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I'm back, having toasted 2016 in with Times Square, and then
finished playing games with family. The rolling midnight line is
proving mild and happy - I'd recommend staying dry and drinking a
similar toast to welcome it. ;)
(https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fimg.evbuc.com%2Fhttp%253A%252F%252Fcdn.evbuc.com%252Fimages%252F17047187%252F24250841862%252F1%252Foriginal.jpg%3Frect%3D0%252C16%252C700%252C350%26s%3D94c5f7d5e37f463328f84d1c3013ec30?h=230&w=460&s=ac29292712c686f5512e0c771f4fb757)
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Slightly late but...
Happy New Year!
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Northwind
1 January 1947
69 12.5 S
179 34 E
(Ross Sea)
0000-0400
Underway as before,
Making slightly more than four;
Steering 190 p.g.c.
The Antarctic is no place to be;
Turning three six r.p.m.
Ice is trying to hem us in;
Using pilot house control
With Little America - the ultimate goal.
The good ship NORTHWIND is in the lead
With others following at top speed.
At forty minutes past New Year
Other ships have stopped through fear.
Northwind circling to clear a path
But the mighty Sennet is in due wrath
Claims that she could pave the way -
But breaking ice takes more than say.
Channel cleared and vessels freed
Proceeding now at lessened speed
At four bells - course is set
One three five seems the best yet
Zero three hundred (0300) finds new lead
On 185, the ships proceed.
Twenty minutes has gone by
When Helicopter takes to sky.
Admiral Cruzen is aboard
And it ain't New York he's headed toward
And now with copter drawing near
Here's to all - A HAPPY NEW YEAR
J.P. Van Etten; Lieut (jg)
Poetic license expired 12/31/46
(https://zooniverse-static.s3.amazonaws.com/old-weather-2015/Cold_Science/Coast_Guard/Northwind_WAG-282_or_WAGB-282_/Northwind-WAG-282-1947-split/Northwind-WAG-282-1947-0005-1.JPG)
Notes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sennet_%28SS-408%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_H._Cruzen
http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/local-obituaries/james-p-van-etten-formerly-of-nutley-involved-in-navigation-technology-development-dead-at-93-1.1383088
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Was fast asleep when the hour passed, but now up to wish you all a belated Happy New Year
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Was fast asleep when the hour passed
So was I ;)
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Woke up when we heard the fireworks from the downtown area.
2016 looks OK from here!
Be well , all and Happy New Year!!!!
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I drifted off about 10:30. Fortunately, it happened without any help from me.
Happy New Year!
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0000-0400
....
At four bells - course is set
One three five seems the best yet
Zero three hundred (0300) finds new lead
On 185, the ships proceed.
Twenty minutes has gone by
When Helicopter takes to sky.
Admiral Cruzen is aboard
And it ain't New York he's headed toward
And now with copter drawing near
Here's to all - A HAPPY NEW YEAR
J.P. Van Etten; Lieut (jg)
Poetic license expired 12/31/46
(https://zooniverse-static.s3.amazonaws.com/old-weather-2015/Cold_Science/Coast_Guard/Northwind_WAG-282_or_WAGB-282_/Northwind-WAG-282-1947-split/Northwind-WAG-282-1947-0005-1.JPG)[/size]
Notes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sennet_%28SS-408%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_H._Cruzen
http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/local-obituaries/james-p-van-etten-formerly-of-nutley-involved-in-navigation-technology-development-dead-at-93-1.1383088
Randi - that's just fantastic!! Hey everyone - check out 'this day in history' on the new Forum...it's great! :D :D :D
Here's the link again ;D https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/old-weather/talk/187/20239?comment=50999&page=4
Glad
to hear that Craig and Michael didn't go swimming ;) :D Exciting
to see Times Square...I wonder if anyone every records the light level
there? :)
Hope your New Years are going well...mine started
with a 10 hour sleep despite watching a very scary ghost story just
before bed.
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I loved that poetic log page.
Exciting to see Times Square...I wonder if anyone every records the light level there? :)
Times Square is the only neighborhood in the nation with zoning ordinances that give a minimum lighting level required, instead of the standard maximum limit. :)
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Times Square is the only neighborhood in the nation with zoning ordinances that give a minimum lighting level required, instead of the standard maximum limit. :)
THAT really does amuse me Janet...minimum light level...fab ;D
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Great poem, Randi. Thanks for posting these.
Is there a forum topic where those things are collected? I remember another poem being found on the USS Edwards.
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Thanks for the reminder, Hanibal94.
In the forum: http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4249.0
In Talk: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/old-weather/talk/187/13742
The Edwards poem will have to wait till we get the Edwards ;)
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Yes, Happy New Year, all.
Having
realized that I could not avoid 2016, I trundled off to bed, pulled the
covers over my head and, with my guard cat standing watch by my feet,
went to sleep. And, with a temperature of zero and a wind of zero
greeting me this morning, it appears that nothing untoward has
happened. ;)
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Wait - apart from Joan and Janet J, did anybody else manage to stay up till midnight last year? I made it all the way to 2 am!
Oh, and here's a quick laugh for everyone:
(http://img10.deviantart.net/f6db/i/2015/365/4/9/attention__by_billneigh-d9ma8p6.jpg)
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Very funny! ;D I always wondered if he ought to get something
for his dry throat...perhaps those famous lozenges available in the UK
'Fisherman's Friends' ;D (They are very good, but are definitely
Vader strength!! :o
Well done for making it so far into 2016 before heading to the land of nod :D I'm going to get an early night soon... 8)
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I think he has a viability problem. He should hire a PR man (or woman if he is so inclined). ;D
I only made it to 10:30 last night. I hope I don't lose any confetti because of this. :(
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Craig if I were not messing around only on a phone I'd send you a
picture of a funfetti machine which I would happily award you...can't
buy it...it's ?283...gulp! But one can dream ;)
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Thanks for the offer, Joan. The anticipation is often better that the real thing in any case. ;D
I meant visibility rather than viability above but it amounts to the same thing.
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I meant visibility rather than viability above but it amounts to the same thing.
I was wondering about that! ;D
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Fisherman's Friend is the bee's knees when it comes to lozenges. I
don't go anywhere without them and a small amount of orange spice tea
and some honey.
And as to the question Hanibal posed... I work
graveyard shifts, from 1900 until 0700, and I was working, so I was
definitely up beyond the passing of last year.
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From Zovacor
Wrecks of two whaling ships destroyed by ice in 1871 found off Alaska coast
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/wrecks-of-two-whaling-ships-destroyed-by-ice-in-1871-found-off-alaska-coast/2016/01/06/287adfb0-b48b-11e5-a76a-0b5145e8679a_story.html
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I don't go anywhere without them and a small amount of orange spice tea and some honey.
ooo - that sounds nice Hatterjack! (more to my liking that FF's I'm sorry to say - but they are very powerful lozenges!)
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From Zovacor
Wrecks of two whaling ships destroyed by ice in 1871 found off Alaska coast
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/wrecks-of-two-whaling-ships-destroyed-by-ice-in-1871-found-off-alaska-coast/2016/01/06/287adfb0-b48b-11e5-a76a-0b5145e8679a_story.html
Very
interesting! Hatterjack's already told us a fair bit about this
terrible disaster - it's amazing to see what became of the ships.
By the by I don't recall anything more about raising the Jeannette since last autumn. :)
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From Zovacor
Wrecks of two whaling ships destroyed by ice in 1871 found off Alaska coast
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/wrecks-of-two-whaling-ships-destroyed-by-ice-in-1871-found-off-alaska-coast/2016/01/06/287adfb0-b48b-11e5-a76a-0b5145e8679a_story.html
The most recent news is the original press release in February 2015. I'd like to know too how that is going.
Very
interesting! Hatterjack's already told us a fair bit about this
terrible disaster - it's amazing to see what became of the ships.
By the by I don't recall anything more about raising the Jeannette since last autumn. :)
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Flying Scotsman: Famous engine back on tracks (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-35251312)
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So I've been snooping, because the Jeanette is one of the great
tragic naval stories of the 19th Century, and arguably one of the more
emotional naval disasters affecting the US Navy.
Unfortunately,
there's been virtually no progress made on the raising of Jeanette. This
is due to a couple factors. Firstly, the Russian military has begun
building operating bases in the area, and has laid claim to the entirety
of the sea floor, from the Siberian coastline to the pole. This claim
is hotly contested, but the military presence in the area has made it
unsafe for any non-Russian expeditions, and the Kremlin has denied
access to the region while they build the new installations.
Second,
Khoroshev, the Russian adventurer who expressed interest in raising the
ship as a gesture of goodwill back in February 2015, has been a bit
distracted by attempting (and setting) a new world record for
high-mountain diving. His new record is for a dive at Ader Co Lake in
Tibet, at an altitude of 5,671m. As a result of the new record attempt,
he hasn't even begun attempting to raise funds or even get permission
from the Kremlin to raise the ship.
Third, and probably most
importantly, the Jeanette went down in 18m of water in rather close
proximity (relatively speaking) to the north pole. There's a pretty safe
bet that her location is contained in this image, which illustrates one
of the major reasons why she still lies at the bottom of the
sea.(http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/38000/38392/henriettais_ali_2009120_lrg.jpg)
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Ah, yes - main problem isn't money this time - altho that is real -
it's keeping your salvage vessel from being crushed by the ice.
Having 2 ships in the same spot on the bottom isn't very useful.
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The ice problem will probably resolve itself if they are patient.
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In light of the fact that the one-two punch of El Nino and climate
change have brought the Arctic temperatures above freezing in the middle
of winter, for the first time in recorded history, it's hard not to
think that this past year is just a harbinger of much worse on the way.
We're currently about 1 degree Celsius higher than the pre-industrial
average, and we've seen, in our lifetimes, the severe melting of the
worlds glaciers, the polar ice caps shrinking by larger and larger
margins every year, and severe weather occurring out of sync with
typical seasonal patterns. And even if the agreement signed in Paris
last month is followed with near-religious fervor, and we manage to hold
the global temperature to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial average,
that still calls for significantly more dramatic changes in the global
climate.
If we're seeing the north pole thawing out in the middle
of winter at 1 degree higher, at 1.5 I think that the predictions we
were seeing in 2012 of there being no summer ice at the north pole by
*this year* may not be too far off.
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I really don't want that as a reason for raising the Jeannette. :'(
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I'm gonna live long enough to see it all happen - so I really hope the goal of 1.5 is met! :o
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Flying Scotsman: Famous engine back on tracks (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-35251312)
I
love steam trains - just love them. Got caught in the steam coming off
one in Poole Station when I was about 2 years old. Magical. 8) :D
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I'm gonna live long enough to see it all happen - so I really hope the goal of 1.5 is met! :o
So
do I - paint the top of your house white if you can - reflect as much
heat as you can. Let's stop the Jeannette ever being raised through
ice-free waters ::) 8)
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Flying Scotsman: Famous engine back on tracks (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-35251312)
I
love steam trains - just love them. Got caught in the steam coming off
one in Poole Station when I was about 2 years old. Magical. 8) :D
I
remember getting soot, or ashes or a cinder in my eye while looking out
the window of a train going from Liverpool to Stockton-on-Tees back in
1956. Steam trains are romantic, but otherwise smelly, dirty and not
good for the eyes. :'(
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Flying Scotsman: Famous engine back on tracks (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-35251312)
I
love steam trains - just love them. Got caught in the steam coming off
one in Poole Station when I was about 2 years old. Magical. 8) :D
I
remember getting soot, or ashes or a cinder in my eye while looking out
the window of a train going from Liverpool to Stockton-on-Tees back in
1956. Steam trains are romantic, but otherwise smelly, dirty and not
good for the eyes. :'(
My
grandfather worked maintenance for the Pennsylvania RR, ended up
supervisor for all ground maintenance for the southern half of Cook
County. Movies make my think steam engines are romantic, Grandpa
thought diesel made life a lot easier - all the coal piles and water
towers with their myriad pipes that leaked went away.
I do love trains, prefer riding Amtrak to flying.
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Hello potential Shipopoly players! I think we've got room for one or
two more players on the next game. Games only run for a month now (that
goes by pretty fast) so if you're interested drop us a note:
http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4338.msg123621#msg123621
It'll get you over the dull days of post-Christmas :D
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Happy Birthday
to
mapurves
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Happy birthday Michael
and belated happy birthday wishes to Kathy for January 8. :)
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Belated
Happy Birthday
to
Kathy
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Happy Birthday to Michael and Kathy!
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Indeed, happy Birthday Both.
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Happy Birthdays Michael & Kathy!!!
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Happy birthdays indeed.
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I join the others in wishing you a happy birthday, Michael and Kathy. Is this still your 111th?
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A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU BOTH, KATHY AND MICHAEL!
(http://i.imgur.com/jJdcbdh.png)
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I join the others in wishing you a happy birthday, Michael and Kathy. Is this still your 111th?
Thank you one and all.
Not quite 111, but it's also a multiple of three. ;D
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Happy Birthday, Michael :)
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Thank you all very much for the birthday wishes - and yes, I am 111 this year ;D
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New development could lead to more effective lightbulbs (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35284112)
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that is cool - I hope it maintains less toxic materials in construction, the best of both worlds.
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Internet Explorer users 'at risk' as tech support ends (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35291938)
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Giant icebergs play 'major role' in ocean carbon cycle (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35280895)
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New development could lead to more effective lightbulbs (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35284112)
It's really interesting when the scientists shed some light on things like this. ;) ;) ;D
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Internet Explorer users 'at risk' as tech support ends (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35291938)
I'm
glad I don't have to use it...never seems to work well. But the thought
of the hackers having a rare old time with it is annoying. :-\
Giant icebergs play 'major role' in ocean carbon cycle (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35280895)
Cool! Literally! I'll send this on to Yshish who moderates PlanktonPortal :D
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There's an interesting time lapse video of arctic ice that's very
worthwhile. It lasts about a minute and you can get it here
(https://www.rt.com/news/328468-arctic-ice-melting-timelapse/). A friend
who used to work with me in the Yukon Weather Centre sent me the link.
The video is partway down the page, below the image.
Farther down there is a time lapse of the arctic ice extent for last summer.
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oh no....we'll be able to swim to the North Pole soon :( :-[
transcribe everyone...faster! ;)
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Don't know if any of us still use IE browser, but it is being phased
out - yesterday, or so they said on the news. Looking that up on
Microsoft's site, they are still updating and securing only the latest
version 11 - all the others will no longer be updated or
protected. Not that OW ever tolerated IE any way.
Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ended on January 12th, 2016 (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/WindowsForBusiness/End-of-IE-support)
They are replacing it with a new browser, Edge -
made for Windows 10 - and keeping the IE-11 for sites that need
backward compatibility. I have no idea how that works here, and
don't really want to try it. But some of us who already got
Windows 10 may already have it.
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I have Edge, and don't use it. According to the Wiki, performance is
better than IE but reception is mixed: Some people think it has poor
design and user-friendliness.
Me, I'm sticking with the way I've always done it: Chrome as primary browser, Firefox as backup.
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I'm sticking with the way I've always done it: Firefox as primary browser, Chrome as backup. ;)
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Now that I've done the Mac upgrade to ElCapitan I'm back to Safari with Chrome as backup.
IE always 'scared' me as when it first came out and for a LONG time it was 'buggy' and subject to regular hacks.
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If web browsers were family members:
Chrome = Cool Older Brother
He's
always making small changes to his look, but somehow pulls it off every
time. Everyone in the neighborhood knows his name. And he's
so cool, he hooks you up with free goodies and doesn't even tell a
single person about it.
Firefox = The Creative Sibling
They
might not be as naturally good looking as Chrome, but make up for it in
other ways. For one, they dress well. They know how to
accessorize. And they're creative. Every once in a
while, you hear of something cool they're doing that makes you wanna
hang out with them.
Internet Explorer = The Cousin That You Used To Be A Lot Closer With
You
were pretty much best friends back in the day. You don't see them
as much nowadays, but every time you hear about them, people are saying
they're still doing pretty well. Maybe you should give them a
call sometime? You guys do have a lot of history together.
Opera = Little Brother
He's
not super popular. Well, except on the Wii. He's got more
Wii friends than real life friends. But you know what, you're okay
with that if he's okay with that.
Safari = Annoying Teenage Sister (Sorry, Dean!)
That
doofus is always on the phone. I mean, there's really nothing
WRONG with her. In fact, you two get along pretty well when you're
together. But the only time you'll see her detached from a phone,
she'll be on her Mac. She's got an unhealthy relationship with
Apple products.
Netscape = Deceased Crazy Grandpa
The
dude went nuts a while back. Whenever you see old family photos
of him, he was a good looking guy who looked like he had his stuff
together. Then he got old, stopped taking his medications, and
became the laughing stock of the neighborhood before fading away and
dying alone. You and your siblings are afraid this might happen to
you some day.
(Edited from original: Bad words replaced, personal comment in blue added)
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What about Mosaic, or am I the only one old enough to remember it? :'(
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What about Mosaic, or am I the only one old enough to remember it? :'(
No
question I'm (and many of us) are old enough - but that was back in my
Apple Mac days when I never even thought of shopping for another
browser. I left my last job, then my Mac broke, then my brother
hired me part-time insisting I get a PC. I do miss Apple. :'(
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I remember Mosaic...only used it once or twice. And of course we all
used Netscape to be sure that IE didn't rule the world! I seem to
recall that Netscape and a lovely icon with shooting star going past a
(with revolving light) lighthouse. Whilst the star shot and the light
went round you knew you were getting a service... now it's all so
assured that who needs to see anything supportive? As long as there's no
'wheel of doom' all's well ;) 8)
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What about Mosaic, or am I the only one old enough to remember it? :'(
No
question I'm (and many of us) are old enough - but that was back in my
Apple Mac days when I never even thought of shopping for another
browser. I left my last job, then my Mac broke, then my brother
hired me part-time insisting I get a PC. I do miss Apple. :'(
I
remember Mosaic...only used it once or twice. And of course we all used
Netscape to be sure that IE didn't rule the world! I seem to recall
that Netscape and a lovely icon with shooting star going past a (with
revolving light) lighthouse. Whilst the star shot and the light went
round you knew you were getting a service... now it's all so assured
that who needs to see anything supportive? As long as there's no 'wheel
of doom' all's well ;) 8)
Hannibal:
I don't know where the 'issue' is with Safari & Apple. That have
always supported it strongly. I'm old enough to remember and have lived
on Netscape and a few others too old to mention. Did spend quality time
with Firefox for certain jobs but Safari is the main go to for us Mac
people!! ;)
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Hannibal:
I don't know where the 'issue' is with Safari & Apple. That have
always supported it strongly. I'm old enough to remember and have lived
on Netscape and a few others too old to mention. Did spend quality time
with Firefox for certain jobs but Safari is the main go to for us Mac
people!! ;)
Safari
and its predecessors were always solidly dedicated to Apple, and Apple
users never had any complaints. That tongue-in-cheek description
made me smile, female in a crowd of males and far more successful than
them in her dedicated area than any of them. :)
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Oh man... talk about old days of the interwebs flashbacks. I cut my
teeth on Mosaic back when PC's were first starting to become a thing,
then graduated to Amaya (now there's one I'd be surprised if people
remember), until Firefox came out, then Chrome, and now Edge, even
though the only thing I ever used IE for was either work related (for
some reason, too many IT departments only allow IE despite it's glaring
security faults) or for downloading a better browser.
I have to
admit that when I finally upgraded to Windows 10, I was really dubious
of the new Edge browser, and I'll be the first to say that people
complaining about it not being very new-user friendly aren't just
blowing smoke. That said, once I got used to it, I actually ended up
preferring it to even Firefox and Chrome (although I still bounce
between the two when I'm at work, since I went through the trouble of
bypassing the company firewall just to install them because I really
can't stand IE). There's just something about its minimalist design
that's very appealing to me. It definitely isn't for everyone, though,
and only time will tell if Microsoft has actually created a relatively
secure browser for once.
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Amaya - you got me there - never heard of that one ;) :)
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The Welsh village where it's rained every day since October (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35321130)
:o
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(http://rs717.pbsrc.com/albums/ww173/prestonjjrtr/Weather/raining.gif~c200)
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(http://rs717.pbsrc.com/albums/ww173/prestonjjrtr/Weather/raining.gif~c200)
;D
;D ;D And if jil would leave a message here so we can see her
excellent, but very Welsh-weathered avatar we'd be looking for our
snorkels. So far it hasn't rained here today - and that's jolly nice!
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As ordered ;)
And despite lots of sun this morning :) it did rain here this afternoon. :'(
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so sorry to hear it jil. It stayed clear here, and with a wind
building up it was very bitter. If we get rain on a front it will fall
as snow just now. :o
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The Welsh village where it's rained every day since October (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35321130)
:o
So just like every other village in Wales, then? :P
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We nave a covering of slushy snow which will be OK until we get a
frost!! Must look out my anti-slip thingies which go over my shoes or
boots, long-handled scraper for car roof and regret that I did not
buy the thingies which go on my walking stick to let it dig into icy
snow.
In some ways it is simpler when you live somewhere which
always gets snow for most of the winter. Here we get snow a few days a
year most winters, sometimes hardly any, sometimes lots so you have the
problem of how much gear to buy and store 'just in case'. Whatever you
get seems like a waste some years and not enough others.
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at least put a sock over your walking stick ferrule - held on with a good elastic band - it makes some difference. :)
Luckily only hard frost here. Must nip out and put out tea for the birds :)
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The Welsh village where it's rained every day since October (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35321130)
So just like every other village in Wales, then? :P
Yeah. And some others.
http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/news/record-uk-rainfall-river-flows-december-2015-flooding
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that's it - I'm growing flippers! ;D
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Snowing here, now! Only gently though - whatever the snow equivalent of drizzle is.
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Snowing here, now! Only gently though - whatever the snow equivalent of drizzle is.
Snow Flurries. Just enough to to make the air sparkle pretty and dust everything with a very thin white coat.
I'm alternating days overcast and clear blue - today is sunny and cold, starting the slide down to frigid tomorrow.
:)
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Snowing here, now! Only gently though - whatever the snow equivalent of drizzle is.
Snow Flurries. Just enough to to make the air sparkle pretty and dust everything with a very thin white coat.
I'm alternating days overcast and clear blue - today is sunny and cold, starting the slide down to frigid tomorrow.
:)
Here's
the official definition from Environment Canada's Manual of
Observations
(http://www.ec.gc.ca/manobs/default.asp?lang=En&n=4174EBE7-1#ch0304):
3.4.3.3 Snow Grains (SG) What Jill is probably seeing. Janet is likely describing ice crystals.
Precipitation
of very small white and opaque grains of ice. These grains are fairly
flat or elongated; their diameter is generally less than 1 mm. When the
grains hit hard ground, they do not bounce or shatter. They usually fall
in very small quantities, mostly from Stratus or occasionally from fog,
and never in the form of a shower.
3.4.3.6 Ice Crystals (IC)
A
fall of non-branched ice crystals, in the form of needles, columns or
plates, often so tiny that they seem to be suspended in the air. These
crystals may fall from cloud or from a cloudless sky. In WMO
terminology, ice crystals are referred to as diamond dust.
3.4.3.6.1
The
crystals are visible mainly when they glitter in the sunshine; they may
then produce a luminous pillar or other halo. This hydrometeor, that is
frequent in polar regions, occurs only at very low temperatures and in
stable air masses.
3.11.2 Showers
Showers (For the public we use the word showers for rain but flurries for snow. Technically they are snow showers.)
Showery precipitation falls from cumuliform cloud and can be further identified by one or more of the following features:
Showers often (but not always) begin and end abruptly.
Showers usually occur in periods of short duration, perhaps 15 min or so, but they may last much longer.
Usually there are rapid fluctuations in the intensity of the precipitation.
There is a noticeable brightening of the sky between showers.
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Very helpful! Thanks.
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Showers (For the public we use the word showers for rain but flurries for snow. Technically they are snow showers.)
Chicagoans
- lay folk and weather forecasters alike - usually use flurries, and
they usually do not actually sparkle, they just fall in a way that is
very pretty to watch fall while not interfering with visibility or safe
pavements. Ice falls (lay name 'sleet') don't feel pretty, they
sting as they hit your face. :)
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Showers (For the public we use the word showers for rain but flurries for snow. Technically they are snow showers.)
Chicagoans
- lay folk and weather forecasters alike - usually use flurries, and
they usually do not actually sparkle, they just fall in a way that is
very pretty to watch fall while not interfering with visibility or safe
pavements. Ice falls (lay name 'sleet') don't feel pretty, they
sting as they hit your face. :)
Yes,
every local area has its own terminology. I go with the MANOBS
definitions which are the same as the WMO's, except where noted - and
those are few. For people interested in just what the many weather
definitions are, MANOBS
(http://www.ec.gc.ca/manobs/default.asp?lang=En&n=B6F4CF69-1) is a
good and easy place to look. Precipitation and other atmospheric
phenomena are defined here
(http://www.ec.gc.ca/manobs/default.asp?lang=En&n=4174EBE7-1). Cloud
descriptions are found down from here
(http://www.ec.gc.ca/manobs/default.asp?lang=En&n=A1B2F73E-1#ch0108)
in section 1.8.5.1. When I trained as a weather observer, back when the
world was young, we spent three months going over every aspect of this
manual.
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I know, each area has its own dialect. I just waited for getting older before acquiring the official vocabulary.
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Thanks Michael! It doesn't snow often enough here (NW England) to
have (or at least for me to have picked up) much language for it - lots
of words for rain though!
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Thanks
Michael! It doesn't snow often enough here (NW England) to have (or at
least for me to have picked up) much language for it - lots of words for
rain though!
I've heard that Eskimos have 300+ words to describe snow. ;)
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I've heard that Eskimos have 300+ words to describe snow. ;)
40,
but who's counting. Mind you, we have a fair number: corn snow, slush,
powder, crunchy, squeaky (which you will hear when it is colder than
-22C), wet, fluffy, crusty, hard packed, drifted, ... I could go on but,
fortunately, I haven't seen any so far this winter, and what there was
in the previous three winters, if it all fell at once, might have been
no more than two inches deep in total, if that. :) :) :) :) :) :)
:) :)
Oh, and our snowdrops have been in bloom for two weeks now.
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I've heard that Eskimos have 300+ words to describe snow. ;)
40,
but who's counting. Mind you, we have a fair number: corn snow, slush,
powder, crunchy, squeaky (which you will hear when it is colder than
-22C), wet, fluffy, crusty, hard packed, drifted, ... I could go on but,
fortunately, I haven't seen any so far this winter, and what there was
in the previous three winters, if it all fell at once, might have been
no more than two inches deep in total, if that. :) :) :) :) :) :)
:) :)
Oh, and our snowdrops have been in bloom for two weeks now.
You are just trying to make us south and east of you with a current wind chill of -9F (-23C) jealous. ::) :)
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I've heard that Eskimos have 300+ words to describe snow. ;)
40,
but who's counting. Mind you, we have a fair number: corn snow, slush,
powder, crunchy, squeaky (which you will hear when it is colder than
-22C), wet, fluffy, crusty, hard packed, drifted, ... I could go on but,
fortunately, I haven't seen any so far this winter, and what there was
in the previous three winters, if it all fell at once, might have been
no more than two inches deep in total, if that. :) :) :) :) :) :)
:) :)
Oh, and our snowdrops have been in bloom for two weeks now.
You are just trying to make us south and east of you with a current wind chill of -9F (-23C) jealous. ::) :)
I know, and I love it! Payback after having 40 years of winter. My coldest wind chill was:
1990/12/02/10 -59.3 deg C
The coldest temperature and I was walking home from work (3 km):
2005/01/13 -46.6 deg C
so I feel justified in making you jealous. ;D
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I know, and I love it! Payback after having 40 years of winter. My coldest wind chill was:
1990/12/02/10 -59.3 deg C
The coldest temperature and I was walking home from work (3 km):
2005/01/13 -46.6 deg C
so I feel justified in making you jealous. ;D
Definitely
deserve it - I'll stick with my "mild" winters near the Lake, with my
record of -24F (-31.1C) - I was shoveling my car out that week.
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I've had a few people staying here who had never experienced snow
before. I had to point out that warmer snow makes the best snow balls -
but it you pat them and pat them and pat them - you create an ice ball
that can take an eye out. Snow balls are an art form ;)
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I gave my granddaughter a gift of coloured snowballs Christmas
before last (she was 11). I mixed some food dyes with a bit of cold
water and rolled them in it and then put them in the freezer until
Christmas. I had told her this was going to be her present and she
didn't believe me ;D
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Just got back from a short cruise, 30C, about 80% humidity (well it
seemed like that) and lots of Gin & Tonic and not a snow ball in
site.
;D
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Snowballs are an art form and can be fun to make right.
Your granddaughter probably never before got an artful handmade present that never saw a department store. :)
And
YOU live on the side of the globe that is able to torture us who are
freezing our toes off. (Or would be if I didn't have good
boots.) You succeeded in making me very envious.
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Funny thing is weather.
2 weeks ago we had snow in the Blue Mountains, now we have Bushfires in the same place. :o
-3C at home this morning, not counting wind chill. Down to -8C in places within 100km radius.
Snow in the city of Hobart, usually only on the top of Mt Wellington.
Cold weather down under, enjoy your Autumn up over.
;D
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Why should you be more like Bill? (http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-35344300)
(No, not Bill Gates!)
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Interesting....Social Media is certainly moving into more reflective
areas. I have to say that if there is a move for people to spend less
(but more constructive) time on things like Social Media sites, and move
to more constructive uses of their time in general it would be a good
thing.
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Very sensible advice.
I only hope that the people who need it take it...
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Interesting....Social
Media is certainly moving into more reflective areas. I have to say
that if there is a move for people to spend less (but more constructive)
time on things like Social Media sites, and move to more constructive
uses of their time in general it would be a good thing.
I find most of my 'spare' computer time used for OW.
You mean there is 'Social Media' besides HERE???!!!!! ::)
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;D ;D ;D
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Dunno if anybody here has regular Windows 8 - as in not Windows 8.1 - but just in case:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/upgrade-windows-end-extended-support/
The tone may be a bit blunt, but this is serious business!
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I guess for us W7 users the main concern is the time limit on the free upgrade to W10. I think that's in July, isn't it?
My
unsupported XP machine is still happily chugging away doing BOINC
tasks. My free virus checker never finds any viruses either.
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I guess for us W7 users the main concern is the time limit on the free upgrade to W10. I think that's in July, isn't it?
My
unsupported XP machine is still happily chugging away doing BOINC
tasks. My free virus checker never finds any viruses either.
I have it on my appointment calendar - This month last chance to upgrade for free ? paying starts July 29th 2016 is posted on July 1st.
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Thanks, Janet. That's what I remembered. I am going to hold out for a while yet.
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Thinking of anyone out there in the way of the expected blizzards in eastern USA - keep safe!
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All stocked up, hunkered down, and waiting for the snow to start
(Washington, DC, area). I just hope we keep power and internet, gotta
have my OW fix!
Thinking of anyone out there in the way of the expected blizzards in eastern USA - keep safe!
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Stay safe, all of you.
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Fully stock your pantries, East Coast. Please stay safe. And hopefully powered with internet.
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Stay safe, mobiles powered, torches & spare batteries ready and
plenty of tinned stuff just in case. If it gets really cold and power
goes off then make sure you have drinking water.
I remember the
winter of the miners' strike with regular power cuts (my flat was all
electric). Thermos flask, radio, hot water bottle, sleeping bag in
lounge (underfloor heating so some residual heat), fingerless gloves,
camping lantern & torch and whatever cold food was on the
menu. The only saving grace was that they did eventually get a
rota sorted out so you did get power for 4 hours at least once a day.
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Winter Draw(er)s on East Coasters!
I recall the
miners' strike, studentforever. We had out camping stuff to the ready.
We had two primus stoves and a tilly lamp so we were fine. Every night a
good stew from the pressure cooker. I loved it because it was like
camping so we played a lot of cards (after homework). But for many
elderly without gas heating it was very hard. But then so were the lives
of the miners. :-\
Just looked up your weather - looks
horrid - really do be careful - especially if you must go out
:) I wonder if we will inherit the dog end of this storm over
here?
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Sonarok has begun ;D
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Sonarok has begun ;D
Hunker down and stay safe, Kathy.
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The US house hounded by phone trackers (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35381320) ::)
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What a nightmare!! I turn my phone off when I'm not using it...I
hope that confounds the wretched Big Brother elements of mobiles
:-\
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The advantage to living in a large apartment building is, if any
tracker gives my address a false positive, the seekers will have 10s of
households to choose from.
How horrible to have to live with that.
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Hope you're all safe and warm (and still able to transcribe ;)) on the East Coast!
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Someone's enjoying the snow :)
Tian Tian enjoys blizzard (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35392623)
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Deer have the run of Washington's empty streets (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35395676)
US snowstorm: White House timelapse footage (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35393951)
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We got about 30 inches of snow, 15 miles west of Washington. The
shoveling will now begin, at least after I finish this cup of coffee, or
maybe the next cup. ;)
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Don't overdo the shoveling, Bob! But you sound as though
you've still got power and internet, so life isn't too bad ....
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I'll second that! I heard on the BBC World Service that often
some of the casualties of heavy snow falls are people who have had heart
attacks while shovelling snow outside their houses, rather than getting
stuck in snowdrifts, and they were warning not to shovel snow unless
you were already fit and used to taking strenuous exercise. I
can't say this had ever occurred to me before.
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I suspect that shovelling snow is like gardening - the best at the
job drink lots of tea. A few shovels, a cup of tea, a few shovels, a cup
of tea, a few shovels..... :)
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I
suspect that shovelling snow is like gardening - the best at the job
drink lots of tea. A few shovels, a cup of tea, a few shovels, a cup of
tea, a few shovels..... :)
I have heard RUM keeps you warmer, after all they did dispense on Navy ships. :D
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Alas, no rum, but we did stock some Guinness!
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Alas, no rum, but we did stock some Guinness!
;)
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Happy Burns Night!
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Aye - Lang may your lums wreak! (http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/robertburns/burns_night_running_order.shtml)
(http://i.imgur.com/KDHqmWH.png)
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(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/NYE1uCoUcvh415c1ppJf8t7u_DppdYNk3UFBE083_FJ1Ub4lDY2PCufJef_wkBOXQn-7AMOXsXvHosncHViwY8xUPK6uFF0erWV20YXtFRYAUmVdxBSi4EF3hkHdmaoto-aO3iwLAg942Qu8-BPt0-iKiZFcL3gbZUgu8Qh1dTqbMhccFy6X50zb7sOV-FmYHj6WTvKUqXKR_aQRsqJclNgOJ8k11lpfFS4EqrnGWjQHpf6RO2Lv3bf1ftbQefGBRRNWAjLzzuzaPpc3Yb3RE_YRywjh_zPSP5MdHF9Gyoa0TjzErqPlj-VmHvpQ4SBb1qya3azFBIIvpoKbcp9WDfjlfEb8_4V1Y8bqp-1mMDjaqXe57SHVJJn18KmUWvLqZl9wiVHqcAXBIV0rCKpR0urHmcjaGGW4Q0BNWdn8ZjMz9wSZ7sXGyU_VXy6R7Ej51Q6Ai2BpRLhbFrY7l8x9Ogn98mXnf3Md1Q2Wa_CjudjQK39LF3vgPgQBT5NAzO1hJ8ZCxgfAK52sf3QAlMeGlT2SmFj_s9HyPkw69XptIPqEwjQC82S6xCEH0iB9CjR179pN=w508-h340-no)
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(http://presspage-production-content.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/1190/500_australiaday_cmyk_colour-2.jpg)
:)
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Thanks from Down Under.
Missed out on Burns night :-[
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Yes, Happy Australia Day from me, too! It's the correct day for me, but not for you. Sort of sorry! :-[
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(http://i.imgur.com/VbQ23j6.png?1)
- to all you ozzies! ;D
Amazing that I found exactly this on the Western Australian wildlife project - what a co-incidence ;)
If any of you fancy a mad session at the other end of the planet - Up Helly Aa is being broadcast live: http://uphellyaa.com/
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Watching Uphellya right now as I eat breakfast before going to play with the trains.
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Joan, heard you mentioned on Uphellyaa, well done.
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Watching Uphellya right now as I eat breakfast before going to play with the trains.
Woohooo!
I got a mention! 'Joan from Kidlington writes in to say she's enjoying
our fantastic festival' 1st time I've ever been on radio. Should have
mentioned OldWeather ::) :D
Enjoy the trains Stuart :)
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Nice work, Joan. :)
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Woohooo!
I got a mention! 'Joan from Kidlington writes in to say she's enjoying
our fantastic festival' 1st time I've ever been on radio. Should have
mentioned OldWeather ::) :D
A sign of OW non-addiction, perhaps. ;D
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You found me out mapurves ;D
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Not mentioning OW during a radio interview was a dead giveaway! ;D
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oh it was only a blog feed - nothing really exciting ::)
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Happy Birthday on what would have been her 75th Birthday to Astronomer Beatrice Tinsley.
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Evening all.
Anybody wanna apply for this very
interesting-sounding job?
(http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/help-wanted-professional-panda-cuddler/)
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;D I'm sure my experience as a professional cat cuddler would stand me in good stead!
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It's very tempting ....
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Aww, didn't hear about that one.
There was a farm here in Virginia recently looking for goat cuddlers...
http://wtop.com/virginia/2016/01/farm-seeking-goat-cuddlers-meets-volunteer-quota/
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How about finding some OW cuddlers? Some of us might need it after a hard day on the Concord... ;)
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Is this any good?
(http://i.imgur.com/JY10FtT.png)
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on second thoughts...
(http://i.imgur.com/csPMZ30.png?1)
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The lion works for me. It might make Toby the Cat a little jealous though. ;D
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I've done better than that. Here is a bear trying to hug the crew of
the concord. But as you can see - he can't see them. 'I see no
ship(s)mates'
(http://i.imgur.com/w1kEGx7.png)
that's all folks :D
Apologies to Toby!
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I have been trying to post an attachment to another thread and have
been getting the message: Cannot access attachments upload path!
There clearly isn't a general problem with attachments, so what am I doing wrong? I have resized it to below 256KB.
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I'll give it a try myself to see what's up (if it obliges me) back asap. :)
Yep - got caught out just as you did ThursdayNext:
(http://i.imgur.com/QJE58Ar.png)
The
file I tried to attach was a tiny 46kb. Has anyone got any theories on
this one please before I pop a note to the devs for help?
Many thanks, Joan
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As far as I know, attachments don't work.
The above pictures have been done with links to images stored online.
For the bear it is: [img]http://i.imgur.com/w1kEGx7.png[/img]
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I
have been trying to post an attachment to another thread and have been
getting the message: Cannot access attachments upload path!
There clearly isn't a general problem with attachments, so what am I doing wrong? I have resized it to below 256KB.
Is there any way that I can help while we wait for a fix? Is it an image that I could deal with for you? :D
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Nice pic Joan, thanks. :D
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The photo in question was shared with me by a gentleman whose
grandfather served on the Mantua. He is not really into computers
himself but wants the photo to be generally available to anyone else who
had family who served on the ship or is otherwise interested, so I am
trying to work out how best to go about this. It's a wonderful
photograph and I have managed to date it to between September 1914 and
February 1915. So I want to get it online and available to anyone
who searches for "HMS Mantua", but without risking my own privacy -
advice appreciated! I was wondering about Flickr, but don't know
much about it. If I can get the photo uploaded somewhere I will be
able to just post a link rather than needing to attach it.
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Talk doesn't allow attachments, so I doubt that they are going to fix them here :'( :'( :'(
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oh right - I think I might even remember that!
Thursday Next -
check your personal messages I've sent you details of how to use imgur
which is suggested as good to use by the Zooniverse Powers That Be.
We've been using it especially for images for the new talk system for
some months now and it seems to work well. And it's free! I use my
own account for forum pics for OW and for pictures for PenguinWatch. If
anyone else wants to use my account for OW I'm happy with that. I keep
my own home stuff on imageshack.com.
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Happy birthday Matteo!
Auguri. :)
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Buon compleanno, amico!
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A very Happy Birthday Matteo! ;D
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Happy Birthday Matteo!
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Happy Birthday
to
Matteo !
(http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/46/3f/ed/463fedb285052e33a5391858d7865771.jpg)
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Yes, VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MATTEO!!
May your Voyages always be successful! ;)
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:D :D THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE AND EVERYBODY!!! :D :D
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Hope you're having a good birthday, Matteo!
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Matteo:
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Maaaaaatttttteeeeeeeoooooooooooooooooo,
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!
http://i.imgur.com/LyVvbHL.jpg
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All the best, Matteo!
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:D Thank you very much jil, Dean and Craig!! :D
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Scraping and painting.
The Officer Commanding insisted on a
new floor for the wardroom. It was to be green and yellow tiles with a
dark border, one tile wide:
(http://i.imgur.com/MG6n2qm.jpg?2)
This,
however, created a problem. The salt and pepper mills for the Officer's
table did not match the floor pattern. A new pair, just under the
imposed budget, was procured from GSK Puget Sound:
(http://i.imgur.com/s3T5FY9.jpg?3)
This
also created a problem. The walls and trim in the wardroom did not
match the salt and pepper mills. M. A. Purves (Painter 3c) was summoned
and directed to repaint the wardroom in suitable colours (see image
above). Of course, the Wardroom has a gangway going to the deck below,
and those walls also need painting.
Question: will the
re-painting of the gangway leading below decks also necessitate a
re-painting of the laundry room, which in turn will require a
re-painting of the gangway leading past the head (re-painting here,
too?) and on to the crew's lounge?
Inquiring minds need to know... :'(
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Any time the officers feel that the ship's crew is in danger of
idleness (and we all know what the Devil does with idle hands) then
scrubbing, scraping and painting is decreed. I am not sure what other
activities your 'ship's crew' is engaged with but your CO is obviously
following established naval practice. Is there scope for a 'lost
by accident' incident with the paintbrush maybe.
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Or a session with the Holystone maybe.
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;D ;D ;D
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Question:
will the re-painting of the gangway leading below decks also
necessitate a re-painting of the laundry room, which in turn will
require a re-painting of the gangway leading past the head (re-painting
here, too?) and on to the crew's lounge?
Ummmmmm, very possibly.
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My dad tells a story about his buddy who was in the Navy. He'd
done the painting bit (outside) and hated it. So next cruise back
across the Atlantic he volunteered to work in the galley, figuring
shorter hours, less sweaty etc. Since his hours were different
from the rest of his crewmates, he didn't find out until afterwards that
the CO'd decided no painting this time. So while it was fun and
games for everyone else, he'd worked sweaty long hours in the galley.
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;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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My
dad tells a story about his buddy who was in the Navy. He'd done
the painting bit (outside) and hated it. So next cruise back
across the Atlantic he volunteered to work in the galley, figuring
shorter hours, less sweaty etc. Since his hours were different
from the rest of his crewmates, he didn't find out until afterwards that
the CO'd decided no painting this time. So while it was fun and
games for everyone else, he'd worked sweaty long hours in the galley.
So,
are you suggesting I should be rated from Painter 3c to Ship's Cook 4c
before the C.O. decides that the lower deck needs fresh paint?
:o
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And on,and on, and on. Of course, there will also need to be ordered new Green and Red oil for the Nav lights!
I think the salt & Pepper shakers just need some more and you could play chess on the floor!! ::)
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I found this link interesting.
Weather Satellites
(https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/timeline-stroll-through-50-years-weather-satellites?utm_source=This+Week+in+Cosmos&utm_campaign=1d31f6ea75-TWIC_Feb_8_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1df827744a-1d31f6ea75-112078385)
It's a bit short but what do you expect for free. ;D
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Very good - but I have a 57 year old weather satellite - my right
index finger. I lick it, stick outside the window/door and wait a few
seconds. records temperature, precipitation, wind speed and direction.
All at a height of around 5'7" from the local terrain. ;D
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Cornish weather forecasting stone:
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/3c/a2/7a/3ca27a41c426ea19786172c13e754e55.jpg)
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;D ;D ;D ;D (for both of the last two comments ....)
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;D ;D ;D ;D So Hi tec - that's why the Cornish should be a nation :D
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The "Cornish weather forecasting stone" is/was also available in the
US - though I'm not quite sure forecasting is the correct term :-\
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Good evening OW.
Today, I wish to teach you all an insightful lesson about what motivation lurks at the hearts of many video gamers:
(https://i.chzbgr.com/full/8518836736/h7F23C274/)
I hope you have learned much from this - Me, I experienced all but the third panel myself.
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That's a strange coincidence hanibal, because yesterday I stumbled
over this cartoon and saved it into imgur against just such a
moment - and it will ring large bells with you I should
think :)
(http://i.imgur.com/fSV7bil.png)
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That's
a strange coincidence hanibal, because yesterday I stumbled over this
cartoon and saved it into imgur against just such a moment - and
it will ring large bells with you I should think :)
(http://i.imgur.com/fSV7bil.png)
That
has been around for quite a while1 I have posted it, shared it, fought
by it. As a teacher for 38 years I KNOW all kids are different and tried
to convince parents and Administrators alike of that! (Sometimes
even with some success!!) ;)
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That's
a strange coincidence hanibal, because yesterday I stumbled over this
cartoon and saved it into imgur against just such a moment - and
it will ring large bells with you I should think :)
I've seen that one several times - it's used by a lot of autism support/awareness groups and websites and stuff.
But I never saw the quote before - that's a good one!
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The whole 'Standardised Testing thing' has been 'big' here in
New York State as the Governor & other 'Bright Sparks' have decided
that teachers will be evaluated by the scores of their students on State
Standardised tests. In my case (were I not retired) up to 60% of my
Personal Evaluation would consist of the student scores on State Tests
in Reading/Language Arts & Mathematics. The interesting part of THAT
STORY is that I taught NEITHER! I taught Science Classes to 165
students daily! ::)
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Very good images Hanibal94 and Joan!
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(https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/rexfeatures_2314891a-e1455208281844.jpg?w=748&h=588&crop=1)
Valentine's chocs for everyone. ;D (http://images.clipartpanda.com/heart-clipart-RTddEEjT9.png)
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Very good image Caro!
Happy Chocolate Valentine's Day to all.
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Thanks Caro
Hey - imagine the scent in the warehouses packaging all those roses - woweee :D
Dean and Hanibal -very interesting comments. Dean your teacher colleagues must be in despair?
I
was always bottom of the class - but one of my teachers successfully
nominated me for a school prize called 'Application to Study' which
recognized that I'd worked my socks off getting nowhere in the system.
And it changed my life. I still have that book from the saintly Sr
Thomas More and I bless her for it. It taught me a lesson of how to
recognize the intelligence in people that the state cannot find because
of its own strictures.
It's a shame to see that the State (both here
and over the pond, from what you say Dean) is still wearing its corsets
to the detriment of, no doubt, so many students. :(
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My sister, finally and happily retired, taught elementary school for
35 years here on Vancouver Island. She has many of the same complaints
and concerns about the education system here. From what I understand,
and I'm not a teacher, the system in Finland is the best.
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Thanks Caro
Hey - imagine the scent in the warehouses packaging all those roses - woweee :D
Dean and Hanibal -very interesting comments. Dean your teacher colleagues must be in despair?
I
was always bottom of the class - but one of my teachers successfully
nominated me for a school prize called 'Application to Study' which
recognized that I'd worked my socks off getting nowhere in the system.
And it changed my life. I still have that book from the saintly Sr
Thomas More and I bless her for it. It taught me a lesson of how to
recognize the intelligence in people that the state cannot find because
of its own strictures.
It's a shame to see that the State (both here
and over the pond, from what you say Dean) is still wearing its corsets
to the detriment of, no doubt, so many students. :(
My
sister, finally and happily retired, taught elementary school for 35
years here on Vancouver Island. She has many of the same complaints and
concerns about the education system here. From what I understand, and
I'm not a teacher, the system in Finland is the best.
Those
of us at the bottom are the STRONGEST because we hold the others up! My
colleagues still in are very worried about the future of Education. I'm
sure there have been issues before and we'll survive - but it is
difficult to watch! I always liked working with the 'slower kids.'
many of the Special Ed kids would be 'shifted' to my classes because I
worked with them and they did well.
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Those
of us at the bottom are the STRONGEST because we hold the others up! My
colleagues still in are very worried about the future of Education. I'm
sure there have been issues before and we'll survive - but it is
difficult to watch! I always liked working with the 'slower kids.'
many of the Special Ed kids would be 'shifted' to my classes because I
worked with them and they did well.
Wonderful words Dean :)
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has anyone clicked on the google valentine's images - I just clicked the tissue box and loo roll - funny little thing :)
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I get a tea pot and a coffee pot :-\
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The German Google has a hedgehog and a cactus.
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The Ozi google was also a cactus and hedgehog.
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keep opening tabs and you'll eventually get all three :)
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Dean - are you hoarding temps of about -28C over there - because apparently it's heading our way :o
Stay warm Dean & NE Americans :)
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keep opening tabs and you'll eventually get all three :)
Yep
- one of them is a hedgehog and cactus, one is a tea pot and coffee
pot, one is a tissue box and a roll of paper towels (It's too tall to be
a toilet paper roll). Very creative!
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a roll of paper towels (It's too tall to be a toilet paper roll
You're right! Never buy the stuff myself so didn't recognise it ;)
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Dean - are you hoarding temps of about -28C over there - because apparently it's heading our way :o
Stay warm Dean & NE Americans :)
YUP!
-30?C here this morning when I made my reports to the National Weather
Service. Wind chills in the -40's overnight. Sunny today and
it warmed to about - 15?C. Now they are calling for a Snow
Warning with 15 - 40 cm Monday night into Tues night. This after
one of the warmest,least snowy December/January's in history!!
Global Warming anyone??!! ::)
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Dean - are you hoarding temps of about -28C over there - because apparently it's heading our way :o
Stay warm Dean & NE Americans :)
YUP!
-30?C here this morning when I made my reports to the National Weather
Service. Wind chills in the -40's overnight. Sunny today and
it warmed to about - 15?C. Now they are calling for a Snow
Warning with 15 - 40 cm Monday night into Tues night. This after
one of the warmest,least snowy December/January's in history!!
Global Warming anyone??!! ::)
Well,
let me see. Our snowdrops have been in bloom for about five weeks now.
We set two new max temperature records in the last four days. The
narcissus are in bloom, as are the crocuses, and small daisies. I saw my
first cherry blossoms last week, on Tuesday. ;D
Let me say this: after living in the Yukon for over 20 years, I take great pleasure in rubbing that bit of news!!!
(http://i.imgur.com/0Y526JZ.jpg)
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Evening all.
Today, I learned that Taiwan makes no exceptions when it comes to parking violations.
(http://cdn1.spiegel.de/images/image-947134-galleryV9-fopn-947134.jpg)
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That's a great way to make a point! ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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Fury after Adobe Creative Cloud deletes files (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35577498)
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:o :o :o that's NOT funny at all. I'd feel pretty disappointed if I were a Mac user suffering this action >:(
However
I noticed this article from that page: Watching the heavens: The female
pioneers of science.
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35413738) Super Science
sisters! :D
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Fury after Adobe Creative Cloud deletes files (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35577498)
One of MANY reasons why I stay 'self contained' and do not put ANYTHING on the Cloud. ::)
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Fury after Adobe Creative Cloud deletes files (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35577498)
One of MANY reasons why I stay 'self contained' and do not put ANYTHING on the Cloud. ::)
Actually, Creative Cloud isn't a "Backup in the Cloud" app - it's a service that gives you access to Adobe's other apps:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Creative_Cloud
I
would pass on the advice of one of my IT professors, who is a
bleeding-heart free-and-open-source software fan: If it's not free (like
Adobe Reader), find an alternative that is - like GIMP instead of
Photoshop, OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office, etc.
Of course,
there are exceptions - I still use Windows instead of Linux, because I'm
just too used to it, and because many of my games would not work on
Linux.
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My email provider marked the following as SPAM:
FedEx Express
An email containing confidential personal information was sent to you.
Click here to open this email in your browser.
Thanks for choosing FedEx?.
It looked very legitimate, but a search on "fedex express email" gave me the Welcome to the Customer Protection Center link: http://www.fedex.com/us/security/prevent-fraud/email.html
I am not expecting anything; I am not going to open it.
Be careful.
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
PS
Report Fraud
If
you come across suspicious websites that pretend to be FedEx or if you
have received fraudulent emails, forward suspicious messages to
abuse@fedex.com.
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Very wise, Randi. My general attitude, especially to anything
I'm not expecting, is one of deep suspicion. If in doubt, delete,
is my motto!
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That's my philosophy as well. But one thing you can do is to
hover your mouse over the sender details and it will show you the email
address it came from - this generally confirms that the sender has no
connection whatever with the organization in question!
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I right click on the message, select View message source and read the email without opening it.
Amongst the code is the email address/s and you can often read the content text.
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Hicky National Margarita Day (http://nationalmargaritaday.com/)
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Dunwich: The storms that destroyed 'lost town' (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-35549952)
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Good evening OW.
Here's something clever I found while clearing out old emails. Hope you like it!
Pass the Salt (https://www.youtube.com/embed/6_-xTxP1hD4?)
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If you search for
paper is not dead
you will find a very funny one!
I can't post the link because it is a commercial.
(I can PM the link to you)
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This one showed up in my FB feed. Very funny, indeed, but you have to keep with it to the end. ;)
If you search for
paper is not dead
you will find a very funny one!
I can't post the link because it is a commercial.
(I can PM the link to you)
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Hicky National Margarita Day (http://nationalmargaritaday.com/)
Isn't it nice that all the girls called Maragrita get a national day - how thoughtful ;) ;D
Dunwich: The storms that destroyed 'lost town' (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-35549952)
Nature
is done with Dunwich then :( ;) I visited there a loooooong
time ago....there's even less of it now. Dramatic! :o
Good evening OW.
Here's something clever I found while clearing out old emails. Hope you like it!
Pass the Salt (https://www.youtube.com/embed/6_-xTxP1hD4?)
I LOVE this video short. I LOVE IT!! What can I do on the bus that is equivalent to the typewriter? :D :D :D
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Especially for Randi, Shackleton's library on Endurance (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35633374). :)
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8)
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If you search for
paper is not dead
you will find a very funny one!
I can't post the link because it is a commercial.
(I can PM the link to you)
Yep, that one is great. Thanks for the reminder!
P.S. Is it OK to post parody
commercials here - ones where the "product" is a ridiculously obvious
fake thing, and it is extremely unlikely anybody would think it is real?
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Especially for Randi, Shackleton's library on Endurance (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35633374). :)
That's an amazing list with a familiar story in it: 'The rescue of Greely by Commander Winfield Scott Schley' Thetis crew - that's you! :D
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:) 8)
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If you search for
paper is not dead
you will find a very funny one!
I can't post the link because it is a commercial.
(I can PM the link to you)
Yep, that one is great. Thanks for the reminder!
P.S. Is it OK to post parody
commercials here - ones where the "product" is a ridiculously obvious
fake thing, and it is extremely unlikely anybody would think it is real?
Can
I check before replying please hanibal? Might be tomorrow before I can
reply (apologies - this is a terrible service - normal service will be
resumed as soon as someone with more experience puts me straight
;) :D )
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If you are not sure about posting something, I suggest PMing it to the moderators and asking them.
Even as mods we sometimes check with each other about the suitability of something we want to post.
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Thank you Randi :) :) :)
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If anyone likes reading crime fiction you might enjoy The Sea
Detective by Mark Douglas-Home. The main character is an oceanographer
who models sea currents in the North Atlantic and (it being crime
fiction) is trying to work out where some body parts washed up on a
beach came from. His grandfather served on a trawler escorting Arctic
convoys in WWII and a ship's log is involved!
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That sounds good, jil.
If anyone is interested in navy
pilots, there's a programme on BBC2 this evening at 7pm (a late change I
think) about Eric 'Winkle' Brown who died very recently, and who had
flown more different planes than anyone else ever. He was a test
pilot and seems to have escaped death or serious injury on many
occasions. He was the first man to land a plane on an aircraft
carrier.
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If
anyone likes reading crime fiction you might enjoy The Sea Detective by
Mark Douglas-Home. The main character is an oceanographer who models
sea currents in the North Atlantic and (it being crime fiction) is
trying to work out where some body parts washed up on a beach came from.
His grandfather served on a trawler escorting Arctic convoys in WWII
and a ship's log is involved!
8) 8) 8)
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An amazing man, his books are well worth reading if you're at all
interested in aircraft or piloting. I had no idea he was still alive so
recently, rest in peace, sir.
If
anyone is interested in navy pilots, there's a programme on BBC2 this
evening at 7pm (a late change I think) about Eric 'Winkle' Brown who
died very recently, and who had flown more different planes than anyone
else ever. He was a test pilot and seems to have escaped death or
serious injury on many occasions. He was the first man to land a
plane on an aircraft carrier.
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Good evening all.
Here's the latest in Very Odd News: A gorilla was seen on the ISS! (https://www.youtube.com/embed/vmh9c5Z1xSE)
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Making anti-gravity waves? ;D
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8)
Here's the latest in Very Odd News: A gorilla was seen on the ISS! (https://www.youtube.com/embed/vmh9c5Z1xSE)
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If
anyone likes reading crime fiction you might enjoy The Sea Detective by
Mark Douglas-Home. The main character is an oceanographer who models
sea currents in the North Atlantic and (it being crime fiction) is
trying to work out where some body parts washed up on a beach came from.
His grandfather served on a trawler escorting Arctic convoys in WWII
and a ship's log is involved!
Thanks for the recommendation, jil - I will give it a try!
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That sounds good, jil.
If
anyone is interested in navy pilots, there's a programme on BBC2 this
evening at 7pm (a late change I think) about Eric 'Winkle' Brown who
died very recently, and who had flown more different planes than anyone
else ever. He was a test pilot and seems to have escaped death or
serious injury on many occasions. He was the first man to land a
plane on an aircraft carrier.
Hope
you dont mind me correcting a slight error. Eric Brown was not the
first to land a plane on a an aircraft carrier. That was first done in
1910. He was the first to land a twin engine plane on an aircraft
carrier and the first to land a jet on an aircraft carrier & several
other records. Still remarkable achievements.
Apologies for the pedantry!!
K
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If
anyone is interested in navy pilots, there's a programme on BBC2 this
evening at 7pm (a late change I think) about Eric 'Winkle' Brown who
died very recently, and who had flown more different planes than anyone
else ever. He was a test pilot and seems to have escaped death or
serious injury on many occasions. He was the first man to land a
plane on an aircraft carrier.
Hope
you dont mind me correcting a slight error. Eric Brown was not the
first to land a plane on a an aircraft carrier. That was first done in
1910. He was the first to land a twin engine plane on an aircraft
carrier and the first to land a jet on an aircraft carrier & several
other records. Still remarkable achievements.
Apologies for the pedantry!!
K
[/quote]
Having
watched the programme I realised I'd got that wrong, so thanks for
correcting this - no need to apologise. :D It was a
fascinating programme, and he was quite a man.
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Thinning ice leads to winter warming in the Arctic
Heat-trapping
blanket of moisture rising from the sea causes trouble for North Pole,
climate simulation shows
(https://www.sciencenews.org/article/thinning-ice-leads-winter-warming-arctic)
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how will we ever put this right? :-[
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Today is the 29th February. If anyone spots a very rich and handsome
man wandering along aimlessly please let me know - this is
traditionally the day when women do the marriage proposals. ;)
Traditionally
I call my friend Dave to propose, and traditionally, every 4 years, he
turns me down. At least we had a break from it in Millenium year
;D
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You must have quite a few pairs of silk gloves by now.
[The traditional gift given by the man to soften the 'blow' of rejection.]
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;D
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You must have quite a few pairs of silk gloves by now.
[The traditional gift given by the man to soften the 'blow' of rejection.]
Really? I didn't know that, and I don't have any silk gloves. He's in trouble now.... >:( ;D ;D
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One book I read reckoned it was a silk dress but another said that
was for aristocrats only and most young ladies only got gloves. I
suspect it was a bit of an urban (or even rural) myth but it's worth a
try since it sounds as if you and your friend have a good relationship -
you could wine & dine him before he ceremonially turns you down if
it makes you feel better. Tell me - do you go down on one knee, present
him with roses or just go in for the laconic 'How about it then'.
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I can't stop laughing!
Hmmmm - firstly he's in Aberdeen and I'm
in Oxford. Secondly I can't get onto one knee. Thirdly he'd see the
roses as eminently good for his compost heap. Who said that romance was
dead - they were right ;D ;D ;D
Roll on 2020 (gives me 4 years to get my knees working) ;) ;)
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Happy first day of meteorological spring/autumn and St David's Day to all.
Where did the first two months of this year go?!
(https://openclipart.org/image/2400px/svg_to_png/37963/daffodil-jonathan-dietri-01.png)
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Did anyone hear the BBC radio 4 programme pm yesterday?
Val Singleton proposed to Eddie Mair, live on air. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03l2lvv. Great Radio.
Up until this year no one had proposed to me on leap day either!!!!
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Up until or until and including ?
;)
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Until!!!
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St. David's Day? Had to look that one up, learned something new! :P
Happy first day of meteorological spring/autumn and St David's Day to all.
Where did the first two months of this year go?!
(https://openclipart.org/image/2400px/svg_to_png/37963/daffodil-jonathan-dietri-01.png)
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Up until this year no one had proposed to me on leap day either!!!!
And your answer was ... ?
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Until!!!
Congratulations!
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Up until this year no one had proposed to me on leap day either!!!!
And your answer was ... ?
Watch this space!!!
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Up until this year no one had proposed to me on leap day either!!!!
And your answer was ... ?
Watch this space!!!
I'm watching - both eyes - no blinking - honestly!! :D
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Happy St Dewi's Day all of you living to the left of the Marches! :D
(http://i.imgur.com/GyiHoae.png)
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OK the time has come for me to think about getting a laptop. I could
do with getting my desktop cleaned up and sorted. I don't do anything
intense like gaming. A machine that will take a mouse would be good. It
doesn't even need much more than a few programs like Word, Excel,
Powerpoint, Adobe, Irfanview, Autohotkey. If any of you experienced
laptop owners have any thoughts about suitable machines/ sizes of
machine please could you pm me? I've managed to mostly survive without
them - but the day may be coming etc. I won't hold anybody to account
for any suggestions - I just need to get some idea of the playing field
really. And it can't be big budget either. Thank you! :)
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If you're not gonna do anything intense, you don't need to be too
picky. All but the smallest, cheapest machines should work.
For using
a mouse, you will need a USB port - these are usually on the sides. I
would recommend making sure it has at least two so you can connect a USB
stick or something if you need to.
You might want to make sure it has a CD drive so you can use CDs and DVDs. Some laptops don't have them.
Also,
take a look at which brand is currently the best - search for
comparisons like this one.
http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/laptop-brand-ratings
But do pay attention to details - Apple laptops are very expensive, and I don't think you can use Windows on them.
As
for the programs - Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Adobe might be
pre-installed, but you will most likely have to install the rest
yourself. Still, I'm guessing you managed it with the desktop, so it
shouldn't be a problem.
Oh, and personally I would use OpenOffice
Writer, Calc and Impress instead of Microsoft Word, Excel and
Powerpoint. OpenOffice is free and doesn't change everything every few
years.
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Ice rafts traveling farther and faster across the Arctic Ocean
Contamination
risks rise as ice-trapped pollutants go along for the ride
(https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ice-rafts-traveling-farther-and-faster-across-arctic-ocean)
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If you're not gonna do anything intense, you don't need to be too picky. etc
Thanks
Hanibal - I copied your message over to my personal messages. I'll
reply from there. But very interesting points you made. Thanks
again. :)
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OK
the time has come for me to think about getting a laptop. I could do
with getting my desktop cleaned up and sorted. I don't do anything
intense like gaming. A machine that will take a mouse would be good. It
doesn't even need much more than a few programs like Word, Excel,
Powerpoint, Adobe, Irfanview, Autohotkey. If any of you experienced
laptop owners have any thoughts about suitable machines/ sizes of
machine please could you pm me? I've managed to mostly survive without
them - but the day may be coming etc. I won't hold anybody to account
for any suggestions - I just need to get some idea of the playing field
really. And it can't be big budget either. Thank you! :)
I
just replaced my laptop a few months ago. The feel of the keys
was important to me. I loved my Toshiba, but they changed the
keyboard and I didn't like it. I like knowing when a key is hit,
and it seems a lot of the laptop keyboards are now very subtle in that
regard vs desktop keyboards.
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Oh - hmmm - hadn't thought about that leelaht - good point. My work
keyboard is a thumping great noisy thing..and I'm not the lightest on my
fingers. Sounds like a concrete pile driver. So something lighter than
that would help, but it doesn't have to be whisper quiet.
It's funny
how, when I've borrowed a machine I'm just happy to have access to it.
Once you start getting into owning one your atennae are up looking for
all sorts of refined bits and bobs :D
Thanks! :D
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Laptop keyboards are generally more quiet, but it depends on the exact design and on how hard you type.
I tend to strike the keys with quite a bit of force, especially when transcribing. But it's no concrete pile driver. ;D
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I'll agree that Apples are more expensive but are much more 'user
friendly!' Used them for 35 years. They should come with 'Pages,
Numbers, & Keynote' which are the Word, Excel, & PowerPoint in
the PCWorld. I have used Open Office for quite a bit as it allows me to
open & send stuff from PC folks. Good and FREE!
My wife has an old Dell and we've been happy with it for the limited work she does with it.
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Oh Boy! So many things to think about :D thanks everyone. Memo
to self - your keyboard could probably do with not being treated like a
pile driver (especially when it's stuck firmly to the screen bit
;) :D)
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Where do you want to use your laptop. That will help you decide on
the size of screen and WEIGHT. Most important if you want to carry it
round (especially if you are still using a crutch). Think about battery
life - in general the batteries weigh significantly, so do CD drives,
will an external one do. I bought my present notebook when I had muscle
problems and weight was a major factor - it is horrible for the present
OW interface, it might be better with a separate mouse rather than the
touchpad though. Are you going to use it on your knee or a desk or
table. Try sitting with it on your knee if this is going to be a
frequent situation because some of the bigger ones could be a bit
restrictive on the chairs you can use. Have fun with it.
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My old HP laptop was cheap, had a lousy keyboard that I hated and a
fairly poor screen, so when home I used to fit an external keyboard, and
an external monitor. Use away from home was OK, but a bit of a pain.
I
recently upgraded to a new high spec HP and it is totally different. I
never attach the screen and keyboard and am typing this on the laptop
keyboard and looking at the laptop screen, which are so much better.
However, I dont like touchpads, so use a wireless mouse at home.
Also
as said above battery life and weight, both of which tend to be linked
to screen size, but not exactly are important. I use an external CD
drive again to keep weight
The key message I think is to decide
what you want it for, and try several different ones in different
positions etc. You can always make up for bits you dont like, but they
add to the cost.
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Ah you see - people say 'laptop' so casually - then there are all these factors :D
Weight
- not a problem - it'll be used in the living room on the table
(opposite the sewing machine ::)) so that anyone staying over can
get to bed in the spare room whilst I sail the Arctic seas. So battery
life also not a problem since I can keep it plugged in for most of the
time. Certainly not good with those mouse pads thus needing a usb for a
mouse. hanibal also mentioned a CD player which I might use once in a
blue moon - but once you have one you then perhaps find more uses. That
might end up on the toss of a coin. A largish screen would be good
(another reason for not having to worry too much about weight) but
after that I can probably cope with most things in truth. I'll report
back on the outcome :D
It's amazing that I used to look after 3
machines at work - just loaning them out. Scarcely ever used one though
other than a nine year old tank which at least managed to do skype :)
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Snowing here this morning! I don't think it's going to stick as it
was raining a lot over night but looks very pretty at the moment. (It's a
lot easier to appreciate the beauty when you don't need to drive
anywhere!)
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Brilliant sunshine here, I'm glad to say. :)
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Gone back to rain now and snow melting :(
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Halley VI: Dropping in on the British Antarctic Survey (http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35717932)
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Wonderful trip, I don't fancy over-wintering though.
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Halley VI: Dropping in on the British Antarctic Survey (http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35717932)
Thanks Randi :D I'll pop this on PW :D
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Moonrise, Moounset, Moonrise, Moonset...
Every so often
Concord and Yorktown report time for the the moon rising and setting. I
have a calculator we used in the weather service that works for any
location on the planet, but it goes back only to 1902. I found a
calculator online that works for any time and any location. Yorktown
reported moonrise at 3:55 A.M. on Friday, December 1, 1899. Her position
at 8 A.M. was 6o9'30"N, 120o17'30"E. Here
(http://aa.usno.navy.mil/rstt/onedaytable?ID=AA&year=1899&month=12&day=1&place=&lon_sign=1&lon_deg=120&lon_min=17&lat_sign=1&lat_deg=6&lat_min=9&tz=8&tz_sign=1)
are the results from the US Navy calculator
(http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.php). They calculate the
time as 4:01 A.M. I wasn't keen enough to use their courses and speeds
to figure out the exact position of the ship at 4 A.M., but it is nice
to see that the times are so close. They even give a picture of what the
moon would have looked like! :)
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Didn't know that those lists exist! I am wiser now! It's very interesting - though a little mind bending :D
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I now know that a full moon rose about three hours after I was born. :o
The things you can find out these days. Thanks Michael.
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I now know that a full moon rose about three hours after I was born. :o
The things you can find out these days. Thanks Michael.
Good thing your parents weren't fans of Frank Zappa enough to call you Moon Unit! ;D
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Never thought to try it out for my DOB - turns out that if you could
have seen the moon past the billowing snow storm outside our house,
you'd have seen: Waxing Gibbous Moon with 73%
That's fun! :D
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Here's what I got for mine:
Phase of the Moon on June 13, 1994: Waxing Crescent with 18% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.
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Good thing your parents weren't fans of Frank Zappa enough to call you Moon Unit! ;D
I think it's safe to say that my parents had never heard of Frank Zappa! ;D
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I now know that a full moon rose about three hours after I was born. :o
The things you can find out these days. Thanks Michael.
I
seem to have been born at the beginning of Civil Twilight (a little ray
of sunshine came into mums life), with only 3% moon. (Maybe that's why I
am so dim.) %^) or maybe it should be %^(
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;D ;D
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A waning crescent at 36%. Moonrise was 2347 the previous day! (No WONDER I'm so far behind!!!) ::)
I beat the sunset by 2 hours (that's why my parents called me sonny??!!) 8)
Oh well!! Happy day everyone!! ;)
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If anyone gets and odd email apparently from me please delete it but
let me know. Looks like, yet again, BT have blown it with
security >:(
Thank you :)
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You mean "odd" compared to OW standards I presume, Joan ;D
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;D ;D
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I got one this morning, but I deleted it.
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You mean "odd" compared to OW standards I presume, Joan ;D
Of course! ;D ;D ;D
I got one this morning, but I deleted it.
THANKS! Does everyone else get hassle like this I wonder? ::) :-\
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THANKS! Does everyone else get hassle like this I wonder? ::) :-\
It's happened to me in the past, but not since I created a unique (and stronger) password on my email account.
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THANKS! Does everyone else get hassle like this I wonder? ::) :-\
The closest I got was when Google sent me an alert saying somebody had tried and failed to access my account from Chile.
So I immediately set a new password.
That's the only security problem I've had in over 8 years of using Google Mail.
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What we're doing this for! (http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44427.htm) :o
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THANKS! Does everyone else get hassle like this I wonder? ::) :-\
The closest I got was when Google sent me an alert saying somebody had tried and failed to access my account from Chile.
So I immediately set a new password.
That's the only security problem I've had in over 8 years of using Google Mail.
Thanks hanibal - point taken and action about to be taken! :D
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What we're doing this for! (http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44427.htm) :o
:'( :'( :'( Poor old planet
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What we're doing this for! (http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44427.htm) :o
... Is there any hope left? :'(
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What we're doing this for! (http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44427.htm) :o
... Is there any hope left? :'(
My sister has a quote on her fridge
Where there is tea, there is hope!
Let that be your guide, young Hanibal. ;)
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But I don't like tea! It's too hot!
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;D My mother's tea was something you could tarmac a motorway
with. 'I know you don't like it too strong' she would say, and I'd gaze
into a cup of something that defied normal physics - you could stand the
spoon up in it and I swear it was always well over 100C. When it
finally cooled to drinkable temperature she'd whip it away exclaiming
'That'll be cold by now, I'll make you a fresh one'. Life in deepest
Yorkshire ;) ;) ;D
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That's the same as my mother-in-law's. She would put four tea bags
into a small pot. It was industrial strength. This is not the kind of
tea that gave me any hope ;D
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Yep, same here. My fondest hope as a child was that I could go home
before my dear granny offered to make me a cup of tea. :P ;D
Her tea was ghastly.
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Milk and sugar, please ;)
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Milk and sugar, please ;)
As you wish.
I
had the same experience, my mother having been born in Lancashire but
grew up in County Durham. However, when I grew up and moved away I
learned to make tea that would satisfy even the most discriminating of
palates.
Indeed, I am late for my early afternoon tea even as I type this so of I go to brew a pleasant cup of hope. :)
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How about coffee?
(http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1394865.1373473338!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_970/death-coffee.jpg)
A
coffee enthusiast from New York is claiming to have invented the
strongest coffee in the world, which contains 200% more caffeine than a
typical coffee and comes with a health warning.
Mike Brown, 31,
from New York, has named his highly caffeinated dark roast drink, Death
Wish Coffee which comes with a warning not to drink more than two cups a
day and a money back guarantee if it isn't the strongest coffee you
have tasted.
Mike came up with the idea after owning and running a
coffee company for the 6 years, in New York. However, one problem he
frequently encountered was customers craving a strong coffee.
Mike
said: "All of the premium dark roast coffee on the market was not as
caffeinated as the lighter roasts. Customers would come in and say,
"Give me a cup of your strongest coffee." and I would reply, "We serve
nothing but the best coffee here, but our strongest tasting coffee is
not our most caffeinated coffee". A puzzled look would usually follow."
He
said: "I made it my mission to find a coffee that is dark, rich and
flavorful but also has high caffeine content. All while being grown
organically fairly traded, and shade grown.
Death Wish Coffee,
which is also bird friendly and kosher, can be bought online for 13
pounds for a 1lb bag. It has more than 20,000 likes on Facebook and has
caused quite a stir, where punters have left comments raving about it
and one even called it the "best coffee on the planet."
(http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1394864.1373473334!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_970/death-coffee.jpg)
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Coffee - I'm not sure that's been invented in Yorkshire yet ;) ;) ;D
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I thought coffee came in bottles :o - still reckon it makes the best coffee cakes though! :D :D
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Milk and sugar, please ;)
As you wish.
I
had the same experience, my mother having been born in Lancashire but
grew up in County Durham. However, when I grew up and moved away I
learned to make tea that would satisfy even the most discriminating of
palates.
Indeed, I am late for my early afternoon tea even as I type this so of I go to brew a pleasant cup of hope. :)
My
mum also grew up in County Durham (and now drinks very weak China tea,
possibly in reaction to her early years). From her I learnt the
marvellous phrase 'tea strong enough to trot a mouse on' .... It's
a glorious picture - I always see the mouse doing a kind of dance.
PS I don't drink tea at all - give me coffee every time!
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Here's something our American members might be interested in:
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/free-tax-services-available-online-2016/
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I'm sure it's likely a good thing but with Cyber Security what it is
and all the reported data breeches the LAST thing I'd ever put online
is my Social ID number and all my tax information. :P
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:-\ Sounds like sound advice Dean.
When I have new
researchers working for us and here from the US for the first time in
the UK they always look ecstatic that PAYE means 'no tax return' if our
salary is the only money you've earned. :)
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As an American, I'm honestly pretty surprised that we haven't
adopted the PAYE model here. It would make things so much more
efficient.
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You will be happy to learn that it's International Happiness Day today :) ;D :)
What could make one happier than transcribing Old Weather, I ask you?
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;D ;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D ;D
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The Natural Environment Research Council rather foolishly asked the
public to suggest names for it's new polar research vessel. Currently
leading the poll is Boaty McBoatface. ;D
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35861444
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Hopefully that will encourage some more suggestions ::)
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Some things should not be crowd sourced. ???
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Some things should not be crowd sourced. ???
Nope... unless you want a whale named Mister Splashy Pants (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Splashy_Pants)!
It's
pretty hilarious to see what happens when corporations forget that the
Internet is populated by people who use the Internet. ;)
Here's something more serious: If you have an older Kindle, you will need to update it today!
http://mashable.com/2016/03/21/kindle-update-internet/#lxgVYdBT0aqa
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;D
Well put!
It's
pretty hilarious to see what happens when corporations forget that the
Internet is populated by people who use the Internet. ;)
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Some things should not be crowd sourced. ???
Well
put Bob - it was a dumb move to put it out on the net. For myself I'd
be happy if it was called the David Attenborough. If you wanted
something quirky how about 'Switch your electricity usage down
now'? :)
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Here are some more hilarious examples of online polls gone wrong:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35860830
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When I went to give a talk about OW at Sheffield Univ last year I
stayed to be part of the plenary session at the end of the day. I picked
up the interesting information that Tesco have uncovered that people's
shopping habits can be a forewarning of, for example, dementia. Now that
surprised me. It also worried me that, because we sometimes get wound
up by supermarkets, we take our vengeance on their 'big brother' all
seeing eye (supplied amply with information from your shopping habits)
by only putting part of our shopping through against our store cards in
order to up-end their nosiness. I particularly like putting only organic
fair trade stuff through ;) ). So I guess in many ways the
populace manages to retain some strength against what appear to be the
unassailable forces of data collection. But not without some 'costs'
that we could be less happy to pay. ;)
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Here are some more hilarious examples of online polls gone wrong:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35860830
When
B.C. Ferries wanted new names for their three new ferries, these were
some of the better entries. (The historical names were Queen of XXX,
Spirit of XXX, Coastal XXX, MV XXX depending on the class.)
Some of the better names proposed:
HMS Overdraft
The Queen of I should of been a bridge
The Coastal Calamity
The Spirit of Bad WiFi
HMS Cantafford
MV Sailing Wait
My personal favourite:
Queen of the Damned
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Some WW I fun the WW I Dawn Patrol Rendezvous 2016 is going to be at
the USAF Museum at Dayton Ohio on 1-2 Oct 2016. Lots of Replica WW I
aircraft, R?C WW I aircraft, reenactors, period vehicles, lecturers and
the USAF museum is nearby. see nationalmuseum.af.mil or
dawnpatrolrendezvous.
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Some
WW I fun the WW I Dawn Patrol Rendezvous 2016 is going to be at the
USAF Museum at Dayton Ohio on 1-2 Oct 2016. Lots of Replica WW I
aircraft, R?C WW I aircraft, reenactors, period vehicles, lecturers and
the USAF museum is nearby. see nationalmuseum.af.mil or
dawnpatrolrendezvous.
I'm only an hour away. Any chance of a deHavilland airplane? I looked for a list of aircraft but didn't see one.
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USS Conestoga wreckage found off California after 95 years (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35887893)
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Great find - but she looks like she could do with a bit of a brush up - poor old thing :) ;)
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Microsoft chatbot is taught to swear on Twitter (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35890188)
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Well that takes the biscuit...a swearing artificial intelligence.
Straight to the 'naughty step' i.e. pull the plug on it :o
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Microsoft chatbot is taught to swear on Twitter (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35890188)
Chess, Jeopardy!, driving, Go, and now swearing!
How much longer until we humans become... *gulp* ... obsolete?
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Microsoft chatbot is taught to swear on Twitter (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35890188)
Chess, Jeopardy!, driving, Go, and now swearing!
How much longer until we humans become... *gulp* ... obsolete?
When the OldWeatherBot transcribes the log pages! ;D
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;D ;D ;D
Don't worry - if nothing else someone has to put the 50p in the meter to make the computers run ;)
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http://www.climateprediction.net/about/
They mention us ;D
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Woohoo! :D
(If you can't see it at first: Right side of the page, under "Other climate/weather citizen science projects:")
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I was going to tell you all that yesterday was International
Procrastination Day, but I didn't get around to it. I'll try harder next
year ;D
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:D :D :D
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::) ;D ::)
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http://www.climateprediction.net/about/
They mention us ;D
8)
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;D ;D ;D
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HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE.
Easter bunnies just get bigger and bigger! :o
(http://i.imgur.com/E37BGlK.png)
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Easter bunnies just get bigger and bigger! :o
They sure do!
(https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2015-04/10/16/enhanced/webdr08/enhanced-10212-1428698082-1.jpg)
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Are you sure there's actually a rabbit inside all that fur? Frankly, it could be anything .... :D :D
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It's really just a big tribble. ;)
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It's really just a big tribble. ;)
;D
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;D ;D
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Giant panda enjoys bubble bath in Washington (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35903154)
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Excited T-Rex Dances Through Number From A Chorus Line
(http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hilarious-t-rex-dances-number-chorus-line-watch/)
I wanna see an entire musical of this!
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Giant panda enjoys bubble bath in Washington (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35903154)
I hope they catch him building sandcastles on the beach for his summer video ;) ;) ;D
Excited
T-Rex Dances Through Number From A Chorus Line
(http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hilarious-t-rex-dances-number-chorus-line-watch/)
I wanna see an entire musical of this!
So do I - but I have to say - THAT should be an Olympic sport - it sure looks hard enough ;D
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Well, I have taken the plunge and done the upgrade to Windows 10 - it has almost gone OK! Thanks, Hanibal, for all your very helpful guidance.
But
if anyone knows how to get the Mail App working, I'd be grateful for
some advice! I am on a perpetual loop where it says "First let's
add your accounts". I have set this up exactly as instructed by
Virgin Media, but it always goes back to "First let's add your
accounts". If I try to add the account again, it just says that
account is already on the system - and goes back to "First, let's add
your accounts" and the "Sign In" button persistently stays greyed
out. I've looked online - loads of people having problems with
Windows 10 Mail, but not exactly the same problem! There does seem
to be an issue with Virgin Media Email according to their service
status, but I was able to get into my account on 8.1! >:( Just hoping everything will work when they get this problem fixed.
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Arctic passageways let species mingle (https://www.sciencenews.org/article/arctic-passageways-let-species-mingle)
Several mentions of whales too!
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Well, I have taken the plunge and done the upgrade to Windows 10 - it has almost gone OK! Thanks, Hanibal, for all your very helpful guidance.
You're welcome!
But if anyone knows how to get the Mail App working, I'd be grateful for some advice! ...
Sorry, but I can't help there because I don't use the Mail App or Virgin Media Email.
Did
you follow the instructions from this page
(http://help.virginmedia.com/system/selfservice.controller?CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=171333&CURRENT_CMD=SEARCH&CONFIGURATION=1001&PARTITION_ID=1&USERTYPE=1&LANGUAGE=en&COUNTY=us&VM_CUSTOMER_TYPE=Cable)?
It does say that the settings are different depending on which type of
Virgin Media account you have (check what your email address ends with).
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I have solved my problem with the Mail App! Turns out that
because I was so paranoid about the privacy settings I had effectively
stopped the Mail App from accessing anything whatever, including
webmail! :-[ ::) ;D
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Computers have this habit of doing what they are told without
warning you of the consequences! Sometimes an above average human will
think to 'error trap' the situation and send out a warning but with a
new system there are often problems like yours. How long before our
benevolent bureaucrats decide that technophobes are classified as having
criminal propensities and should be protectively supervised for their
own and bureaucratic (especially) benefit.
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Glad to hear you managed to fix the problem, Su! :)
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Lovely stuff: http://andywoodruff.com/blog/beyond-the-sea/ :)
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Fascinating! Thanks for posting. 8)
Lovely stuff: http://andywoodruff.com/blog/beyond-the-sea/ :)
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Lovely stuff: http://andywoodruff.com/blog/beyond-the-sea/ :)
Cool! 8) :)
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Interesting!
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Lovely stuff: http://andywoodruff.com/blog/beyond-the-sea/ :)
This is very interesting thanks for posting it :)
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Really interesting - I never thought about that. Thanks for posting!
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Don't worry Hanibal I cannot see you from anywhere in Australia. ;D
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You could use Skype :D
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For those of you who speak METAR:
KIAD 030233Z 30029G51KT 3SM -RA BKN028 BKN050 OVC090 06/03 A2953 RMK AO2 PK WND 31057/0223
It's a bit breezy in these parts tonight. ;)
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Yes it is!
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For those who don't
It's getting better by Tuesday
(http://imgur.com/DjE2jid.png)
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For those of you who speak METAR:
KIAD 030233Z 30029G51KT 3SM -RA BKN028 BKN050 OVC090 06/03 A2953 RMK AO2 PK WND 31057/0223
It's a bit breezy in these parts tonight. ;)
Life would have been so much easier if the US Navy reported in METAR and used typewriters back in the day. ;D
724030
KIAD WASHINGTON/DULLES
VA US 3857N 7727W
098
We would have known what, where and when with just one easily decodeable line. :)
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;D
Wouldn't be anything for us transcribers to do, except copy all of the crew's transgressions from the comments. ;)
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;D
Wouldn't be anything for us transcribers to do, except copy all of the crew's transgressions from the comments. ;)
Or spend more quality time in front of the TV! ;D
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I spent some quality time in front of the TV the other day.
Of course, the TV was turned off.
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;D ;D ;D
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Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca leak reveals elite's tax havens (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-35918844)
Tsk tsk...
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:o Shockers!
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I spent some quality time in front of the TV the other day.
Of course, the TV was turned off.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Mind
you, when I lived just outside the German village Hugelsheim, which was
very close to the River Rhine and so the French border, I did enjoy the
occasional show on TF1. I caught the broadcast from Strasbourg, a town
that I loved.
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Hiya szukacz! Nice to see you visiting us. :)
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Best wishes for the entire crew. ;D
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Hi szukacz!
Long time, no see!
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Hi szukacz!
Long time, no see!
;D ;D ;D
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Hi szukacz!
Long time, no see!
;D ;D ;D
Same from me to! ;D ;D ;D
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Noticed this on my friends facebook page.
Some background.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-08/canberra-geologist-heads-to-antarctica-for-fourth-time/6838196
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-08/canberra-geologist-heads-to-antarctica-for-fourth-time/6838196)
and some thing he found.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v531/n7596/full/nature17145.html
(http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v531/n7596/full/nature17145.html)
and also welcome szukacz.
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Thought provoking article Stuart - very interesting :)
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I find it amazing how many different ways there are to measure
natural processes. Good thing we have isotopes - and people willing to
date exposed boulders.
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Mostly for Joan ;) - Humboldt penguin chicks at Chester Zoo
(http://www.chesterzoo.org/attractions-and-exhibits/zoo-news/penguin-chicks-2016)
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Viewpoint: The rejected vegetables that aren?t even wonky (http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34647454)
:'(
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Mostly
for Joan ;) - Humboldt penguin chicks at Chester Zoo
(http://www.chesterzoo.org/attractions-and-exhibits/zoo-news/penguin-chicks-2016)
Thanks
ever so much jil :D I'll pop that onto PW right now :) Sweet
little things. Our lot only do one or two eggs, 4 is impressive! We
don't see Humboldt Penguins on PW, I guess they are just too far north
for our study. :)
Thanks again!
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They were very cute - where can I get one?
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;D ;D ;D
Sounds like you track El Nino backwards heading
South - then find some krill just off shore, then hope. Happy
hunting! ;) ;D
(they really are too sweet :D :-*)
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Viewpoint: The rejected vegetables that aren?t even wonky (http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34647454)
:'(
>:(
>:( >:( >:( THIS IS SHOCKING, my poor Big Issue seller scrimps
to get perhaps 10GBP each Saturday and can barely afford food for her
three children (I bought their Easter eggs for them as a treat on top of
my usual overpayment for the magazine). If she could access that waste
food her life would be easier, the lives of those producing the food
would be easier. If we tinned it and sent it to Africa it would do good.
I don't know how much longer people like supermarket bosses can get
away with their disgraceful position of hiding behind the attitudes that
they accuse us of imposing upon them, by not being prepared to eat
wonky or marked vegetables. If I could get those producers to dump those
veg outside the supermarket door and block the entrance I'd turn up to
enjoy the sight.
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Mostly
for Joan ;) - Humboldt penguin chicks at Chester Zoo
(http://www.chesterzoo.org/attractions-and-exhibits/zoo-news/penguin-chicks-2016)
Thanks
ever so much jil :D I'll pop that onto PW right now :) Sweet
little things. Our lot only do one or two eggs, 4 is impressive! We
don't see Humboldt Penguins on PW, I guess they are just too far north
for our study. :)
Thanks again!
LIVE PENGUIN CAM!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/frozen-planet/games-and-more/penguin-cam/
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Can't access it so not sure about the level of parental control that
might be needed - I'll drop it by our US moderator in a few days when
she's free to check it. However - I had a go at Criminal Penguins - it's
SO Funny! ;D ;D ;D
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/penguins-waddle-all-the-way/penguin-game/penguin-game/?_ga=1.99447262.1956463963.1459976362
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;D ;D ;D
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Can't access it so not sure about the level of parental control that might be needed
Can't access what?
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/frozen-planet/games-and-more/penguin-cam/ works for me.
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Oh! :'( :'(
I'll have to try again then... back in a mo...
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Nope - just got a notice saying 'This content is not available in your area due to rights restrictions'
Clearly I'm not 'right' enough ;) :(
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It's probably a UK restriction. I get the same message.
Meanwhile; here's an amazing picture of the UK, Ireland and a corner of France + aurora taken by astronaut Tim Peake. :)
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/12970936_1134429629930155_5176827186635934402_o.jpg)
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That is a special photo - just astonishing :D
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Embarrassingly is was not me that found this:
Penguin Watch: Public asked to aid Antarctic research
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35981212
Thanks Randi!! So around about 6.30 pm UK time I'm expecting a small 'penguin explosion'... ;D
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It was on the 6pm news on Radio 4 as well - right now Penguin Watch seems to be a bigger news story than the EU referendum!
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It's probably a UK restriction. I get the same message.
Meanwhile; here's an amazing picture of the UK, Ireland and a corner of France + aurora taken by astronaut Tim Peake. :)
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/12970936_1134429629930155_5176827186635934402_o.jpg)
Bring Bring, Bring Bring, Hello.
Mum turn the light off.
;D
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It's probably a UK restriction. I get the same message.
Meanwhile; here's an amazing picture of the UK, Ireland and a corner of France + aurora taken by astronaut Tim Peake. :)
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/12970936_1134429629930155_5176827186635934402_o.jpg)
Bring Bring, Bring Bring, Hello.
Mum turn the light off.
;D
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D One of your best Stuart!! Memorable!
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It was on the 6pm news on Radio 4 as well - right now Penguin Watch seems to be a bigger news story than the EU referendum!
Yep!
And didn't it pay off - we got the same work we'd manage in 10 days
done in 2 hours. Phew!! I just put out one post to remind the
little darlings that it's bedtime! ;D
Of course it's much
easier to decide if it's a penguin that needs marking as against whether
to stay in or get out of Europe...so we are lucky in that respect
;D
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Good one, Stuart!!
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It was on the 6pm news on Radio 4 as well - right now Penguin Watch seems to be a bigger news story than the EU referendum!
Yep!
And didn't it pay off - we got the same work we'd manage in 10 days
done in 2 hours. Phew!! I just put out one post to remind the
little darlings that it's bedtime! ;D
Of course it's much
easier to decide if it's a penguin that needs marking as against whether
to stay in or get out of Europe...so we are lucky in that respect
;D
That's
a fantastic result - let's hope lots of them stay with the
project. I am sure the quality of the "debate" on Penguin Watch is
far higher than for the EU referendum.
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Back to serious work here - but here's the power of cuteness today ...
- 8.30am 2916730 IMAGES CLASSIFIED Get started! 24651 VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATING
- 18.30pm 2948253 IMAGES CLASSIFIED Get started! 25200 VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATING
That's 31523 images classified in ten hours. Can you imagine if we had that kind of cuteness quotient here...sigh :-\
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Don't forget that our images are far more complex ;)
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That's the understatement of the year Randi ;D PW is a looooong way from rocket science - bless it :)
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Unusual email heading, supposed to come from Zooniverse.org
(http://imgur.com/I6zbS2W)
<clipped from View Message Source>
Subject: AwpHiPXXCMj
To: <----------@hotmail.com>
From: "yoibdd@xjecdo.com" <team@zooniverse.org>
Reply-To: <yoibdd@xjecdo.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 07:01:13 +0000
Apart from delete, any other suggestions?
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We'll report it. Thanks Stuart.
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I also got emails- 2 in fact -
one with this link:
kjY8Hk <a
href="http://nsqbswxqazuz.com/">nsqbswxqazuz</a>, edocqjbsrkjb
(http://edocqjbsrkjb.com/),
[link=http://jmjthzbnywkj.com/]jmjthzbnywkj[/link],
http://fsilluaynueq.com/ from zsriko@rhwwbj.com
<team@zooniverse.org>
and one with this link: EL5aTl
<a href="http://escatauefjqg.com/">escatauefjqg</a>,
inzjncngpxui (http://inzjncngpxui.com/),
[link=http://qelkkxvcfumu.com/]qelkkxvcfumu[/link],
http://yarrnvljzysz.com/ from avokhm@ylrvgg.com
<team@zooniverse.org>
I hope this info helps track down the hackers -
oops - make that 3
with the 3rd being from fpxffg@jovilw.com<team@zooniverse.org>, along with what seems to me to be a gibberish filled link.
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We'll send these on, too. Thanks Kathy.
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The listed email addresses are likely just gibberish. The actual source is deeper in the headers.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spoofing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spoofing)
Identifying the source of the email
Although
email spoofing is effective in forging the email address, the IP
address of the computer sending the mail can generally be identified
from the "Received:" lines in the email header. In many cases this is
likely to be an innocent third party infected by malware that is sending
the email without the owner's knowledge.
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If it is any help
Received: from a11-78.smtp-out.amazonses.com ([54.240.11.78]) Location 47?38'03.8"N 122?20'31.2"W West Lake Seattle.
This one was received last night 'From one of my mates' Think Not.
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I do not open them just View source.
Two more for the delete box.
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US Navy rescues sailors from remote Pacific island (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36007545)
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What a brilliant search - that's a lot of ocean to search :D
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Life's been an explosion of penguins since PW appeared on the BBC
news last Thursday at 6.30pm. Work came in so fast that all three of us
(very tired) moderators stayed up to see a great milestone tick over:
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It is with immense pride that we announce that PENGUINWATCH has clocked 3 million images classified! :D
At 00.40 UT on 10th April 2016: 3000001 IMAGES CLASSIFIED by 25953 VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATING
A huge thank you to those 25953 volunteers who have worked so hard to get to this exciting landmark in Dr Tom Hart's project.
(http://i.imgur.com/Nqkafti.png)
If
you would like to see Dr Hart's short video relating how PenguinWatch
came into being please use this link
(https://www.youtube.com/embed/LGv8Kfie7HM)
Already Southern
waters have been protected for our feathered friends. How wonderful is
that as a 'thank you' to our great volunteers? It's a proud moment for
Citizen Science.
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I posted it on panoptes talk too: https://www.zooniverse.org/talk/15/48142?comment=96593
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8) 8) 8)
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Congrats, Joan and Penguin Watch!
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Great stuff. Well done penguin watchers! :)
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Giant Monster Hamster attacks Major City (https://www.youtube.com/embed/AQte2nz80Is)
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Giant Monster Hamster attacks Major City (https://www.youtube.com/embed/AQte2nz80Is)
;D ;D ;D
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Giant Monster Hamster attacks Major City (https://www.youtube.com/embed/AQte2nz80Is)
;D ;D ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D That's a cracker Hanibal - great find
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8) ;D Clever!
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8) ;D Clever!
ok I know I have not posted in awhile and I have seen here that I have missed something. Who is Bob?
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Hi, elizabeth!
I was invited to join the moderator team a couple of months ago. I've been around OW and the forums for a bit over a year.
- Bob
8) ;D Clever!
ok I know I have not posted in awhile and I have seen here that I have missed something. Who is Bob?
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8) ;D Clever!
ok I know I have not posted in awhile and I have seen here that I have missed something. Who is Bob?
Well this is awesome thank you for the quick response. Nice to meet you. Have fun here :)
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Likewise, thanks!
Nice to meet you. Have fun here :)
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Hi
I must apologise to those who have been avidly "watching
this space" since the 29th of February. I shouldnt have dropped the
hint, as nothing was agreed then and none of our family etc had been
informed.
However, I am now pleased to announce that my lady friend Audrey proposed to me on the 29th of February.
I am also pleased to announce that (at last) yesterday I bought her a ring and put it on her finger.
No dates or anything yet, but we are now officially engaged.
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Congratulations !
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Congratulations! I hope you will be converting her to OW if she's not already signed up?
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Yes, congratulations!!! Lucky you!!! Hooray!!!
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Congratulations, Keith and Audrey!
:-*
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I hope you won't wait until the next 29 February. Congratulations!
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Congratulations!
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Congratulations!
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Congratulations to you both!
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Congratulations!
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Congratulations to you both!!!
Barbara and I celebrated 41 on February 15th.
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Remains of WW1 German ships found in Portsmouth (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36058154)
Also (a video from last year): WW1: Gallipoli campaign ship is given new lease of life (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31705976)
This is "our" HMS M33:
http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-03-HMS_M.33.htm
http://old.oldweather.org/vessels/4caf88b0cadfd3419702205f
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"Our" HMS M.33 has also been used in a showcase for Journey Plotter Mobile. :)
The animation shows part of her voyage to Russia in 1919.
https://youtu.be/zubqqjeNQ7k (https://youtu.be/zubqqjeNQ7k)
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Many congratulations, Keith!
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Remains of WW1 German ships found in Portsmouth (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36058154)
I
don't know what anyone else thinks, but this story is really stretching
my credulity! I am struggling to believe that there were two
wrecks in Portsmouth Naval Dockyard which are visible at low tide and
have been there less than 100 years - and the Royal Navy did not know they were German?
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I think the video exaggerates a bit - but not a lot :-\
http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2016/april/13/160413-german-ww1-destroyers-found-in-mud
Towed
to Portsmouth, they were used as target practice - Whale Island was the
home of the RN gunnery school, HMS Excellent - until finally being
beached in the mud near the site of the present-day marina, awaiting
breaking up, when they were painted by the leading naval artist of the
day, William Wyllie - the man behind the Trafalgar panorama in the
historic dockyard.
"Despite a brief mention in the Portsmouth
News in 1921, the two destroyers have lain largely forgotten where they
were beached - ironically in front of headquarters of today's Royal
Navy," said Lt Paul Lane of HMS Scott, who?s helping the trust with the
project.
"The attentions of scrap dealers as well as the ravages
of time and tide have taken their toll on the vessels, leaving them
largely unrecognisable to all but the trained eye."
The westerly
wreck was largely ravaged by salvagers by the time of WW2; the other
destroyer was much more intact until the harbour was dredged in the
mid-70s as part of work on Portsmouth?s ferry port opposite Whale
Island.
Still, at least two of her boilers remain and her bow and
forecastle are still identifiable as they rise about 5ft above the
mudflats.
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One of the comments from a member of the public on the Independent's
report from a couple of weeks back said that it rather begs the
question - what had they previously thought they were, then?
I
suspect it's the case that a lot of people had a very good idea what
those two wrecks were, but it was just hearsay and this project has
verified their identity. I'm still quite not sure why there's so
much excitement - after all, we had the whole German fleet in Scapa Flow
in 1919 (at least for a while, until we got careless!)
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Asperatus clouds over New Zealand.
(http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1604/asperatus_priester_1024.jpg)
Source: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html).
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Ooooooo!
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Thank you all for the lovely messages, very kind of you all.
I havent managed to get her transcribing yet, but she did help a little with the editing of HMS ODIN.
Congratualtions to Dean and Barbara, 41 years is very impressive.
All the best
Keith & Audrey.
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OW3 has died!
When I try to get the Yorktown, I get this:
404 Not Found
Code: NoSuchKey
Message: The specified key does not exist.
Key: login.zooniverse.org/login
RequestId: E07550B21963ADB7
HostId: 9RNAIAuPIH+4mmUSznguDX1Z4jc69fvjCYMa1c0CGZONcRc+mGt5e4yuqR0MPXZL73SGmLksQCI=
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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Bad timing on my part. Now I get this:
We?ll be right back!
This web site is unavailable at the moment because we?re doing some essential maintenance. Sorry for the inconvenience!
Please check back soon.
I'll try again, real soon. :)
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From http://classic.oldweather.org/ships/ I do get the list of ships
and I can bring up the Yorktown "home page", but when I click
transcribe (I am not logged in) I get the "We?ll be right back!"
message.
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I'm currently getting 404 errors when I click on 'Transcribe'...
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I will notify the PTB
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I just got into Patterson :D
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I don't :'(
I can get to the Patterson home page (http://classic.oldweather.org/ships/50874f4d09d4090755026716), but when I click Transcribe logs, I get the 404 error.
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I just tried it again and I was asked to log in.
Would someone else please test it?
I just had a reply to my email saying that the login should now be fixed ;)
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OH - I got all the way through - was logged in anyway :) I'll try another :)
Yep - tried Albatross 1900 and it was fine (and what an impeccably kept log :D )
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I just hit the Transcribe button on three vessels:
- Albatross 1900: OK.
- Jamestown 1844: OK.
- Yorktown: OK.
All good here! :)
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It's working for me now...
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Thanks everyone!
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I am pleased to announce, "Once more a grandfather!" :) :) :) :)
Cigars for all, candy cigarette for Hanibal! ;)
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Congrats Michael! :)
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Congratulations Michael!
- but I'll pass on the cigar ;)
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Congratulations, and thanks for being so considerate! ;D
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I am pleased to announce, "Once more a grandfather!" :) :) :) :)
Cigars for all, candy cigarette for Hanibal! ;)
Nice one Michael.
Ditto for me on the 10th April. Benjamin James .....
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Congratulations to you too, Stuart. :)
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Congratulations!
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Congratulations, Michael!
Sorry, you too Stuart! (didn't see your message) :-[ :)
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Congratulations to Michael & Stuart AND their Families!! ;D ;D
More OW'ers ;)
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Congratulations to Michael and Stuart and all their family members - the OW tribe increases ...... :D
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I add my congratulations too Michael and Stuart! Happy days! :D
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Congratulations Grandfathers!
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I am pleased to announce, "Once more a grandfather!" :) :) :) :)
Cigars for all, candy cigarette for Hanibal! ;)
Congrats
I will also pass on the cigar.
My second grandchild arrived on the 14th April
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Congratulations to you and to Stuart!
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Wow! Hurlock - congratulations to you too. It's triplets then (for OW I mean) :D
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T'is the season for Grandchildren.
Congrads to you Hurlock.
Lets not forget the Parents, Congratulations to them also. ;)
(At this rate with the grandchildrens help we may get the Patterson finished this decade.) ;D
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My granddaughter was really keen on doing OW when she was about 9. Now she's turned 13 so forget it. ;D
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;D
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It looks like the new British polar research vessel is not going to be named Boaty mcBoatface according to a news article.
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Do you know what it will be called please? :D
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Congratulations all.
K
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Do you know what it will be called please? :D
Just
looked on the website and I don't think they have finalized the name
yet. You can subscribe to an email to be notified when the name is
announced.
https://nameourship.nerc.ac.uk/
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oh - right-e-o I might well do that then. Some joker on PW
noticed one of the ships we see on our site 'Nessie_Line' and called it
Boaty McBoatface...gave us all a laugh :D
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I've subscribed to the email. I do hope common sense will
prevail! My vote went to "David Attenborough" but a lot of very
silly names were put forward, not just Boaty McBoatface.
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One day last week (can't remember which ::)) the man who has
to make the final decision (or at least a representative of a committee -
I'm assuming there's a committee!) was interviewed on Radio 4's PM
program, he didn't seem very keen on Boaty McBoatface. He also mentioned
that, as it's a royal research vessel, he has to get the Queen to sign
the charter (or some official thing) so it would be a bit embarrassing
to go to her and explain they were calling the ship Boaty McBoatface.
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No worse than explaining that you are a crew member of Boaty McBoatface ::)
As I understand it, the guy that made the suggestion has apologized.
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There was an opinion on the BBC saying the best option would be to
give the ship a serious name - like David Attenborough - and then name
one of its lifeboats the Boaty McBoatface.
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I guess you don't quibble over the name of the lifeboat that is used to save you ;D
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There
was an opinion on the BBC saying the best option would be to give the
ship a serious name - like David Attenborough - and then name one of its
lifeboats the Boaty McBoatface.
That seems like a good compromise ;)
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I have been inadvertently typing the wrong key combination and
occasionally causing my keyboard to act strangely. For example, I would
type a "b" and get my bookmarks list rather than a "b". I finally
discovered that I was pressing the caps lock and Alt keys at the same
time. My left index finger is usually on Tab but sometimes it slips. I
never realized that you can lock the Alt key, but you can on my
keyboard, at least.
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I can do all sorts of things with my keyboard...not that I ever want
to do them, but fingers live their own life there too ;D
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I
have been inadvertently typing the wrong key combination and
occasionally causing my keyboard to act strangely. For example, I would
type a "b" and get my bookmarks list rather than a "b". I finally
discovered that I was pressing the caps lock and Alt keys at the same
time. My left index finger is usually on Tab but sometimes it slips. I
never realized that you can lock the Alt key, but you can on my
keyboard, at least.
So that's what's going on!!!! Thank you, Craig!
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I
can do all sorts of things with my keyboard...not that I ever want to
do them, but fingers live their own life there too ;D
Yes, there are many shortcuts out there. Only Google knows them all.
Here's a few anybody, not just IT people, can use:
Ctrl-Shift-T: Reopen the last closed tab (Very useful if you close a tab by mistake!)
Ctrl-Z: Undo the last change you made to a document/email/anything with writing and copy-paste
Ctrl-Y: Redo the last change you made to a document/email/anything with writing and copy-paste
The
latter two work on a lot of programs - usually, you can do them several
times in a row to undo/redo a bunch of changes. It depends on the
program.
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Ctrl-Z and Ctrl-Y are old, old friends ;)
Ctrl-Shift-T: That's a new one for me. Very useful indeed!
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Ctrl-Shift-T is new to me as well. I'm always closing tabs by
mistake, so that will be very useful indeed. Thanks, Hanibal!
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Likewise for me.
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Whilst not recommending it for general use, I often use
Ctrl A
Del
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Ctrl-Shift-T: Reopen the last closed tab (Very useful if you close a tab by mistake!) - Oh BOY!! That's fantastic! :D
Ctrl-Z: Undo the last change you made to a document/email/anything with writing and copy-paste - know that one
Ctrl-Y:
Redo the last change you made to a document/email/anything with writing
and copy-paste - that's new to me and I like it a lot
Stuart - what does your intriguing 'Ctrl A Del' do before I try it? ;)
thanks everyone, it's been an education :)
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You can type Ctrl-a without doing any harm. Del is optional.
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Oh, I get it - first you press Ctrl A, which is mark everything, and then you press Del to delete it all.
Nice try, Stuart - but it was no match for Ctrl Z! ;)
One more: Ctrl F can be used to search for keywords in a lot of applications.
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Ctrl-f is brilliant, I use it all the time.
I type xx at
anywhere I want to come back to, then ctrl f, type in xx & then
click on next and it goes straight to the next xx, enabling me to work
through all of the points that I want to go back to.
Much better
than highlighting, which means that you have to scroll through the
whole document to find the next highlight visually.
Also use it
to find whether I have met a particular ship, or place etc before by
scrolling to the top, ctrl f, typing in the name I am looking for and
hitting next. If I have met that ship before I will be taken to the
first entry for that ship, if not then I am taken back to where I was so
that I can put in details of the ship.
Also useful with the replace command to change something throughout the document.
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I really am at school today - ;D I should have
spotted Stuart's though. I guess I got a bit key-stroke lazy. I remember
having a great paper ruler thing that you could prop up on your
keyboard to tell you what keystrokes you could do...they were jolly
useful. :D
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When I am hunting info on ship, places etc I use numbered bookmarks.
This has the added advantage that if I need help from the forum then I
can quickly jump to the entry after I've moved on in the file. It is a
bit slower but I also add highlights as well as a belt & braces.
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And I thought we were getting ripped off by the cable companies!
This exchange between USS Zafiro and USS Yorktown on 31 July 1900, at
the treaty port of Chefoo, China:
At
1:10 Z to Y (wigwag) (What amount of money is required for cablegrams
to date) At 1:20 Y to Z (wigwag) About two thousand seven hundred
dollars)
:o :o :o :o :o
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And if you think of what else a dollar would have bought!!!
:o :o :o
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WOW!
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Did you convert what was reported into current dollars, Michael? If
not, it's a coincidence that $100 US in 1900 is worth about $2700 in
2014. http://www.in2013dollars.com/1900-dollars-to-2014-dollars. That's
27*2700= $72,900
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Giant Monster Hamster attacks Major City (https://www.youtube.com/embed/AQte2nz80Is)
This video won a Webby!
http://webbyawards.com/winners/2016/online-film-video/general-film/weird/tiny-hamster-is-a-giant-monster/
ABOUT THE WEIRD CATEGORY
Online
film and video that is strange, offbeat or odd. This category includes
video that reflects a unique perspective in thought and action strong
enough to start a revolution, change a behavior pattern, or advance old
thinking lodged in bad habits, or that are just plain strange.
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That's good! It was a fun video!
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And
I thought we were getting ripped off by the cable companies! This
exchange between USS Zafiro and USS Yorktown on 31 July 1900, at the
treaty port of Chefoo, China:
At
1:10 Z to Y (wigwag) (What amount of money is required for cablegrams
to date) At 1:20 Y to Z (wigwag) About two thousand seven hundred
dollars)
:o :o :o :o :o
Only five days later and they need another $1,600 for cablegrams. That's $43,000 in today's currency! :o :o :o
If
they burned through the $2,700 from 31 July that's $14,580 per day for
cablegrams (today's currency)!!! I knew that long distance relationships
were difficult, but I had no idea they were so expensive. ;)
The
following signals were sent:- At 4:50 A.S. to Y "How much money for
cablegrams?" At 5:00 Y to A.S. "Sixteen hundred dollars."
Mind
you, the quote is vague, and it could mean that they have $1,600 left.
If that's the case, they spent $1,100 or just a tad under $6,000 per
day. Even so!!!
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Could it be other ships paying the Yorktown for cablegrams?
It seems a bit strange that Yorktown would be paying Zafiro and A.S. :-\
Who or what is A.S.?
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Could it be other ships paying the Yorktown for cablegrams?
It seems a bit strange that Yorktown would be paying Zafiro and A.S. :-\
Who or what is A.S.?
USS Zafiro is the supply ship/collier. A.S. or often just S. is USS Nashville. Zafiro brings us money, so we like her. ;)
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Well you think they are pirates charging for the telegrams.
The Patterson has just sent the Pirate over to Eliza harbor SE Alaska with the shore line.
Cheaper than using the local telco. ;D
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Patterson/Book%2041/IMG_9025_0.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Patterson/Book%2041/IMG_9025_0.jpg)
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It's not a lost art here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36168408
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Yes, I had seen that article ;D
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Well you think they are pirates charging for the telegrams.
The Patterson has just sent the Pirate over to Eliza harbor SE Alaska with the shore line.
Cheaper than using the local telco. ;D
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Patterson/Book%2041/IMG_9025_0.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Patterson/Book%2041/IMG_9025_0.jpg)
;D
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You may be interested to know what became of the Mayflower. It was
last seen delivering water to the Patterson in Seattle. (Mer. - 4
PM) ;D
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Patterson/Book%2088/IMG_3402_1.jpg
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;D ;D ;D Umm - must have been casked to have lasted that long
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:o
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I had an interesting problem this morning. About three weeks ago we
took two visiting grandchildren to the Victoria Bug Zoo. There, you can
by an Chinese Praying Mantis egg sack. These insects are wonderful for
killing aphids and, although they are not indigenous to this area, they
are not invasive; i.e. they will neither reproduce nor survive through
the winter. Every day we would mist the egg sack, which is kept in a
brown paper bag. This morning, I decided to check email BEFORE
going to the gym and I heard a weird and very faint scratching sound.
When I looked over my desk, I could see dozens of baby mantises
scrambling down the filing cabinet, across the floor, up the walls and
under my desk. (Mommy likes lots of children - 5o to 200 at a time!)
They had found a small opening their paper bag nursery and were heading
for the hills! I figure they must have hatched only a few minutes before
I came into the room. Luckily I postponed the gym!
It has taken me an hour, but I think most of them are now outside looking for aphids and other tasty snacks!
(http://i.imgur.com/iE9FJ4Y.jpg?1)
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WOW!
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;D
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Brilliant picture - and I'm glad you managed to get them outside. Must have been quite a task!
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Brilliant picture - and I'm glad you managed to get them outside. Must have been quite a task!
By comparison, herding cats is trivial!!!! ;D
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What Hanibal said!
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May your roses prosper!
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May your aphids quake at their knees :o Impressive ;D
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First I spent an hour getting 200 bugs out of my house, and then
Craig found that one had gotten into my software, so I spent another
hour getting rid of it! ;D
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First
I spent an hour getting 200 bugs out of my house, and then Craig found
that one had gotten into my software, so I spent another hour getting
rid of it! ;D
:o ::) ;D ;D ;D
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I thought I'd try to see if there were any amusing praying
mantis/ship images, but I found Dame Edne Everedge Mantis - and here I
stop then, in fits of laughter:
(http://i.imgur.com/ThFhMP6.png?1)
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A horrible time for Fort McMurray, Alberta, as a major forest fire
goes through the city
(http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/wildfire-rages-in-fort-mcmurray-as-evacuees-settle-in-edmonton-1.3565573).
Over 50,000 people evacuated. For those of you not familiar with it,
Fort McMurray is the site of the Tar Sands, Canada's major contribution
to CO2 and climate change.
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Yes, it's an incredible fire! Fortunately they managed to evacuate
the entire city of about 60,000 people. Most didn't even have time to
pack before leaving it happened so fast.
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Terrible.
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On another topic, Michael has got most of the bugs out of his box
drawing script for OW3 (if not out of his house ;D). I am finally
getting used to not using the mouse and not entering the hour, which is
augmented automatically. Today I did 25% more pages than I usually do
without the script. Of course, I am not as quick and accurate with the
mouse as others may be so some of you may not experience the same
increase in productivity. Not only does it save time in box drawing, you
don't have to check the sidebar to see if you have the right number of
rows or if you made any mistakes in the hours, which I occasionally did -
especially with the current Patterson log book with 6 PM and 7 PM in
the wrong order.
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That sounds like an excellent job - thanks Michael and thanks Craig :D
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That sounds like an excellent job - thanks Michael and thanks Craig :D
Especially Craig who made all sorts of wonderful suggestions for enhancements. My next project is to have:
Alt-t - makes a fresh pot of tea and brings it to my desk; and,
Alt-c - takes the cat out for a walk. ;)
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We may need video evidence of these, but one thing's for sure, if
you make those work we will ALL be beating a path to your door for those
codes :D Special request, I don't have a cat, so could you
do ctrl+H for feeding the hedgehogs please? ;)
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We
may need video evidence of these, but one thing's for sure, if you make
those work we will ALL be beating a path to your door for those
codes :D Special request, I don't have a cat, so could you
do ctrl+H for feeding the hedgehogs please? ;)
You're as bad as Craig - adding jobs to my to do list. I suppose you'll want Alt-c for coffee, too. ;)
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Just Watching on the BBC - Ice Station Antarctica
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b079s24p) (should be available on
iplayer soon). About the British Antarctic Survey's Halley Research
station. Including studying weather and space weather.
A
veteran of living and working at Halley in the early eighties, BBC
weatherman Peter Gibbs makes an emotional return to the place he once
called home. A place that, during his time, was key to the discovery of
the ozone hole.
The journey starts with an arduous 12-day, 3000-mile voyage onboard the RRS Ernest Shackleton.
Ernest Shackleton - that's a sensible name for a ship!
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Oh, I've been meaning to let the PTB at the Zooniverse that I am
still getting junk emails from the Zooniverse email address - I got one
last week....
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We
may need video evidence of these, but one thing's for sure, if you make
those work we will ALL be beating a path to your door for those
codes :D Special request, I don't have a cat, so could you
do ctrl+H for feeding the hedgehogs please? ;)
You're as bad as Craig - adding jobs to my to do list. I suppose you'll want Alt-c for coffee, too. ;)
I need to ask? ;) ;) ;D
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Just
Watching on the BBC - Ice Station Antarctica
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b079s24p) (should be available on
iplayer soon). About the British Antarctic Survey's Halley Research
station. Including studying weather and space weather.
A
veteran of living and working at Halley in the early eighties, BBC
weatherman Peter Gibbs makes an emotional return to the place he once
called home. A place that, during his time, was key to the discovery of
the ozone hole.
The journey starts with an arduous 12-day, 3000-mile voyage onboard the RRS Ernest Shackleton.
Ernest Shackleton - that's a sensible name for a ship!
I
thought I noticed that the chunk of ice currently lurking under Halley
is breaking up and likely to go wandering the Antarctic seas - a tad
inconvenient if you are in the Halley :o (Though it'll make a
jolly fine capture on PenguinWatch ;D )
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We
may need video evidence of these, but one thing's for sure, if you make
those work we will ALL be beating a path to your door for those
codes :D Special request, I don't have a cat, so could you
do ctrl+H for feeding the hedgehogs please? ;)
You're as bad as Craig - adding jobs to my to do list. I suppose you'll want Alt-c for coffee, too. ;)
I need to ask? ;) ;) ;D
Forgive
me, please. I should have anticipated your every need, even before you
knew them yourself. I was being most inconsiderate! :'( :'(
:'( ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Alt-c - takes the cat out for a walk.
Can this one be modified to have the cat sit on my lap?
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I need a 'remove cat from lap' command.
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Oh,
I've been meaning to let the PTB at the Zooniverse that I am still
getting junk emails from the Zooniverse email address - I got one last
week....
Please
see: Junk/Spam emails from the Zooniverse email address
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4564.msg128691#msg128691)
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We
may need video evidence of these, but one thing's for sure, if you make
those work we will ALL be beating a path to your door for those
codes :D Special request, I don't have a cat, so could you
do ctrl+H for feeding the hedgehogs please? ;)
You're as bad as Craig - adding jobs to my to do list. I suppose you'll want Alt-c for coffee, too. ;)
I need to ask? ;) ;) ;D
Forgive
me, please. I should have anticipated your every need, even before you
knew them yourself. I was being most inconsiderate! :'( :'(
:'( ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D
You do indulge us mapurves ;D
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The latest news on our dear friend, the Boaty McBoatface:
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36216392
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It strikes me that there is a burgeoning affection for this ship
with that name. But I'm also trying to picture HM The Queen cracking a
bottle of bubbly over it whilst declaring 'We name this ship Boaty
McBoatface, may God bless Her and all who sail in Her' ;D
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And now there's a racehorse in Australia called Horsey McHorseface ...
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/15/sport/horsey-mchorseface/
(and do scroll down to the train carriage sign!)
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Enjoyed both of those ;D
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;D
And whatever official name the ship ends up with everyone will probably still call her Boaty McBoatface.
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Drum roll ...
'Boaty McBoatface' polar ship named after Attenborough (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36225652)
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While
the ship will not be named Boaty McBoatface, one of the remotely
operated sub-sea vehicles will be named Boaty in recognition of the
vote.
Yay! It wasn't a total loss!
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An alternative name of "Subby McSubface" is already being suggested on social media.
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Well it all seems to have turned out for the best, by my book. :D
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Yes, an excellent choice of name! :)
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It is believed that the wreck of Captain Cook's ship HMS Endeavour
has been found off the coast of Rhode island where it was scuttled
during the American Revolution.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36260569
Prof
Wingham said NERC would do the same again in the future, although he
said there were no plans for other boats at the moment.
I look forward to seeing what happens next time! :D
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Well, it did stir up a lot of interest ;)
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Back in - woooo hooo :)
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Thanks to astopy (Adam) !!!
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Thank you Adam!!!
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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36260569
Prof
Wingham said NERC would do the same again in the future, although he
said there were no plans for other boats at the moment.
I look forward to seeing what happens next time! :D
Facey McFaceBoat? :-X 8)
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Thanks to astopy (Adam) !!!
I'll second that! ;D
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It is possible that some of our members may not have found their way
back to the Forum. I am not the only one who had to be reminded to
clear their browser cache (via an e-mail from Randi).
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I just figured that out after 3 days of 'Sorry the Site is under Repair!!' :P
Tried a different Browser and here I am. NOW I'll go fix my computer cache!! ;)
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The OW Classic Forum (topic on OW Talk) (https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/old-weather/talk/175/53442)
Note: If you are having problems getting to the forum you might need to clear your cache.
(Adam had me do that earlier when I was getting the Zooniverse page rather than the "We'll be right back" page)
;)
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Last night also lost OW transcription >:( and site unresponsive :( :'(
And
after 3 days without forum ("be right back" became unbelievable)
:o, went to the other OW discussion board and saw clear cache
message. ???
Didn't know what that meant :-\, had to google it and took 4 tries wandering through menus. :-[
But here I am. ;D It'll take more than that to keep me away ;)
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;D ;D ;D
Clear cache took me a bit of time to figure out too. I will add a couple of notes.
I had serious problems about nine hours ago with Talk, OWW, and OW5.
The
forum was not working very well either. However, by the time I had
tested everything and created a post asking if others were seeing
problems, things seemed to be back to normal.
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We haven't heard from Helen yet. I left a message for her in the Patterson discussion before we lost the Forum.
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Helen was here yesterday ;)
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What Randi said (and I was just about to say!)
that would be something to
detest
(though I do love the thought of a Superb Owl!)
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Specially for Danny and Pommy ;)
Jacobite steam train open for summer (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-36255827)
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What Randi said (and I was just about to say!)
that would be something to
detest
(though I do love the thought of a Superb Owl!)
Probably the first and last time I beat Hanibal94 ;D
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Anyone who worked on the Jungle Rhythms project might be interested in: Adding data to Old Weather, collaboration or developers and community advice? (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4565.0)
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Specially for Danny and Pommy ;)
Jacobite steam train open for summer (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-36255827)
Stunning..and if you go to Mallaig you must indulge in possibly the finest kippers in the world. I can smell them now. :P
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Clearing the Cache should be a 'regular' chore for most of us. The
good news is that the Browser runs much better and with fewer
'mistakes.' The bad news is that it usually trashes all the cookies and
'keep me logged in' so you have to reenter those 'locked' web sites!!
(Like here!) ;)
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On Firefox you can clear the cache without clearing the cookies...
I cleared the cache, but I still have my drop-downs and an still logged in to my usual places.
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Alternatively, you can force the page to be reloaded (rather than
the system display the one held in the cache) by pressing Fn (function)
& F5.
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That works in most cases, but I tried it with the forum problem last
week and it didn't help. I think it was because the link was wrong. The
page loaded by the link was the correct page for that (incorrect) link.
Clear? ::)
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On Firefox you can clear the cache without clearing the cookies...
I cleared the cache, but I still have my drop-downs and an still logged in to my usual places.
Same on Chrome. You can even specify the time frame (1 hour, 1 day... up to Forever).
When I do online banking or pay for something with a credit card, I clear everything from the past hour afterwards.
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That
works in most cases, but I tried it with the forum problem last week
and it didn't help. I think it was because the link was wrong. The page
loaded by the link was the correct page for that (incorrect) link.
Clear? ::)
Yup...
in this specific case Ctrl+F5 wouldn't have worked... the page was
redirected from oldweather.org to zooniverse.org... Ctrl+F5 on the
landing page (zooniverse.org) would have refreshed that last one and not
the orginal.
In this case the only solution would be clearing
the cache (and only that) in browser options/settings pages, or
requesting confirmation for redirects (there are a couple of useful
plugins for this in FF) and using Ctrl+F5 when the url is still
oldweather.org
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??? Worked for me (in Firefox), which is good as I would have struggled to work out how to clear the cache ::)
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I should have been more specific with my comment.
Yes -
Cache can be dumped without affecting cookies, etc. I usually do a 'mass
cleaning' every now and then just to get any and all 'miscellaneous
crud' that slipped by my firewalls, 'locks' etc. out of the system.
Runners better too.
More time for OW! ;)
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Hi folks.
Just a quick post to let you know where I am and have been(if anybody is interested that is)
New South Wales.
Dubbo
Lightning Ridge.
Queensland.
Cunnamulla
Nockatunga
Quilpie
Charleville
Now at Blackall.
Close to 3000km.
Stuart.
When I tried to login during the trip from my usual URL (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?action=unreadreplies)
I kept getting the 'We'll be right back message.
Now i have better internet I came in from Zooniverse.
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We did have a problem :'(
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Nothing to do with ships or weather, but I thought it was pretty neat:
Italy unearths huge Roman barracks during Rome metro dig (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36311156)
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I bet they don't open that station on time! ;)
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They've already accumulated a quite big (and expensive) delay so far ;D ;D
Deadline was set to late 2020-early 2021 but it's already quite unlikely it will be finished at that time...
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For anyone interested in the Battle of Jutland, a documentary on
Channel 4 on Saturday. I expect it will be available online after
it's been shown.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/jutland-wwis-greatest-sea-battle
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According to my BBC History magazine there is also a Radio 4
documentary "Jutland: The Battle That Won The War" due to air on 27 May -
not sure of the time, but no doubt available on i-Player after
broadcast. There is also going to be a BBC2 documentary "The
Navy's Bloodiest Day" but they didn't have a transmission date.
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I'll try to record them then I can put them on the computer :)
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One of the more annoying things about having cats that sleep on your
lap while you're trying to enter data into OW, and yes there is more
than one annoying thing, is that eventually your keyboard is
gasping for air, being choked to death on cat hair. :o
One
of the good things about cleaning cat hair out of your keyboard with
your powerful shop vacuum, and yes there is more than one good thing
about cleaning your keyboard, is that all the cats in the house go into
hiding. ;D
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...
and yes there is more than one good thing about cleaning your keyboard,
is that all the cats in the house go into hiding. ;D
Until they go deaf. :o :)
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One
of the more annoying things about having cats that sleep on your lap
while you're trying to enter data into OW, and yes there is more than
one annoying thing, is that eventually your keyboard is gasping
for air, being choked to death on cat hair. :o
One of the
good things about cleaning cat hair out of your keyboard with your
powerful shop vacuum, and yes there is more than one good thing about
cleaning your keyboard, is that all the cats in the house go into
hiding. ;D
Do you vacuum Toby as well?
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Do you vacuum Toby as well?
Lucy is the big offender, and it was tempting, but no. I can imagine the repercussions! ;D
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Hi folks.
Just a quick post to let you know where I am and have been(if anybody is interested that is)
New South Wales.
Dubbo
Lightning Ridge.
Queensland.
Cunnamulla
Nockatunga
Quilpie
Charleville
Now at Blackall.
Close to 3000km.
Stuart.
Are you going to swing by Daly Waters? ;D
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According
to my BBC History magazine there is also a Radio 4 documentary
"Jutland: The Battle That Won The War" due to air on 27 May - not sure
of the time, but no doubt available on i-Player after broadcast.
There is also going to be a BBC2 documentary "The Navy's Bloodiest Day"
but they didn't have a transmission date.
Having checked the Radio Times for 27 May I couldn't find the Radio 4 documentary listed, so I presume it has been rescheduled.
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oh :( I hope it re-appears :)
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I hope so too - maybe it will be a day or two nearer the actual
anniversary? The TV documentary is apparently going to be on the
weekend of 28-30 May. BBC History magazine had a big feature on it
in the last issue - they assessed it in hindsight as definitely a
British victory. It will be interesting to find out what view
these different documentaries take.
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According
to my BBC History magazine there is also a Radio 4 documentary
"Jutland: The Battle That Won The War" due to air on 27 May - not sure
of the time, but no doubt available on i-Player after broadcast.
There is also going to be a BBC2 documentary "The Navy's Bloodiest Day"
but they didn't have a transmission date.
Having checked the Radio Times for 27 May I couldn't find the Radio 4 documentary listed, so I presume it has been rescheduled.
According to the BBC website, it's on 22 May at 1.30pm (and will be available on the iPlayer after broadcast).
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And this is on Channel 4, May 21, at 8pm:
http://www.channel4.com/info/press/programme-information/jutland-ww1s-greatest-sea-battle
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According
to my BBC History magazine there is also a Radio 4 documentary
"Jutland: The Battle That Won The War" due to air on 27 May - not sure
of the time, but no doubt available on i-Player after broadcast.
There is also going to be a BBC2 documentary "The Navy's Bloodiest Day"
but they didn't have a transmission date.
Having checked the Radio Times for 27 May I couldn't find the Radio 4 documentary listed, so I presume it has been rescheduled.
According to the BBC website, it's on 22 May at 1.30pm (and will be available on the iPlayer after broadcast).
Thanks, Helen - I think I might have otherwise failed to notice that listing!
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We'll do well as we age...how do I know? Just watching a programme
on the Beeb (BBC1) about how to keep your brain working. And it seems
that good sleep and keeping your brain muscle working hard (what better
than the OW Gymnasium!?!) means that the ageing process has less effect
on your cognitive functions. It was a programme called 'The Truth
About'. No doubt it will be on iplayer soon. A number of eminent
scientists in the field of Alzheimer's Disease featuerd. :)
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That's the problem - i need more sleep.
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The World War One Historical association is having a Symposium later
this year. Two of the topics are on naval matters. see ww1ha.org
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Is anyone else experiencing a problem with the capture screen? The
magnifier partially obscures the capture screen boxes. The progress bar
is in the wrong position as well. Very strange. ???
I have tried it with Firefox and IE on both of my computers and I get the same thing.
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Hi Craig. I get error messages for OW Classic using both Firefox and Chrome. Will investigate.
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Something to make us all feel better, with the interface still being down...
https://www.facebook.com/candaceSpayne/videos/10209653193067040/
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Where do you dig these things up, Hanibal? ;D I think she
should have tried the mask out on a good friend before posting on
Facebook. Of course, I have been transcribing today so I may be
biased. ;D
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I look like that most mornings. ::)
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I'm trying to picture what my mum would have looked like in that :o
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Where
do you dig these things up, Hanibal? ;D I think she should have
tried the mask out on a good friend before posting on Facebook. Of
course, I have been transcribing today so I may be biased. ;D
I have several sources. This one was reported by the BBC and Der Spiegel, so it was easy to track the orignal down.
Wait a minute... How are you still transcribing when no one else can? What's your secret?
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I'm working on a Patterson page now - can you not access it hanibal? :-\
Ummmm - anyone got a microscope for the current records on Patterson please - pretty please -very pretty please? :o ;D
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Nope, still can't get at it with Chrome or Firefox!
With both of those, an attempt to log in results in failure due to too many redirects.
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Same here.
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Wait a minute... How are you still transcribing when no one else can? What's your secret?
By
setting my Firefox option to "show my windows from last time" I never
have to sign in. It is only the sign-in that is causing the problem.
Perhaps you can restore a previous log page in your History?
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The rest of us, as Grant said
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3117.msg129153#msg129153)
on Friday, will probably have to wait until tomorrow for a fix.
Definitely, I would say.
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And if we still haven't got back in by tomorrow evening - here's
another OW related programme coming up. On BBC4 at 9pm on Monday,
the first of three programmes on the history of weather
forecasting. It's repeated on Tuesday at 8pm.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cvg9p
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Perhaps you can restore a previous log page in your History?
No - I have it set up so I get logged out whenever I close the browser, and have to sign in again next time I open it.
Gotta wait till tomorrow. :(
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Well that's amazing because it seems like it's usually me that can't get into anything :-\
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what to wear on Thetis, Mare Island, Aug 27, 1986
200 prs drawers
37 " leggings
100 neckerchiefs
75 rating badges
150 prs C.S.shoes
200 " socks
200 undershirts
50 working jumpers
100 " trousers
145 white hats
75 jerseys
40 blankets
40 doz eagle buttons (small)
300 doz rubber "
494 yds cap cloth
320 " trouser cloth
479 " flannel
10 mattresses
863 sps sewing silk
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8)
Maybe a new topic for The Voyages, The Work, The People: Everyday Life at Sea? ;)
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That sounds like an awful lot of cap cloth - how many caps did they each have?
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Well speaking as a seamstress there's a few odd things here. But the
cap cloth could be more excessive than is immediately obvious...
150 prs C.S.shoes -145 white hats = 5 people to share 494 yds cap cloth
So that's 98yds 29ins a piece. Good. No need to skimp on the seam allowances then ;D
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Do you think they were setting up a cap-and-trade system? ;D
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::) ::)
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Cattle drugs could fuel climate change, study suggests (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36368734)
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I've never heard a cow burp..but I guess they must do it a lot :-\ ;)
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And
if we still haven't got back in by tomorrow evening - here's another OW
related programme coming up. On BBC4 at 9pm on Monday, the first
of three programmes on the history of weather forecasting. It's
repeated on Tuesday at 8pm.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cvg9p
Watched
this yesterday - interesting in parts. But it did have a (brief)
appearance by our Philip B, so the watching was all worthwhile!
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Don't panic: Happy Towel Day (http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36379444)
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And
if we still haven't got back in by tomorrow evening - here's another OW
related programme coming up. On BBC4 at 9pm on Monday, the first
of three programmes on the history of weather forecasting. It's
repeated on Tuesday at 8pm.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cvg9p
Watched
this yesterday - interesting in parts. But it did have a (brief)
appearance by our Philip B, so the watching was all worthwhile!
That's good to know about - thanks Helen - I'll check that out :D
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Don't panic: Happy Towel Day (http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36379444)
Fantastic!
I wish I had known. There's a roundabout just on the south end of the
next town north of Oxford (Bicester) which has a beautiful garden on it
supported by 'Vogon Plants' and that's where the name of the Vogons
comes from - cool :D
My mum bought me a towel for when I left
home. It's a tad threadbare now, but still used at 40 years less 4
months after it started its life with me. :)
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There's
a roundabout just on the south end of the next town north of Oxford
(Bicester) which has a beautiful garden on it supported by 'Vogon
Plants' and that's where the name of the Vogons comes from
8) 8) 8)
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Is this it?
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.8922548,-1.1292188,3a,50.2y,190.66h,76.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjgp7Au1Z8Gvx5vThadfTPw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
I can't make out the sign. ;D
Fantastic!
I wish I had known. There's a roundabout just on the south end of the
next town north of Oxford (Bicester) which has a beautiful garden on it
supported by 'Vogon Plants' and that's where the name of the Vogons
comes from - cool :D
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CjTUwjsXAAAbIL5.jpg:large)
True. ;D
Also, Vogon poetry: http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=1616.msg18767#msg18767!
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Is this it?
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.8922548,-1.1292188,3a,50.2y,190.66h,76.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjgp7Au1Z8Gvx5vThadfTPw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
I can't make out the sign. ;D
Fantastic!
I wish I had known. There's a roundabout just on the south end of the
next town north of Oxford (Bicester) which has a beautiful garden on it
supported by 'Vogon Plants' and that's where the name of the Vogons
comes from - cool :D
Oh
yes - well found Bob! It used to have a very humble sign that was large
and easy to read. But it got smartened up after Douglas headed off to
the restaurant beyond the end of the universe :D
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An amusing time-warp comment - something funny that tickled my rib
anyway. Sadly don't know where the original sign was posted :)
(http://i.imgur.com/MMLuKeC.png)
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;D
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;D
If we're going back in time, why not June 1895, for example?
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Oh I think that's coming up in my 2017 diary but I missed it during
February this year. Never mind we may circle back past it at some point
in 2019 ;)
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Vineyard employs ducks to get rid of pests (http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/watch-900-ducks-protect-vineyard-pests/)
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Good!
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They used to sell a rather mediocre wine in Quebec called Baby Duck,
popular mainly because of it's low cost. Now I know the whole story
behind it. It did have a rather fowl taste ;D
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Good!
My
dad used to borrow a couple of ducks from my sister. He would put the
ducks in his garden for two or thee days. That's all it took to clean
out slugs and snails, and then the ducks would go back to their home. He
would repeat the treatment every few weeks. :)
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Can anyone lend me a whole load of ducks? My garden is just full of slugs and snails!
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Can anyone lend me a whole load of ducks? My garden is just full of slugs and snails!
I called my sister. The ducks are in the mail. My sister says to send them back when the slugs are all gone. ;)
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Can anyone lend me a whole load of ducks? My garden is just full of slugs and snails!
I called my sister. The ducks are in the mail. My sister says to send them back when the slugs are all gone. ;)
Su, please pass them on to me, and I will send them back once the snails are gone ;) ;D
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Hi
I have just received my copy of a fairly new book. T. E Lawrence & the Red Sea Patrol, by John Johnson-Allen.
It
is a really useful summary of the activities of the Red Sea Patrol
during WW1. The index mentions loads of our ships including. Clio, Odin,
Espiegle, Suva, Lunka, Lama, Minerva, Ben-my-Chree, Northbrook etc. In
particular it provides very useful background for example the background
to a particular landing or offensive action by one of these ships.
I
am more than happy to look up to see whether this book covers any
incidents you may be interested in, as it is often difficult to work out
exactly what these ships were doing, and the context for actions
etc.
However, there are some dreadful mistakes, the worst I
have found so far being the lovely drawing of HMS Espiegle, which is of
a predecessor of our Espiegle, ( the Doterel class sloop) rather than
our Cadmus sloop herself.
Strange book.
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Can anyone lend me a whole load of ducks? My garden is just full of slugs and snails!
I called my sister. The ducks are in the mail. My sister says to send them back when the slugs are all gone. ;)
Su, please pass them on to me, and I will send them back once the snails are gone ;) ;D
I'll do that, Randi, but I think they might be here a while to get the job done! ;D
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I've got at least 5 hedgehogs that I could loan. There's scarcely a
slug or snail for miles. Not sure if they would be too dangerous to go
through the post with all those spikes ;)
Actually - thinking more seriously, hedgehog hospitals do look for suitable adopters. :)
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Hi
I dont normally watch "Songs of Praise", but as I was
eating my tea it came on. (For non UK residents it is a religious
programme, concentrating on hymms, shown every sunday evening on BBC).
Before
I could find the remote, the introduction came on and it was aboard HMS
CAROLINE. There was quite a bit of footage of the ship, in her newly
restored state, showing the displays and restoration, and she looked
great.
The deck in particular looked beautifully holystoned!! (Sorry)
Also a bit of footage of Jutland and some general WW1 pictures.
I am sure that it will be available on iplayer, for those interested.
She
will be open to the public from Monday, it looks a bit tight. While it
wasnt clear when the programme was filmed there was plenty of scafolding
& screening still up.
K
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I've
got at least 5 hedgehogs that I could loan. There's scarcely a slug or
snail for miles. Not sure if they would be too dangerous to go through
the post with all those spikes ;)
Actually - thinking more seriously, hedgehog hospitals do look for suitable adopters. :)
I
used to have hedgehogs in my garden, though I haven't seen any for a
while, unfortunately. However, I am afraid they made zero impact
on the slug/snail problem. I am not eligible to adopt a hedgehog
because I do not have a completely enclosed garden. I think word
has spread round the neighbourhood that I have an organic garden and
every mollusc for miles around has come to live here. >:(
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Oh dear :( Well I guess there must be a mollusc appreciation
society somewhere perhaps they could be persuaded to do the
adopting? ;) ;) :D My best friend has the plastic bag method all
sorted out - gather them by hand and take them to some nice countryside a
long way off :)
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I'm not sure even that works! There is a theory that big slugs
and snails exude pheromones that stop the little ones from growing
bigger. So when you catch and remove the big ones there are no
pheromones and so the little ones grow into big ones and very shortly
you are back to square one. My plan is to stick with plants that
are slug-proof from now on.
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That sounds like the perfect plan of action Thursdaynext :D
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I thought this was really interesting!
How Switzerland saved tens of thousands of WW1 soldiers (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36391241)
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That is interesting, and a facet of that war I'd never heard about. Thanks for posting.
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Yes, very interesting.
Good for the soldiers and good for the Swiss.
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Yes, very interesting.
Good for the soldiers and good for the Swiss.
I second that motion!
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I'll third that for sure :)
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Hi Folks,
Just thought I would let you know Janeece and I are in Ngurrungurrudjba (pronounced Ngurrungurrudjba).
Can I use that in the work game when I/if I can?
Stuart
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Go ahead ;)
http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=2560.msg129522#msg129522
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Hi Folks,
Just thought I would let you know Janeece and I are in Ngurrungurrudjba (pronounced Ngurrungurrudjba).
Can I use that in the work game when I/if I can?
Stuart
If you include a picture ;)
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If you can also spell it backwards ;)
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(http://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/5442/RcMgf7.png) (http://imageshack.com/i/pnRcMgf7p)
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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(http://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/5442/RcMgf7.png) (http://imageshack.com/i/pnRcMgf7p)
that's cheating!
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A very few pics on Google pics at https://goo.gl/photos/zyyJkKmMNDPsNVzw8 (https://goo.gl/photos/zyyJkKmMNDPsNVzw8)
Using Mobile internet and only have 2.5gb/month, pics at 250kb res
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Looks great, Stuart. Happy travels! :)
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Looks good Stuart! Hope you didn't have your flip-flopped feet too close to that croc ;)
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Dog drives Canadian postal van (https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Ueg7Q7hO7U)
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Dog drives Canadian postal van (https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Ueg7Q7hO7U)
The
'Just For Laughs' Crew have a regular television show on CBC - Canada.
We enjoy it on a regular basis. VERY imaginative!!! ;D
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Canada Post is facing huge budget deficits so this is one of their
cost-saving measures. So far it has worked pretty well. ;D
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A week in the Yukon and I must be getting used to it already. The
sun came out for a few minutes, and the wind died down and we all
remarked how warm it was (at 14C!)! :o
Years ago I helped
out at a charity and they had a used clothing sale every month outside,
except Nov - Feb. It was a cold October day, -22C and a lady called Rena
had just moved up from Arizona. She was helping with the sale and she
said she had never been so cold in her whole life. "Rena," I said, "the
day will come when you think -22C is warm!" "That will NEVER happen!"
she said, Never!"
February was a long and very cold month, and
one day the cold spell broke. The sun was out, the air was calm and it
was a lovely -25. Walking down the street was Rena, with a huge smile on
her face, her light parka unzipped, no gloves and just light shoes.
"Isn't this lovely!" she exclaimed. "Warm, isn't it!" I said. "Sure is,"
she said, and then she stopped, embarrassed, and we both laughed and
laughed. Never was four months long. ;D
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Sun vs. shade and calm vs. wind make a HUGE difference!
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37.5c yesterday, second highest temp in Kununurra on record. 24c at
night, high humidity, cannot wait to get back to single digit temps
(minus the rain).
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:o
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Stuart,
Did you make it to Daly Waters and, if so, what did you leave behind? ;D
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Stuart,
Did you make it to Daly Waters and, if so, what did you leave behind? ;D
I'm interested to hear this one :D
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In pictures: Europe's last primeval forest (http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-36469144)
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Fascinating and lovely place.
In pictures: Europe's last primeval forest (http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-36469144)
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In pictures: Europe's last primeval forest (http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-36469144)
:o
:o :o Seems very drastic. I'd love to know if they have put
efforts in place to preserve the wildlife whilst restoring the affected
sections of forest :-\
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We're back from visiting family in the Yukon.
Driving the
Alaska Highway on the road to Haines Junction. One wag said, "Miles and
miles and miles of miles of nothing but miles and miles," but I might
disagree. ;)
(http://i.imgur.com/Oi3W9Kz.jpg?1)
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A Happy
211'th Birthday
to Hanibal94
(http://orig08.deviantart.net/39f4/f/2012/043/9/1/my_little_birthday_card_by_snakeman1992-d4pji83.jpg)
Or, if you prefer, a Happy 112'th Birthday,
or a Happy 0001 0110'th Birthday, or ...
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A Belated
Happy Birthday to
Helen J
| (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Devil%27s_food_cake.jpg) | | (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Angel_food_cake_with_strawberries_%284738859336%29.jpg) |
Devil's food cake (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_food_cake) | or | Angel food cake (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_food_cake) |
| ? | |
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Both! ;D
Yes, Happy Birthday Helen and Hanibal!!!
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Ditto from Downunder.
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Happy Birthdays both.
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May you both have many more.
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Happy birthdays, Hanibal and Helen :)
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Happy Birthdays!!
And great scenic view of 'nothing'.
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Well here are a few scenic views of something.
https://goo.gl/photos/zyyJkKmMNDPsNVzw8 (https://goo.gl/photos/zyyJkKmMNDPsNVzw8)
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Nice somethings, Stuart 8)
Happy Birthday Hanibal and Helen :) :)
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A Belated
Happy Birthday to
Helen J
| (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Devil%27s_food_cake.jpg) | | (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Angel_food_cake_with_strawberries_%284738859336%29.jpg) |
Devil's food cake (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_food_cake) | or | Angel food cake (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_food_cake) |
| ? | |
Both please!
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;D
Good decision!
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Happy birthday Hanibal and Helen!!
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Happy Birthday Helen & Hannibal!!
(http://i.imgur.com/LyVvbHL.jpg)
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Happy Birthdays to Helen and Hanibal!
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Thanks for all the birthday wishes, everybody!
I finished up
my Bachelor thesis today, and got it printed. Been working on that thing
for 2.5 months now, so it feels really great to have it done. Tomorrow,
I will go get it bound and hand it in.
Other than that, not much to say. Life goes on. Not much to unlock after the 18th birthday.
Oh, and congratulations Helen!
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I
finished up my Bachelor thesis today, and got it printed. Been working
on that thing for 2.5 months now, so it feels really great to have it
done. Tomorrow, I will go get it bound and hand it in.
Congratulations !
(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/scratchpad/images/f/fa/Rainbow_'Who's_ready_to_get_their_party_on'_S4E12.png)
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A very happy birthday to Helen and Hanibal :D :D :D
(http://i.imgur.com/NsPUhRE.png) (http://i.imgur.com/HMFhEjW.png)
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Thanks for all the birthday wishes, everybody!
I
finished up my Bachelor thesis today, and got it printed. Been working
on that thing for 2.5 months now, so it feels really great to have it
done. Tomorrow, I will go get it bound and hand it in.
Other than that, not much to say. Life goes on. Not much to unlock after the 18th birthday.
Oh, and congratulations Helen!
That's
a special birthday and a great moment to get that thesis bound and
ready to enthrall your tutors :D So now you can perhaps indulge in
a brief moment of relaxation? ;)
(http://i.imgur.com/3nsc5yO.png)
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Monique, the hen who is sailing around the world (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36475672)
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Monique, the hen who is sailing around the world (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36475672)
Well
Monique is living an eggsiting life style, though I was a little
worried to see that she might end up in the roasting tin ;) ;) ;D
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Wow! Thanks for all the cake, people!
Better not eat it all at once... ;D
Monique, the hen who is sailing around the world (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36475672)
Cool story - and I love the pictures of Monique doing stuff! 8)
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Monique, the hen who is sailing around the world (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36475672)
;D
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Monique, the hen who is sailing around the world (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36475672)
Well
Monique is living an eggsiting life style, though I was a little
worried to see that she might end up in the roasting tin ;) ;) ;D
Don't worry Joan! I heard a news item on the radio yesterday and Guirec assured us all that he would never harm Monique!
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Pheww - because I have to tell him that monique's egg production
would certainly go down if he did end up putting gravy over her as she
sat next to a few roast potatoes! :o ;) ;D
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Wife cake and evil water: The perils of auto-translation (http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36638929)
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'Translate Server Error' is a classic. ;D
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I hadn't seen it before :-[
I remember once (way
before translation software) visiting a Swiss museum where "Exposition
provisoire" was translated as "Exposition previous" rather than
"Temporary exhibition".
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Me ether.
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Me ether.
Years
ago when I was working in Los Angeles doing odd jobs, I was having
lunch with some Spanish speaking workers, none of whom spoke English. We
were communicating in sign language etc. The foreman, who was the
classic redneck, saw me with these workers, and he said to me, "I don't
know why these people can't talk white."
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"If English was good enough for Jesus Christ, it's good enough for me," he replied.
"I didn't know Jesus Christ spoke English," I said.
He nicely concluded the discussion with, "The bible's wrote in English, ain't it?"
It's hard to argue with facts like those!
Luckily
for the world he isn't in charge of the Google Translator. I can just
imagine putting a foreign phrase into the translator, and it comes back
with "Just talk white!" ;D
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I heard the gentleman who invented 'autocorrect' died.
May he restaurant in piece. ::) ;)
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;D ;D ;D
I am worry to hear he is know one of the deadly deported :( ;)
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Hi all,
Just wanted to say I have returned from my vacation
to Lyon and the SE French coast safe and sound. It was a good one, me
and my dad had a relaxing time, did some hikes and snorkeling and had a
lot of tasty food (but no frogs or snails).
Gonna spend the rest
of the evening catching up on things, hope to do some transcribing
tomorrow. Will update guestimations and rankings soon.
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Welcome home!
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Glad you had a good time but nice to see you back.
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Welcome back, Hanibal!
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The party's over. Back to work Hanibal :D ;)
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Yes, welcome back!
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Welcome Back! :D
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Welcome back, Hanibal - glad you had a good time (and avoided the snails!)
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Happy Asteroid Day (http://asteroidday.org/)
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Happy Hanibal Day (http://asteroidday.org/)
Glad you're back from your asteroid! ;D
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Happy Canada Day, Craig!!!
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Likewise, Michael! Are we the only two?
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That's an awful lot of territory to represent you two - GOOD LUCK!!!
(http://i.imgur.com/y4Yu3K2.png)
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He's got the west side and I am holding down the East side. So far, so good. ;D
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Happy Canada Day !
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Thanks, Randi and Joan.
No Canexit is contemplated here. No can exit from NAFTA, that is (even though Trump wants to renegotiate). ;D
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Lucky you! And your prime minister hasn't resigned either :'(
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Thank you, all. All we have to do here is fight the challenge, from a
former easterner who has moved here, to separate Vancouver Island from
British Columbia. ;D
As a mark of derision, I wore, at the
gym, my 40 year old T-shirt that has a map of Vancouver Island with
V.I.L.O. printed over it, and the words Vancouver Island Liberation
Organisation around it. ;)
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He's got the west side and I am holding down the East side. So far, so good. ;D
Sounds like you've got it covered then ;D (How many square miles is that each? :o)
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He's got the west side and I am holding down the East side. So far, so good. ;D
Sounds like you've got it covered then ;D (How many square miles is that each? :o)
It
means we are each doing the work for 18,077,000 million people, five
provinces, 1.5 territories (we each get half of the NorthWest
Territories) and cover an area of 5,000,000 square kilometres (1,950,000
square miles).
It's no wonder that I get tired at the end of the day, though Craig seems to be made of sterner stuff. ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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It's no wonder that I get tired at the end of the day, though Craig seems to be made of sterner stuff. ;D
I actually contract some of the responsibility out to my cat.
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It's no wonder that I get tired at the end of the day, though Craig seems to be made of sterner stuff. ;D
I actually contract some of the responsibility out to my cat.
You're
lucky to have a helpful and responsible cat. ;D I have one who is
totally useless, and the other is a giant nuisance, and who causes me
more work than the 18,000,000 for whom I am responsible. :o
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;D ;D ;D
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Happy 4th of July to all those celebrating and good luck Juno!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmN3-HXWIAI_pD6.jpg:large)
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:)
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Happy 4th of July to all those celebrating and good luck Juno!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmN3-HXWIAI_pD6.jpg:large)
My
students used to ask 'Do they have a 4th of July in England?!' I'd say
'Yes, they have a 4th all over the World.' and THEN they'd want to know
about the 'Celebration'......... ::)
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Happy 4th of July to all of you living south of the 49th!
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Thanks! ;D
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Happy 4th of July from me too!
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As a temporary American resident, thank you for the Fourth of July
wishes - it's my first one here, so I'm looking forward to the
experience.
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Happy Independence Day!
(http://cdn.movieweb.com/img.news.tops/NEmiIjALQN1Rqp_1_b.jpg)
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Now - here's an idea, a small part of the British Empire decides to
go independent in order to establish better care for its inhabitants by
removing the burden of supporting that distant authority. And it
worked so well......strange how history repeats itself?
Y'all have a grand July 4th :D :D :D
(http://i.imgur.com/DNmsZgk.png)
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Word of warning - Imgur beta testing - I stupidly said 'yes' to it.
If
you use it in beta test and paste in an image you'll get one code
showing up that doesn't work. Go to your name (top right) and chose
'images' from the dropdown list, then click on the image that you want
to get a code for and select the 'direct' code. :)
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(http://www.trbimg.com/img-577b20c2/turbine/la-sci-juno-20160704-photo/600)
This
is the last view from the JunoCam before it was shut down in
preparation for entering orbit around Jupiter. Four of Jupiter's 53
moons are clearly visible. (NASA)
;D
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Hurray !
Juno probe enters into orbit around Jupiter (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36710768)
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Fantastic! Some good news for a change! ;D
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Now
- here's an idea, a small part of the British Empire decides to go
independent in order to establish better care for its inhabitants by
removing the burden of supporting that distant authority. And it
worked so well......strange how history repeats itself?
Y'all have a grand July 4th :D :D :D
(http://i.imgur.com/DNmsZgk.png)
Saw a posting "July 4th..the original 'Brexit.' I'll have to try to find the picture. ::)
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Today's featured article in Wikipedia is the Jeannette Expedition!
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Woo-hoo! I've only had a quick look, but I can't see OW
mentioned anywhere. I know there was some problem with linking to
the logs, so perhaps that's the reason ....? ???
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As far as I know, there is only a problem linking to UK logs.
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Bonne Fete Nationale!
Happy Bastille Day!
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Bonne Fete Nationale!
Happy Bastille Day!
Let's hope that FRATERNITE will grow strong amongst us all!
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Why India needs to remember 'forgotten' fallen of world wars (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36801602)
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Did we ever get anywhere in collating the 'Seedies' and similar
groups who served on 'our' ships and lost their lives in various ways? I
know they don't appear on the CWGC site but it would be good to
identify them as well as possible for the future.
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I don't know of anything.
Perhaps a topic in The Voyages, The Work, The People: Everyday Life at Sea?
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Same from me as from Randi. I didn't know that anything was started up yet - but sounds like a lovely idea.
(I'm
thinking to start something for the whalers - lost a 27 year old
yesterday after a long miserable 3 weeks illness having been beaten up
by a right whale.)
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Currently in Talk US burials at sea and other recorded deaths
(https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/old-weather/talk/186/13530)
includes both US government ships and Whalers. Perhaps we should start a
separate topic like Whaling burials at sea and other recorded deaths?
Or do we want to make the existing topic more general - something like Deaths reported in our log books?
I have no strong feelings one way or another and I am definitely open to a better title! ;D
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Would "Davy Jones' Locker" be too flippant?
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I can't think of any reason why Navy, government or whaling vessels need to be kept separate for this.
Or do we want to make the existing topic more general - something like Deaths reported in our log books?
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I can't think of any reason why Navy, government or whaling vessels need to be kept separate for this.
Talk does allow you to edit titles ;)
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Mary Rose warship: full view revealed (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-36802829)
Time for another look!
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She looks stunning. I was on a ferry to the Channel Islands as they
were preparing to lift her - the amount of kit required was awesome :)
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History! On this day in 2012, Philip's blog
(https://blog.oldweather.org/2012/07/23/one-million-six-hundred-thousand-new-observations/)
celebrated the completion of the RN log books.
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4 years ago :o
Time flies when you're having fun :)
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(http://i.imgur.com/B5aTato.gif)
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Large heath butterfly unfurls its wings (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36865428)
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Large heath butterfly unfurls its wings (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36865428)
8) The release site is about 25 miles away from me. It's owned by
Lancashire Wildlife Trust
(http://www.lancswt.org.uk/news/2014/07/02/large-heath-fly-again-heysham-moss)
who I do some volunteering for, although not on that site.
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History!
On this day in 2012, Philip's blog
(https://blog.oldweather.org/2012/07/23/one-million-six-hundred-thousand-new-observations/)
celebrated the completion of the RN log books.
It was really that long ago? Boy! :o
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Large heath butterfly unfurls its wings (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36865428)
8) The release site is about 25 miles away from me. It's owned by
Lancashire Wildlife Trust
(http://www.lancswt.org.uk/news/2014/07/02/large-heath-fly-again-heysham-moss)
who I do some volunteering for, although not on that site.
Beautiful creature - good luck to it :)
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Mary Rose warship: full view revealed (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-36802829)
Time for another look!
That will be a wonderful day out. M33 and the accessible Mary Rose, on one site.
I will just wait until the schools go back.
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Joan found a great poem: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015418/1856-11-20/ed-1/seq-4.pdf ;D
(top left)
Some interesting whaling info too!
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;D ;D ;D ;D
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Hilarious! Thanks Joan. ;D
I don't get the line about
the fat woman growing thinner day by day. I'm pretty sure he's not
referring to a real woman, but I can't figure out what it means. Little
help here, please?
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When you are seasick advice is often to go on deck and get some
fresh air. If you feel sick there the advice is to be sick over the
downwind rail (think about the results of vomiting into the wind!
:( ). As a result of being sick and unable to face eating very much she
will lose weight - hence throwing herself over the rail as a metaphor.
(Someone
once described severe seasickness as feeling that they wished it would
kill you quicker. But once it stops it feels just like a switch being
thrown. I've only had it once - I can't read on a tossing ship or moving
car for that matter, otherwise I'm usually fine.)
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Joan found a great poem: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015418/1856-11-20/ed-1/seq-4.pdf ;D
(top left)
Some interesting whaling info too!
Cheers Randi! Doh! I was being a bit slow about noting it here wasn't I.
As
I'm trying to lose some weight perhaps I ought to put the fat ladies
efforts into action - quick - a small ship and a tumbling swell for
pity's sake! ;) ;) ;D
Glad everyone enjoyed it. It was a strange find :D
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Found another few snippets from the same Edition:
Some things never change :o ::) ;)
(http://i.imgur.com/k7ZLsIB.png)
And
if anyone fancies a long (possibly ever so slightly tall) story about a
mad alligator shoot try :
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015418/1856-11-20/ed-1/seq-6.pdf
top left ;)
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Ship hits wall of Panama Canal renewing design concerns (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36891142)
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Joan found a great poem: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015418/1856-11-20/ed-1/seq-4.pdf ;D
(top left)
Some interesting whaling info too!
Not quite whaling info just some whaling pics.
Stuart - I replaced the link you had with links directly to the images. Imgur content is not always suited to the forum :-X
Hum... even jpg and png links can have problems. Hopefully inserting the images works!
(http://i.imgur.com/kHfKlnZ.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/WOqyXCK.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Vt5iKHh.jpg)
Mum and baby.
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Ship hits wall of Panama Canal renewing design concerns (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36891142)
I bet a ship that big makes quite a ding in a canal wall :o
Sad
news : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36883629 Marnie
Nixon - the great ghost voice of so many Hollywood actresses has passed
away.
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Joan found a great poem: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015418/1856-11-20/ed-1/seq-4.pdf ;D
(top left)
Some interesting whaling info too!
Not quite whaling info just some whaling pics.
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Cow and calf by the looks of it - sweet :)
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Solar Impulse completes round-the-world trip (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36890563)
(http://www.desismileys.com/smileys/desismileys_3266.gif)(http://www.desismileys.com/smileys/desismileys_3266.gif)(http://www.desismileys.com/smileys/desismileys_3266.gif)
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YES!
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Marvelous! I saw a documentary on their progress last year. It was breathtaking.
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As mentioned in the last few minute of this morning's BBC Radio 4
Today (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07lfsrl) (starts at about 2
hours 53 minutes), the Polar Ocean Challenge (http://polarocean.co.uk/)
recently set off from Murmansk to sail around the Arctic (NE and NW
Passages) to draw attention to the retreating sea ice.
The ship's
log is on the web site, with pressure, water & air temp and cloud
coverage. 8) (No sign of anyone being put in single irons for
drunkenness yet!)
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Well done Solar Impulse!
Good luck Polar Ocean Challenge - but what sad thing to be signalling - the retreat of the sea ice :(
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Computer Haiku
A file that big?
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.
The Web site you seek
cannot be located but
endless others exist
Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.
Aborted effort:
Close all that you have.
You ask way too much.
First snow, then silence.
This thousand dollar screen dies
so beautifully.
With searching comes loss
and the presence of absence:
"My Novel" not found.
The Tao that is seen
is not the true Tao, until
you bring fresh toner.
Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
Stay the patient course
Of little worth is your ire
The network is down
Yesterday it worked
Today it is not working
Windows is like that
Three things are certain:
Death, taxes, and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.
You step in the stream,
but the water has moved on.
This page is not here.
Out of memory.
We wish to hold the whole sky,
but we never will.
Having been erased,
the document you are seeking
must now be retyped.
Rather than a beep
or a rude error message,
these words: "File not found."
Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
Note: I did not write these.
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Finally, an English major who took up systems programming. We need more of this ;D
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That's tickled my funny bone alright ;D ;D ;D
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Yesterday it worked
Today it is not working
Windows is like that
I like. It could be applied to many things besides Windows, as long as they have only two syllables, of course. ;D
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Computer Haiku
Bravo!
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;D ;D ;D
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Brilliant!
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Viewpoint: The waste mountain of coffee cups (http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36882799) :'(
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Viewpoint: The waste mountain of coffee cups (http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36882799) :'(
Fed
up with the despicable waste in this country (well any country of
course!).There are so many standard re-usable cups - it should be that
you pay double if you don't use a reusable cup. Though I suspect a lot
of people might just take that on the chin and simply pay the extra. I
despair. >:(
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Lava pictures from 'smiling' Hawaiian Kilauea volcano eruption (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36921980)
:)
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Lava pictures from 'smiling' Hawaiian Kilauea volcano eruption (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36921980)
:)
That's very funny :D
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I'm leaving today for a little summer vacation, therefore...
Have a nice August ye all, and see you soon!
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Have a good vacation!
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Belated
Happy Birthdays
to
Stuart and Alessandro
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Have fun, Alessandro. Send us a postcard! :)
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Happy holidays propriome!
(http://i.imgur.com/yDoRFq6.gif)
Happy birthdays Stuart and Alessandro!
(http://i.imgur.com/92RAIFT.gif)
:D :D :D
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What Joan said!
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What Joan said!
I'll second that!
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What Joan said!
I'll second that!
Another from me!!!
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And me too :)
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Belated
Happy Birthdays
to
Stuart and Alessandro
Thanks.
(Only 68 YO)
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Thanks.
(Only 68 YO)
Hah! I have seniority! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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You make me feel so young ;) ;D
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Russia anthrax outbreak affects dozens in north Siberia
A heatwave has fuelled the disease.
...
Officials
believe that the heat melted permafrost and exposed an infected
reindeer carcass in the Siberian tundra, AFP news agency reports.
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:o
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I'll double that jil :o :o
I never thought of that being a problem from global warming - yikes!
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Frozen methane bubbles, Canada
They
look otherworldly, like flying saucers that dropped into the water and
froze, or ancient, ice-encapsulated jellyfish. In fact, these icy
circles are frozen methane bubbles ? pockets of gas that, when trapped
underwater and frozen, form a spectacular landscape.
(http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/1280_720/images/live/p0/42/l6/p042l6j9.jpg)
Frozen methane bubbles are highly flammable and combustable (Credit: robertharding/Alamy)
Found
in winter in high northern latitude lakes like Lake Abraham in Alberta,
Canada, these gas bubbles are created when dead leaves, grass and
animals fall into the water, sink and are eaten by bacteria that excrete
methane. The gas is released as bubbles that transform into tens of
thousands of icy white disks when they come into contact with frozen
water, Quora user Mayur Kanaiya explains.
It?s a stunning, but
potentially dangerous sight. This potent greenhouse gas not only warms
the planet, but also is highly flammable. Come spring, when the ice
melts, the methane bubbles pop and fizz in a spectacular release ? but
if anyone happens to light a match nearby, the masses of methane will
ignite into a giant explosion.
Curious travellers can see these gassy hiccups in lakes across Canada?s Banff National Park, or in the Arctic Ocean off Siberia, where researchers have found gargantuan gas bubbles as large as 900m across.
Blood Falls, Antarctica
The
name says it all. Blood Falls, in East Antarctica?s McMurdo Dry
Valleys, looks like slowly pouring scarlet-red blood, staining snowy
white Taylor Glacier and Lake Bonney below. It?s a surprising ? and
creepy ? sight to behold.
The trickling crimson liquid isn?t
blood, however. Nor is it water dyed by red algae, as early Antarctica
pioneers first speculated. In fact, the brilliant ochre tint comes from
an extremely salty sub-glacial lake, explains Quora user Aditya
Bhardwaj.
(http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/1280_720/images/live/p0/42/l6/p042l625.jpg)
Blood Falls in Antarctica is only accessible by helicopter or cruise ship (Credit: Peter Rejcek/Wikipedia)
About
two million years ago, a hyper-saline body of water became trapped
beneath Taylor Glacier, isolated from light, oxygen and heat. As the
saltwater trickles through a fissure in the glacier, it reacts with the
oxygen in the air to create this spectacular, rust-hued cascade.
It?s
a visual and scientific wonder, and Taylor Glacier ? accessible only by
helicopter from McMurdo Station or Scott Base, or cruise ship in the
Ross Sea ? is the only spot on Earth to see it.
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Frozen methane bubbles, Canada
not a place to carelessly strike a match in Spring :o
;D
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Sounds like a good business opportunity, doesn't it? ;D ::)
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Would be a bit whiffy though ;) ;D
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I don't think methane itself has any smell at all. Natural gas has
smelly chemicals added so you can detect a gas leak, whilst the...
"natural source"... smells because of what else is ejected with the
methane!
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Danny is correct - I always thought methane smelled awful!
At
room temperature and standard pressure, methane is a colorless,
odorless gas.[10] The familiar smell of natural gas as used in homes is
achieved by the addition of an odorant, usually blends containing
tert-butylthiol, as a safety measure.
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The fact that you can't smell methane was one of the causes of
explosions in coal mines - coal damp. Hence the safety lamp and the
canary.
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You're all right - I forgot about that. I remember the smell of Town
Gas when I was little - grim grim grim! And they did have to add a
smell to North Sea gas because it was almost scentless. :)
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I
don't think methane itself has any smell at all. Natural gas has smelly
chemicals added so you can detect a gas leak, whilst the... "natural
source"... smells because of what else is ejected with the methane!
It's
Methanethiol better known as Methyl Mercaptan
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanethiol) All natural gas ALL OVER
THE WORLD gets the same additive so that no matter where you are it
smells the same! Used to have some to 'share' with my 6th graders
when they studied Energy.
Propane gets a a different smell as does Butane.
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They all smell the same to me. Nothing.
There are advantages and disadvantages to having an impaired sense of smell. ;)
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Wow - I didn't imagine that there is a standard pong per gas. That's amazing.
The
father of a friend of mine had the fun of developing the pumped in
smells for the Yorvik (Viking) exhibition in York. His family had the
dubious pleasure of 'trying them out'. The smells covered a smoky house,
a fish wharf, and a public toilet (a wattle hurdle round a hole in the
ground). The phrase 'never bring your work home with you' comes to
mind ;) ;D
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I took my son to one of the Jorvik exhibitions in York
yesterday. He spent quite some time braiding wool into a bracelet.
The
main exhibition unfortunately (and smells) has been closed for a while
because of the York Floods last year. Should re-open soon.
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Oh my - what a co-incidence! Sorry to hear that the floods
claimed it - it is underground (after all these centuries) so I guess it
is a risk. Thanks for spelling it correctly too (I thought that
'Yorvik' somehow looked wrong).
Glad that your son did some
braiding. I make items like socks and mittens and hats in an ancient
type of darning-cum-knitting called naalbinding. And one of the stitches
(it's about the most simple) is York stitch named for a woollen
sock found in the original dig. I hope your son enjoyed being a Viking
for a while :D
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Still using Firefox (I am,but not for long)....
This rather
long article
(https://theintercept.com/2016/07/29/a-famed-hacker-is-grading-thousands-of-programs-and-may-revolutionize-software-in-the-process/)
is most interesting. For users like us with no time to spare, scan down
to the graph showing the level of security in three different browsers:
Firefox is weakest; Chrome is most secure. :o
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Very interesting.
A possible future ex-Firefox user :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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Where is IE?
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I will continue to use Firefox for OW just the same. I have never had any problems in 3 years (that I know of, at least).
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I have never had any problems in several years (that I know of, at least) either...
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Where is IE?
Gone. It's been discontinued and replaced with Microsoft Edge.
Since January 12th, 2016, IE 11 is the only version still getting security updates and other support, and that won't be forever.
Personally,
I am not impressed by Edge. It got rather negative reception at launch,
and it took them a whole year just to add extension support!
For anybody who is switching from Firefox to Chrome: You can easily transfer your bookmarks from one to the other like this:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/96816?hl=en
-> Choose "From Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari", and between
steps 4 and 5, make sure to uncheck the items you don't want to import.
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I will not mourn IE - annoying stuff and caused so many problems.
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For anybody who is switching from Firefox to Chrome: ...
Thanks!
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For those who can't live without, IE isn't gone, just harder to find.
Like so many useful old programs and settings.
Not that IE was useful. ;)
Simply type Internet Explorer in the taskbar search.
You can even set it as your default browser.
Settings/System/Default apps/Web browser/Select Internet Explorer
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(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Guardia_Costiera.svg/445px-Guardia_Costiera.svg.png)
Kitten revived by Italian coastguard's kiss of life (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37001801)
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:-* :-* :-*
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Following Columbus: The team trying to rewrite the explorer's route (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36884261)
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Following Columbus: The team trying to rewrite the explorer's route (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36884261)
So I suppose we will soon have to transcribe the weather reports from the logs of Nina, Pinta and the Santa Maria!? ;D
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Perhaps that's why they took on the Shakespeare project - a chance to get OUR character recognition up to snuff? ;)
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If any one gets a suspect email from me then don't open it - just
delete it - looks like BT have done it again. Grrrr! >:(
Gradually moving to gmail - sigh! ::)
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Can anybody else find all 12 of these hidden animals?
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160812-are-these-the-best-camouflaged-animals
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I think I got most of them - though there was one where I think I
was looking for a bird but could only see a snake for sure. A fun
thing to try though ....
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I got all of them - I think.
Image 7 was the hardest for me. I
stared and stared, I went on and came back, I had just about given up,
but when I scrolled back up it jumped right out at me. I don't think it
is so much difficult as tricky ;)
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I think I got all of them as well, but also found Image 7 the hardest!
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'World's cutest sheep' go on show in Carlisle (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-37121073)
(http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/15BFD/production/_90858098_jamiewood.jpg)
"Because they have only ever been reared by hand they are a very kind breed, very good natured and docile."
Watch out for those horns, though!
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3z2WJCKrGZKZgMXCZqXxDMB/every-woman-dazzles-in-leith-for-edinburgh-art-festival
A
new dazzle ship takes shape in Edinburgh - the time-lapse video is
fascinating, but the other two film clips on the page are worth a watch
too (they're all quite short!)
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Thanks for posting that - it looks great, and I'm sorry I was in Edinburgh just too early to get down and see it.
Enjoyed the sheep too! Though I do agree that the horns look a bit risky ....
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HMT Arfon: Sunken WWI mine trawler protected (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-37117334)
;D
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Twitter conversation from 2014 ;D
Arfon Smith @arfon
Delighted to find out that I was also an armed trawler during WWII
Mike Smail @smailtronic
@arfon yes, I've always thought that your triple-expansion engine was a bit oversized.
Philip Brohan @PhilipBrohan
@arfon
Unfortunately your logbooks haven't been kept, but TNA has an account
of your sinking:
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C4114926
Arfon Smith @arfon
@PhilipBrohan I shall go and have a read!
Caro 601 @Caro601
@arfon Er, WWI, HMT Arfon. ;-)
Arfon Smith @arfon
@Caro601 oh yeah. WWI. Ooops!
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;D ;D
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;D ;D
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Got a little request for our original word game: Could somebody please enter something that ends with ar?
I got a good entry I've been hoping to add for a while, but never got a chance so far...
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Done, done, and done ::) ;D
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Chicago's self-playing smart piano (https://www.youtube.com/embed/D9BOTXFCpQA)
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Chicago's self-playing smart piano (https://www.youtube.com/embed/D9BOTXFCpQA)
Oh that was super!!! I'd happily miss my train for that ;D ;D
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Question for all you techies...I sent some emails onwards to may own
email account. Mine didn't want to accept so many in one go so I'm now
getting mailer-daemon 'failure to deliver' messages saying that they'll
carry on sending the 'I can't send the message' details until the cows
come home. Is there any way of deleting the mailer-daemon thing so it
doesn't keep trying to send the messages please? :)
At the moment I've simply sent them directly to the junk bin :)
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What's your email provider, Joan?
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btinternet.com :)
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You could try their on-line helpchat but I don't hold out much hope,
if you can get through to a person (prepare for frustration!) they may
be more helpful but they don't speak the same language as normal people.
I speak from experience. I keep getting messages to say that 'my BT
settings are out of date' but despite two tries on line and one on the
phone I haven't tracked down any one who can tell me what's wrong and
how to fix it. They're now only interested in the tech savvy despite our
beloved government insisting that everything, including housing
applications and job applications by the homeless, is done on line.
Good luck
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Thanks studentforever :D
Oh dear - that doesn't sound
good :'( - I've tried speaking to them before but it's always been
hopeless. I'll give it a go and hope for the best, but perhaps
the solution of dumping the messages into the junk mail will end up
being the solution. I've never liked that mailer daemon thingy :(
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Researchers
trying to raise awareness of the issue claim that the spreadsheet
software automatically converts the names of certain genes into dates.
Gene symbols like SEPT2 (Septin 2) were found to be altered to "September 2".
However,
Microsoft, which released the first version of Excel in 1985, said the
gene renaming errors can be overcome if users make alterations in the
application settings.
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I have this problem with genetic genealogy markers. Some markers
have two numbers separate by a hyphen, which may be converted to a date
if the numbers are in the right range. I will look at the settings to
see how to avoid this. Thanks, Randi!
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Select All, Format Cells, Text ;)
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That works for typing the values, Bob, but not when I paste them into the sheet.
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It should work if you do Paste Special and select 'Values' (or 'Text', depending on the source).
That works for typing the values, Bob, but not when I paste them into the sheet.
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That works for typing the values, Bob, but not when I paste them into the sheet.
I think Paste Special values won't change the format of the cells, but I am too lazy busy transcribing to try it out. I leave it as an exercise for for you. ;D ;D ;D ;D
When
I was at university one of my math profs was saying that when he was a
grad or post-doc student his prof presented a theory and left it as an
exercise for the students to prove. The prof I had said he worked on it
all weekend, but got nowhere. On the Monday, he showed his prof the
work, who said, "Hmmmm. Keep going." So, he worked away and worked away,
often showing his prof, who kept saying "Hmmmm. Keep going." (All the
other students gave up.) Eventually, he got it. His prof was very
excited. "I thought that was the case!" he shouted. "Finally, we proved
it!"
His prof then published a paper proving the theorem and my prof, I think, got mentioned as a co-author. ;)
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;D
When you paste from an external source you only have two options: Keep source formatting and Match destination formatting
The
former converts to date format but the latter doesn't if you follow
Bob's suggestion of formatting the cells as text before the paste.
That is not intuitive because the source formatting does not show any dates.
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Navy Records Society posted this on Twitter.
Moving stuff: letters from Devonport 1906: 'Goodbye, Goodbye, I die I die, I can not stay in this unhappy world!'
https://twitter.com/NavyRecords/status/769057129676374016 (https://twitter.com/NavyRecords/status/769057129676374016)
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Poor writer and recipient. If he carried it through I hope he found the peace he craved and if not the help he needed.
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North Atlantic 'weather bomb' tremor measured in Japan (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37177575)
Seismologists
in Japan have tracked, for the first time, a particular type of tiny
vibration that wobbled through the Earth from the Atlantic seafloor.
It was started by a "weather bomb": the same low-pressure storm, off Greenland, which made UK headlines in late 2014.
Tiny tremors, of two types, constantly criss-cross the deep Earth from storms.
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Probe set for science pass of Jupiter (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37200337)
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North Atlantic 'weather bomb' tremor measured in Japan (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37177575)
Seismologists
in Japan have tracked, for the first time, a particular type of tiny
vibration that wobbled through the Earth from the Atlantic seafloor.
It was started by a "weather bomb": the same low-pressure storm, off Greenland, which made UK headlines in late 2014.
Tiny tremors, of two types, constantly criss-cross the deep Earth from storms.
That
was fascinating - never thought that an underwater quake could cause so
much trouble -but when you think about it it is logical :)
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Probe set for science pass of Jupiter (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37200337)
Well
one thing is for sure - if you can take enough books to enjoy the 5
year trip there - you'll need barely sugars on arrival. Why? Because at
12 bar pressure your ears will certainly be popping :D
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You may be blind too. It was reported recently that astronauts who
spent long periods in the International Space Station experienced a drop
in their vision. Experts speculate that the lack of gravity in space
puts pressure on the retina and causes it to change shape (or position).
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That's fascinating...and very worrying for sure. Can't think of what
could be done about that. Time to invent gravity I guess. Hey Mr
Newton..can you fetch us one of your apples please? ;D
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Hi
After several attempts I finally managed to get myself
allocated an audit in Northern Ireland, which I did on Friday 26th of
August. As you will all understand my main reason for wanting this work
was so that I could visit HMS CAROLINE now that she is open to the
public, so I took a day off work on the 25th & an early flight.
The
Royal Navy museums have made a fantastic job of restoring &
preserving her & made a really good compromise between allowing
access & leaving her as undamaged as possible. The guns are all
replica's in metal, but of course dont move. There are lifts which are
surprisingly not intrusive, with the possible exception of the one from
the waist deck up to the bridge.
Some might say that it is
sacrelege to put a modern cafe in her, but to be able to drink coffee
& eat cake in her mess deck is a real privelege which I for one
enjoyed hugely.
Several spaces are taken up with exhibitions,
for example on communications, torpedoes etc which are interesting to
both adults & kids. There is also an excellent recorded commentary,
which you operate by pointing it at signs located near points of
interest. Really clear & accessible & an excellent addtion to
the experience
I thought that they should take off the large
"shed" known as the drill hall, to better restore her shape to as built,
but instead they have kept it, and it is now a cinema showing a
multimedia show about Jutland, which I think was very well done.
All in all it is one of the best museum experiences I have ever had and well worth the 13GBP entry fee.
I took a few (over 100!!) photographs of her. I have posted some of the best here. https://plus.google.com/collection/UZVxcB.
I
wasnt able to take high powered flash or tripod so I apologise for the
quality of some of the interior photos, particularly in the engine room.
I would appreciate any feedback either through this forum, or through google+ itself.
I hope you get just a fraction of the enjoyment I got from the experience.
All the best.
Keith
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Thanks Keith! I haven't looked at all the photos yet, just the first 20 or so, but they look great.
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Thanks Keith! I haven't looked at all the photos yet, just the first 20 or so, but they look great.
Thank
you very much for your help in suggesting Google+. It was not exactly
intuitive, but it seems to have worked well. I hope you enjoy the rest
when you are ready.
All the best.
K
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Thanks, Keith. Fascinating to see what some of the places and weapons which we transcribe actually look like.
In
terms of accommodation I would have wanted to be at least a lieutenant -
his cabin looks quite cosy. Though the captain's quarters would
have been even more acceptable!
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I just looked at them all. Wonderful photos!!! It does look like it would be a very worthwhile visit.
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Thanks, Keith. Fascinating to see what some of the places and weapons which we transcribe actually look like.
In
terms of accommodation I would have wanted to be at least a lieutenant -
his cabin looks quite cosy. Though the captain's quarters would
have been even more acceptable!
Thanks Helen
The
thing the photos cant show is smells. They have put some effort into
recreating a couple of smells, in particular the Crew washroom genuinely
smells of drains, while the galley smells of roast lunch. Very clever
and adds to the feeling that one wouldnt want to be an ordinary seaman.
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An amazing restoration, and great photos!
I took a few (over 100!!) photographs of her. I have posted some of the best here. https://plus.google.com/collection/UZVxcB.
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Super pics! She looks glorious - few dabs of paint to go still, but what a ship :D
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Anyone else struggling to get into Google Chrome today please? :-\
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Anyone else struggling to get into Google Chrome today please? :-\
I just got in. No problems...
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Anyone else struggling to get into Google Chrome today please? :-\
Is it a problem with your Internet connection or just with Chrome?
'fraid I can't help here because my new computer wouldn't install Chrome for some reason. I've had to switch to Firefox.
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Great pics, Keith. I really need to get over to Belfast!
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Fantastic photos, Keith - thanks for posting. I recently
visited the SS Great Britain in Bristol - they also make use of smells!
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Anyone else struggling to get into Google Chrome today please? :-\
Is it a problem with your Internet connection or just with Chrome?
'fraid I can't help here because my new computer wouldn't install Chrome for some reason. I've had to switch to Firefox.
Thanks,
hanibal, for thinking about this. It was getting chrome to open at all.
It reluctantly turned up in the late p.m. but it's still a bit of a
mess. Sorry to hear that you can't get it going at all. I got
firefox up and running I'm happy to report :)
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Key Royal Navy torpedo-boats celebrate 100 years (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37209724)
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8)
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Early human ancestor Lucy 'died falling out of a tree' (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37194764)
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Thanks, Randi. 8)
Lucy fell out of her tree and into ours. ;D
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One of those random adverts that pops up while on line:
Fix your slow PC and speed it up. Try Avast Cleanup for free!
Joan, are you branching out into PC tuning?
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:o ;D
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One of those random adverts that pops up while on line:
Fix your slow PC and speed it up. Try Avast Cleanup for free!
Joan, are you branching out into PC tuning?
Gah! I've been found out - hehehe! 8)
Then again if you trust me to tune your PC you really will need A Vast cleanup afterwards ;D ;D ;D
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Thereby creating more business for your subsidiary company, Tsava. Very clever, Joan. 8)
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Thereby creating more business for your subsidiary company, Tsava. Very clever, Joan. 8)
Do you clean Windows, too?
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This is getting serious. Last night I dreamt that Joan had put an advertising link in a post :o :o :o
;D
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So many good puns in these last few posts! ;D
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Thereby creating more business for your subsidiary company, Tsava. Very clever, Joan. 8)
Do you clean Windows, too?
what about polishing chrome ;) ?
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Will your work give you an Edge on the competition?
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I suspect that, like any OWaholic, she is an intrepid internet
explorer and excels at finding locations and ship names - and manages to
keep a positive outlook.
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I
suspect that, like any OWaholic, she is an intrepid internet explorer
and excels at finding locations and ship names - and manages to keep a
positive outlook.
;D ;D ;D
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Certainly what she is doing is better than burying her face in a book all day, unless it's a log book, of course.
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Thereby creating more business for your subsidiary company, Tsava. Very clever, Joan. 8)
Do you clean Windows, too?
Maybe she'll sing Opera for browsing?! ;)
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Thereby creating more business for your subsidiary company, Tsava. Very clever, Joan. 8)
Do you clean Windows, too?
Maybe she'll sing Opera for browsing?! ;)
;D ;D ;D
Thanks to my (a)vast talents I'm happy to provide PC clean ups (aka a bucket of water), Window shines (aka a bucket of water), Chrome polishes (aka a bucket of water), and Opera
browsing (contralto only, you may wish to put your ears under the
surface of a bucket of water)...rates supplied upon request ;) ;D
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;D ;D ;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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All that water will be great for our floating point calculations, Joan! ;D
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:P :P :P
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;D ;D ;D
Glad to oblige!
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Philae has been found! Apparently this will be very useful, as
they'll now know where the information they got actually came from.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37276221
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Great news!
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That's amazing! :o :D
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Philae
has been found! Apparently this will be very useful, as they'll
now know where the information they got actually came from.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37276221
Interesting sidebar story.
They are now shipping glacial ice from the arctic to Antarctica for storage.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37245768 (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37245768)
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Wrong service but fascinating pics of WW1 RAF/RFC which have only just been developed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37261175
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Interesting sidebar story.
They are now shipping glacial ice from the arctic to Antarctica for storage.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37245768 (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37245768)
8) ;)
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Wrong service but fascinating pics of WW1 RAF/RFC which have only just been developed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37261175
8) They are on display only a few miles from me. I'll have to go and have a look.
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That's fascinating jil - I bet it would make a good visit - the pictures have been brought up so well :)
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Sobbering climate news from wildmonster on PenguinWatch:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~#
Last
month the U.S. government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) released the report 2015 Sate Of The Climate.
Antarctica penguins are featured in the report's highlights.
Read
more in the links below (including a graph that shows "Populations of
Adelie Penguins... have crashed as sea ice in their habitat disappears.
Population of the warm-adapted Gentoo penguin... are climbing.") :
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/2015-state-climate-warm-oceans-loss-sea-ice-behind-big-changes
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/features/2015-state-climate-highlights
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This link gives info about some fascinating animal monitoring - including penguins, species unknown.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37311404
However, if you could get your favourite Adelie's monitored you might find out a bit more of what is stressing them so much.
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Just received a link to a fascinating piece of news.
The
wreck of HMS Warrior has been found & filmed. You will remember that
she was badly damaged at Jutland, but remained afloat & HMS
Engadine tried to tow her home, but the water kept coming in and
eventually Engadine took the surviving crew off before she sank.
You
can seen the announcement here on the facebook page of the academic who
lead the search.
https://www.facebook.com/innes.mccartney/photos/?tab=album&album_id=746576922149556.
You can find footage of the wreck from the ROV & other photos &
links there.
May I again recommend my friend Rosie Parr's book,
A Shy & Simple Warrior, published by Silverwood Books which
describes HMS Warrior's battle & the subsequent attempts to save
her.
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That is fascinating. I wonder how many more ships of WW1 will
finally be brought back to life in this way? It's quite amazing.
The book sounds like a fine story - thanks for mentioning it :)
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On the RFC pictures in reply 1241 the aircraft in them look like BEs
and Farman pushers of a training unit. Chambers was shot down and
killed with his observer on 15 may 1918 in France flying DH 9 C6177 of
49 Sqn by Lt Paul Wenzel of Jasta 6 his 4th of 10 victories. Note by
early 1915 the RFC was using radio to direct artillery fire so by the
battle of the Somme they wouldn't have been dropping messages to the
artillerymen.
I am pleased to know they found the wreck of HMS
Warrior. Note there is an article in Warship magazine on HMS Engadine
during the battle of jutland
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Note
by early 1915 the RFC was using radio to direct artillery fire so by
the battle of the Somme they wouldn't have been dropping messages to the
artillerymen.
I had no idea that radio played so early a part in the war... that's very interesting :D
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whilst doing a file clean up I came upon this email, not sure if I have posted it some time ago but if so then here it is again.
Ever see an iceberg from top to bottom?
This is awesome!
This came from a Rig Manager for Global Marine Drilling in St. Johns, Newfoundland. (via a few other posts)
They actually have to divert the path of these things away from the oil rig by towing them with ships!
Anyway, in this particular case the water was calm and the sun was almost directly overhead
so that the diver was able to get into the water and click this picture.
They estimated the weight at 300,000,000 tons.
(http://i.imgur.com/OBOuGVk.jpg)
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WOW!!!!
I know that most of the mass of an iceberg is underwater, but seeing it is a whole different matter!
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Sorry, but it's fake:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/iceberg.asp
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It presumably is close to what a berg would look like if such a picture were to be taken? ;)
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Sorry, but it's fake:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/iceberg.asp
Shucks :o, it looked so good. :-[
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Maybe the debunking article is a fake ;D
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Maybe you're fake, and you don't even know it! ;D
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I don't know about that - but I wish some of the icebergs were
really fake, and not chunks of the arctic floating away from where they should be! ;) :D
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Maybe you're fake, and you don't even know it! ;D
We're all simulations. You should know that ;D
Icebergs flowing down by Newfoundland are normal. That's what sunk the Titanic. But I agree with you in general, Joan.
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Icebergs flowing down by Newfoundland are normal. That's what sunk the Titanic. But I agree with you in general, Joan.
Thanks Craig...I'll let the icebergs know to head back north! ;) ;D
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There must be a Zooniverse project for that. ;D
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Oh there's one for spotting an iceberg, one for spotting flat icebergs, one for spotting pointy icebergs, icebergs on Mars, icebergs with White Line ship paint on them (no - you didn't just read that - really you didn't!!), icebergs floating north from the south, icebergs floating south from the north, icebergs with volcanic dust mantles, icebergs in your fruit cocktail, icebergs....
I am going to be in so much trouble for this one ::) ::) ::) ( ;D)
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We'll back you up Joan!
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https://twitter.com/oldweather/status/775421191981064192
In case you have trouble accessing Twitter ...
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/X7dWP81gb6atoCTQQzfrLzSOrK2tRtKLjP-BZ9OYShnuGH4kXvTCWLywRavfm5lUAnnjMUQ3ujkyHwXdtFRP5o671cdncJ3iQiuERUUaNhjHa39sIi_V81oD-Uw23WJSAghKDXC5eTJCiFEQhBynhAS1NFWi5Czu5pkWvQDZkXe07V11doIAceHxr7U_V4d9_pz4vXHK8kG9rgXIA1OGhApXXm1CqK1BaOQi4K34PRxRIbtouJHRVTous0yDRDDzEP0AGJQpSYoesJ5DkUofeu-oueLVY_j1AQlgnonnyq9Q5HaJdoZvxV_WcjVylq58uSByn3LOpG170ubz55BEv7kK5KZXUt_pqP5CChoW8gh4hv7oMj-UP94PFsV2U_R5Xyg9ZCWfZcaWIXStyAQDP9EyvC6y1yuAOBSgd7qivSttpuCIJcmxv21-tyHebOGMCha-5slCeNVz7FU4Rsl_3tAGsTzD0KYQY7U4QreDZL2cKKUS46XkDfogwa-E25oeAsPL6gNpBaQz9ZkJIopeejNpffia1L9uZHBZmuH-rf3JjqE_okEXFHSV5NysUReeUAkV-XHX9RJzxZWlYJqDZgsCaBq_DuPvo_yl4B5ngHBwikjMcA=w623-h686-no)
:)
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8)
If you could lift this boat out of the water, and pump the water out, it would probably float.
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https://twitter.com/oldweather/status/775421191981064192
In case you have trouble accessing Twitter ...
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/X7dWP81gb6atoCTQQzfrLzSOrK2tRtKLjP-BZ9OYShnuGH4kXvTCWLywRavfm5lUAnnjMUQ3ujkyHwXdtFRP5o671cdncJ3iQiuERUUaNhjHa39sIi_V81oD-Uw23WJSAghKDXC5eTJCiFEQhBynhAS1NFWi5Czu5pkWvQDZkXe07V11doIAceHxr7U_V4d9_pz4vXHK8kG9rgXIA1OGhApXXm1CqK1BaOQi4K34PRxRIbtouJHRVTous0yDRDDzEP0AGJQpSYoesJ5DkUofeu-oueLVY_j1AQlgnonnyq9Q5HaJdoZvxV_WcjVylq58uSByn3LOpG170ubz55BEv7kK5KZXUt_pqP5CChoW8gh4hv7oMj-UP94PFsV2U_R5Xyg9ZCWfZcaWIXStyAQDP9EyvC6y1yuAOBSgd7qivSttpuCIJcmxv21-tyHebOGMCha-5slCeNVz7FU4Rsl_3tAGsTzD0KYQY7U4QreDZL2cKKUS46XkDfogwa-E25oeAsPL6gNpBaQz9ZkJIopeejNpffia1L9uZHBZmuH-rf3JjqE_okEXFHSV5NysUReeUAkV-XHX9RJzxZWlYJqDZgsCaBq_DuPvo_yl4B5ngHBwikjMcA=w623-h686-no)
:)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Yeh - at least if the ink looks washed out the Terror will have a
good reason for it. Cor - it's a great name to be working on ;D ;D
;D
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Great tweet, Caro!
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It is, but it's not mine. ;)
I tweet from my own account, not @oldweather.
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Compare the voyage of the Terror with this.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37351271
Who says global warming is a myth!!
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Who says global warming is a myth!!
Not me, but one of my grandfathers does, sadly - he's basically Donald Trump plus 15 years and minus the hair. :(
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And here in the UK today has been the hottest day of the whole year,
and the hottest September day for 100 years - something is definitely
up!
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They didn't reach Oxford, but there were some huge lighting storms
showing on the met office rainfall radar during today :o
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They may not have reached Oxford, but we had quite a thunderstorm in the Exeter area this afternoon!
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According to the radio, lightening hit the Manchester trams and a
European Football Match was abandoned on safety ground, surface water
and transport disruption. However, in the West of Scotland it was dull
all day with intermittent rain. Temp in the high teens. What heatwave!!
The
growing season is definitely changing, blackberry season just about
over, grass still growing well and I'm sure that spring is earlier as
well. I feel that of late the summers have been cooler and the winters
warmer but this may be a short lived trend.
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Missed most of the rain earlier this morning.
http://imgur.com/EiZbZV5
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Oooo - that looks like torrential stuff Stuart :o
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Happy birthday Randi! :-*
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:D :D HAPPY BIRTHDAY RANDI! :D :D
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Ditto Randi from DownUnder.
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Happy Birthday Randi!
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Happy Birthday Randi!
(http://i.imgur.com/oWwcAzQ.png)
Have a great day
;D ;D ;D
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All the best, Randi.
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Happy birthday, Randi - here's to another happy year of herding the cats of OW ....
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Happy Birthday, Randi! ;D ;D ;D
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Happy Birthday, Randi!!!!!!
(http://i.imgur.com/Pe4VikM.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/aVXZ1jZ.jpg)
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Happy Birthday, Randi!
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Thank you, everyone !
A word of explanation...
I am in the process of moving from France back to the US (Pittsburgh).
So
until I find an apartment and get a new computer (not that I don't love
the one I have, but it is old and heavy so I am leaving it behind :()
internet access and time for OW will both be rather limited :'( :'( :'(
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Hope you had a good birthday, Randi! Good luck with the move.
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Bon voyage Randi!!! :) :) We'll miss you while you're travelling :'( :'(
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Happy Birthday, Randi!!!
and
I hope your move to the "City of Bridges" goes well.
I also hope the culture shock won't be too much. ;)
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I have some errata for reply 12150 avastMH:
It seems the RFC
first used the radio to spot for artillery in September 1914 according
to War in the Air the RAF official history on archive.org. The Germans
and Austrians started using radio this way in early 1915. These were
morse code radios that could only send and not receive. You had an
antenna in the RFC that the observer wound roll out while in the air and
he had better roll it in when finished because it could get tangled
around the plane.
In 1916 the Germans designed a radio set that
could both send and receive morse. The Allies could only send until the
end of the war. In the last months of 1918 RAF pilots flying home
defense fighters were equipped voice radio recievers for fight
direction. You could hear but couldn't talk the people on the ground
from what I have heard sometimes played records for the pilots to listen
too. The germans also had a few home defense fighters fitted with radio
recievers as well in the last months of the war and I believe during
tests the ground crews would play records for the pilots to listen too. I
believe these men are the first radio DJs. The US was doing tests with
voice radios that would both send and receive towards the end of the war
but they were too unreliable for service use.
I hope this is of some interest.
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Well I say it's very interesting. I'd love to know what was on the
record list for broadcasts to the airmen. It sounds a little flippant -
but who knows because they might have used the music as some sort of
code? The possibility of dying consequent to rolling out the
radio aeriel is horrifying though. And, once again, German ingenuity
was ahead of us :o
Thanks James :D
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Sigh - in fact deepest sigh - looks like BT have managed to let out
some spurious emails purporting to be from me (although even the email
address looks dodgy). If you receive an email from me it is always going
to be spurious unless I've forewarned you that I'm sending one via a
personal message here. My apologies for the inconvenience.
Note to self - sack BT as internet provider ::)
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Further to the finding of HMS Terror
(http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-september-15-2016-1.3763076/inuit-demand-input-over-division-of-franklin-expedition-artifacts-1.3763319).
There was an interview on CBC Radio this morning (look for the blue listen button on the page just under the photo of the captain). There are other stories included as well.
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Thanks Michael, that was an interesting listen. The Inuit
dimension was one I hadn't really thought of - I hope a solution can be
found which keeps everyone happy.
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Important Zooniverse message on email preferences:
https://daily.zooniverse.org/2016/09/16/emails-from-the-zooniverse/
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Thank you for posting this hanibal. :D It
is important..and well worth reviewing one's email selection
:D I got the 'you're out' message today because I didn't bother
reading that message last week - oops! :-[ :)
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Personally, I am quite happy not to be bothered about all the new
projects. If I want to find out all I have to do is visit the Z page.
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Sigh
- in fact deepest sigh - looks like BT have managed to let out some
spurious emails purporting to be from me (although even the email
address looks dodgy). If you receive an email from me it is always going
to be spurious unless I've forewarned you that I'm sending one via a
personal message here. My apologies for the inconvenience.
Note to self - sack BT as internet provider ::)
I have set my account here so that if one of you sends me a PM - THEN I get an email telling me to come look for it.
That seems to have worked well for a couple years.
I was almost certain yours was 'bad' Joan, so I 'isolated it before opening & it was a 'bad' one. ;)
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reply 12193 AvastMH on the records played to the pilots with the
early voice radio receivers I really couldn't say which ones probably
what ever was available. I believe the British could have gotten voice
radio receivers in use months earlier both the Royal Navy objected that
because they thought it would jam the radio waves they were using.
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Just watched 'The lost tools of Henry Hokes' on the Australian ABC.
Funny, I nearly fell of my perch. ;D ;D ;D ;D
If you can get it watch it, just do it. ;)
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One of our friends, a whale biologist, stayed with us for a few days
after spending time on the waters around the San Juan Islands (just
south of Victoria, in US waters) and in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Out
of her hundreds, literally, of photos of killer whales, she left us
about twenty, some of which are here
(https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8nlw1zvfj3y6xo6/AAAAkSoHWHN1O756B5jcx636a?dl=0).
You don't need a dropbox account to view them and they are high
resolution so they look very good on full screen.
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Nice pictures! 8)
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Just watched 'The lost tools of Henry Hokes' on the Australian ABC.
Funny, I nearly fell of my perch. ;D ;D ;D ;D
If you can get it watch it, just do it. ;)
I looked him upon youtube and got the Excuse machine - I need one - and a fit cyclist to run it often ;D ;D ;D
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One
of our friends, a whale biologist, stayed with us for a few days after
spending time on the waters around the San Juan Islands (just south of
Victoria, in US waters) and in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Out of her
hundreds, literally, of photos of killer whales, she left us about
twenty, some of which are here
(https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8nlw1zvfj3y6xo6/AAAAkSoHWHN1O756B5jcx636a?dl=0).
You don't need a dropbox account to view them and they are high
resolution so they look very good on full screen.
Super pictures. I guess that the smaller fins are junior killers. :D
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I tripped over a site where you can report icebergs around Newfoundland http://www.icebergfinder.com/report-a-berg.aspx
and
that led to the discovery of 'Twillingate magic with the
Unscripted Festival' which has a blog-post here:
http://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/TheLatest/BlogPost/453 I'd
love to visit that :)
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One
of our friends, a whale biologist, stayed with us for a few days after
spending time on the waters around the San Juan Islands (just south of
Victoria, in US waters) and in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Out of her
hundreds, literally, of photos of killer whales, she left us about
twenty, some of which are here
(https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8nlw1zvfj3y6xo6/AAAAkSoHWHN1O756B5jcx636a?dl=0).
You don't need a dropbox account to view them and they are high
resolution so they look very good on full screen.
Great pics!
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I tripped over a site where you can report icebergs around Newfoundland http://www.icebergfinder.com/report-a-berg.aspx
and
that led to the discovery of 'Twillingate magic with the
Unscripted Festival' which has a blog-post here:
http://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/TheLatest/BlogPost/453 I'd
love to visit that :)
The
photographer (Denis Minty) mentioned at the Twilligate festival was the
same one as was the ships photographer on the Northwest Passage
Expedition I went on.
Small world.
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It is indeed Stuart - what a happy co-incidence then :D his work is wonderful. :D
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Good evening Joan.
Has the weather settled down yet?
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Yes indeed it has. I'm not sure if the lower half of Southern
England has been dredged back out of the Channel yet after being washed
down there on Thursday night. ::) It has moved into Autumnal
temperatures at last. Warm in the sunshine and freezing on a night.
Except in mid North Wales which is wet as usual ;) ;) ;D
(http://i.imgur.com/imi6lCT.png)
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Looks like rain over Jil's house
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Yes it was. But that nice overnight rain that stops before dawn!
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Probably because it was heading east to lurk over my house .... :(
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Yes it was. But that nice overnight rain that stops before dawn!
Glad you enjoyed that rain then jil :D
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Probably because it was heading east to lurk over my house .... :(
Oopsie! :( :( :(
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Good evening OW.
Once again, the greatest prizes in the world, the Ig Nobel Prizes, have been awarded.
This year's winners are:
Reproduction Prize - The late Ahmed Shafik, for testing the effects of wearing polyester, cotton, or wool trousers on the sex life of rats.
Economics Prize - Mark Avis and colleagues, for assessing the perceived personalities of rocks, from a sales and marketing perspective.
Physics Prize
- Gabor Horvath and colleagues, for discovering why white-haired horses
are the most horsefly-proof horses, and for discovering why dragonflies
are fatally attracted to black tombstones.
Chemistry Prize
- Volkswagen, for solving the problem of excessive automobile pollution
emissions by automatically, electromechanically producing fewer
emissions whenever the cars are being tested.
Medicine Prize
- Christoph Helmchen and colleagues, for discovering that if you have
an itch on the left side of your body, you can relieve it by looking
into a mirror and scratching the right side of your body (and vice
versa).
Psychology Prize - Evelyne Debey and
colleagues, for asking a thousand liars how often they lie, and for
deciding whether to believe those answers.
Peace Prize
- Gordon Pennycook and colleagues, for their scholarly study called "On
the Reception and Detection of Pseudo-Profound Bullshit".
Biology Prize
- Awarded jointly to: Charles Foster, for living in the wild as, at
different times, a badger, an otter, a deer, a fox, and a bird; and to
Thomas Thwaites, for creating prosthetic extensions of his limbs that
allowed him to move in the manner of, and spend time roaming hills in
the company of, goats.
Literature Prize -
Fredrik Sjoberg, for his three-volume autobiographical work about the
pleasures of collecting flies that are dead, and flies that are not yet
dead.
Perception Prize - Atsuki Higashiyama and
Kohei Adachi, for investigating whether things look different when you
bend over and view them between your legs.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37443204
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Please don't keep us in suspense, Hanibal. What was the outcome of
the Perception investigation? I know I could try this myself but it
wouldn't be a controlled, randomized study. And it certainly couldn't
even be single blind.
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I sometimes wonder about the state of my fellow human's minds :o ::) ;D
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On a personal level I am no longer able to view the world that way
(the joys of old age) so it will remain forever mysterious.
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I don't think you're missing much Rosemary - apart from the obvious
difference that everything is upside down, it otherwise seems the same
to me!
And for all that we might laugh, the medicine one is
actually very useful for someone with a limb in a plaster cast, or with
one arm immobilized for some reason.
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Look downunder for the Forbes Floods.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-25/forbes-warned-to-evacuate-as-town-fears-economic-losses/7875158
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-25/forbes-warned-to-evacuate-as-town-fears-economic-losses/7875158)
I am expecting snow for next weekends Treg muster in the Snowy Mountains
(Treg Muster is a gathering if VW Touareg cars from around mainly the south eastern Australia.)
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Well the weather sounds to be absolutely horrid down with you
Stuart. That flood is enormous. :o And snow next weekend? Isn't
that a bit late? :-\
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Hello all.
Got some great news: I have passed the last exam of my studies, and am on track to receive my Bachelor of Science.
The graduation ceremony will take place on October 22nd - that's where I'll get the pretty piece of paper to hang on my wall.
And as I mentioned earlier, I already got a job lined up, starting October 4th.
Wow...
Can't believe I'm pretty much done with formal education, and at 22
too. Such a big change in life, and I never really saw it coming - it
just kinda happened.
Still, it's been a good three years. I've
learned a lot and experienced a lot, and I feel confident that this is
the right career for me.
I will continue to work on OW till I
have done all I could, of course, although my contribution rate might
drop - as I am no longer a student, I won't be getting nearly as many
short days or days off anymore.
But the end is in sight, so I ain't quitting now!
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:) :) Congrats Hanibal! :) :)
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Well done, congratulations! :D
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Wonderful news, Hanibal! I am not at all surprised that you
succeeded in your studies based on your dedication and perseverance you
have demonstrated in OW.
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8) 8) 8)
Congratulations!
Got some great news: I have passed the last exam of my studies, and am on track to receive my Bachelor of Science.
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Congratulations, Hanibal! Good luck with the job!
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Well done
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Congratulations. Good luck in the new job and do drop into the forum
from time to time even if your transcription rate falls off.
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Well done, Hanibal. Congratulations!
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Congratulations, Hanibal! And good luck in your new job!
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Brilliant news hanibal ;D
(http://i.imgur.com/Iclcrh1.png?1)
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Well done!
Hooray
for you, Hanibal! I had no doubt that this day would come. Your
hard word work, brilliance and dedication have finally been rewarded.
Congratulations!
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Great work Hanibal.
Whilst (quote) Wow... Can't believe I'm
pretty much done with formal education, and at 22 too. (end quote) you
should never stop learning, even when you get to 23.
;D ;D
Regards
Stuart
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South Australia, an area 8x the size of England has had a power blackout not expected to be fixed for at least 15 hrs.
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/09/28/05/40/south-australia-braces-for-one-of-the-most-extreme-weather-systems-in-decades
(http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/09/28/05/40/south-australia-braces-for-one-of-the-most-extreme-weather-systems-in-decades)
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Many congratulations, hanibal - graduation, new job - it's all
happening. It's a reward for all your hard work and dedication -
which we see here on OW and which I'm sure you've applied to your
studying too.
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Thanks for the congratulations, everyone! :)
I
did indeed show a lot of dedication and perseverance during my studies,
and there were some rather difficult bits - such as oral exams!
But I made it through everything, and now I can look forward to never having any exams again. Hurrah!
... do drop into the forum from time to time even if your transcription rate falls off.
Oh, I definitely will. In fact, I'm pretty sure I'll be on this forum until it is shut down (Sad but inevitable).
Whilst
(quote) Wow... Can't believe I'm pretty much done with formal
education, and at 22 too. (end quote) you should never stop learning,
even when you get to 23. ;D ;D
Of course I won't stop learning - it's just that I'm done with formal education, i.e. fixed courses and exams and stuff.
In this time and age, reaching that point at 22 is quite rare, that's why I was pointing it out.
Thanks for the custom picture, Joan - that was really well done!
I
won't be wearing a tweed work suit, though - or any suit at all, since
this is IT and I'm just gonna be programming, not interacting with
clients.
Plus, during my interview with the company, the CEO joined
in for the latter half - and he was wearing jeans, sneakers and a
hoodie!
So yeah, guess I don't have to worry about dress code there, which is great.
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;D (I rather thought that the IT folk thrive on a sort
of anti-dress code - allows the brain matter to work unfettered by the
worries of how straight your tie is ;) )
Glad you enjoyed
the MLPs. Well done again. It's great never to have to face and exam
again (boo hiss hate them), but as you say there's a lot more learning
ahead. Good luck! ;) :D
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Congrats Hanibal!!!!
The studying may end but the lessons continue throughout life!
Enjoy and be well!!!!!!!
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:D I did I am back on, but darn it's time to go to
work. see you all later! I am back 8) 8)
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It's quiet around here without Randi, don't you think? :(
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Definitely so! :(
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:D I did I am back on, but darn it's time to go to
work. see you all later! I am back 8) 8)
Hi Elizabeth!! Nice to see you back here amongst the Jolly Tars of OldWeather :D :D :D
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It's quiet around here without Randi, don't you think? :(
I miss her too :( Feels weird without her here every day (well actually about every our of every day!).
I think, like in Peter Pan with Tinkerbell, we should all clap our hands and say that we believe in moderators called Randi....
(http://i.imgur.com/YmMhTj0.gif?1)
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;D
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A day without Randi is a day without sunshine. :'(
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Yeah, I miss Randi too. Hope she comes back soon.
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Let's hope her WiFi comes back on stream wherever she settles.
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South Australia, an area 8x the size of England has had a power blackout not expected to be fixed for at least 15 hrs.
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/09/28/05/40/south-australia-braces-for-one-of-the-most-extreme-weather-systems-in-decades
(http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/09/28/05/40/south-australia-braces-for-one-of-the-most-extreme-weather-systems-in-decades)
Is South Australia back up and working Stuart? :o
Souned like a very dramatic outage :-[
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This was posted over on the Talk forum: ;)
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/old-weather/talk/148/99440
This
Spring http://crowdandcloud.org will be doing a 4-part television
series on PBS (a U.S.-based public television station) focused on
citizen science. One of the episodes will highlight Old Weather. We will
definitely post here once we know the dates and how to view.
The
Crowd&Cloud team is interested in doing some social media posts
leading up to the show date. This week we received an email from them
asking the following:
"Would any oldWeather volunteers [including
mods of course] be interested in creating a 10 second video selfie
saying something along the lines of: ?I?m [your name] and I do Old
Weather citizen science through Zooniverse. I live in [where you live]
and my PBS station is [insert your local PBS station]!" Share your
excitement! Here is an example:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16330566/Noah_CoCoRaHS_RockyMtnPBS.mp4"
They
have a rather short timeline. If you're interested, post here right
away. No limits in how many we send their way -- the more the merrier.
Thank you! -Laura
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Well spotted Bob! Thanks so much for posting over here. I've said
'yes' though the BBC will have to do as the PBS over here on the Eatern
Shore of The Pond.
Now what can you say in 10 seconds? ::) :o ;)
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Did you ever hear those people who do the 1 minute histories? So 1/6
of that. You should easily be able to recite the names of all our US
ships ;D
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Did
you ever hear those people who do the 1 minute histories? So 1/6 of
that. You should easily be able to recite the names of all our US
ships ;D
I'll get practising Craig
;D ;D ;D
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I'll take a shot at it. Who, what, when, where, and to whom sent?! ;)
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South Australia, an area 8x the size of England has had a power blackout not expected to be fixed for at least 15 hrs.
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/09/28/05/40/south-australia-braces-for-one-of-the-most-extreme-weather-systems-in-decades
(http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/09/28/05/40/south-australia-braces-for-one-of-the-most-extreme-weather-systems-in-decades)
Is South Australia back up and working Stuart? :o
Souned like a very dramatic poutage :-[
SA is still having major flooding problems.
High wind took out quite a number of High Voltage Towers (bent them over to the ground) which blew out a number of relays.
Most big cities and towns have power but in area most of the state is still down.
Out stupid Prime Minister is trying to blame renewable energy for the problem. Go figure?
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I believe the Flat Earth Society still has members!
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"Out stupid Prime Minister is trying to blame renewable energy for the problem. Go figure? "
"I believe the Flat Earth Society still has members!"
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I believe the Flat Earth Society still has members!
:) Yes they do!
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Our stupid Prime Minister is trying to blame renewable energy for the problem. Go figure?
The
reason is that South Australia is using wind to generate electricity
instead of using coal. Coal is heavier than wind, so it follows that
electricity made by coal must be heavier than electricity made by wind.
Wind can blow over light things, and not heavy things, so it follows
that towers carrying light electrons would be more susceptible to
blowing over than if they were carrying heavy electrons. Does that make
sense. Will the Prime Minister go for this explanation, or have I been
in this country too long? :o
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I believe the Flat Earth Society still has members!
:) Yes they do!
Should you wish to join them ::)
https://www.theflatearthsociety.org/home/index.php/about-the-society/joining-the-society
(https://www.theflatearthsociety.org/home/index.php/about-the-society/joining-the-society)
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Our stupid Prime Minister is trying to blame renewable energy for the problem. Go figure?
The
reason is that South Australia is using wind to generate electricity
instead of using coal. Coal is heavier than wind, so it follows that
electricity made by coal must be heavier than electricity made by wind.
Wind can blow over light things, and not heavy things, so it follows
that towers carrying light electrons would be more susceptible to
blowing over than if they were carrying heavy electrons. Does that make
sense. Will the Prime Minister go for this explanation, or have I been
in this country too long? :o
;D ;D ;D The PM could use you as minister of science and spin, Michael.
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Not sure how much time I've now wasted browsing the Flat Earth Society's website! ::)
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For political reasons and niceness I shouldn't mention that 'Gravity
as a theory is false. Objects simply fall.' It would also demoralise
the Higgs Hunters terribly ;)
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Not to mention our climate modelers. ;D
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Gravity:
not just a theory, it's the law! ;D
This probably disqualifies me as the PM's science advisor. :'(
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Don't worry, Michael. We won't tell him that you harbor these heretical ideas. ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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Guess who is 6 years old tomorrOW? This time next year we will have reached the developmental stage called 'The Age of Reason' ;D
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8)
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Guess who is 6 years old tomorrOW? This time next year we will have reached the developmental stage called 'The Age of Reason' ;D
I thought we were the Classical Era ;)
Or maybe we're just a class act?
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Guess who is 6 years old tomorrOW? This time next year we will have reached the developmental stage called 'The Age of Reason' ;D
I thought we were the Classical Era ;)
Or maybe we're just a class act?
I'll second both of those :D
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(http://i.imgur.com/p3BjUa8.png)
:D :D :D
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;D ;D ;D
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Bravo!
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Wonderful, Joan! 8) 8) 8)
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Nice! 8) 8) 8)
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Happy birthday Old Weather! ;)
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I know how to see who is on the forum (only me at the moment), but
is there anyway I can see who is working on the ship at the same time as
me?
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Simple answer, no, you can't. :)
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Simple answer, no, you can't. :)
Thought so, but you guys have come up with some amazing answers/solutions in the past. ;)
(I occasionally miss some pages and just wanted to know why. )
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You can do a screen capture of the top 12 transcribers of the ship
and then compare it to the the real one 5 or 10 minutes later.
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Belated congratulation to us, and to Joan for her wonderful musical
tribute. Perhaps we should be putting together an OW choir?
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Belated
congratulation to us, and to Joan for her wonderful musical
tribute. Perhaps we should be putting together an OW choir?
Well that would be interesting :D getting us altogether should be interesting too ;D
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You
can do a screen capture of the top 12 transcribers of the ship and then
compare it to the the real one 5 or 10 minutes later.
I
agree that this is probably the most reliable way. I think we did once
agree to messages on the ship's forum page to say when we were on line
and working on the ship. Which is fine if only folks visiting the forum
work on it. Then again the other method might get caught out by
non-top-twelvers doing some work. :-\
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Help! I've been away in Australia visiting my daughter :) and
it's been 25 days since I've done any transcribing :'( :'( :'(.
I
clicked on my Bookmark to Transcribe Patterson and a page with lots of
numbers came up. Am I supposed to write them down and mail them in, or
do I phone the numbers into a machine somewhere? It's been so
long; I can't remember what I'm supposed to do! ;) ;D ;D ;D
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Help!
I've been away in Australia visiting my daughter :) and it's been
25 days since I've done any transcribing :'( :'( :'(.
I
clicked on my Bookmark to Transcribe Patterson and a page with lots of
numbers came up. Am I supposed to write them down and mail them in, or
do I phone the numbers into a machine somewhere? It's been so
long; I can't remember what I'm supposed to do! ;) ;D ;D ;D
The
OW centre in your brain is simply feeling lonely. Best treatment is to
do a straight 24 hour stint to refresh your system. ;D
Welcome back Michael! ;D
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The
OW centre in your brain is simply feeling lonely. Best treatment is to
do a straight 24 hour stint to refresh your system. ;D
Welcome back Michael! ;D
It's
good to be back transcribing again. I admit I had to look up a few of
the more exotic hotkeys, but they seem to be top of mind again now that I
have a few pages under my belt. :)
Yesterday at the gym it
took me several seconds to remember the combination to my lock. Also,
my usual set of exercises proved to be extremely difficult. How much the
body and brain deteriorate after three weeks of little use! :'(
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Yesterday
at the gym it took me several seconds to remember the combination to my
lock. Also, my usual set of exercises proved to be extremely difficult.
How much the body and brain deteriorate after three weeks of little
use! :'(
I
sympathise Michael. I find the same shortness of memory myself these
days. But luckily what ever got lost is quickly retrieved. I hadn't done
OW3 for about 4 weeks, I went to do a page and nothing came to mind at
all for a start ::)
I reckon that, as long as I can remember my way to OW, the rest is likely work after a bit of brain-wrestling ;)
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I
sympathise Michael. I find the same shortness of memory myself these
days. But luckily what ever got lost is quickly retrieved. I hadn't done
OW3 for about 4 weeks, I went to do a page and nothing came to mind at
all for a start ::)
I reckon that, as long as I can remember my way to OW, the rest is likely work after a bit of brain-wrestling ;)
It's good to be back transcribing again.
I had to look up some of the more obscure hotkeys, but now that I've got a few pages under my belt, it's all come back to me.
Yesterday
at the gym it took me several seconds to remember the combination to my
lock. And, my usual set of exercises was very difficult. (I really feel
it today! :'()
How quickly the mind and body deteriorate after three weeks of little use! :'( :'( :'(
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How quickly the mind and body deteriorate after three weeks of little use! :'( :'( :'(
Yeah - you just posted the same thing twice with slightly different layouts. Definitely a sign of mental deterioration. ;D
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How quickly the mind and body deteriorate after three weeks of little use! :'( :'( :'(
Yeah - you just posted the same thing twice with slightly different layouts. Definitely a sign of mental deterioration. ;D
I was sure I posted it, but I couldn't find it with a refresh, so I did it again. I wasn't sure it went through. :'(
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How quickly the mind and body deteriorate after three weeks of little use! :'( :'( :'(
Yeah - you just posted the same thing twice with slightly different layouts. Definitely a sign of mental deterioration. ;D
I was sure I posted it, but I couldn't find it with a refresh, so I did it again. I wasn't sure it went through. :'(
Hey Michael - you were worried about being unfamiliar with OW - looks like it reciprocated ;D ;D ;D
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Hi. I promised a few photos of HMS M33. The Naval Dockyard have made
a great job of displaying her, although perhaps she is not as
photogenic as HMS CAROLINE.
https://plus.google.com/collection/c1fGME
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8)
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Great photos! It's always especially fascinating to see details of the interior living and working spaces.
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Great photos! It's always especially fascinating to see details of the interior living and working spaces.
Thanks
Bob, again sadly I didnt have tripod & high powered flash so the
interior photos are not good, also of course much is reconstructed
rather than being original, but it does give a good idea of the
facilities available.
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Ceremony marks start of polar ship construction (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37648915)
Construction
of the UK's new 200m polar research ship, the RRS Sir David
Attenborough, formally began on Monday at Cammell Laird on Merseyside.
A
ceremony saw a crane lower a near-100-tonne segment of keel on to
blocks on the firm's slipway. The ship is intended to be at work by
2019.
The vessel is already well known owing to the online vote to name it, which saw the public choose Boaty McBoatface.
An autonomous submarine deployed by the ship will be given that name instead.
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Wow - that's some chunk of keel! I wonder what shape that coin will be in when they retrieve it? :D
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News from a Pond Transferee:
From Randi today...
"I am doing fine and should be back in a week or two."
Short and sweet - but good news which is what counts :D
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Yes, it will be good to hear from her again.
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Indeed!!!! :)
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Yeah - this place is way too quiet without her. :(
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Good news indeed - she's definitely missed.
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I agree - it'll be great when she's back!! ;D
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Small aside here...just looked up the San Francisco earthquake of June 1st 1899 and spotted this in the corner of the page:
(http://i.imgur.com/5kpUK7f.png)
Ahhhhh - those were the days eh? ;)
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Small aside here...just looked up the San Francisco earthquake of June 1st 1899 and spotted this in the corner of the page:
(http://i.imgur.com/5kpUK7f.png)
Ahhhhh - those were the days eh? ;)
I will not mention the F35! ;)
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Small aside here...just looked up the San Francisco earthquake of June 1st 1899 and spotted this in the corner of the page:
(http://i.imgur.com/5kpUK7f.png)
Ahhhhh - those were the days eh? ;)
I will not mention the F35! ;)
F35?
What have I forgotten about? Ummm...F35 (can you hear the rattling of
my brain cells trying to put that into place?) ;D
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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's expensive! 20 years in development,
billions over budget, the most expensive weapon system to date to quote
Wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II).
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It's
a bird, it's a plane, it's expensive! 20 years in development, billions
over budget, the most expensive weapon system to date to quote Wiki
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II).
Super
secret then - hidden in plain view on Wiki ;D I thought all
that fighter plane stuff was old hat these days? It'll all be done by
those minihelicopter things? Better still - save the cash and be nice to
one another (sorry for this radical and inexpensive suggestion
::) ;) )
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Designer turns garage door into monster's jaws (https://www.youtube.com/embed/3GiIU0HHUas)
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Oh there's a few politicians that I'd like to feed to the garage door ;) :D
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When the 20th turns up at your place.
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL SLOTH DAY. ;D
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I hope someone's told the sloths! :D
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I've just read this, and it's now the 20th here, and so I'm
wondering what I can do to keep the day - which seems the wrong question
somehow :-\ ??? :-\ ???
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Well, short of not transcribing - an unthinkable idea - I don't know what one can do ... or not do. ;D
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Sorry cannot help you with that one.
19 Nov is World Toilet Day. Maybe we can all do our bit for that day. ;D
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I've
just read this, and it's now the 20th here, and so I'm wondering what I
can do to keep the day - which seems the wrong question somehow
:-\ ??? :-\ ???
There's
always the possibility that you could spend the day suspended off a
tree branch whilst working on a laptop slung round your neck. Perhaps
save that for next year ? :D
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Sorry cannot help you with that one.
19 Nov is World Toilet Day. Maybe we can all do our bit for that day. ;D
Shouldn't be too much of a strain to help with that ::) ;)
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I've
just read this, and it's now the 20th here, and so I'm wondering what I
can do to keep the day - which seems the wrong question somehow
:-\ ??? :-\ ???
There's
always the possibility that you could spend the day suspended off a
tree branch whilst working on a laptop slung round your neck. Perhaps
save that for next year ? :D
I
think as I'm not equipped to suspend myself from a tree branch in any
fashion, let alone with a laptop slung round my neck, it would be less
than slothful .... It's an interesting picture though!
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My laptop is too heavy for that ;D
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Don't know if anybody here is using Linux, but just in case...
Dirty Cow bug discovered (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37728010)
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Well all you historian sea-dogs out there. Today is Trafalgar Day.
So
I thought I'd post a link to Philip Brohan's fascinating OldWeather
examples: The Trafalgar Storm: 21st to 29th October 1805
(https://sites.google.com/a/oldweather.org/www/examples/the-trafalgar-storm--21st-to-29th-october-1805)
Here's the Victory's weather reports :)
| (http://i.imgur.com/ju1pEfj.jpg) | (http://i.imgur.com/pqOgSzG.jpg) |
Facing
pages from the logbook of HMS Victory for 14th to 20th October 1805.
Wind directions are given on the left-hand page, and notes on the wind
force and weather open each daily entry on the right-hand page.
By permission of the National Archives, Kew
(Thinking
of great storms, it was also October when England was hit by the Great
Storm of 1987, that was the 15th-16 October and derived from an intense
low over the Bay of Biscay).
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Let's get at it. 8) ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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8)
Looks a bit like the early Jamestown 1844 logs... ;)
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This programme has been on before, but is repeated tonight at 7.05pm
on Channel 4 if anyone fancies an hour hunting for the Northwest
Passage ...
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/hunt-for-the-arctic-ghost-ship
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I do! I do! Thanks Helen!! :D
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Hi, all! I have a small request for some Moderator assistance:
Head
over to the Whaling (https://whaling.oldweather.org/#/) main page and
click on either the Transcribe text at the top of the page, or the green
Start Transcribing button in the middle of the page. Do you actually
get something to transcribe, or do you get a dialogue window saying
there's nothing to transcribe?
Bonus points if you do a couple of transcriptions (if available) to see if you get 'Nothing To Transcribe' right away.
Thanks!
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Hi Bob,
Got the "Currently, there are no pages for you to transcribe. Try marking instead!" message.
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OK, thanks!
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Got the "Currently, there are no pages for you to transcribe. Try marking instead!" message.
Got the same for both buttons.
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Thanks! It appears that Whaling seems to think it's completely done. ???
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Also - if I move my cursor to any of the ships and click "Transcribe", I get the same message.
But when I click on "More info", it always says the ship is less than 100% complete.
If
I click on any of the "Mark" buttons, I get a white rectangle on the
right with "View a tutorial", "Transcribe this page now"! and "About
this ship", but I don't get anything to mark.
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Thanks for checking all that. I'll be sending an email to the PTB to find out what's up.
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Hi, all! I have a small request for some Moderator assistance:
Head
over to the Whaling (https://whaling.oldweather.org/#/) main page and
click on either the Transcribe text at the top of the page, or the green
Start Transcribing button in the middle of the page. Do you actually
get something to transcribe, or do you get a dialogue window saying
there's nothing to transcribe?
Bonus points if you do a couple of transcriptions (if available) to see if you get 'Nothing To Transcribe' right away.
Thanks!
Just onto it Bob :)
Right - I got the same - no marking or transcribing available.
1)
Yesterday night I got a bit of the Albion to transcribe when using OW4
as an anonymous user. But no marking and that doesn't surprise me
because each page has certainly had three 'all done' notes sent in.
2) Just now got no access to marking or transcribing as an anonymous transcriber.
3) Could be that they are about to be declared as finished.
:D
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Could be, except for all those unreachable log pages, and the Newport. ::)
;)
3) Could be that they are about to be declared as finished.
:D
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Could be, except for all those unreachable log pages, and the Newport. ::)
;)
Oh no - Forgot about those - eek!! :(
I hope they continue to break up the logs as they did for Albion :)
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Anyone in the UK...would any of you have picked up on a BBC request
for information about sightings of hedgehogs please? My neighbour
mentioned it but can't remember much about the request. Thank you
:)
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I don't remember anything on the BBC. But maybe it was about
The Big Hedgehog Map http://bighedgehogmap.org/ This is run by
Hedgehog Street, which is jointly sponsored by Peoples Trust for
Endangered Species and British Hedgehog Preservation Society. BHPS
website at http://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/
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Yes, I heard it too. I think it is the Mammal Society, they want
sightings with places and at least an estimate of dates. They are also
interested in places where you HAVEN'T seen any. They are trying to
identify hedgehog hotspots & deserts.
Just checked, you can get it on a clip of this morning's Broadcasting House on Radio 4 under 'How to encourage hedgehogs'
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I
don't remember anything on the BBC. But maybe it was about The
Big Hedgehog Map http://bighedgehogmap.org/ This is run by
Hedgehog Street, which is jointly sponsored by Peoples Trust for
Endangered Species and British Hedgehog Preservation Society. BHPS
website at http://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/
Thanks
Thursday Next - I've logged my 5 on that map (shame it wasn't 7 like
last year). It's a great map. I'd love schools to get in contact with it
to get a better idea of who's where. :)
Yes,
I heard it too. I think it is the Mammal Society, they want sightings
with places and at least an estimate of dates. They are also interested
in places where you HAVEN'T seen any. They are trying to identify
hedgehog hotspots & deserts.
Oh right - thanks so much studentforever - this sounds like it might be the thing that Cath heard about - I'll have a look. :)
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Yep - the Mammal Soc was the right site. 5 hogs safely logged in :D
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Groundhogs ruined my garden this year. I am mounting a deportation
campaign if they can't come up with valid ID and promise to respect
Craig's values (which include not taking chunks out of partially ripe
tomatoes before I get to them).
One another topic, what has
become of the OCR tests? I remember there were some people trying
different strategies to use OCR for typewritten logs. Is this still
going on? I ask because I have many months of them in front of me now
with the Yorktown.
For example, http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol02of04/vol02of04_044_0.jpg
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Groundhogs
ruined my garden this year. I am mounting a deportation campaign if
they can't come up with valid ID and promise to respect Craig's values
(which include not taking chunks out of partially ripe tomatoes before I
get to them).
One another topic, what has become of the OCR
tests? I remember there were some people trying different strategies to
use OCR for typewritten logs. Is this still going on? I ask because I
have many months of them in front of me now with the Yorktown.
For example, http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Yorktown/vol02of04/vol02of04_044_0.jpg
I'll try to find out for you Craig. To be specific
1) How to evict groundhogs
2) How to moderate groundhog behaviour
3) How to train your tomatoes to run at the first sight of a groundhog ;)
and
I'll even try to find out about the OCR work. As far as I know it
continues, certainly there is no indication that the work is
finished. :)
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Sad news today. Dr Gordon Hamilton was a scientist working on the
speed of ice melting and the effect of that on sea levels. He died on
Saturday in Antarctica in a tragic accident. The New York Times report
and tribute is linked to here
(http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/25/science/gordon-hamilton-climate-scientist-dies-accident-antarctica.html?_r=0).
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Craig it looks like you need to have someone go groundhog hunting to get rid of them.
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Sad
news today. Dr Gordon Hamilton was a scientist working on the speed of
ice melting and the effect of that on sea levels. He died on Saturday in
Antarctica in a tragic accident. The New York Times report and tribute
is linked to here
(http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/25/science/gordon-hamilton-climate-scientist-dies-accident-antarctica.html?_r=0).
:'(
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Very sad. He died doing what he loved most.
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Craig it looks like you need to have someone go groundhog hunting to get rid of them.
Yes,
indeed. If Joan's suggestions don't help it may come to that. A friend
also commented that lead is a good solution but I may give my groundhogs
an opportunity to explore greener fields. ;D
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Craig it looks like you need to have someone go groundhog hunting to get rid of them.
Yes,
indeed. If Joan's suggestions don't help it may come to that. A friend
also commented that lead is a good solution but I may give my groundhogs
an opportunity to explore greener fields. ;D
I recommend setting off half a pound of C4 in their burrows. ;D
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C4? (Cheddar strength 4?) ;) :D
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A new isotope of carbon? :D
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Caring, Compassion, Consideration and Concern. ;D
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Yep - the Mammal Soc was the right site. 5 hogs safely logged in :D
How
very fortuitous that this came up! There was a hedgehog in my
garden yesterday evening, first one I've seen in at least a couple of
years - duly reported to the Mammal Society.
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Yep - the Mammal Soc was the right site. 5 hogs safely logged in :D
How
very fortuitous that this came up! There was a hedgehog in my
garden yesterday evening, first one I've seen in at least a couple of
years - duly reported to the Mammal Society.
How wonderful - I'm very pleased for you - and great to have put it on the Mammal Soc. record. I hope it was a good size :)
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I'm afraid it wasn't a good size - it looked like a young one
:( So I hope it will be OK. It is always milder in the West
Country so hopefully it has a little longer to grow before needing to
hibernate.
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Well - it's a tough one - do you rescue it to a rescue facility? Do
you even have a rescue facility? And some hogs just fade away in
captivity anyway. :(
Just seen my lot outside - all present and correct. Another 20 Kg of hog food turning up tomorrow. ::) 8)
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Over ten years ago, my older brother found a hedgehog that had been
born too late in the year to survive its first winter, so we took it in.
We kept in a large box for over six months and set it free next April.
It was actually quite nice, saving an animal's life like that. :)
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Over
ten years ago, my older brother found a hedgehog that had been born too
late in the year to survive its first winter, so we took it in.
We kept in a large box for over six months and set it free next April.
It was actually quite nice, saving an animal's life like that. :)
Awww - that's a truly tremendous effort!! Well done!! :D :D :D :D :D
Last
night I popped out to serve up second dinner ( ::) ) and jolyons was on
the doorstep looking at the door. Now this may have been co-incidence,
but the look of 'what time do you call this, you were due here a half
hour ago' was pretty plain to see on her face. So out went second
dinner/pudding and she started purring away like a little motorbike
engine bless her. Wish I could capture that noise. 8)
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Do all your hedgehogs have names, Joan? And how do you tell
them apart? I loved the mental picture of Jolyons on your doorstep
with that look on her face!
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Yep :D
Jolyons lives in the garden of the house on the
corner of our road (remember Joe Lyons corner house tea rooms?), and she
purrs like crazy (thought it was a boy intially)
Layla scents her
feeding area by peeing on it very frequently (lot's of sort-of bobbing
up and down - ahem!). Her daughter is Lulu
Butch is a nutter - he runs at the other hedgehogs and rams them in the ribs.
Lulu usually trails after her mother even though she's quite grown up now.
Itchy
- scratches a lot. I caught him to check out what it was all about but
couldn't see anything wrong. The scratching has waned recently. He's got
quite darkly coloured cheeks.
Sadly we lost three-legged titch during last winter :'(
Lulu
was outside this morning shortly before dawn so I'm going to set the
clock very early tomorrow morning to weigh her. Hopefully she's 800 gms
or more. If not I'm not sure whether she needs a rescue or not yet
:-\
Knowing that they are dclining so fast I can only say that they are sweet - but a real responsibility! :)
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They sound very lucky hedgehogs - not only do they have names, and
regular feeding, but also health checks. I hope Lulu reaches the
requisite weight, so she can stay with her mum.
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:) :) :) I'm lucky enough to be able to look after them is how I see it.
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Joan. send pics
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Your wish is my command Stuart. Just so happens I'd pm'd some a week
or two back... They are not great though. If I could get down to their
level it would be better but my gammy leg prevents this. Anyway...here
we go:
Layla in early summer- out before dark so probably feeding early in order to get back to her nest and baby/babies:
(http://i.imgur.com/yN7XquO.png)
Layla in late summer. She likes grubbing around in the loose soil by the back of the garage wall
(http://i.imgur.com/U9cCbxz.png)
Layla and her daughter Lulu. Dinner that night was chicken cat food, worms and hedgehog biscuits and a couple of dead spiders
(http://i.imgur.com/N5SKg0s.png)
This
is Jolyons. I nearly captured that purr by putting my phone on the
ground, and sprinkling it with dried mealworms. Unbelievably she put her
foot on the 'done' button straight away. Next plan is probably for
tomorrow night - sort out a large mic attached to this machine out on
the grass by the vine where she particularly likes feeding.
(http://i.imgur.com/J3gKcZM.png)
Itchy in 'shy' mode - trying to dash along the front of the garages.
(http://i.imgur.com/T21R3Q1.jpg?2)
Butch
being evasive (this is a terrible photo). He likes hiding under that
bush for his first ambush of the evening. I think the whole bumping
thing is about working out if any of the girls is worth pursuing. One
night he pestered Lulu for so long that I went and broke up the
party. ::)
(http://i.imgur.com/m5AdO4r.png)
They are so
cute, but very, very shy. Jolyons is fairly bold, but the rest don't
seem at all like getting used to me. I really ought to get someone with a
half decent camera to come round and take pictures. It's supposed to be
relatively warm for the next two weeks so I'm hopeful that they won't
be going to bed just yet. :D
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Thanks for the quick reply and the pics.
Seems like you have some cute distractions from OW.
We are not allowed to have them in AU.
The Echidna is probably the most similar we have here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna)
It actually a monotreme.
Which is one of only 2 egg laying mammals in the world (the other is also in Aust, the platypus).
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Well that makes sense - keeping these little critters out -
especially if they would crowd out sweet little critters like the
echidna :D
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Great to see the pics, and hear a bit more about your spiny
friends. Jolyons sounds like a very technically clued up hog!
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I think Hanibal will like the Doodle for Halloween. ;)
:D
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Aha! The privilege of living east of the rest of us Stuart - we haven't got that yet ;D
Hey - clocks change in the UK tonight - we get an extra hour's sleep - hurrah -clocks change from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m. :D
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Aha! The privilege of living east of the rest of us Stuart - we haven't got that yet ;D
Hey - clocks change in the UK tonight - we get an extra hour's sleep - hurrah -clocks change from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m. :D
Clocks in North America change a week from now. (You would think the world could adjust at the same time, if at all!)
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Thanks Joan and Michael.
Must make sure I don't wake up the Step Mother an hour early by miss calculating the time. ;)
I have never understood my PC's clocks.
At 10:00am my time, (UTC) Coordinated Universal Time shows UK at 11pm and (UTC +00:00) London etc shows as up as 12PM
What is the difference UTC and (UTC+00:00)and don't say 1hr. ::)
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I think Hanibal will like the Doodle for Halloween. ;)
:D
You were right, Stuart - it was great!
I got killed once in Level 4, but kept going, and won the game with a total score of 104550. On my first try.
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Arizona makes it extra fun in the U.S. by not following daylight
savings time, so they essentially switch time zones twice a year.
::)
Clocks in North America change a week from now. (You would think the world could adjust at the same time, if at all!)
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I think Hanibal will like the Doodle for Halloween. ;)
:D
You were right, Stuart - it was great!
I got killed once in Level 4, but kept going, and won the game with a total score of 104550. On my first try.
Your up late?
Not even going to try and beat that score. :-[
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I'd heard there was a time when each county in Indiana chose which time scheme to follow.
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Pretty much! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Indiana
I'd heard there was a time when each county in Indiana chose which time scheme to follow.
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My mouse is in flames and that was me getting only as far as 20450. What a fun google doodle ;D
Stuart
- that's weird about the London time thing. I don't understand it at
all. Basically UTC is GMT isn't it? Ofcourse it's fair that 00:00
yesterday should show as 23:00 right across the UK because the clock
change is not until 01:00 UTC, but if London was shown as a different
time that sonds wrong. Or have I misunderstood the situation?
;) :D
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I use the additional clocks in Win 10 (and previous) to set UTC but
it screws me by an hour when I set UTC + 00:00 setting, I also set
Michael's time in Canada on the other clock available.
Is anybody else having that problem or is it just a downunder thing? ???
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Do you have them set to automatically adjust for daylight savings
time? I've sometimes run into problems with that not working correctly.
I
use the additional clocks in Win 10 (and previous) to set UTC but it
screws me by an hour when I set UTC + 00:00 setting, I also set
Michael's time in Canada on the other clock available.
Is anybody else having that problem or is it just a downunder thing? ???
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Mine has adjusted itself automatically to GMT here, and I'm rather
assuming that the other two I have for quick checking (San Francisco and
South Korea) are correct in relation to it ....
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Got up this morning and it dawned on me. ::)
At 07:00 AEDT I now have UTC clock AND London clock showing 20:00hrs.
The London time (UTC + 00:00) which was out by plus an hour yesterday was the extra hour Joan had in bed last night.
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And jolly fine that extra hour was :) ;)
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Matteo - I just caught the late news. I am horrified to see that
Italy has suffered yet more devastating earthquakes today. I hope that
you and yours are all safe, and I hope that those who suffered today
will be well cared for.
Best wishes, Joan
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Matteo and Silvia
Hope you are not affected by the earthquakes.
This may be of interest to some.
http://beforetheflood.nationalgeographic.com.au/ (http://beforetheflood.nationalgeographic.com.au/)
Hope the link works for you.
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Hi there!
Thank you.
Fortunately I'm quite far from there,
even if several people living upstairs have felt the quakes even here
(150-200km away)... i'm pretty sure Silvia, living more to the south,
has heard all of them. Last one was very strong (6.5 magnitude).
Earthquakes
along the Apennines are not uncommon, but the recent seismic activity
is very strong. Images from central Italy shows great devastation,
especially in old medieval hamlets and historical city centers.
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Thank you for mentioning where Sylvia is - I should have asked yesterday. :)
As well as the horror of human loses, the sad destruction of so many beautiful Italian buildings is tragic too.
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Not very chatty, are we ;D
It must be because of the upcoming election you know where ::)
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:-X
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Not very chatty, are we ;D
It must be because of the upcoming election you know where ::)
I suppose you are thinking of the Territorial Election in the Yukon which is being held on Monday the 7th of November. ;)
It's nice to know that so many of you are concerned! ;D
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Not very chatty, are we ;D
It must be because of the upcoming election you know where ::)
Between
the upcoming election over the pond, and endless Brexit sniping over
here, it's very tempting to hide under the duvet and just not listen to
the news (or of course just keep transcribing ....)
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Absolutely, there used to be a saying 'Stop the world, I want to get
off' which just about sums up my feelings at the moment. The idea of
going into coma for a few weeks is positively alluring. It's a pity
there are so few convents out of mobile phone range with an old
fashioned Mother Superior who would give a one or two sentence summary
of news she felt the sisters should know. A retreat in such an
establishment might be an alternative.
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;D ;D ;D If I hear of such an establishment I'll let you
know - though I think both places out of mobile phone range, and old
fashioned Mothers Superior are pretty much extinct these days.
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I did my duty and voted.
Won't find out who won till Wednesday morning because of the time difference... So much nervousness!
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The world is quaking in its shoes right behind you in the queue of sleepless people, hanibal. :o ::) ;)
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From an outsiders point of view I don't know how anybody can choose between the two. :o
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Well, I will only mention the question of climate change. One of them does not believe in it and the other does.
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OK - it's going to snow over a lot of the UK tonight. My hedgehogs
could do with a few more therms just now bless them. ::) :D
SNOW! OUCH! And as far south as Leicester. :o
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Cold weather in the UK.
Cold result for some in the US.
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Hmmm - close to zero Kelvin in the US I should think :(
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Around zero degrees C for the next few days in Saxony. Brrrr.
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Hmmm - close to zero Kelvin in the US I should think :(
Cannot Trump that one Joan. ::)
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I think that we, and especially those of us in the UK, may
experience the apocryphal Chinese curse, 'May you live in interesting
times'.
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I
think that we, and especially those of us in the UK, may experience the
apocryphal Chinese curse, 'May you live in interesting times'.
We in the US may have just arrived there also!
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I hope this helps:
Survivor's guide to unexpected voting results (http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37921356)
There's
also a neat article called "Don't Panic", by David Wong, on
cracked.com. Can't repost it here, though, because Cracked does not care
about wholesomeness.
Me, I'll probably participate in citizen
science even more fervently than before, since it's such a great way to
make the world a better place, and I'm so good at it.
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Around zero degrees C for the next few days in Saxony. Brrrr.
Ouch - stay wrapped up hanibal! :D
Hmmm - close to zero Kelvin in the US I should think :(
Cannot Trump that one Joan. ::)
Groooooaan ;) ;) ;D
I
think that we, and especially those of us in the UK, may experience the
apocryphal Chinese curse, 'May you live in interesting times'.
Soberingly true! :o :)
I
think that we, and especially those of us in the UK, may experience the
apocryphal Chinese curse, 'May you live in interesting times'.
We in the US may have just arrived there also!
Also soberingly true! :o :)
Checked the survivor's guide - but it was too depressing and I didn't survive it ;)
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Greetings everyone!
I now have an apartment and a computer and I am finally back to my OW family.
It looks like I have a few posts and messages to catch up on...
Stuart: Please move me from Aix-en-Provence to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Welcome back, Randi! Things have been pretty quiet here without you. :)
(There should have been more like you in PA :'( )
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Welcome back!
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Woooohooooo! Welcome back Randi!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Dressed ship to welcome you back...
(http://i.imgur.com/Od4Bnlz.png)
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Woot! Welcome back, Randi! ;D ;D ;D
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Greetings everyone!
I now have an apartment and a computer and I am finally back to my OW family.
It looks like I have a few posts and messages to catch up on...
Stuart: Please move me from Aix-en-Provence to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Done.
Any others to be added/deleted/changed?
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Welcome back, dear Randi. :)
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Hello all.
Got some great news: I have passed the last exam of my studies, and am on track to receive my Bachelor of Science.
The graduation ceremony will take place on October 22nd - that's where I'll get the pretty piece of paper to hang on my wall.
And as I mentioned earlier, I already got a job lined up, starting October 4th.
Wow...
Can't believe I'm pretty much done with formal education, and at 22
too. Such a big change in life, and I never really saw it coming - it
just kinda happened.
Still, it's been a good three years. I've
learned a lot and experienced a lot, and I feel confident that this is
the right career for me.
I will continue to work on OW till I
have done all I could, of course, although my contribution rate might
drop - as I am no longer a student, I won't be getting nearly as many
short days or days off anymore.
But the end is in sight, so I ain't quitting now!
Very belated congratulations!
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Welcome back on board, Randi - so glad to hear that you've landed safely in your new home.
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Welcome back Randi! Good luck reading all the posts you've missed ;)
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Hip Hip Hooray!
Hip Hip Hooray!
Hip Hip Hooray!
I was walking downtown about an hour ago, and I said to myself, "I wonder when Randi will be back!"
And, I signed onto the forum and there you were!!!
Hip Hip Hooray!
Hip Hip Hooray!
Hip Hip Hooray!
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Good to hear from you again, Randi. Hope you soon settle in over
there, we'll have to get used to the time difference when you are on the
forum.
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Thank you all for your many kind messages!!!
I may be in a strange new home, but fortunately I still have the same strange wonderful old weather family.
:-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Yes, reading all the posts I've missed will be quite a job, but I will do it a bit at a time..
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Snowballs on the shore (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37889839)
When cities rise from the depths (http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20151102-when-cities-rise-from-the-depths)
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Well I'd like to throw a few of those snowballs at Trump - they look pretty mean for snowballs ;)
Can't
get the other one because it's run by the British Broadcasting
Corporation and I'm British and a licence payer so I'm not allowed to
see it. >:( :o
Perhaps I've got another target for those mean looking tough snowballs? ::)
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Welcome back Randi!!
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Thank you!
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Would someone please test View all logs for Bear?
As far as I can tell, it works for all the completed ships except Bear.
Thanks!
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How do I do that?
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https://classic.oldweather.org/ships/500dc362cd0db40002000455 ;)
How do I do that?
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Of course, the OW classic sites aren't responding now. Thanks, Randi! :o ;)
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ERROR
The request could not be satisfied.
CloudFront
attempted to establish a connection with the origin, but either the
attempt failed or the origin closed the connection.
Generated by cloudfront (CloudFront)
Request ID: 8CpoZ0IaNMCifQT64mHAmW30GsSwIcu6a6q0h5jWWsRsdDPBIRYGMA==
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It works now, and I see all the logs for Bear, too. :)
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Everything is working for me now, but it still times out on Bear VAL.
It works now, and I see all the logs for Bear, too. :)
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Everything is working for me now, but it still times out on Bear VAL.
It works now, and I see all the logs for Bear, too. :)
You're
correct. I just had the page come up showing the crew. I never thought
of clicking on the View All Logs button. :-[ I was just
excited to see the server running...
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I tried the Bear, Vicksburg and Yukon.
Bear: Got error message the first and second times.
Vicksburg: Got error message the first time, second time worked.
Yukon: First time worked.
ERROR
The request could not be satisfied.
CloudFront
attempted to establish a connection with the origin, but either the
attempt failed or the origin closed the connection.
Generated by cloudfront (CloudFront)
Request ID: kdUS_pZ63t6tnok_42zaCBG4QXbtm9Aei5C6SJ4hJo6_HASLVyVaUw==
Maybe this only affects the really big ships because they have so many log pages?
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Thanks to everyone for checking!
Vicksburg: Got error message the first time, second time worked.
Maybe this only affects the really big ships because they have so many log pages?
Interesting possibility. I haven't had problems with Vicksburg, but I have only tried it a few times.
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Mystery over Dutch WW2 shipwrecks vanished from Java Sea bed (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37997640)
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Well that's a pretty strange thing. How could those wrecks disappear
without the rigs being noticed. I guess it's a lot of sea. :-\
Certainly a very disrespectful and serious act.
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Mystery over Dutch WW2 shipwrecks vanished from Java Sea bed (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37997640)
Not only 3 Dutch shipwrecks, it seems UK and US wrecks have disappeared, too.
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True, but the articles seem to be concentrating on the Dutch ships.
How could a shipwreck disappear? (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38010130)
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Dutch ships: HNLMS De Ruyter, HNLMS Java and HNLMS Kortenaer
British ships: HMS Exeter, HMS Encounter and HMS Electra
US ship: Submarine Perch
The Dutch ships alone had over 900 men go down with the ships.
The
Gardian: British second world war shipwrecks in Java Sea destroyed by
illegal scavenging
(https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/16/british-second-world-war-ships-illegal-scavenging-java-sea?CMP=share_btn_tw)
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It really is shameful that the ships were recycled in such a dishonest way :'(
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This is something that has been going on for decades and is not
confined to this area. Believe it or not the wreck of the Exeter was
only found 5-10 years ago and is in fairly deep water.
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This
is something that has been going on for decades and is not confined to
this area. Believe it or not the wreck of the Exeter was only found 5-10
years ago and is in fairly deep water.
:(
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And tonight's weather is - horrible...
(http://i.imgur.com/prBVcpz.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/121Izok.png)
Thanks to an intense low:
(http://i.imgur.com/xYusFsJ.png)
I'm off to bed before the roof blows off ::) ??? :o
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it's snowing!
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Now that Britain has opted for the Brexit, I hope Britain will stop sharing their bad weather with the rest of Europe.
In fact, I think it should be compulsory, we have no use for it. ;)
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Certainly, if our friends across the pond would stop sending their unwanted weather over to us!!
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I'm longing to see how we can fix this situation! I'll send a note to Teresa May and the cabinet can mull it over ;D
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Now that Britain has opted for the Brexit, I hope Britain will stop sharing their bad weather with the rest of Europe.
In fact, I think it should be compulsory, we have no use for it. ;)
:D :D :D Thanks for a smile re Brexit - they're pretty rare!
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Certainly, if our friends across the pond would stop sending their unwanted weather over to us!!
Well,
the EU signed a free trade deal with Canada. We'll try our best to
skirt the UK but there are no guarantees. Your best bet is to
build a high pressure bubble around you. ;D
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Certainly, if our friends across the pond would stop sending their unwanted weather over to us!!
Well,
the EU signed a free trade deal with Canada. We'll try our best to
skirt the UK but there are no guarantees. Your best bet is to
build a high pressure bubble around you. ;D
Looking forward to one of those ;D
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It sounds as if you people have chosen your locations poorly... ;)
Summary: 12 24 Hrs
Maximum: 11.7 11.7 deg C
Minimum: 10.2 10.1 deg C
Precip: 0.0 0.0 mm
Max Wind: 35 35 kmh
We
are cloudy at the moment, but we had glorious sunshine yesterday. We
had a gust to 35 kmh yesterday afternoon although the mean speed at the
time was just 13.
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Glad you've had some sunshine Michael! :D
The storm didn;t
get up to us yesterday. Today was relatively warm with no wind, but
tonight the temperature is plunging :o
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Not too wet up here but definitely chilly. Windscreens will be
scraped!! The weather is locally described as 'dreich'. :'(
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No significant wind problems here, but very wet. Lots of spray &
water accross the road etc as I drove out this morning.
I went out to give a talk to the local Rotary Club at their breakfast meeting on Old Weather & ships histories.
Seemed to go well.
K
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Just posted this on the Zooniverse main chat site during a wee coffee break:
http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2016-11-16-reindeer-deaths-arctic-linked-retreating-sea-ice :'( :'( :'(
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Well, apparently Exeter had "half a month's rainfall" on Saturday night - it seems we have had the other half today!
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By golly - a month's worth in a day. :o So, if you had to have
one of our ships come and rescue you which would it be and why?
;D
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Just found this absolutely beautiful picture of a 'white rainbow', photographed in the Highlands of Scotland.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-38063662
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If is beautiful, Helen! 8)
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Stunning!
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8)
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Something I have never seen before. Lucky people
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Oh my! What an amazing picture, how lucky to come across that sight :D
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I just noticed the "Most Online Ever" statistic at the bottom of the forum has jumped to 187 people on September 12, 2016. :o
That's over 3 times the average - what happened on that day?!
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Judging by what was in the news that day, the surge on the Forum should have made the national headlines ;)
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Nothing that I know of...
I suspect it was bots :'(
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Happy Thanksgiving to y'all :D
(http://i.imgur.com/Lfb1etp.png)
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;D ;D ;D
Great find!
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8)
(BTW, Princess Anne is the name of the county just east of Hampton Roads and Norfolk ;) )
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Thanks!
I had wondered about that name ;D
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Thanks!
I had wondered about that name ;D
So did I - there were times in her youth when the English Press would have had a laugh at HRH's expense ;) :D
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Lichens are an early warning system for forest health
Scientists tap symbiotic lichens as sentinels of air quality, and now, climate problems
Climate
change caused by greenhouse gas emissions presents its own kind of
air-quality problem. And lichens may help keep an eye out for climate
changes, too.
Small differences in temperature and moisture mean big
changes in the number and diversity of lichens in the landscape. Lichen
diversity in Sweden and Alaska dropped with rising temperature, and
lichens were more sensitive to change than vascular plants, according to
a study published in 2012.
Earlier work in western Europe found that
drought-tolerant lichens become more common in response to warming,
while acid-loving species decline. In the Netherlands, Hyperphyscia
adglutinata increased in abundance substantially from 1995 to 2001.
During the same period, Lecanora conizaeoides declined by more than 60
percent.
By tracking which species increase or decrease with changing
temperature and rainfall, ecologists are learning to read the climate
story lichens are telling. The idea, Geiser says, is to use lichens to
understand the on-the-ground realities of climate change.
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Teeny tell tales - well done Lichens! :-*
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Another Zooniverse project in perspective?
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This may interest some.
The Anthropocene (http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/catalyst/SC1502H040S00)
Australian ABC Catalyst Show. S17, Ep40.
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Another Zooniverse project in perspective?
Wouldn't be surprised :D
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This may interest some.
The Anthropocene (http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/catalyst/SC1502H040S00)
Australian ABC Catalyst Show. S17, Ep40.
Oh
dear - ABC won't let me view it. But theere's been a lot going on at
work about the Anthropocene - it's quite a big theme of ours now :)
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Well it's that time of year. The last Saturday in November and time
for the Canadian Football's Grey Cup game. (Named after Albert Henry
George Grey, 4th Earl Grey GCB GCMG GCVO PC, a British nobleman and
politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the ninth since
Canadian Confederation.)
As we like to remind our neighbours to
the south, our game is played on a field that is longer and wider, and
the teams have three downs instead of four to make their 10 yard
advance.
For those of you who suspect that I'm a football fan,
I'm not. The CO of this vessel insists on watching one football game per
year, and this is it. ;)
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;D ;D ;D 8)
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I suppose one a year is acceptable (just).
The Australian field is even bigger and the same team keeps playing for each term. (not changing for no apparent reason)
See
Ozi rules (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football_playing_field)
and
How to play (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football)
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Missing ships?
http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/the-mystery-of-world-war-ii-shipwrecks-that-have-vanished/news-story/2e13b83a950880a2f4525bc55b1441cf?pid=oubrain:organic
(http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/the-mystery-of-world-war-ii-shipwrecks-that-have-vanished/news-story/2e13b83a950880a2f4525bc55b1441cf?pid=oubrain:organic)
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Missing ships?
http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/the-mystery-of-world-war-ii-shipwrecks-that-have-vanished/news-story/2e13b83a950880a2f4525bc55b1441cf?pid=oubrain:organic
(http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/the-mystery-of-world-war-ii-shipwrecks-that-have-vanished/news-story/2e13b83a950880a2f4525bc55b1441cf?pid=oubrain:organic)
Still
can't believe they could go missing :-\ I suppose it's a
good point that no-one was keeping a regular eye on them. Though I
wonder how regular that eye would have to be to catch someone at it.
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Here's one for folks that do the animal camera projects...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/11/30/people-in-gorilla-costumes-photobombed-a-police-camera-meant-to-track-a-cougar/
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;D
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;D ;D ;D Great job. I hope they traced who was playing the
skunk because that was the most impressive performance ;)
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Sutton Hoo bitumen links Syria with Anglo-Saxon England (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-38171657)
(http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/AC2E/production/_92787044_capture.jpg)
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Sutton Hoo bitumen links Syria with Anglo-Saxon England (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-38171657)
Awesome!!! :o That's amazing science. They must have been super-linguists to do all of that trade :)
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Picture/illustration competition on the Zooniverse calendar more info here...
http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4013.msg135625#msg135625 :D
Just got the the calendar - oh wowee! It's the Boat Shed at Port Lockroy.
Want to blow your minds?
Check out the panorama of Port Lockroy:
https://www.antarctic.eu/wp-content/panoramas/antarktis_2013/port-lockroy_en/Port-Lockroy.html
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Very nice tour, Joan. Thanks for posting!
I love how the penguins are standing around like they own the place - oh wait, they probably do. ;D
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:D Yep - in fact they have everything well organized because humans
sweep and wash down their paths over the rocks every day to keep them
clean. Interestingly enough this colony just turned up sometime in the
early 80s. When the snow is on the ground and it's really windy they
shelter by the shed and appear to be queueing by one of the windows. We
used to have a joke that they were waiting to buy stamps to send their
postcards (left hand window), or getting ferry tickets to the far
headland (right hand window).
The bone in the bottom right hand
corner is an old whale jawbone, and to the left of the shed you can just
make out the ribs of an old abandoned whaling boat. The shed closed for
whaling in the 1960s. :)
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The Atlantis-style myths that turned out to be true (http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160118-the-atlantis-style-myths-of-sunken-lands-that-are-really-true)
(http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/1280_720/images/live/p0/3f/w0/p03fw0zp.jpg)
The Solomon Islands have lost a member (Credit: Robert Harding/Alamy Stock Photo)
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The Atlantis-style myths that turned out to be true (http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160118-the-atlantis-style-myths-of-sunken-lands-that-are-really-true)
The Solomon Islands have lost a member (Credit: Robert Harding/Alamy Stock Photo)
That's
an amazing article Randi - fascinating. Personally I have no problem
with stories going from generation to generation over thousands of
years. Especially when that information may be essential to your
survival :)
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http://www.ibtimes.com/noctilucent-cloud-season-came-antarctica-earlier-usual-year-nasa-satellite-reveals-2454441
More
bad news for planet earth...thanks to gardenmaeve at PW for this one.
The clouds are beautiful, but heralds of hard times to come for the
planet.
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Thanks, Joan. So much for Keats's "a thing of beauty is a joy forever" :(
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cy6hjHTWgAA8WNT.jpg:large)
@UkNatArchives
Captain's Log for HMS Pearl detailing the hunt for the #pirate Blackbeard #twitterstorian http://socsi.in/yE4Vi
Wow. :)
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Ink Wow ;D
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Weather data a bit vague ;)
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I think we're pre-lime juice here aren't we - back in the age of scurvy? :-\
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Well, yes and no...
Log is 1718
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scurvy
In
the 13th century, the Crusaders frequently suffered from scurvy. In the
1497 expedition of Vasco de Gama, the curative effects of citrus fruit
were already known[22][23] and confirmed by Pedro ?lvares Cabral and his
crew in 1507.[24]
The Portuguese also planted fruit trees and
vegetables in Saint Helena, a stopping point for homebound voyages from
Asia, and left their sick, suffering from scurvy and other ailments to
be taken home, if they recovered, by the next ship.[25]
Unfortunately,
these travel accounts have not stopped further maritime tragedies
caused by scurvy, first because of the lack of communication between
travelers and those responsible for their health and also because fruits
and vegetables could not be kept for long on ships.[26]
In 1536,
the French explorer Jacques Cartier, exploring the St. Lawrence River,
used the local natives' knowledge to save his men who were dying of
scurvy. He boiled the needles of the arbor vitae tree (Eastern White
Cedar) to make a tea that was later shown to contain 50 mg of vitamin C
per 100 grams.[27][28] Such treatments were not available aboard ship,
where the disease was most common.
Between 1500 and 1800, it has
been estimated that scurvy killed at least two million sailors.[29]
Jonathan Lamb wrote: "In 1499, Vasco da Gama lost 116 of his crew of
170; In 1520, Magellan lost 208 out of 230;...all mainly to scurvy."[30]
In 1593, Admiral Sir Richard Hawkins advocated drinking orange and lemon juice as a means of preventing scurvy.[31]
In
1614 John Woodall, Surgeon General of the East India Company, published
"The Surgion's Mate" as a handbook for apprentice surgeons aboard the
company's ships. He repeated the experience of mariners that the cure
for scurvy was fresh food or, if not available, oranges, lemons, limes
and tamarinds.[32] He was, however, unable to explain the reason why and
his assertion had no impact on the opinion of the influential
physicians who ran the medical establishment that it was a digestive
complaint.
A
Scottish surgeon in the Royal Navy, James Lind, was the first to prove
it could be treated with citrus fruit in a 1753 publication.[2][5] His
experiments represented the first controlled trial. It took another 40
years before the British Navy began giving out lemon juice routinely.[6]
In
1764, a new variant appeared. Advocated by Dr David McBride and Sir
John Pringle, Surgeon General of the Army and later President of the
Royal Society, this idea was that scurvy was the result of a lack of
?fixed air? in the tissues which could be prevented by drinking
infusions of malt and wort whose fermentation within the body would
stimulate digestion and restore the missing gases.[40] These ideas
receiving wide and influential backing, when James Cook set off to
circumnavigate the world (1768?1771) in HM Bark Endeavour, malt and wort
were top of the list of the remedies he was ordered to investigate. The
others were beer, sour crout and Lind's ?rob?. The list did not include
lemons.[41]
Cook did not lose a single man to scurvy, and his
report came down in favour of malt and wort, although it is now clear
that the reason for the health of his crews on this and other voyages
was Cook's regime of shipboard cleanliness, enforced by strict
discipline, as well as frequent replenishment of fresh food and green
stuffs.[42] Another rule implemented by Cook was his prohibition of the
consumption of salt fat skimmed from the ship's copper boiling pans,
then a common practice in the Navy. In contact with air the copper
formed compounds that prevented the absorption of vitamins by the
intestines.[43]
West
Indian limes began to supplement lemons when Spain's alliance with
France against Britain in the Napoleonic Wars made the supply of
Mediterranean lemons problematic and because they were more easily
obtained from Britain's Caribbean colonies[22] and were believed to be
more effective because they were more acidic, and it was the acid, not
the (then-unknown) Vitamin C that was believed to cure scurvy. In fact,
the West Indian limes were significantly lower in Vitamin C than the
previous lemons and further were not served fresh but rather as lime
juice, which had been exposed to light and air and piped through copper
tubing, all of which significantly reduced the Vitamin C. 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.[22]
At
the time Robert Falcon Scott made his first expedition (1901?1904) to
the Antarctic in the early 20th century, the prevailing theory was that
scurvy was caused by "ptomaine poisoning", particularly in tinned
meat.[51] However, Scott discovered that a diet of fresh meat from
Antarctic seals cured scurvy before any fatalities occurred.[52]
Scurvy
does not occur in most animals as they can make their own vitamin C.
However, humans and other higher primates (the simians?monkeys and
apes?and tarsiers), guinea pigs, most or all bats, and some species of
birds and fish lack an enzyme (L-gulonolactone oxidase) necessary for
such synthesis and must obtain vitamin C through their diet. The gene
for L-gulonolactone oxidase is still present in the human genome, but
deactivated by DNA mutations.
Although
towards the end of the century MacBride's theories were being
challenged, the medical establishment in Britain remained wedded to the
notion that scurvy was a disease of internal ?putrefaction? and the Sick
and Hurt Board, run by administrators, felt obliged to follow its
advice. Within the Royal Navy however opinion - strengthened by
first-hand experience of the use of lemon juice at the siege of
Gibraltar and during Admiral Rodney's expedition to the Caribbean - had
become increasingly convinced of its efficacy. This was reinforced by
the writings of experts like Gilbert Blane[45] and Thomas Trotter[46]
and by the reports of up-and-coming naval commanders.
With the
coming of war in 1793, the need to eliminate scurvy acquired a new
urgency. But the first initiative came not from the medical
establishment but from the admirals. Ordered to lead an expedition
against Mauritius, Rear Admiral Gardner was uninterested in the wort,
malt and elixir of vitriol which were still being issued to ships of the
Royal Navy, and demanded that he be supplied with lemons to counteract
scurvy on the voyage. Members of the Sick and Hurt Board, recently
augmented by two practical naval surgeons, supported the request and the
Admiralty ordered that it be done. There was however a last minute
change of plan. The expedition against Mauritius was cancelled. On 2 May
1794, only HMS Suffolk and two sloops under Commodore Peter Rainier
sailed for the east with an outward bound convoy, but the warships were
fully supplied with lemon juice and the sugar with which it had to be
mixed. Then in March 1795, came astonishing news. Suffolk had arrived in
India after a four-month voyage without a trace of scurvy and with a
crew that was healthier than when it set out.
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Some may find this nice. It has nice relaxing music as well.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/nocturnal-photography (https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/nocturnal-photography)
I have been to the waterfall in Iceland but it did not look quite like the pic. :o
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https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-public/youve-probably-been-tricked-fake-news-and-dont-know-it :o :'(
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https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-public/youve-probably-been-tricked-fake-news-and-dont-know-it :o :'(
I
deleted my Facebook account early morning November 9. I don't do
Twitter, but the major media outlets still have the annoying habit of
re-tweeting, um, 'stuff' as headline news.
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I don't do Twitter either, and I don't use Facebook as a source of
news. My default position is probably one of scepticism, unless I
know and trust the source of a story.
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I
don't do Twitter either, and I don't use Facebook as a source of
news. My default position is probably one of scepticism, unless I
know and trust the source of a story.
No Twitter, no Facebook, no SnapChat, no Instagram.
My
position, too, is one of scepticism. I wrote off a lot of news
organizations when they reported all those WMDs in Iraq and other
similar stories which later turned out to be false. ;)
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Well, yes and no...
Log is 1718
Sorry
Randi - I only just got round to reading this - it's fascinating.
:) I wonder if the men were quite so happy at losing the beer-products
in favour of sugary lemon juice. hough I'm sure that not having your
gums go off and your teeth falling out should have been ample
compensation. I seem to recall hearing that the lemon juice usede by the
Brits was boiled with the sugar, apparently the US used neat lemon. So
the Brits reduce the level of vitamin C that they supplied in the
early days. ::)
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I
don't do Twitter either, and I don't use Facebook as a source of
news. My default position is probably one of scepticism, unless I
know and trust the source of a story.
FaceBook only because a boat group & a weather group I work with use it to share information the way we do here.
I don't read the ads or the 'news' there.
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I'm using Twitter, not to read the (fake) news, but to spread the
gospel of Old Weater, naval-history.net and Journey Plotter. :D
https://twitter.com/journeyplotter (https://twitter.com/journeyplotter)
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I have a very simple website (http://members.shaw.ca/marymcavoy/)
which is hosted for free by our ISP. However, our ISP is discontinuing
this service >:( and I need to find another free web hosting
service. All I need is to be able to FTP four updated files each day
(weather forecasts for four cities, used by my children). Does anyone
have any suggestions? The few I have looked at are overly complicated
for what I need.
Thank you...
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I'm
using Twitter, not to read the (fake) news, but to spread the gospel of
Old Weater, naval-history.net and Journey Plotter. :D
https://twitter.com/journeyplotter (https://twitter.com/journeyplotter)
In this case I whole-heartedly approve of twitter :D
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I
have a very simple website (http://members.shaw.ca/marymcavoy/) which
is hosted for free by our ISP. However, our ISP is discontinuing this
service >:( and I need to find another free web hosting
service. All I need is to be able to FTP four updated files each day
(weather forecasts for four cities, used by my children). Does anyone
have any suggestions? The few I have looked at are overly complicated
for what I need.
Full
web hosting may be overkill for what you've got there. Have you
considered going to a blog format? I think you may find better (and
simpler) options with blogging hosts.
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Just starting on Channel 4 (UK) - The Battle of Jutland. Likely to be a repeat but looks good :D
Oh
horror - the German ship The Lutzow was torpedoed by the Germans
knowing that 800 men were still inside, alive. It is simply beyond my
comprehension. :'( :'( :'(
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HMS Caroline is now in dry dock.
Some fantastic pictures of her " out of the water " here.
If I may, without being sexist, she has a very shapely bottom too.
https://www.facebook.com/NMRNPortsmouth/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED
K
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Shapely bottoms lead to the best speeds, manouevrability, and fuel consumption. I'm glad that she has a good bottom :D
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Pity the poor sailors who had to scrape and red lead her. :o
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Pity the poor sailors who had to scrape and red lead her. :o
:o :o :o
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100 fully decorated Christmas trees in a house in Germany, I am lost for words :-X
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-12/christmas-tree-collection-in-small-german-town/8111482
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-12/christmas-tree-collection-in-small-german-town/8111482)
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Two words come to my mind: Fire Hazard ;D
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Two words come to my mind: artificial trees ;)
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Two words come to my mind: artificial trees ;)
In
the old days, the Germans had lighted candles on their trees. At least
these people were clever enough to go modern and use electric lights.
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I have some comments on the SMS Lutzow reply 12513 the ship
according to wiki had 115 killed and 50 wounded during the battle of
Jutland. It mentions 6 men trapped in the bow before the ship was
abandoned and sunk. It looks like the news got it wrong AGAIN!
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I saw the wiki comment. Could that be wrong?
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Two words come to my mind: artificial trees ;)
In
the old days, the Germans had lighted candles on their trees. At least
these people were clever enough to go modern and use electric lights.
A short circuit somewhere could cause and equally bad fire but possibly artificial trees are fire resistant?
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Perhaps the Lutzow will never be completely understood? It seems to
me that the Battle of Jutland was a battle of stories made by those who
did not want the truth to be known :-\
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Don Juan Pond in Antarctica
The world's saltiest body of water (http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160809-earths-saltiest-place-makes-the-dead-sea-look-like-tapwater)
(http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/1280_720/images/live/p0/44/5f/p0445f8m.jpg)
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31c (87f) 29% humidity on the veranda now, 17:00 hrs. :o
My brow is as salty as the Don Juan Pond :(
From the Sydney Morning Herald.13 Dec 2017
Sydney has clocked its hottest December day in 11 years.
The city's temperature reached 37.8 degrees - or almost two degrees more than forecast - just after 1pm.
Sydney's record high minimum temperature for December is 26.3 degrees, set in on Christmas Day,1868.
"There is a good chance we could break that," Ms Langton said.
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Yesterday I was speaking, briefly, to my daughter, who lives about
an hour or so north of Sydney. Only briefly because she was at work. I
was surprised that she was at work because she often works from home.
When I asked her why she was at work, she said, "Because it's 36 outside
and my work has air conditioning!" Like Sydney, Gosford also reached
37.8C. (100F for those of you still living in the 19th Century.)
;D
Right now, we are -1.1C.
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Snowing!
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N 1-3 30.33 75 36 33 b None :)
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Don't you just love it when they get a new supply of ink
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Patterson/Book%20126/IMG_4649_0.jpg)...
:(
It was enough to make me clean my glasses... :-[
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Sorry?
I don't see any problem.
;D
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Sorry?
I don't see any problem.
;D
Groooooaaaaaannnn ;) ;) ;D
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Don't
you just love it when they get a new supply of ink
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Patterson/Book%20126/IMG_4649_0.jpg)...
:(
It was enough to make me clean my glasses... :-[
I thought they ran out of ink after the first entry ?
What did I miss ???
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Atlantic wave biggest ever recorded by buoy (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38312935)
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Atlantic wave biggest ever recorded by buoy (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38312935)
:o :o :o Oh a life on the ocean wave, tral-la-la-la-la-la-laaaaa
So glad I wasn't on a ship going over that lot!
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Just working through today's comments on PW and found this scene - the cutest of the cute chicks - heart meltingly sweet
(http://i.imgur.com/eY0eC3t.png)
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Awww - bless!
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I just got an email from the National Archives!
Spotlight on Records - Navy Deck Logs
Deck
logs from U.S. Navy ships are daily chronological entries documenting
the administrative activities of a ship. Deck logs can be useful to
genealogists, researchers, and historians as information contained
within logs may include details about ship movement, meteorological and
operational accounts, sick lists, injuries, honors and even arrests
during a particular month. It is no surprise that deck logs are among
the most popular U.S. Navy records in the holdings of the National
Archives.
As we remember the 75th anniversary of the attack
on Pearl Harbor, you may be interested to see what the deck logs from
December 7, 1941 reported about the events of the day.
Chris
Carter, Archivist at the National Archives in College Park, explains the
importance of the deck logs from the USS Maryland during the attack on
Pearl Harbor:
https:/youtube.com/embed/I0WGuva4Rmo
While
the December 1941 deck log from the USS Maryland is not yet available in
the National Archives Catalog, the deck log from the USS Monaghan
(DD-354)
(https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24360787?utm_source=OldWeather&utm_campaign=deck_logs&utm_content=uss_monaghan)
includes details about the attack and its engagement with a Japanese
submarine on December 7.
(https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/24360787/content/dc-metro/rg-024/594258/0001-A1/Monaghan-DD-354-1941-12/Monaghan-DD-354-1941-12_0022.JPG)
A portion of USS Monaghan (DD-354), December 1941, page 22, for December 7th.
Over
the last five years, more than 13,500 deck logs have been digitized by
National Archives staff and are available in the National Archives
Catalog: "Logbooks of the U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1978
(https://catalog.archives.gov/id/594258?utm_source=OldWeather&utm_campaign=deck_logs&utm_content=logbooks_594258)."
This represents just 2% of the entire series! Deck logs are added to
the Catalog as file units, and each file unit represents one month of
logs on a US Navy ship. This series contains more than 44,000 physical
boxes and is being digitized at a rate of between 2,000-2,500 monthly
deck logs each year. National Archives staff are currently digitizing
and adding deck logs from the Vietnam War to the Catalog.
Are you
interested in Navy deck logs from a particular ship? You can learn more
about deck logs and how to search and request them
(https://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2013/11/01/know-your-records-u-s-navy-deck-logs/?OldWeather&utm_campaign=deck_logs&utm_content=know_your).
Every
record tells a story. Archivist Rachel Sutcliffe describes some hidden
treasures
(https://narations.blogs.archives.gov/2010/07/21/hidden-treasures-from-within-navy-deck-logs/?utm_source=OldWeather&utm_campaign=deck_logs&utm_content=hidden)
she's discovered within Navy deck logs.
In commemoration of the
75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, we also invite you to
tag selected records and photographs
(https://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist/tag/missions?utm_source=OldWeather&utm_campaign=deck%20logs&utm_content=pearl%20harbor)
in the National Archives Catalog related to the attack on Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii, on December 7, 1941.
Have you conducted research using
Navy Deck logs? Find something interesting? We'd love to hear more!
Email us at catalog@nara.gov and tell us what you've discovered.
utm_source=Catalog%20Newsletter has been replaced with utm_source=OldWeather ;)
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I love these new ways of talking:
When asked if Canadian soldiers would remain in Iraq after March 2017, a Canadian general said, Our posture is not oriented towards that future."
I
have added to the list my daughter in Australia gave me. The government
run agency for which she works has been privatized. The new management
is a great source quotes:
Casting a positive leadership shadow...
You need to adjust the hue of your colour filter...
Your new stretch target is ...
Your feelings are valid.
When things go wrong, it isn't a mistake:
It's a learning opportunity.
Their
vision statement is, "The best of both." My daughter said that even if
it had been, "The worst of neither," they would have fallen short.
;D ;D ;D
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My daughter said that even if it had been, "The worst of neither," they would have fallen short. ;D ;D ;D
;D
I like that (The worst of neither), I'm going to use it. ;)
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;D
When things go wrong, it isn't a mistake:
It's a learning opportunity.
Good judgement comes from experience.
Experience comes from bad judgement.
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I just got an email from the National Archives!
https:/youtube.com/embed/I0WGuva4Rmo
That's
amazing Randi! :D :D :D and the video was, I thought, very
moving. To think of what was happening all around the hands that typed
that log book - every minute could be your last. It's good to have a
reality check about the boats we deal with now and then :-[
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On the fifth day of Christmas Zooniverse gave to me, five transcribed ships' logs!
What a coincidence - we completed the transcriptions of five ships this year!
Concord, Vicksburg, Jamestown 1879, Jamestown 1886 and, just a few hours ago, Thetis!
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On the fifth day of Christmas Zooniverse gave to me, five transcribed ships' logs!
What a coincidence - we completed the transcriptions of five ships this year!
Concord, Vicksburg, Jamestown 1879, Jamestown 1886 and, just a few hours ago, Thetis!
:D :D :D :D :D (that's 5 big smiles)
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I woke up this morning to this! Any ideas? I thought maybe ash from a
nearby factory, but the nearest factory is in China. I thought maybe
ash from a volcano, but none of them nearby, either. It was also very
cold, at -1C (about 30F), which may be a hint. Do you think it is safe
to go outside? ;D ;D ;D
(http://i.imgur.com/obkyDJc.jpg)
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Given the time of year and the ambient temperature it may be
explained by angel wing exfoliation due to exuberant batting - but
that's just a guess ;D
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Maybe God has a dandruff issue??!! ;)
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Given
the time of year and the ambient temperature it may be explained by
angel wing exfoliation due to exuberant batting - but that's just a
guess ;D
;D ;D ;D I have to try to use 'angel wing exfoliation' somewhere!
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Here's my Christmas present
(https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qv4n7j3bl7r2cxk/AADNz80keTgbjC2jacOusizma?dl=0)
to you, my fellow OW workers.
For many years I sang in the
Whitehorse Community Choir, the largest choir north of 60. (We had
anywhere from 100 to 130 members, depending on the program.) In 2008 we
commissioned seven stories about Christmas in the Yukon. Some were taken
from news archives (the story about the mail plane), some from diaries
or stories from living people.
We also commissioned a number of
songs to go with these stories. It was my favourite Christmas concert,
and I have the archive recording from that concert. Listening to it
yesterday, I thought some of you might enjoy the stories and maybe even
the songs...
(http://i.imgur.com/dCBH2qP.jpg)
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Very nice, Michael. Thanks. I enjoyed the tree stories as well as the singing.
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Very nice, Michael. Thanks. I enjoyed the tree stories as well as the singing.
Pam Lattin was a great Whitehorse character, his was the story about harvesting the tree.
Whitehorse musician Kim Barlow wrote The Best Christmas Tree Ever,
and it had the best bass line for singing probably because she played
cello, among other instruments. We let the audience choose our encore,
and hers was the song they chose. :)
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Gordon Smith who founded the navalhistory.net site died on 16 Dec
2016 according to the Imperial Japanese navy site combindedfleet.com.
RIP
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Dear James,
Thank you so much for posting this sad news. It is
touching to know that the Imperial Japanese Navy site has recognised
Gordon Smith's passing.
Caro kindly posted this to our Editor's Suite earlier today:
Dear editors
We are sad to announce that Gordon passed away on Friday, December 16.
He died peacefully, with his family around him, at a Marie Curie hospice in Wales.
NHN will continue; Gordon made arrangements some time ago for the continuation of the website.
Caro and Maikel
If you would like to make a donation to Gordon's favourite charity, you can do so here:
http://cafod.org.uk/Give/Remembrance-giving/In-memory-giving
The
site supplies a phone number and address for this purpose, as well as a
facility for online donations using a credit or debit card.
Thank you all.
His Naval History.Net facebook page has many kind tributes.
Thank you again James,
Joan
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Gordon
Smith who founded the navalhistory.net site died on 16 Dec 2016
according to the Imperial Japanese navy site combindedfleet.com. RIP
That it is announced there is quite a tribute to Gordon.
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With Patterson finished, there are five ships left. This was my estimate as of Dec 1st:
Albatross_1890 30392
Albatross_1900 139433
Jamestown_1844 89879
Unalga_1 16799
Yorktown 212036
With
many relatives visiting and with being away for a week, I will be open
to recruiting offers but until early in the New Year. ;)
What with my continuing OW addiction, bribes will NOT be necessary... ;D
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At 10.44 GMT we celebrate the Winter Solstice. Happy Solstice everyone :D :D :D
(http://i.imgur.com/8BOyKOo.png)
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With Patterson finished, there are five ships left. This was my estimate as of Dec 1st:
Here's my guesses on which ships are available and which are not:
Albatross_1890: No. Silvia did one stream, me and leelaht are each doing another.
Albatross_1900:
Maybe. Hurlock and Stuart are working on her, and Silvia might
still be active, but stream sharing might be possible.
Jamestown_1844:
Yes. Bob did one stream, Randi and Zovacor are active, but
neither of them is super fast, so stream sharing should be possible.
Just beware - this ship has four stars!
Unalga_1: No. Matteo wants to finish his stream, so we should wait for him to do that.
Yorktown:
Maybe not. Silvia, Maikel and Craig are all active, and I think
Michael Purves will be rejoining now that the Patterson is complete.
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Just a note about Jamestown 1844, it gets a lot easier
towards the Civil War years. The grid gets consistent (no more picking
stuff out of the text) and there are fewer columns than the later ships.
Pressure and temperature are typically only every other hour, but
always wind, so you get 24 WR per page. ;)
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The man who returns medals to the soldiers that won them
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-5c1940d8-5f8f-4fd4-ac12-e216184a9a72)
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With Patterson finished, there are five ships left. This was my estimate as of Dec 1st:
Here's my guesses on which ships are available and which are not:
Albatross_1890: No. Silvia did one stream, me and leelaht are each doing another.
Albatross_1900:
Maybe. Hurlock and Stuart are working on her, and Silvia might
still be active, but stream sharing might be possible.
Jamestown_1844:
Yes. Bob did one stream, Randi and Zovacor are active, but
neither of them is super fast, so stream sharing should be possible.
Just beware - this ship has four stars!
Unalga_1: No. Matteo wants to finish his stream, so we should wait for him to do that.
Yorktown:
Maybe not. Silvia, Maikel and Craig are all active, and I think
Michael Purves will be rejoining now that the Patterson is complete.
As
you say, Albatross 1900 MAY be available BUT, Hurlock is doing a very
good job of the activity pages and I am just doing the data pages.
Silvia is still streaming ahead of us.
If we get more on this vessel then Hurlock will miss out on this valuable info. (over to you Hurlock for comment).
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The
man who returns medals to the soldiers that won them
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-5c1940d8-5f8f-4fd4-ac12-e216184a9a72)
That's absolutely wonderful - what a kind kind person :D :-* :D
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With Patterson finished, there are five ships left. This was my estimate as of Dec 1st:
Here's my guesses on which ships are available and which are not:
Albatross_1890: No. Silvia did one stream, me and leelaht are each doing another.
Albatross_1900:
Maybe. Hurlock and Stuart are working on her, and Silvia might
still be active, but stream sharing might be possible.
Jamestown_1844:
Yes. Bob did one stream, Randi and Zovacor are active, but
neither of them is super fast, so stream sharing should be possible.
Just beware - this ship has four stars!
Unalga_1: No. Matteo wants to finish his stream, so we should wait for him to do that.
Yorktown:
Maybe not. Silvia, Maikel and Craig are all active, and I think
Michael Purves will be rejoining now that the Patterson is complete.
As
you say, Albatross 1900 MAY be available BUT, Hurlock is doing a very
good job of the activity pages and I am just doing the data pages.
Silvia is still streaming ahead of us.
If we get more on this vessel then Hurlock will miss out on this valuable info. (over to you Hurlock for comment).
I
am chiefly interested in the events page and the history as it unfolds
on the ship. The difficulty really is that at my slow rate of
transcription it might take me many years to complete the Albatross 1900
stream I am on. I would not think that was a satisfactory
situation.
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If the Albatross 1900 is almost 50% complete, using my very bad maths,
Silvia has 52k plus.
Both Hurlock and I are roughly half of that each 20K & 24K.
Silvia should be almost finished which leaves Hurlock and I on roughly 50% each to go.
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Okay - I'll leave to the moderators and scientists: Would you rather
have all the weather transcriptions completed as soon as possible, or
would you rather have good transcriptions of the events?
(I'm away with no Internet all day tomorrow and the next day, see you all on the 24th)
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I will pass your question on to Philip.
Have fun!
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Okay
- I'll leave to the moderators and scientists: Would you rather have
all the weather transcriptions completed as soon as possible, or would
you rather have good transcriptions of the events?
(I'm away with no Internet all day tomorrow and the next day, see you all on the 24th)
Enjoy the break.
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Yep - have a good break hanibal :D
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I did some Jamestown a long time ago. When I've maxed out on Albatross 1890 (in about 2 weeks), I may go back.
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Good to be of help 12555 Avastmh and 12556 Randi I wish I hadn't had such bad news. this was a very fine site.
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Happy Birthday
to
Joan
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Yes indeed!
And, I had no idea she was she was such a young chick. :)
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Happy Birthday! ;D ;D ;D
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Ditto Joan from Down Under. ;)
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The Garbage Truck Santa (http://www.yukon-news.com/news/garbage-truck-santa-marks-25-years-of-christmas-cheer/)
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The Garbage Truck Santa (http://www.yukon-news.com/news/garbage-truck-santa-marks-25-years-of-christmas-cheer/)
Wonderful!
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Many belated happies for yesterday, Joan :-*
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Happy birthday Joan!!
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Happy birthday, Joan. I bet you don't feel a year older
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Happy Birthday, Joan!
Buon Compleanno!
:) :)
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Happy Birthday, Joan!
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A Belated
Happy Birthday
to
tastiger
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Happy Birthday Joan and tasiger!
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Yes, Happy Birthday to you, too!
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Here's a note about using whaling logs
(http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/67311) to map
historical ice extent, although with no mention of Old Weather. :(
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Thank you everyone for your kind birthday wishes! I don't feel
like 58 at all (I can kid myself can't I ;) ;) ;D)
And happy belated birthday to tastiger :D :D :D
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I wish I felt like 58 ::) ;D
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Happy Birthday tastiger!
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I wish I felt like 58 ::) ;D
Not sure I can help with that but I wish I could :D
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Casting a positive leadership shadow, I have assigned you both stretch targets to feel like you're 58.
Or, maybe your target is to stretch like you're 58! ;D
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We're close to Christmas, so here's a moving and heart-warming story for you.
Six-year-old, terminally ill, Tijn raises over 1 million Euro for charity.
http://seriousrequest.3fm.nl/nieuws/detail/5351616/terminally-ill-tijn-6-went-to-the-glass-house-in-breda-with-one-last-wish
(http://seriousrequest.3fm.nl/nieuws/detail/5351616/terminally-ill-tijn-6-went-to-the-glass-house-in-breda-with-one-last-wish)
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Casting a positive leadership shadow, I have assigned you both stretch targets to feel like you're 58.
Or, maybe your target is to stretch like you're 58! ;D
;D ;D ;D
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We're close to Christmas, so here's a moving and heart-warming story for you.
Six-year-old, terminally ill, Tijn raises over 1 million Euro for charity.
http://seriousrequest.3fm.nl/nieuws/detail/5351616/terminally-ill-tijn-6-went-to-the-glass-house-in-breda-with-one-last-wish
(http://seriousrequest.3fm.nl/nieuws/detail/5351616/terminally-ill-tijn-6-went-to-the-glass-house-in-breda-with-one-last-wish)
Well
there we are then - you don't need to be an ancient 58 yrs old and have
had a lot of time to do things. At 6 years old you can change the world
for the better for a lot of other people with the only time you
have. It certainly is heart-warming Maikel :D :D :D
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Indeed. Heartwarming and a good lesson.
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Some light reading for the Festive Season.
https://www.scribd.com/document/112373165/The-Physics-of-Christmas
(https://www.scribd.com/document/112373165/The-Physics-of-Christmas)
See also,
https://santatracker.google.com/village.html
or
get there by clicking Follow Santas Journey
from Google home page, it has 24 games to keep you occupied.
And
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/christmas/0/tis-season-christmas-celebrated-around-world-monster-cats-burning/
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/christmas/0/tis-season-christmas-celebrated-around-world-monster-cats-burning/)
(Pity about the ads when you want to watch the videos.)
fixed 2'nd link - Randi
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For a change of pace...
Greenland sharks are absurdly slow and mostly blind, yet they may have spread far beyond the Arctic waters they are known from (http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20141028-the-mystery-shark-of-the-arctic)
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So much science and wildlife :D Enjoyed all of your articles Randi and Stuart :D
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Happy belated Birthday, Joan and tastiger!
(Just got back from my mini vacation. Will go to bed soon)
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Santa is on his way to Fiji (according to Santa Tracker) so it's time to extend the compliments of the season.
From all of us to all of you.
:) :-*
(https://goo.gl/Z9m5Mf)
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Welcome back hanibal - thanks for your best wishes :D
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Santa is on his way to Fiji (according to Santa Tracker) so it's time to extend the compliments of the season.
From all of us to all of you.
:) :-*
(https://goo.gl/Z9m5Mf)
:-* :-* :-*
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He has passed Oz and left Janeece and I a box of Chocolates. Yay (Well I assume it was for both of us ::) ) ;D
Seasons Greeting to all.
Stuart & Janeece.
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Enjoy those chocs Stuart and Janeece ;D
He was in Helsinki a few minutes back and is now in Timișoara, Romania :D I'm soooo excited :D
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(http://img06.deviantart.net/1e85/i/2011/353/b/0/mlp_fim_merry_christmas_by_louiseloo-d4jkvvq.png)
(http://www.darkhallmansion.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/MLP-Our-Pony-Christmas-Tree-e1354429158883.jpg)
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Happy Christmas one and all
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Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2017.
Again I've created an animated Christmas wish for your viewing pleasure (I hope :) ).
Follow this link to view it: https://youtube.com/embed/jgrysOYv8NM (https://youtube.com/embed/jgrysOYv8NM).
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Reciprocated Maikel, I've even learned a bit of Dutch as well!
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(Brilliant pony post Randi! ;D ;D ;D)
(http://i.imgur.com/Wlvdfpd.png)
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Merry Christmas everyone!
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Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy Kwanza, and what ever else I missed that needs Celebrated!! ;)
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Merry Christmas, all!
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Merry Christmas, everybody!
Impressive work, Maikel! Did you make the whole thing yourself?
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Impressive work, Maikel! Did you make the whole thing yourself?
Thanks. :D
And yes, I did.
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Merry christmas everyone.
Great video Maikel.
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WOW!!!!!! Nice job Maikel!!!! ;)
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Yes indeed, Maikel!!!
Merry Christmas, one and all!!!
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Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2017.
Again I've created an animated Christmas wish for your viewing pleasure (I hope :) ).
Follow this link to view it: https://youtube.com/embed/jgrysOYv8NM (https://youtube.com/embed/jgrysOYv8NM).
Thank you!
Impressive! I liked the idea of it writing out 2017 too ;D
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Merry Christmas!
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slightly belated Merry Christmas to all.
I wish you the very best for 2017.
That animation is remarkable Maikel. congratulations.
Have fun
K
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Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2017.
Again I've created an animated Christmas wish for your viewing pleasure (I hope :) ).
Follow this link to view it: https://youtube.com/embed/jgrysOYv8NM (https://youtube.com/embed/jgrysOYv8NM).
Absolutely brilliant Maikel - hope you had as much fun making it as I did watching ;D
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(Slightly delayed - didn't have time yesterday) Great animation, Maikel!
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Some good news
Arctic kelp forests may create summer refuges from
ocean acidification
(https://www.sciencenews.org/article/arctic-kelp-forests-may-create-summer-refuges-ocean-acidification)
and some bad news (especially for those of us who transported reindeer)
World?s
largest reindeer population may fall victim to climate change
(https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/wild-things/worlds-largest-reindeer-population-may-fall-victim-climate-change?tgt=nr)
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Some good news
Arctic
kelp forests may create summer refuges from ocean acidification
(https://www.sciencenews.org/article/arctic-kelp-forests-may-create-summer-refuges-ocean-acidification)
:D :D :D
and some bad news (especially for those of us who transported reindeer)
World?s
largest reindeer population may fall victim to climate change
(https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/wild-things/worlds-largest-reindeer-population-may-fall-victim-climate-change?tgt=nr)
:'( :'( :'(
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Belated Yuletide Greetings to everyone!
Love the video, Maikel!
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Distinctly belated Christmas greetings to all - but still plenty of
celebratory days to enjoy. Very impressed by your greetings,
Maikel - I can't imagine how to even begin to do something like
that. We are a wonderfully creative lot ....
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Thank you all. :D
In case you want to have a go at it yourself, I've used Blender (http://www.blender.org/) to create the animation.
It's quite a complex bit of kit, though.
My
animation was created over the course of about two months, and it took
my old PC over 7 hours to render the 2 minutes and 20 seconds of
animation. ::)
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and it took my old PC over 7 hours to render the 2 minutes and 20 seconds of animation. ::)
:o :o 8)
Thank you again then! ;D
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Hi all
At 11pm tonight (31/12/2016) AU time (noon UTC) we all will have an extra second added to the day.
That means an extra second to your next Birthday. :o
Start planning for it NOW and enjoy it when it hits your time zone.
(Maikel, you have extra rendering time for your next work of art.) ;D
(http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/j/k/v/t/image.related.articleLeadNarrow.300x0.gt9szd.png/1483066634182.jpg)
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Thanks Stuart - I never read through the comedies of Shakespeare in
one go so I'll reserve that job to make the most of the extra time
;D
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Even better, I have an extra second before I have to go to the gym! :) :) :)
Always
one to put things off, I finally made my 2016 resolution to stop going
to the gym for the rest of the year! ;D
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::) ;D
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;D ;D
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That's a good trick. A retro resolution! You wait to the end of the
year and make a resolution that conforms to your actions. A resolution
that can't be broken :D
You're on to something there, Michael.
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Definitely!
I have all tomorrow to think about it.
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I've carefully kept a New Year's Resolution for the last 15 or so
years - and what was it? To never to make another New Year's
Resolution ;)
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You can't get away with that, Joan. Resolutions must be renewed
every year so you will be breaking your resolution by renewing your
resolution. Otherwise, it just lapses. Sorry :'(
Of course, you can always lie about it. We're in the post-truth era after all. ;D
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My strategy: Just pick one easy resolution each year.
Stuff like:
"I
resolve to visit a new country this year!" -> made in 2008, when I
already knew we would be going to Spain, a new country for me, later
that year.
"I resolve not to miss more than 10 days of school due to being sick!" -> I almost never get sick.
"I resolve to earn some new rights this year" -> made in 2012, the year I turned 18 and got a lot of new rights.
This year, it shall be "I resolve to finish off my stream on the Albatross 1890!".
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I'm still stuck here in 2016. :'( For any of you living in the
future (i.e. 2017) please advise if it's worth moving into 2017.
:-\ Enquiring minds need to know... ;D
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You mean we have a choice about it? Mind you, I'm not sure I'm at all tempted to stay in 2016 .... ???
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I don't want to stay either...
The Earth is sad.
Very very sad.
She had a bad year.
What a year the Earth had!
(http://img08.deviantart.net/46c8/i/2014/105/1/3/sad_earth_by_reji_tsukoiyo-d7elm6f.png)
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That's how I feel about the planet, hanibal. :'(
Sat wearing two jumpers, thick socks, and thinking of making a pair of finger-less gloves for sessions on the computer :)
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That's how I feel about the planet, hanibal. :'(
Sat wearing two jumpers, thick socks, and thinking of making a pair of finger-less gloves for sessions on the computer :)
Check
out your neighborhood boat chandlery. They HAVE fingerless gloves for
sailors. (You need the fingertips for fine tuning, etc.0 I have 2 pair -
one by GILL & one by HARKEN!) ;)
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Brinicle 'finger of death'
Under the polar ice form deadly icicles of salt (http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161219-brinicle-finger-of-death)