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    There's a Spruce Goose, aboot this hoose!

    Wrong site ! :wink: Did the big bird get far enough above the height at which 'ground effect' has influences on flight? Rumours abound. A great project in Spruce tho'. :?: :?:
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    1,500 jobs go as Tiny firm collapses

    :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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    Advise on buying a new washing machine

    John lewis .. Miele comes with 10yr big G... If that covers all then at 7 or 800 notes it must be good. My Neff is running ok after near 10 yrs, I no longer have 'maintenance insurance' each year it had increased until 3 yrs ago they asked £120 per annum .. end of that. Overall thus far £80...
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    Peugeot 1007

    He or more likely she, :wink: ends up with an extremely badly dented door .. plus a large repair bill. Tis a learning process. :D
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    King of spam comes to a violent end

    Spam-bam I bet there are millions crying over that. :wink:
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    1,500 jobs go as Tiny firm collapses

    Time and the tide .... Tiny Job Losses :(
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    Tube bomb suspect held by police?

    Here is hoping .. !! LINK P
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    Funny photos you took yourself

    Ahar Jim lad ... My text asked :- '..in which sensible aircraft could one fly (descend) through one's own (down) backwash ? .... Too rapid, and ooooer.,' nothing about the rate of forward motion or autorotation.. the former taking you out of any downward disturbed air the latter barely causing...
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    Narrowboats......just to lighten the mood!

    Blimey the old OzMobile !! I bet they play 'The Pub with No Beer' when it passes through .. A little utilitarian for me ... could buy a nice bungalow over there for less than A$175k ! Thinking about boating electric power, we will have a huge amount of knowledge regarding this and such...
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    Is this a sick joke?

    The first para's are concerning, but from the 9th paragraph down, look at the woefully inadequate checks, reported by travellers at ferry port. London Bombs and more :shock: :shock:
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    Narrowboats......just to lighten the mood!

    http://www.doubledutch.me.uk/4556.html A neatish diary of moving off land onto boat, 'DoubleDutch', and the gradual slide back to landbase. I think the husband became bored after a couple of years with the reality of living on board... perhaps having to travel, slowly over the same ground...
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    Funny photos you took yourself

    Better make sure they always buy the final round in the pub then .. The stuff I have seen .. supposedly flying. Never mind, better not to know I suppose... Anyway, in which sensible aircraft could one fly (descend) through one's own (down) backwash .... Too rapid, and ooooer. On the other...
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    corsa tappets

    Can 'sound like someone beating a rented donkey !!' (C.Cox MotoGP) Dirty oilways valve lifters - coke or lack of oil / filter changes perhaps. :D :D :D :D
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    True Boss - 7yrs

    He came, he rode, he won, seven on the 'trot' .. Superman lives. :shock: :D :D
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    Funny photos you took yourself

    The boat is a 'must do' for the possible hell of it... Will be a smashing trip, one way or another. From Bristol Airport. (originating Manchester I think) Fixed wing 'Twotter' .. note the twin part :wink: Also note, will never have problem lowering fixed, tricycle undercarriage ! Iffy...
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    Funny photos you took yourself

    She is shallow draught I believe, flat bottomed some may say... Not too deep in St Mary's? Scillonian Link Had eventful round trip in an older model ( Scill' II ) back in '75 .... Loose cargo in the hold, one Range Rover, watched some clever stuff as the crew dodged in and out, to tie the...
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    Funny photos you took yourself

    Nah, Do Badgers read the meters out there? Is the 'Scillonian' still plying to and fro? :shock: :shock:
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    Narrowboats......just to lighten the mood!

    A string bag would be advisable today... :wink: I know there were some problems concerned with 'living on' narrers, on our nearby Kennet and Avon ... Cannot recall what tho' Guess where on the K&A :- From http://www.moore2life.co.uk/ Interesting...
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    'Discrimination of an earthquake..'

    Rotund cabin buoy :D :D :D :D
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    bs5839-1 2002

    BS5839-1 2002 to a non-member £190-00 to a member £95-00 How much to become a BSI member or subscriber? Have to e-mail for that, I think. There are several associated Standards. http://www.bsonline.bsi-global.com/search/results/1 The scanner was picked at random from a search, I am sure...
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