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[Deleted member 26715]

It would make operating the locks from underwater quite difficult

 

[Illaveago]

It would make operating the locks from underwater quite difficult

Ah! You would have to sneak through just when a narrow boat goes through.

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

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I should have been doing boring stuff* this evening.

For someone who has lived here for 20 years I don't half do a good impression of the "Englishman abroad" sometimes...

*Like tidy up that blue bin bag, for a start...

I think your copy of ‘The Lynton & Barnsaple Railway 1895-1935’ beats my copy of ‘Two Hundred Popular Flies’ into a cocked-hat for mundaneness.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Ah! You would have to sneak through just when a narrow boat goes through.

Hope it's a very thin submarine as once the water is let out there's not much space

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've cleaned out my cookies and backed up my computer. It's a comparatively clean machine. On the inside, at least.

 

[gbb]

Welcome to my neck of the woods

Hope you enjoyed puttering about town. Even if your wallet didn't...

Isnt it such a nice place though, I really liked it there, proper character.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I've cleaned out my cookies and backed up my computer. It's a comparatively clean machine. On the inside, at least.

Did you get the vacuum inside the case?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It's flying ant day in New Cross.

 

[Illaveago]

It hasn't taken the airline companies long to make the skies milky again.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

It hasn't taken the airline companies long to make the skies milky again.

I wonder how much the airlines‘ carbon footprint has been reduced during the last 17 weeks..?

 

[Gravity Aided]

Had some weather, yesterday. This wall cloud came near my house, had dime-sized hail for a good bit, as well as some rain. Between that and another rain/wind event that evening, 1.3 inches of rain. At least the wall cloud did not produce a tornado.

 

[mybike]

My dad told the story from his school days of a teacher spotting a student about to start a lathe with the key still in. Said teacher gathered the class around for a lesson on the importance of removing chuck keys before switching lathes on. Then switched the lathe on.
Apparently the sound of the key smashing the window was soon drowned by the cheers of the class...

Interestingly, the teleprinters I worked on had a similar hazard. The were provided with a governor attached to the end of the motor & a switch on one side of the +/- 80v centre earthed supply. Adjusting the governor was carried out by inserting a screwdriver into the hole in the (earthed) governor housing. Shorting the adjusting screw to earth would cause the motor to start and possibly fling the screwdriver across the workshop.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I wonder how much the airlines‘ carbon footprint has been reduced during the last 17 weeks..?

Not enough

 

[mybike]

In yet more shaving news, I just gave myself a number 5. What little there is left is still sticking out in all directions.

I recommend #9 for beard.

I need to cut my hair again, but couldn't be bothered after my ride this morning. Perhaps tomorrow...

#12?

 

[mybike]

What am I doing right now then?

Typing on CC.

See, I can even see you in the past.