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- Sun May 19, 2024 1:32 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread VI
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread VI
I admit that feeding birds is 'entertainment' for the dozen people that I live with (in sheltered accommodation). In addition to the usual sparrows, tits and starlings (greedy beggars), we have had nuthatches (for the peanuts) - and grey squirrels (for both seeds and nuts). Excess human food (bread,...
- Sun May 19, 2024 1:06 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread VI
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I feed the birds with seed (and, sometimes, peanuts), however there are some who say that the birds should be left to find their own natural food-sources.
- Sat May 18, 2024 7:54 pm
- Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
- Topic: RFA crew shortage as well as a Rear Admiral shortage....
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Re: RFA crew shortage as well as a Rear Admiral shortage....
A few years ago I watched the 'last' (?) RFA vessel being launched from Swan Hunter's yard on the Tyne.
"Largs Bay was built by the Swan Hunter yard in Wallsend and launched for sea trials in November 2006, sailing into history as the last full vessel built on the Tyne."
"Largs Bay was built by the Swan Hunter yard in Wallsend and launched for sea trials in November 2006, sailing into history as the last full vessel built on the Tyne."
- Sat May 18, 2024 7:48 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread VI
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread VI
Bricking up basement windows is HARD! The stuff for 3 windows weighs a sixth of a ton, you're on your knees or your belly most of the time, and the previous job was a complete horlicks and needed a big clean out. Total pig getting the last brick in, and it was only on reviewing the video done by a ...
- Sat May 18, 2024 7:34 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread VI
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"Most of the deciduous trees are bare now, still some oaks and beeches holding on to their leaves."
Whereas in the UK most trees are in leaf, not necessarily full leaf yet.
Laburnums almost over.
Whereas in the UK most trees are in leaf, not necessarily full leaf yet.
Laburnums almost over.
- Sat May 18, 2024 3:50 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Peregrine falcons at Worcester Cathedral
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Re: Peregrine falcons at Worcester Cathedral
What keeps them on the platform? Fear?
- Sat May 18, 2024 9:03 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Peregrine falcons at Worcester Cathedral
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When I logged-on just now, there were no chicks visible so I wondered if they had fledged, but they were just out of frame.
- Sat May 18, 2024 2:50 am
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: More Boeing Bad News
- Replies: 1066
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Re: More Boeing Bad News
These multi-million $ settlements seem large, but how much do the recipients actually receive after tax?
- Fri May 17, 2024 5:18 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Stiga ride on lawnmower
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WRG to a ride-on mower, non-collecting mulching mowing requires frequent mowing, or a preliminary cut with a high setting, otherwise the cuttings turn yellow and affect the main lawn with the risk of mould. Some mowers have a special attachment for mulching where the grass is 'recyled' and re-choppe...
- Thu May 16, 2024 10:20 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Rant of the Day v2.
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Re: Rant of the Day v2.
You mean you no longer get Green Shield Stamps ?
- Thu May 16, 2024 8:39 pm
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: Delta A321neo, Electrical Fire From GPU Hook-up at SEA
- Replies: 7
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Re: Delta A321neo, Electrical Fire From GPU Hook-up at SEA
I know we were expecting to view an 'incident', but it seemed ages before anything 'happened' after the initial 'flash'.
- Sat May 11, 2024 2:29 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: Rant of the Day v2.
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Re: Rant of the Day v2.
HMRC giveth with the left and taketh with the right, and the left hand doesn't know what the right hand doeth.
- Thu May 09, 2024 8:46 pm
- Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
- Topic: RFA crew shortage as well as a Rear Admiral shortage....
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Re: RFA crew shortage as well as a Rear Admiral shortage....
A similar situation occurred with my wife. As a teenager she had gained a diploma in librarianship and worked as a school librarian. After taking a 'career break' to raise a family, she decide to update her skills with a degree in library studies. Failing to find employment as a librarian she offere...
- Mon May 06, 2024 3:00 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Do you think his prayers were answered?
- Sat May 04, 2024 5:44 pm
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Many years ago I set my heart on an electronic 'organiser'.
https://www.google.com/search?q=electro ... ganiser%27
A shop in the town where I worked always had the latest electronic equipment, which got more capable (and cheaper), with the result that I never did make the decision to buy.
https://www.google.com/search?q=electro ... ganiser%27
A shop in the town where I worked always had the latest electronic equipment, which got more capable (and cheaper), with the result that I never did make the decision to buy.
- Sat May 04, 2024 7:20 am
- Forum: Airline Rumours, Gossip and Chat
- Topic: Passengers Behaving Badly
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- Sat May 04, 2024 12:10 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
In the North Island, pheasant hunting season generally begins on the first weekend of May and generally lasts until mid-August.
- Fri May 03, 2024 3:49 pm
- Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
- Topic: WTF is happening in the UK?
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- Fri May 03, 2024 9:02 am
- Forum: Crewroom
- Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Can you buy a full-size Junk?
- Thu May 02, 2024 5:40 pm
- Forum: Aviation Incidents
- Topic: More Boeing Bad News
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Re: More Boeing Bad News
"a fast-spreading infection"
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Shortly before his death, doctors were considering amputating his hands and feet, which had turned black from infection, baffling his family and doctors.