The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread XXV
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One wonders what gets a kettle whistle whistling sooner - a full kettle or one that is only partly filled. I suppose it's something to do with which one gets upto the correct pressure inside the kettle first?
P'raps one of the notable steam buffs/engineers on this here forum could provide an answer to that? That clever Mr Stephenson must have worked something like that out when he designed the Rocket.
P'raps one of the notable steam buffs/engineers on this here forum could provide an answer to that? That clever Mr Stephenson must have worked something like that out when he designed the Rocket.
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As there is only me one usually only fills me kettle with a couple of cups worth of water so it is all the quicker to boil,possible I am unable to judge the amount correctly as yet what with this here vessel being a lightweight compared to me old one.
There has to be a logical scientific explanation for the phenomenon.
Boiling water out the tap? never heard the like of it, you lot will be wanting your poo carted away in underground pipes and hoyed in the river next.
There has to be a logical scientific explanation for the phenomenon.
Boiling water out the tap? never heard the like of it, you lot will be wanting your poo carted away in underground pipes and hoyed in the river next.
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That clever Mr Stephenson must have worked something like that out when he designed the Rocket.
Rocket was built for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830.
His 1st success was with Locomotion No1 for the Stockton & Darlington Railway 5 years earlier in 1825.
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Morning all.
Overcast, windy and awaiting the onslaught of the rains.
All is not lost though; tomorrow will be a full minute more of daylight
than today. Spring is on it's way.
Fetched the aged mater down for Christmas yesterday. The traffic around
Ashbourne and Buxton was pretty awful as folk went about their last bit
of shopping. Never mind, the viz over the hills made it all worth while.
Overcast, windy and awaiting the onslaught of the rains.
All is not lost though; tomorrow will be a full minute more of daylight
than today. Spring is on it's way.
Fetched the aged mater down for Christmas yesterday. The traffic around
Ashbourne and Buxton was pretty awful as folk went about their last bit
of shopping. Never mind, the viz over the hills made it all worth while.
Bluey
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Posts: 354
Are you having a goodbye party for the big glowing object when it departs for Northern parts tomorrow?
Have a wonderful Christmas everyone (I refuse point blank to wish people a happy "holiday") may there be many good things for you to unwrap.
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It's that time of year when the BBC is churning-out recorded radio programmes that 'review' the year. 
Maybe it's time to buy a new radio?
Edited to add:- I've switched to Classic FM - Christmas Carols - I don't mind repeats of those.
Maybe it's time to buy a new radio?
Edited to add:- I've switched to Classic FM - Christmas Carols - I don't mind repeats of those.
A Runyonesque Character
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Here's a seasonal ditty that doesn't seem to get played much these days.
Out strolling around town yesterday and panic-buying those last two or three presents, I took time out in our cathedral to de-stress. Not religious I, but there is a weight of peace and stillness there which descends upon you. And a side-chapel to the British who gave their lives in WWI. I repaired thenceforth, uplifted, to the pub.
One's viand of choice tomorrow is a castrated guinea-fowl, otherwise a chapon de pintade. One knows not how it will taste, but there are always the sprouts and parsnips to fall back upon, and a Pud from Mr Bloomin' Hestonthal which will no doubt be delicious, containing as it does confit of pig's snout and mackerel fins.
Merry Christmas!
Out strolling around town yesterday and panic-buying those last two or three presents, I took time out in our cathedral to de-stress. Not religious I, but there is a weight of peace and stillness there which descends upon you. And a side-chapel to the British who gave their lives in WWI. I repaired thenceforth, uplifted, to the pub.
One's viand of choice tomorrow is a castrated guinea-fowl, otherwise a chapon de pintade. One knows not how it will taste, but there are always the sprouts and parsnips to fall back upon, and a Pud from Mr Bloomin' Hestonthal which will no doubt be delicious, containing as it does confit of pig's snout and mackerel fins.
Merry Christmas!
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Originally Posted by The SSK
Here's a seasonal ditty that doesn't seem to get played much these days.
For those of the bah-humbug persuasion, try Corey Taylors [email protected] song. Brilliant.
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Morning all. Christmas morning in my case.
Overcast, windy etc etc.
Just the Christmas lunch to get through and then I can put my bah humbugs
away for another year.
The lights on the tree have given up the ghost so at least I shall profit
from reduced prices on crimble goods.
“Darkness was cheap, and Scrooge liked it.”
Overcast, windy etc etc.
Just the Christmas lunch to get through and then I can put my bah humbugs
away for another year.
The lights on the tree have given up the ghost so at least I shall profit
from reduced prices on crimble goods.
“Darkness was cheap, and Scrooge liked it.”
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Posts: 215
I don't want to see another Christmas lunch for at least 12 months.
Very enjoyable but being a pig does have it's disadvantages such as
spending the evening feeling like a barrage balloon.
Maybe eating the barrage balloon was the final act of madness.
The weather here is windy but fairly clear but only a few miles further
north is a completely different picture. North west England and Scotland
are back under the cosh. Severe flood warning abound.
Meanwhile down in Victoria Oz a hundred houses at least have been lost to bush fires.
You just can't win.
Very enjoyable but being a pig does have it's disadvantages such as
spending the evening feeling like a barrage balloon.
Maybe eating the barrage balloon was the final act of madness.
The weather here is windy but fairly clear but only a few miles further
north is a completely different picture. North west England and Scotland
are back under the cosh. Severe flood warning abound.
Meanwhile down in Victoria Oz a hundred houses at least have been lost to bush fires.
You just can't win.
