (northern suburb) am just getting dusting of
flurries, some rain mixed in which will freeze on the pavements
tonight. No shoveling, but that is worse driving than an inch of
snow. (Note, I'm on the dry side of most lake effect here -
something I value.)
I'm assuming you have good warm boots by you. Take care of yourself out there. ;D
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I meant to say snow shows :-[
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I meant to say snow shows :-[
Are you sure that's what you meant to say? :o ;D
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He's watching the pretty falling white stuff, instead of his keyboard. ;)
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I meant to say snow shows :-[
Are you sure that's what you meant to say? :o ;D
I don't think so - new snow shoes ? :o ;D
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double :-[ :-[
Yes, new snow shoes!!! ;D ;D ;D
You're right too Janet, except now it's freezing rain and ice pellets. I may have to get out my skates.
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Wait... Did I just see a dude wearing a T - shirt and a Speedo in Antarctica?
Not sure who you saw, but this is me after a swim in the South Shetland islands. (1C.)
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Meanwhile here in England .... the weather forecast is bad enough
that the train companies are lifting all the restrictions on when
tickets can be used and encouraging people to get travelling sooner
rather than later. For anyone who knows how draconian they usually
are, this is both worrying and a cause for celebration!
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Yes, that makes how bad the forecast is REALLY clear.
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Yes, it is very bad news when so many people will be trying to
travel long distances. Luckily I only have to be out and about
locally over the next couple of days, but I feel for everyone who is
trying to get home for Christmas.
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Me too - just local travel, so I'll stock up tomorrow morning and
hunker down. I only have to get as far as church for the next few
days - a few hundred yards. I feel for everyone who's trying to
decide what best to do to get home.
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Just a little ice storm here overnight. I had 2.58" (6.5cm) rain in my gauge and 0.5" (1.5cm) ice on top.
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Beautiful!
I hope it didn't do too much damage :(
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Dangerous beauty - is it thick enuf to break the trees?
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I found a 25 minute-long Christmas gift. A tour of the International Space Station. ;D
http://www.youtube.com/embed/doN4t5NKW-k
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Neat!
I will watch it tomorrow.
Night all!
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Dangerous beauty - is it thick enuf to break the trees?
Yes.
A couple towns around here were 'Emergency Travel Only.' About 30,000
without power in the County. North got it worse. I saw on the news that
Toronto Canada had 300,000 homes without power and for some it may be
days to repower. :-[
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That's what I was afraid I saw. As lovely as the ice lace is,
when I see it I dread what might break and fall on me or mine.
I don't really enjoy it.
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Hello OW.
Anyone for a 39-kilo snow globe? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25298507
Battening down the hatches here, again.
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Part of that ties into an earlier discussion we had ;D
He
was inspired by the shoemakers of the time, who to get more light from a
candle mounted a glass globe filled with water in front of the flame.
This gave them a light spot the size of a hand.
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Everyone have a great Christmas!
I'm going to be without
access to the internet for 5 to 6 days, feeling a bit jittery already
(cold turkey? ::)). I have just picked up the local library's copy
of Robert K. Massie's Castles of Steel (thanks for the recomendations
above), so that should keep me going. That and a massive intake of
chocolate, cake etc.
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Good luck on your Internet deprivation, Jil, and Merry Christmas.
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It certainly looks a bit bracing 'up north'. Down south, we're
not expecting a White Christmas this year. 38C yesterday, and the
forecast for Christmas Day is 28, which is pleasantly civilised and
means that we won't have to keep the chocolate in the fridge.
Hang in there, northerners - the days are getting longer up your way.
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I realise photographing all those log-pages must have been very tiresome work.
But you shouldn't forgot to move your pillow out of the frame. ;D ;) ;D
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol009of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol009of040_108_1.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol009of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol009of040_108_1.jpg)
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I realise photographing all those log-pages must have been very tiresome work.
But you shouldn't forgot to move your pillow out of the frame. ;D ;) ;D
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol009of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol009of040_108_1.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol009of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol009of040_108_1.jpg)
Looks about elf-sized - very appropriate for the time of year .... ;)
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Everyone have a great Christmas!
I'm
going to be without access to the internet for 5 to 6 days, feeling a
bit jittery already (cold turkey? ::)). I have just picked up the
local library's copy of Robert K. Massie's Castles of Steel (thanks for
the recomendations above), so that should keep me going. That and a
massive intake of chocolate, cake etc.
Happy Christmas Janet.
Castles of Steel should keep you out of mischief. :)
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Enjoy your retreat into the physical world, Janet. Sounds like a good book, too. :)
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I realise photographing all those log-pages must have been very tiresome work.
But you shouldn't forgot to move your pillow out of the frame. ;D ;) ;D
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol009of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol009of040_108_1.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol009of040_cr2_to_jpg/vol009of040_108_1.jpg)
I like small pillows - just enough to balance my brain on - that one looks about right..... ;D ;D ;D
I wonder what was in it? ;)
I seem to have spent the last 3 days listening to rain slapping onto the windows - it's been majorly HORRID.
Last
few cards to write, nut roast still to make, last xmas cracker (almost
the size and same filling as a pinata) to deliver, and several favourite
carols have not yet had an outing. Come xmas day I can get some work
done on patterson again..phew!
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Looks comfy. I most definitely am not leaving the house
tonight - wind chill temps are listed as -5 to -20F on this evening's
newscast, due to get colder overnight. Glad I have warm boots and a
down parka.
There is a new dusting of snow after our 3 day thaw,
and nothing is melting today or tomorrow, so we definitely will have a
white Christmas here. :)
(http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/userpics/12177/x-aknigh.gif)
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(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LngtDw-gGpo/UqovP_ylatI/AAAAAAAAPX4/V5m6SQoHG3o/s590/christmas2013no2.jpg?gl=GB)
Our best wishes to all of you for a happy, peaceful Christmas and new year. :-*
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Thanks Caro - another wonderful creation. And thanks to all
the mods for their efforts to keep us all in order, and the forum
working well; it's a great gift to us all.
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Thanks
Caro - another wonderful creation. And thanks to all the mods for
their efforts to keep us all in order, and the forum working well; it's
a great gift to us all.
Hear! Hear!!! ;D
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I agree! ;D ;D
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I agree, too! Thanks and Happy Holidays to all!
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Thank you Caro and moderators for all the great work you are doing :)
Merry Christmas, Old Weather!!!
:)
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
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Hi Silvia!
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Hi Randi :)
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(https://googledrive.com/host/0B9zcsx_rQy0bV0pjMy11dllGTjg/2013%20Christmas%20JP.png)
Merry Christmas to you all.
And thank you for showing your appreciation for Journey Plotter. :D
If
you're bored on this Christmas day, perhaps you can while your time
away with the sliding block puzzle in the Extras
(http://journeyplotter.ihostfull.com/jp/extra.html) tab of the Journey
Plotter website. :)
Edit: Puzzle is no longer available.
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Merry Christmas to you, Maikel :)
And thank you for Journey Plotter and the new Extras :) :) :)
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A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL ON OW
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/49/e7/8c/49e78c692344200b340b7ff80a59f232.jpg)
(The Royal National Lifeboat Institute's humorous xmas tree)
I hope that this season of joy recharges your soul-batteries for the year ahead!
Joan
xx
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Hi Joan!
Very clever card ;D
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Very good card! Merry Christmas, everybody!
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Lovely! Merry Christmas to all.
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Love the RNLI card - here's a Franciscan one for you to enjoy!
Merry Christmas to all of you - here's to sailing on for another year!
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Merry Christmas all!!
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
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Hi, Dean - I could have guessed who that picture was from ;D
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Merry Christmas, to all of us!
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Happy Christmas to Old Weather and all who sail in her!
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Hi, Dean - I could have guessed who that picture was from ;D
HEY! WAIT! I resemble that remark! ::)
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;D ;D ;D
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Happy sailing, Santa Dean. Hope the polar bears don't get you!
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Belated Christmas Greetings, today is lovely and bright with only
light winds. Pleasant change from recent weather. Hope
everyone is safe and had a good Christmas
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Hello OW.
The weather
(http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/27/high-winds-heavy-rain-uk-ireland)
continues to be very unpleasant here.
I hope you all are safe, unflooded and have power for heat and light, the normal kinds of things.
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I'm alright, thanks. No unpleasant weather where I live - just a little chilly.
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We missed the brunt of the ice storm but many people in southern
Ontario have been without power over Christmas while temperatures have
been well below zero C.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/12/22/canada-ice-storm-travel-chaos-power-outages-as-massive-storm-hits-ontario-quebec-and-maritimes/
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Everything is OK here - though Christmas day was very gloomy and rainy.
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Very nice here as White Christmases go - cloudy with flurries on
Tuesday and cloudy Christmas Day after getting several inches of snow
overnight. Wisconsin, where I was for family, was relatively balmy
- mid-teens F (-9 C). I escaped the 0 to 5 F (-18 to -16 C) that
Chicagoland suffered.
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I walked over to my daughter's Christmas morning to watch the
grandchildren open their presents (about 4 kilometres) when it was -25
C. But the sun was coming up and the wind was light so the walk was
quite enjoyable. They had opened all their gifts by the time I got
there, though ;D. It's supposed to warm up to zero this weekend,
before getting cold again.
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'Warm up to zero'? All things are relative, I guess.
It's a positively tropical 9C here. :)
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Happy sailing, Santa Dean. Hope the polar bears don't get you!
'Stole'
the picture out of a magazine. :P We are 'on the hard' until late
April. :'( It is supposed to be sunny and 40?F (4?C) and I
plan to take a run up to the Lake (about 25mi/40Km) and check out the
covers and the cradles.
Christmas here was snowy white but not
bad. Some areas around us lost power on Sunday but had it back for
Christmas - Some areas North into Canada around Toronto are STILL
waiting for power!
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No power losses here in southern upstate New York. I won't
complain about the cold after reading about Chicago and Canada or after a
wonderful visit with family in Louisiana earlier this week, where the
temps were in the 70's! Y'all stay warm!
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And you might have had the music of Zacharie Richard to keep you even warmer, Carolyn ;D
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:) So much music... thank goodness we can listen anytime
we want! Except for one of my favorites: live music during
parades and football games! Mardi Gras is highly recommended for
the high school bands alone.
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Where in Louisiana? I grew up in Winnfield and got my degrees at Louisiana Tech.
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/antarctica-live/gallery/2013/dec/27/antarctica-live-rescue-mission
Hello OW.
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Hello OW - here are some wonderful space pictures to enjoy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23691292
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Great space pics!
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Good evening everyone.
Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=HIk4w_fgW98) is another nice story about somebody helping homeless people.
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THAT, my friends, is what it's all about! ;D
Thanks for Sharing!!
I
try to do my bit to help as a builder with Habitat For Humanity. We
will be doing a build for a deserving family starting this spring when
the snow melts.
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What a lovely reminder of what we can do. Thanks, Hanibal. :)
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Rain rain rain rain rain ....
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Please keep it over there and don't rain on our display. ;)
http://www.sydneynewyearseve.com/fireworks/watch-live/ (http://www.sydneynewyearseve.com/fireworks/watch-live/)
21:00, 22:30 (small display) and Midnight.
Thanks.
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I half-heard something on the radio earlier this evening that Dubai is intending to outshine Sydney this New Year ...
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I could be wrong but I think Perth must be the sunniest Australian city. :-X
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Perth will be having the 2nd biggest fireworks display in Australia on Australia day. (26th Jan)
Dubai is claiming the worlds biggest display but we have the Worlds Best. :P
Weather
has been crazy this year with so many records and mixed up weather. a
few weeks ago I had hail stones (little ones) and two days later it was
well over 30c.
All the best to my readers for 2014, and remember 'The first hundred years are the hardest'
Stuart.
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Same to you, Stuart. Good to know that the next 100 will be easier!
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Hello OW - here are some wonderful space pictures to enjoy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23691292
Here are some award winners from Downunder.
http://www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au/news_events/astrofest/awards/2013_AstroFest_DMA.html
(http://www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au/news_events/astrofest/awards/2013_AstroFest_DMA.html)
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Stunningly beautiful. I especially like "The Yukon's Northern Lights". :)
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Good to see Henry Parkes' great-great-great-great grandson appearing amongst the prize-winners.
Thanks for posting, Stuart. :)
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1st issue at said Henry Parkes telescope.
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The 9PM fireworks was just a warm up.
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Wonderful celestial images everyone! ;D
Just signing in to wish everyone an excellent 2014. I hope it brings you all happiness and fruitful ventures.
Oh - and 'happy birthday' to all race horses.
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