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Just finished2nd Royal Norfolk Regiment.
From le Paradis to Kohima.

Not many of these men survived the two events...

Strangely online on a model railway forum , I know an ex British Copper who lives near St Jean d'Angeley , or the danglies as he calls it.

Fakenham s over 40 miles and over an hour by car from...

The burka (burqa) is the afgan female form of clothing
The Saudi female form of clothing is the Abaya which is an all covering cloak, this can be accompanied by the hijab which is a head covering,...

Design individual planks ... No.
Having decided max length width and draft, I spent hours and hours , going round the hull shape/ buoyancy loop to fit in the box. This was pre freeship all done by...

Good freeboard, and a fixed lump of lead well below the water line to keep you up the right way.

Most of my life it's been a considerable journey to a cinema,
For some years is was about 7 or 10 hours by ferry and car.
Or when in Saudi.... There just weren't any.
Now it's a 40 mile round...

The figure for OZ are limited by their truth .
No large mammals but just about everything else on land wants to kill you with poison.

I worked 90% of my life on my own, often locked in a 15ft square windowless room for hours on end.
At home there is SWMBO and the dog, , they (various dogs and SWMBO) have been with me for half my...

The scissors wouldn't get past UK security, it's any sharp object they take.

My Landrover was insured on a low mileage insurance, no dongle was needed, you just had to tell them what the odometer showed each year..Must put it back on that now I've retired..
Another 3 years...

UK boat trailer law..
Trailer size In addition to weight, trailer size is also subject to legal limits. Unless specific arrangements are to be made with the police the following dimensions apply:
...

In a village I can see in the distance,
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23267088.seal-visits-hemsby-kebab-shop-arcade-ahead-rescue/

Our border collie knows the names of his dozen toys and will look for the one requested.
He has never been trained as a sheep dog but, he knows, (lay) Flat. Sit, stand, walk on, and stay, all of...

Then you can get into 3D printers as well. Another rabbit hole to disappear into..

Learning 3D cad at the moment.

Ps modeling tools can be useful on a boat. I'll be using my Dremel, bought for...

I suspect these timings are without breaks, assuming there's no traffic jams caused by accidents or heavy morning or evening traffic.

As an example I used to travel regularly from Milton Keynes to...

During regatta week my sailing club raises the flags at 08:00 with the cannon firing, and down at 20:00, the rest of the year it goes up at first person arriving, which is somewhere around 08:00, but...

You've not actually mentioned what type of boat you have (unless I missed it) a photo might give us ideas.
With only 5 inches of water to play with I'd be tempted to add twin 5 inch bilge keels /...

I'd love to visit the museum again, I've not been there in 55 years. I know a lot more about tanks than then, particularly about one of my grandfathers as an RSM in the RTR.

Stability not much change as that's mostly dependant on you Putting your weight in the right place.
Losing 28% of your centreboard will just make you drift side ways more for the same pointing...

Gary Mckee's Just giving page shows he has currently raised £1,153,950

Many broads boats built back in the 1950s and 60s used a BMC 1500, diesel as used a small tractor, and later used to power lorry refrigeration units.
Ps, it's start motor was also used in Rolls...

Except when they race against each other.
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Built for the 1984 film and not that far from me.
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At one time there were many of this type of boat round the broads, often used by eel...

Not shutting down the PC allows a build up of fragments of programme to build up in memory. Shutting down or at least causing a reset clears this.
Some programmes check for updates on boot up, so...

Probably seen that Coble myself, used to be stationed at RAF Boulmer, used to walk down to the beach and the pub, or along the coast from there to Craster.

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Ben, a rescue, followed by re-home from his first adoptersWe got him aged about 7 he's now about 12, which is a good age for a Border Collie.
He very well behaved, a good guard dog, as long...

His interview on TV was beaten by a long running drama by over 1 million viewers.
Most people are getting bored by his tantrums.

I was on for a short time in the early 2000s but didn't do much.
Rejoined only 3 years ago, so certainly don't qualify as an old timer.

I run my Landrover on veggie oil in the summer, it does smell like a chip shop, unfortunately veggie oil is getting expensive thanks to poo tin.

My Landrovers 39 years old... What's an ECU?BY:D

Give it as a prize the the player who puts the ball in the rough the most..

We have a dinghy prize for the most capsizes in a season, the wet wellie trophy, a pair of babies Wellington's mounted...

The tail lights for my Landrover 110, £9.05 including postage.

I hate the stones not particularly for their records...

But because the kid next door played then over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.... And he didn't have many of...

Pirates of the Caribbean, the guy on the left was also in "game of thrones", "finding Neverland" and many other things he's been very busy boy...

Eye protection, yes,
But don't forget lung protection,
Breathing in assorted metals, carborundum and other dust will give you a good case of miners lung.

Set fire to my overalls once, noticed...

With drones and more cameras, the videos are getting better every year.
The best place to view, in a boat in the race.

These days I'm a minor officer of the race, sitting in one of the dozen...

Yep it's that time again, entries are now open. Here, https://www.3rr.uk/
50 miles,
3 bridges to go under (twice) one with just 6ft ish air draft.
Most of the course is tidal .
Boats from 14ft to...

Another vote for insulated overalls, this time of year, they're worn when ever I'm outside.

Typical that sailmakers palms come up on here today, I've spent a lot of today looking for mine..

SWMBO says she's seen it and put it somewhere safe.....

Flood warnings here on the Norfolk Broads issued yesterday and that's just from the sea, we have several days of heavy rain forecast as well.
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My sailing club is 19miles up river from sea at...

Our roast meats are cooked over the previous week's, beef, pork, gammon , turkey, sliced and frozen.
So for the Christmas, new year period , it's only the veg that need cooking on the day..
Mince...

My sailing clubs annual film, which was released only a couple of days Ago.
My little home built boat, Blue Moon is in shot at the start moored up at the clubhouse, but I successfully avoided the...

Morning ..
SWMBO, doesn't knit, she does however, spin , dye, weave. Felt, and other associated woolly things I've just started rebuilding a shed so a full size loom can be installed....

Where I live there is no recorded death causing earthquake, or tsunami in written history.
If power stopped, we live in a 114 year old house, built before power. We can cook, heat and survive...

Don't mock children who believe in Santa....



There are adults who believe everything they read on Facebook.

"Don't forget to buy enough food for 30 days..
The supermarket is closed for 24 hours ..."

That first picture looks like a long wheelbase mini moke.
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Is it worth it?
Certainly not, it will likely be Horning regatta week, on those dates. We only charge £1 a race, and in a week you can easily do 25-30 races. Though I won't, I'll be racing for just...

Err no you don't
In 1959 the foot was redefined as 304 millimeters, so is a different length to the pre 1959 foot. All American used today measurements are derived from the metric system.

Mind...

Engine added later, twin screws, avoids drilling through existing hull on the Centreline which wasn't design for it which would also require major rudder changes.

Wouldn't work today...
Racing abandoned, no wind.