Interesting and informative pictures

[ebikeerwidnes]

Surprised English Oak is as far down the list, and its certainly far harder than Ash

Lignum vitae does not get a mention, this was the traditional wood used for policemans truncheons, incredibly dense/heavy, sinks like a stone, its over double the weight of Oak, and Oak is heavy - and google tells me its Janka rating is 4800 pound foot

Some truncheons were heavier than others
When my friend became a Policeman min Grandad gave him his old truncheon - I think he had been keeping it in case I went that way but it had become clear that I wasn't

Anyway - he showed it to his colleagues and one of the older ones commented that it was suspiciously heavy.
My friend had a good look and found the "someone" had drilled a hole down the middle and filled it with lead

He never used it after that - it would have been dodgy to say the least nowadays
He did keep it for ceremonial use when necessary - apparently they had to have one when they went to court and it looked wonderful when polished

Apparently this "modification" was common in the old days

 

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A map with a difference. Titled "Empty Wales", this map depicts hundreds of yellow squares - each one representing a 1 kilometre square.
The interesting part?
Each of these squares contain not a single building inside. As incredibly eerie as it is astounding!

 

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Proof that bananas are getting smaller, it's not just rose tinted glasses.

 

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Map showing where every U-boat was sunk during WWII.

 

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[PeteXXX]

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Weird thing - when I was at school I - obviously - tied my own tie every day

But one day I looked and was not happy that it was not even - it always came out tilted to one side
This was a basic function of the way I was taught to do it
the same as my Dad, and his Dad, and my Mum's Dad

so - no other techniques available

so I stood in front of my bedroom mirror for ages working out a better way of doing it
and just made up a new way of doing it

well - new to me - I think it was basically a half windsor

still do it now - on the rare occasions I wear a tie



Yea Gods I must have been bored that day!!!!!

 

[midlife]

Weird thing - when I was at school I - obviously - tied my own tie every day

But one day I looked and was not happy that it was not even - it always came out tilted to one side
This was a basic function of the way I was taught to do it
the same as my Dad, and his Dad, and my Mum's Dad

so - no other techniques available

so I stood in front of my bedroom mirror for ages working out a better way of doing it
and just made up a new way of doing it

well - new to me - I think it was basically a half windsor

still do it now - on the rare occasions I wear a tie



Yea Gods I must have been bored that day!!!!!

That made me smile. Back in the early 1970’s we had the biggest knot we could tie, sta press trousers, big shirt collars and fluorescent socks

By the end of the 1970’s the school tie knot was as small as possible, small collars, drainpipe trousers and long pointed shoes.

My kids went to school with clip on ties ready made so no chance of following fashion lol.