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studentforever
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Have a good christmas folks. Chilly and wet here in Scotland but met some friends at Church this morning, so now planning my solo meals for the rest of the day.
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Randi
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Hanibal94 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 25, 2020 9:26 am Merry Christmas, everyone!
Randi wrote: ↑Thu Dec 24, 2020 3:42 pm The search for Mrs. Claus ;)
That was a hard one - took me a long time to find the last!
There's also a reindeer one, which I found easier thanks to the antlers.
For those who missed it: Reindeer games
The last reindeer took me a bit but not as much as the last Mrs. Claus.
Earlier my link for the Gingerbread men didn't work, but now the one from Reindeer games works. There are 50, but it was not as hard as the others.
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Fantastic job, Maikel, thank you!

(However, I hope that there will be no trouble with tribbles next year! ;))
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Christmas Greeting Postal Card Featuring Pacific Fleet armored cruisers in San Diego Harbor, California, circa 1909-1910.
The nearest ship is either USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4) or USS Colorado (Armored Cruiser # 7).
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Randi
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Happy Birthday
Anita !

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Maikel
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Randi wrote: ↑Fri Dec 25, 2020 2:13 pm Fantastic job, Maikel, thank you!

(However, I hope that there will be no trouble with tribbles next year! ;))
Thanks Randi. :)

Disclaimer: no tribbles were harmed during the creation of the video. ;)
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Michael
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Merry Christmas, one and all!

In honour of the circumstances, I chose a Blue font. :roll:
And, as a Christmas present for you, I give you this Christmas Story. 41 years ago, on Christmas Eve, Alan Maitland, a CBC announcer read this story, and every Christmas Eve since CBC has re-broadcast it. I might not have heard it every Christmas Eve for the last 41 years, but I haven't missed many, if any at all.

One of these evenings, when it's warm inside and dark outside, have a listen.
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Michael
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Happy Birthday, Anita!

Wow, a birthday on Christmas Day!!! A tough time to have a birthday party... :(
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AvastMH
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A very Happy Birthday to you Anita!

I hope that you manage to get separate time for your own day
;)
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Hanibal94
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Happy Birthday Anita!
Michael wrote: ↑Fri Dec 25, 2020 5:41 pm Wow, a birthday on Christmas Day!!! A tough time to have a birthday party... :(
But at least you're in good company - Isaac Newton was a Christmas baby too!
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Happy birthday Anita!
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AvastMH
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A Wonderful and Very Happy Christmas to Everyone!
:D :D :D
My young friend Katie referred me to an amusing story from Sweden to do with a Christmas Goat which has had a tragi-comic history. It's made of straw. It is cold in Sweden during Yule. Straw makes a good fire.
Here it is in its 2009 splendour :D
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Thank you all for my Happy Birthday wishes!! I'm always the co-star of my birthday.

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Stay safe and give CHEERS to a hopeful 2021.

Anita ;->
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Anyone know the location of the house on the beach near Ediz Hook? How about the lighted sign at Port Madison?

Inquiring navigator needs to know... :lol: :lol: :lol:

I looked on Vermeer's map, but ...
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ABC best weather pictures for 2020. :kangaroo:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/abcmyphoto/ ... 0/12964396

Various squares change with time.
(I love the Aurora Australis pic.)

Also from the ABC web site
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-27/ ... 82732?nw=0
Last edited by pommystuart on Sat Dec 26, 2020 9:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Michael wrote: ↑Sat Dec 26, 2020 6:59 pm Anyone know the location of the house on the beach near Ediz Hook? How about the lighted sign at Port Madison?

Inquiring navigator needs to know... :lol: :lol: :lol:

I looked on Vermeer's map, but ...
Northwind had anchored bearings refer to a patch of snow (Brg patch of snow xxxT)
Sorry Michael I forgot at the time to enter it on the SS
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Michael wrote: ↑Sat Dec 26, 2020 6:59 pm Anyone know the location of the house on the beach near Ediz Hook? How about the lighted sign at Port Madison?

Inquiring navigator needs to know... :lol: :lol: :lol:

I looked on Vermeer's map, but ...
Is one of these what you are looking for Inquiring Navigator, please? :?
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Also the white rock and the black rock and various houses with various colours... :lol:

I looked for the patch of snow on a recent sat photo, but it must have melted... :roll:
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AvastMH wrote: ↑Sat Dec 26, 2020 7:57 pm Is one of these what you are looking for Inquiring Navigator, please? :?
Nope, other side of the water, i.e. south and farther to the east. :lol:

I did find the Washington Pulp Mill Smokestack though it took some time. I had to trace the history of the Washington Pulp Mill which was sold to Crown Zellerback which was sold to Nippon Paper and which was sold to McKinley. Once I got an address, I could use the i-boating: Free Marine Navigation Charts website. With the right background map, I even found the smokestack!!!

First I had to sort out whether or not the Rayonier Mill started out as the Washington Pulp, which it didn't, so I am now well versed in the history of Port Angeles pulp mills. The Rayonier Mill is the first one that comes up in a Google Search because it closed a number of years ago and it left behind a highly contaminated site, so there are many articles about it.

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Impressive search Michael :D What frustrates me, at times, is that you could probably pop into the local grocery store and bump into someone who knows all the histories way back and that would be 'all sorted' in the shake of a hand ;) :lol:
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