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In remembrance of Squadron Leader Mark Long.

X, RAF Lossiemouth, 21sec.video

Got behind on Stuff NZ quizzes by a few days and went back to catch up. Quizzes open OK (3 different browsers but require to "Choose" after making one's selection. ~X( Nil progress thereafter. ^! Latest quizzes work normally without requiring one to choose after selection. :-?? PP Revisited then qu...

Buongiorno.
I hope those who have been Crook feel better soon.
Is 9°C now, was -0.9°C around 6am. Currently low winter sun, some cloud.

Observed a meteor early this morning, first one I've seen in ages.

Happy birthday to Woody, many happy returns of the day

Hope you feel better soon Wodrick.

Currently 2.2°C here, bright sunny day, blue dome skies, min. was -1.3°C; expecting 11°C.

Sky News: RAF pilot killed in Spitfire crash in Lincolnshire is named as Mark Long

1:06 X video:

X: An official statement from Group Captain Robbie Lees, Commander Display Air Wing, following the RAF Coningsby accident.

English as she is spoke: following investigations, I have now learned who a "Gammon" might be.

- as far as the meat by that name is concerned, I knew what that was but I don't think I've ever seen the word used here, only rarely in British recipe-books.

We 'ave 'am 'ere...

Antonio Vivaldi: Recorder Concerto RV 443 / Maurice Steger, Cappella Gabetta [11:25]

Goodness me they've grown and matured in the past few days!
Fly safe, little guys.

G-CPTN wrote: ↑

Fri May 24, 2024 8:51 pm

I travelled to New Zealand to see Comet Halley.

It was fainter than I expected - I anticipated a firework in the sky.

Ya, I hoped for a repeat of something like Comet Ikeya–Seki

but even so was a thrill to see Halley.

PHXPhlyer wrote: ↑

Fri May 24, 2024 8:07 pm

Boeing, NASA say Starliner astronaut launch will move forward despite spacecraft helium leak
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"She'll be right"...

Adding: Wikipedia: 1963 Papal Conclave

Wikipedia: Cardinal electors in the 1963 papal conclave

Next Papal elections were in August and then October, 1978.

Wasn't Pons-Brooks a Cardinal who was passed over during the Papal Elections in the 'sixties ? The Rev Jim might know.... Comet Pons-Brooks was conclusively discovered at Marseilles Observatory in July 1812 by Jean-Louis Pons, and on its next appearance in 1883 by William Robert Brooks. Wikipedia: ...

Well that was a surprise: all ready to start my day, came into the living room, switched off lights, opened curtains, all very dark still. Realised there's still about half an hour till sunrise :D 2.8°C expecting 14°C, possibly. - did anyone see the Comet Pons-Brooks in the skies recently? I think I...

Colour films are insanely rare in the 1920s, which makes this 26-part travelogue of the UK exceptional. Filmed in 1924 by Claude Friese-Greene using his father's colour process invention, I've edited a preview for Twitter, but it is now available on DVD, restored by the BFI 2:15 video with glimpses...

OFSO wrote: ↑

Fri May 24, 2024 8:51 am

Karearea, use the CSEM / EMSC app to monitor earthquakes.

Tks, this one didn't show on EMSC unfortunately.

We have Geonet: earthquakes

and another view on Quakelive: last 24 hours NZ

Noticed today that all my framed pictures on the walls had gone crooked, and one tedious little ornament, which falls over if you look at it, had fallen over, so have completed a Felt Report for the nearest earthquake. It *may* have awoken me at the time, can't remember.

New York, 1911

X/Twitter video, runs 3:17

https://x.com/RjNol/status/1793349269069479988

Good morning: some sunshine earlier but cloud arrived and descends; some drizzle - the kind that is so fine one wonders whether it's just static before the eyes, but I see rainwater dribbling from the neighbour's spouting; 5.5°C, 88% humidity; heatpump running in living-room and a heater on a thermo...

The Royal New Zealand Air Force's No. 40 Squadron has received a Search and Rescue Award for their assistance in the rescue of a solo sailor in severe sea conditions. This week’s 2023 New Zealand Search and Rescue Awards ceremony celebrated outstanding achievements within New Zealand’s search and re...