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Welcome! Here's the place for general "Hello, Howyadoin?" chat.
So... Hello!
Howyadoin?
Also, we've started a member's map. Please put your city on it:
I have started an OW people map at http://goo.gl/maps/Z2IsJ (http://goo.gl/maps/Z2IsJ).
If
you want your town (not address) on the map, message me
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=505599) with
the info.
pommystuart.
Wishing you all a
Happy and Healthy New Year
...
with lots of
New Logbooks!
Previous years:
-- 2010 (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=5.0)
-- 2011 (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4756.0)
-- 2012 (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4757.0)
-- 2013 (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4758.0)
-- 2014 (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4759.0)
-- 2015 (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4760.0)
-- 2016 (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4755.0)
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Still waiting... and waiting... and waiting... :-\
May as well go to bed, a watched New Year never comes. ;D
That's
the trouble with Pacific Standard Time, everything takes a very long
time getting here. Mind you, it could be worse. I could be living Akta,
Alaska, just 5 degrees and 48 seconds east of the date line far out near
the western edge of the Aleutian Islands.
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Michael. (and others)
If you can get Australian ABC IView try this link.
http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/new-years-eve-2016/FA1649H005S00
(http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/new-years-eve-2016/FA1649H005S00)
Belated Happy New Year to you all.
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Wishing you all a
Happy and Healthy New Year
...
with lots of
New Logbooks!
;D ;D ;D
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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!) ;)
Oh! Thanks for the tip Dean :D I'll have a scout around for some :)
Brinicle 'finger of death'
Under the polar ice form deadly icicles of salt (http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161219-brinicle-finger-of-death)
Scarey
stuff - amazing how fast it grew - fast enough to catch the starfish
out. OK - starfish don't move quickly, but even so. :o
Michael. (and others)
If you can get Australian ABC IView try this link.
http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/new-years-eve-2016/FA1649H005S00
(http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/new-years-eve-2016/FA1649H005S00)
Belated Happy New Year to you all.
Happy
New Year to you Stuart! Couldn't get into ABC as I'm in BBC territory,
but I found a condensed version of Sydney's spectacular fireworks
here: http://www.sydneynewyearseve.com/ :D :D :D
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(http://i.imgur.com/8f5etUa.png)
Hoping for a wonderful year for you all! :D :D :D
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Happy New Year, All!
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(https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/488911377690221bbf277e7984d2573aa2da0468/0_0_3500_2330/master/3500.jpg?w=1920&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=20a0d1e4a6f97f546b8da06bc4bafbe9)
Happy new year everyone. ;D
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Great picture!
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(http://i.imgur.com/Wlvdfpd.png)
Love the antlers ;)
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I think that's what attracted me to it too ;) that and the present dispensing cannon ;D
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Just sorting through the days picture comments on PW and this came
up. It's a site we nicknamed DragonEyes
(https://talk.penguinwatch.org/#/subjects/APZ000anw1) and is on
Cuverville Island. It's produced the most astoundingly beautiful scenes,
especially during winter, and has us all breath-taken every day several
times over.
Enjoy :D
(http://i.imgur.com/Cp4pSTd.png)
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Stunning!
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37991269
Joel Sartore - The man who takes studio photos of endangered species
I desperately want one of those Coquerel's sifakas - I wonder if Houston Zoo have a spare one?
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That sifaka is a real sweetie, but the kid a few pictures below that
looks like he's hanging on desperately to go to the loo just did it for
me... ;D
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Great photos!
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I saw sifak in the wild (not that close). My recollection is
that sifak live in trees, and to cross on the ground they "dance"
because their hips are shaped to hug trees. I have pix of them
dancing, but on film, not digital, so unable to share (this was in '96).
And I happened to meet the fennec foxes at the St Louis zoo 2 months ago.
Someday I'd like to meet the pangolin. What a weird-looking fellow.
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Sad news for people in this part of the world. Granny
(http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/orca-j2-granny-dead-killer-whale-1.3919060),
scientific name - J2, has been declared dead at the age of 105 give or
take. :'( :'( :'(
See also (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granny_(orca))
Our friend, Charissa, took this shot of J2 this summer, during her research.
(http://i.imgur.com/58AwLsQ.jpg?1)
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Have just discovered that I could get a toy sifaka on eBay - perhaps that would be better than trying to get a real one!
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Sad
news for people in this part of the world. Granny
(http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/orca-j2-granny-dead-killer-whale-1.3919060),
scientific name - J2, has been declared dead at the age of 105 give or
take. :'( :'( :'(
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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Granny just got a mention on BBC Radio 4's Inside Science
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b086kxwy) program. If you can listen on
the iplayer, it was the first item.
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Granny
just got a mention on BBC Radio 4's Inside Science
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b086kxwy) program. If you can listen on
the iplayer, it was the first item.
Thanks
jil - just listened to it. It will be very interesting to see what
becomes of her dependent sons. Amazing that she was still supporting
them after so many years :)
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An article
(http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/global-warming-hiatus-never-happened-say-climate-scientists-1.3922378)
about warming oceans.
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Thanks Michael - there was a news report on this on TV yesterday,
but the reporter didn't really explain the science behind the
change. He did however report that there's some anxiety about how
Donald Trump will treat the NOAA, as they come up with information he
doesn't like. Worrying times.
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While editing the log of HMS Intrepid I was searching to check the
name of a Russian ship - Lysistrata
(http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=15179), which turned out to
have been originally built for James Gordon Bennett who paid for the USS
Jeannette. (Slightly less than) 6 degrees of separation!
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Some quick laughs:
Disgruntled employees about their former workplaces:
"Their slogan should be 'Come in and burn out!'"
"When I started, I was a grape. When I left, I was a raisin."
"OPEN(Garbage_Can). INSERT(Company). CLOSE(Garbage_Can)"
"At least it was a very consistent place: I always arrived on time and always left very late!"
"As dynamic as a train track!"
"It's like a palm tree: All the big nuts are at the top!"
"Take a kindergarten and give each kid an XXL can of Red Bull and a puppy. That's how loud it was."
"Perfectly suited for people with no hobbies, friends, family or ambitions."
"The shortest horror story ever: MONDAY."
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The government agency my daughter worked for was privatized. The new company's vision statement was:
The best of both.
She thought even it were:
The worst of neither.
they didn't achieve it.
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While
editing the log of HMS Intrepid I was searching to check the name of a
Russian ship - Lysistrata
(http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=15179), which turned out to
have been originally built for James Gordon Bennett who paid for the USS
Jeannette. (Slightly less than) 6 degrees of separation!
Oh!! I like that brief separation :D
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hanibal kindly posted this on Zooniverse news. If you want to see
some super 15 second snippets of chimps and other great jungle
favourites (jackals, elephants, ants) Chimp&See are having a vote
for your favourite (cute, scary,fun etc). Only takes a few minutes and
is great fun. The Mods put in a lot of work, especially to get it
approved by the Powers That Be I understand) and it'd be great to
support that effort:
The best videos of 2016, from Chimp And See:
https://cands.polldaddy.com/s/bestof2016
:D :D :D
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OCR limited grid test (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4637.0)
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Happy birthday Kathy!
;)
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All the best, Kathy!
Are you 112 now? ;D
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Happy Birthday
to
Kathy
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/3a/bd/79/3abd7963e26453592e57389e6dd4711a.jpg)
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Happy Birthday, Kathy, from me, too!!!
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Happy Birthday, Kathy!
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Happy Birthday, Kathy! Have a good day!
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Happy Birthday, Kathy!
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Many Happy Returns, Kathy!
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A very happy birthday Kathy!
Imgur is down so picture a large chocolate cake with your name written on it ;D
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Thank you all very much! I love the cakes! How did you
all know I love the Cowboys AND chocolate 😆 You all are on my
list of things I'm thankful for at the ripe old age of 111 (which will
be my age forever 😂)
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Warming could disrupt Atlantic Ocean current (https://www.sciencenews.org/article/warming-could-disrupt-atlantic-ocean-current)
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:'( :'( :'(
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I'll raise you one of those Michael
:'( :'( :'( :'(
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should ask the RN for help - :)
http://www.sungress.com/science-technologyscientists-announce-ambitious-project-map-layer-garbage-ocean-floor/
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Goes into a cold faint - REALLY??? Well that'll be a novel diving
holiday - the rubber reefs of Metropolis If the planet put its boots on
and kicked us into space it would be a sensible thing.
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All those sponges and brushes...and coconut mats!
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All those sponges and brushes...and coconut mats!
I
remember editing one ship in the Gulf where they managed to lose things
overboard every day - I was surprised they had anything left to clean
the ship with. I wasn't entirely convinced that it was all 'by
accident' ....
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;D
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I seem to remember a post from Bunts saying that it was a lot less
paperwork to 'lose' a worn out broom or paintbrush overboard than to
fill in a requisition for a replacement.
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I
seem to remember a post from Bunts saying that it was a lot less
paperwork to 'lose' a worn out broom or paintbrush overboard than to
fill in a requisition for a replacement.
That sounds delightfully Bunts like (I wonder how our old friend is?) :D
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I
seem to remember a post from Bunts saying that it was a lot less
paperwork to 'lose' a worn out broom or paintbrush overboard than to
fill in a requisition for a replacement.
That sounds delightfully Bunts like (I wonder how our old friend is?) :D
Me too!!!! ;)
BTW
- with the stuff lost from some of the ships it's a wonder they still
floated. Something about 'aground on chicken bones??!!....'
::)
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aground on chicken bones - now I need to find that in a log. Ah the teasers that keep you addicted! :D
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(http://cdn.quotationof.com/images/gene-cernans-quotes-1.jpg)
RIP, Gene.
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:'( :'( :'(
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The Zimmerman Telegram was sent 100 years ago. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38581861
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Fascinating! Thanks, Kevin
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Question.
why do they have a 10-1 countdown to things, why not just say GO?
NNW,
28km/h, 1012hpa, 36.0, 39.5C (on my veranda), 22.0 (from weather
forecast), bc, ACum 8. on my veranda at 16:40 my time.
Eggs almost cooked on the car bonnet %^)
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Question.
why do they have a 10-1 countdown to things, why not just say GO?
So we can know how long our hearts were stopped before the rocket blows up lifts off. ;)
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;D
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;D
Says Wiki (citation needed): "When counting down to
the launch of an explosive, e.g. when testing a new model of gun, it is
customary to omit "5" from the countdown sequence because "five" sounds
too similar to 'Fire!'."
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Reminds me of this Larson cartoon then... ;) ;D
(http://i.imgur.com/ZW4Y5Rj.png)
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;D
Says
Wiki (citation needed): "When counting down to the launch of an
explosive, e.g. when testing a new model of gun, it is customary to omit
"5" from the countdown sequence because "five" sounds too similar to
'Fire!'."
True Story -
We
were collecting data for a mechanism operation test that involved
setting off a small ordnance device to let it start moving. The count
went like this:
"...six...five...four...[BANG]...three-two-one-zero!"
::)
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;D ;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D ;D
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Nothing to do with weather - although it is old ;)
I found http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170111-how-irish-falconry-changed-language interesting
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Nothing to do with weather - although it is old ;)
I found http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170111-how-irish-falconry-changed-language interesting
Still find it weird that the BBC tells me I can't watch things because I'm in the UK :'(
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:o ::) :'(
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Nothing to do with weather - although it is old ;)
I found http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170111-how-irish-falconry-changed-language interesting
Funny
that last night I was just talking with family about my forth coming
visit to Krka National Park & Dubrava Falconry Center in April
and this morning Randi's link appeared. ;)
http://www.sibenik-tourism.hr/en/dubrava-falcony-center (http://www.sibenik-tourism.hr/en/dubrava-falcony-center)
(link added)
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;D
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Enjoy that trip Stuart! Sounds fascinating :D
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Funny
that last night I was just talking with family about my forth coming
visit to Krka National Park & Dubrava Falconry Center in April
and this morning Randi's link appeared. ;)
Tell us all about your visit, Stuart.
Just remember that forum rules do not permit you to hawk tickets.
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Saturday, 25 March 2017 Day 1 Athens (Piraeus), Greece
Sunday, 26 March 2017 Day 2 Athens (Piraeus), Greece
Monday, 27 March 2017 Day 3 Santorini (Th?ra), Greece
Tuesday, 28 March 2017 Day 4 Olympia (Katakolon), Greece
Wednesday, 29 March 2017 Day 5 Corfu (K?rkyra), Greece
Thursday, 30 March 2017 Day 6 Kotor, Montenegro
Friday, 31 March 2017 Day 7 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Saturday, 1 April 2017 Day 8 Zadar, Croatia
Sunday, 2 April 2017 Day 9 Koper, Slovenia
Monday, 3 April 2017 Day 10 Venice, Italy
Tuesday, 4 April 2017 Day 11 Venice, Italy
Wednesday, 5 April 2017 Day 12 Spl?t, Croatia
Thursday, 6 April 2017 Day 13 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Friday, 7 April 2017 Day 14 Corfu (K?rkyra), Greece
Saturday, 8 April 2017 Day 15 Cruise the Ionian Sea
Sunday, 9 April 2017 Day 16 Naples, Italy
Monday, 10 April 2017 Day 17 Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy
Tuesday, 11 April 2017 Day 18 Florence/Pisa (Livorno), Italy
Wednesday, 12 April 2017 Day 19 Monte Carlo, Monaco
Thursday, 13 April 2017 Day 20 Toulon, France
Friday, 14 April 2017 Day 21 Barcelona, Spain
Saturday, 15 April 2017 Day 22 Barcelona, Spain
(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSXVEgic7Fv-psTzkZB7fW-TCPsiSnxJ1xNx_7gtC33NlQXh3Mp)
Sorry all places carrying bags have been taken. Did not even have to print tickets
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Looks like a great trip - lots of history!
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Enjoy your trip!!
BTW - Do you have any pages LEFT in that Passport with all your World Travels??!! ;)
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BTW - Do you have any pages LEFT in that Passport with all your World Travels??!! ;)
I bet he's got an extension by now.
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Enjoy your trip!!
BTW - Do you have any pages LEFT in that Passport with all your World Travels??!! ;)
Thanks, looking forward to it, pity the Europe's Schengen area does not now issue stamps, even harder to get when on a ship.
For other countries I am having to use the RIGHT pages now, the LEFT ones are all full. ;D
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I was helping at the library today and shelving some books.
The name of one of the authors was Falconer ;D
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Very Belated
Happy Birthday
to
mapurves
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/storage.filemobile.com/storage/16247369/15)
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Happy Birthday!
Ha, nice cake! ;D
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! :) :) :) :)
For those among you who understand, all I can say is that MyAge%10 is false!
Belated is fine too. The number of days late is only a tiny percentage of the number of days I've passed. ;)
And, the word from my friend Marylou, who is only very slightly older than I:
Don't worry, it gets only worse!
;D ;D ;D
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Sorry to miss your birthday Michael
Here's a cake that will make you feel young (because you can't have had this many candles surely?) ;) ;D
(http://i.imgur.com/3FUub71.png)
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Almost!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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Belated happy birthday Michael - I hope you had a fire extinguisher handy when you lit your candles!
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A (terribly late) happy birthday Michael!!!
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Belated happies, Michael.
(http://www.sharegif.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/01/birthday-cake-gif-23.gif)
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Michael:
Just remember:
(http://i.imgur.com/aVXZ1jZ.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/kURjQ7T.jpg)
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Thank you, one and all.
Now for another year of transcribing!
:) :) :) :)
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What I Do is for Your Own Good (https://www.youtube.com/embed/nvdXowqlv5U)
(Make sure to enable English subtitles under "Settings" in the bottom right!)
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:) :) :) :)
Great choir! And a great message, too.
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:D :D :D :D :D
I so enjoyed that. I'm going to send it to my Singaporean friend who will recognise the style of life straight away ;D
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Brilliant!
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Just keeping up with PW for a few minutes..and found this picture.
It's a definition of cuteness, and the work of parents. Two sweet chicks
in the centre of the picture and the centre of a halo of poop streaks.
And one proud parent surveying the fruits of its labours. Enjoy :)
(http://i.imgur.com/a7J9ksV.png)
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Cute! ;D
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;D ;D
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Massive networks of fake accounts found on Twitter (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38724082)
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The enforcers will always be one step behind the fraudsters on the
Internet. We could dismiss all this if social media weren't having so
much political influence. I am thankful that I don't have to use it, at
least. Perhaps the new man in charge is a botnet? :P
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Perhaps the new man in charge is a botnet? :P
I don't know if you ever saw the film S1mone (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258153/?ref_=nv_sr_1), but it is eerily prophetic.
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http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20151119-can-thailand-teach-us-all-to-have-more-fun
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170123-where-people-dont-like-to-say-no
Definitely worth thinking about.
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Will Old Weather be affected by the new bans and gag orders? :'(
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So far, it looks to me like it's 'only' public relations and policy
type communications. Knowing how government agencies react, though, I'm
sure it will get treated more broadly.
Will Old Weather be affected by the new bans and gag orders? :'(
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I'm a contractor for EPA - the Chinese were right that it is a curse to live in interesting times...
Gotta love the Badlands!
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For those in the UK (and bits of Europe looking at the map) -
Possibility for nacreous cloud sightings
(http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/aurorawatchuk/2017/01/25/possibility-for-nacreous-cloud-sightings/)
in next few days (I had to read the link to find out what they are -
but they look very pretty!)
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Moving the goalposts?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38745937
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Moving the goalposts?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38745937
Mutterings
are out and about that a lot of US climate scientists might be driven
to seek refuge in the UK in order to avoid persecution by Trump's
thought police. >:(
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I didn't get the impression that the search for a new baseline was
anything to do with the new US administration - just that
industrialization had already started by 1850 so it might be more useful
to compare to earlier data and that could make the situation look
better or worse, depending on what the figures turn out to be for the
earlier period. However, this report
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38746608 is much more
concerning with regard to Trump's environmental policies. :'(
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For something more cheerful...
The excavation of a rare, intact Viking boat burial in western Scotland has been set out in detail for the first time.
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Now that I've been at my new job for almost four months, I feel like it's time to tell all you guys about it.
First
of all... Wow. I've really learned a lot about software development,
probably even more than I did during my three years of
studying/interning.
There's so many things you have to be aware of
when building a new website - good content, styling and interaction is
already tough enough, but there are plenty of other things too:
- Mobile responsiveness
- Page speed
- Handling external resources (minimizing, caching, switching to new versions of external script libraries and frameworks)
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Use HTTPS or not? (In my opinion, every website where you have to enter
personal information/create an account should be required by law to use
HTTPS for everything)
- Readability for people with poor eyesight
(My grandpa used to complain all the time about how he couldn't read
anything that wasn't black text on white background)
- Handling
multiple languages (You may have to add support for non-English
characters - or even languages that are read and written right-to-left!)
And those are just the aspects I can think of right now. I'm sure there's more.
Anyways,
the company I work at does a lot of IT stuff for Red Bull - the makers
of the only beverage known to grant the power of flight to those who are
worthy. ;)
I'm with the team that maintains Red Bull 2 - the
current version of their web content management system
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_content_management_system) and
website.
This system is currently being phased out and replaced by
Red Bull 3, the new version, which is much faster, newer and generally
better.
See the difference for yourself:
http://www.redbull.com/en -> the English International version, which is still RB2
http://www.redbull.com/gb-en/ -> the United Kingdom version, which is RB3.
Not
sure how long it will take to deploy RB3 to all remaining versions of
the website - the Red Bull suits think it will be soon, but the RB3
developers I talked with over lunch think it will take a while.
But
I'm not too worried - there's plenty of other projects around at the
company, and I got the hang of RB2 pretty quick even though it was all
new to me. I just solved my first frontend issue earlier today - and
that was pretty tricky, as the RB2 frontend is very messy.
Now, here's some cool things from RB2 that I encountered while solving issues:
360-degree images (http://www.redbull.com/en/music/stories/1331799862428/bonnaroo-music-and-arts-festival-2016-in-360-images)
This
is pretty impressive. The images take a while to load, but then you can
click in them and move your view around in every direction. There's
even full screen too.
Interactive Video (http://www.redbull.com/en/stories/1331778578189/red-bull-crashed-ice-saint-paul-interactive-pov-clip)
This one blew my mind when I first encountered it - you can switch perspectives while the video is playing by pressing the 1 to 4 number keys, and it still plays nice and smooth (for me anyway). How the heck did they manage it?
360-degree Video (http://www.redbull.com/us/en/snow/stories/1331821839931/the-fourth-phase-in-360-degree-video)
You
may have seen this on YouTube before, but I still think it's really
cool - especially when it's snowboarding that you're watching.
So
yeah, that's about it for now. I'm gonna keep on going, solving issues
and expanding my knowledge and skills. I hope to ascend from "junior
developer" to "developer" in a few years.
P.S. If you notice any
problems while looking at the stuff from RB2, please let me know - I
just spotted an issue with videos autoplaying when they shouldn't
be. ::)
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Sounds neat!
Who knows, we might need some of your expertise as we develop the new OW ;D
Thanks for the "web content management system" link ;)
http://www.redbull.com/en/music/stories/1331799862428/bonnaroo-music-and-arts-festival-2016-in-360-images
gives me what looks rather like the reflection of a room in a Christmas
tree bulb, but clicking and dragging doesn't do anything :-\
Never mind. The other images work. :-[
OW mondegreen: I read "Decks and beats and beautiful people" as "Decks and boats and beautiful people."
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8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Hanibal,
If you come across a keyboard that can spell correctly, I wanyt one. ;D
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Sorry Stuart - keyboards don't make typos. People make typos.
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Thanks Hanibal.
I love those 360-degree videos. Truly weird and wonderful.
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Very impressive, Hanibal 8) 8) 8)
Looks like a great job for learning new skills. I'm sure they appreciate your dedication and enthusiasm.
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Web link: "Surgeon lists 3 worst foods to avoid in 2017"
Um...
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???
The worst things are always best avoided.
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New mercury threat to oceans from climate change (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38769697)
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Now that I've been at my new job for almost four months, I feel like it's time to tell all you guys about it.
My
computer didn't want to play with the links, but I'm very impressed
with the concepts Hanibal. And it's so good to hear that all is going
well with your new post :D
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New mercury threat to oceans from climate change (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38769697)
And all for a yellow metal :'( :'( :'(
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From last year, but still interesting: We travelled 7,500km to the
Norwegian Arctic in a no-frills sailboat that was better suited for
cruising the Mediterranean than penetrating the polar ice.
(http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20160425-an-icy-sail-to-the-end-of-the-earth)
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Food waste is a trillion dollar problem around the world but Denmark
has managed to cut the amount of food it throws away by a quarter.
Here's how it did it.
(http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170124-the-country-where-unwanted-food-is-selling-out)
Here is an aspect that I wasn't aware of:
Across
Europe, 100m tonnes of food a year ends up in landfills. As the food
decomposes, it produces an estimated 227 tonnes of CO2 equivalent gases -
roughly as much as the total fossil-fuel emissions of Spain.
...
"One
of the biggest contributors to methane emissions, food waste is by far
the lowest hanging fruit from an environmental perspective and arguably
the least polarising or politicised environmental hazards,"
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My local Morrisons (supermarket) advertise that they donate unsold bread to charity, a step in the right direction.
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Across
Europe, 100m tonnes of food a year ends up in landfills. As the food
decomposes, it produces an estimated 227 tonnes of CO2 equivalent gases -
roughly as much as the total fossil-fuel emissions of Spain.
...
"One
of the biggest contributors to methane emissions, food waste is by far
the lowest hanging fruit from an environmental perspective and arguably
the least polarising or politicised environmental hazards,"
There
are a lot better ways of extracting residual value from food waste that
burying in a landfill. In the US the landfill gas emissions
regulation was changed last year to apply to smaller landfills, but
USEPA did not move up the timeframe to install gas capture
devices. It is thought that food waste is the first to degrade, so
the gases from its decomposition will still go uncollected. [I
couldn't resist responding, landfill regulation is my day job.]
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Happy to have the information!
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A long serving meteorologist with Environment Canada has just
retired. He left the people in his office with a sampling of some
fun quotes that he's collected over the years:
?What I think is
that you would save a whole lot of money if you just studied the
hurricanes that actually hit land? - An unidentified insurance
representative questioning Dr. James Baker, Head of NOAA, during 1996
congressional hearings on NOAA?s budget.
?There will be a rain dance Friday night - weather permitting.? - George Carlin
?There
are people out there who are going to promise smaller governments,
fewer taxes, better services. They?ll make you richer, smarter and
give you more hair. But we here in the weather office are just plain
folks, so all that we are going to do is just deliver another fine day,
period. Best of all, it isn?t even going to cost you a
thing. Not now, not ever. Now there is a promise.? - Mike
Purves in a 1997 Yukon Weather Centre synopsis. (Issued a day after the
call for a general election in Canada)
?Temperatures are trending
upwards more energetically than earlier prognostications and
deliberations had indicated.? - AES meteorologist Ed Hoeppner as his
explanation for an amended forecast.
?Be afraid?be very afraid? - AES Meteorologist Dave Ball on impending bad weather, to the local media in Saskatoon, SK.
?Prediction
is very difficult, especially about the future? - Niels Bohr, which is a
variation of: "The art of prophesy is very difficult, especially with
respect to the future" - Mark Twain.
?WL FOREGO WND ADVY DUE 1)
SHUDN'T MEET CRITERIA FOR GREATER THAN 3 HRS, AND 2) HORSE IS OUT OF
BARN.? - Des Moines Weather Office explaining their decision not to
issue a wind advisory (April 1999).
?Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough? - Earl Wilson
Don't
knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a
conversation if it didn't change once in a while ? Kin Hubbard
?Weather
is a great metaphor for life - sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad,
and there's nothing much you can do about it but carry an umbrella? ?
Pepper Giardino
"I'm in marketing, not production."-NWS meteorologist Dan Padavona when blamed for inclement weather.
?Wow,
eating a lot of humble pie this morning. ... Too bad the [weather
models] can?t answer all the phone calls.?- Dewey Walston, a
meteorologist for the National Weather Service after they missed a major
east coast snowstorm, Jan. 26, 2000.
[To reject a unanimous
chorus of computer models] ?is the kind of stuff that gets you awards if
you?re right?You?re a gutsy dude if you do it? - Andy Woodcock, a
meteorologist with the National Weather Service on the missed Jan. 25,
2000 snowstorm. Apparently, no gutsy dudes were on the case that
day.
? I never realized that forecasting could be so much fun.? -
PSPC forecaster Matt Loney while working of Project Phoenix (March
2001), where forecasters could only use real data and no NWP information
to write forecasts.
"This is a fabulous case study, but based on
the phone calls we're getting, a lot of people couldn?t care less about
the research we're doing." - Leon Osborne, UND on a non-forecast
blizzard, Oct. 2001, in ND.
?There is only one correct
forecast?but there are millions of wrong ones. Getting the right
one is essentially impossible. That?s what makes forecasting so
tough.? - Dave Patrick, Meteorologist with the Meteorological Service of
Canada.
?The weather service is the most important single
service that I think we provide to the Canadian public.? - EC Minister
David Anderson, March 2002.
??even with all of the technology we
have developed?the human element is still essential.? - Doug Morris, Air
Canada pilot and former AES meteorologist, 2002.
?Do you want to
have a programmer tell you it?s a severe thunderstorm, or would you
rather have a meteorologist tell you it?s one?? - Dave Westmore,
programmer for MSC?s RDSS software.
"Susan, could you pass me my
pants?......Susan??!!" ? from the audio of an anonymous farmer casually
filming a large tornado about to hit his farm near Columbus, NE, 1998.
?Of
course, this thing handles like a steel-wheeled dumpcart.? - PIREP
comment reporting LGT-MDT turbulence, Nov. 21, 2002.
?I
realized this is the only country in the world where you have to put
your beer in the fridge to keep it warm.? - Australia's first secretary
to Canada, after arriving in 1993 in Ottawa, he celebrated his new
posting by buying six cases of beer, which promptly froze in his garage.
The temperature that night fell to -19.2 Celsius.
"The most
regrettable severe storm forecast mistakes have arisen from ignoring
data that were relevant to the daily diagnosis and/or failing to
complete the diagnosis on what initially appeared to be a benign weather
day" - Al Moller
"I think the next quantum leap in tornado forecasting will come from placing people back into the equation." - Chris Novy, 2003
METAR
CYED 120000Z CCA 22003KT 15SM FEW052TCU BKN270 26/13 A2995 RMK TCU2CI2
MANNED OBS RESUMED CB W + NW-NE FLYG CANC DUE TO IMMNT APPOCALYPSE
SLP141 - Observation on July 11, 2003 as large tornado-warned (on the
Alberta Govt's EPWS) supercell approached
?The hottest and
coldest place I?ve ever been to.? ? Actor Judd Hirsch, 2003, on the city
of Winnipeg, after doing a play there in January and making a movie
there in July.
"If I could guarantee my forecasting six months
ahead of time, I wouldn't be talking to you on the phone. I would be
enjoying my money on some island somewhere." ? Bob Cormier September 6,
2004 during a media interview.
"If we could predict the weather a
week in advance I'd only have to go to work one day a week".
-Anonymous meteorologist, 2010
?FRANKLIN...THE STORM...NOT
THE FORECASTER...HAS BECOME A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED OVERNIGHT.
...? ? National Hurricane Centre Discussion on TS Franklin, July 23,
2005
"In this house we OBEY the laws of THERMODYNAMICS!" - Homer Simpson
?At least once per year, some group of scientists will become very excited and announce that:
a) The universe is even bigger than they thought!
b) There are even more subatomic particles than they thought!
c) Whatever they announced last year about global warming is wrong.?
- Humourist Dave Barry on things he?s learned in his first 50 years of life.
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Nice quote from Mike Purves. ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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"In this house we OBEY the laws of THERMODYNAMICS!" - Homer Simpson
;D ;D
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?FRANKLIN...THE
STORM...NOT THE FORECASTER...HAS BECOME A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED
OVERNIGHT. ...? ? National Hurricane Centre Discussion on TS
Franklin, July 23, 2005
Organised, NEVER happen in this Franklin household. ;D
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Happy birthday, Matteo!
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Happy birthday Matteo!!!
:D :D :D
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Happy Birthday
to
Matteo !
(http://www.hzsfybj.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/italian-birthday-cake-round-white-3-tier-cake-with-chocolate-ball-and-strawberry-ornament-elizabeth-anns-recipe-box-happy-birthday-jesus-and-billies.jpg)
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:D :D :D Thank you so much!!! :D :D :D
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Happy birthday, Matteo. (I hope you will share a bit of the delicious looking cake.)
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You beat me to it, Craig! Happy birthday, Matteo.
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Happy Birthday, Matteo!
(That cake does look good - and you could pretend it was healthy with all that fruit ;))
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Happy Birthday, Matteo!
May you complete your quest to finish the Unalga!
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Happy Birthday from me also.
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Thank you everybody! :D :D
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And, one more,
Happy Birthday, Matteo!
I
would have responded sooner, but I had my son visiting, and he thought
my spending time with him was more important than me checking the OW
forum... ;)
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Thank you Michael! ;D
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That US senator that threw the snowball in the senate and declared that Global Warming was a hoax was correct! Here's proof:
(http://i.imgur.com/s8BROtj.jpg)
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And even more. I may never get out of my house. We may starve! The
world is coming to an end. This is Victoria, good people, not some
ridiculous city like Ottawa... ;)
Somewhere under all that white horror are our spring flowers which came into bloom over a month ago.
THE HORROR!
(http://i.imgur.com/PHTHC8u.jpg)
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Adelaide expecting 41 today.
Sydney up to mid 40s on the weekend.
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Michael - your poor poor spring blooms :o You should
speed some of the the white stuff over to Stuart so he can cool his feet
in all that heat :D
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Here's a wonderful offering from coldcounter (living in Australia)
on PenguinWatch who found this piece of music made for GreenPeace
"Heard
the most beautiful piece of music this morning when driving ....
Ludovico Einaudi is touring here created this piece Elergy for the Artic
..... you may have heard this but if not check it out
https://www.youtube.com/embed/2DLnhdnSUVs
if you play this it is the interview that I heard that stopped me in my tracks....
https://radio.abc.net.au/programitem/pgga6dN1Z7?play=true "
Enjoy :)
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Michael
- your poor poor spring blooms :o You should speed some of
the the white stuff over to Stuart so he can cool his feet in all that
heat :D
parts of South Australia expecting 45+
Send all the snow you don't want.
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Michael
- your poor poor spring blooms :o You should speed some of
the the white stuff over to Stuart so he can cool his feet in all that
heat :D
parts of South Australia expecting 45+
Send all the snow you don't want.
:o :o :o (Not my kind of weather I can tell you)
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Here's
a wonderful offering from coldcounter (living in Australia) on
PenguinWatch who found this piece of music made for GreenPeace
"Heard
the most beautiful piece of music this morning when driving ....
Ludovico Einaudi is touring here created this piece Elergy for the Artic
..... you may have heard this but if not check it out
https://www.youtube.com/embed/2DLnhdnSUVs
if you play this it is the interview that I heard that stopped me in my tracks....
https://radio.abc.net.au/programitem/pgga6dN1Z7?play=true "
Enjoy :)
I love Einaudi - hadn't heard this piece before, though. :)
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:D :D :D I liked the drama of the glacier front
calving away right next to him ad his piano...very effective :o
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(http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/43e0e941d7bb40e8ae21a5d3eb87116e?width=650)
The BoM's forecast for across Australia at 2pm today [February 10]
:o
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Yuck! That makes me feel quite pleased that it's only 2C outside at the moment.
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Perth looks OK. ;)
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Only if you like rain. Perth has had its second wettest day since records began. ???
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Did someone leave the oven door open in Oz? Looks like regulo 9 to me :o
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Sanity returns... (10C and rain). The snow departs, the flowers emerge..
(http://i.imgur.com/vZ8wfBW.jpg?1)
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Ah - Galanthus - so much promise in such a tiny flower- very nice Michael, very nice :D
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I went to a really interesting lecture last night.
It was at
Plymouth University & was organised by the South West Maritime
History Society. The main speaker was Dr Innes McCartney, a researcher
& lecturer in marine history. He was talking on his research on the
Jutland Battlefield, including identifying where all of the wrecks are,
and which is which. It was him that found HMS Warrior, the last to be
located. He has even identified exactly which of the 13 destroyer wrecks
is which. He is giving other public lectures in the UK, you can see
more here. https://www.facebook.com/innes.mccartney/?hc_ref=SEARCH
He
also has a book out, on this work. Jutland 1916, The Archaeology of a
Naval Battlefield. It has now gone to the top of my Christmas present
list. Also looking forward to seeing publication of his recent work
scanning Scarpa Flow.
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I imagine that was a totally engrossing lecture - it's an impressive
bit of archaeology to work out of all those wrecks. 8) :)
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Ah - Galanthus - so much promise in such a tiny flower- very nice Michael, very nice :D
I just thought it was a Snow Drop not some fancy name plant. :-[
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They are snow drops ;)
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They are snow drops ;)
I Know, just joking ;)
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Stuart do you get snowdrops where you are - or would they get totally cooked out each summer perhaps? :-\
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Joan, See this web site.
http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/fact-sheets/in-the-garden/flowering-plants-shrubs/snowdrops/#.WKCxRDt97IU
(http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/fact-sheets/in-the-garden/flowering-plants-shrubs/snowdrops/#.WKCxRDt97IU)
(I do get a garden bed full of Bluebells each year (and I never planted them).
Stuart.
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A doodle is up on Google for Valentines Day on the 13th down here. ??
Is it on a different day up there? ???
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A doodle is up on Google for Valentines Day on the 13th down here. ??
Is it on a different day up there? ???
Still the 12th up here in Western New York State. We'll look on the 'morrow! ;)
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Joan, See this web site.
http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/fact-sheets/in-the-garden/flowering-plants-shrubs/snowdrops/#.WKCxRDt97IU
(http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/fact-sheets/in-the-garden/flowering-plants-shrubs/snowdrops/#.WKCxRDt97IU)
(I do get a garden bed full of Bluebells each year (and I never planted them).
Stuart.
Looks like it needs to be up the mountains or further south and that seems about right :D Bluebells are lovely :D
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Oh no! Poor PenguinWatch scientists in Antarctica - their building got condemned today :o :o :'( :'(
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-38934959
(http://i.imgur.com/QVO1J10.png)
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Where on earth will they find for them to go? Oxford is pretty full already .... :(
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Poem for Valentine's Day
roses are red
oldWeather is dandy
I've been here a long time
even longer than Randi
♡
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:) :) :)
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:D :-* :D :-* :D
(Helen, that's a big question. Looks
like some departments have raced around and taken folks under their
wings. My department is full to bursting so we can do nothing :'(
The PenguinWatch Team have found refuge in the Zooniverse Offices just
now ;D Biggest worry is for the portering and cleaning staff who
will hopefully be re-deployed too :-[ :-\ It's been a big shock
for us all)
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Poem for Valentine's Day
roses are red
oldWeather is dandy
I've been here a long time
even longer than Randi
♡
;D ;D ;D
♡♡♡
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Where on earth will they find for them to go? Oxford is pretty full already .... :(
There
are probably going to be lots of empty government offices in the US any
day now. Maybe they can go there... :'( :'( :'(
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But would they get past immigration?
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;D ;D ;D ;D
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Hi,
I figured here was the best place to introduce myself.
I've been aware of Old Weather's fantastic work for a good few years now, having worked with Philip and Kevin in the past.
It
is amazing how much data you have all transcribed! I know how long it
takes having worked my way through a fair few British Arctic whaling
logbooks during my PhD.
I have just moved to Calgary to work at
the Arctic Institute of North America...Canada is COLD! -30C the first
week I arrived, which is a little colder than my native NE coast of the
UK.
Once I've thawed out I will be continuing my work on some
more of the British whaling logbooks which hunted in the Davis Strait
and Baffin Bay, but I will also be looking at the OW data for the
Chukchi and Beaufort Seas.
I am hoping to help out with transcription and Caro has been very helpful in getting me set up with this.
I
am really interested to see if/how the American whalers differed in
there hunting practice and if they share any vocabulary with the British
whalers...especially stuff relating to sea ice.
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Welcome on board!
You will find everyone happy to help
(or failing that, make bad puns!)
PS AvastMH (Joan) is our whaler expert ;)
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Welcome Matt_AINA.
Joan is also our Penguin expert but that is a different story.
Please enjoy your time with OW and don't be shy about asking for help.
Explore some of the other boards, some are heavy technical and others are light and fun.
Pommystuart from Downunder.
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Welcome Matt. :)
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Welcome aboard!! :D
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Welcome to OW and to Canada, Matt. It's not so cold in Ottawa-Gatineau :)
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Whalers!! Did I hear someone say 'Whalers'? Matt - I'm longing to
know what you make of the US whalers compared to the UK ones. Just been
doing the Alexander logs - plenty of ice (not so many whales by 1900
though). It'll be interesting to compare seas for a start off.
Anyway - if you want to try out the US ones on OWW there's not a lot
just now, mostly the third transcription (you can mark as well, but no
need to unless you spot something missed by previous transcribers) for
the Alexander logs and the John Winthrop.
You'll have found the website for the whalers here by now: https://whaling.oldweather.org/#/
and
there's lots about the whaling ships here: Learning the ropes
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/old-weather/talk/117
and the Whaling Shipyard: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/old-weather/talk/157
If
you want any help/info please either pop a message over here
http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?board=35.0 and here
http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?board=36.0 or over at the Whaling
Shipyard shown above
Good to have you on board :D
Joan (AvastMH)
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Found this by accident when milling around the Naval History and
Heritage Command website:
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/c/casualties-usnavy-marinecorps-personnel-killed-injured-selected-accidents-other-incidents-notdirectly-result-enemy-action.html
I think we'll be able to add to this list (unfortunately).
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If they are interested, we can certainly add.
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Welcome, Matt. You should be ere in Torino: 11C Wind SE45 gusting to
60. Just had 170 mm rain in the past 24 hours with more still falling.
(10:26) PM. Gusts up to 76 kmh five hours ago. :)
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Welcome Matt; good to have you around. I hope you get settled
in to Canada before too long, and enjoy your new job. I know the
NE of England can be chilly (I spent three years in Newcastle, and am
about to move to Darlington) but your temperatures sound extreme!
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Helen,
-30C is just cold. -50C is extreme! ;D ;D ;D
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They both sound extreme to me! Even chilly Edinburgh, where I
was brought up, and shivered at many bus stops, didn't get as low as
-30C.
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Thank you all for the warm welcome!
Joan - yes very
interested to discuss all things whaling with anyone that will listen
haha! I'm currently going back through my British whaling data as I now
have access to ARCGIS, so will hopefully have some summer sea ice edge
positions mapped out in the near future. Whalers hunting the Bowhead are
very good for reconstructing summer sea ice edge position (certainly in
the Davis Straits) as they follow the Bowhead's northward
migration...which follows the sea ice retreat. I'll read through the
current whaling threads and be in touch.
mapurves - Rain! I kind
of miss it, haven't had any here in Calgary. It rained the whole time I
was in Seattle recently though :D It is warm here now as we are
currently experiencing a Chinook wind, temperature has gone from -30C
last week to +12C today!
Helen - I lived in Tynemouth most my
life, at one point I lived round the corner from where George Palmer
lived who was Captain of the Arctic whaler Cove in the early 19th
Century. It is a different kind of cold here, not too bad as the
humidity is low. -30C in Calgary is a lot more tolerable than -5C on the
NE coast with a northerly wind!
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Helen,
-30C is just cold. -50C is extreme! ;D ;D ;D
below 50c it is just academic. :D
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Do you mean plus 50 or minus 50 Stuart? ;)
Hope the temperature in Oz is going down a bit :)
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Do you mean plus 50 or minus 50 Stuart? ;)
Hope the temperature in Oz is going down a bit :)
I minused the minus :-[ make it -50c
We are cooling down now, max temps in my area for this week 31c to 20c and mins 9c to 18c.
Mower the jungle yesterday, seems like it was done only last year, things grow quick down here. ;D
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Pittsburgh, PA
I have the windows open to get some fresh air - and I am wearing a short-sleeve shirt ::)
A week and a half ago we had four or five inches of snow.
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Better than 70F here (outside D.C.) the last two days. Got my early-spring yard cleanup done in late-winter. :o :P
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Pittsburgh, PA
I have the windows open to get some fresh air - and I am wearing a short-sleeve shirt ::)
A week and a half ago we had four or five inches of snow.
Pretty
much the same here in western New York State (Niagara Falls,NY) Even
did a run with the leaf vac to get some of the ones left from
Fall. Scary part is the temps are to be 50's (+10?C) for
most of the next week!! Should be in the 20's or -teens? C! :o
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Seagrasses boost ecosystem health by fighting bad bacteria (https://www.sciencenews.org/article/seagrasses-boost-ecosystem-health-fighting-bad-bacteria)
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Ice-locked ship to drift over North Pole (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39024227)
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Ice-locked ship to drift over North Pole (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39024227)
I
heard about this on the news this morning - thanks for finding out
more. It was in my mind - but you beat me to it! I wonder
whether they need any citizen scientists to join the crew! :D
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It
will, however, be a difficult expedition for the scientists involved,
especially during the freezing midwinter period when the Sun will not
get above the horizon.
The researchers will also have to keep their eyes peeled for predatory polar bears.
Oooooh, I think I'll leave it to the experts.
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I'm with Caro ;)
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I was thinking of the kind of role which meant I could stay safely on board ship admiring the polar bears from afar ....
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How do they know that it won't simply womble around in a figure of eight as the Jeannette did? :-\
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It's Doris (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39060095) Day.
No longer a laughing matter.
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It's an excellent day to be as far inland as possible, with everything battened down!
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My village is fine, just a bit of wind. BUT hills are snow covered,
local motorways subject to all sorts of problems, and I am glad that I
have retired, my power supplies are OK and I can amuse myself doing a
bit of housework, some editing and beginning to map out an 'object
biography' for my egyptology course.
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Very gusty in Oxford. Had to go out at lunchtime an nearly got blown over :o :)
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Please arrange for good weather 17-24 April.
Thanks.
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Happy to help Stuart - anything in particular that you were thinking off? :)
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How about some Pea Soup? ;)
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Pea soup is fine, but a bottle of Hoyne's Gratitude is much better... ;)
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;D ;D ;D (Had to look it up - but I am inclined to agree Michael)
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To quote a commercial for Red Rose Tea...
"Only available in Canada," you say. Pity! ;)
Probably only available on Vancouver Island. Sorry, Craig. ;)
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Did I ever tell you about the time I ordered a tea in a Victoria
restaurant and they made it in a coffee maker? This wasn't high tea at
the Empress Hotel, of course, but just the same. I was tempted to report
them to the tea police but there wasn't a bobby in sight.
Outrageous! ;D
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Did I ever tell you about the time I ordered a tea in a Victoria restaurant and they made it in a coffee maker?
:P :P :P
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Did
I ever tell you about the time I ordered a tea in a Victoria restaurant
and they made it in a coffee maker? This wasn't high tea at the Empress
Hotel, of course, but just the same. I was tempted to report them to
the tea police but there wasn't a bobby in sight. Outrageous! ;D
:o :o :o :o
Are you sure it wasn't Victoria, Texas? ;)
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I don't think they know what tea is in Texas. Can you imagine the
Lone Ranger brewing a cup of tea on the Texas plains? Tonto might have,
but it would have been herbal. :D
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Hmmm....cactus leaf tea? :-[ I guess in Texas they are best at beef tea (there's an old fashioned idea :))
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The Beauty of Human Flight: Jetmen and the Patrouille de France (https://www.youtube.com/embed/pNaZCDhvh88)
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Spectacular, Hannibal. However, too much fossil fuel use for my
liking. Did you see the documentary about electric Solar Impulse flying
around the world? What an exploit that was! It charged up its batteries
during the day to be able to make it through the night. Of course, they
had to carefully select the the time and course to get enough sun. 8)
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I see that I won't be occupied very long doing OW spreadsheets (OWS)
until Philip figures out how he is going to process the test data we
have generated.
So in the meantime, is there any OW classic ship I
can do without causing any leapfrogging? I prefer to work between 6:30
and 10 AM my time which is 11:30 AM to 3 PM UTC. I guess I can look for
ice for a while. (It's all melting where I live. Warmest winter in
years.)
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You could do the Albatross 1900 - I only work on her on weekends,
and Hurlock only does a few pages per day (his timezone is UTC).
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Thanks, Hannibal. I'll try it out tomorrow.
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APOD: Supercell thunderstorm (https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170226.html)
:o
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Those things are awesome to behold.
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Wow !
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The Beauty of Human Flight: Jetmen and the Patrouille de France (https://www.youtube.com/embed/pNaZCDhvh88)
Thanks, Hannibal. I'll try it out tomorrow.
Just
for a moment I got these two linked up....I was going to offer to hold
your coat and your hat as you went aloft Craig ;) :D
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Thanks Joan - that was the best laugh I've had in quite a while! :D
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:D :D :D
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APOD: Supercell thunderstorm (https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170226.html)
:o
That poor tree - looks like a bit of dust on the lens compared to that monster :)
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IMPORTANT: Old versions of Skype will no longer be usable soon.
https://blogs.skype.com/news/2017/02/03/the-skype-you-love-is-getting-better-download-it-for-free-today/
Because we want to provide our users with the best possible Skype experience, necessary changes must be made along the way. So,
beginning March 1, users running older versions of Skype for Windows
desktop (7.16 and below) or Skype for Mac (7.0 to 7.18) will no longer
be able to sign in. If you?re one of those users, all you?ll
need to do is download the new update. For more information on which
devices and operating systems Skype currently supports, please check our
support site.
How
to check which version of Skype you currently have
(https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA10659/what-version-of-skype-am-i-using-on-my-computer)
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Thanks, hanibal - I checked and I'm still OK.
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I enjoyed the fight video, but I was left with one question: how did those guys land????
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Thanks Hanibal - I'll remember to check mine soon :D
Michael
- that went through my mind and I decided not to find out just in case
they hadn't thought of that. Frankly I don't know how they didn't expire
from windchill factor cooling. They weren't wearing very thick clothing
as far as I could make out :(
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I enjoyed the fight video, but I was left with one question: how did those guys land????
Easy, they ran out of fuel and came down. :P
See
JetMan lands on the Corniche at the Abu Dhabi Science Fest - YouTube
https://youtube.com/embed/fwQxiZdbGyU
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Phew - that was a relief! :o Didn't think about parachutes :D
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Phew - that was a relief! :o Didn't think about parachutes :D
I was hoping there was a video of him coming in at 125 knots while wearing a pair of inline roller blades. ;D ;D
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Phew - that was a relief! :o Didn't think about parachutes :D
I was hoping there was a video of him coming in at 125 knots while wearing a pair of inline roller blades. ;D ;D
I think you should contact him and offer the suggestion Michael ;D ;D ;D
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My old Flight Instructor used to remind me that he never saw one get
stuck up there yet! They always come down somehow!!! ::)
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From the Yukon News.
A marble sculpture carved by Gordon
Peter sits on a hill above the North Canol Road while northern lights
dance over Ross River on Wednesday.
(http://www.yukon-news.com/media/images/2017/march/03/FProssriver_lights.jpg)
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What a picture! I'd love to have been sitting alongside the sculpture (wrapped up nice and warm!)
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That's a breathtaking picture...breathtaking! :D
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Brr!
Even the statue seems hunched up against the cold.
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In case you're not following Journey Plotter on social media, I've created a new JP logo animation.
It won't take up much of your time, it's only 30 seconds long.
It includes H.M.S. Cornwall, or rather, an interpretation of H.M.S. Cornwall. ::)
https://www.youtube.com/embed/lgDNPCQ9lhw (https://www.youtube.com/embed/lgDNPCQ9lhw)
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8) 8) 8)
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"
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Impressive!
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That's just soooo cooool Maikel. Lovely graphics :D
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General question.
What are the divisions under Drills and Exercises? And don't anybody say First, Second etc ;)
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol046of055/vol046of055_0039_0.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol046of055/vol046of055_0039_0.jpg)
Never noticed anything put there.
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I think it is a standard log book meant to apply to a wide range of
ships and the divisions would apply in the case of a larger warship that
might have a bigger crew and a marine contingent and a wider range of
drills or exercises to do. I do not think there is a dredging
drill.
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Seems to be groups of hands, so far they've referred to pairs of
guns, different decks and I think the odd mast or two all of whom have
been exercising 'divisional drills', 'rifle drill', 'pistol drill',
'cutlass drill' among others. See Edinburgh Castle 4th Aug 1917 9 Oct
1917 17 & 18 Oct 1917, 24 Oct 1917 etc. She pays off 1 crew and
acquires another and I think the captain (or 1st Lieutenant) is making
sure they are up to scratch. They seem to be keen on drills to the end
of the year, including going over the mast!
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Agree with studentforever.
On Unalga crewmembers (about 60 in
the 30s) are sometime splitted between First, Second and Third Division
(i've seen it happening only when helding certain drills - particularly
boat drills).
In the 10s and 20s, when ship crew was smaller (~40), there was no such distinction at all.
For
liberties we have also a subdivision between 'Port' and 'Starboard'
watches. Also some drills are, from time to time, for 'special ratings'
only.
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Thanks for the info.
Stuart.
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Happy International Womens Day to those who it applies.
We certainly look after you down here.
Traffic lights (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-07/female-traffic-light-signals-melbourne-pedestrian-crossing/8330560)
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World's first ship tunnel (http://gcaptain.com/worlds-first-ship-tunnel-to-bypass-dangerous-seas-in-norway/)
:o
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:o :o :o
I've cruised there! I was aboard the MS
Nordkapp (https://www.hurtigruten.com/ships/ms-nordkapp/) in August
2010, (she took, of course, the only available route) and can remember
sea becoming quite rough at a certain point of the trip to Lofoten
Islands (it was night and we were trying to sleep - with very little
luck due to the rolling of ship ;D).
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Happy International Womens Day to those who it applies.
We certainly look after you down here.
Traffic lights (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-07/female-traffic-light-signals-melbourne-pedestrian-crossing/8330560)
So
can I still use the lights if I'm wearing trousers please Stuart?
Then again, Scotsmen wearing kilts should be greatly relieved. ;D
;D ;D
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World's first ship tunnel (http://gcaptain.com/worlds-first-ship-tunnel-to-bypass-dangerous-seas-in-norway/)
:o
Okay - how many old tyres will it take to line it? ;D
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Happy International Womens Day to those who it applies.
We certainly look after you down here.
Traffic lights (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-07/female-traffic-light-signals-melbourne-pedestrian-crossing/8330560)
So
can I still use the lights if I'm wearing trousers please Stuart?
Then again, Scotsmen wearing kilts should be greatly relieved. ;D
;D ;D
Further
down the page was this comment..Better equality PR would be if
Melbourne left pedestrian light signals the same and said "See, it
doesn't matter what women choose to wear!"
Joan, make of that what you will. ;D
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besides being International Womens day 100 years ago 8 march 1917
rioting and protesting broke out in then Petrograd formerly and now St
Petersburg the capitol of the Russian Empire. It was the being of the
February/March revolution.
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Happy International Womens Day to those who it applies.
We certainly look after you down here.
Traffic lights (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-07/female-traffic-light-signals-melbourne-pedestrian-crossing/8330560)
So
can I still use the lights if I'm wearing trousers please Stuart?
Then again, Scotsmen wearing kilts should be greatly relieved. ;D
;D ;D
Further
down the page was this comment..Better equality PR would be if
Melbourne left pedestrian light signals the same and said "See, it
doesn't matter what women choose to wear!"
Joan, make of that what you will. ;D
Far too profound a conundrum to me! ;) ;D
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(http://i.imgur.com/Vqj2hhw.png)
Today also celebrates 100 years of women joining the Royal Navy, click here for link to WRNS site (https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/events/wrns100/170308-exhibition-launch) :D
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;D
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Good news!
We
were out for dinner at our favourite Chinese restaurant, after having
to drive 218.6 km north so my CO could give someone an injection and
then 218.6 km back home. (The trip was necessary because the nurse who
would have had to drive 100 km didn't want to.) :o :o :o
The fortune in my fortune cookie read:
There is new hope for the project you're working on.
For those who like lotteries, the winning numbers are: 1 15 22 23 24 and 34.
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;D ;D ;D
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:) :D :) ;D :) :D
And I'm glad you had some reward for your good deed (and that the CO had some company on this epic journey!)
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'For those who like lotteries, the winning numbers are: 1 15 22 23 24 and 34.'
Great, is that for last week or the same week next year ? ;) ;) ;D
Well done for your kind trip. That's some trip ! :)
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Boaty McBoatface set for first voyage (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39232973)
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:)
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I hope it doesn't run into Lochy McLochness. ;D
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;D ;D ;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Amazing how the name has become adopted with humour rather than the earlier outrage ;)
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Well, it was pretty awful as a name for a major scientific research vessel.
Now that that is safely settled, we can enjoy it.
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True :D
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I assume that by now, everybody has heard that WikiLeaks recently
published thousands of documents revealing top CIA hacking secrets,
including the agency's ability to break into iPhones, Android phones,
smart TVs and Microsoft, Mac and Linux operating systems.
Google,
Apple and several other software vendors have since released patches,
so now is a good time to do what I just did: Go through all the
applications on your computer, and check every single one for updates.
Operating
systems and browsers are obviously the most important, but in my
opinion, it's best to update everything - Notepad++, IrfanView,
Thunderbird and VLC Media Player were all on the CIA's list.
If you don't know how to update something, just ask Google.
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And then they wonder why I don't really want a smart meter!!
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It's all a bit of a cyber nightmare to me. If you update things
today won't 'they' be out of date so soon that you can hardly keep up
with it though? :-\
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Sorry Joan, but I don't understand what you just said.
Are you saying that updates come out so quickly, it's impossible to keep up?
Cause
I don't think that's true - it only took me maybe an hour to update
everything on my private computer, and I have a lot of applications on
it.
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That is the difference between a nimble fingered youngster brought
up on all things digital and the arthritic fingers (in my case anyway)
of people brought up to think that the thermionic valve was high tech.
(I was born before the writable memory was devised!!) We can do it but
it takes us so much longer and re-learning the new routines takes us a
lot longer as well.
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Are you saying that updates come out so quickly, it's impossible to keep up?
Yep
- that was it hanibal :) Trust me, they come pretty fast for me. But
it's interesting to know how long it takes you to get there with it
too :)
That
is the difference between a nimble fingered youngster brought up on all
things digital and the arthritic fingers (in my case anyway) of people
brought up to think that the thermionic valve was high tech. (I was born
before the writable memory was devised!!) We can do it but it takes us
so much longer and re-learning the new routines takes us a lot longer as
well.
Gosh I agree with you studentforever. What ever happened to the good old cathode ray tube too? :D
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or the circular slide rule.
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I think I may begin to downgrade rather than upgrade. Keeping a low digital profile is best. ;D
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I've already said that I want a fridge that just keeps my food cold
and neither talks to the internet nor comes with integral TV. I've
already had a rubbish failed smart electricity meter (Mark 1, still
reads as a meter but wont talk to its 'handlers' and I'm waiting with
trepidation for them to give me a 'new' one). I even have a phone which
just makes phone calls as well as a mobile which adds texts to its
repertoire as well as (I believe) an alarm & radio. I do have
computer and kindle but otherwise I find keeping up with the technology
more trouble than its worth,
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I agree - the Internet of Things is overrated, and really needs better security. I'm not buying any of that stuff.
As for updates: In my opinion, you should at least update your operating system and your favorite browser.
That's
not so much - Chrome and Firefox install most updates automatically and
in the background, and Windows is pretty good about telling you of new
updates.
Other than that, maybe keep Adobe Flash and Skype up to
date as well. The former has been exploited several times in the past
and still has a bad reputation, while the latter is used by loads of
people, so any security holes in it would be quite valuable for spies or
hackers.
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or the circular slide rule.
I still have a couple and know how to use them!!! ;)
One is a 'specialty' one for sailing courses & flying navigation!
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or the circular slide rule.
I still have a couple and know how to use them!!! ;)
One is a 'specialty' one for sailing courses & flying navigation!
I never got round to remembering where I lost it. ;)
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:P
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Of all the things I've lost in life, I miss my mind the most! ;)
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Twelve new types of cloud earn official recognition (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39351843)
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Twelve new types of cloud earn official recognition (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39351843)
That new cloud is quite stunning. Sort of looks like a stretched out mammatus cloud :)
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Can anyone more clever than I am tell me where the ship is? They are reporting:
Lat 73o 28' 120 feet above the sea. Near 180 meridian.
I'm guessing their lat is 73.47N but does the 120 feet above the sea mean? Google answers not. :'(
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What is the context?
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What is the context?
The Rodgers does not believe they should make life easy for those of us trying to figure out where she is.
Here
is a hint from 24 Sept 1881
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/USS%20Rodgers/Rodgers_1881/b001of010_0122_1.jpg).
This is a day or so into a four day trip and it is the closest thing I
have as a location, other than the starting point, ending point and the
hourly reports of courses and distances travelled.
8 to Mrdn.
Overcast and cloudy. Clear to Nd after 10 a.m. Lat 73o 28'N at an
altitude of 120 feet above the sea. About the 180 Mrdn. No land was
visible in any direction. blah blah blah...
I have a brother-in-law who teaches navigation and offshore sailing etc and I have a call to him but he isn't at home. ::)
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How about a link for the page you are asking about ;)
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Click on the blue characters... ;)
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:-[
4-8am mentions "ice reported from Mast head"
Maybe they mean that looking out from 120 feet above sea level no land was visible.
I gather that they are in the vicinity of Wrangel Island?
138ft
long. Looking at the picture
(http://www.naval-history.net/OW-US/Rodgers/USS_Rodgers.htm), a height
of 120 feet seems possible :-\
Continuing
on, Rodgers took on two Chukchis as hunters and dog drivers at St.
Lawrence Bay and on 20 August entered the Arctic Ocean. At Herald
Island, Lt. Berry found that the crew of Corwin on her second search for
Jeanette, had already covered the island, unsuccessfully. Wrangell Land
was next. As they looked for clues of the missing ship, the crew of
Rodgers surveyed the area and proved that Wrangell Land was an island
and not the southern edge of a polar land mass.
Rodgers departed
the island 13 September and moved north and west until stopped by pack
ice on the 18th. Returning to Wrangell, she continued the search on
another course until the 27th. Again blocked by ice, she turned south
for winter quarters. The first week in October she left a party, under
Master C. F. Putman, on Tiapka Island off Cape Serdze with provisions,
supplies, and fuel for a year; and a boat, dogs, and sleds to explore
the coast westward in search of the crews of Jeanette and the missing
whalers.
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:-[
4-8am mentions "ice reported from Mast head"
Maybe they mean that looking out from 120 feet above sea level no land was visible.
I gather that they are in the vicinity of Wrangel Island?
I
do believe you are correct. The writing and periods or lack thereof was
confusing me. In any case, I used their Lat/Long. Three thousand lines
in and my brain is turning to mush... :o
Thank you, thank you, Randi. You are brilliant!
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:-[
Just looking at the question from a different perspective ;)
I probably wouldn't have guessed it without the earlier comment of ice reported from the mast head.
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Just like a man, I'm just too focused on looking for directions! ;D ;D ;D
Although I appreciate the remarks about the brilliant northern lights, the whales, walruses and etc. ;)
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SPOILER ALERT IF YOU WATCH ELEMENTARY -
Hi all -
Just
wanted to pop in and tell you about a new use for a log book's weather
data I just heard about - On Elementary, Sherlock Holmes compares the
weather data from various ships' logs to prove that a suspect log is
indeed fake - what a great use! :)
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:D :D :D Good on you Sherlock!
I wonder if the Patterson log might be proof of the existence of the dastardly Moriarty? ;)
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Well, there has to be some reason ....
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:D :D :D Good on you Sherlock!
I wonder if the Patterson log might be proof of the existence of the dastardly Moriarty? ;)
funny how I was thinking the same thing ;D
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On this day, March 30
1867 U.S. Secretary of
State William Seward reached agreement with Russia to purchase the
territory of Alaska for $7.2 million (the rough equivalent of $125
million today), a deal ridiculed by critics as "Seward?s Folly."
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The same year as Canadian confederation. But Rupert's land,
Newfoundland and North-Western Territories still belonged to Great
Britain.
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Thinning ice creates undersea Arctic greenhouses (https://www.sciencenews.org/article/thinning-ice-creates-undersea-arctic-greenhouses?tgt=nr)
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Well did we did get a report that the phytoplankton are carbon
dioxide gobblers. :) Will it be that such a humble item will save
the planet from the mess we are making of it? :-\
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S Korean cargo ship Stellar Daisy vanishes in South Atlantic (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-39467269)
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Hi everybody,
Got some good news concerning my job: I have
completed my probational period, so now I have all the rights and
privileges of a regular employee!
There wasn't really any doubt, though. I never received negative feedback from the boss or anything.
I
really like the company - I'm getting along really well with the other
employees, and am still learning so much. I've already learned more in
the past six months than I did during the three years of college
courses!
In my last post, I mentioned Red Bull 2, the old version
of redbull.com. I'm not working on that anymore because all the
countries are slowly switching to Red Bull 3, the new system. France,
Canada and the USA have all switched in the past month, and we got a lot
more coming up this month. In fact, Red Bull 2 has reached
end-of-support: The boss said that from now on, we should only do
critical bug fixes for it.
So now I'm working on other projects.
My main focus is the new website for the soccer team RB Leipzig
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RB_Leipzig), sponsored by Red Bull. We're
basically rebuilding their website from scratch, with a whole new style
and everything. I'm doing the backend stuff - constructing templates
for pages and parts of pages, and adding content.
RB Leipzig was only
founded in 2009, but has done really well - they're now playing in the
Bundesliga, the highest league in Germany's professional soccer system.
Quite a feat.
Anyways, the new website is supposed to be ready by May
12th, but we may not make it in time - there's still a lot left to do.
But I'm doing my part the best I can. At least I'm not in charge, so I
won't get the blame if it's delayed. ;)
I've also worked a
bit on Amaphiko - a platform for social entrepreneurs. It's a website
that lists social projects from around the world and tells you how you
can help support them, and there's a magazine with social success
stories. Here's the site: https://amaphiko.redbull.com/en
So yep,
things are looking good. I hope I can stay with this company for the
next five years at least, or even longer. It's a great place to work.
Back when I started my college courses in October 2013, I was very uncertain if IT was the right field for me. But now I know it is.
- Hanibal94
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Brilliant news, hanibal - not that I ever doubted you would do
well. But it's good to know that your company agrees with what we
all know about your dedication.
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A company that you like and a company that likes you....
Great news, Hanibal!
I am really happy for you.
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I knew you would make it too, Hanibal. Your have an excellent mind for IT work!
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That's great, what we sometimes call round pegs in round holes. The
job obviously fits you very well. It's also good that you are getting on
with your colleagues, that will help to get you through when things
don't work as well as you hope and most of us hit a few bumps and ruts
as we go through jobs. All in all, a very good report, A pity I
can't read German, I could look at your website and admire your
handiwork.
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Good to hear that you are doing well.
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Great to hear that things are going so well, hanibal!
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What an excellent start you've had hanibal. It sounds like you've
settled there really well and it's peeking your interest which always
makes work so much easier. And it sounds like you're already a valued
and trusted member of the team. And all of this is down to you so you
must be very pleased. I hope that the websites work out well :D
Well done! :D
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Hes, Hanibal! Hooray for you! I had no doubts whatsoever that you
would be brilliant in the IT field. Congratulations and well done!
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I'm moving house tomorrow, so will vanish for a bit - but I'll be back on the other side!
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Good luck, Helen!
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I hope you have as many helpful friends as I did!
From where to where?
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Yes, Helen, good luck. I wish I could be there to help, but... :'(
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Randi - From Nottinghamshire to Darlington; all on my own ....
I've just about reached the point where I ought to stop doing anything
more, as I'm just wandering about not accomplishing anything much.
Michael - thanks for the good wishes and the good intention!
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Very good luck with your move Helen :D And quite a change in
dialect/accent too ;) I hope it all goes smoothly - and that the
weather stays reasonable...being a move to the East I think you might
get away with it :D
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Good luck with your move, Helen!
Math Professor fixes projector screen (https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z9NQatne0xg)
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Math Professor fixes projector screen (https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z9NQatne0xg)
Superb! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Very
good luck with your move Helen :D And quite a change in
dialect/accent too ;) I hope it all goes smoothly - and that the
weather stays reasonable...being a move to the East I think you might
get away with it :D
Thank
you Joan - the accent shouldn't be too much of a problem, as my parents
came from County Durham and although neither had strong accents I seem
to have it in my blood. And I went to college in Newcastle upon
Tyne. The weather doesn't look too bad - not as beautifully sunny
as today, but mostly dry, which is the main thing.
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Hope the move goes well, Helen!
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Helen:
God's blessings as you move on. Just remember - my dad always taught me that a moving target was harder to hit! ;)
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;D ;D ;D
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Climate change is literally turning the Arctic ocean inside out
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/06/scientists-say-the-unique-arctic-ocean-is-being-transformed-before-our-eyes/?utm_term=.372fefaffa5b&wpisrc=nl_green&wpmm=1)
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Interesting. Thanks Randi.
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Sigh! What a nightmare :( :( :(
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If anyone receives an email from me that looks odd please delete it
but let me know that you got the thing. Looks like I've been hacked once
more - sigh! :-[
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The Indian Alphabet Song (https://www.youtube.com/embed/xkEHzmBSqOU)
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;D
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arg, just spent the last 3 hours driving back and forth to the
library which has wireless access so I could chat on-line with my ISP to
figure out how to restore internet access at home.
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arg,
just spent the last 3 hours driving back and forth to the library which
has wireless access so I could chat on-line with my ISP to figure out
how to restore internet access at home.
:'( :'( :'(
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I've decided to salve my soul with creamed spinach for dinner.
OW wasn't the first thing I did back on-line. It was the second. So I'm not truly addicted... am I?
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I've decided to salve my soul with creamed spinach for dinner.
OW wasn't the first thing I did back on-line. It was the second. So I'm not truly addicted... am I?
Mmmmmm! Creamed spinach! :) :) :)
As for the addiction, I'm not qualified to offer an opinion! ;D ;D ;D
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I understood that only addicts of OW eat Creamed Spinach. I think
the common (ship) denominator is Pop-Eye the Sailor Man. Check...
Do you have muscly arms?
Do you have an anchor tattoo?
Do you smoke a pipe?
'No' to each question? Phew!! After all - you'd probably rather be an addict of OW than Pop-Eye :D
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Well I do go to the gym everyday, I have pierced ears rather than a
tattoo, my recreational vice is eating chocolate, and I am in need of
corrective lenses...
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Well
I do go to the gym everyday, I have pierced ears rather than a tattoo,
my recreational vice is eating chocolate, and I am in need of corrective
lenses...
I
go to the gym three times a week, I have no piercings, no tattoos, no
jewelry (not even a watch), I have had corrective lenses since I was
about four (though two more operations will fix that :) ), my vice
is eating a row of dark French chocolate with almonds every day, and a
carrot muffin from Daniel's Patisserie on gym days. I have enormous self
control as evidenced by the fact that I can go into Daniel's Patisserie
three days a week and come out with only a carrot muffin! ;D ;D
;D
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Michael - your self control is inspirational! At the moment I am
fighting the call of the Hot Cross Bun. A toasted hot cross bun with
lashings of butter is a lovesome thing God wat, and I certainly cannot
say 'no' when they come my way. :-* :P :-*
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Scientists just found a strange and worrying crack in one of Greenland?s biggest glaciers
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/14/scientists-just-found-a-strange-and-worrying-crack-in-one-of-greenlands-biggest-glaciers/)
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Watched that and the linked video about collecting the data for sea
water under Petermann Glacier. It too shows considerable warming of
those waters. What a nightmare :(
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(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7kGyjb49WS4/Tp8zBaSw1zI/AAAAAAAAE8c/38X1Wx8DVaA/s1600/_easter-egg-ship_.jpg)
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(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7kGyjb49WS4/Tp8zBaSw1zI/AAAAAAAAE8c/38X1Wx8DVaA/s1600/_easter-egg-ship_.jpg)
Brilliant one Randi ;D
And a Happy Easter to all from the:
(http://i.imgur.com/aRbeWWf.png)
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And a Happy Easter to all from the:
(http://i.imgur.com/aRbeWWf.png)
Now THAT is a brilliant one Joan ;D
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I'm not sure if that is a good thing to eat, though...
Billy
wants to get rich quick and have lots of money. The problem is, he
doesn't want to work for it. So, after being given a man-eating comic by
Grim, he begins reading it. He soon finds an advertisement for the
Chocolate Sailor. Billy applies and receives his starter kit in 5
seconds. He eats all the chocolates and has to get more. He keeps doing
it until he is what he eats... literally, he turns into solid chocolate
and Grim and Mandy must find an antidote to have Billy return to normal.
Unfortunately, Billy eats all four of the different chocolates with one
that contains the antidote and explodes.
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Um, no, that doesn't sound so good...
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I'm not sure if that is a good thing to eat, though...
Billy
wants to get rich quick and have lots of money. The problem is, he
doesn't want to work for it. So, after being given a man-eating comic by
Grim, he begins reading it. He soon finds an advertisement for the
Chocolate Sailor. Billy applies and receives his starter kit in 5
seconds. He eats all the chocolates and has to get more. He keeps doing
it until he is what he eats... literally, he turns into solid chocolate
and Grim and Mandy must find an antidote to have Billy return to normal.
Unfortunately, Billy eats all four of the different chocolates with one
that contains the antidote and explodes.
:o :o :o Well that's one to tell the kids when the Easter chocolates have been eaten (too fast) ;D ;D ;D
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The Arctic is a final garbage dump for ocean plastic
(https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/arctic-final-garbage-dump-ocean-plastic)
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:'( :'( :'(
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:'( :'( >:( :'( :'(
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:'( :'( >:( :'( :'(
Is
this flags behind the leader? I have one flag behind me, so you have
two behind you, so I up my number of flags to four, then you to eight
and so on? Our dearly beloved leader Sir Stephen the Blessed actually
got up to at least 16 for one press conference. ;D ;D ;D
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It might be, but only and Tuesday at full moon and if there is an 'r' in the month ;) ;D ;D
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It might be, but only and Tuesday at full moon and if there is an 'r' in the month ;) ;D ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Iceberg tourists flock to Newfoundland town (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39632047) :o
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Impressive photo!
Good for the town, but:
It's
already been a busy season in iceberg alley, with hundreds of icebergs
reported in the Atlantic - many more than usual for this time of year in
the coastal regions.
doesn't sound good.
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8) photo
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Impressive photo!
Good for the town, but:
It's
already been a busy season in iceberg alley, with hundreds of icebergs
reported in the Atlantic - many more than usual for this time of year in
the coastal regions.
doesn't sound good.
Yes - if only we could tow them back and stick them back onto the Arctic ::)
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Scientists have discovered vast systems of flowing water in Antarctica
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/19/the-surface-of-antarctica-is-covered-with-flowing-water-that-has-scientists-worried/?utm_term=.9f8eaeb08302&wpisrc=nl_green&wpmm=1)
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Deep-sea life on Earth gives us a clue to what aliens would be like
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/04/13/deep-sea-life-on-earth-gives-us-a-clue-to-what-aliens-would-be-like/?utm_term=.8aa1e06ddaf5&wpisrc=nl_science&wpmm=1)
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Nightmare and strange solace from those two articles. Then I
read another article there which made me sorry for you all across The
Pond
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/04/22/surgeon-general-vivek-h-murthy-removed-by-trump-administration-replaced-by-deputy-for-now/?tid=hybrid_experimentrandomuk_3_na&utm_term=.d2815842a81b).
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Thanks for those very interesting articles, Randi and Joan.
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Nightmare
and strange solace from those two articles. Then I read another
article there which made me sorry for you all across The Pond
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/04/22/surgeon-general-vivek-h-murthy-removed-by-trump-administration-replaced-by-deputy-for-now/?tid=hybrid_experimentrandomuk_3_na&utm_term=.d2815842a81b).
The whole thing in Washington scares me.
I believe it was Pogo who said 'We have met the enemy, and he is us!' :-[
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The Scream (1892), by Edvard Munch, depicts a figure holding its face, which is making an agonised expression.
But look above this individual and the sky is full of colourful wavy lines.
The
researchers say these are probably Mother of Pearl [Nacreous] Clouds -
rare phenomena that would have had a big impact on anyone who saw them
for the first time.
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The Scream (1892), by Edvard Munch, depicts a figure holding its face, which is making an agonised expression.
But look above this individual and the sky is full of colourful wavy lines.
The
researchers say these are probably Mother of Pearl [Nacreous] Clouds -
rare phenomena that would have had a big impact on anyone who saw them
for the first time.
I'd
be amazed - though that's the face I'd put on if I walked out and found
myself under mammatus clouds which look like they might well fall on
your head. ;D
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That's been my face ever since the UK general election was announced!
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That's been my face ever since the UK general election was announced!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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In case you needed another reason
(http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/40311-great-barrier-reef-reaches-terminal-stage-as-co2-levels-rise-at-record-rate)
for doing OW... :'(
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In
case you needed another reason
(http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/40311-great-barrier-reef-reaches-terminal-stage-as-co2-levels-rise-at-record-rate)
for doing OW... :'(
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( It beggars belief that one inhabitant of a planet can eradicate the rest.
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Hi
Honey, I'm Home Guys, I'm home.
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Welcome back!
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Welcome back!
Seconded!
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Welcome back!
Seconded!
Thirded!
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Welcome back!
Seconded!
Thirded!
Fourthed ;D
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Agreed! ;D
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Welcome back!
Seconded!
Thirded!
Fourthed ;D
Fifth! ;) and we'll share one in your honour! ::)
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Thanks folks.
Now to get my PC back into transcribe mode instead of sleep mode where it has been for the last 5 weeks. ;)
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Glad to see you back here, Stuart. :)
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Hi Stuart. Hope there's something left for you to do.
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It's getting thin on the ground without treading on others toes.
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come tread on Jamestown
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Sorry, following a suggestion from Hanibal I have already started on Yorktown. :(
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Seal pup interrupts Redcar lifeboat operations (https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2017/april/27/seal-pup-interrupts-redcar-lifeboat-operations)
:)
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Seal pup interrupts Redcar lifeboat operations (https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2017/april/27/seal-pup-interrupts-redcar-lifeboat-operations)
:)
:) 8)
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Seal pup interrupts Redcar lifeboat operations (https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2017/april/27/seal-pup-interrupts-redcar-lifeboat-operations)
:)
:D :D :D Nice to get a good news story
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(http://www.desismileys.com/smileys/desismileys_3266.gif) (http://www.desismileys.com/)
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I guess that rates a 'seal' of approval!! ::)
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I guess that rates a 'seal' of approval!! ::)
;D ;D ;D
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I guess that rates a 'seal' of approval!! ::)
:P :P :P
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Less happy news - sadly it's almost not news any more:
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21721379-current-trends-arctic-will-be-ice-free-summer-2040-arctic-it-known-today
:-\
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:'(
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Everyone knows that you don't mess with the OW moderators...
This
morning I passed 'lawn' consisting largely of ugly weeds and dandelions
gone to seed. I thought to myself: "That really needs to be mowed."
When I passed again this afternoon, it had been mowed!
:o :o :o
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;D ;D ;D
I am now building a firewall to keep out
unwanted mental influences. It will be a really big wall and the
Americans are gonna pay for it ;D
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;D ;D ;D
My mind is boggling with possibilities Randi.
The lovely 35ft pine tree they hacked down outside the other week will
re-grow overnight. I'll stick with that - don't want to show of or
anything ::) ;) ;D
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;D ;D ;D
I
am now building a firewall to keep out unwanted mental influences. It
will be a really big wall and the Americans are gonna pay for it ;D
Will your wall go through the Straits of Juan de Fuca? I do hope so... ;D ;D ;D
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Helping with ships!
I have finished with a number of other OW
tasks, and I have time to jump on board any vessel who's crew will have
me. I have looked at the first available pages, which will be in the
third stream, and they are:
- Albatross_1900 22 Oct 1911;
- Jamestown_1844 01 Oct 1859; or,
- Yorktown 11 Dec 1902.
I
will co-ordinate transcribing times with whomever is working on the
third streams so we don't get in each other's way. Let me know, I'm
cheap. ;D ;D ;D
If no-one wants me in the US Navy, I'll go off and hunt either whales or ice... ;)
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Hi Michael.
I am sure 'anybody' would be pleased to have you on board.
(As a Canadian are you sure you want to re-enlist in the US service.)
I
have joined the Yorktown and am usually transcribing 0800hrs UTC for as
long as I can fit it in. (Except my Tuesdays and Wednesdays.)
I think Hanibal is also doing it and we do not clash.
When we get info on what to do with the Albatross 1900 I will go back on it if needed.
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From some of Kevin's comments, ice hunting may be useful :-\
You might just list the pages that have ice with out transcribing it.
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From some of Kevin's comments, ice hunting may be useful :-\
You might just list the pages that have ice with out transcribing it.
Ice works for me. I can't remember the location for the ice pages. Send it along and I will do ice...
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http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?board=40.0
Just pick a ship ;D
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I am doing Bear 1923 for ice :)
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Hi Craig. Are you keeping your head above water? Is your part of town relatively dry? No flooded basement I hope...
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Some people have been evacuated along the Gatineau river but I am on
fairly high ground. More rain is forecast for tomorrow and Friday and
showers for the next week. May flowers are hoping for some sunshine.
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A new crack in one of Antarctica?s biggest ice shelves could mean a major break is near
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/05/02/a-new-crack-in-one-of-antarcticas-biggest-ice-shelves-could-mean-a-major-break-is-near/?tid=pm_business_pop&utm_term=.d5f6a800a914)
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That is soooo depressing :'( :'( :'(
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Morning Joan.
I brought you some good weather 18th - 25 April. Hope you enjoyed that.
When I/we left, the temp dropped quite a bit as you got a high from the arctic.
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Awfully quiet here these days.
How about a challenge? Everyone find a topic that has been quiet for a year or more and post something relevant in it ;)
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Morning Joan.
I brought you some good weather 18th - 25 April. Hope you enjoyed that.
When I/we left, the temp dropped quite a bit as you got a high from the arctic.
Ah - it was you
Stuart - that was very kind. I enjoyed it very much, even got my chair
outside for a session in the warm sun...pop back again soon :D .
We've now got a nor'easterly, sunny but freeeezing cold :o ;D
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so... Thanksgiving with the family, Harry Potter, or transcribe ships logs? ???
AAAUUUGGGHHHH decisions!! If I don't stay, I'll lose my captaincy!!
Great
idea Randi!! Here's jennfurr displaying a classic onset of
OW-addiction. At a time when we were (nearly) all Harry-Potter-ised, OW
could give JK Rowling a good run for her money. And the horror of
losing your captaincy was super focusing. I made it to captain on a few
new ships and kept screen snips to show it. I can't find them now but
they are here somewhere :D
Anyone else got memories of being captain? :D
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I made it to captain a grand total of once ::)
Naturally that was
at the point (beginning of OW3) when ranks and WR counts were not being
displayed correctly so I never showed up as captain :P
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Anyone else got memories of being captain? :D
Oh yes. I joined the City of London because she was receiving very little attention, and quickly seized her captaincy.
Later I got bored and left to do other vessels.
A
few months later, I happened to get her on the OW homepage when I
logged in, and I noticed her % complete had gone up by a lot since I had
left.
So I looked, and saw someone else was doing a lot on her, and very close to becoming Captain.
The
next few weeks were interesting - I pumped out as much as I could to
keep my position, but the other person kept chasing me. It was like an
arms race.
By the time they gave up, the ship had gone from 40% to over 80% complete.
I was more watchful after that, and it paid off - I was still the captain when the ship was completed.
I also tried to become Captain of the Ark Royal, but lost by just a few hundred. Hmmph.
For I have dipped my hands in muddied waters, and, withdrawing them, find 'tis better to be a commander than a common man!
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I don't think it was my first, probably my second, to celebrate and
due to an immediate need, I made it my google+ user name:
HMS Raven 2
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I managed to make captain a few times in Phase 1, I think.
There were so many ships in those days that it wasn't too hard. I
had an agonizing time on Grafton, where I made it to Captain, stayed
there until I'd done all the logs I could, and then had to watch as the
next highest transcriber steadily crept up on me, until he just overtook
me. And there was nothing at all I could do - aargh!
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Wasn't Grafton fun! ;) I heard about OW from a friend
who thought I should work on it. I was late to the party, i.e. things
were well underway when I joined. I joined Grafton in 1915 when she was
in the Red Sea and was on her until the end of her logs. So, Helen and I
were on Grafton together, and then we were on Patterson together. Isn't
that a pip! :)
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I also tried to become Captain of the Ark Royal, but lost by just a few hundred. Hmmph.
For I have dipped my hands in muddied waters, and, withdrawing them, find 'tis better to be a commander than a common man!
I'm
so sad for you hanibal. :( Captain of the Ark royal has to be a
real feather in a cap, even though it's not the real thing on the ocean
deep ;D
Still - think of all the other times you skimmed the muddy waters and became commander. ;) 8)
Great stories everyone :D
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Hmmmm second thought, to add to captaincies, the silliest list you ever transcribed? :D
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While hunting ice with Bear, August 10, 1913...
At
6:10, anchored to large floe and banked fires. Crew held dance and
sports on ice. Tug of war won by starboard watch. Vessel drifting to
Northward about 3/4 knots per hour.
The
temperature was 41, there was little wind and only a few clouds, so it
would have been quite pleasant. Footing would have been tricky.
::)
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While hunting ice with Bear, August 10, 1913...
At
6:10, anchored to large floe and banked fires. Crew held dance and
sports on ice. Tug of war won by starboard watch. Vessel drifting to
Northward about 3/4 knots per hour.
The
temperature was 41, there was little wind and only a few clouds, so it
would have been quite pleasant. Footing would have been tricky.
::)
What a sight that would have been! I wonder if it was more of a slip-of-war though :D
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Here's mine from the Jeanette four and a half years ago :D
The
total number of items in the list was 1306 including 500 lbs of tea
that this English woman forgot (thanks for sorting that one Randi)
::)
Favourite entries:
3 doz. black lead pencils; a half doz. blue lead pencils; a half doz. red lead pencils; 2 fog horns; 1 pair dividers
Well - where else would you put fog horns other than in a list of stationery items? ::) ;D
1 crow's nest; 1 melodeon~
Presumably the melodeon was not for the crow's nest though :D
And a curious late provision of 3-and-a-half door knobs ;D
Kevin
Wood raised an interesting point with reference to 'things you can do
with mercury on a long sea voyage to pass the time', or did he mean the
ship?'
Keep
an eye on those 2100 lbs of tomato. And by the way, did anyone see
bottles of mercury (Hg) come on board? It could be for an 'artificial
horizon' (navigation) or to fill barometers. In many published accounts
from British ships one finds that someone ends up doing something silly
with it - like boiling it on the cabin stove - which is why today our
President sits at a desk made out of the HMS Resolute.
:o ;D I shouldn't laugh - but I did - lots. And yes - there's a bottle of mercury on board! and a stove, and stove lighters, and kindling, and fuel and.... ::)
I'm still chortling at that last one ;D
And a really big thank you to especially jil, and all the other fine OW-ers who checked the 1306 items ;D
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Floods over many parts of Canada
(http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/flooding-central-eastern-western-canada-1.4103541),
including Craig's town of Gatineau. Happily, Craig was clever enough to
buy a house on high ground. :) :) :)
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:o :o :o Terrible floods- and such a large area! I'm glad that Craig is above the water line :)
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Kevin
Wood raised an interesting point with reference to 'things you can do
with mercury on a long sea voyage to pass the time', or did he mean the
ship?'
Keep
an eye on those 2100 lbs of tomato. And by the way, did anyone see
bottles of mercury (Hg) come on board? It could be for an 'artificial
horizon' (navigation) or to fill barometers. In many published accounts
from British ships one finds that someone ends up doing something silly
with it - like boiling it on the cabin stove - which is why today our
President sits at a desk made out of the HMS Resolute.
Why on earth would anyone even try to boil mercury? :o
According to Wiki the boiling point is: 629.88 K (356.73 ?C, 674.11 ?F)
Treasures of the White House: "Resolute" Desk
(https://3ff009b6523c0c1f8b94-091582592a5f780b4bac3b68414d35fd.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/default/_superImage/President-Hayes-Desk.jpg)
(https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/treasures-of-the-white-house-resolute-desk)
No mention of mercury.
Discovery of HMS Resolute:
The
book of one thousand tales and amusing adventures: a work for youth
(https://books.google.com/books?id=YR8pAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=HMS+Resolute+mercury
&source=bl&ots=qG0u5ZeM5i&sig=EAnDDOQ0VpqT5gFdU33-YsEOfUI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwirrcTKk97TAhVGOSYKHZxUAv0Q6AEIUjAK#v=onepage&q=HMS%20Resolute%20mercury&f=false)
It does mention that the mercury froze, so maybe they were trying to thaw it :-\
Floods
over many parts of Canada
(http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/flooding-central-eastern-western-canada-1.4103541),
including Craig's town of Gatineau. Happily, Craig was clever enough to
buy a house on high ground. :) :) :)
Hope it is high enough, Craig!
Hope you are OK, Michael!
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If I blew up the Resolute I probably might fib about what I was cooking up in the galley at the time ;) ;D
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If I blew up the Resolute I probably might fib about what I was cooking up in the galley at the time ;) ;D
Except that there is no mention of it being blown up...
It was abandoned, in an orderly manner, during the Franklin search:
"H.M.S. 'Resolute', forming part of the expedition sent in search of Sir John Franklin in 1852, was abandoned in Latitude 74o 41' N. Longitude 101o 22' W. on 15th May 1854. She was discovered and extricated in September 1855, in Latitude 67o
N. by Captain Buddington of the United States Whaler 'George Henry'.
The ship was purchased, fitted out and sent to England, as a gift to Her
Majesty Queen Victoria by the President and People of the United
States, as a token of goodwill & friendship.
Resolute
was still beset by this floe ice in the spring of 1854. In April,
Belcher ordered Captain Kellett to abandon Resolute. Only under protest
did Kellett do so. He prepared the ship the way he would for winter:
taking all her rigging down below except for the very lowest sections of
the mast, shipping the rudder, and caulking all the hatches.
She was recovered and returned to England:
Resolute served in the Royal Navy from 1856, never leaving home waters, until she was retired and broken up in 1879.
This
table was made from her timbers when she was broken up, and is
presented by the Queen of Great Britain & Ireland, to the President
of the United States, as a memorial of the courtesy and loving kindness
which dictated the offer of the gift of the "Resolute'."
OK, Kevin - what is the whole story? ;D
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Hope it is high enough, Craig!
Hope you are OK, Michael!
No
worries here. We don't do rain between April and October.
;) I'll change my opinion about living here after the 8 or 9 on
the Richter Scale earthquake. ;D ;D ;D
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First minus of the season. -2 this morning.
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I thought there was a Resolute desk at Buckingham Palace too. I kind
of hope there's some truth to the story about the mercury because it's a
lot of fun, from this distance! ;D
Michael - glad you have no rain :D Stuart, winter draw(er)s on then? ;D
We
had a blazingly beautiful day here today, blue sky though a chilly wind
still. And the May blossom is exceptional this year :)
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I thought there was a Resolute desk at Buckingham Palace too.
The
British government ordered at least three desks to be made from the
timbers of the ship, and they were constructed by cabinet makers at the
Joiner's Shop of Chatham Dockyard. A large partner's desk was presented
to U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880 as a gesture of thanks for
the rescue and return of Resolute.[1] Since then, this desk?known as
the Resolute desk?has been used by every American President except
Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Most Presidents have used
it as their official desk in the Oval Office, but some have had it in
their private study in the Executive Residence. Dwight D. Eisenhower was
the first to remove it from the Oval Office, and it was returned to the
Oval Office first by John F. Kennedy and then by Jimmy Carter.[1]
A
second desk, called the Grinnell Desk or the Queen Victoria Desk, was
also made from the timbers of HMS Resolute. This smaller lady's desk was
presented to the widow of Henry Grinnell in 1880 in recognition of her
husband's generous contributions to the search for Franklin. In 1983 it
was given to the New Bedford Whaling Museum and is in their collection
in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
A third desk, or more accurately a
writing table, was commissioned by Queen Victoria; it remains part of
the Royal Collection and is on long-term loan to the Royal Naval Museum
in Portsmouth.[6]
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To my knowledge the Resolute was found intact, drifting in
the ice pack (I think it was well out in Baffin Bay / Davis Strait by
then). I've never heard of it being blown up -- it was broken up in the
yard as described below. What is an interesting back story which I don't
think has been explored is this: in expedition commander Belcher's
journal he writes that he was concerned about the purity of the mercury
provided the flagship for its instruments. In those days they used bulk
mercury to fill both their barometers and artificial horizons, so there
was quite of bit of it loose about the cabin. In some idle moment one
winter he decided that he could improve its purity by giving it a good
simmer on the cabin stove. From that point one finds regular mention in
his and other officer's journals about his mood swings, bad humor, and
untoward irascibility, along with discolored nails etc. I would propose
that he gave himself an acute dose of mercury poisoning on that evening,
and this later formed a component of his abrupt decision to abandon
most of the squadron (including the Resolute) and sail home on the next transport.
If I blew up the Resolute I probably might fib about what I was cooking up in the galley at the time ;) ;D
Except that there is no mention of it being blown up...
It was abandoned, in an orderly manner, during the Franklin search:
"H.M.S. 'Resolute', forming part of the expedition sent in search of Sir John Franklin in 1852, was abandoned in Latitude 74o 41' N. Longitude 101o 22' W. on 15th May 1854. She was discovered and extricated in September 1855, in Latitude 67o
N. by Captain Buddington of the United States Whaler 'George Henry'.
The ship was purchased, fitted out and sent to England, as a gift to Her
Majesty Queen Victoria by the President and People of the United
States, as a token of goodwill & friendship.
Resolute
was still beset by this floe ice in the spring of 1854. In April,
Belcher ordered Captain Kellett to abandon Resolute. Only under protest
did Kellett do so. He prepared the ship the way he would for winter:
taking all her rigging down below except for the very lowest sections of
the mast, shipping the rudder, and caulking all the hatches.
She was recovered and returned to England:
Resolute served in the Royal Navy from 1856, never leaving home waters, until she was retired and broken up in 1879.
This
table was made from her timbers when she was broken up, and is
presented by the Queen of Great Britain & Ireland, to the President
of the United States, as a memorial of the courtesy and loving kindness
which dictated the offer of the gift of the "Resolute'."
OK, Kevin - what is the whole story? ;D
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Very interesting.
Thanks a lot, Kevin.
It looks like we misinterpreted the implications of:
Keep
an eye on those 2100 lbs of tomato. And by the way, did anyone see
bottles of mercury (Hg) come on board? It could be for an 'artificial
horizon' (navigation) or to fill barometers. In many published accounts
from British ships one finds that someone ends up doing something silly
with it - like boiling it on the cabin stove - which is why today our
President sits at a desk made out of the HMS Resolute.
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What an interesting story! Most fascinating. Looks like chemical
poisoning didn't do many favours for arctic exploration - there is a
theory that old fashioned tins led to problems for the Franklin crew
with lead poisoning. And as their disappearance led to HMS Resolute
setting off it seems that chemistry abuse has a lot to answer for.
;)
And given the tin problem - I see why you say 'watch out for
the 2100 lb of tomatoes', Kevin. I thought of the tins simply exploding -
but those would be the safer cans since you could not eat what came out
of them...the rest were probably a ticking time bomb! :o
Amazing story. :D
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Many thanks to coldcounter of PenguinWatch for popping me a note
about this short video about Dragon Scale sea ice from Australia
Broadcasting:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-06/scientists-study-rare-dragon-ice-in-antarctica/8503464
This strange sea ice formation has not been seen since 2007.
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Ditto!
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There was an article on CBC this morning about a study done by two
universities in the US. (Maybe Yale and University of California.)
Anyway, the researchers found that people who use Facebook or other
social media live longer and more productive lives. Apparently, even
though the connections are virtual, having people who support you, and
having people to support, sharing accomplishments, taking an interest in
each other's lives etc is very beneficial.
"Ah ha!" I shouted,
"The sneaky people running OW set up a chat forum just so that we would
live longer and be more productive and so we would transcribe more
WRs." ;D ;D ;D
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Sh!!!
;D
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Are they sure that using Facebook actually helps you live longer? Or does it just feel like it's longer?
Anyway
that would be good news if Facebook does help increase your lifespan as
it would go some way to compensating for all the time I've wasted on
Facebook. :(
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I'm not a fan of Facebook either, but I have spent very little time on it.
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I'm not a fan of Facebook either, but I have spent very little time on it.
I've never used Facebook, Twitter, Shapchat, Instagram etc etc. I guess that means I don't have much time left... :-\
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Are they sure that using Facebook actually helps you live longer? Or does it just feel like it's longer?
Anyway
that would be good news if Facebook does help increase your lifespan as
it would go some way to compensating for all the time I've wasted on
Facebook. :(
;D ;D ;D
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...
Apparently, even though the connections are virtual, having people who
support you, and having people to support, sharing accomplishments,
taking an interest in each other's lives etc is very beneficial.
...
Sounds like it doesn't have to be Facebook, Twitter, etc. to get the benefits - this forum and Skype should do fine!
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I've just renewed my passport, and the new one has a distinctly
nautical theme. The security features include a picture of Gypsy
Moth IV, a holographic ship's wheel, and an image of a sextant.
Has someone from OW infiltrated the UK Passport Office?
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;D
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I do hope so. :)
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Hehehe! I hope so too ;D
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Apparently a major cyber attack is sweeping across the world.
>:( Knowing that my btinternet address has been a problem in the past
please do not open any emails purporting to come from me, they should
be deleted straightaway. :-[
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Yeah, I just read about a "ransomware" attack that has spread to 74
countries. We have become too dependent on computer technology. They put
cyber locks on important files and you have to pay to regain access to
them. They go after hospitals and other vital services where victims are
likely to pay the ransom ... using bitcoin!!
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I don't think I'd heard of bitcoin until today :-\ I know I wish it didn't exist!! :-[
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Now we learn that the organizations that have been compromised by
these cyber attacks have been negligent in protecting their computer
systems. Microsoft had issued a patch to their Windows operating systems
to close the vulnerabilities that have been exploited by this so-called
ransomware but many organizations have been too slow to implement it.
The irony in all this is that it was supposedly the U.S. National
Security Agency that developed the code that the hackers gained access
to and modified for their own nefarious purposes. So the spies opened
the doors for the criminals. :(
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Yes - just caught the news, Craig. They've confirmed that it was
patch fixes that had been delayed that allowed the trouble in. There
will be some IT offices on red alert today. I certainly would not lay
the whole blame at IT's door step. Apparently there's been a lot of work
done trying to get the NHS off Windows, but it's not happening
properly. To me it is unbelievable that the NHS does not have one proper
system to work with. :-[
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It isn't just Windows - it's a very old version of Windows which
hasn't been supported with security updates for several years now.
My community's computer adviser (one of my sisters) has been telling us
not to use it on any computer connected to the internet, so I can't
believe the NHS didn't know it was risky .... :o
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Unbelievable - I would think that by now, the general public should
be smart enough to at least keep their operating systems and browsers up
to date, all the time!
This is precisely why I recommend installing all updates on everything
as soon as they are generally available (except for major Windows
updates - wait a week or two before installing those, just to make sure)
Otherwise,
you just gotta be smart: Don't open attachments or click on links from
suspicious emails (if you get one that claims to be from your bank, go
the bank's website in a different tab and login there instead), use
HTTPS Everywhere (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS_Everywhere), and
don't use stupid passwords (I have several that are gibberish strings of
letters and numbers, each of which I memorized by brute force).
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The NHS problem, as I partly understand it, was that some equipment
was computer controlled and run by customised software which ran on
Windows XP - I remember it fondly. So, when new versions came out (every
couple of years) they would have had to get the software (expensively)
updated which undoubtedly would have put the equipment out of use for a
time while they got the bugs out of it. So, they put it off which wasn't
too bad while Microsoft supported XP. Then, the equipment was getting
older but still serviceable but was it worth paying for it to be updated
and, of course, the newer equipment ran on something else. Sometimes
they didn't upgrade at all, sometimes they did a messy patch-in but it
left the system vulnerable to malware .
The big problem with
customised medical software is that downtime for more than a few hours
impacts on patients. Customised software allows you to run data
intensive programs on smaller computers, a big advantage when extra
processing capacity or memory was fiendishly expensive. I remember
pointing out to a policeman that the program for a 'cold case' forensic
examnation was stored on and processed by a very old, temperamental
computer and no, the data had to be run through the computer program
which generated it because it also stored the data formatting and the
stuff on the disc was pretty well garbage unless you had the program. We
finally located a working one in the Netherlands which they were about
to shut down but they agreed not to scrap it until the defence team
forensic people had looked at the output from the original study of the
specimens.
As usual, it all comes down to money and priorities.
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Very interesting. Thank you.
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Happy Mother's Day!
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Unbelievable
- I would think that by now, the general public should be smart enough
to at least keep their operating systems and browsers up to date, all
the time!
This is precisely why I recommend installing all updates on everything
as soon as they are generally available (except for major Windows
updates - wait a week or two before installing those, just to make sure)
Otherwise,
you just gotta be smart: Don't open attachments or click on links from
suspicious emails (if you get one that claims to be from your bank, go
the bank's website in a different tab and login there instead), use
HTTPS Everywhere (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS_Everywhere), and
don't use stupid passwords (I have several that are gibberish strings of
letters and numbers, each of which I memorized by brute force).
The
other thing that is very very important is to do regular backups.
I have two two terabyte external hard drives. They measure 15 x 81/2 x
21/2 cm, so they fill fit in a back safety deposit box. I keep one of
these at home and one in the bank. Every so often I swap them. Depending
on what's going on with my projects, I back up my PC onto the hard
drive. That's usually every two or three months. The drives are large
enough to hold several backups. And, every so often, say once or twice a
year, I swap the drives. As soon as the one comes from the bank, I
remove one or two of the oldest backups and do a new one.
I have a
free backup program that is very good and it is relatively easy to use.
(It would be no trouble for any of you OW types, although a novice
would have to think a bit to use it.)
You might think this is
overkill, but trust me it is not. You would be surprised by how much of
your life is stored on your computer. About a dozen years ago, two
people broke into my house in order to steal things. (I was not at
home.) They set the house on fire and left. At the time, I did not have a
home computer, using them all day at work was enough. However, I did
learn several things:
- If I had a computer, it and any backups left at home would not have survived, hence the need for an off-site backup;
- Have
replacement value insurance. If you bought a TV for $500 five years ago
it is probably worth $100. Replacement value insurance means you get a
new TV, standard insurance means you get $100. Not a huge deal for a TV,
but my 60 year old house was valued at $80,000. The cost to replace it
(i.e. build a new one) was about $200,000. The total difference to me,
house and contents, was worth about $160,000;
- Smoke and water
damage was huge. My house was tiny and built of logs, and they fought
the fire for about four hours so you can imagine the amount of water
used and smoke produced. Things stored in cardboard boxes (yes we all do
that) were destroyed. Things stored in large plastic bins were OK; and,
- Artwork etc that had been professionally framed was OK; things that were in cheap frames from Walmart etc did not survive.
Luckily
for me, all my slides and negatives were stored in plastic tubs, and
they were in a cupboard in the room that was least damaged by smoke and
heat. (The fire chief said that the temperature in one room was over
900F.) Since the fire, all my slides and negatives (and music CDs and
movie DVDs)have been scanned and the digital copies are backed up and
stored in a bank vault. And nothing, nothing, is stored in cardboard
boxes except empty canning jars and bottles. As Joni Mitchell said:
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
'Till it's gone
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Oh my Michael - what a horrid horrid experience! :'( :'( :'(
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Happy Mother's Day!
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Awwww - that's very sweet hanibal :D :D :D
We
had Mother's day back in March - I wish I had posted this then...but
here it is for your mother's day. I suspect that the inspiration for
this might be obvious too :D
(http://i.imgur.com/26udUIx.png)
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Oh my Michael - what a horrid horrid experience! :'( :'( :'(
A little bit yes but mostly no. I did discover many wonderful and very
kind and helpful people. I was a board member for Habitat for Humanity
Yukon (HFHY), so the irony of having someone, working to house people,
should lose his own house was very newsworthy. I was interviewed
extensively by the newspapers and for an hour long program on the radio.
My insurance coverage was great, and the insurance adjuster handling my
case was wonderful. The contractor who won the contract to rebuild my
house was excellent, and various suppliers with whom I worked through
HFHY went out of their way to be helpful. I lost two pieces of original
art, but that was because of where they were in the house (the 900
degree F room). All my slides and negatives were fine. Framed family
photos were just re-printed and re-framed. Clothes, furniture,
electronics etc were all replaceable and replaced. In all, I was very
lucky, and I was overwhelmed by the support I got from the community.
For all those reasons, it turned out to be very life affirming and
positive. That said, don't try it yourself, just take my word for it.
(And make backups, store things properly and have good insurance!)
;)
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It's cheering to know how supportive people can be. I promise to do
my best not to get into the same pickle. And the insurances are all up
and running. Hurrah! :)
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Protecting Your Digital Life in 8 Easy Steps
(https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/17/technology/personaltech/encryption-privacy.html?emc=edit_nn_20170515&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=79267039&te=1)
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Just a bit of Antarctic fun...check the amazing striations in this
berg
(https://talk.penguinwatch.org/?_ga=2.169951207.655484078.1494957308-2036387653.1458062099#/subjects/APZ000de7i)
(http://i.imgur.com/xjtg4gr.png)
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The Antarctica Series
Four virtual-reality films that take you on, above and below the Antarctic ice.
(https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/climate/antarctica-virtual-reality.html?emc=edit_nn_20170518&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=79267039&te=1)
and
Antarctic Dispatches (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/18/climate/antarctica-ice-melt-climate-change.html)
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Fantastic information and videos Randi :D I feel like
putting a picture of the Larsen C ice shelf split on the coffee machine
at work which they leave on over the weekend and drives me nuts >:(
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Amazing videos. I watched the first one with my first cup of tea. :)
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Hello all you wonderful computer-techno-able-shipmates. I'm looking
for advice on converting a wlmp file (Windows Movie Maker) to something
that can work on Youtube or Vimeo Any help or 'warnings against'
gratefully received. I've collected a load of penguin pictures and want
to be able to post it.
Thanks ever so! :D
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Did a bit of quick Googling, found the following:
The
WLMP file is not a video file so you can't convert WLMP to MP4 with a
regular video converter. You have to open it with the software that
created WLMP files - Windows (Live) Movie Maker. Generally, you can simply export WLMP to MP4 with Windows (Live) Movie Maker.
Save WLMP File as WMV
Run
Windows Movie Maker, and then click "File" -> "Open Project" to open
your .wlmp file. After that, click "File -> Save movie" to save WLMP
project file as WMV or MP4 video format (Note: This output format is
only available playback in Windows Live Movie Maker).
(Windows Movie Maker used to be called "Windows Live Movie Maker")
Sounds
to me like that should be enough, as YouTube also supports WMV videos,
but I don't know much about this topic, so I could be wrong.
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Thanks so much hanibal - I'll give that a go :D
Anyone got
any ideas about why my number lock keeps turning itself off please?
Tried internet advice fix by adjusting keyboard initializer in registry,
but no luck :(
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Does it turn off in the middle of things (and if so, what are you doing) or only when you reboot/cycle power?
What computer and OS?
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Oh I am such a drip! Thanks Randi - The little thing that lights up
for number lock on my desktop is not the same as on the laptop. Doh! I
just never really looked at them before. It's fine. It was something
linked to bluetooth (you can run a computer on bluetooth - don't answer
that - I don't care to know about that as I'd never do it).
Time to take a break perhaps! :)
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No one lives on this remote Pacific island ? but it?s covered in 38
million pieces of our trash
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/05/16/no-one-lives-on-this-remote-pacific-island-but-its-covered-in-38-million-pieces-of-our-trash/)
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No
one lives on this remote Pacific island ? but it?s covered in 38
million pieces of our trash
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/05/16/no-one-lives-on-this-remote-pacific-island-but-its-covered-in-38-million-pieces-of-our-trash/)
:'( :'( :'(
Very
interesting focus on microplastic poisoning on the BBC's Countryfile
yesterday. Even focused on the poisoning caused by the loss of fibres
from man-made fleece products (and so many of us use those products
these days). And the amount of plastic trash, on our country's
beaches, of any size is dramatic. They showed many dead albatross chicks
who starve to death because they end up being fed with shiny plastic
items rather than food. It included plastic combs and small plastic toys
and so much else. It made me very sad :(
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Thanks to global warming, Antarctica is beginning to turn green
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/05/18/thanks-to-global-warming-antarctica-is-starting-to-turn-green/)
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Thanks to global warming, Antarctica is beginning to turn green
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/05/18/thanks-to-global-warming-antarctica-is-starting-to-turn-green/)
Sigh!! :( :( :(
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Starting tomorrow, Thursday, I will be with 100 other people
marching for the next four days to the Kinder Morgan terminal at the
foot of Burnaby Mountain. This march is to protest the expansion of the
Kinder Morgan pipeline into Burnaby (part of Greater Vancouver) and
bordering on the shores of Burrard Inlet. We will be marching 25-30 km
each day. We will take the ferry from the island to the mainland, so
swimming is not required. ;)
You can see some of the
reasons for our march, Walk4SalishSea, in this excellent presentation
(https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/kinder-morgan-trans-mountain-pipeline-bc-coast/article35043172/)
from the Globe and Mail. Scroll down to see the various pictures, maps
and explanations.
Wish me and my feet luck!!!
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Good work / Good luck!
I am confident that you are not a tenderfoot ;)
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Wish me and my feet luck!!!
Good Luck.
A worthy cause.
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Wish me and my feet luck!!!
Good Luck!
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(http://amyablemx.tracyradams.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/foot-massage-740x420.jpg)
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Good luck and just to spur you on
https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/140219/oil-eating-bacteria-struggles-cold-temperatures-raises-dangers-deepwater-disaster-arctic-circle/
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Good Luck, Michael!
Given your devotion to OW, I'm sure you won't have any problems with the march.
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Good Luck
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Good marching, Michael - it sounds a very good cause.
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Good luck, firm feet, and great success to you Michael :D
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Good luck Michael!
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Michael, wishing you and your fellow marchers great success!
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Just setting up a computer and avoiding the stifling heat outside so
having a treat and watching the 1956 version of Moby Dick. It's only
just started - it was great seeing thee dock at New Bedford :D
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Michael, wishing you and your fellow marchers great success!
Well,
we did it! We had 101 people signed up to do the entire march,
and more joined us along the way. We know our march was a success
because we had four armed RCMP undercover officers infiltrate our group
and taking photos of each of us. When they were discovered, some of the
marchers could see the outlines of pistols under their T-shirts, our
leader stopped the march and we refused to leave until they came
forward. He explained to them that the march was drug, alcohol and
weapons free. They had not asked for nor received permission to march
with us, nor were they invited. They did not respect the rules of the
march by carrying weapons. They were told we could not stop them from
following us, but they had to remain 100 metres behind the walk marshal
who walked at the back of our march. The police said they were here for
our "safety", but they were told that their carrying weapons made us
less safe. We had first aid people, support vehicles with extra food,
water and first aid supplies. We had permission from every municipality
and First Nation along our route to march on the route we designated.
And so on. The negotiations lasted at least half an hour (I was near the
back and couldn't hear, but we were given a detailed briefing at the
end of the day), and when the police realized we wouldn't move until
they left, and that our photographers and videographers had images of
them and their weapons and we were prepared to post them online and
notify the media if they wouldn't leave, then they left. Mind you, we
were followed by them and by police in unmarked police cars for much of
the journey.
We had marchers from all the usual places:
Vancouver, Victoria, Nanaimo, the Gulf Islands. We had people from the
San Juan Islands, Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Seattle and Portland. We
had people from Montreal and Toronto. We had one person from Turino,
Italy and two from the Netherlands. There was a man with his seven
year-old boy who marched the entire way. I may not have been the oldest, but certainly I was one of the oldest.
The
people from Saltspring Island made 78 large orca silhouettes, one for
each of the surviving southern resident orcas. The silhouettes were
mounted on hockey sticks to be held aloft, and the name and vital stats
of the orca represented were listed on the stick. There was a huge
inflatable orca filled with helium.
When we marched on the final
day, the City of Vancouver gave us a six person motorcycle police
escort, and allowed us to use all three northbound lanes on Commercial
Drive and all three lanes eastbound on Hastings. (10 km of traffic
tie-ups.)
We had First Nations drummers from several of the local
nations in front drumming us forward, with various protocol ceremonies
held in the middle of the street at various points (eg. when we left the
traditional lands of the Musqueam and entered the lands of the
Tsleil-Watuth, etc.)
When we marched off the ferry, we had drums
and placards and orcas, crabs, octopus, oyster catchers (birds) kelp and
other sea life representations leading the way.
We stayed one
night in the Ladner United Church. The congregation provided a wonderful
supper and breakfast. One of the parishioners donated $1,000 to cover
the cost of food. There were four nurses giving foot care, (massages,
baths and blister treatments). There were showers and lots of room for
sleeping. We were blessed.
It was all very worthwhile, and we
were a tired but determined group at the end of each day. (Walking
slowly on hot pavement in the sun with lots of standing gets quite
tiring by the end of the day.) We were up at 6:00 each morning, and we
were on our feet for much of the day, finishing around 5:00 PM each day,
but 6:00 on the longest day. When we finally met the other supporting
groups at Grandview Park in Vancouver and we saw the 78 orcas for the
first time, and the hundreds of supporters with their banners and drums,
we knew we had made a statement. It was amazing how energetic we became
just from seeing all the support. My son joined me, as did my wife. She
carried Orca L-109 (https://whalemuseum.org/products/l-109-takoda),
Takoda for the walk to the Kinder Morgan terminal. (She couldn't do the
first three days.)
Here is an article
(http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/trans-mountain-pipeline-foes-to-walk-to-burnaby-from-victoria-1.20185339)
that came out on the day of the march, and one from CBC
(http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/4-day-anti-kinder-morgan-march-1.4135412)at
the end. You can see me in the second video - it's only 8 seconds long,
so look carefully! ;D
There are other images here
(https://www.google.ca/search?q=Walk4SalishSea&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZoJHa3JXUAhVLiFQKHfvfD0gQsAQILA&biw=1600&bih=799).
Ya-how! (people working together).
PS.
You would think after all that the boss wouldn't make me go to the gym
this morning, but she did. And Toby the Cat has demanded and had two
walks already this morning. Where is the love???
PPS Now can I go look for arctic ice???? ;D
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(https://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/images/whale.gif)
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Sounds as if you had fun as well as sore feet. Well done to you all.
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PS.
You would think after all that the boss wouldn't make me go to the gym
this morning, but she did. And Toby the Cat has demanded and had two
walks already this morning. Where is the love???
They do it because they love you and they want to keep you working on Old Weather, um, I mean, healthy :-*
PPS Now can I go look for arctic ice???? ;D
Yes! ;D
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Oh my goodness Michael. How heroic. Well done to you all. And if
your feet felt done in and tired...all that lost energy for you allows
this happy orca to do ...
(http://i.imgur.com/79IrTVv.png)
that :D :D :D
I hope that you all win the day :) :-* :)
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Well done old chap. :)
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Thank you all. Just working thru heavy ice off Bald Head, Siberia. :) :) :)
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Well done, Michael!
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Great orca picture, Joan!
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Well, we did it!
Well done, for a great cause! 8)
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Thank you all. Just working thru heavy ice off Bald Head, Siberia. :) :) :)
That sounds like a good reason to buy a toupee, or a crash helmet - heavy ice on a bald head is no laughing matter ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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Some nice pics at
https://cosmosmagazine dot com/geoscience/capturing-the-earth-as-art
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Well done Michael! Proud of you. :)
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Congratulations on a feat (feet?! ;)) well done. Always important to support what you believe in!
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Well done, Michael - sounds like you all made quite an impact. I hope people are listening to you.
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Well done Michael! Great Job!
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Thank you, one and all. We may have a new provincial government in a
few days that is committed either to stopping this pipeline or tying it
up in so much bureaucratic red tape that it is stalled forever.
There
are lots of images here
(https://www.google.ca/search?q=Walk4SalishSea&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjyqanx_5fUAhVJxVQKHRtTAx0QsAQIPQ&biw=1600&bih=799#imgrc=XCi8nYJJjLfvSM:).
I really liked the 78 orca signs, each with the name, number and other
data written on the stick, one for each of the 78 surviving Southern
Resident orcas. There were more orca signs than that, but those 78 were
very special and inspiring, as were the signs listing the senior
matriarch of the three pods: J; K; and L, along with some of their
offspring.
In this particular photo
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DA70BljVoAAOTI4.jpg) you can see the name
etc of the orca, Rainshadow K12, on the stick, as well as some of the
offspring on the sign near the back. Also, just the front of the
"pipeline" on the left. It was about 30-40 feet long and had a big knot
in the middle. It was mounted on a "trestle" of steel rods. The sculptor
wanted it to be carried the entire way (10 km) on Sunday but it was too
heavy for the 20 people carrying it, and they had to mount it on
bicycles. It was a struggle pushing it up the steep hills, and even more
of a struggle trying to slow it down on the other side. ;D
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Michael, more power to your
elbow feet!
[In case
this is just a British phrase - here's
(http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/more-power-to-your-elbow)
an explanation]
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Michael, more power to your elbow feet!
[In
case this is just a British phrase - here's
(http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/more-power-to-your-elbow)
an explanation]
I love it. I've never heard that expression before! :) :) :)
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Great pictures Michael. I love that the orca families are
represented, brings the whole thing much loser to home :D And it was
great to see you all getting time together off your feet as well as on
them :D
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Great
pictures Michael. I love that the orca families are represented, brings
the whole thing much loser to home :D And it was great to see you all
getting time together off your feet as well as on them :D
We
were always happy for our ten minute mid-morning and mid-afternoon sit
down. A chance to grab a snack from our packs. The tough choice was: sit
on a bench/rock/log in the sun; or, sit on the grass in the shade? We
always had a break with at least a little bit of shade, but not all
stops had sitting places in the shade. (It is hard sitting on flat
ground after walking for several hours.) ;D Our lunch stops always had
shade, too. It was hardest getting up after sitting for the hour lunch
break, but once we walked the first 50-100 metres all the kinks and
stiffness were gone, the drums were beating, the flags were flying and
we were off and marching. :)
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Did a bit of quick Googling, found the following:
The
WLMP file is not a video file so you can't convert WLMP to MP4 with a
regular video converter. You have to open it with the software that
created WLMP files - Windows (Live) Movie Maker. Generally, you can simply export WLMP to MP4 with Windows (Live) Movie Maker.
Save WLMP File as WMV
Run
Windows Movie Maker, and then click "File" -> "Open Project" to open
your .wlmp file. After that, click "File -> Save movie" to save WLMP
project file as WMV or MP4 video format (Note: This output format is
only available playback in Windows Live Movie Maker).
(Windows Movie Maker used to be called "Windows Live Movie Maker")
Sounds
to me like that should be enough, as YouTube also supports WMV videos,
but I don't know much about this topic, so I could be wrong.
Thanks
hanibal - I did it!! ;D ;D ;D Feels a bit like producing gold by
alchemy, but here's the evidence - sorry about the odd picture
'jumping': https://www.youtube.com/embed/xD5OC6rWaLc
The idea was
to show a very lazy seal having a nice day pinning an ice floe down
with the added fun of seeing the penguins wandering about their next
sites. It's a place we call 'Egg_Rock'. We know where it is because
there's a reflection of Mount Luigi in the water. It's on Goudier Island
at the opposite end to the Penguin Post Office (penguins send a lot of
mail) at Port Lockroy. :D
Thanks again!! ;D
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:) :) :) :) :)
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Some nice pics at
https://cosmosmagazine dot com/geoscience/capturing-the-earth-as-art
Fantastic - especially the one of Australia :)
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Have also flown a glider from Stonefield SA via Burra to Peterborough and back to Burra.
The pic does not show all the flight area but it cut roughly SW to NE on that pic.
Looks good at 10-12000 ft but not as good as those pics.
Also have driven through that area. Sure looks different from ground level.
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Great
pictures Michael. I love that the orca families are represented, brings
the whole thing much loser to home :D And it was great to see you all
getting time together off your feet as well as on them :D
We
were always happy for our ten minute mid-morning and mid-afternoon sit
down. A chance to grab a snack from our packs. The tough choice was: sit
on a bench/rock/log in the sun; or, sit on the grass in the shade? We
always had a break with at least a little bit of shade, but not all
stops had sitting places in the shade. (It is hard sitting on flat
ground after walking for several hours.) ;D Our lunch stops always had
shade, too. It was hardest getting up after sitting for the hour lunch
break, but once we walked the first 50-100 metres all the kinks and
stiffness were gone, the drums were beating, the flags were flying and
we were off and marching. :)
You
do get stiff when you stop - but then you get stiff if you don't - a
nice shapely bench in the shade is the best for a rest - but I doubt it
would have been easy to provide that for so many of you :D
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Have also flown a glider from Stonefield SA via Burra to Peterborough and back to Burra.
The pic does not show all the flight area but it cut roughly SW to NE on that pic.
Looks good at 10-12000 ft but not as good as those pics.
Also have driven through that area. Sure looks different from ground level.
Wish I had been able to do my geography studies in this way - NASA fly past instead of a dry and dusty book ;)
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Thanks to coldcounter on PW for the latest atmospheric news. And it
turns out that the planet could die laughing... :-[ :-\ :o
http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-05-30/arctic-peatland-could-release-greenhouse-gas-as-permafrost-thaws/8569010
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And what with the news that Trump is likely to pull the US out of the Paris climate accord ... :'(
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Happy birthday Helen!
:) :-*
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Thank you Caro - I am of course celebrating with a bit of editing!
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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) | and | Angel food cake (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_food_cake) |
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That looks an excellent combination!
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Happy Birthday, Helen, and enjoy your cakes!
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Happy Birthday, Helen!!!
May you enjoy many more!
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Thank you, Michael - I'm going to do my best to do so!
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A very happy birthday Helen! I hope you enjoy both of Randi's cake offerings ;D ;D ;D
Here's how Randi got the angel cake food flown in for today for you...
(http://i.imgur.com/uA4giI9.png)
;D ;D ;D
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;D
Happy Birthday, Helen!
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Happy Birthday, Helen!
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Happy Birthday Helen!!!!
(http://i.imgur.com/Pe4VikM.jpg)
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Antarctica?s Larsen C ice shelf is within days of completely cracking (https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/antarctica-larsen-c-ice-shelf-cracking?tgt=nr)
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Thank you all for your greetings - and all the cakes. How did you know?
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There's a special little birthday birdie that tells us ;) ;D Hope you had a good day Helen :D
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Antarctica?s Larsen C ice shelf is within days of completely cracking (https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/antarctica-larsen-c-ice-shelf-cracking?tgt=nr)
I
knew it was speeding up. Edyflwr on PW sent me a CNN report based on
the report above. The speed of the end is unthinkable. Perhaps we could
export it to America when it finally calves? ::)
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Just think how much Scotch you would need for that size ice cube. ;D
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Is there a glass big enough though? ;D ;D ;D
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Wife and I are 'Migrating North with the Grey Nomads'
Hopefully back in a couple of months.
Will watch the forum and do what WRs I can fit in.
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Happy travels Grey Nomads!! It's better than creaking away in the cold damp of winter I should think :D
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Wife and I are 'Migrating North with the Grey Nomads'
Hopefully back in a couple of months.
Will watch the forum and do what WRs I can fit in.
Have
fun, Stuart. I look forward to a chat and some photos when you return.
This time next week we will be heading south to visit daughter,
son-in-law and grandson in California for a month. Just mere steps away
from Mark Zuckerberg and his Facebook campus. Still not a user
though... ;D
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See you later, Stuart. :)
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Sorry Caro it will not be permanent.
Joan ,do you have a Prof Cox and Prof Mahli working for you?
Just watched The Tipping Point on the Amazon rain forest. Good show.
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Hi Stuart! :D
Half yes - Prof Cox is not at Oxford, but
Yadvinder works a few yards down the corridor from me. I know of Greg
Asner - I think he's lectured with us before. Yadvinder is a powerhouse.
He never stops - does great work and has had it recognized by receiving
a Fellowship of the Royal Society recently. He is head of the
Ecosystems Lab at the Environmental Change Institute. He's got plenty of
experiments going on across the tropics
(http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/people/ymalhi.html). I'm a lucky girl to be
working with such an amazing bunch of people.
One of his students (Anabel Cardoso) set up the recent Elephant Zooniverse project as part of her studies of African Megafauna.
I was just looking for the programme that you've watched - found a snippet. I'll have to track the whole thing. :D
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Wife and I are 'Migrating North with the Grey Nomads'
Hopefully back in a couple of months.
Will watch the forum and do what WRs I can fit in.
Fair winds, calm seas, and whatever else it takes to make your trip safe, relaxing, and wonderfilled! ;)
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Thanks Dean. 1c last night but great days.
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This is maybe the weirdest thing I've seen on the web today (barring politics):
(https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/FEF0/production/_96346256_capture2.png)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40155229
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Amazing sang-froid from the mower-man :o Probably not
worth putting the grass cuttings into a neat pile with that tornado
about to drop in :o
I found an interesting front page
on the Oxford University website just now. A freshly opened project to
preserve World War 1 memorabilia:
https://oxreach.hubbub.net/p/lestweforget/?ref=35196
I'm
glad to see it's in the very safe hands of Stuart Lee who was/is part
of the English Faculty with a specialism in Online usage.
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Thanks Dean. 1c last night but great days.
Getting warmer Stuart? I noticed you were on line - sheltering from the heat of northern Oz? :D
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No ice on the windscreen today at Inverell. :)
Goondiwindi tomorrow via Texas
Maybe Miles to day after. Trying to dodge the rain which is due soon in South Qld.
Sydney has had a lot of rain in the last few days.
Max temp so far has been 18c, nice.
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Sounds good Stuart - avoiding rain is always go for older joints :D
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Sounds good Stuart - avoiding rain is always go for older joints :D
Especially metal ones
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Here's an interesting link
(https://gfycat.com/SmoggySlightAmericanratsnake) my son sent me. It
shows the monthly changes in the earth's mean temperature.
:'(
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:'( :'( :'(
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Sounds good Stuart - avoiding rain is always go for older joints :D
Especially metal ones
Oh yes! Please don't go rusty Stuart ;D ;D ;D
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Here's
an interesting link (https://gfycat.com/SmoggySlightAmericanratsnake)
my son sent me. It shows the monthly changes in the earth's mean
temperature. :'(
I'll join Randi on this one :'( :'( :'(
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A little left field, but whilst Boaty McBoatface seems to have
dropped of the forum, in Australia a horse called Horsey McHorseface is
rising. The horse won it's first race at Cessnock this week.
;D
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;D ;D ;D
I bet everyone but the owners of the other horses was rooting for him.
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;D ;D ;D That's a great story Stuart. I wonder what Thingy McThingface we'll have to entertain us next? :D
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Most of us have probably come across mentions of plenty of ships in
the logs that sailed to San Francisco - but did any of them end up under San Francisco?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/05/map-ships-buried-san-francisco/
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That is absolutely amazing - I simply never would have guessed that a
ship would just get buried into the ground, though I think I did come
up with something like that once. But dozens of them...what a hoot
:D
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What a find! I'll go and explore when I'm there shortly,
though I don't suppose there will be anything to see above ground.
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Thanks, Danny. That was an interesting article.
Janet and
HatterJack also had some discussion about sunken ships in San Francisco,
but mainly a bit further south, in the Hunters Point / Candlestick
Point area:
http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3903.msg114939#msg114939
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I just read: It's Hug a Climate Scientist Day. Just remember: no surprise hugs!
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To Philip and Kevin:
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/cd/23/32/cd2332e74dbb7bf04cbc1b6366cefa8c--internet-hug-internet-friends.jpg)
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;D
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What a cool idea! Here's one from me to you two too, Philip and Kevin ;D
(http://i.imgur.com/k9KiSun.png)
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Happy birthday Hannibal
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And many happy returns from me too, Hannibal.
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Happy Birthday
to
Hanibal94
(http://orig13.deviantart.net/25a8/f/2011/264/b/d/rainbow_dash_happy_birthday_by_awesomepony777-d4ahoq4.png)
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Have a good day & may you have many more
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Happy birthday HANIBAL :)
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Happy Birthday, Hanibal! Hope you're having a great day!
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Happy Birthday from me too.
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Happy birthday hanibal! Hope you're having a great day!
(http://i.imgur.com/BcJittG.png)
;D oops! ;D
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Happy Birthday, Hanibal!
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Happy Birthday, Hanibal! ;D ;D ;D
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Thanks everybody!
Not really much to say - we didn't do a
party or anything yesterday. Just fancy dinner and awesome cake.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kladdkaka) But I enjoyed it a lot!
I
only got a few presents, but that's because in our family, only the
under-18s get lots of stuff on birthdays and Christmas. With the adults,
you only get something if you happen to find something they would
definitely like.
We've had this arrangement for a few years now, and
IMO, it's brilliant - no need to rush around in December, trying to
figure out what to get for everybody. Instead, we can focus on simply
enjoying the holiday together!
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That cake sounds excellent!
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That cake sounds excellent!
It sure does!
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That cake sounds excellent!
It sure does!
I quite agree - sounds very toothsome :D (Also - very good idea about the presents - I hold with what you do :D )
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Happy Birthday, Hannibal!
i have learned:
(http://i.imgur.com/aVXZ1jZ.jpg)
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Scientists stunned by Antarctic rainfall and a melt area bigger than Texas
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/06/15/scientists-just-documented-a-massive-melt-event-on-the-surface-of-antarctica/)
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:'( :'( :'(
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I'll second Michael :'( :'( :'(
Still hoping that Larsen C will break off on 4th July if it's going to go at all
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5th July would do me fine.
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5th July would do me fine.
Ummmm - any reason why Stuart? (I bet I've forgotten an important date ::) ;)) :)
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Mum was one of the first to take advantage of FREE national Health.
(She was under instructions from Dad to hold on till the 5th) ;D
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Mum was one of the first to take advantage of FREE national Health.
(She was under instructions from Dad to hold on till the 5th) ;D
That paints such a picture Stuart :D Your poor mum...your glad dad ;D
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Sooooo, happy Father's Day to all the dads celebrating today. ;)
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Happy father's day, dads!
(http://i.imgur.com/j2N6gOE.png)
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:) Thank you!
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You're very welcome Michael :D
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Happy solstice everyone. :)
(https://c.tadst.com/gfx/750x500/stonehenge-june-solstice.jpg?1)
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Indeed - well, the nights are drawing in now, downhill to winter from here ... ;)
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Why two-wheeled suitcases rock and fall over (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40346519)
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I'll second your 'Happy Solstice' Caro ;D
And now I know why my suitcase falls over and why my laces come undone - thanks hanibal ;D
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This is a good demo of weight distribution for caravan towing.
https://youtube.com/embed/fWd8ml9mFMo
From Stuart in Sapphire Qld. 12c to 23c today.
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This is a good demo of weight distribution for caravan towing.
https://youtu (dot) be/fWd8ml9mFMo
From Stuart in Sapphire Qld. 12c to 23c today.
That was a sobering demonstration, Stuart :D I'll remember that! :o
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This is a good demo of weight distribution for caravan towing.
Fascinatingly simple way to demonstrate the problem, thanks for posting!
There are all kinds of systems that can go horribly wrong when you get the mass on the wrong side of a pivot. :o
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Don't forget to celebrate Day of the Seafarer today, will you?
(http://webplus.info/images/wpi.images/h_en_Day_of_the_Seafarer.jpg)
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Their theme this year is "Seafarers Matter" and they have an
interactive quiz (can't imagine why I thought to share the quiz image ;)
)
(http://i.imgur.com/z8y2aE9.png)
I didn't do too badly though it wasn't far off being landed as a landlubber:
(http://i.imgur.com/jYysu3S.png?1)
:D :D :D
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Couldn't work out how to post the image for my final score, so
you'll have to take my word for it - 12 out of 15, making me a Chief
Officer. I would like to say that this reflects my extensive
knowledge on the subject, but I think I just made some lucky guesses!
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Well done you!! ;D ;D ;D (I used a screen snip to capture my less worthy results ;) )
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Couldn't
work out how to post the image for my final score, so you'll have to
take my word for it - 12 out of 15, making me a Chief Officer. I
would like to say that this reflects my extensive knowledge on the
subject, but I think I just made some lucky guesses!
Almost caught you with my 11. (Still a Chief Officer.)
The picks of ports lost me points. ???
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Couldn't
work out how to post the image for my final score, so you'll have to
take my word for it - 12 out of 15, making me a Chief Officer. I
would like to say that this reflects my extensive knowledge on the
subject, but I think I just made some lucky guesses!
Almost caught you with my 11. (Still a Chief Officer.)
The picks of ports lost me points. ???
11! Wow! Ah - got lucky on those ports - but had to look very hard for any weeny little clues in the pictures ;)
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Some guessing involved. ;)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/cp526dUaLmxUlstPA-PMgnr_DuuLAE99OeiFCYsaWt3kdiZ5jA1IPKSMSWlb06O2rVsW2ZeeuVY7EDUEqXn1V6GfkTqMUsRIrjrAmRhkhVjSiaiP5A52O1cUiaPmPRXOBY_iPBUDxfNfUv0rke_oEcaPisNqfCft9vrFn631fPzTP51VT06HJI0WEpSByL0E0QZtHLodaTWkekmzEqafZ6p4yvnM4EYr6qNwmdNQC8JBQyCmMPF7EtM9kc-4etLsSWvyfxBROZn5Oi0RoHSN-X6r67GDLEYTwTIb819zGZmjhBOzb1ZHsFWMH5cBeIQBePk-GTuCeheLl1PTjQ3I4mnAdjVeUEWFSJ-bAgYRGrYMJp1pPessTjLBxklWOdLohbd9OxFsFSfqjHwS-_Z_m9VJ2ymnw4cP7DC3KvO4VoYk2lcR2ebV0GoXFNNuf3dMPPcQcmMtZInDAfe987jPW8BiBtmz0-oHPuVccjfauVB-hUcKbUeKOA_D7IhHxbEfDfXo0aaoaufjdjHig88sspl9r6cV1EpOS0hiPnrbgT1_uSYAatRggZ7w5knzl3KPBrFYCLb-KXnySMGxGTeszuvVol-DNTFL9DQB7AGB7QhWTGEk-bPe-w=w790-h494-no)
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10 out of 15. So I'm also a Chief Officer.
Had to do a bunch of guessing as well.
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Successful first trip for Boaty McBoatface
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40425996
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(http://www.desismileys.com/smileys/desismileys_4547.gif) (http://www.desismileys.com/)
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10 out of 15. So I'm also a Chief Officer.
Had to do a bunch of guessing as well.
Well done hanibal! :D
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Successful first trip for Boaty McBoatface
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40425996
Go Boaty!! Way to go McBoatFace ;D
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Just found out about this today:
Nasty security hole in Skype
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/27/skype_vuln/
The problem affects Skype versions prior to 7.37, on Windows XP, 7, 8 and 10.
To update, open Skype, select "Help" from the top menu and then click on "Check for Updates".
Note:
At one point between downloading and installing, you will get a window
that says "Make Bing your search engine and MSN your homepage".
Both these options are checked by default, so make sure to uncheck them before proceeding!
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Thanks!
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Thanks, Hanibal.
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Thanks for the information and warnings hanibal :D
I haven't
used Skype for a while and I don't like the number of questions that I
was asked this time around which basically try to find out if they could
flog me something from Microsoft. Harummmphhhh >:(
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Thanks, Hanibal.
Ditto!
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Happy 150th Birthday
Canada
(http://www.balloonboys.com/mt-content/uploads/2017/01/thumbnails/canada-150-for-website_m_300x187.jpg)
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:) :) :)
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Happy Birthday Canada!
Found these to celebrate :D :D :D
(http://i.imgur.com/IIPN7Uc.png)
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Need a laugh?
http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/40469343/music-loving-dog-upstages-orchestra-in-turkey
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;D ;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D that's one cool pooch
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Happy 4th of July!
We celebrated Canada Day in the USA, so we're celebrating Independence Day back here in Canada. :)
(http://i.imgur.com/bRUln25.jpg)
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;D ;D ;D Such a busy day I forgot the 4th - I'll celebrate later today!
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Something to think about...
Kaspersky,
a leading global seller of anti-virus software, has been under
suspicion for ties to the Kremlin for years, though the recent discovery
of a Russian military intelligence unit number stamped on a
company certification has raised eybrows about the relationship.
In
a post-Snowden era, it's entirely possible that governments and IT
companies may have more direct ties than previously thought,
said Kenneth Geers, a former NATO expert.
TLDR: If you bought your laptop at Best Buy, you probably use Kaspersky software. U.S. leaders think that's risky.
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Skype backlash: "Worst update ever" (http://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-40526116/skype-backlash-worst-update-ever)
People are annoyed by this update to the Skype app because it's fixing something that was never broken to begin with.
Fortunately,
this seems to only be for the mobile versions of Skype - as far as I
can tell, the desktop (i.e. PC) version of Skype does not have such
problems.
I hope they don't "rebuild" the desktop version!
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Some long time ago I wondered why Concord, and then others, picked
up sand. This, from the Bear
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USRC%20Bear/vol093/vol093_017_1.jpg),
13 July 1905:
Boated of sand for scrubbing decks, oars, gratings, etc.
How prosaic.... ;D
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Cheap and effective. ;)
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maybe the concord bypassed the time it takes to wear the holystones down to sand and picked it up directly. ;D
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I hope it is for cleaning.
I am reading a story from the
Napoleonic wars and they sprinkle sand on the deck before battle to
prevent people from slipping in the blood.
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For the Bear up in the Bering Sea, certainly. ;)
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maybe the concord bypassed the time it takes to wear the holystones down to sand and picked it up directly. ;D
;D ;D ;D
Sounds
like they are getting their buckets and spades mixed up with their
buckets and mops - should make some interesting sandcastles though ;)
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Skype backlash: "Worst update ever" (http://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-40526116/skype-backlash-worst-update-ever)
People are annoyed by this update to the Skype app because it's fixing something that was never broken to begin with.
Fortunately,
this seems to only be for the mobile versions of Skype - as far as I
can tell, the desktop (i.e. PC) version of Skype does not have such
problems.
I hope they don't "rebuild" the desktop version!
I
couldn't agree more hanibal! What a nightmare. And the idea that kids
will obediently turn off the 'where you are' thing is ridiculous. :o
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Here's one for Philip, Kevin and any other scientists:
Supercharging
Environmental and Climate Change Research
(https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=529)
IBM
invites scientists to apply for grants of supercomputing power through
World Community Grid, meteorological data from The Weather Company, and
IBM Cloud storage to support their environmental and climate change research projects.
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Here's one for Philip, Kevin and any other scientists:
Supercharging
Environmental and Climate Change Research
(https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=529)
IBM
invites scientists to apply for grants of supercomputing power through
World Community Grid, meteorological data from The Weather Company, and
IBM Cloud storage to support their environmental and climate change research projects.
Very
interesting, especially as they have thrown it wide open rather than
cherry pick from the get-go :-\ Wonder if BOINC will find
any changes happening to it as the IBM Cloud grows? ???
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Giant iceberg splits from Antarctic (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40321674)
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:'( :'( :'(
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And all they worry about is it being a problem in the shipping lanes?
:'(
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'(...oh just fetch a bucket - I could fill it with
tears over this one. The last two Larsens suffered a complete break up
of the remaining ice shelf after their main calving.... I hope it's not a
hopeless wish that this one will survive that possibility!
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Ordinarily I wouldn't post about proposals for future work that are
still a long way from won, but I think you all deserve to see this
comment from an anonymous reviewer (added emphasis mine):
The
project is to digitize ... US naval log books and muster rolls,
primarily from 1861-79 (but ranging from 1801-1940), in collaboration
with the National Archives (delivered through NARA's portal), and to put
them into the hugely successful Old Weather citizen-science project for
enhancement. The primary interest of that project is historical
climatology, but a solid argument is made for the interdisciplinary
research value of this content and the ways in which digitization and
structured markup/transcription to enable real data processing is wholly transformative and amplifies the possibilities inherent in the manuscript versions.
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Very nice, Kevin! Thanks for telling us. 8)
Please let us know if this proposal is successful or not!
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I would say "wholly transformative" for the transcribing family too!
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Very promising. Thanks Kevin. :)
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Lovely to be appreciated. Hope all goes well and the new interfaces
are user friendly. I think we could be occupied for quite a while if it
comes off!
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The stubborn worry about climate change that just won't go away
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/07/10/the-stubbornly-persistent-idea-about-climate-change-that-just-wont-go-away/)
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Wonderful carrot to have dangling almost within reach :D I hope it happens! ;D
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The stubborn worry about climate change that just won't go away
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/07/10/the-stubbornly-persistent-idea-about-climate-change-that-just-wont-go-away/)
Well that's very sobering news - but perhaps a sign of the planet really biting back? :-[
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https://twitter.com/TogetherSci/status/886980223211798528
:)
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https://twitter.com/TogetherSci/status/886980223211798528
:)
:D :D :D
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Happy birthday Dean
(https://media.giphy.com/media/l0MYSryDg63YEmXVS/giphy.gif)
:)
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Happy birthday, Dean - may your voyage through the next year be smooth!
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Happy Birthday, Dean!
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Happy Birthday, Dean!
I am going on vacation until August 12th, and will not be able to update the following until then:
- Log Size guestimations
- OW Rankings
- The weekly Art + OW joke in the Dockside Gallery
I will still be able to access the forum from time to time, though, as I am taking a small laptop that I only use for travel
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Many Happy Returns, Dean!
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A very happy birthday to you Dean! Fair winds and following seas and cake and icing and candles and balloons and... ;D ;D ;D
(http://i.imgur.com/yU76Cen.png)
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Happy Birthday
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Happy Birthday
to
Dean!
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Enjoy your vacation, Hanibal!
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Many happy returns, Dean!!!
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Thank you all!!! ;D ;D ;D
Its was quiet day with Family & friends at dinner.
Even found time for a bit of Transcribing on Leviathan! ;)
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Thank you all!!! ;D ;D ;D
Its was quiet day with Family & friends at dinner.
Even found time for a bit of Transcribing on Leviathan! ;)
A sign of OW Addiction. Transcribing OW on your birthday! 8)
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http://globalnews.ca/news/3617564/calgary-veteran-who-survived-dunkirk-causes-a-stir-at-movie-premiere/
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Words of wisdom.
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Just found this too - need to see.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/rachel-carson/
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I got the first link Kevin - I agree with Randi in that they are
words of wisdom. We can fly to the moon and back and should be able to
do better than war.
Sadly I can't get the link due to regional limitations :-\
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I think this is the correct video: https://youtube.com/embed/SeJNRaE11A0
I can't see the version in Kevin's link either so I can't say for sure. :)
This is well worth watching anyway.
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All of you who have been pulling round the fleet as requisite should be ready for today's event
The 2017 Doggett's Coat and Badge Race (http://www.doggettsrace.org.uk/)
(http://www.fishhall.org.uk/media/1329/danielarnold2010a.jpg)
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With More Ships in the Arctic, Fears of Disaster Rise (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/23/climate/ships-in-the-arctic.html)
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Two Weeks on Ice in McMurdo Station, Antartica (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/19/climate/two-weeks-mcmurdo-antarctica.html)
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Super chat threads Randi! Ashamed to say I never heard of the
Doggett thing. I'm amazed, though probably very pleased, that they don;t
turn this into the same sort of a circus that the Boat Race has
become :)
Fear of getting stuck in Arctic ice? Pah! I've been doing that since about 1885 (OK - on paper - but - you know) ;)
Antarctic - great pictures :D - I'll post that over on PW to fill in the wait for the next pictures ::)
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:-*
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Just a safety reminder for the upcoming eclipse (21 August)...
Except during the brief phase of totality, you must wear eclipse-watching glasses the entire time you are looking at the sun.
This is also true if you are watching the eclipse from outside the path
of totality. If you attempt to look at the eclipse without protective
lenses, you risk severe damage to your eyes. Ultraviolet rays from the
sun can literally give your eyeballs a sunburn.
Only specially designed solar filters will do the trick. Regular sunglasses are not good enough!
Also
Clouds are transparent to ultraviolet light, which is why clouds offer no protection from sunburn.
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Oh you lucky things!! Have you got your eclipse glasses sorted out yet?
8)
8) ;D 8)
8)
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https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/7284543/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/rg-026/585454-noaa/159a/northland/b1733/26-159a-northland-b1733_213.jpg
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https://twitter.com/BBCEarth/status/890933793883918336
Don't look if you have a problem with flashing images.
Otherwise, wow. Storm, ships, Milky Way, music ...
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Beautiful!
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Aivik - 29 July 1943 (https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/23709510/content/dc-metro/rg-026/587169/0002/Aivik-1943-07/Aivik-1943-07_0029.JPG)
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https://twitter.com/BBCEarth/status/890933793883918336
Don't look if you have a problem with flashing images.
Otherwise, wow. Storm, ships, Milky Way, music ...
That was very very nice :D
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Indeed!!!
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Storis - 30 July 1943
(https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/38547995/content/dc-metro/rg-026/587169/2017-01/storis-wmec-38-1943/storis-wmec-38-1943_0419.JPG)
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Looks like we have a long time to go with the Albatross as I am only on 1913. Your page is 1943.
What is the purpose of putting up the page? Is it to show that some pages are readable? ::)
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I am just showing off a couple of our upcoming ships ;)
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I am just showing off a couple of our upcoming ships ;)
Yeh!!! New ships :D
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Yesterday was Sydneys Hottest July day in 158yrs (since records started) 26.5c :o
Average July max is 16.4 BTW.
Today temp dropped to 15.5c in Sydney with rain. :'(
Max at home today 9.4c also with rain.
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Northwind - 31 July 1946
(https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/23708086/content/dc-metro/rg-026/587169/0002/Northwind-WAG-282-b131/Northwind-WAG-282-b131_0089.JPG)
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Yesterday was Sydneys Hottest July day in 158yrs (since records started) 26.5c :o
Average July max is 16.4 BTW.
Today temp dropped to 15.5c in Sydney with rain. :'(
Max at home today 9.4c also with rain.
That 26.5 would be a respectable summer day here, but it's your winter Stuart - ouch!! :'(
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Northwind - 31 July 1946
(https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/23708086/content/dc-metro/rg-026/587169/0002/Northwind-WAG-282-b131/Northwind-WAG-282-b131_0089.JPG)
00.00-04.00 I'd want to avoid 'supposed rocks' if I were rounding Cape Horne! :o :o :o
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Just because I'm up to my neck in virtual ice, you should read this
(http://globalnews.ca/news/3634272/msv-nordica-sets-new-standard-for-earliest-crossing-of-northwest-passage/).
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:'(
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Just
because I'm up to my neck in virtual ice, you should read this
(http://globalnews.ca/news/3634272/msv-nordica-sets-new-standard-for-earliest-crossing-of-northwest-passage/).
Oh
my!! :( :( :( Well look at it this way Michael - one day
you may become very famous as someone who can talk, with authority,
about ice in the North West Passage when rowing it can be done in an
open boat in swimming trunks which is where we might be heading to give
Stuart's 26.5 winter's day in Sydney ::) :o
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Ever wondered what happened to all the stuff thrown or lost
overboard from our ships? - Cannon, anchors and skull found during
Portsmouth dredging
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-40787660)
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I'm trying to picture an explanation for: 'an aircraft engine' going
overboard. "It's like this Captain. We was cleaning out the engine
compar'ment on the plane and the engine was, well, kinda greasy, and
before we knew it 'bloop!' and over she goes..." ;D
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Could the engine be from an aircraft that ditched in the water close to the coast and broke up on impact?
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Being serious - more than likely. I doubt the engine really fell off
a ship. It's not nice to think that a plane ditched so close to the
land - I wonder if the pilot survived?
It's nice to think that the engine number might be found in order to tell us the full story. :)
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I think the engine may be from a WW I era aircraft made mostly of
wood which is why the engine is still left but nothing else.
Amelia
Earhart was in the news recently on the Imperial Japanese navy Page
combinedfleet.com Japanese aircraft form everything else section there
is a post that has quite a few replys on it on her and her final flight
and the weather and other things.
on youtube:
Amelia Earhart Mystery solved-Finally! by Joesph Leroy Lodride
World of Myteries-In search of Amelia Earhart
with many comments.
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Aklak - 1 September 1942 (https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/23709988/content/dc-metro/rg-026/587169/0002/Aklak-1942-09/Aklak-1942-09_0004.JPG)
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Bear - 2 September 1941
(https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/7794786/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/594258-navy-deck-logs/batch-y/Bear-AG-29-1941-09/Bear-AG-29-1941-09-0008.jpg)
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Aklak - 1 September 1942 (https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/23709988/content/dc-metro/rg-026/587169/0002/Aklak-1942-09/Aklak-1942-09_0004.JPG)
'made evening colors' - how nice - very pretty I'm sure :D
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Bear - 2 September 1941
(https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/7794786/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/594258-navy-deck-logs/batch-y/Bear-AG-29-1941-09/Bear-AG-29-1941-09-0008.jpg)
Ouch!! That had to hurt! :-[ :'(
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Can we finish the Classic vessels first?
Everybody (thats left) will be jumping ship to Randi's tit bits.
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I just want people to know that there are more ships to come ;D
I
know there is still work to be done on the Classic ships, but I have a
suspicion that some people quit because there were too many people per
ship :'(
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Michael P. has been keeping track of who is still actively transcribing on OW Classic.
According to him, only 8 people did any work during the month of July.
I suspect this is indeed due to only three ships being left.
But I will continue to work on OW Classic for as long as I can.
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I am back from my June/July holiday and on the Classics.
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Good !
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Alatok - 3 August 1943 (https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/23710829/content/dc-metro/rg-026/587169/0002/Alatok-1943-08/Alatok-1943-08_0007.JPG)
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Alatok - 3 August 1943 (https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/23710829/content/dc-metro/rg-026/587169/0002/Alatok-1943-08/Alatok-1943-08_0007.JPG)
Frankly I'd rather be in a comfortable bed at 2.56 in the morning! :o ;)
Hello Stuart!! Hope you had a good holiday - nice to see you back :D
Hello hanibal!! Hope you had a good holiday - nice to see you back :D
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I was just speaking with my sister, who has a Ph. D. so she must be very smart, and she told me:
True = What you choose to believe
and the corollary which follows immediately:
What you choose to believe = True
She
suggested, therefore, that I should stop trying to find ice, because I
could choose to believe that it's not necessary, and I should take the
cat for a walk but, for the moment, I choose to believe that he isn't
interested. ;D
I think this new paradigm has great
possibilities for getting me out of all sorts of things I don't want to
do, and to do all sorts of things I shouldn't be doing!
:o ;D ;D ;D
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;D
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And, Michael, when you get caught doing the things you shouldn't do
thanks to this new stream of logic, you can blame you sis for it. Win
win situation I reckon ;D ;D ;D
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Thanks, Joan. :) :) :)
In the second week of August,
1903, Thetis couldn't get much farther than Icy Cape on her trip to
Point Barrow, Alaska. She had to turn back because the ice was too
heavy. She should have waited for 2017. Image courtesy of these fine
people (http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/).
(https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/N_daily_extent_hires.png)
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And six weeks still to go to annual ice minimum...
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A Low-Tech Mosquito Deterrent
On
a low table, they set up a small electric fan, perhaps 12 inches high,
that swept back and forth, sending a gentle breeze across the grassy
area where people were sitting.
That was it. No citronella candles,
no bug zappers, no DEET, nothing expensive or high-tech. Yet amazingly,
it worked. As far as I could tell, no mosquitoes flew into the vicinity
of the simulated wind; nobody was bitten.
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And six weeks still to go to annual ice minimum...
Oh that's very depressing Kevin!! :o But it's good to know why we need to keep up the work here! :)
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Eastwind - 4 August 1945
(https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/24428315/content/dc-metro/rg-026/587169/0001-A1/Eastwind-WAG-279-1945/Eastwind-WAG-279-1945_0344.JPG)
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Ummm - funny surname the commander has, for someone working at sea :D
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;D
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Ditto
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(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/CGMark_W.svg)
Happy 227th Birthday
United States Coast Guard
Created
by Congress on 4 August 1790 at the request of Alexander Hamilton as
the Revenue Marine, it is the oldest continuous seagoing service of the
United States. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard)
Here are some milestones to celebrate the its 227th birthday
(https://communities.usaa.com/t5/USAA-News/Help-Celebrate-the-Coast-Guard-s-227th-Birthday/ba-p/131166?dcm_campaign=20053436&dcm_site=3451711&dclid=COKq68LjvtUCFU2-swodRsICmg)
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Happy Birthday Coast Guard!
;D ;D ;D
(http://i.imgur.com/mD0dEj7.png)
I liked this one - fits nicely with what we are doing now :D
(http://i.imgur.com/sJv9GZW.png)
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Darwin award please.
You may not know but this has been one
of the worst fire seasons in B.C. with over 880 fires so far this year.
About 50,000 people have been evacuated from their homes from various
communities and at various times. Residents of the town of William's
Lake, pop. 10,000, have been allowed back, although they are still under
an evacuation alert because the fire danger is extreme.
My
nominee for a Darwin award is the resident from William's Lake who was
just fined for setting off fireworks to celebrate his return. Not only
are open fires banned in much of the province but, in many areas, even
driving off road vehicles off roads is not allowed. The bush is so dry
that even people towing trailers have started fires if they have the
trailer safety chains dragging on the road and generating sparks.
So, you can just imagine what the people in William's Lake are thinking about this drunken fool and his fireworks.
Police detained the man until he was not longer intoxicated.
He
was fined more than $1,000 for for allegedly dropping, releasing or
mishandling a burning substance, as well as for failing to comply with
high risk activity restrictions under the provincial B.C. Wildfire
Act and its regulations.
Police say they're thankful to people who called in the complaint.
"Had this man's actions been overlooked, the outcome could have been dire for the entire community," the release said.
Williams Lake remains on an evacuation alert.
(https://i.cbc.ca/1.4236937.1501975596!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/firework-being-set-off-in-rural-b-c-area.jpg)
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:o :-X
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That's a level of stupidity that beggars belief entirely :o
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Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!
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Reminds me of the instruction on how to start an argument in a
Glasgow pub. 'Announce that half the people of the city have below
average intelligence'. Then run for it!!
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even the smart ones can be pretty mean. ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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That reminds me of some of our log entries...
02 Dec 1907 (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Concord/vol037of040/vol037of040_106_1.jpg) Shanghai
Earnest
Redlish a deserter from the U.S.N. was brought on board from the U.S.S.
Helena. He was brought from Tsingtau to Shanghai by Mr. Gracey,
American consuls. Upon being searched a revolver 38 - cal and 30 rounds
of ammunition were found upon him. He was confined for safe keeping.
His safety or ours? ;)
In this case it might be his safety and ours ;) ;)
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Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!
Oh my! There's a thought that never crossed my mind before. I feel so lucky with the education I had :-\
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(http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/wm/live/1600_640/images/live/p0/5b/fw/p05bfwpf.jpg)
In
a surreal landscape of colours, dominated by luminescent ponds of
yellows and greens, boiling hot water bubbles up like a cauldron, whilst
poisonous chlorine and sulphur gases choke the air.
Known as the
"gateway to hell", the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia is scorchingly hot
and one of the most alien places on Earth. Yet a recent expedition to
the region has found it is teeming with life.
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Well there we are - it really does take all sorts to make a world :D
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Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!
Oh my! There's a thought that never crossed my mind before. I feel so lucky with the education I had :-\
Support Bacteria. They're the only culture some people have. ;)
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;D
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;D ;D ;D
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40877099
Another sign of global warming - peat fires in Greenland :-[ :(
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This strange spot in the Atlantic is resisting global warming. Scientists think they know why.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/08/02/this-strange-spot-over-the-atlantic-isnt-getting-warmer-scientists-think-they-may-know-why/
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40877099
Another sign of global warming - peat fires in Greenland :-[ :(
:'(
The Sisimiut in the article may well be Danny252's recent addition to Greenlandic Place Names -- Discussion
http://www.geonames.org/3419842/sisimiut.html
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Looks like it for sure Randi :'(
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Some of my pics to go with the Sisimiut post.
http://imgur (dot )com/a/VAOK5
They also have what I believe is the worlds most northerly brewery (and it does make a good brew. ) ;D
and who would have thought this could happen? :o
http://www.greenland (dot) com/en/articles/notice-wildfire-in-the-arctic-circle-trail-area/
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Oh gosh - I wonder what the town is like now - safe or in trouble? :-[
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8) 8)
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2143499-ships-fooled-in-gps-spoofing-attack-suggest-russian-cyberweapon/
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2143499-ships-fooled-in-gps-spoofing-attack-suggest-russian-cyberweapon/
They
must have been doing this for a long time. I've seen Thetis with as
much as 30 miles between their noon DR and OBS locations! ;D ;D ;D
Either that, or one of the navigators from our old ships are still working! :-\
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I can't remember seeing one of my ships at an airport, but they have been in the Andes...
Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet (http://www.c7f.navy.mil/)
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Help! It's getting dark and it's only 10:21 A.M. Something, perhaps a dragon, is eating the sun....
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Not much effect here in Ottawa-Gatineau. Must be our PM's brilliance that is undershadowing the eclipse. ;D
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Well - did you all get eaten up by the dragon then? Were the skies kindly and clear? :D :D :D
I'm very envious - it's one of the things I'd love to see ;) :D
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For
the John S. McCain to collide with the Alnic MC, a handful of separate
functions in the safety chain, such as binocular sightings by officers
in the observation deck and radar operations in the bridge and below,
must have failed, according to a senior Navy officer.
While on
operations, warships do not emit standard satellite tracking signals
that other larger vessels use to avoid collision. "They don't want other
countries to know where they are going," Mr. Graham said. "There is a
degree of stealth. So that puts the balance of responsibility on the
warship to maintain watchfulness in case it's not spotted by other
vessels."
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Curious thing - ships are quite big, and there's no mention of fog. I
know you can't spin them on a sixpence, or stop them on a dime piece,
but even so - all seems a bit odd :-\ :-[
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Well - did you all get eaten up by the dragon then? Were the skies kindly and clear? :D :D :D
I'm very envious - it's one of the things I'd love to see ;) :D
Only
90% of the sun got eaten up, and it seems to have regenerated itself.
Skies were clear, and we are too far from the PM to have the sun be
overpowered by his brilliance!
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While
on operations, warships do not emit standard satellite tracking signals
that other larger vessels use to avoid collision. "They don't want
other countries to know where they are going," Mr. Graham said. "There
is a degree of stealth. So that puts the balance of responsibility on
the warship to maintain watchfulness in case it's not spotted by other
vessels."
Some
many years ago - maybe 20 or so - a Canadian naval ship was doing
anti-sub exercises in the Straits of Juan de Fuca. It was very foggy at
the time and they shut down ALL their electronics so the sub wouldn't
know where they were. :o And, more importantly, neither did
any of the other vessels, so the destroyer escort, or frigate or
whatever her class was, crashed into a freighter or tanker. (I forget
which.) Oh, and they never did find the sub... ;D ;D ;D
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;D
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What it's like to ride a 6,000-ton icebreaker through Arctic waters
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/08/18/we-went-through-one-of-the-most-infamous-and-narrow-straits-of-the-northwest-passage/)
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What it's like to ride a 6,000-ton icebreaker through Arctic waters
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/08/18/we-went-through-one-of-the-most-infamous-and-narrow-straits-of-the-northwest-passage/)
Also in the Bellot Straight Sept 2015.
Ship - Ocean Endeavour
199 guests
Year Built: 1982
Renovated: 2014
124 crew members
Length: 450 feet
Beam: 53 feet
Draft: 18 feet
Gross 12900 tons
Ice Class: 1B
Cruising Speed: 15 knots
Flag: Marshall Islands
No Ice on that day, but plenty around other days.
http://imgur (dot) com/a/4W6zz
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8)
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I agree - definitely 8) :D
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Wreckage of U.S.S. Indianapolis, Lost for 72 Years, Is Found in the Pacific (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/20/world/asia/uss-indianapolis-paul-allen.html)
A
naval historian, Richard Hulver, came across a blog post that led him
last year to a ship?s log recording a sighting of the Indianapolis.
Calculations using that record showed that the cruiser was west of where
it had long been assumed to be.
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Fascinating BBC Channel 4 programme on now (so catch up on iplayer
if you can) 'Storm Troupers: The Fight to forecast the weather'. All
about Fitzroy and the start of weather forecasting.
I've just been reading Peter Moore's book 'The Weather Experiment' on the same subject...quite engrossing :)
Philip Brohan is on the prog!! ;D ;D ;D
Oh - it's a series - next week the furtherance of weather forecasting into the twentieth century and the World Wars.
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I was just watching that - it was really interesting (did a little cheer when Philip appeared!)
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;D ;D ;D Glad you caught it too jil !
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For those of you lucky enough not to be living in Great
Britain ;D, you can't watch the BBC program from their website.
However, some wonderful person posted Episode 1
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t_fBUs6knk) on youtube.
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And some wonderful person posted the link here ;)
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Alaska's Permafrost Is Thawing (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/23/climate/alaska-permafrost-thawing.html)
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For
those of you lucky enough not to be living in Great Britain ;D,
you can't watch the BBC program from their website. However, some
wonderful person posted Episode 1
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t_fBUs6knk) on youtube.
I watched the link and got S1 E3, was that right?
Must have blinked and missed Phillip ???
Who was the presenter?
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You can always try using a VPN to get past geographic restrictions.
I know of one called Hola that can be installed as a browser extension. It's free, easy to use and works very well.
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For
those of you lucky enough not to be living in Great Britain ;D,
you can't watch the BBC program from their website. However, some
wonderful person posted Episode 1
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t_fBUs6knk) on youtube.
I watched the link and got S1 E3, was that right?
Must have blinked and missed Phillip ???
Who was the presenter?
Nope - E3 is certainly E3 :o and can't find episode one so far :(
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Episode 1 is on the Beeb's iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cvg9p
Only episode 3 is on YouTube. I think. :)
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Episode 1 is on the Beeb's iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cvg9p
Only episode 3 is on YouTube. I think. :)
This is what we, non-Brits, get:
BBC Four
BBC iPlayer only works in the UK. Sorry, it?s due to rights issues.
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You can always try using a VPN to get past geographic restrictions.
I know of one called Hola that can be installed as a browser extension. It's free, easy to use and works very well.
Even Hola is not working for me. ???
(site page comes up but rights message comes up when I try player, even reset Hola., Not fair as I am a UK citizen by birth)
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Weird stuff - let's hope that someone gets episode 1 onto youtube :-\
OK
- that's it for me for a week. Off to the Devon/Cornish border tomorrow
with the Pub Quiz friends. So South for lunch (Kernow Pasties -
yuuuuum), and North for tea (Devonshire cream tea - yessss).
(Diet? I don't know this word ;) ;D )
Will miss you all! :)
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Enjoy the lovely country and food.
(suggest you stay off the Scrumpy if you want to answer pub trivia with any chance of getting it righjt. ;D )
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Weird stuff - let's hope that someone gets episode 1 onto youtube :-\
OK
- that's it for me for a week. Off to the Devon/Cornish border tomorrow
with the Pub Quiz friends. So South for lunch (Kernow Pasties -
yuuuuum), and North for tea (Devonshire cream tea - yessss).
(Diet? I don't know this word ;) ;D )
Will miss you all! :)
The major intelectual difficulty with this itinery: jam or cream on top???
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The major intelectual difficulty with this itinery: jam or cream on top???
Alternate ;)
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The major intelectual difficulty with this itinery: jam or cream on top???
Alternate ;)
Both!!!
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Allegedly, in Cornwall you add the jam, then the cream, and in Devon you do the opposite.
Or is it the other way around? ;)
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Both are excellent!
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Allegedly, in Cornwall you add the jam, then the cream, and in Devon you do the opposite.
Or is it the other way around? ;)
Well,
I live in Devon and I've been told both! I have just googled it,
and Cornwall is indeed jam first, then cream, and in Devon it is cream
first, then jam. However, according to Debrett's, it is jam first,
cream second. So I now find I've been doing it the Cornish
way. But it seems to me that the whole object is to have a great
big dollop of cream, and how is that going to work if you're trying to
put the jam on top? ;D
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Slightly left field but when having High Tea, do you eat the scones,
jam & cream before or after the sandwiches? :-\
Yes I do know the cakes should always be eaten first. :D
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream_tea
High Tea seems to be something else :-\
High
tea typically consists of a hot dish, followed by cakes and bread,
butter and jam. Occasionally there would be cold cuts of meat, such as
ham salad.
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Another climate-change nightmare: 91 new volcanoes beneath Antarctica?s ice
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/08/15/another-climate-change-nightmare-dozens-of-volcanoes-beneath-antarcticas-thinning-ice/?utm_term=.978ecaf7a1a3&wpisrc=nl_science&wpmm=1)
That
we know at all is thanks in part to a chance discovery by an
undergraduate student: de Vries, who at age 20 is still a year
away from attaining his geology degree from the Scottish
university.
For a class in his freshman year, he was looking
through public data collected over several decades, which revealed what
little is known about the landscape beneath kilometers of ice that
cover much of western Antarctica. "I started discovering these
cones," he said.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream_tea
High Tea seems to be something else :-\
High
tea typically consists of a hot dish, followed by cakes and bread,
butter and jam. Occasionally there would be cold cuts of meat, such as
ham salad.
Someones pictures of High Tea.
High Tea (http://christineknight.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/qvb-high-tea-watermark-17.jpg)
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Looks good!
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Naval Vessels, Shadowy by Intent, Are Hard for Commercial Ships to Spot (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/world/asia/navy-collision-uss-mccain-oil-tanker.html)
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Ah, distinctions
Afternoon tea is sandwiches and/or savoury nibbles followed by scones and/or cakes washed down with ... tea
High tea, popular on Scottish menus, is a main course, often hot, followed by scones and/or cakes and ... tea
High
tea is often served 5-7pm and restaurants then switch to the dinner
menu when the same main course may be offered at a higher price than the
whole High tea. If you are touring then the High tea option offers a
budget (and high calory) way of eating evening meals, the dress code is
often more relaxed as well in those establishments who still have one.
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Thanks for the distinction.
(I think you missed putting the 'Deep Fried Mars bars' on the Scottish menu.) ;D
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I used to buy deep fried pizza when I was at college in Edinburgh
many years ago. It was very nice. The chip shop did deep
fried haggis too.
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I
used to buy deep fried pizza when I was at college in Edinburgh many
years ago. It was very nice. The chip shop did deep fried
haggis too.
Aaah, deep fried Haggis. ::)
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I went shopping yesterday and noticed Haggis Pakora in the special offers fridge!!
Deep fried mars bars are definitely 'carry oots'. There used to be a chip shop near Haymarket who sold curried haggis suppers.
[Note:
in Glasgow anyway, Fish and Chips is a Fish Supper even when eaten at
lunchtime, in fact anything deep fried & served with chips is a
'supper'.]
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Other problems hurting the USN it doesn't have enough ships so the
ones in service are being kept at sea longer which means less time for
dockyard maintenance. This also means less time for crew training and
crews at sea are overworked which leads to tired/exhausted sailors
trying to work. Some people tend to blame merchant ship collisions and
grounding to having "Johnny Walker" at the helm
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I went shopping yesterday and noticed Haggis Pakora in the special offers fridge!!
Deep fried mars bars are definitely 'carry oots'. There used to be a chip shop near Haymarket who sold curried haggis suppers.
[Note:
in Glasgow anyway, Fish and Chips is a Fish Supper even when eaten at
lunchtime, in fact anything deep fried & served with chips is a
'supper'.]
A pizza takeaway near me is advertising chocolate pizza :o (no, I haven't tried it!)
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A pizza takeaway near me is advertising chocolate pizza :o (no, I haven't tried it!)
Much
though I like chocolate, I think I would draw the line there - pizza
good, chocolate good - the two together - not so good.
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Exactly!
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This popped up on Apple news. Thought some may be interested.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/502774/blind-traveler-how-james-holman-felt-his-way-around-world-become-historys-most
(http://mentalfloss.com/article/502774/blind-traveler-how-james-holman-felt-his-way-around-world-become-historys-most)
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8) 8) 8) 8)
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Fascinating!
By
his death at 70 in 1857, the blind man had walked, climbed, ridden,
hiked, and sailed a total distance equal to traveling to the moon.
Finding out his history was also quite a project!
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Back from a lovely week on Hartland point in Devon. Great week with
friends - pretty good weather too. And virtually no one else there- they
must have all driven past to get to Cornwall.
:D :D :D
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No, Joan - they were all in Exeter shopping for school shoes, school
stationery and heaven knows what else! >:(
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We keep hearing about the weather down South >:( but it couldn't happen to a nicer girl.
We've
just had one of our occasional nice days :) so I bagged another
castle on Doors Open Day - Portencross, superb views from the
battlements including Ailsa Craig and Cumbrae Lighthouse. Superb car
park and picnic area nearby BUT no public loo, pub or cafe in village.
So early exit to nearby West Kilbride for fluids in and out.
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Temperatures here, Menlo Park, California, in the low forties
(Celsius). I just wish I could send some of it your way. ;)
The
ironic thing is that the hot water system in our daughter's house
stopped working! Luckily, with these temperatures, hot water isn't
really top of mind. ;D
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Thanks studentforever - :) :) :) Just checked the
rainfall radar - we'll get a drenching in Oxfordshire tomorrow ;)
Sorry
to hear about the lack of suitable tea etc in that local village -
amazing. Seems very odd that no one's sorted that out - a business
venture for someone I should think :)
Michael - get a bigger fridge and climb in :o
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If anyone can get to BBC 4 they have just started a programme about WW1 ships and submarines around Scotland. :)
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An interesting article
(http://medialens.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=853:the-bbc-s-climate-denialism-coverage-of-hurricane-harvey-and-the-south-asian-floods&catid=55:alerts-2017&Itemid=249)
about media coverage of Hurricane Harvey (lots), the South Asian floods
(little) and climate change (none).
Interesting to me was the
note in the article mentioning that Houston is a major centre for oil
refining in the US. Not mentioned was how the record forest fire
severely damaged Fort McMurray, Alberta, (centre of tar sands mining)
last year. It's as if Mother Nature is attacking the source of her
troubles.
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It's as if Mother Nature is attacking the source of her troubles.
Can't blame her for that - Go for it Ma! :o
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An
interesting article
(http://medialens.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=853:the-bbc-s-climate-denialism-coverage-of-hurricane-harvey-and-the-south-asian-floods&catid=55:alerts-2017&Itemid=249)
about media coverage of Hurricane Harvey (lots), the South Asian floods
(little) and climate change (none).
Interesting to me was the
note in the article mentioning that Houston is a major centre for oil
refining in the US. Not mentioned was how the record forest fire
severely damaged Fort McMurray, Alberta, (centre of tar sands mining)
last year. It's as if Mother Nature is attacking the source of her
troubles.
That's
an interesting article. I get most of my news from BBC radio and
the South Asian floods were barely mentioned. If it wasn't for the
fact that I sometimes catch the World Service I'd hardly be aware that
this disaster had even happened.
The BBC has an odd position on
climate change. They are required to be balanced, so just about
every time climate change is discussed they feel they need to present
both sides of the argument; despite the fact that the evidence for
man-made climate change is now overwhelming, they still usually seek out
a climate change denier (frequently Nigel Lawson, who isn't even a
scientist). I'm surprised they don't keep dragging out
spokespersons from the Flat Earth Society!
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Or someone to point out that the world was completely covered in
water 6,000 years ago, so today's sea level rise is nothing to worry
about! ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2017/09/05/now-you-see-me-now-you-still-see-me-hand-painted-british-dazzle-camouflage-templates-from-wwi/
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https://www.facebook.com/WPLGLocal10/videos/10154880200148837/
Video shot by colleagues on NOAA 42 flying into Irma.
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Thanks, Kevin!
?You should see our fleet, it?s camouflaged to look like a flock of Easter eggs going out to sea.?
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Indian call centre scammers are targeting BT customers (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/06/bt_call_scam/)
In some cases fraudsters knew their mark's personal details
"She even knew my address, phone number and both mine and my husbands name... so had access to some of our details."
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https://www.facebook.com/WPLGLocal10/videos/10154880200148837/
Video shot by colleagues on NOAA 42 flying into Irma.
8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
Something I have always wanted to do and see!
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https://www.facebook.com/WPLGLocal10/videos/10154880200148837/
Video shot by colleagues on NOAA 42 flying into Irma.
8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
Something I have always wanted to do and see!
I'll second the 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) but not the wanting to do it!
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https://www.facebook.com/WPLGLocal10/videos/10154880200148837/
Video shot by colleagues on NOAA 42 flying into Irma.
It says they were flying through the Eye wall, inwards of outwards?
They would not have too wash the plane when they returned. ;D
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The BEAR is laying out Melville-Bryant Drift Casks in 1901...
http://www.geographicalsociety.org/New/archive/drift-cask-project/
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Main page is showing 100% complete!
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Actually, it must be between 99.5% and 100% complete. But they round it up to get a whole number.
It's the same with the progress bars on the individual ships.
This fight ain't over yet.
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The BEAR is laying out Melville-Bryant Drift Casks in 1901...
http://www.geographicalsociety.org/New/archive/drift-cask-project/
That's fascinating - hadn't heard of this at all Stuart. I'll get time to read this properly over the weekend. :)
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For those of you who are like me and are fascinated by hurricanes,
here is a nice display
(https://www.yr.no/kart/#lat=26.30338&lon=-77.66246&zoom=6&laga=trykk&baseid=PunktUtlandet%3A4167510&proj=900913)
of hurricane Irma as she moves across Florida from south to north. You
can also see Jose developing later next week. These data are from the
European Centre for Medium range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) which is the
gold standard for weather forecasting. As a matter of interest, the
Canadian model puts Irma's track slightly to the east so she moves north
along the east coast of Florida.
With my little notebook, the animation is a bit slow, but still something to see.
Good luck to the people of Florida and the southeast U.S.
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Looks like a bit more TOMNOD (http://www.tomnod.com/) next week for me.
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Looks like a bit more TOMNOD (http://www.tomnod.com/) next week for me.
That's
worth looking at Stuart....it's an amazing thing to be able to help
using satellite images. Then it's a case of many heads/hands make light
work of tracking the problems. :) Changing things on the ground
will be a lot harder :(
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99 Years Later, Navy Probing Warship Disaster Off Long Island (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/10/nyregion/uss-san-diego-warship-sunk-long-island-navy.html)
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99 Years Later, Navy Probing Warship Disaster Off Long Island (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/10/nyregion/uss-san-diego-warship-sunk-long-island-navy.html)
An impressive effort after so long - I wish them luck :)
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The standard view is San Diego hits mine laid by U156 and capsizes
and sinks fairly quickly. Note most pre-dreadnought era Battleships and
Cruisers could not take underwater damage from mines and torpedoes
On
the lighter side on 9 sep 17 there was the first use of OMG short for
OH My God! in history in a letter by retired Admiral Jackie Fisher to
Winston Churchill on the new list of honors that came out earlier that
year in England. MBE, OBE, CBE, KBE,GBE. This is from the 9 Sep 17 Wall
Street Journal.
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Help those affected by Hurricane Irma (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4705.msg146059#msg146059)
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More Hurricane Irma images available (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4705.msg146106#msg146106)
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Why the San Diego sank The ship was hit by a mine in the port engine
room which flooded along with Number 8 fireroom. E. Keble Chatterton in
one of his books points out that the bow wave of a ship will sometimes
push a mine out of the way and it will swing back and hit the ship
midships. The ship soon listed to 17.5 degrees. A ship this size with a
centerline bulkhead between the engine rooms will list badly do to a
mine hit like this unless the crew starts counterflooding really fast.
The ship continued to list until water started coming in the gunports on
the side of the hull which flooded the ship even more and increased the
list and caused the ship to capsize.
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Happy equinox everybody!
(https://c.tadst.com/gfx/750x500/equinoxes-and-solstice.png?1)
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Thanks Caro - it does always feel like a turning point in the year.
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"The Hobbit," by J.R.R. Tolkien, was published 80 years ago this week.
The
book, and the follow-up trilogy "The Lord of the Rings," gave Sept. 22
as the birthday of the two greatest hobbit heroes, Bilbo Baggins and, 78
years later, Frodo. Fans celebrate it as Hobbit Day.
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Some Tolkien fans celebrate by having parties and feasts emulating the hobbit's parties. Other fans celebrate by simply going barefooted in honor of the hobbits, who don't wear shoes.
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Thanks Caro! :D :D :D We had a beautiful equinox in Oxford - mostly sunny and quite warm!
And
a lovely day for shoe-less hobbits I imagine. My bus goes past
Wolvercote cemetery on the way to and fro to Oxford. Tolkien is buried
there along with his wife. Hobbits and even Orcs turn up to commemorate
his passing each year on the 2nd September. :)
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The growing debate about the Arctic?s influence on hurricanes
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/09/15/the-growing-debate-about-the-arctics-influence-on-hurricanes/)
?
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About ten years ago I wrote three unpublished papers about climate
change in the Yukon. While doing them, I investigated the change in the
upper winds over Prince George, B.C. Basic Meteorology 101 teaches us
that the difference in temperature between the poles and the equator
drives the westerly circulation: the greater the difference in
temperature, the stronger the westerly flow. I looked at the change in
the westerly component of the wind at 500 MB, which is the mid point of
the atmosphere. There was a definite weakening in the strength of the
westerly component over time, which is consistent with the arctic
warming faster than the tropics.
I read a similar article to the
one posted by Randi. It is here
(http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/42035-hurricane-harvey-25-000-year-storm-enhanced-or-caused-by-climate-change).
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Permission to feel very frightened by that :o
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I'm assured by Scott Pruitt, the fourteenth Administrator of the U.
S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), who says not to worry. Just
put on a nice cuppa tea and buy shares in a coal company. ;D ;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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The cuppa tea's a good idea, at least. ;D
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Now we know how much glacial melting 'watermelon snow' can cause (https://www.sciencenews.org/article/now-we-know-how-much-glacial-melting-watermelon-snow-can-cause)
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Now we know how much glacial melting 'watermelon snow' can cause (https://www.sciencenews.org/article/now-we-know-how-much-glacial-melting-watermelon-snow-can-cause)
:o
:o :o Then again those of us dealing with dark red penguin poo
will not be that surprised. But it's good to have a figure put on the
red algae. :-[
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How an app could help stop the next flu pandemic (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41429210)
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Ah well, that lets me off the hook. My mobile phone makes phone
calls & sends texts and not much more. Not that they would find my
comings & goings very interesting anyway,
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How an app could help stop the next flu pandemic (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41429210)
It'll
be interesting to see the general reaction to this. There might be some
who reckon that nature should simply take its course? :-\
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A key Antarctic glacier just lost a huge piece of ice -- the latest sign of its worrying retreat
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/09/25/a-key-antarctic-glacier-just-lost-a-piece-of-ice-four-times-the-size-of-manhattan)
http://www.geonames.org/6623299/pine-island-glacier.html
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Ah
well, that lets me off the hook. My mobile phone makes phone calls
& sends texts and not much more. Not that they would find my comings
& goings very interesting anyway,
Me, too. No mobile phone. :)
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Ah
well, that lets me off the hook. My mobile phone makes phone calls
& sends texts and not much more. Not that they would find my comings
& goings very interesting anyway,
Me, too. No mobile phone. :)
Sorry,
that doesn't let you off contributing to the research at all - there is
a link to an online questionnaire at the end of the article for those
of us who don't have smartphones! :)
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How an app could help stop the next flu pandemic (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41429210)
It'll
be interesting to see the general reaction to this. There might be some
who reckon that nature should simply take its course? :-\
Yes, I have a friend who thinks like that ... personally I'd rather see a different approach to over-population.
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Yes, I have a friend who thinks like that ... personally I'd rather see a different approach to over-population.
Me too :) :) :)
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Bear, August 12, 1926
(http://"https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/24387607/content/dc-metro/rg-026/585454/0001-A1/Bear-b362-1926-07-thru-12/Bear-b362-1926-07-thru-12-0086.jpg).
I wonder if the movie is on Netflix? ;D
8:36
Cape Lisburne abeam, bearing 92 true, distance 4.7 miles. 8:47 Changed
course to 163 psc. 9:30 Quarters. Set all sail to afford motion picture
men on board an opportunity to photograph sea scenes. Various courses to
SE, various speeds. 9:50 In log. 10:10 Resumed course 163 psc at
standard speed and streamed log. 10:30 Took in all sail.
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There's this one from 1921: https://www.youtube.com/embed/2ZjKnjghgXc
changed link to embeded ;)
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Thanks, Kevin, that was brilliant! :) :) :)
I was
so happy to see the school house at Barrow. I can't count the number of
bearings that have been taken off it and the ones in Wainwright,
Tigara, Kivalina and others. Also seeing the boundary marker. I recall
that the Bear went there one year, I just don't remember which
one. Look for the Longitude of 141W and you will have the date
that particular sequence was shot. You can also estimate the thickness
of the ice for that day and location. ;)
All the film needs is someone one the player piano... ;D
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8) 8) 8)
Reindeer!
Thanks, Kevin!
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Excellent film, thanks, Kevin!
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Oh thanks Kevin - that was really special! :D :D :D
I love the Bear and all of that part of the Arctic. :D
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Navy Returns to Compasses and Pencils to Help Avoid Collisions at Sea (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/us/politics/navy-orders-safety-operational-standards.html)
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Navy Returns to Compasses and Pencils to Help Avoid Collisions at Sea (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/us/politics/navy-orders-safety-operational-standards.html)
It
sounds amusing at first glance -but the loss of 17 sailors due to no
change in working circumstances, and after plenty of warnings within the
Admiralty, I always come back to the idea that there should be such a
thing as corporate manslaughter in such circumstances. >:(
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As a merchant mariner I might note that we always had to pass a
week-long battery of exams, the content of which in many ways was
unchanged since a century ago. Still had to pass a paper chart and
celestial navigation exam with only the old dividers, parallel rule or
triangles, and a non-programmable calculator (with minimum score of 90,
which was on some tests only 1 question wrong). Oh, and flashing light
Morse code in case of wartime convoy duty. The old ways are time-tested.
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Thanks for the feedback, Kevin!
I think that there is a lot to be said for knowing and understanding the basics even if you normally use an automated system.
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I notice that Channel 'More4' is showing a programme 'Jutland :
WW1's Greatest Sea Battle' (might well be a repeat?) at 9 o'clock
tonight for those of you in Blighty :)
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2 October: International Day of Non-Violence - the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi (http://www.un.org/en/events/nonviolenceday/)
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2 October: International Day of Non-Violence - the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi (http://www.un.org/en/events/nonviolenceday/)
Ah, Ma Hat, My coat and Ma Gandhi. ;D
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Being the only one working on the Northland, I thought I would post little interesting bits here.
Northland 24 July 1929
Anchored at: 66.12 -161.90. (Off Cape Blossom, Alaska)
8 AM to Meridian
Lowered
motor surf boat and sent an additional working party on shore, in
charge of Boatswain H. M Berg, to assist in locating and salvaging
disabled airplane. Omitted quarters and drills on account of crew
working party being on shore.
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
7:06,
working party returned aboard, having pushed the stranded airplane
several miles and enabled it to take off and go to Kotzebue.
Back
around the year 2000, a dozen of us paddled the Wind River in the
Yukon. Very remote, you need to charter a bush plane, an old single
engine Otter, to fly north from Mayo and land near the head of the
river. You then paddle for two weeks to the confluence of the Peel
River, at which time another airplane picks you up. Half way down the
river we were surprised to see a couple of planes and perhaps a
helicopter flying around. It turns out that one of the Otters, picking
up a group from a lake to the east of us, ran out of room on the lake
and ran into the trees at the end of the lake. Another Otter came,
picked up the people, and dropped off a mechanic to fix the wounded
plane. As the second plane, or maybe it was a third one - I forget - was
flying up the Wind the weather closed in and the pilot decided to land
on the river. He hit some rocks and punctured his floats, so he ran up
on shore. It was a while after this that we happened on the scene. The
pilot had pumped out his floats, and he figured if we could pull him off
the rocks, all the passengers long since gone in the helicopter, he
would have just enough time to get in the air before his floats filled
completely and he would turn into a submarine. So the dozen of us
attached ropes to the plane and managed to get him pointed in the right
direction and pull him off the rocks and into the water. With a roar, he
made it into the air, with water pouring from his damaged floats as he
gradually gained height.
This was very exciting and all, but the
thought that stuck with us was this: these are the guys who are going to
be picking us up in a week!?! ;D ;D ;D
I posted some photos of the trip here (https://imgur.com/a/C100m).
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::)
Evidently they did...
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Great pics!
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8)
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What beautiful country - immense :D 8)
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Great pictures, great story 8)
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Scientists mapping Greenland have produced some surprising -- and worrying -- results
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/10/04/scientists-mapping-greenland-have-produced-some-surprising-and-worrying-results/)
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I attended a talk by Dr. Jon Robson of Reading University last
night, discussing whether the Gulf Stream is likely to shut off.
Happily, he concluded that the Gulf Stream is very stable - however, the
Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), which is what
brings warm water to Europe and is what many of us think of as the Gulf
Stream, is a bit more precarious!
As the circulation relies on
cold, salty water sinking, it is thought to be very sensitive to
dilution of the North Atlantic by freshwater - such as the water
introduced by, say, lots of melted ice! A historical weakening/turn off
of the AMOC is correlated with a major cooling of the climate about 8000
years ago (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8.2_kiloyear_event); although
which way the correlation goes is unclear (the weather cooled because
the AMOC turned off or vice versa), there is evidence suggesting that
the release of fresh water from Glacial Lake Agassiz
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Agassiz) may have diluted the
Atlantic sufficiently to turn off the AMOC, stopping the transfer of
heat to the northern hemisphere.
Dr. Robson discussed what
climate models suggest, and many show that whilst a weakening of the
AMOC due to climate change is likely, it's unlikely it will turn off.
However, there are suggestions that climate models currently predict an
AMOC that is too stable, and by tweaking the models to match
observations, many do start to predict a major change! Western Europe's
climate would be significantly changed, and he suggested that sea ice
would regularly reach Scotland, with much of the UK seeing permanent
snow for months of the year along with a decrease in precipitation, as
well as a 30cm rise in sea level (I asked him about this; the cause is a
little complex, involving the interaction between large currents and
the Earth's rotation, and I can't say I fully understand it!).
He
mentioned that one of the major difficulties in modelling the AMOC is
the lack of historical (or even modern) data of ocean temperatures at
depth; perhaps OW needs to find some ships doing measurements at sea,
like I know the Albatross has! However, he did show data based on
historical surface temperature records, showing the difference in
temperature since 1901; whilst almost all areas of the globe showed
heating, due to global warming, the North Atlantic shows a slight
cooling, perhaps indicative of less heat being transferred northwards...
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Thanks for contributing that!
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24th Annual Golden SpurtleTM
World Porridge Making Championship
Saturday 7th October 2017
Since
1996, the World Porridge Making Championship has taken place
each year in the Scottish Highlands village of Carrbridge. The oaty
cook-off draws competitors from across the globe to compete for the
coveted Golden Spurtle trophy and title of "World Porridge Making
Champion." Not satisfied with just oats, water and salt? Don't worry,
competitors also battle it out for the speciality trophy in a
section that celebrates the diversity of porridge with past winners
including Sticky Toffee Porridge, Fruity Date
Porridge and Pinhead Risotto with Lemon and Thyme and
Parmesan - the possibilities are endless!
http://www.goldenspurtle.com
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Porridge is easy - my way is the best of course - I'll be along to
collect the golden spurtle later. Got to say that a wooden spoon is
easier than a spurtle. Then again you can use a garden dibber (and vice
versa) if you lose your spurtle. :D
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I'm deciding whether the value of the golden spurtle and the honour
of winning it is worth the cost of a return flight to Scotland. ;D
;D ;D
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Hmmm. I guess I would have to charter a Concord to get there on
time, but they aren't flying any longer, and I don't suppose the U. S.
A. F. would loan me an SR-71 Blackbird for a couple of days. :'(
:'( :'(
You're in luck, Joan. I won't be able to take the prize away from you. It's all yours... ;)
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Canny timetabling to fit in 24 annual events since 1996. If
you miss this one it might not be very long to the next one.
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:o
Perhaps a careless transcriber?
Since 1996, the World Porridge Making Championship has taken place each year in the Scottish Highlands village of Carrbridge.
The first Golden Spurtle World Porridge Making Championships were held in Carrbridge on Sunday, 11th September, 1994.
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Here's a cuteness overload for your Saturday...
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-41488959/toronto-zoo-s-tumbling-panda-cubs
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Hmmm.
I guess I would have to charter a Concord to get there on time, but
they aren't flying any longer, and I don't suppose the U. S. A. F. would
loan me an SR-71 Blackbird for a couple of days. :'( :'( :'(
You're in luck, Joan. I won't be able to take the prize away from you. It's all yours... ;)
Hehehe - I'll drop a note back to the USAF to thank them ;) ;) ;D
Here's a cuteness overload for your Saturday...
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-41488959/toronto-zoo-s-tumbling-panda-cubs
Awwwwwwwwwww. Almost makes me look forward to winter. :-* :D
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The Viking therapy club: Where men fight their demons
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/viking_club_where_men_fight_their_demons)
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Here's a cuteness overload for your Saturday...
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-41488959/toronto-zoo-s-tumbling-panda-cubs
No wonder they're endangered!
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I'm
deciding whether the value of the golden spurtle and the honour of
winning it is worth the cost of a return flight to Scotland. ;D ;D
;D
The Golden Spurtle was won by a Swede ....
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-41539322
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I'm
deciding whether the value of the golden spurtle and the honour of
winning it is worth the cost of a return flight to Scotland. ;D ;D
;D
The Golden Spurtle was won by a Swede ....
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-41539322
'Mr
Carlsson impressed judges with his dish Nordic Porridge - Caramel Sweet
and Sour, a porridge made with oatmeal, cloudberry liqueur, orange peel
and whipped cream, topped with flamb?ed cloudberries and whipped
cream.'
Mr Carlsson - I need you to cook that for me - a lot :o ;D
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Can't understand why the judges weren't impressed by my bung-it-in-the-microwave Oats So Simple ???
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I microwave mine too - but I use milk instead of water.
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I microwave mine too - but I use milk instead of water.
:o :o :o :o :'( :'( :'( :'(
Not shocked by the idea of milk. However, the idea of instant oats in a microwave leads me speechless...
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Not instant!
Bob's extra thick, whole grain, rolled oats ;D
(he won last year!)
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Not instant!
Bob's extra thick, whole grain, rolled oats ;D
(he won last year!)
Whew! OK. Heart rate is going back to normal...
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Can't understand why the judges weren't impressed by my bung-it-in-the-microwave Oats So Simple ???
;D ;D ;D Did you give them the syrup flavoured one? I'd do a lot for that...it's too yummy :P :D :P
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The
Viking therapy club: Where men fight their demons
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/viking_club_where_men_fight_their_demons)
Hi
hanibal, I didn't remember to reply to this, sorry. I loved the way the
fierce vikings obediently sat out nicely to one side on the grass when
they were 'killed' during the re-enacted battles. It's nice to see
a community of like minded folk, who presumably don't mind getting the
odd bash or bruise in the rough and tumble of it all. I've
probably posted about this before - I do a type of knitting that the
Vikings used, nalbinding. Strangely enough one of the regulars on
PenguinWatch goes to medieval re-enactments in Germany and has learnt to
nalbind items for her stall there. We agreed that we hate Tarim (or
Coptic) stitch which looks a lot like knitting but is grim when trying
to change rows (I haven't worked it out yet - I can only go in circles).
I was just looking for a picture of the hat I made using Dalarna
stitch. It's unbelievably warm....made out of chunky real wool (that
stuff is getting very expensive!!). Because the tension is almost
impossible to define you have to do the pattern yourself which is a case
of needing to do a bit of geometry...adds to the fun :D Of course
the Vikings would have made things by their log fires as the men told
tales of the 'one that got away was this big' and you'd simply make the
item to fit the head that would wear it by trying it on a lot.
(https://i.imgur.com/byzcT7K.png)
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I remember your mentioning nalbinding a looong time ago...
I see that it wasn't just you and the Vikings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A5lebinding
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The British Antarctic Survey has got their act together and hope to
send a ship to investigate the sea floor under the recently calved giant
iceberg next year,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41553687
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I remember your mentioning nalbinding a looong time ago...
I see that it wasn't just you and the Vikings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A5lebinding
:o
Well I guess it does get pretty cold in the desert at night which might
explain the Egyptians using it. Perhaps - using a sheep fleece, goat
hair and camel hair mixture? :D
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The
British Antarctic Survey has got their act together and hope to send a
ship to investigate the sea floor under the recently calved giant
iceberg next year,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41553687
I'm
still stunned by that piece of ice. I'm sure that there will be some
very interesting things bobbing around underneath it. Shame that
Boaty McBoatFace couldn't help out. :)
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The
British Antarctic Survey has got their act together and hope to send a
ship to investigate the sea floor under the recently calved giant
iceberg next year,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41553687
Great news!
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A novel way of examining the history of air pollution in industiral areas.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41557157
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Clever!
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Clever!
Very!!!
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Concerning news from the Antarctic, I'm afraid.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41573917
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Indeed. Thanks for posting.
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Oh dear - a new bleak outlook at every turn :'(
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(http://fla.fg-a.com/boats/tug-boat-animated.gif)(https://gallery.yopriceville.com/var/albums/Free-Clipart-Pictures/Cakes-PNG/Birthday_Cake_with_Candle_PNG_Clipart_Image.png?m=1446272298)
. . . . Happy seventh birthday Old
Weather ;D Bob, Caro, Joan and Randi . . . .
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Happy Birthday to us! Follow that cake!
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How time flies. Let's also remember those who are no longer with us
or have had to leave us through ill-health and toast their memory.
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Amen to that!
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This day in history.
Monday, August 10, 1931. U.S.C.G.S. Northland. Anchored off Wainwright, Alaska: 70 40N, 160 10W
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
Anchored as before. 7:05 Sea plane with C. A. Lidbergh passed over, heading southeastward.
I think I've heard of that guy. ;D
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Lindbergh
and Pan American World Airways head Juan Trippe were interested in
developing a great circle air route across Alaska and Siberia to China
and Japan. In the summer of 1931, with Trippe's support, Lindbergh and
his wife flew from Long Island to Nome, Alaska and from there to
Siberia, Japan and China. The route was not available for commercial
service until after World War II, as prewar aircraft lacked the range to
fly Alaska to Japan nonstop, and the United States had not officially
recognized the Soviet government.
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8) 8) 8)
Although I note that the Northland made no mention of Mrs. Lindbergh. ;)
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How
time flies. Let's also remember those who are no longer with us or have
had to leave us through ill-health and toast their memory.
I'll
say 'Amen to that' too! I didn't join at the start and that's
still a sad thing for me - it would be great to have been here at the
very beginning. One thing is for sure, I love it here and couldn't
imagine life without OW. :-* ;D :-*
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A lost Russian airplane to keep an eye out for: N-209 (around August 11-14, 1937)
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/russians-search-lost-30s-era-soviet-bomber-alaska/2013/09/30/
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| Name (+link) | Lat | Long | Notes |
| Oliktok Point (http://www.geonames.org/5870811/oliktok-point.html) | 70.51028 | -149.86000 | |
| Name (+link) | Lat | Long | Notes |
| Colville River (http://www.geonames.org/5859748/colville-river.html) | 70.44611 | -150.35778 | |
http://www.geonames.org/5880445/beechey-point.html
http://www.geonames.org/5874243/simpson-lagoon.html
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Does the bad news from the polar regions never cease? This time it's penguins.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41608722
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(https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ebay94582/ebt/images/YW60722/a1.jpg)
For Joan...
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The story does include a link to a 2016 article: Penguin Watch:
Public asked to aid Antarctic research
(http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35981212), so maybe you
will have a few new volunteers ;)
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And, from the other end of the world, you can listen to this
(http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/why-homes-along-arctic-coastline-are-at-risk-of-falling-into-the-ocean-1.4353728?autoplay=true).
I'm not sure if there is a requirement to live in North America.
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Does the bad news from the polar regions never cease? This time it's penguins.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41608722
PLEASE
PLEASE EVERYONE - DO NOT BUY FARMED PINK FISH - the pink comes from
krill feed. Every time those fish are fed a penguin chick starves to
death. In the end the food becomes so scarce that the adult penguin is
too thin to withstand moulting and it too starves to death.
(https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ebay94582/ebt/images/YW60722/a1.jpg)
For Joan...
Thank you Randi - that should just about do the trick. Though I should be able to fill a bucket with tears too.
The
story does include a link to a 2016 article: Penguin Watch: Public
asked to aid Antarctic research
(http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35981212), so maybe you
will have a few new volunteers ;)
Well
that's the terrible, terrible thing - we've had no pictures for over 5
months now due to a technical hitch. I've got long time volunteers
begging to get counting again. We'd seen an apparently sharp decline in
the success rates on Goudier Island for our batch of Gentoos at 'Egg
Rock' (at the end opposite the Penguin Post Office at Port Lockroy).
There may be some other cause, but it's deeply depressing to watch.
Adelies are much less flexible about nesting areas compared to Gentoos
and so Adelies are vulnerable to relatively small changes. :'( :'(
:'( :'( :'(
Somewhere along the line we need to stop the climb of our own numbers don't we? :-\ :-[ :-\
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Here is something ... interesting:
https://www.antipodesmap.com/
Tunneling
straight through the centre of the Earth would bring me out (a bit
scorched I imagine) in the sea, about 500 km SE of New Zealand.
Wow. ??? :)
Note:
Antipodes
Map is based on Google Maps and Bing Maps services and have a standard
free usage limits until exceeding ~50,000 map loads per 24 hours.
After exceeding the free usage limits, our Antipodes Map service may not be available.
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About 1500 km SE of New Zealand - I'm alone and the water is so cold!
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About 3,600 km west of Tasmania.
-40.4498, 100.0705 "Watch out for sharks." :o
Cold!
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Antipodes Location Most likely the ocean. Watch out for
sharks. :o :o :o Got the feeling that we will all
freeze like hanibal, and additionally benefit from being eaten by
sharks. I vote to stay on my side of the planet if that's OK with
everyone ;D
Coordinates: -51.820602, 178.718716 (51? 49' 14.2" S, 178? 43' 7.4" E)
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Somewhere between New Zealand and Antarctica - watch out for sharks for me too!
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Indian Ocean, SW of Australia, for me.
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There seems to be an influx of visitors to the southern oceans this year.
I am heading for the Tenerife, (well a few hundred miles to the left and the water is about 74f (23c).
34.473240, -29.574110 (34? 28' 23.7" N, 29? 34' 26.8" W)
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Yes - I looked up Sydney and spotted Funchal just a little way off - very nice Stuart - save a bottle of Madeira for me :D
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The antipodes site shattered my long held belief - nurtured by Bugs
Bunny comic books - that if you kept digging deep enough you would come
out in China. ;D You need to begin digging in Conesa
Argentina to end up in Beijing, it seems. What a let down (or
up?). :(
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The
antipodes site shattered my long held belief - nurtured by Bugs Bunny
comic books - that if you kept digging deep enough you would come out in
China. ;D You need to begin digging in Conesa Argentina to
end up in Beijing, it seems. What a let down (or up?). :(
Hmmm
- but were they right not to pay attention to Bugs Bunny, can you be
sure that he's not the one that is right? ;) ;) ;D
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Bugs missed the turn at Albuquerque so goodness knows where he came out.
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;D
Bugs was pretty smart but I think he had a latitude
attitude. He ignored the southern hemisphere. You can't blame him for
not wanting to come out in mid ocean south west of Tasmania, though.
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You can't blame him for not wanting to come out in mid ocean south west of Tasmania, though.
That'd be a devil of a place to find yourself ;)
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He would have to watch out for all the clippers using the Roaring 40s to speed their trip.
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You can't blame him for not wanting to come out in mid ocean south west of Tasmania, though.
That'd be a devil of a place to find yourself ;)
:P ;D
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I was watching a documentary on Sunday about a recent scientific
expedition through the NW Passage which reminded me of a documentary I
saw in grade school about the St. Roch, an RCMP vessel (built in
Vancouver) that was the first ship to make the NW passage from West to
East (1940-1942) and the first ship to make the East-West voyage in one
season (1944).
https://vancouvermaritimemuseum.com/permanent-exhibit/st-roch-national-historic-site
There
is a very interesting e-book by Capt. Larson that describes these
voyages and there is lots of mentions of ice at specific places and
times. The log books are in the Museum too (as is the ship!) but there
is no indication they have been scanned. The description of the contents
of the logs doesn't mention detailed weather reports but there are
certainly ice mentions. We would need a volunteer in Vancouver to
go and have a look. I would be willing to capture the ice mentions in
Larsen's book if Kevin is interested.
To find Larsen's e-book go here http://gutenberg.ca/index.html and search for The North-West Passage, 1940-1942 and 1944
and then click on e-pub.
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;D
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What, no volunteer in Vancouver? ;D
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;D ;D
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What, no volunteer in Vancouver? ;D
OK, fine. I'll drag myself over on Saturday the 4th. ;)
It turns out that we're going over that weekend anyway for:
- a cancer conference for the boss;
- a visit with children and grandchildren;
- a Cirque de Soleil show; and now it seems,
- a trip to the museum.
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Well, we wouldn't want you to find yourself at a loose end ....
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Well, we wouldn't want you to find yourself at a loose end ....
;D ;D ;D
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Today (Fri 27th Oct, 2017) is...
Cranky Co-Workers Day
Enjoy.
(https://cdn.daysoftheyear.com/wp-content/images/cranky-co-workers-day-e1447105980544-808x380.jpg)
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Not that we have any experience of that round here, of course .... ;D ;D ;D
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The Life of Death (https://www.youtube.com/embed/x7vuWKWMxBI)
This
video is just telling you Carpe Diem. Seize the day. Don't live your
whole life with the mindset that you're going to die someday, live your
whole life with the mindset that you are going to LIVE. Every. Single.
Day.
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In the site combinedfleet.com on the Imperial Japanese navy It
appears the wreck of the liner Athenia the first ship sunk during WW II
has been found in a sonar scan. also the wrecks of the 2 Japanese
Battleships and 3 destroyers sunk in the battle of the Surigao strait in
WW II have been located by sonar search.
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Nova on PBS has a program Killer Hurricanes" One Hurricane they
discuss a great deal about is what may be the deadliest hurricane in
history the October 1780 hurricane that hit the Caribean and killed over
22,000 people including a lot of HM ships and sailors. It was big 300+
miles wide and slow moving and there was a big storm surge.
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Spanish and Italian speakers needed: Zooniverse Beta Testing, New Projects, and Challenges (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4705.msg147399#msg147399)
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The perfect cake for Joan - complete with a spinning penguin on top!
https://www.facebook.com/pg/FoodNetworkUK/videos/?ref=page_internal
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Nice.
Now back to work.
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may have inspired 19th-century tales of "sea serpents."
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/11/12/this-ancient-shark-with-a-snake-head-and-300-teeth-is-why-we-should-just-say-nope-to-the-ocean/)
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The perfect cake for Joan - complete with a spinning penguin on top!
https://www.facebook.com/pg/FoodNetworkUK/videos/?ref=page_internal
Ohhhhhh - thank you Thursday Next! What a marvellous cake - the floating spinning penguin is magical :D :D :D
I posted it on PenguinWatch :)
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may have inspired 19th-century tales of "sea serpents."
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/11/12/this-ancient-shark-with-a-snake-head-and-300-teeth-is-why-we-should-just-say-nope-to-the-ocean/)
That
is a very strange creature indeed. And the teeth are fearsome!
I'd believe in serpents of the deep if I saw it face-to-face :o
-
I've just been watching an interesting weather programme on Channel 4
- Volatile Earth: Killer Hurricanes. A good part of the programme
was about a very large hurricane in the Caribbean in 1780, and one of
the researchers was making a lot of use of ship's logs in order to try
to work out its magnitude and path. If you can find it online, you
might be interested (and cheering inside at yet another use for ship's
logs, as I was).
-
Watch NASA?s mesmerizing new visualization of the 2017 hurricane season (https://www.sciencenews.org/article/watch-nasas-mesmerizing-new-visualization-2017-hurricane-season)
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:o :o ;D ;D
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Thanksgiving's hidden past: Plymouth in 1621 wasn't close to being the first celebration
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/11/22/thanksgivings-hidden-past-plymouth-in-1621-wasnt-close-to-being-the-first-celebration/)
How the Civil War Created Thanksgiving (https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/how-the-civil-war-created-thanksgiving/)
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For the first time ever - the Royal Navy has been responsible for changing the guard outside Buckingham Palace.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-42129729/sailors-perform-changing-the-guard-in-historic-first
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8) 8) 8)
The change in personnel is to mark 2017 as the "Year of the Navy", which former defence secretary Sir Michael Fallon called "the start of a new era of maritime power".
High time!
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Why Lost Ice Means Lost Hope for an Inuit Village (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/25/climate/arctic-climate-change.html)
http://www.geonames.org/6947098/rigolet.html
http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/AATJW
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Why Lost Ice Means Lost Hope for an Inuit Village
Oh my goodness - that's a sad as sad can be :'( :'( :'(
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For the first time ever - the Royal Navy has been responsible for changing the guard outside Buckingham Palace.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-42129729/sailors-perform-changing-the-guard-in-historic-first
On a similar note. The Mods had to pull it because it was advertising but I'm told if you go to YouTube & Search 'casual friday at buckingham palace' you will see a slightly different version. ::)
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For the first time ever - the Royal Navy has been responsible for changing the guard outside Buckingham Palace.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-42129729/sailors-perform-changing-the-guard-in-historic-first
On a similar note. The Mods had to pull it because it was advertising but I'm told if you go to YouTube & Search 'casual friday at buckingham palace' you will see a slightly different version. ::)
Love it - they ditch the Royal Yacht and then ask the Navy to guard the Palace. Only in the UK could it happen :o ;) ;D
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Looking for a bit of IT help. My screen suddenly reduced to about
two-thirds of normal size yesterday. Then it came back but looks really
woolly and my full size screen seems to be a bit bigger than my laptop
screen. I did a big update on Windows 10 today and hoped that the
problem would clear up - but no luck. I spotted some comment about a
windows driver possibly being bad. Anyone got any ideas please? I've
tried going into screen control and messing around with settings, but no
luck :(
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I wish I could help, but this is beyond my level of expertise. :-[ :'(
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It looks like the Argentine Submarine ARA San Juan is lost with all
hands. On board was their navy's first female submarine officer.
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:'( :'( :'(
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Looking at the main OW web page it seems we have done 101% of the log book.
Well Done everybody ;D
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Looking at the main OW web page it seems we have done 101% of the log book.
Well Done everybody ;D
Wow!
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You have all achieved the impossible!!
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Not naval but definitely weather.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42175307
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Not naval but definitely weather.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42175307
8) and Philip gets a mention!
I
did a little bit on the Ben Nevis records but found it a rather dull
(and that wasn't just the weather conditions ::)). Even several months
at Mare Island was more interesting!
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Looking
for a bit of IT help. My screen suddenly reduced to about two-thirds of
normal size yesterday. Then it came back but looks really woolly and my
full size screen seems to be a bit bigger than my laptop screen. I did a
big update on Windows 10 today and hoped that the problem would clear
up - but no luck. I spotted some comment about a windows driver possibly
being bad. Anyone got any ideas please? I've tried going into screen
control and messing around with settings, but no luck :(
I'm afraid I can't help either. The best option might be to take it to a shop.
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Not naval but definitely weather.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42175307
I
saw something a couple of weeks ago that said someone is wanting to do
the same with old paper records from the Canadian Weather Service. I
can't remember the details and OW is taking all my time in any
case... ;)
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Looking
for a bit of IT help. My screen suddenly reduced to about two-thirds of
normal size yesterday. Then it came back but looks really woolly and my
full size screen seems to be a bit bigger than my laptop screen. I did a
big update on Windows 10 today and hoped that the problem would clear
up - but no luck. I spotted some comment about a windows driver possibly
being bad. Anyone got any ideas please? I've tried going into screen
control and messing around with settings, but no luck :(
I'm afraid I can't help either. The best option might be to take it to a shop.
You could try going back to the last system checkpoint before the problem began, Joan. Not sure where that is on W10.
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I wonder if it is a hardware problem?
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I'm afraid I can't help either. The best option might be to take it to a shop.
Thanks
for your thoughts about the screen folks. I haven't had a lot of time
to research it just yet. I do fear some hardware problem. It just has
the look of using some back-up technology though that seems weird given
it's a laptop so not much room to play with :-\
I'll try to get more time to play with it on Sunday. It's useable but not pretty. :)
Lots to read here today :D
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It
looks like the Argentine Submarine ARA San Juan is lost with all hands.
On board was their navy's first female submarine officer.
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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Looking at the main OW web page it seems we have done 101% of the log book.
Well Done everybody ;D
;D ;D ;D We are that good!
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Not naval but definitely weather.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42175307
;D ;D ;D The Zooniverse does it again!
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Laptops Are Great. But Not During a Lecture or a Meeting. (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/business/laptops-not-during-lecture-or-meeting.html)
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Laptops Are Great. But Not During a Lecture or a Meeting. (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/business/laptops-not-during-lecture-or-meeting.html)
On the other hand, the blue light given off by the screen helps keep you awake ...
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Laptops Are Great. But Not During a Lecture or a Meeting. (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/business/laptops-not-during-lecture-or-meeting.html)
On the other hand, the blue light given off by the screen helps keep you awake ...
Which is a helpful thing when transcribing.
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As a 'two fingered typist' I'll stick to pen & paper! ;)
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If you need something light to make you smile or even laugh, I
suggest this short audio clip. Last year CBC had a program called Adults reading things they wrote as kids. This (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KwQ0qdTL7CrG47yvIKsgEFkInJDl7osj) is one lady reading her short story called Cats which she wrote in Grade 1.
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I like cats!
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I like cats,
They are more fun than hats,
A hat on your lap
doesn't purr like a cat
And that's that ;D
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I did it.
Last night, I finished my stream on the Albatross 1900,
and since Maikel would rather do the Yorktown himself, I have decided
to let him do just that.
So that's it. I'm done with OW Classic for good.
Wow...
this is quite something. I first joined back in October 2010, just a
few weeks after the project had been launched - over seven years ago!
I
can remember doing my first few pages on the Bee, and messing it up
because I couldn't figure out what to transcribe as location - they only
mentioned some wharf, not a town or anything (I later went back and
corrected these pages).
But I learned pretty fast, so I kept going,
and I began to like it. A lot. It felt great to be contributing
something to the world like this.
So I stuck with the project for
a very long time. When I started out, I was an 11th grade student,
still more child than man in terms of maturity and emotional
development.
But I kept doing OW all through school and graduation, I
kept doing it during the gap year that followed, I kept doing it during
my college course, and I kept doing it while working my first real job.
I've
learned a lot of valuable lessons from this time, too. The first was
how to be more sociable, to come out of your shell and open up. I had a
huge problem with that, but the forum felt like a safe place, where I
could do it without needing to worry about what could go wrong.
And I
was right - by gradually reaching out to a select few via PM and Skype,
I became more self-confident, and made some wonderful online
friendships. It's great.
I've also learned some important stuff about
forum etiquette (Thanks mods!), using tools such as AutoHotKey to make
your life easier, and not letting success and admiration go to your
head. That last one was a bit harsh, but I needed it.
Not sure
what I will do next. Michael has been talking to me about Ice Hunting,
so I think I will check that out, see what it's like.
In the
meantime, I just wanted to give a BIG thank you to everybody here,
especially Dean, Craig, Randi, Joan, Rosemary, Michael, Helen and
Stuart.
This community has become very important to me over the past few years, and I am very proud to be part of it.
So
because of this, one thing is certain: No matter which project I end up
working on next, I will stay here and continue to participate in
activities, such as the word games, the Dockside Gallery, maybe even
another round of Shipopoly if other people are up for it.
Thanks again,
Hanibal94
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It's been great knowing you. I think we've all enjoyed seeing you
'grow up' and become a more confident, socially aware young man who is
now making his own way in the world. We've also received help from you,
especially with IT problems. You have been willing to share your growing
expertise and patient with those, like me, who grew up in the era of
slide rules and manual typewriters. There are rumours of new projects
coming up and you will always be welcome while the forum is running.
Good luck for the future and hope to 'see' you around.
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That's quite a landmark to reach. I'm so glad you found OW
seven years ago and decided to stick around; it's been good to have you
here, to see you grow and change and achieve and contribute.
Whatever you do next, I hope you'll drop in here and do the things only you can do.
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You dun good Hanibal.
I hope your peers appreciate your dedication to a task as we have.
It will be interesting to see which new OW project you choose.
Go and put your feet up, have a drink of what ever takes your fancy and enjoy the festive season.
Regards
Stuart
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Looked at the Whaling page for the first time just now.
Any ship that has been started that need a worker on?
I do not want to see everybody doing one ship each and none getting finished.
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Joan may be able to tell you, or Bob may be able to dig up that information.
You could simply click on TRANSCRIBE at the top of the page.
Or pick any ship, click Mark, and page through it till you get an unmarked page.
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Looked at the Whaling page for the first time just now.
Any ship that has been started that need a worker on?
I do not want to see everybody doing one ship each and none getting finished.
Yes
yes yes yes Stuart! Thanks Randi for dropping me an extra note.
Stuart you are very welcome indeed! back in a minute or two with
info. Plenty of third transcribers needed, there are some people working
on ships but the sad system over there cannot say which. I've asked
those who wrote in for help to say what they are working on, but it's
not great doing things that way as I don't always get a reply :(
Anyway...there's plenty that still need two more markers/transcribers.
Back shortly :D
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When I tried marking is there any way I can skip having to go Next for each item on the page.
Perhaps a button that says this page is complete. ?
Also standardising the location of the Next button would help in that situation.
where is the forum page for the whalers comments?
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Hi Stuart,
Yep - just getting stuff together for you. Here's the list of what I know has been done:
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/old-weather/talk/157/411809
Baylies1887 I'm just doing - it's a bit of a stinker due to a lack of ink (sigh!).
Here's
the address of the shipyard. Nearly every ship got a page that has a
description, and a fully marked page shown and fully transcribed, the
shown fully marked.
More in a minute...:)
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How do you know if you are 1st, 2nd or 3rd?
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Okay California 1892 is needy of any transcription.
The very
best way to start is simply to select the ship on the front screen and
click the box 'mark'. The reason for this is that it gets you into the
ship and you can select the page (middle icon top left of image).
The first two pages are usually just Library card pages - require not
marking at all.
Go to page 3 of California 1892 and you'll get a
real log book page. This log is pretty easy going - lots of good ink and
script. Here's her shipyard page where I've noted some of the places
she went to as she hit the Russian coast:
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/old-weather/talk/157/363142
Basically
we nip over to our Geographical help here, but any weird things I
always put on the Comments and Questions pages for Whaling.
So you now have two choices:
First
option: Mark it yourself (third icon on the left hides other people's
marks so you can see the text properly). Then transcribe each page as
you do it (see selection bottom right of image). Best method is this
one. You have the whole thing in your mind as you do it.
Second
option. Ask to mark, and when you get to your page select two things. 1)
Select 'discuss this page' (bottom right of image) and read it in the
'Notes' page that comes up. Then go back to the log book itself and say
'transcribe this page'. That way you know what's coming up and you get
to follow things in sequence.
Third option: Just select 'transcribe' when you select your boat - you get random offerings throughout the log book.
Worst option: When you open Whaling select 'mark' or 'transcribe' - you get a random set of offerings from any ship.
Marking
tips: Be patient - it can take 20 seconds for a page to come up and
you'll nearly always see the first library page as it works out where
you left off and takes you back there.
Be patient - if you mark
boxes within 20 seconds of opening a page they disappear. But not for
good. When you go to transcribe they reappear.
If you see some
terrible marking you can transcribe it as 'bad image' and the whole box
and any associated transcriptions are deleted.
there's one more thing that's very useful to know - and it just popped out of my head! :o
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How do you know if you are 1st, 2nd or 3rd?
Ever heard of miracles? ::) ::) ::)
There is no system. That's why I set up that Shipyard page in the hope of knowing that we wouldn't be wasting our time.
The
system should know when 3 people have marked it. And that's weird
because 1) it's not sure of that, 2) you don't need to anything more
than mark it once. Then all three transcriptions are of those marks. You
don't need any more marks if the first set are good.
In theory
when the page is marked and you get to the end of the questions, if
three people say 'no' to the last question (is there anything left to
mark?) the page should be retired. I never managed to get that to work.
Ah
the thing I forgot is that when you transcribe a page it only lets you
transcribe nine marked boxes at one go. Then it takes you back to the
page (after several seconds etc) and you hit 'transcribe this page'
until your through transcribing all boxes. Sigh again !
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And also if you see some badly marked boxes you can usually delete them before even starting to transcribe.
Catch up with you over there - I'm 'OW_Moderators' at the moment :)
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Sorry Stuart - it's hit 11pm and I have to scoot to bed - early
start tomorrow for work. Hope you've got off to a good start with
Whaling :D
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That's
quite a landmark to reach. I'm so glad you found OW seven years
ago and decided to stick around; it's been good to have you here, to see
you grow and change and achieve and contribute.
Whatever you do next, I hope you'll drop in here and do the things only you can do.
Hi Hanibal,
Forgive the slow replay but I have been away for the weekend, visiting sisters.
Well done!!!
Seven
years, wow, and millions of WRs transcribed. You have been a most
valuable contributor to the OW project, and you have become a good
friend, too. We are all better for coming to know you, and I'm glad
you'll still be around on the forum.
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Well done, Hanibal, and best wishes for whatever you do in the future. Do keep visiting the Forum!
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I add my congratulations, Hanibal. I can understand how the forum
has helped you because I went through somewhat similar difficulties,
which I finally overcame in Toastmasters. We were lucky to have a club
in the government department where I worked. The people were very
supportive like in our forum. I went on to perform in a play put on by
people at work, something I could never have imagined doing previously.
(I couldn't do it now because my memory is getting so bad ;D). So,
with perseverance and the support of others we can do amazing things.
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This community has become very important to me over the past few years, and I am very proud to be part of it.
Hanibal94
Oh gosh I'm so sorry that I didn't spot this yesterday hanibal - forgive me! :o
I
am so so happy that you have been with us hanibal! :D As much as
you've received from us, you've more than given to us too. I'll be very
pleased if you do stay with us, you would leave a very large empty hole
if you left us now. I hope that you get into ice-hunting then.
Thanks for your wonderful words. What ever you decide to do you'll do it well I am very sure of that.
Joan :D :D :D :D :D
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Hanibal:
Sorry this is so late. I have been '504 Timed Out' for the last three days!
It
has been an honor & a pleasure to work with you and to meet and
know you. I have enjoyed our SKYPE talks and hope that maybe we can
continue them now that I have a new computer that will SKYPE properly.
God's Blessings as you move on in your life.
Remember your Friends here and take great comfort in the work that you have done here to further Science and Understanding!
Visit if you can!
Be well.
Blessings, Dean
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Hanibal94,
I'm late too, mainly because I am not very good at this kind of thing :-[ :-[ :-[
(I have had some 504's, but I have been able to work)
I think I joined OW about the same time you did, and I had much the same feelings (but not the same transcribing speed ;)).
You have made a great contribution to science during those years.
I
can also see how much you have grown over the years. I have enjoyed our
PM exchanges very much, although I am afraid that I am a very poor
correspondent.
I hope that we can talk you into doing Ice
Hunting. You could always blaze through the course and distance entries
and leave the ice to the events people!
(http://orig11.deviantart.net/dc58/f/2015/118/4/8/rainbow_dash_vector__tanks_for_the_memories__by_sol_republica-d8rgenv.png)
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100 years ago today the world's largest non-nuclear explosion
occurred when the S. S. Mont Blanc, a Belgian ammunition ship, blew up
in Halifax harbour
(http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-december-06-2017-1.4433556/it-s-part-of-the-dna-of-haligonians-100-years-after-the-halifax-explosion-1.4433619).
2,000 people died and 9,000 were injured.
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The German Amateurs Who Discovered 'Insect Armageddon' (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/world/europe/krefeld-germany-insect-armageddon.html)
Remind you of another group? ;)
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100
years ago today the world's largest non-nuclear explosion occurred when
the S. S. Mont Blanc, a Belgian ammunition ship, blew up in Halifax
harbour
(http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-december-06-2017-1.4433556/it-s-part-of-the-dna-of-haligonians-100-years-after-the-halifax-explosion-1.4433619).
2,000 people died and 9,000 were injured.
:o
:o :o I've never heard of it. If I'd been alive then I would
probably have heard it (let alone heard of it). That is a very dramatic
explosion!
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The German Amateurs Who Discovered 'Insect Armageddon' (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/world/europe/krefeld-germany-insect-armageddon.html)
Remind you of another group? ;)
Yep
- sure does :D - all we need then is to work out how to make more
of both of us. I heard this terrible story at work the other day -
it frightens me for sure. :o
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Thank you for the nice comments, everyone!
I
have been messaging with Michael and Randi about Ice Hunting. It does
sound very interesting, but since it is still in development, I think I
will wait until it's ready to go.
In the meantime, I will be working
on Notes from Nature. That one's been my secondary project for a long
time, and it does have some very interesting expeditions.
But I will still visit this forum every day like always, and keep an eye on the Ice Hunting discussion.
Until then,
- Hanibal94
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Thank you for the nice comments, everyone!
I
have been messaging with Michael and Randi about Ice Hunting. It does
sound very interesting, but since it is still in development, I think I
will wait until it's ready to go.
In the meantime, I will be working
on Notes from Nature. That one's been my secondary project for a long
time, and it does have some very interesting expeditions.
But I will still visit this forum every day like always, and keep an eye on the Ice Hunting discussion.
Until then,
- Hanibal94
;D ;D
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Thank you for the nice comments, everyone!
But I will still visit this forum every day like always, and keep an eye on the Ice Hunting discussion.
Until then,
- Hanibal94
;D ;D ;D that's good news for us Hanibal
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Hi all,
Joan and I would like to do another round of
Shipopoly, (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4338.0) but we
need at least one more person.
Any volunteers?
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Hi all,
Joan
and I would like to do another round of Shipopoly,
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4338.0) but we need at
least one more person.
Any volunteers?
I
would like too, but I am swamped with getting this ice thing going as
well as trying to get Northwind finished for Kevin. He has deadlines...
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I'll try to sign up Turquoise_Turtle (new here). I think she'll come with such a temptation :D
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I'll try to sign up Turquoise_Turtle (new here). I think she'll come with such a temptation :D
She does have an account - as Turquoise Turtle
I have contacted one possible player ...
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Ah - I thought she did - thanks Randi - I asked and got a 'yes' :D
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Movie alert:
Russel Crowe is talking of making another of the Aubrey-Maturin series for those who liked the movie "Master and Commander"
AMC has a mini series in the works "The Terror" a novel about the Franklin Expedition
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While catching up on IT news, I found out about the following site: http://botnik.org/
Botnik is a community of writers, artists and developers collaborating with machines to create strange new things.
"Strange new things" is a good way of putting it - in fact, a lot of their stuff is just hilariously absurd.
For example:
A new chapter of Harry Potter (http://botnik.org/content/harry-potter.html)
Halloween tips (http://botnik.org/content/halloween.html)
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USCGC Northwind, 20 August 1955
70 26.8N 147 42.8W
1543 USNS Gammon commenced discharging fuel oil (Navy Special) into the sea to lighten ship.
Those were the days when you could dump stuff in the ocean and get away with it. ;D ;D ;D
https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/23655480/content/dc-metro/rg-026/559642/0002/Northwind-WAG-282-b742/Northwind-WAG-282-b742_0187.JPG
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USCGC Northwind, 20 August 1955
70 26.8N 147 42.8W
1543 USNS Gammon commenced discharging fuel oil (Navy Special) into the sea to lighten ship.
Those were the days when you could dump stuff in the ocean and get away with it. ;D ;D ;D
https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/23655480/content/dc-metro/rg-026/559642/0002/Northwind-WAG-282-b742/Northwind-WAG-282-b742_0187.JPG
Yikes!! :o :o :o
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The following pages are quite interesting. They discharged 910 tons
of oil, with other discharges mentioned. They also tried several times
to use TNT to free the tow wire from the ice. They had to patch a hole
in her hull etc. I had to quit transcribing last night before finding
out if they got her free.
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The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-42370195
;D
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;D - great photos!
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Great!!! ;D
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Very good! ;D
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Magnificent ;D ;D ;D
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Those are great - thank you!
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Coast Guard!
Reuniting With Boats in the Virgin Islands (https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000005598881/boats-virgin-islands-coast-guard.html)
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Most Ocean Plastic Pollution Carried by 10 Rivers :'( :'( :'(
https://www.voanews.com/a/ninety-percent-of-ocean-plastic-pollution-carried-by-10-rivers-/4134909.html
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Coast Guard!
Reuniting With Boats in the Virgin Islands (https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000005598881/boats-virgin-islands-coast-guard.html)
That's amazing...what a huge job, but so good to be giving homes back :-* :-* :-*
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(http://piquaoh.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/06/Fireworks.jpg)
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4642.msg148500#msg148500)
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(http://piquaoh.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/06/Fireworks.jpg)
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=4642.msg148500#msg148500)
Bit early for New Year fireworks? ::)
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Those aren't New Year firecrackers.
Follow the link.
;D
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Well, that was just to obvious for me. ::)
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::) ;D
Happy solstice, everyone.
"Make ready for another turn of the wheel."
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Yep - all the way up hill to barbeque season ;D
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Wonderful news! I'll check it out soon.
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A bit late ... ::)
Happy birthday Joan!
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Happy (slightly belated) Birthday, Joan!
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Belated
Happy Birthday
Joan !
(http://www.allyouneedtoparty.co.uk/images/products/zoom/1363645067-89088500.jpg)
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Somewhat belateder Happy Birthday, Joan. ;D
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And even later - Hope you had a Happy Birthday, Joan!
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And even later - Hope you had a Happy Birthday, Joan!
Last, and apparently least, all my best wishes for your Birthday now even longer passed. :-[
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Here's the Arctic Report Card (https://youtu.be/MvoFDZQKJHc) for 2017. Read it and weep. Well, watch it and cry.
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And even later - Hope you had a Happy Birthday, Joan!
Last, and apparently least, all my best wishes for your Birthday now even longer passed. :-[
Thank you so much everyone!!! ;D ;D ;D It's always special getting birthday wishes from you folks :-* :-* :-*
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Here's the Arctic Report Card (https://youtu.be/MvoFDZQKJHc) for 2017. Read it and weep. Well, watch it and cry.
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( That is terrifying. I hate to think about what we are doing to this beautiful planet.
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When we lived in the Yukon, Toby the Cat would not go outside when
it got colder than -22C. Now that we are living in Victoria, he will not
go outside when it gets colder than +2C. ;D ;D ;D
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That's about what has happened to me ;D
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We are now older and wiser ;)
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We hit -26C one night in Oxford. The cat stuck his nose out and just
turned around and cast himself in front of the two bar electric fire
and grunted. So it was me who had to go out and make up a dirt box in
case of 'accidents'. Even I slept on the sofa by the fire that night. We
were on stand pipes the next day. ;D
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It's Christmas eve in this part of the world so ...
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/tx7HJISadoTSYmRHY-81w-3SL-8_qiVy0BZZ197bcBCIEPZyd9BkAV5kdAS1z_HMJcsH0Z9Ypu-hOirpcClYC6HpiwkzEL0DbZ1ha-yaBMviDZ_rBdhpHtnewKdA6fT878lzXoFgiGEcuYteXt9CVSmeQbPcgJfEKRkQ5fI_9JduyYgS5KFla6i5tVD1qdX3tFVxbK4F0hhx9nKojURR5t1OinSo-Jvy1tMBoAsA8KRHWIPaQaZEYNWPt54_vG4zFgq_liKPJFXBTJhNnkinH08hytYX-Kcq6Rixv_EqCOWOHUV7FsagnvTOrEYeKJ_efq7TAaTeHBmI3U_5pE0CzLN_pep9pNxDFzkWvoC57yyOn6oTtD8O5tqdkFqzMo3wEEz98YlCUbiofmRvrinQuCey3y6gFoJwaQmWkU66EJV_FTJ074f5BKNj_Do3rxA3ng5bkZpGBaIieFUkfj-FjXaL74x4RrOHN3keZd8bf5DglhXMNyfwa5nSZHhVyLoKfGWBGhyL7bk3wC9s7votuZJh7yJ_BxXhkM4uzEui7PY0GR4WcOl_4zQXe-f5WSTUrkkpAmr3aTyjn9Ro0Ns8d2ojE-vbSq_KZnpXdwcm=w762-h606-no)
The compliments of the season from us to all of you. :-*
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Toby could go back to the Yukon now with no problems. Whitehorse has
had lots of rain in December, and the Yukon River at Dawson
(http://www.whitehorsestar.com/News/yg-to-apply-icy-band-aid-to-river-in-dawson)
hasn't frozen over for a second year in a row. It wasn't that many
years ago, maybe fifteen, that I walked home from work in
Whitehorse when it was -49C. Temperatures like those in that part of the
world are not being seen anymore.
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I remember the year when we had -24C after some time of well below
zero. A pipe in the loft froze despite the 24 hour central heating. I
was visiting my parents and was out of the house for 6 months while they
redid wiring, plastering, refitting kitchen and decorating throughout. I
still get a bit paranoid when I leave the house in winter. Thank heaven
for insurance!!
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Horrible!
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recently the wreck of the Australian submarine AE-1 missing from 14
September 1914 has been found off the Duke of York Islands. This was the
first Allied submarine to be lost in WW I. see the great war forum for
more details
Also recently more wrecks from WW II have been found
off the Island of Leyte including the USS Ward that fired the first
shot of the USN at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 see combinedfleet.com
for more details
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I
remember the year when we had -24C after some time of well below zero. A
pipe in the loft froze despite the 24 hour central heating. I was
visiting my parents and was out of the house for 6 months while they
redid wiring, plastering, refitting kitchen and decorating throughout. I
still get a bit paranoid when I leave the house in winter. Thank heaven
for insurance!!
Wow, that was awful! Like you say, thank heaven for insurance.
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recently
the wreck of the Australian submarine AE-1 missing from 14 September
1914 has been found off the Duke of York Islands. This was the first
Allied submarine to be lost in WW I. see the great war forum for more
details
Also recently more wrecks from WW II have been found off
the Island of Leyte including the USS Ward that fired the first shot of
the USN at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 see combinedfleet.com for more
details
It
never ceases to amaze me that, so long after these tragic events, we
are still finding the fate of the sailors of the Great Wars. And now
that families can trace so much of their history it is comforting to
know that a resolution can be found.
Thanks for the links JamesAPrattIII :) :) :)
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I've created an animated Christmas card again.
Fear not, it will only take one minute of your time.
Follow this link to view it: https://www.youtube.com/embed/nNCLc1Tb7T8
Merry Christmas and a happy 2018. :)
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Hey that was fun Maikel - thanks! Loved your magic writing pen :D :D :D
(https://i.imgur.com/6NqwcLw.png)
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Happy Christmas, everyone!
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Happy Christmas all
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Happy Christmas!
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Bravo Maikel! I am very impressed.
Merry Christmas everybody!
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Thank you Maikel, once again a wonderful card. And Merry Christmas
to everyone. Unless there are OW people in Hawaii or Alaska, Kevin and I
must be the last OW people to be visited by Santa Claus. He left me 6.5
cm of snow. :-\
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(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WeyMwobO8l8/TvZdMvlG7TI/AAAAAAAAAI4/6X-KJmxCDBU/s1600/336944_10150430983372823_74281347822_8551456_1079511865_o.jpg)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/US_Navy_111222-N-KS651-091_Personnel_Specialist_Chief_Janna_Mason_hands_out_Christmas_stockings_to_single_Sailors_on_the_mess_decks_of_dock_landing.jpg)
Carrying on a maritime tradition:
Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw acts as Chicago's 'Christmas Tree Ship'
(http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2014/12/carrying-on-a-maritime-tradition-coast-guard-cutter-mackinaw-acts-as-chicagos-christmas-tree-ship/)
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Happy Christmas to everyone! :)
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Merry Christmas from me too.
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Thank
you Maikel, once again a wonderful card. And Merry Christmas to
everyone. Unless there are OW people in Hawaii or Alaska, Kevin and I
must be the last OW people to be visited by Santa Claus. He left me 6.5
cm of snow. :-\
Hi Michael - isn't that what you asked for in your letter to Santa then? ;) :-\ ;D
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Carrying on a maritime tradition:
Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw acts as Chicago's 'Christmas Tree Ship'
(http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2014/12/carrying-on-a-maritime-tradition-coast-guard-cutter-mackinaw-acts-as-chicagos-christmas-tree-ship/)
That's so nice - really cool :D
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Winter's here. It looks like it won't get any warmer than -18 C for
the next week. Low tonight -26 C (not counting the wind chill)
That's
why I can emphasize with Michael's cat. My cat doesn't go out at all
(although she would if we let her). She's a Main Coon with very long
hair. She looks somewhat like this
https://ca.images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A0LEVv5R40JacTEAv9Qv7olQ?p=maine+coon+cat+pictures&fr=yhs-mozilla-002&fr2=piv-web&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-002#id=66&iurl=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F87%2Fbf%2F0b%2F87bf0b64aebca48f75e261d9231f5392.jpg&action=click
but she has some reddish tinges.
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No warmer than -18C ??!!?? :o :o :o
Low tonight -26C :o :o :o
You'd need a coat like a Maine Coon to go out in that lot. Handsome cats they are too :)
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No warmer than -18C ??!!?? :o :o :o
Low tonight -26C :o :o :o
You'd need a coat like a Maine Coon to go out in that lot. Handsome cats they are too :)
How can a temperature be negative? That's silly, or fake news. ;D ;D ;D
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Talk to the guy that posted this:
When
we lived in the Yukon, Toby the Cat would not go outside when it got
colder than -22C. Now that we are living in Victoria, he will not go
outside when it gets colder than +2C. ;D ;D ;D
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Talk to the guy that posted this:
When
we lived in the Yukon, Toby the Cat would not go outside when it got
colder than -22C. Now that we are living in Victoria, he will not go
outside when it gets colder than +2C. ;D ;D ;D
What
does he know. He's some kind of egghead scientist that believes in
climate change and would say anything just to get more funding. ;D
;D ;D
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I think that the cold has gone to your heads ;D ;D ;D
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I have seen Toby and would suggest you do not pussy foot about with his feelings.
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::) ;D
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-17?C here as we chat. It's been a cold Christmas outside.
Areas south of here got snow in the 1.5 - 2 meter mark! :o
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-17?C
here as we chat. It's been a cold Christmas outside. Areas south
of here got snow in the 1.5 - 2 meter mark! :o
:o
:o :o Winter draw(er)s on then? ;D We had a very
respectable fall of snow at about 4 a.m. I reckon that, measuring the
right area of snow drift, we probably got about 1.5 to 2 cms
::) :D
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(https://i.imgur.com/dj58NLR.png)
OK by me, Stuart ;D ;D ;D
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Rather belated Christmas greetings to everyone - I've been away,
doing a lot of shopping and cooking, and am only just back to the land
of reliable internet and time to do the really important things in life
....
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;D
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Christmas Greetings to you Helen :D
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(https://i.imgur.com/dj58NLR.png)
OK by me, Stuart ;D ;D ;D
:o
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Happy (belated) holidays, all hands. And here's to fair tidings to come in 2018.