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Ah the good old days before Elf & Safe Tea spoiled the fun. Here's how one man and his wife demonstrated bullet-proof glass in the 1930s.

Youtube video bullet proof glass testing 1930s

Q: What do you call a Welshman holding the Rugby World Cup?
A: Dai the engraver.

One of the better "cat" cartoons:

I received an email today which Thunderbird tells me originated from "Mountain View, CA". It's short and to the point but still bears the hallmarks of an illiterate Nigerian scammer: Dear ( my surname ), Greetings to you, My name is Barr. Kenneth **** i am attorney to my late client who di...

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CharlieOneSix - oil is leaking but in very small quantities after some major work to drain the tanks. Very tricky in view of the proximity of human remains and some munitions.
http://www.briggsmarine.com/downloads/1304093343-Royal%20Oak%20Removal%20Programme.pdf

Just found this clip of a very, very feisty young woman doing her best to raise money. Not easy for a paraplegic doing the Royal Marines assault course!
Paraplegic lady on RM assault course sheepdip

76 years ago today. From the "Orcadian": [font=Times New Roman]Memorial events marking the 76th anniversary of the sinking of HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow will take place today, Wednesday. A service will be held at the garden of remembrance at Scapa this morning, before the laying of wreath...

Trees? Not a problem here where there are precious few trees.

Some excellent websites where would-be scammers are themselves scammed. http://www.scamorama.com/ and http://www.419eater.com/ are typical. Some highly inventive names which the scammers appear to believe are genuine "Rev Wally Tightnuts", "Miss Ethel Wormvarnish", etc

Here's the latest from the unhealthy food department - deep fried Cadbury's Creme Egg

Here's the egg that goes into a grosvenor pie. No doubt the chicken gave a sigh of relief after producing one of those!

When you are dead you are unaware of it, it's just the folk around you who know it.
Same goes for when you are stupid...

Tall Bird - the late Mrs R was in Ceylon with her first husband at RAF Ngombo. I still have Philip Harben's "Encyclopaedia of Cooking" which she purchased in 1957 from the local bookshop. The book is a bit battered and dated (hardly a mention of freezers or fridges and microwaves were way ...